Mike Haley of the formidable 905 Tapes muscles up as Wether. Presumably the title follows the welter of a recording session, but the simile of ‘Horses’ is uncanny: crunchy oscillations moving in nauseating circles, stampeding and whistling, shaking the foundations of dense earth. The entire body of sound moves in unison like a sheet metal maelstrom as one would find at the base of a Sickness track. The sound grows abstract and less impressionistic-representational with time, and after the jump of the C20 resuming the piece with serious internal disagreement in the left channel, revealing the convolution of the “instrument”. Sirens bleat by comparison to the aggression of the central noise, and it’s hard to deny this classic approach isn’t now solid state. Plain tape comes in a stickered case with a color insert. 50 copies.

Full in spectrum yet devoid of life, Vales gets lost in the minimal daze of ‘Sun Sick’. Side one is repeating patterns at various depths set a woozy phase between the two channels as microtonal movement undermines the inner ear. Pitches brush uncomfortably close to the upper border of acceptable register, and resonant vibrations purr to distort the frame. On the reverse, twin tones crackle against one another in some binaural demon resurrected in the early madness of Young and Riley. Perfect for the sociopath who likes their drone with a healthy dose of paranoia. Plain tape comes in a stickered case with a color insert. 50 copies. (2:00AM cassette, $6 HERE)

DAIS012 - Deviation Social - 'From End To Beginning Vol. 1: Compilation Tracks 1982-1984' $17
"Started from the ashes of the post-industrial scene of San Francisco and continuing onwards until his final performance in 1986, Deviation Social became a obscure cult phenomenon to followers of industrial tape culture of the 1980's. Only self releasing his recordings through his Ppresence label, the Deviation Social output was limited to a handful of tapes (some being less than 20 copies) and one sole 7", all of which fetch large sums through collectors markets today. This limited release on Dais collects all of Deviation Social's contributions to experimental/noise/industrial cassette compilations throughout the early 80's on such notable labels as Vita Nova, Aeon, Beyond The Pale, and Another Room. Primitive, raw, and powerful....Deviation Social drew on influences & contemporaries such as Throbbing Gristle, SPK and Leather Nun but fused a experimental approach of musique concrete and crude experimentation using analog synthesizers, hollowed drum machines and tribal instruments allowing him to sporadically, at will, create some of the most interesting and unabashed industrial recordings the genre has seen. Limited to 500 copies and includes a 8-page LP booklet with original liner notes by Deviation Social and archival zine interviews republished for the first time since their original publication." HERE

Alberorovesciato/Donato Epiro split CDr 8€(Europe)/9€(World)
”Primitive percussionism and obsessive sounds will lead you through antique rituals of human sacrifices till the purification, fluttering into a futuristic sabba made of hypnotic drones and spacy flutes. Two long mysterious tracks for a split that smells of stones, blood and bones. Artwork by Marco Lampis. digipack, handmade covers, ltd edition of 100 numbered copies.”

Black Eagle Child – ‘Poland’ CDr 7€(Europe)/8€(World)
”After the warped visions of his collaboration album together Kabizdoh Obtruhamchi, Michael Jantz returns to the subtle atmospheres of his solo music with this second album on sturmundrugs records. Acoustic guitar, with touches of accordion, glockenspiel, manipulated voice, piano flute, and scant field-recordings, for a collection of more intimate pieces written and partly improvised over the course of 2009. Blissful handmade covers, ltd edition of 100 numbered copies.”

Bjerga/Iversen – ‘Return to serpent sky’ 3"CDr 3.5€(Europe)/4.5€(World)
”A 15 minutes piece of quite electronics and psychedelic drones recorded live at Critical Mess Fest @ Tou Scene, Stavanger by the prolific Norwegian experimental duo. Handmade covers, ltd edition of 50 numbered copies.”

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A step further removed from the Naked City act of Au (itself a jazzier derivation of the Aupier dogpile), amplified brass duo Ahno Zwei submit ‘Stakr l’vond’ for Spanish label For Noise’s Sake. Hardly the solo biopsy of Greg Kelley, wherein the instrument is perversely dismantled and cataloged, this doubling of instruments in equally a squaring of the sonic dimensions, which sees these figurative blasts resonate and distort in trails of pollution. In actuality a lesser traveled means to Noise, the reverbed channels and throw-away melodies dialog a nice tension with the hard-wrought screams of feedback. This tension is exaggerated over the six tracks/20 minutes, where increasingly the instruments are separated from their effects through emergent harmonies. The status of the noise elements remain in limbo in the end, as the skronky image and staticky afterimage mostly realign in a wall of violent hyperventilation. Numbered to 40 copies, the labeled disc comes in an unusual, spiral-bound booklet with color insert and tab.

Similar to the recent solo release of Ahno Zwei player Nicolash (released on FNS imprint Fater Disks) for its experiment with sonic field, ‘Earth Headed Heart’ by Cincinnati improv trio Hearts of Palm relishes in the open physicality of their method, as though they foremost play the space as opposed to make a sound. This immediacy translates surprisingly well, as the depth and separation of this high fidelity recording allows an easy placement of the sonic objects which litter the single, 30 minute track. Here joined by local institution C. Spencer Yeh (Burning Star Core) carving away on violin, the band play with a number of acoustically-mindful devices – some electronic, but mostly otherwise – to produce a cohesive, coherent, yet totally motley sound which writhes aerobically for the duration. Gongs clatter dutifully, throats drone, and radio reports tweak the air pressure in strands. With no harsh cop-outs and no evident stutters, this is a very impressive effort making the most of the improvisational methodology with a maximum of sonic things to get lost among. Handsomely labeled disc comes in a thick, full-color sleeve (design by Aaron Fry). Hand-numbered to 75 copies. Recommended. (For Noise’s Sake CDr, 5€ HERE)

MONO 005 THE 1985 - 'Selftitled' 7" €2
"three songs that could maybe come from the very early eighties, new york underground-avantgarde scene. The theme of this 7" is a simmons-electrodrumset, which gives the songs even more of an authentical feeling. The 1985 have compared as the bastard child of gang of four, PiL and the birthday party. However the 1985 is no retro-clichee-disaster. The 1985 are very original and special while citing the past."

MONO 009 SHOCK CINEMA - 'OUR WAY IS REVENGE' CDEP €5
"Shock Cinema returns to the 80s, but not in the way that many of the current new wave revivalists are doing. Instead they channel the spirit of Siouxsie and the Banshees and the hazy, punk-influenced music that roamed the underbelly of the goth-rock movement during said decade. This record is beauty, artfully obscured by fuzzed-up violence."

MONO 011 CUT CITY/CAT PARTY SPLIT 7" €4
"Really impressed with this split 7" by Cat Party & Cut City. I can't stop playing it. "The Aftertaste" by CP has that chiming new wave guitar, nonchalant vocals & spunky bass with some cracking chord changes that sounds like a lost 80s classic. The only band I can think of that sounded a bit like that were maybe Fischer Z but that's really stretching my memory back. Cut City's "Replacement" is another anthemic new wave-esque number that sounds a little bit Psychedelic Furs. Dense and catchy with a scratchy, feral feel & a foreboding vocal that bursts into a gliding bird in the euphoric chorus bits. It makes me think of Flock of Seagulls crossed with Interpol and just doesn't last anywhere near long enough. One of those obscure beaut's that no-one else will have heard of and you'll treasure for the rest of your days."

MEDUSA - 'EN RAGA SUL' enhanced-CD €8
"Consisting of 3/4ths of the creative nucleus of the juggernaut Racebannon, Medusa bludgeon the listener with a riff-centric cyclone that sounds like slayer playing Melvins covers through the MC5’s equipment. You’ve never heard anything quite like it, and when En Raga Sül is over, you will be left beaten, torn, and begging for more oxygen, and one more listen. En Raga Sül is their only recording to date, and living proof that the way of the tortoise is often times the correct one for those who walk the left hand path. Instead of releasing some watered-down “BS” in the name of record sales and hype, Medusa honed and crafted a maelstrom of tar-stained riffs, thunderous drumming, and vocal incantations with more drama, tension, and hatred than an average Destiny’s Child practice. Sludgey riffs knuckle-drag themselves out of the dankest of swamps, only to careen into fast distorted oblivion at the drop of a hat, with the listener losing 5d20 with each successive passage."

MONO 016 CUT CITY - 'NARCISSUS CAN WAIT' 12" €8
"Since the wait for new songs by Cut City has been so long, I hardly dared to expect something like this. Sure, I’ve seen the band live more than a bunch of times since the last record, and I knew that they’ve grown a lot more fierce and confident, but I haven’t really caught this more subtle, ambient side of the band. When I listen to Narcissus Can Wait I’m quite impressed that they’ve developed the familiar territories of the band's past, and at the same time managed to take more than a few steps into the more spacious and sparse. Yes, there’s still some fine and harsh post punk from the mid to late 2000’s version present in a way, Liars have certainly made a dent this time around, as well as some old school hardcore appreciation. Some hints have been taken from more stretched out post rocking acts with a knack for dynamic song structure as well I’d say, but there’s so much more. The songs are weaved together neatly, it’s fluent like the songs can’t be played in any other order, and this epic EP gives us both stretches of laid back melancholy and exploding cascades of sweet ear wrecking roughness. Sure, there are references to be made if one decides to, but Narcissus Can Wait consists of sounds and songs that are made from people with a love for music, not specific bands."

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Tyvek - 'Skyin' LP
"New LP from TYVEK! Recorded in late 2004, straight to 4-track in beautiful Detroit, Michigan. This release contains Tyvek's first demo tracks, some early versions of songs, and some songs only on this record. Amazing raw sound, complete with false starts and radio interference. Edition of 500, black wax in recycled lp covers with full-color wrap around art. EXBX-067." HERE

NM01 KÄLLARBARNEN s/t 12” €10
"This feedback loving duo from Gothenburg did a fierceful opening in 2009 with their uncompromising cassette on Gothenburg Blood Cult, a recording drenched in feedback and abuse. On this recording Källarbarnen is moving towards a more minimalistic and atmospheric sound, a bleak and dreary journey into the realms of suffocating isolation. Recorded directly to tape in June 2009. 5 tracks in 24 minutes. Limited to 275 copies."

NM02 KRISTIAN OLSSON - 'Att vara där jag var innan jag var jag' LP €14
"Kristian Olsson should not need any presentation due to his work with Alfarmania, Blood Ov Thee Christ, Shock Tilt, Styggelse etc. On ”Att vara där jag...” K.O presents ten cuts of oppressive industrial filth filtered through a unhealthy dose of intoxication, paranoia, depression and death. Comes with a A2 poster. Limited to 275 copies."

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Nat Hawks’ Padna project has grown a lot in the 18 months since I first encountered his music. Taking some helpful cues from the Stunned gallery, the audio-visual experimentalist has struck upon a nice synthesis of quasi-ambient electronics and filmic meter, stretching the pair of ‘Metal Hurlant/Farmer’s Hearth’ across a single 40 minute track. A battered lo-fi murmur opens the disc, and skillfully expands the horizon of the soundscape as it mutates from patina to content. One-two drum machining emerges in brief, odd clips to draw attention to the sound’s sprawling form and disregard for tempo. Keyboards play simple phrases in delicately layered harmony. A vaguely “chiptune” aesthetic informs these busier segments, akin to label-mates Universal Studios Florida. However, grounded in the rich, deep tones which constitute the backdrop of the disc, the distance between figure and ground offers much more space to explore. Stamped CDr comes in glossy photo inserts, limited to 111.

Conversely, Analog Concept (Alexey Pushkin) makes a mockery of this mode of presentation, as ‘Listen Already Today to the Music of the Past!’ aggregates sixteen discrete pieces into a single, hour-long track. Beats and electronics from the Thrill Jockey/Erstwhile/Touch continuum, these pieces move from aggressive breakbeats to come-down ambiance, and with few gradations in the sequence. Like the recently-reviewed Easy Rider cassettes, the mix is littered with hundreds of generic citations. However, given the cleanliness of the mix and apparent originality of the sources, we are left at a difficult-to-figure standpoint – ironic? Eclectic? European? – which frequently disorients and therefore distracts the listening, yet which may also offer a dimension of intrigue to those attempting to sort out the method behind this (subtle) madness. Screened discs in French collage sleeves. 100 copies.

Renewing this massive format, yet taking on a radically different content, ‘Impressions’ is Pushkin’s New York City travelogue presented in late musique concrete. Very similar to Ferrari’s attempts to capture whole moments with environmental sounds, clipped dialogue, stereophonics, and electronic embellishment, this 50 minute track is a slow pan through a spring morning. There is no rhythm of camera movement, rather the sounds seems to swarm about the epicenter. Birds sing, bugs saw, and cars swoosh by. This is the city grid upon which short blocks of distress appear: parents haranguing children; a woman distressed in sharp, melodramatic contrast to the listless day; satanic verses; enclosed spaces where human noises pollute absolutely. A synthetic drone warps the entire portrait, adding a few degrees of warmth to the day, but mostly discoloring the piece to a nostalgic hue – what must certainly be the intent of the author. Discs come stamped and squeezed between to high-gloss photo sleeves, limited to 111. (Stunned CDr, $7 HERE)

SUN010 Scott Cloud - 'Ultra Sheen' C40 $5.75(CAN)/$6(US)/$8(World)
"Four tracks of hold that note style mixer synthesis bliss. Exploration of sound done only the way Hamilton's Cloud Valley label head Scott Cloud can do. A journey of shining sondscapes. Unique pattern labels and painted tapes. Packaged in 100% recycled chipboard folded 'Brad Pack' style cases. Limited to 39 copies."

SUN015 Talugung - 'Mole Crickets' C32 $5.75(CAN)/$6(US)/$8(World)
"A minimialist approach using all acoustic instruments. Through Talugung's amazing use of space and natural reverb he weaves six meditative seemingly ancient rituals. Unique pattern labels and painted tapes. Packaged in 100% recycled paper folded 'Brad Pack' style cases. Limited to 39 copies."

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WSR03 High Wolf - 'Incapulco' (Second Edition) CDr 5.5€
"New Cdr only release. Random jams recorded after those releases you enjoyed (animal totem on Not Not Fun / gabon on Winged Sun / digital heaven on Stunned) . Expect some fuzzy wah guitars, trancey keyboards, delayed vocals, groovy percussions and jungle spirit! Forthcoming LP's on Not Not Fun and Group Tightener."

WSR05 Iibiis Rooge - 'Pink Hybrid' (2nd Edition) CDr 5.5€
"(Astral Social Club & High Wolf) Superastral team, iibiis rooge is the proof that the famous 1+1=3 equation is correct. Modern psychedelic High Wolf jams + Astral Social Club fucked up improv electronics = something we don't have a name for. Better than a one shot collab this duo is made to last. Forthcoming debut LP on Dekorder."

WSR04 Annapurna Illusion - 'Dance of the Mesozoic' CDr 5.5€
"Annapurna Illusion is still confidential but this is like High Wolf alter ego in a darker / krautrock aesthetic, with previous releases on Earjerk and Reverb Worship before cassette coming soon on Peasant Magik . Here is two long tracks alternating kosmiche synthetizer, psychedelic jams and doooom voice mantras. The other side of the Winged Sun looking glass."

WSR06 'A Musical Journey In India' CDr 5.5€
"Recorded late 2009, those recordings took place in various places of India, from the down south to the north of the country, from the burning sand and warm sea to the holy ganga and the mountains. Indian classical and traditionnal music, holy chants, transey percussions, wheeping sitars...One hour of spicy music.If you're not made of stone this will speak to your mind."

WSR07 'Ritual music from Kojara Islands' CDr 5.5€
"Kojara Islands ritual music is strictly percussive, using gongs, bells, drums in gamelan style, for a repetitive and hypnotic feeling. Previously only documented on a vinyl LP in the 70's this reissue brings you back this mysterious traditionnal music. 40 minutes, 6 tracks from 2 different ceremonies, the two most importants holy rites for Kojaran inhabitants : the shark sacrifice and the funeral rite. Original artwork cover (we've only added winged sun logo)."

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Granitkorridor — 'III' C60 (Stunned no. 66) $7
"Sven Dyllus hails from Germany and is the man behind Granitkorridor’s newfound brand of concrete mystique. ‘III’ is the follow-up to Dyllus’ debut pair of catacomb-carved cassettes on the Rudio Horrible label. The Granitkorridor approach is alluringly simple and resumed here; across 6 starkly unique pieces, deep floating bass guitar riff is drawn into fields of wayward gravitational ebb & flow. Dense coil reverberation materializes a vapor trail which charts a glorious slowburn toward cosmic core. Maximal effect springs eternal from the most minimal perpetuations of tone, and these blissful sixty minutes might as well be sixty years long." Hand numbered edition of 111 pro-dubbed & imprinted c60 tapes with double-sided color jcard and insert.

Wether — 'Here’s the Bet' C32 (Stunned no. 67) $7
"In our pursuit for the most flipped out noise on the globe, we’re always brought back to the area code of 905 Tapes’ Mike Haley and his long-running project of pleasure and pain Wether. ‘Here’s the Bet’ is a mean half hour of Haley’s hot circuit purgation where sweat stings the eyes and nausea synchs in time to icicle-sharp oscillations. The uncompromisingly clinical meat locker mechanics on display here might be a punch in the gut for those uninitiated with modern devices of sonic weaponry and crowd control. But once the gauntlet of tinnitus dipped 666-pitch has been weathered on the first pass, ‘Here’s the Bet’ becomes an experience likely to be often repeated — it’s venom doesn’t seem to kill us, but only serves to make us stronger." Limited edition of 111 pro-dubbed & imprinted c32 tapes with double-sided color jcard.

Andreas Brandal — 'Secrets of the Snow' C43 (Stunned no. 68) $7
"A silhouetted form beckons us into the darkened forests of Norway, and we follow anyway, sensing that secrets may be revealed in the thawing undergrowth. Seed and larvae which were burrowed deep all winter respond to the warming of Earth’s crust, and before one knows it, the snow rescinds to sprouting greens & creeping things. Who lead us here? How did he know this would happen now? Questions only Andreas Brandal could immediately satisfy, and does just so, on his newest tape release proudly presented here. Since the early nineties, Brandal has orchestrated significant visions of both seasonal & dimensional shift in his soundcraft. Likewise, ‘Secrets of the Snow’ weaves a tableaux of wilderness abandonment, sentient mycelia, and complex drone-frequencies emitted via planetary groans. Capturing these rich, subtle intimations on tape comes only with the extensive focus and practice Andreas Brandal is suspected to have had in those groves of intrigue he coaxes from perennially." Limited edition of 111 pro-dubbed & imprinted c43 tapes with double-sided color jcard and insert.

Yek Koo — 'I Saw Myself' C27 (Stunned no. 69) $7
"A lone voice etches straight to dictaphone the vibrations which have been petrified far too long in mere stone & silicone. Identity awoken in a night of raw fidelity, this oracle’s expression inhabits trance tones and punk-chant poesis. Gouge out your eye and trade it in for better ears, because Helga Fassonaki’s solo project Yek Koo is back after a nearly two-year hiatus. Quite a spirited fever has accumulated since this half of LA’s Metal Rouge performed her ‘Psychic Atonement for Land Deaths’ on Digitalis. ‘I Saw Myself’ shatters any restricting Mirror of our species with Yek Koo’s dynamically expanded vocal range and we are left freed, finding peace among the shards and surrender in the pieces." Special hand numbered edition of 111 pro-dubbed & imprinted c27 tapes with double-sided die cut color jcard and insert.

Sean McCann — 'Open Resolve' C43 (Stunned no. 70) $7
"Confounding expectations and annihilating boundaries, ‘Open Resolve’ is not only Sean McCann’s 3rd time back on Stunned, but its also his postcard from the utter edge. Hummingbird-speed cymatics liquefy the scaffolds of time in anticipation of a completed simulacrum. A flickering, sizzling future-spew for me & for you." Limited edition of 111 pro-dubbed & imprinted c43 tapes with double-sided color jcard and insert.

Sudden Oak — 'Banquet Years' C30 (Stunned no. 71) $7
"Ever since watching them torch down LA’s Echo Curio in 2008, John Ward & Matt Erickson of Sudden Oak have been our favorite Frisco free-sound brusiers. This cassette might come as a surprise turn even for those privy to the duo’s own Bezoar Formations imprint and its periodic outflow of Sudden Oak tapes and discs. A further refining of their road-toughened scuzz, ‘Banquet Years’ turns in a document of whiskey-soaked saxophone lurch and boogie guitar slime-motions. These two ataxic modalities are without individual agenda, fusing into a singular badass voice which is equally comfortable commanding a bulb-glaring bunker as it is crashing the narcotic pool party nextdoor. Bounce back & burn it proud." Limited edition of 111 pro-dubbed & imprinted c30 tapes with double-sided color jcard and insert.

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Brigid Power Ryce – ‘You Are Here’
”Rusted Rail is proud to announce the release of “You Are Here” a five song EP by Brigid Power Ryce. Recorded in Philadelphia with Eric Carbonara and in London at ToeRag studios with Liam Watson, these transatlantic sessions capture Brigid’s steel strung out cosmic folk ballads. As Rusted Rail's newest discovery, Brigid Power Ryce’s stellar yet earthy folk-blues stylings and languid lullabies are sure to hypnotise. This 3inch hand-stamped EP/mini-album is housed in a handmade sleeve.” HERE

HR111 Good Wheel Tea Carpentry split 4xC30
"Eight spokes from seven folks comprised of four segments each in collaborations and lone sessions - spanning two continents, spoken in three languages, and housed in one embellished box: Royallen, Cyquoia, Tricorn and Queue, Tuluum Shimmering, Do Tell, 1994, Peat Raamur, Xiphiidae. edition of 96." HERE

Tangled in my attempts to properly praise Third Uncle Records for the very fine release of Elephant Micah’s ‘Exiled Magicians’ – a disc played through many times yet never in front of a slate – I’m glad to give them a timely nod for this ballsy release. Sounding like plausible contemporaries from any number of the musical eras which the latter has inhabited, the marriage of Human Adult Band to Jad Fair is in this moment as wonderfully freaky as the prior’s precocious discography. Despite their widely-evident skills, the proclivities of Human Adult Band for sludge and slack (sonically and otherwise) make them unlikely candidates for a young, legit label to tie to such a renowned name in their catalog, and then as a 7”. Trevor Pennsylvania doesn’t bark as much as barf his lyrics, like an Arto Lindsay with a swollen tongue. Steady, clean rhythms are therefore doubly violated by the dueling break squeal guitar which skips on a layer just beneath the surface of the disc. Handling the common subject of “Samantha” with inarticulate enthusiasm, the band resembles not just the Atlantic coasting post-punk of the early 80s, but more so the Midwest of Tar, God & Texas, or Cows. On the reverse, Fair constructs a fresher-by-comparison oddity of spoke-sung lyrics and toy-jazz band atonal pop, xylophonic and populated by bird sounds. He recites in jagged poetry over a walking bass line, and there’s this feeling a great weight despite the shimmy in with each verse. Black vinyl comes in handsomely-printed construction paper sleeves, stamped to some unknown quantity greater than 142 copies and recommended for sure. (Third Uncle 7”, $5 HERE)

snma – ‘paused on dalmation accelerators’ $4
”snma is Jay S from Darbolistic Rex. Spanning a huge catalog of music and sound - Paused on Dalmation Accelerators is more than “just the same.” It is unique and distinct - a venture of explosive sounds and ambient fuzz tossing around a small container of sanity the cassette flows nicely from piece to piece. Strongholding a substantial following in the Iowa City area and furthering his endeavors to incorporate a local scene snma is a starting point into a world of sound and derision. Very well structured and nicely composed." HERE

SS012 VöLVA – 'bloom in nimbus' 3xCDr 10€
"Volva is the duo made by george proctor (mutant ape/turgid animal) and Francesco raucci (ex scarbox records/ex lexes). After a single tape on turgid animal this is the second and last effort for this short live project. What volva do with this box is a sort of sound-track for a noir film. If you can regroup all under the moniker of harsh noise there’s much more on it: “quiet” parts, basses, synths and melodies under the wall of sound, plus a very strong approach to create “songs” wich they describe something as chapters of an imaginary movie. Edition of 50 copies."

SS022 WW – 'inner shine' C20 5€
"More ritualistic and quiet than the previous releases, this italian trio with member of octaven, kam hassah and von archives compile the perfect sound for insomniac nights. Two tracks heavily influenced by the Italian industrial school. Edition of 50 copies."

SS023 CULVER – 'electric girl' C48 5€
"Some musicians seem to be more interested on being active at internet level and talking about music more than playing it. Lee Stroke, on the other hand, head of matching head label and Culver, leave the music, alone, to speak of itself. Two long and slow evolving tracks of subterranean drones and low key electronics.. totally dark ballades with distant keyboard melodies. Edition of 50 copies."

SS026 DEAD BODY LOVE – 'nechronology' 8xCS box 35€
"After an year in the making I’m very proud to announce this, finally out
DBL is simply the best project of harsh noise here in italy.. during the nineties he released a consistent amount of tapes for labels as old europa cafè, slaughter productions and his own less than zero. With this box we try to put in the most rare recordings they do, b sides and unreleased stuff.
What you can find in is: Prayers for the sick (1995), Audiocide 95 (1995), Stand in blood (1995), Annihilation devices (1996), Horror of the human body / human-machine (1996), Annihilation devices 2 (1997), Split with atrax morgue / b side (1995/2004), Bacteria 3 (2008). Comes in a cardboard box with paste on cover, every tapes housed in a sigle case with different artwork. Edition of 60 copies."

SS027 CONQUERORS – 'history navy' C40 6€
"Conquerors is a new Italian project, this is his first recorded material and what he do here is a concept about the first world war. Musically this could be translated as an intense mix of minimal and concrete layers with a dynamic assault of harsh waves and basses. Edition of 50 copies."

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ARBOR 59 LAZY MAGNET/SOCIAL JUNK SPLIT C60 $6
"Jeremy Harris’ Lazy Magnet project has been active for well over a decade though the work has remained relatively shrouded in mystery. A true nomad; shifting location and inspiration, following whatever path may prevent itself. Under the Lazy Magnet guise, Harris has explored an innumerable amount of musical styles, adapting each to his uses. On “Yet From The Highest Crown No Blossom Fell” Harris (along with Sakiko Mori of Daily Life) explores the Sci-Fi textures of digital synthesizers. A drifting score from the Providence Futuristic District where man and machine meet to look inside each other. Philadelphia’s Social Junk present four tracks operating from a similarly paired Industrial Sci-Fi stance. Some of the groups strongest work, recorded in December 2008 while still living in Oakland, CA. Feedback is tamed into a smooth element, as pliable as the human voice. The union of these organic/inorganic elements create a unique sense of melody from within the warehouse; clearing away the trash, polishing the concrete. In an edition of 125 copies with full color cardstock covers and labeled tapes."

ARBOR 77 GREGG KOWALSKY - 'TAPES CHANTS: EARLY EXPERIMENTS' C30 $6
"Bay Area composer Gregg Kowalsky has spent the past few years experimenting with the cassette tape as an instrument; utilizing the placement of portable walkmen and the psychoacoustic effect of their natural interactions. This, Gregg’s first cassette release, presents experiments from his most recent record on Kranky, Tape Chants. On Early Experiments he uses cassettes as a way to transfer and manipulate environments. Through mechanisms of the tape player he can adjust pitch and amplitude, while through mixing he combines various sources and field recordings creating new, recontexualized moments. This simple though calculated approach harkens back to the earliest days of tape music and recorded sound; creation with what already exists, reorganizing natural occurrences. In an edition of 125 copies with cardstock covers and labeled tapes."

ARBOR 122 CLOAKED LIGHT - 'PLAIN CURTAIN' C15 $6
"These early four-track experiments from Peter Friel’s Cloaked Light project offer a look into focus. With the slowest subtlety changes grow, only perceptible through reflection. A new form of seeking to understand; a non-linear music, offering a space of contemplation to look forward and behind. On A Long Green Hall Friel shifts meaning and reorients the place of speech in a Lucierian experiment with self-help tapes. On But I’m Trying, subtle tonal expansions mirror the manipulation of speech on the previous track, though without the recognizable markers of language the result is more obscured. Each track offers insight to the others processes. Recorded in Summer 2009, these tracks are some of the earliest from the project, a precursory inquiry to the tapes on Ekhein and Monorail. Upcoming split 12” EP with Pale Blue Sky further explores the nature of tonal interactions and non-linear explorations of sound. In an edition of 125 copies with full color cardstock covers and labeled tapes."

ARBOR 123 JUSTIN MEYERS - 'THE AMPLITUDE OF NEIGHBORS' C20
"Minneapolis’ Justin Meyers has been producing extremely discreet musique concrete for the past few years. Through field recordings Meyers achieves a double sided voyeurism; his capturing of another’s space, and the listeners glimpse into his space. His care and precision demands attention with an unconscious magnetism; on Both Sides the recording of an outdoor summer’s evening is paired with subtle beating frequencies symbiotically shifting in and out of the other, producing a deeply compelling command over space. This same phenomena is explored on A Visitor. Composed solely of sine waves, infinite variations of listening interaction are possible, imposing the piece directly within the space of the listener. In an edition of 125 copies with full color cardstock covers and labeled tapes."

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Gerda s/t LP + CD bloody011 13€(Europe)/16.5€(World)
“Noise core from Marche. Gerda is hard industrialization as imaginated in a center-Italy peaceful wine countryside. Amputated grooves, desperate vox, drammatic guitar. Energy rides on 5/4 rythmes - limping dogs on amphetamines.Thirth album. No name. No titles."

Plasma Expander - 'Kimidanzeigen' LP+CDr bloody012 13€(Europe)/16.5€(World)
"Plasma Expander fills the gap of 15 years of music. Grabbing directly from the SST's Minutemen broken-funk aggro and Blind Idiot God's sonic rollercoaster. Mind bending riffs for bass and baritone guitar. This music is going nowhere in weird ellipses around your head."

Lush Rimbaud - 'The Sound Of The Vanishing Era' LP+CD bloody013 13€(Europe)/16.5€(World)
"Pulsing bass, motorik beats. Electro delicatessen all along the album. Tommy sings his rigths. "They Make Money (We Make Noise)". Kraut Wave is the answer, Lush Rimbaud is the question.”

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TLC-01 LILI REFRAIN - ‘9’
"Experimental tracks with a respect for the structure, built on a kaleidoscopic crescendo, a bridge between the hard-psychedelic guitar riffing and delicate and sensitive female pastoral music with a mysterious touch. Imagine Espers jamming with a post-me(n)tal attitude, but with the Southern Lord blackened mood in her mind. ‘9’ is her debut full length CD: all the notes that you hear in the album were created and played by herself. She’s not only a highly trained musician, but a valuable artist as well. Her music will blow up your senses, being both physical and ethereal, expressed by a flowing songwriting. She’s different, open-minded and brave, and her music speaks for herself." CD limited edition 300 handnumbered copies / cardboard fold out + jewel case / co-released with trips und traume.

[TLC-02] IGOR KRUTOGOLOV & THUNDERWHEEL - ‘Lumberjack Blues’
”Igor Krutogolov & Thunderwheel are not living our times: maybe they’re lost beneath the waves of the previous century, among dissonant guitar patchworks, ragtime toy-piano from a closet beyond a creepy mansion, harshy melodies sung by his vitriol throat. There’s a concept within these songs, where the nature prevails the gathering of human forces, and if you listen carefully you can figure a sort of impossible jam between Screamin’ Jay Hawkins and Old Time Relijun lost in an african forest, or just a spectral Tom Waits’s secret brother gone definitely mad and under the influence of Wolf Eyes’ noise manipulation… Weird music for weird people. CD limited edition 300 copies / gatefold cover with insert / co-released with Trips Und Traume.”

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(kimdawn021) Inhibitionists - 'Pfeiffer at the Gates of Hawn' 3"CDr $4
"These are abstracted tonal mazes provided by Denmark's strangest sonic alchemist, Inhibitionists (aka Christian Kann from A Beard of Snails fame). Expertly crafted pathways of textural complexity give way to reveal a moist core. It's a dream vacation on darker pathways- lanterns not provided. Weird nods to 60's psych and pop actresses give no immediate answers as this music exists on another plane entirely -where going to the movies is like washing your face with wet cement. Available in a numbered edition of 50 hand stamped 3" cdrs."

(kimdawn023) Endless Endless Endless - 'Things I Saw' 3"CDr $4
"Endless Endless Endless rip through your fragile psyche to reveal a multifaceted world of pure color and tone. This east coast duo wields guitars, gameboy, and vocals to create their own unique drifting dream world of pure discovery. I'm delighted to be able to present this unique statement which is the perfect complement to their recent self released album, Black Talisman (see the glowing Aquarius write up for more testimonial proof). Perfect journey music. Artwork and custom tiny laser etched talisman by the artists. Available in a numbered edition of 50 hand stamped 3" cdrs."

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The last great famine of pre-industrial Europe, localized in Finland and Northern Sweden and peaking in 1867, led to the deaths of between one and two hundred thousand people. Interpreting this moment, Swedes Ättestupa present a bleak yet empathic trilogy of methodical scum rock. Divulged in layers, the music becomes slowly evident in delicate strands from beneath a black sonic brusque like the dug grooves of the vinyl (at 45rpm, a complimentary definition to this intensely granular sound). Made of trebly percussion, feedback squalls, and full-breasted vocal harmonies, the performance is frequently subverted by looping manipulations which emulate and dissemble the song structure. Given its chronologic orientation, the musical time seems always to be marching, drawing focus to the segues in which no music seems to move but merely sounds that stall. After the robust struggle of “Missväxt”, the organ fugue (I wouldn’t assume an actual organ at play) of “Halshuggarnatten” is a cultured goodbye and an end-coming-near. On the reverse, “Storsvagåret” eeks vacant oscillations as though the rhythm of this desolate sphere is all that remains. And from this statement, a coda of sorts: a spectral march of heavy brood footfalls pound relentlessly, forever, with blearing colors of distorted guitars and the constant exhale of a mighty wind whipping through the soundscape. Blistering back to grotesque life in the final moments, a manic electronic whistling is something of an afterthought which over-plays this particular historical moment, or else emits as a byproduct of so much hazardous alchemy. Presenting the aesthetic of doom without the genre of metal, ‘1867’ attests to a cultural and historical place of creation which cannot but express what so many others apply as tropes - a startling, but not enviable position to be in. Limited to 330 copies on black vinyl with blank sleeves. Mastered by Pete Swanson. Recommended. (DNT LP, $10 HERE)

(D)(B)(H)/Russian Tsarlag - 'I Can't Think/I Can't Walk' $6(US)/$8(World)
"This 75 minute split tape is essentially a full album per side. "I Can't Walk" by Russian Tsarlag features more of Carlos Gonzales mutated guitar pop similar to that heard on the recent "Open Casket" and "Community Death Tube" LPs. Tslarlag sounds so incredibly wasted that he can barely string a song together, but somehow he manages to and it becomes something entirely new and amazing in the process. These woozy wierdo-pop tunes will burrow their way deep into the recess of your brain and swim around until you catch yourself humming one of them in line at the post office. Local Bloomington free improv group (d)(b)(h) gives us "I Can't Think". (d)(b)(h) live are never the same more than once. I witnessed them play once in the bathroom of a house, one member was shaving at the sink, the other stripping and changing his clothes in the bathtub and Justin Rhody, the ringmaster of the group, was sitting on the toilet with his pants around his ankles reading a playboy all while a strange prepared tape played in the background. This tape showcases their free form, improvised, noise-skronk jams at a breakneck place. Sometimes these songs remind me of an injured animal wildly flailing around with their last breath, but in a good way. 100 copies with two different covers designed by Justin Clifford Rhody and Carlos Gonzales."

Dylan Ettinger - 'Super Ape' $6(US)/$8(World)
"Part one of a complementary two cassette set, Super Ape explores the darkest, deepest recesses of nature. Somewhere in the thick, dark forests of the North Western United States lives Bigfoot, a creature to fear and dread. Lumbering through the woods, the Sasquatch has evaded mankind almost completely. This tape captures this dark, murky environment, full of strange alien-like animal noises, primitive drums and the howls of an unseen, unknown creature. "Super Ape" presents a dark, savage form of psychedelic music. The perfect soundtrack to hunting the beast."

Dylan Ettinger - 'Communion' $6(US)/$8(World)
"Part two of of the complementary tape release explores a far different zone than "Super Ape". "Communion" tells the terrifying tale of a Close Encounter of the Fourth Kind. The tape begins with the listener deep in slumber, when slowly an unearthly presence creeps into the room. Kidnapped from your sleep, these strange beings take you up into their flying saucer hovering silently above your home. You try to scream but your body doesn't seem able to respond. Soon you are aboard the ship, the sound of strange technological devices humming, beeping and blooping all around you. The beings finally take you far up into orbit around the Earth where you see the enormous Alien Mothership beyond the horizon of the Moon." Both tapes limited to less than 50 copies each.

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TTW#11 – Tongues Of Mount Meru - 'The Delight Of Assembly'
"Performed by Jon Wesseltoft and Lasse Marhaug – Oslo, Norway, 2008. Illustration – SavX. "New project of Lasse Marhaug and Jon Wesseltoft; Marhaug is known from the noise scene, Wesseltoft for his work with black metal legends Thorns. As Tongues Of Mount Meru, they join forces to pursue a mutual passion for drone music."

TTW#12 – Stefan Goldmann - 'Haven't I Seen You Before'
"Written, performed and produced by Stefan Goldmann at The Resonance, Berlin, Germany. Press "REV" on your autoreverse deck at any time to enter the loop… Stefan Goldmann is an artist based in Berlin. He runs the Macro label and holds a DJ residency at Panorama Bar. His work ranges from genre-bending techno hits ("Sleepy Hollow" / "Lunatic Fringe") to electroacoustic concept albums ("Voices Of The Dead") and a CD-length edit of Igor Stravinsky's "Le Sacre Du Printemps"."

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Camden – ‘Life of Devotion’ C24 $6(US)/$7(Can)/$8(World)
”The man behind Camden is Cole Weiland of Daughters of the Sun notoriety, but knowing who created "Life of Devotion" (MG09) makes it no less mysterious. Described by its creator as a meditation on betrayal, it is an album of shrouds: synths veiled in noise and echo; vocals cloaked in reverb. It is a record that requires devotion in its listener - a pulsing, simmering, crackling piece of work that reveals itself only in layers and only to those who listen with intent. ed. of 100.” HERE

Aghori/Gitche - 'Anahmi-Bezheu' C30 $4(US)
Med:Hammer - 'Stepping Back From Two Halves' CDr $4(US)
Pine Smoke Lodge - 'Winter Solstice' 3"CDr $4(US)
Torturing Nurse/Paregorik C18 $4(US)