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GENERAL INFORMATION
We are a low-profile swedish mailorder who carry mainly twelve inch vinyl in the experimental music region. Our ambition is to write personal reviews of all records we sell. Contact info [@] millstonevinyl [.] se for trades, questions, press releases and whatnot. All mailorder work is made on spare time -- please allow at least one week before your order goes out. Most often the package leaves a day or two after the order is made. PAYMENTWe use Paypal as main payment option. For payments inside Sweden and Europe, banktransfer is also available and preferred - email info [@] millstonevinyl [.] se for instructions. Cash payments are not accepted. POSTAGE The prices to the right does NOT include postage. You are responsible for calculating and adding your own postage. Use the drop-down menu below. Double LPs count as two LPs, triple LP sets as three LPs and so on. The other option is to reserve items through orders [@] millstonevinyl [.] se and get a total including postage [This also applies to orders with several different formats]. Tracked or registered packages costs extra - just send an email and we'll get back to you with the details. Items from the mailorder can also be paid + handed out personally if in Stockholm/Sweden. PLEASE NOTE! All sealed vinyl will be opened and sent outside it's cover to avoid possible seam damage. Records are meant to be played not gather value. Sweden: 1 x 12" vinyl: add 75 SEK 2-3 x 12" vinyls: add 90 SEK 4-7 x 12" vinyls: add 130 SEK 1 x cassette / CD: add 50 SEK 2-3 x cassettes / CDs: add 65 SEK Postage for ONE cassette/CD is free of charge when ordered with 2 or 4-5 vinyls. Outside Sweden: 1 x 12" vinyl: add 120 SEK 2-3 x 12" vinyls: add 180 SEK 4-7 x 12" vinyls: add 220 SEK 1 x cassette / CD: add 70 SEK 2-3 x cassettes / CDs: add 95 SEK Postage for ONE cassette/CD is free of charge when ordered with 2 or 4-5 vinyls. |
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ABYSSE DES AMES - mielen lujittama hulluus - LP [Satatuhatta]
189 SEK Di(gi)storted cut ups of scrap metal and heavy pulsing beats introduce this first vinyl record from finnish label Satatuhatta - and while the pace is lowered and we're rolling around on the workshop floor between the squeaky screws the feel is distinct and made with firm hands. A hectic rush of different backscenes - strings, accordion, abandoned factories all create mystery without ritualistic tendencies. You're still held on a distance, no filth or grease found here. This overall works best for me in the quieter parts where little ghostlike machinations gets to hum in the background or where the wind instruments and the organ gets stuck in locked mode. I am somewhat reminded of Mark Vernon's active scapes of found tape or running around the damp catacombs of The Kingdom - the same audial pulp exploring unknown psychic places on the map. In full color cover, large insert and labels - can't be arsed translating all the finnish so a bit is lost on me. Good pressing! |
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(AD)VANCE(D) - two events - LP [Waystyx]
99 SEK Two events, yes, absolutely, why not! I don't have anything better to do anyway. Maybe not the most selling title but who cares? This is prime organic drone to get lost in, strange choir loops flowing in and out - like a house affected by a flood, alarming waves and their aftermath. Slowly the memories comes back from a distant past, filled with bicycle spokes, locks, birdsong. We drift into a slightly more light-hearted domain and gets stuck in the memories. The other event feels a bit more timeless with its clickings, orchestral loop and backwards sounds - there's something hovering, dreamy about it. The album succeeds in being both dark and at the same time familiar, unpretentious, with its everyday bits and pieces. Packaged in an obscure 6 x 12" fold out poster, with small postcard insert. Last copy. |
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AF URSIN - trois memoires discretes - LP [La Scie Doree]
149 SEK Excellent work from Belgiums Af Ursin, even more stripped down approach with slow moving sounds from horns, flute and organ and less layering, nearing modern classical music more than drone. Nice 78' shellac replica labels! Last copy. |
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A HANDFUL OF DUST - the eightness of adam qadmon - LP [Ikuisuus / Hyster Tapes]
99 SEK Like a fuck off to everything remotely composed or structured, this New Zealand group gathered up a slew of instruments like synth, flute, guitar, violin + bottles and voice and set off to improvise. I may be a boring bastard coming from the wrong end of the spectrum but I won't even try to like this circuspresentation music / Anton LaVey on steroids / Konduktor-silliness, recorded on a fifth generation tape + recorder in another room. Eight tracks of fooling around and messing about, trying different combination of sounds and instruments. While I can appreciate the fact that someone actually puts money on a LP-reissue of this former cassette from 1994, it still is a complete waste of time. The first minute is ok though. Last copy. |
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ALTAR OF FLIES - aterblick - 3LP [White Centipede Noise]
379 SEK These three new works leaves the more composed, bleak nature of recent releases a bit behind and instead focuses more on the active textural feedback and improvised stomping about. This has been described as a harsher, rougher, fully blown AOF but the total result is actually less noisy than I thought. Personally I don't find the noisier parts all that inspiring but what is, is the links to and from them - the plentyful transport routes, with their balanced combination of staggering low end and the high-pitched sonically detailed loops. The simplistic, eerie nature of "Vintern kommer in" and the industrial ambience of "Ensamt och stilla" is quite fantastic. As always, fully recommended. Count postage as two LPs! Last copy. |
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AMPH - control - LP [Verlautbarung]
119 SEK After a few years of silence Amph return with their first full length LP for Verlautbarung. As ever a slow dissonance and growing tension formed by the use and abuse of magnetic tape. Suggestive backward pulses, cumulative sound-rustle and overlapping psychedelic looping are the main ingredients. Despite the occational hissy and rumbling nature of these recordings this is a fairly fine-tuned album, slightly less chaotic with a clear flow overall, but with the stirring sense of compositional skill intact. Edition of 223 copies in printed color sleeves with burnt detail. |
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ANEMONE TUBE - in the vortex of dionysian reality - LP [The Epicurean / Blossoming Fern]
69 SEK Ticking off an ambitious concept which in fact eludes me - a hope for spiritual reawakening and the bleak future for the human race with their nonplussed faces? While i'm usually not drawn to this rather "sterile", electronic and modern soundworld, where controlled, reverbdrenched feedback is used together with soft, slow synthesizer melodies (actually reminiscent of LJDLP), colliding with police sirens gets me quite captured. It's essentially an orchestral dark ambient record, disguised by waves of shriek and looping field recordings with a very calculated and composed approach. A good album to discover. Last copy. |
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BARSTOOL MOUNTAIN - tightrope walker - LP [Absurd Exposition]
119 SEK No description available at this time. |
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BIZARRE UPROAR - cunt animal - LP [Freak Animal]
139 SEK No description available at this time. Last copy. |
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BLADH, MARTIN - study for a theater of cruelty - CD [Annihilvs]
49 SEK No description available at this time. Postage for one CD is free if ordered with 1, 2 or 4-5 vinyls. If ordering several CDs or tapes - send an email first to reserve and get the postage right - thanks! Will be sent without jewelcase! Last copy. |
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BLADH, MARTIN - umbilical cords - CD [Segerhuva]
49 SEK Segerhuva hereby presents the first solo recordings of Martin Bladh, who also resides in the acclaimed avantgarde group IRM and the more experimental unit Skin Area, both now widely known for their charismatic live-shows. This is a highly personal recording, which takes some firm mature steps further into physical essence and digs deep into the walls of the mothers utero with its hypnotic drones and drenching layers of organic sounds from cymbals, stringinstruments, accordeon and bass, all treated with great care and respect. Instrumental throughout, bicephalous in the way of screeching, shuddering sounds and drowsy in opposition. There is something strangely slippery about the recordings, a frightening, obtuse atmosphere embedded in silk and soft controlled feedback. Receivers take note: fully stunning in retro-spect. Are you in need of fetal life support? Take a journey through the body and experience the monotony and the pain of birth. Postage for one CD is free if ordered with 1, 2 or 4-6 vinyls. If ordering several CDs or tapes - send an email first to reserve and get the postage right - thanks! |
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BLOD - my beloved daughters - CD [Segerhuva]
49 SEK At last we are able to present this eagerly awaited CD by Sweden's most hardened sexnoise extremist. No hyperbole needed - if you are at all serious about noise and/or LOVE, you should get this. Guaranteed to leave your eardrums like a pair of flogged ass-cheeks... Sore, numb, and aching for more... Postage for one CD is free if ordered with 1, 2 or 4-6 vinyls. If ordering several CDs or tapes - send an email first to reserve and get the postage right - thanks! |
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BLUE CHEMISE - influence on dusk - LP [B.A.A.D.M.]
199 SEK Vinyl reissue of Mark Gomes' first album from 2017 - 14 short tracks pretty far removed from his later, more delicate, romantic works. Often structured in the same way with bass tones as background with soft shrieking feedback used as melody, dark synth and downpiched field recordings on top - there are however a few baffling segments that break the structure with swaying churchbells, pipes under water or creaking office chairs. Dusk indeed, but for me its already dark and for some reason people don't dare to go outside at all. It does make me think of a warmer, more field recording-based Envenomist or actually Whitehouse at times, it has the same little desolated atmospheres and calm intensity present and as the ideas has a slightly limited lifestyle the brevity in lengths here works to its advantage. |
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BLUE CHEMISE - flower studies - LP [B.A.A.D.M.]
99 SEK Repetitive piano with a bit of field recordings and droning string-accentuations, with the occational weird, skew little melodies thrown in (has me reaching for the forgotten last Novy Svet cassette). All titles responding to different plants, and flowers in particular - I can't but help to wonder if the theme or music came first? Not that it really matters. The strength here lies in it's non-complexity, it's lighthearted and not quite fragile nature. A short and intimate album for daydreaming, just as the theme's beauty suggests. Last copy. |
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BRUITAL ORGASME - experiment in functional background music - LP [Silken Tofu]
99 SEK Pure electro-acoustic sounds over field recordings and turntablism to blistering noise, parts reminded me of some of Dave Phillips works. Very nicely structured flow of unease, coupled with a slight humourous edge. One of 2015's good finds. This comes highly recommended! In silk screened pvc sleeves. |
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CAVALERI, PHILIPPE - bardo - LP [Silken Tofu]
99 SEK No description available at this time. Last copy. |
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CHAZEV - katatonia - CD [Narcolepsia]
49 SEK No description available at this time. Postage for one CD is free if ordered with 1, 2 or 4-5 vinyls. If ordering several CDs or tapes - send an email first to reserve and get the postage right - thanks! Last copy. |
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CLEW OF THESEUS - the death urge - LP [Verlautbarung]
109 SEK Two long tracks of organic, brooding drone with raw, darker undertones. Bleak and unsettling ambiences with a distinct oppressive, monotone edge, fitting nicely somewhere in the mid-80's L.a.y.l.a.h. catalog. A challenging comment on the nihilistic state of the world today. Side B a re-release of one of the tracks from the very limited tour tape from 2009. Edition of 215 copies in printed brown cardboard sleeves with insert. |
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COLLEY, JOE - deformation of tone - LP [Total Black]
99 SEK The message drowned in ironic nihilism. The other side of something, a clinical pulse, disrupted, makes way for high pitched tones. Even here the voices tries to tell you something but fails due technical malfunctions. Bleeps takes you forward, warning signs says pressure is going up. The king of editing makes drama out of small accidents, jumping between the frantic and the stillness of apathy, while intermissions of harsh audio spray showers over the mind. You're never safe in Colley's universe. Another must-have for all focussed head-benders. |
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COLLIN, JON - the other dead sea - LP [Early Music]
99 SEK No description available at this time. |
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COLLIN, JON - bridge variations - LP [Discreet Music]
149 SEK Mainly recordings with a keyed fiddle (and some occational amplified guitar hum), from under various bridges in Stockholm including sounds from that particular place, i. e. dripping water, subway trains, heavy trucks in the background creating a certain ambience. The key word for me here is FREE, not in free improvisation or such, rather the overall atmosphere - a distinct, but timeless music in a kind of Cale/Velvet/Swedish Folk-merging. At times it reminds me of Organum's "Vacant lights", but lots more instrumentation, naturally. Not really drone, not really lo-fi folk, or post rock either - daydreaming bag lady transcendentals perhaps? Good one. With a twelve-page color booklet, including pictures of the recording sites. |
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CONTINUITY - s/t - LP [B.A.A.D.M.]
179 SEK Prime example of where the cover and titles give you a good sight of what might be up in the musical department - a slightly sterile, cold world, still not without comfort and trust, riddled with occational beams and phosphorent light in the dark. City ambiences hover and frizzels with reverbdrenched thunder and flash. There are melodies appearing here and there and occational female vocals (more likely from a passing advertising screen), midst the swooshing of digital electricity filling the spectrum - I think I hear both Fennesz and parts of the (darker) Northern Electronics-gang here, sans (more or less) crisp distortion and driving rhythms. No "old school" or screaming abyss here mate, just a short snippet of reflection of the modern world and the woes of solitude. While I sometimes enjoy the soothing nature of this album I had hoped for a little more variation in sounds and moods, despite the temporary dipps into dolphin communication. Still listenable! Last copy. |
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CONTRASTATE - life without agriculture - CD [Drone Records]
49 SEK Leaving even more of their own catalog behind, Contrastate marches on with another new album with a concept that eludes me - each track is titled after some happening in a certain town and year which piques my curiosity. Pieces and bits of digitally manipulated or acoustic sound are woven together, sudden or stretched, often with a twisted electronic tweak appearent and then some fluttering guitar or sampled voices. There are calmer moments where some tension is built up, but despite the titles I am not carried away - I would call this abstract in the true sense of the word or even innovative - but I can't help but miss a clearer meaning or end goal for the sounds...ok, more monotony. Postage for one CD is free if ordered with 1, 2 or 4-5 vinyls. If ordering several CDs or tapes - send an email first to reserve and get the postage right - thanks! |
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CONTRASTATE - 35 project - 10" [Black Rose Recordings]
99 SEK Avoiding the theatrical, relatively straight lines of old material, this new EP is instead fusing a more modern approach in soundconstruction, all digitally manipulated electronics - sign o the times I guess! There is appearent ambiences throughout in these four shorter tracks, but mainly stays inside the active, busy - rhythmic passages, fragments flying in and out, information staying shorter periods of time. These surreal ditties around war and authoritarianism (together with the cover) suggests a world of individualist loonies, having the same laugh at the world as everyone else. Not the best comparison perhaps but I can't help thinking of Nurse With Wound when listening to this, without Stapleton's extreme sense of absurdity of course. Takes a while to get used to, but works pleasing overall. Email for postage rates! |
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CONTRASTATE - the illusion of power - CD [Old Europa Cafe]
49 SEK This new work alters between both the typical and atypical for Contrastate - we get both slightly majestic openings, spoken vocals, occasional rhythmic sections kicking into their very much electronic soundscapes, but also new approaches to sound and composition. Overall the material is far away from any "industrial" tradition (albeit containing some harsher and intensifying moments) but more so akin to "Todesmelodie", in that it focusses on fragmentary collage work or even short medleys (although less drones), so direction is a bit in the clouds. It's not necessarily a bad thing. As with their last album on Tesco it takes a few listens to grab ahold of the album as a whole, but approach with an open mind and you will be able to enter. Experimental ambient in the true sense of the word. Postage for one CD is free if ordered with 1, 2 or 4-5 vinyls. If ordering several CDs or tapes - send an email first to reserve and get the postage right - thanks! |
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CONTRASTATE - recorded evidence II - CD [Black Rose Recordings]
49 SEK No description available at this time. Postage for one CD is free if ordered with 1, 2 or 4-5 vinyls. If ordering several CDs or tapes - send an email first to reserve and get the postage right - thanks! |
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CONTRASTATE - an exercise in defascination - YELLOW 7" [Black Rose Recordings]
49 SEK No description available at this time. Postage as 2 tapes, no additional postage needed when ordering 1, 2 or 4-6 vinyls at the same time. |
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CONTRASTATE - no eden without annihilation - LP + CD [Tesco]
99 SEK Hard as ever to describe, pin down or categorize the sound of Contrastate. While the earlier incarnation of the group had a slightly more melodic touch, this new work is more in line of the longer, schizophrenic works on "Todesmelodie" but soundwise now fully digital I presume, besides the occational guitar strumming/loop. Jon's quite restrained and concerned vocals in front, where applicable and fitting. Recorded live at different venues between 2012-2014, I would say all material is a logical continuation to their apocalyptic sarcasm but is anyone today here to listen? I, however, still keep my ears and mind open. Full color outer and inner sleeves, but I just can't figure out why to include both LP and CD of the same material in the same package? |
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CONTRASTATE - regiment de rapaces - LP [Segerhuva]
89 SEK Segerhuva proudly presents "Regiment de Rapaces" - the re-issue of one of our personal favourite recordings from the 90's - CONTRASTATE's "Mort Aux Vaches" - a live in studio recording for Dutch national radio from 1995, originally released on Staalplaat in 1996. Formerly a CD, now available again as a 180-gram vinyl in a matte black and white cover with a new title and all new artwork made specifically for this release by their long time collaborator Ben Hughes. Contrastate were one of the few groups which had the ability to truly spellbind - bringing a dramatic state of both euphoria and utmost grief while maintaining full control of the senses. This particular recording was one of their more aggressive ones in terms of vocal delivery and lyrics - much akin to Test Dept. in their heyday. Their usual paradoxical and often humourous texts here took a obvious global turn of perspective with statements delving into mass mentality and the negative aspects of waging war. Musicwise a traditional strange, glowing mixture of ritual ambient atmospheres, cascading guitarwashes and tension-building structures. With this re-issue we hope Contrastate will find some new listeners and grow a bit outside the traditional boundaries of industrial-tinged gothic culture. Let the legend of the seven dancing cows entice you - ENJOY! Edition of 300 copies. |
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CONTRASTATE - a thousand badgers in labour - CD [Black Rose Recordings]
49 SEK No description available at this time. Postage for one CD is free if ordered with 1, 2 or 4-5 vinyls. If ordering several CDs or tapes - send an email first to reserve and get the postage right - thanks! Will be sent without jewelcase. |
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COPPOLA, DOMINIC & HARMSWORTH, ANGELO - pavonine - LP [Total Black]
99 SEK No description available at this time. |
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COURTIS, ANLA & MENCHE, DANIEL - cuspa llullu - LP [Moving Furniture]
99 SEK Two sidelong collaboration tracks of organic debris, metallic drones, manipulated field recordings and tastuful transitions - all of which melts into creatures of unknown origin. Upon the intercourse you have to watch out for the slow animal roars (or a retarded brass band rehearsal, whichever you like) made from downpitched drills, while the cyclic background submess gets you in the right state. Second side appears more active with its clanging metal rods and blowing sounds from a dome, ending delightfully with spacious feedback and intense noisy rubble. Absolutely fantastic LP with evocative artwork which accentuates the "living" nature of the recordings. Last copy. |
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CRANIOCLAST - arctic salon - CLEAR DLP [Auf Abwegen]
249 SEK They're clever, Cranioclast. Listened through some old stuff a while ago and everything really didn't measure up - I prefer their more minimalist self, the sparse, restrained stuff with few sound sources like the cassette on ADN for example! I remember this "new" double sandwich was advertised in old CoC (sic!) news inserts in other mid-90s releases. However, it never appeared until now and weren't recorded until the early 2000s either. There are similarities with their 7" on Drone which came out around then I think? It starts....nowhere exciting to be honest. Sounds more like something from Warp from around that time, like a slightly weaker Autechre or similar, but actually picks up quite quickly when it becomes a bit more smooth, drawn out experimental ambient - imagine part of Aube's water records, though a little half-frozen, with slooower passages of dripping and chilly voices inside the ice blocks. Some parts actually remind me of Werkbund on "Haithabu" - monotonous backgrounds of some kind of choirs, but here it's a bit more bold, with layerings of super-treated guitar (?) and small atonal melodies. Never really raw or dirty - everything is processed with a modern and efficient blender - the BAMIX brand - but once you get used to this more playful and daring approach, it's overall a really good record, with a lot of music for the money - I think each side is closer to 30 minutes long. Bonus for the drink recipe on one of the labels! No cover but a large printed transparent front insert with all info needed. Be wise. |
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CROENE, FREDERIK - f.c. me fecit - LP [B.A.A.D.M.]
99 SEK Three delightful organ works, recorded at the St. Peter's church in Gent/Belgium. Not overly academic, or religiously tinged either for that matter, and on the right side of musical development, i e pretty far from say Mr. Nitsch's droning and minimal arbeiten. Comes very much recommended. In thick, pro-printed covers. Last copy. |
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CRYPTOPHASIA - world of illusory. world of pain - LP [Cloister Recordings]
149 SEK Once in a while I actually get surprised by a new act - this was one of those occations. I can't find a better description than atmospheric experimental electronics - loops, swaying synth and horns, with occational vocals/samples - i'm getting a slight German/Galakthorroe vibe coupled with later day, calmer Irm-material. Looking backwards but still has a very modern outlook. Further on harsher territories are explored, muffled but not massive industrial in the vein of certain Grunt or Anenzephalia. I like how all these compositions vary and keeps one's attention. Golden vinyl in a lavish gatefold sleeve, all inside a orange outer plastic sleeve. |
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DEAD MAURIACS, THE - ceremonie (avec cargo en flammes) - 7" [Haemoccult Recordings]
49 SEK No description available at this time. Postage as 2 tapes, no additional postage needed when ordering 1, 2 or 4-6 vinyls at the same time. |
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DIETER MUH - stockholm monsters - LP [Bootleg]
49 SEK Live at Fylkingen/Stockholm 2001. Varies from darker ambient, industrial with samples and rhythms. Bent corners on all copies so a bit cheaper price. Last copy. |
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DRONE-MIND / MIND-DRONE VOL. 3 - various artists - LP [Drone Records]
49 SEK Third installment of this ongoing series with four handpicked groups in the...you guessed it...the (more or less) drone-department, from Jim Haynes' tensionfilled and static, humming tones, over to Exit In Grey's emotional daydream guitar drones, further to Kshatriy's more modern (too much reverb) classic dark and a bit cosmic ambient and ending with the french Maninkari-boys' more tribal-induced trance drones. Last copy. |
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DRONE-MIND / MIND-DRONE VOL.1 - various artists - LP [Drone Records]
49 SEK Drone Records first in their new LP series, with four groups (Jarl, Halo Manash, Ubeboet and B*Tong) - shows a lot of the variety in drone music! |
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EDWALL, BRITT & DE GEER-BERGENSTRAHLE, MARIE-LOUISE - ackliga saker - CASSETTE [Tjacktapes]
49 SEK A swedish 1972 radioplay on police violence, lack of sex, art galleries, bringing up children... A slight take on everyday abuse, the bourgeois, dreaming and entertainment - fun for the whole family! Postage for one tape is free if ordered with 1, 2 or 4-5 vinyls. If ordering several tapes or CDs - send an email first to reserve and get the postage right - thanks! |
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EIDNES ANDERSEN, KRISTIAN - antichrist (original soundtrack) - ONE-SIDED LP [Cold Spring]
49 SEK Official soundtrack to the Von Trier film from 2009 - I guess the main feature here is the two Handel pieces (orchestrated opera with harpsichord), Eidnes' own compositions are shorter snippets of disharmonic and slow moving orchestrals - dark, deep and frightening with occational feedback tones. Etched b-side - what a waste of plastic, ha ha! Last copy. |
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ENVENOMIST - chariots - LP [Segerhuva]
89 SEK These strangely cinematic and abrasive droning landscapes of impending doom made up from analog synths are the work of David Reed, for some perhaps known from the plausible Luasa Raelon project. The sparse, cold, minimal pieces reminds us of early industrial-era electronic artists such as Maurizio Bianchi and Lustmord, but also gives hints to the works of Klaus Schulze and early Tangerine Dream. Without doubt presenting a vile and nightmarish vision of a territory where noone can be trusted and there's nowhere to hide - this certainly is bleak post-apocalyptic music. Limited to 300 copies in pro-printed black/white matte covers. |
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EVAPORI - der vogel turlipan - CASSETTE [Fragment Factory]
49 SEK No description available at this time. |
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EVAPORI - dia-logos I, dia-logos II, dia-logos I+II conclusion, imitation - LP [Fragment Factory]
149 SEK Newest recordings from Mr. Peters (and guests!) - once again surpassing himself with this mastodon work of orchestral exhibit, starting out with intense and disharmonic strings with a certain stickiness in the sound. Eventually calming down into key-rattling and low voices. Enter lively experimental vocal stutter-blaarghs in the vein of Jaap Blonk with percussive cracking, creaking and wild cut-ups which hangs on the brink of being annoying but somehow stays on the right side of sanity. Theres a clear symphonic overtone in the linear drones and metalwork which is impressive, while certain digital crispy streaks feels a bit tedious - might be exactly his point though? Extremely well produced and absolute top quality regarding overall sound on this vinyl slab. Recommended for brave souls among you! |
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EVAPORI - karka - LP [Walter Ulbricht Schallfolien]
119 SEK So, could Oliver Peters top the excellent "Fumes" LP? I had some fear he would have gone all digital dishwasher glitch recent years, as there was already signs on that album. There is indeed a clear use of computer, but mainly used as cutting and mixing facility - sometimes fast and energetic, but the "orchestral" parts and field recordings slows down the whole. Very dynamic and surprising electroacoustic music that actually can tell a, albeit slightly schizophrenic, story. Very good! Last copy. |
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FRANCISKA - tryghed - LP [Discreet Music]
149 SEK Improvised piano music with light notes occupies the first side of this album, occationally interrupted by pouring water or field recordings of reality events. Hands following the feeling, not the other way round - no returning melodies, but rather a wintery decoction. I can clarly hear the connection to Discreet, but these sketches are perceived as a bit bland to these ears. We turn the disc and here the focus lies more on tape manipulation of different sources, like guitar or piano. Broken Basinski-esque loops, car sounds and small accidental snippets of walking, metal screech or baby babble carries more of a wierd melancholic vibe. The title translates as "security" which I guess both symbolizes the nature of where these recordings belong and the basis of our existance. |
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FREE TALA - underwater sounds to lure the fishes - LP [Satatuhatta]
189 SEK First minutes suggests take-off space engine ambient noise - you know, the deep rumbling kind with higher frequency drones on top - the impression lasts with occational screechy overtones. It's a cohesive work, fairly minimal and lets the sounds breathe and return in an overall style which feels disconnected, far away... LP length is also optimal. The vinyl pressing adds a rather light noisyness which benefits the material, probably would have felt more flat on CD. I would really like to see someone trying the main idea out - I imagine fish would rather be attracted to insects fighting on the surface but i'm no expert! Good one! Paste-on sleeves. |
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FYSISK FOSTRAN - rakmackans dag - LP [Fordamning Arkiv]
139 SEK No description available at this time. |
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GREY FREQUENCY - empyrean / ritual - 7" [Haemoccult Recordings]
49 SEK No description available at this time. Postage as 2 tapes, no additional postage needed when ordering 1, 2 or 4-6 vinyls at the same time. |
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GREY PARK - think space, act local (volume one) - CASSETTE [Haemoccult Recordings]
49 SEK No description available at this time. Postage for one tape is free if ordered with 1, 2 or 4-5 vinyls. If ordering several tapes or CDs - send an email first to reserve and get the postage right - thanks! |
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GROVE, SIR ASHLEIGH - the nimply power sessions parts I-VII - CD [Siren Records]
49 SEK No description available at this time. Postage for one CD is free if ordered with 1, 2 or 4-5 vinyls. If ordering several CDs or tapes - send an email first to reserve and get the postage right - thanks! Last copy. |
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HAARE - tantric noise - LP [Influencing Machine]
129 SEK Ilkka seems to be on fire right now with albums coming out every second months it seems - I have not heard much recent material but this LP is perhaps more tantric than noise, with it's darker, slower but still screechy undertones, lending several moments from the rustier parts of the Taj Mahal Travellers and also introducing new instrumentation. Not always following a straight line to nirvana! Nice presentation as always, pro-pressed sleeves with insert. US import so a bit pricey, sorry! |
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HAMILTON, JAMES - apeirozoan - 5CD BOX [The Keraunograph Organisation]
349 SEK No description available at this time. In large CD-box - normal postage rates does not apply, please email! Last copy. |
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HAMILTON, JAMES - xenolith - CD [The Keraunograph Organisation]
49 SEK No description available at this time. Last copy. |
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HARWOOD, MARK - offering - LP [Penultimate Press]
109 SEK Moving away from the field rec's and synth explorations of Astor, Harwoods second LP under his own name instead explores tapes, vocal delirium, fragments of old vinyl, some eerie piano and acoustic guitar. A series of sounds lumped together, masterly mixed by Graham Lambkin. There's no distinct direction or audial red thread present, but a relatively calm, in ways absurd and strangely mystical and at the same time humorous intrigue sets the overall tone, always looking beyond and going further away. To me, this is the work of an unstable and confused mind, which also manifests on the inner sleeve pictures. I don't know anyone who might "enjoy" this LP, but I continue to listen. |
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HARWOOD, MARK & HOPKINS, M P - disfigured with abbreviations - LP [Penultimate Press]
99 SEK Speaker humming, strange evocative tones, treated vocals and creaking chairs all invoke the hidden electronic spirits. Working with seemingly small means and an ability to pursue magic from the pointless - quietly, almost carefully creating uncommon realities. These unfolding microsounds of everyday darkness, occationally interrupted and continued, alternate between plain weird and divine fright. An inconspicious exterior, but a rewarding, rather magical listen which comes very much recommended. Printed inner disco sleeve, with blown up text outer cover. Last copy. |
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HATERS, THE - 12 45 45 12 - 12" [Mistape]
199 SEK Almost more of an anti-record this one, considering the annoying structure, ha ha! While much of the destructive nature of the sounds is satisfying the creeping feel of 45 different versions of the same track is a bit of a letdown. When the novelty wears off its not THAT full of substance - something it maybe never strived for anyway. For some reason my mind wanders into Looney Tunes-areas...someone who does the trick and gets away with it. Pick your favorite and send your respect to the man and his work! |
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HAYNES, JIM - inauspicious - LP [The Helen Scarsdale Agency]
159 SEK More or less following the same formula as his later releases with alarming machinery dronings duelling between upbuilding tension and slow release. A very fitting title for an album I find darker than the predecessors (mainly due to the lenghtier, grizzled ambient parts and also the enclosed large booklet with pictures) and a few sections that has more of distinct physical sounds. Excellent release. |
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HAYNES, JIM - turbulence - LP [Verlautbarung]
149 SEK Turbulence is a prequel of sorts, with two twenty minute studies in smoldering noise and concretized electricity, as evinced through shortwave radio, corroded metal-on-metal, and glass being vibrating just shy of the point for shattering. Thick, fluttering, heated rays of sound building a slow tension of rhythmic, oppressive structures. Piercing, crackling tones increase and decrease, layered with icy cold precision. Muffled segments of basspressure enters and are abruptly cut short, leaving just enough room to breathe inside the mechanical stasis. In printed color sleeves with hand-drilled holes of varying amounts, size and placing. |
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HAYNES, JIM - insomnia - CD [Sentimental Productions]
49 SEK Three marvelous 20-minute tracks filled with piercing, controlled and stretched-out electronic tones. Incoming backgrounds fills the spectrum and goes out. I guess you could say high tension drone but with a warm, almost hot, frizzling edge. Harsher, crispy textures and rhythmic patterns emerge and steak. While I enjoy the sounds themselves, its also the looping waves of turbulence and layering that lets the sounds breathe without losing momentum. The editing does not have the Colley precicness but rather one foot in the industrial sphere of tradition. High volume required for satisfactory listening. Six panel color digipak. Highly recommended stuff and one of 2022's best releases! Postage for one CD is free if ordered with 1, 2 or 4-5 vinyls. If ordering several CDs or tapes - send an email first to reserve and get the postage right - thanks! |
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HIVE MIND - elysian alarms - LP [Difficult Interactions]
99 SEK Not many groups hoisting the industrial banner these days - here we have at least a good example of classic Tesco worship (+ own voice, naturally), meaning synth and filter excursions (+ slight metal screech/shed field recs). The first side is actually not far from Mnem's CD on Kaos Kontrol, although different sources - beautiful layerings and the same bleak outlook. Just zone out and let that immersion haunt you good. The second side offers more variety - pulsing backbones and necrotic fumes to more melodic oscillations. Can't relate the titles to the sounds but the visuals are pretty spot on dystopia. Recommended! |
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HORN, MARIA W & ERLANDSSON, MATS - celestial shores - LP [B.A.A.D.M.]
179 SEK Though being swedish, I haven't heard any of Horns or Erlandssons music before. Here they present two long, clearly composed tracks, one for each side. First one has slower, slightly evocative synthtones and drones, contrasted with concrete and acoustic sounds that deepens and diversifies the picture. Very much like Andrew Chalk and Timo Van Luijks solo work for Skagafjordur (without the cranky breaks) or even their more droning works as Elodie, we hear these people duelling about in elegant layering, background narrative and watery chill, occationally punctuated by a zither. Second side is, despite the title, a little more uplifting and warmer in atmosphere, probably due the choice of (retro?) synth. Also here the zither enters, creating a wider spectrum, together with droning vocal choirs. All in all a fine, undemanding album which does not take me anywhere in particular but still quite satisfied. |
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HYDRA & DEATH SQUAD / BARRIKAD - neurology 2 / entropic society - 10" [Segerhuva]
29 SEK Barrikad is the sound of young Sweden. The raging youthful energy of anarchist noise as presented by Barrikad. Three tracks of splendid energetic white-hot scorching electronics dealing with the frustration and despair of what passes for everyday life for modern man in a consumerist society. This is the vinyl debut for Barrikad, who has so far released one great CDR on Freak Animal. Neurology 2 is most likely the last of Death Squad's recordings. The most current name has changed to MK9. Hydra is Greg Scott who was also a member of the power electronics project Final Solution from New York. Vocals by G. Scott and electronics by Death Squad. Neurology 1 was originally released in 1994. Almost ten years later the second installment is realised. Recorded in Poughkipsie NY at The Space. The content is an audio document of aggressive and passive emotional extremes. From night time rants to letters left on door steps. It becomes an array of sound and audio suffocation as each item becomes cataloged and addressed. Extremely bass-heavy and dense electronics gnawing on the top of your vertebrae, a worthy conclusion to the saga of the criminally underrated genius of DEATH SQUAD. Wake up... Please ask regarding postage rates. |
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IN CAMERA - arrival - LP [La Scie Doree]
179 SEK While the trademark analog synth sound still manifest the backbone, there's a gradual sense of playful, loose creativity at hand here, especially in relation to their earlier, quite restrained works. Interplanetary waves washing over you with soft certainty, absolutely, but overall a larger focus on texture and loony melody instead of drone - an avid and mind-altering journey into the drug-fuelled 70's. It's a true joy to hear the interplay between these two masters of their respective craft! Damn good! |
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IN CAMERA - lost in spice - LP [La Scie Doree]
99 SEK Latest installment of this Heemann / Van Luijk duo, and very much akin soundwise to the last Af Ursin album, which means an all electronic work - I would figure Heemann's role here is to add more pure drone elements, slow rise and free-form narrative. The cover picture sets a mood and I would say laying down on the back in your skiff, looking at the shifting night clouds over your head, the small lulling waves rocking the boat would set you off in the same way this does. Always with a whiff of burnt kosmik synth around, so don't expect anything too soft! Seems to be getting better with each listen, too. Last copy. |
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INCIPIENTIUM - undergang - LP [Happiest Place]
179 SEK Warped radiofrequencybonanza and tape salad opens this first fullength vinyl album from this Gothenburg resident, but quickly turns somewhere else - I hear echoes of both William Basinski's Disintegration works, some almost death ambient sonics - hell, there's even some saxophone moments which reminds me of mid 80's stuff from A-Mission or Final Image. The full picture is that of an eccentric, almost ritual ambient industrial album with the grey grains of life seeping through. Though there's a lot of track titles, the album flows like a whole - the variety is it's strength and that "joy of discovery"-feel that signifies many 80's albums. If you do miss a mirror at home the cover offers a decent, semi sharp alternative. With large, folded insert. Comes very much recommended as it looks both backwards and forwards. |
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IRM - an act of self mutilation is an act of freedom - LP [Phage Tapes]
99 SEK No description available at this time. One screenprinted edition on color vinyl in stock! Last copy. |
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IRM - order4 - CD [Cold Meat Industry]
29 SEK No description available at this time. Postage for one CD is free if ordered with 1, 2 or 4-5 vinyls. If ordering several CDs or tapes - send an email first to reserve and get the postage right - thanks! |
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IRM - indications of nigredo - 12" [Segerhuva]
49 SEK On the theme of alchemy and the topics of shame vs. bodily self infliction, IRM makes way for a new start after the inspired "Virgin Mind" double-disc set from 2005. These are new recordings with the new member Mikael Oretoft joining on bass. Two long tracks - the first being an intense up-building, deep pulsating number with both spoken and rough vocals, volcanic exaggerated bass noise and doom-laden atmosphere. The second more of an aftermath with its downspiralling, almost dreamy character of echoing tones, ripping clangs and chilling audio-schmerz. In total over 23 minutes of music in a glossy colour sleeve with gross artwork and a small insert. Edition of 500 copies. |
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JARL - phonophobia - CASSETTE [Zoharum]
49 SEK The former sound-maestro from Irm keeps pushing out new albums as there's no tomorrow - much akin to the later works by Aube in his synthesizer in space-mode, Jarl here excels in long, airy, reverberating blocks of sound woven into each other with the inclusion of whirring tones and surgical mindaltering. Crystal clear, icy ambiences that never bursts out in high pitched noises but firmly stays in the relatively calm but tensionbuilding structures - not really drone, not really industrial either, his music stays in its own strange but uplifting universe. Postage for one tape is free if ordered with 1, 2 or 4-5 vinyls. If ordering several tapes or CDs - send an email first to reserve and get the postage right - thanks! Last copy. |
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JARL - hyperacusis - LP [Zoharum]
99 SEK Housed in one of the most unattractive sleeves of the past years, Jarl once again weaves webscapes of electronic loops and bleeps - shorter and longer sparkling sonics intermingling as backbone and here introducing a little sweeping-spacey-C.C.C.C.-psych on top. Layers yes, lots of em, messing with your sense of reality, at best. Friends of later day IRM will feel at home in his world, and works alright if you want less of the bass havoc and Martins voice. The flipside works absolute best where the sound is more minimal and insecure - music for dark alleys, not totally unlike a lot of Envenomists works. |
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JARL - parallel / collapsing - CD [Segerhuva]
49 SEK Erik Jarl is the hunk of burning love normally found twiddling the knobs and tilting the amps in Swedish band IRM. This CD, titled "Parallel/Collapsing" contains the most recent solo recordings from Erik, is a powerful example of his highly innovative music. The piece is divided into seven parts that seamlessly blend into a monolithic symphony of subtle complexities. Warm, yet sinister, electronics performed by a man who really cares about sound. "Parallel/Collapsing" is a perfect example of Jarl's musical sensibility. Definitely not to miss! Postage for one CD is free if ordered with 1, 2 or 4-5 vinyls. If ordering several CDs or tapes - send an email first to reserve and get the postage right - thanks! |
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JERMAN, JEPH - burn-im-rag - LP [Buried In Slag And Debris]
199 SEK The master of small-sound debris is back with a new LP! As the material were recorded during 25 years it's perhaps bound to appear varied throughout, but there's still a laid-back assertiveness that's unmistakably Jeph - swaying creaks, abstract metallic resonances and long forgotten ventilation shafts. No distinct mental map gathered here, other than ultimate fragmentary remnants where the low-key noise creates closeness and dynamics. I don't have a full scope of his works but I find this material beautifully mysterious while at the same time strangely familiar. Top album! Full color covers with large fold-out color insert. |
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KARKOWSKI, ZBIGNIEW - the last man in europe - LP [Erratum]
99 SEK Selected parts from a live show (to a film screening) in London 2013, just some weeks before his death. First side is more focused on radio sounds (and digital debris, to a small extent), floating through the ether - something unforced and restrained permeates these sounds, sinus tones breaks into the electronic melting pot. Features the same inertness and simmering as some of Treriksrosets recordings, where the will to...penetrate into the sounds seems crucial. The b-side is a bit more droning - hypnotic, monotone if you will - slow crisp waves presses themselves against the cerebral cortex. A dim, clinical world, waking up on the operating table but passing out again. Just excellent! Last copy. |
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KERAUNOGRAPH ENSEMBLE, THE - the omnipresent vol. III: the great diagonal - LP [The Keraunograph Organisation]
479 SEK High frequency tones pierce the air, layered slowly with certain pending intensity - orchestral travelling and lots of space. Main feat here are the subtle changes over time, filling out and filling in, which reaches a cathartic climax - bowed screech entering, as you near the centre of pressure. Organum is an obvious reference, but there's no eastern tinged spirituality here - just massive purification processes. "Threshold" is slightly more down to earth, due its heavy backdrop of chaotic strings - my thoughts wanders to IRM and what they tried to achieve around "Virgin Mind" or the 12" on Segerhuva. I honestly can't understand why this project isn't more applaued - perhaps too noisy for the drone crowd and too academic for the noise people? Either way - they can eat shit. Yeah, expensive but definitely worth the price. Clear dark blue vinyl in thick box with several handmade artworks and certificates - limited to 11 numbered copies. Email for postage rates! Last copy. |
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KIRKEGAARD, JACOB - snowblind - LP [The Helen Scarsdale Agency]
179 SEK No description available at this time. |
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KLEISTWAHR - winter - LP [The Helen Scarsdale Agency]
109 SEK I have not followed Mundys Kleistwahr-project the last decades (if ever), but this LP is however a re-issue of a cassette that was originally released in a box set, also on Helen Scarsdale. Gary's lunch box here is made up of synth/organ, guitar and electronics - a glimmering, pastoral background (as the vicar falls asleep on the keyboard), adding flakes of guitar plucking for good measure and eventually gushing, distorted noise or clouds of "digital" effects pierce the air. The aftermath - a psychotic mishmash of fluttering synth and semi-drunken wailings. A truly uplifting record title-wise! There are parts which flows through ok on the flipside, but for the most part its just a nauseating journey of conflicting melodies without direction or goal. Sorry Gary, I really tried! Back to the drawing board! |
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KRUBE. - s/t - 7" [I Dischi Del Barone]
19 SEK No description available at this time. Email for postage rates! Last copy. |
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KSNK - murska 2 - CASSETTE [Satatuhatta]
49 SEK No description available at this time. Postage for one tape is free if ordered with 1, 2 or 4-5 vinyls. If ordering several tapes or CDs - send an email first to reserve and get the postage right - thanks! |
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LAMBENT - imbibe - CASSETTE [Archaetecture]
49 SEK Rarely seen tape from Eren Guney's (Energy Gradient) Archaetecture label - material appearently recorded live, with one person handling taiko and percussion and Guney on the tapes and electronic treatments. While the percussive sounds and patterns gets a little clumsy and one-dimensional at times, the mix with electronics (and succeeding manipulation) is interesting and I appreciate the improvised nature of this back to back setting. The b-side shows more of clattering, hollow and degraded tape ambience without too much of the delay, reminiscent of the earliest David Jackman works or Metgumbnerbone. Wouldn't say "dark" in a traditional sense. The best moments are when the early interluding form is left behind in favour of a simultaneous ritualistic barrage and slight stolidity is reached. Good tape and pairing of which I hope to hear more from! Postage for one tape is free if ordered with 1, 2 or 4-5 vinyls. If ordering several tapes or CDs - send an email first to reserve and get the postage right - thanks! |
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LAST DOMINION LOST - abomination of desolation - LP [The Epicurean / La Esencia]
99 SEK So is this a cover album of the old Morbid Angel classic? Let's not get too excited now. Mad, anguished screams coupled with metallic screech and psychotic synthwork with ritualistic tendencies - I mentioned elsewhere that Last Dominion Lost could be the modern remnant of SPK, though less focus on rhythm? Some traditionalist listeners may be offended by the use of digital effects prevalent and the whole hallucinatory aura sometimes borders to the humourous but somehow stands firmly on its own without the concern of others. A magical mystery tour to indulge in. Nice cover with printed innersleeve. |
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LAST DOMINION LOST - snowdrops from a curate's garden - LP [The Epicurean]
99 SEK A live recording from 2011 with all unreleased tracks, quite an original brand of industrial music rarely heard today with slow rhythms, metallic percussion and twisted, hypnotic electronics. Up and down a bit qualitywise, but the better tracks more than makes up for it. Packaged in two doublesided LP-sized papers, with postcard. |
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LAST DOMINION LOST - towers of silence - LP [The Epicurean / Silken Tofu]
99 SEK Second album after the LP on Tesco that was recorded in the 90's - starts out in a harsher industrial vein with screamed lyrics (could almost hear Lirim Cajani there in the first track), dark pulsations, metal percussion, tweaked synths and electronics - not entirely a retro fest, quite modern in both overall sound and effects. Tracks are kept pretty short, almost like excerpts of longer pieces or improvisations. Not a problem though. As the album progresses, the tempo is slowed down and transcends into even darker, schizophrenic invocation territory reminiscent of some work of C93 or the same ilk around the end of the 80s/90 seam with added horns, flute and strange voices. Perhaps a cliched picture of hell, but I quite enjoyed it. Last copy. |
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LILLE ROGER - lp7 - LP [Cold Meat Industry]
99 SEK Last nail in the Lille Roger box-coffin - a very primitive live show from 1984 filled with samples, screaming, cymbalhits and drummachine + a long evocative version of "My lucky day" which makes me relate to BDN's "Fourteen", already here we can hear the use of monotony to expand the greater good. A must for all fanatics! Last copy. |
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MEGAPTERA - a horse in the eye is part of the art - LP + CD [Cloister Recordings]
49 SEK I confess i've never really liked Megaptera, but I was actually positively surprised hearing this new album of retro-industrial! What we have here is a heavy beast of early 90's classic CMI-worship - AND IT WORKS. Churning drummachine rhythms, looping minedrills, buzzing synths and samples a la Archon Satani's "Mind of flesh and bones" or a less chaotic Vivenza. Just avoid the "Second recovery" track on the b-side which just doesn't hold the same quality as the others. With bonus CD, a live recording from 2014 in Berlin. |
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MOLD - secret things of the outside world - LP [Satatuhatta]
179 SEK No description available at this time. |
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MOLJEBKA PVLSE - tamon - CD [Segerhuva]
49 SEK Mathias Josefson's one-man-project Moljebka Pvlse from Stockholm, Sweden here stretches the boundaries of ambient drone-music, perhaps a surprising listen for those accustomed to his other recordings put out by Eibon and Cold Meat Industry to name a few. This work to a larger degree features a sound palette unarguably harsher than his other recordings. Tons of frenzied, computerized, but crispy clear distortion flows out over you like an ice wall and leaves the listener in a nervous state, begging for a warming aftermath. Static walls of rampant treated guitars and billowing droney backgrounds screaming endlessly out over the cold plains of the earth. Ambient gourmets also get their piece, though somewhat in a more experimental way. Full color digipak. Postage for one CD is free if ordered with 1, 2 or 4-5 vinyls. If ordering several CDs or tapes - send an email first to reserve and get the postage right - thanks! |
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MONOCUBE & TROUM - contemplator caeli - LP [Transgredient Records]
99 SEK No description available at this time. Last copy. |
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MOTHRA - doom engine - LP [Cold Spring]
99 SEK No description available at this time. |
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MUSIK VOM NEBENGLEIS - various artists - LP [Quirlschlangle]
199 SEK No description available at this time. |
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NAERVAERET - nar man ser inn i en annens hjerte - LP [Satatuhatta]
179 SEK No description available at this time. |
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NEBRIS - bleak angels - CD [Dystonia Ek]
49 SEK No description available at this time. Last copy. |
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NID - plate tectonics - CD [Aug Abwegen]
49 SEK No description available at this time. Postage for one CD is free if ordered with 1, 2 or 4-5 vinyls. If ordering several CDs or tapes - send an email first to reserve and get the postage right - thanks! Will be sent without jewelcase! |
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NIELLERADE FALLIBILISTHORSTAR - skrankverk - CD [Dystonia Ek]
49 SEK No description available at this time. Last copy. |
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NILSEN, BJ - focus intensity power - LP [Moving Furniture Records]
99 SEK While not being overly excited with Bennys last work on Mego, this one however succeeds in going both backwards and forwards - got the static and minimal tension from works like "North" and still not feeling nostalgic. Recorded in a dutch electronic music studio, this is a field recording-free record where using he's instead using modular synthesizers, tone generators and test and measurement instruments. There's still plenty of drone but of a colder, mechanized variety. A damn good album and i'm happy to see Benny on the top of his game again! Last copy. |
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NILSEN, BJ, HAMANN, JUDITH & BERG SIGMARSSON, SIGTRYGGUR - heiligenstadt - LP [Fragment Factory]
99 SEK Slow-sonic long-form alchemy from these champions of drinking (dunno about Hamann though?). Starts out in a wilder way mixing-wise - an intense, shifting and perverted play of slightly humorous proportions eventually makes way for a slower, layered cello drone, where the other sounds collapses and disappears along the way. A mightly fine album of both gentle moments and sitting on pins and needles. Front cover drawing by Christoph Heemann, well suited as the main drone here feels quite inspired by his musical works. Tops! |
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NO INTENTION - good intentions / material dilemma - 7" [I Dischi Del Barone]
19 SEK Second release on this new seven-inch label, mangled-sound-art-poetry with Allen from Good Area. White cover with attached postcard, plus insert. Postage as 2 tapes, no additional postage needed when ordering 1, 3 or 5-6 vinyls at the same time. |
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NURSE WITH WOUND - rock n' roll station - DLP [Abstrakce Records]
199 SEK Oh yaa! Maybe as the title also suggests, this is Mr. Stapleton and Mr. Potter in a more "musical" mode, ok I would't call it rock n' roll but a start with cheap drummachines working, hypnotizing and lulling male spoken words and female whisperings + the usual overall surreal sounds. Transforms slightly into a more loungy, orgiastic instrumental mode with tribal drums and digiridoo wailing. It's mainly the first LP of the two that feels really focused but I'm liking this one more than I should in regards to the sounds. I don't have the original version but this new remastered re-issue appearently has a bonus track which must be the NWW version of later-day, less funky Tom Waits. In nice printed color covers, with letterpressed obi strip plus insert. Last copy. |
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OCHU - lahmung des wartens - 12" [Verlautbarung]
149 SEK Continuing the themes surrounding "Unproduktiw", this time set in a maritime context. A tedious reality of qualm and levitation, lodged in the borderlands between the infinite and the conclusion. A partly accidental sound diary with ties to deep water, daydreaming and the futile attempts to create contentment with life under the omen of declining years. The clutching at straws and the stillness that enters when there is no remedy. Though occationally chaotic, this new EP is rather restrained throughout, less layered and treading a line between peculiar exploration and restful boredom. Sifting through the debris of the beach, the tactile screech of derelict bunkers and incessant waves that makes the hull creak. The distance to the abyss. In printed and hand stamped color sleeves with manilla tag and two inserts. |
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OCHU - unproduktiw - MLP [Verlautbarung]
109 SEK An accumulation of ordinary life - of grinding, of static apathy and deliberate mutism. Links between an institutionalized existence and the weight of invisible responsibility. Succumbing to the surrounding monotony. Edition of 217 copies in reverse board sleeves, plus risograph printed insert. |
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ONDA TIDENDER - night of the experimental film III - CASSETTE [B.A.A.D.M.]
49 SEK Music recorded live in 2016 to accompany films by Carolee Schneemann and Takahiko Iimura. O.T. = pseudonym for Erik Enocksson. Repeated words to reverbsoaked metalscreech (akin to certain live works by Contrastate actually) and light organdrones, the flip continues spirit but a synthetic piano line and diffuse vocals works its way into and takes over, reminding me of a non-distorted Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words to some extent. Postage for one tape is free if ordered with 1, 2 or 4-5 vinyls. If ordering several tapes or CDs - send an email first to reserve and get the postage right - thanks! Last copy. |
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ONDERA, YORIS - disease of rectum - LP [Tesco]
49 SEK So who gave a rats ass about this album when it came out in the early 00's? OK, the title IS good, I can give you that + the fan pic on the back. I did still buy almost everything Tesco released at the time but I imagined there could not be high interest for this either then, or now. Made by former T.G.T.V. (are they worth checking?) member Ondera, I put this in the same bin as Dieter Muh and some of Deutsch Nepal's work, mainly for the rhythmic parts. Industrial music with a lot of samples and strangely compelling atmospheres. Not flawless all around, but still leaves a genuine impression, and unlike everything today. In those special paper glued covers Tesco did back then. Last copy. |
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OPERA MORT - schouwspel - CASSETTE [B.A.A.D.M.]
49 SEK Edited recordings from a live show in Belgium - warm but sterile electronic bleepings, set against peculiar, chanted almost whispered vocals. There's a slight growing tension that accentuates the hypnotic and melodic backbone. Imagine the vocalist from the early, ritualistic Ain Soph joining Jodorowsky (I know I used him in the description of the LP too, so what?) on analog synth adjacent to the Klingklang Studio around 1979. Very good tape! Postage for one tape is free if ordered with 1, 2 or 4-5 vinyls. If ordering several tapes or CDs - send an email first to reserve and get the postage right - thanks! |
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OPERA MORT - film works - LP [B.A.A.D.M.]
99 SEK As specified, music intended as alternate (?) soundtracks for films - and may I add a tad bit away from the labels earlier output? The sound of these works is bordering on IDM, having deleted the Dance elements for good then so to speak... Left is a upbuilding whirlwind of both micro and massive synthesizer sound complete with abrupt cuts plus occationally irrational, somewhat surreal and treated silent vocals. I am in parts reminded of the "love machine" in Jodorowsky's Holy Mountain by the ways these bleeps intensify and gets almost out of control. Something playful to taste! |
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ORGAN OF CORTI - fanaticus - CD [New Forces]
49 SEK No description available at this time. Postage for one CD is free if ordered with 1, 2 or 4-5 vinyls. If ordering several CDs or tapes - send an email first to reserve and get the postage right - thanks! Last copy. |
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ORGAN OF CORTI - ea & other works - CASSETTE [Editions Corti]
99 SEK So what can Johansson, Gustafsson & Nordwall come up with together? Email for postage rates - comes in oversized cardboard box with inserts! |
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ORIGAMI REPLIKA - kommerz: merzbow in the hands of origami replika - CD [Segerhuva]
49 SEK This CD sees Origami Replika (a now defunct part of the ever changing cultural Origami collective/phenomenon) made up by three of Norway's most diehard noise heads -- Lasse Marhaug, Tore H. Boe, and Mads Staff Jensen. Recorded in 1997, this effort is entirely based on sound sources from the back catalogue of Merzbow. With no back-bending, knee-scraping humility, and with a pure love for all source sounds, Origami Replika have shaped classic Merzbow sound into all-new compositions. These are innovative and highly potent re-workings of the harsh sound waves, recommended to all those who still have a healthy addiction to the Merzbow sounds of yesterday. Thick and meaty, the blasts emanating from the speakers are filled with lusty, fetishized, organic heavy noise and experimental Dadaism, ready to be devoured by the faithful disciples. Originally planned for release on another label, and now finally unleashed on Segerhuva, this is a CD that has been tried and tested over and over again. These recordings, created almost a decade ago, have been remastered by Lasse Marhaug, and it is safe to say that this CD has stood the test of TIME. After nine years, it sounds remarkable - a solid chunk of the classic, living breathing Noise Object that some call religion. Bottom line -- the NOISE FETISH is still very much alive and well. This time it comes from a somewhat unexpected source. Indulge! Postage for one CD is free if ordered with 1, 2 or 4-5 vinyls. If ordering several CDs or tapes - send an email first to reserve and get the postage right - thanks! |
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O YUKI CONJUGATE - peyote - LP [B.F.E. Records]
99 SEK As I sold off my CD-version of this album several years ago one might wonder why on earth I decided to add this new re-issue to the mailorder. Giving it a new chance with open ears now - heavy on the percussion and a tad more complex than "Into dark water", less heads-up-in-the-clouds-atmospherics. In parts like a Central African mid-80's Muslimgauze with it's airy, static drumming. Stands as my least favorite of their earlier work, but still a competent and enjoyable release. In luxurious die-cut cover with two 12" color inserts. Last copy. |
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PAIK, NAM JUNE - liljevalchs 1961 - C50 [Tjacktapes]
59 SEK Room recording of the Fylkingen fluxus-happening "Action Music" on Liljevalchs - well, music in the broadest sense then as silence and the whispered, giggling audience reactions might be the most common thing here, besides the slightly comical introductions and instructions of Heinz-Klaus Metzger. A bit hard to grasp what's going on on stage but we can hear a few short deranged piano pieces, walking between the tables, insane screams, hammerings, sudden high tape sounds and bathtub explorations - imagine a music lecture gone very wrong. Postage for one tape is free if ordered with 1, 2 or 4-5 vinyls. If ordering several tapes or CDs - send an email first to reserve and get the postage right - thanks! Last copy. |
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PLURALS - tri tone - LP [Silken Tofu]
99 SEK Been a while since I played some true improvised, rather lo-fi guitar drone record a la hmmm... maybe Tesendalo, but I am immediately sucked into this new work of the UK's group Plurals, two loooong slow-growers with the right amount of grit and deep clemency, plus additional psychedelic haziness. Familiar yes, but still done with sound minds and good care for details. In screened color covers, clear vinyl with stamped labels. Most definitely recommended! |
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RED WINE AND SUGAR - a population of indoor cats - LP [Index Clean]
99 SEK Second very limited LP from this Aussie duo. Gentle scuff and silent rubbings, waddling tones, modified and pitched filmmusic cutouts coupled with almost whispered vocals. What makes this so entrancing is the flow of the mixing, gradually fingering your cerebral cortex. Side B is SLIGHTLY easier to grasp structurally with its rugged percussive bits and cosy bedroom weirdness. Abstract dreammusic, full of corny character. Not for everybody, but a truly fine album! Minimal covers, incl. the lyrics. Last copy. |
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RISSIEK, KATE - wave expanse - CLEAR LP [Buried In Slag And Debris]
199 SEK No description available at this time. Last copy. |
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RISSIEK, KATE - decayed signals - LP [Virtues]
149 SEK No description available at this time. Last copy. |
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RITA, THE / BA.KU - s/t - LP [Phage Tapes / Ominous Recordings]
99 SEK Timely re-issue of one of the first cassettes on Dan Johanssons Harsh Head Rituals roster. The Ritas side is classic, obsessive multi-layered harsh noise with great punch, culminating in brakeless noise nirvana - when Sam McKinlays work still mattered to me. Ba.Ku. delivers furious, crisp and cascading harsh noise occationally drowned out by demonic screaming, ripping with tension. Never understood the power electronics-relation to Ba.Ku. but I could see a long distance relation to some of Sloguns more chaotic, gushing works like "Hunting humans" or "The pleasures of death", especially in the vocal department. Solid, satisfactory stuff. Brown cardboard, screenprinted cover version. |
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RJF - greater success in apprehension & convictions - LP [Harbinger Sound]
99 SEK New vinyl reissue of the original 1983 LP, with new extensive liner notes by Tommy Carlsson and Kristian Olsson, complete with printed inner sleeve and A3-poster - I am not going to babble a lot on this material (read the description of the CD below) but let me just say that it is primarily a reaction to the "industrial" music in Sweden at the time. Full of distorted cheap guitars, anguished vokills, tape experiments and drummachines in an uncomfortable mix. Last copy. |
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RODEN, STEVE / SMALL CRUEL PARTY - strategies obliques o - WHITE LP [Ferns]
99 SEK These two seems to be a good match for a split! Roden starts off using modular synth with dancing looped patterns, all glittering ice and vocal fragments that flicker in and out. As the side progresses it becomes quieter, more fragile with strummed stringinstruments and rubbed objects. Great stuff! Overall, time is an important factor in these pieces, or "songs" if you want, as they are kept short which works in their advantage. SCP then, three tracks where the longer centrepiece with its slight cozy train rhythm and close-ups of stone against the rail is the clear winner - features that same timelessness that characterizes much of Zoviet France's work. Otherwise we have delayed and eq:ed vinyl crackle, plus an alien trying to play a melodica in a toolshed. Unfortunately the cover (and printed innersleeve, mind you) is not using its opportunities - no pics. All copies comes with bonus Steve Roden 3" CD from 2009 (also on Ferns) to make up for it though! Last copy. |
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ROEDELIUS, HANS-JOACHIM & VON HAUSSWOLFF, CARL MICHAEL - II - LP [Ideal Recordings]
99 SEK Second collaboration album from these two, haven't heard their first one so can't compare... After a shorter introductory piece with droning and passing events scratching the surface, we are encapsulated in a vehicle exploring the deep end of the ocean. Oppressive, vibrating machinery reaches a belt of ghastly tones, the pace increases, we sink deeper and eventually lose contact. The descent continues slowly and inevitably on the second side. Now we are free floating the dark, passing a short ray of light, nearing waking dream and extinction. I get the feeling Hausswolff is in charge of the droning/rumbling, overall structure and mixing while Roedelius handles the incoming, short sudden fits of temporal sound. One might argue this album doesn't offer much news to the dronetable, but it's a damn nice document regardless. Quite a trip on headphones! Last copy. |
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SAVAGE GOSPEL - blunt reset - LP [Fusty]
219 SEK No description available at this time. Last copy. |
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SCUM - exploitation des machines a habiter - LP + CD [Cipher Productions]
149 SEK No description available at this time. |
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SERRUYS, MATHIEU - skin / glove - LP [B.A.A.D.M.]
129 SEK Great new LP from one of the B.A.A.D.M. label bosses, mostly brittle analog synth work in a quite personal introvert vein - I once thought of his work as a modern Les Joyaux De La Princesse around "Aux petites..." devoid of all grit and political overtones. I relate his sound to romanticism, emptiness, longing and cautious approachings with some tracks adding sounds of creaking wood and water for extra dynamics. Worthy to note is also the pacing of the album. Regarding the cover art - as the first LP showed a bit of his face and now this second LP shows his naked bust, I am a little worried what the next LP cover will show? Recommended. Last copy. |
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SEWER ELECTION - psychic panorama volume 2 - CD [Discreet Music]
49 SEK No description available at this time. Postage for one CD is free if ordered with 1, 2 or 4-5 vinyls. If ordering several CDs or tapes - send an email first to reserve and get the postage right - thanks! If ordered with vinyl this CD will be sent without jewelcase! |
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SFAR - sprickor - LP [Jartecknet]
99 SEK Collaboration project between Blodvite and Altar Of Flies - as one might guess reel-to-reel loops remains the main dish also here, but there's also another, playful yet introvert side to this work with intense broken electronics and vocal parts sounding like some 60's private boyroom radio poetry. Intimate and earthy drones sliding into each other but also quite abrupt cuts, blends high and low disturbances plus the soft bleeding creakings. Last copy. |
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SILLANPAA, MARJA-LEENA - they know we are listening - LP [Firework Editions]
99 SEK Nice surprise from the swedish Firework Edition label - a collection of live sets or live in studio recordings of spacious radio noise, never really harsh (nor heavy or crushing) on the ears as the high frequencies are kept low. There is a slight psychedelic charm present on the longer a-side, due to the wailing background but mostly we are overwashed by a dry, wallish sound in the way of Regim's work. Noise not reaching for a climax, nor a direct impactful music but instead a rather static environment where there's plenty of room to explore or search sounds in the background, like voices in the rubble. On the wrong day i'd probably hate this, but i'm in a good mood today so i'm all ears! Recommended. Last copy. |
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SMALL CRUEL PARTY - e vago fior del tempo - LP [Penultimate Press]
199 SEK Very limited vinyl only issue of some tracks from early tapes - first side has more electronic echoing, repetitive rhythmic patterns going with a few whispering vocal sounds, the flip is the clear winner here though with its icy cold structures, nature as desolate, shrieking tones - thought of a mix of Rusalka's organic theremins and the rigour of "Selected ambient works volume II" while listening, tickling the eardrums with a distinct mysterious approach. Primarily one for the fanatics though, as SCP only tasted better with aging, but still worthy of investigating. Minimal and classy presentation on special, debossed cardboard. Last copy. |
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SMELL & QUIM - cuntybubbles - LP [Cheeses International]
99 SEK This UK group has forged their own brand of eclectic and, at times, gross noise and deranged electronics - always balancing between mere stupidity and something even worse. This new work shows a good variation of styles, not so much of the full front harsh noise, more of their experimental side with almost tribal percussive bits and Sylvie & Babs-type of sampling. With abusive and sexual overtones, naturally - haven't you seen the cover? There's a lot of porn sampling ad nauseum and growing tension in the loops, you're pounded into submission in the same way Con-Dom worked sometimes (a Leeds thing?) - I did not know snare drums and creaking beds work so well together. A good, indecent listen for the whole family! |
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SPITEFUL WOMB - interior castle - LP [Cipher Productions]
149 SEK No description available at this time. |
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SRMEIXNER - ten thousand ways to die - CD [Segerhuva]
49 SEK Stephen Meixner (ex-Contrastate) has deepened his exploration of spaghetti western thematics on this album. The tracks herein take as their inspiration the ideas and themes behind the making of the films and the era in which they were made. While the Italo-western genre is often focused on violent dynamics, Meixner's music focuses on haunting and sparse atmospherics yet keeping with the film genre's tendency to always keep things interesting by throwing in both unexpected and unsettling elements. Field recordings, samples and digital manipulation makes up the core of the album, with a distinct, smoothly composed desert flavour. Edition of 300 copies in digipak cover. Postage for one CD is free if ordered with 1, 2 or 4-5 vinyls. If ordering several CDs or tapes - send an email first to reserve and get the postage right - thanks! |
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SRMEIXNER - the dictatorship of the viewer - CD [Fin De Siecle Media]
19 SEK No description available at this time. Postage for one CD is free if ordered with 1, 2 or 4-5 vinyls. If ordering several CDs or tapes - send an email first to reserve and get the postage right - thanks! |
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SRMEIXNER - between the lines - CD [Dirter]
19 SEK No description available at this time. Postage for one CD is free if ordered with 1, 2 or 4-5 vinyls. If ordering several CDs or tapes - send an email first to reserve and get the postage right - thanks! Will be sent without jewelcase! |
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STELZER / MURRAY - commit - LP [Helen Scarsdale Agency]
109 SEK Slowly oscillating feedback drones and ringing tones weave a mass of sound, digital mixing and manipulation of analog sources - a bit dark and mysterious, bordering on noise at times but never the full on assault. Kind of unclassifiable stuff, with the feet standing all over the ambient, experimental and post-industrial spectrum. The press release mentioned Cranioclast for instance but i'm actually thinking Illusion Of Safety more than once! It's easy to get sucked into these electronic maelstroms of backward sounds, chopped rhythmic parts and low-key vocal utterances. The ending part with chains and airy grinding factory loops is splendid. Takes a while to get into but nevertheless highly recommended! Last copy. |
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SWEETNESS WILL OVERCOME - various artists - CD [Segerhuva]
9 SEK Here it is: the first Segerhuva compilation, a massive 74-minute budget priced CD with a 20- page booklet in jewelcase. The CD is filled from beginning to end with a strong and exciting line-up of both well known and newer groups, mainly from Sweden, but also with contributions from Finland and Japan. We are thrilled to be able to present a solid mix of sounds, from the most punishing ultra-harsh electronics, via the primitively thuggish all the way to the cocktail-sipping arty. Yes, we have room for all - please join the party. "Sweetness Will Overcome" features a wide range of artists making it a diverse and interesting affair. Our tribute to a stagnating but in a strange sense healthy scene! Without further preaching: all served with pleasure and pain. All tracks are exclusive. Postage for one CD is free if ordered with 1, 2 or 4-5 vinyls. If ordering several CDs or tapes - send an email first to reserve and get the postage right - thanks! Will be sent without jewelcase! |
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TERMA - III/IV - CASSETTE [Terma Transmissions]
49 SEK No description available at this time. Postage for one tape is free if ordered with 1, 2 or 4-5 vinyls. If ordering several tapes or CDs - send an email first to reserve and get the postage right - thanks! |
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TESTICLE HAZARD - fifty-sixty - LP [White Centipede Noise]
99 SEK The Keranen-Marhaug free-form pork machine is back with a "new" album recorded in 2009! A mid range feast, very active and lively stuff between chaotic and playful. Livefeel japanoise from two operators who works the controls in the right tempo. No rigid cut-ups here, just everflowing sprinkling of sonic rubble. Not only are we served some excellent colorful noise, but a full color cover and yellow vinyl with green swirls. Tack sa mycket! |
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TESTICLE HAZARD / GOLDEN SERENADES - morning star / evening fix - LP [Segerhuva]
89 SEK On this split LP, Testicle Hazard (Lasse Marhaug + Tommi Keranen) deliver a side-long orgy of blistering fuzzed-out heaviness. This is a duo that has very quickly proved that they are indeed capable of producing some truly ear-shattering noise bliss - two noise maestros doing what they love and live for, and you can feel privileged to indulge in the result of their hard work. Golden Serenades (John Hegre + Jorgen Traen) immediately locks into a devastating groove - for lack of a more suitable term - and a terribly convincing assault of metal clattering and a non-stop moving mass of forceful sonic onslaught of the highest order. When these Norwegian lads team up, you can expect nothing less than noise nirvana. Printed black/white matte covers - edition of 300 copies. |
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THOUGHT BROADCAST - swarm structure - LP [Total Black]
149 SEK The bastard child of Proiekt Hat and Pan Sonic? Heavy churning loops (of which a few changes slightly over time) with higher/mid frequency dying out bleakness on top where the overall muffled sound gives me the feeling it was recorded live in studio on a boombox. Obviously a good thing, yeah? I hear echoes of some of Deutsch Nepals or S*Cores delayed rhythmic and monotonous excursions and older german industrial like Anenzephalia. Inte illa alls. Track lengths are optimal for this type of material, my only complaint may be the more or less same structural formula is repeated over the album. Had this been released in the mid 90's on Tesco or Loki I guess they would had other following, not coming from german soil and being without any vocal duties didn't help their fame I guess. Very good album! |
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TIME ENDS - A TRIBUTE TO J.G. BALLARD'S TETRALOGY OF TRANSFORMATION - various artists - DLP [The Epicurean / Auf Abwegen]
199 SEK Elegant apocalyptic four way split with material from Anemone Tube, Desiderii Marginis, Martin Bladh/Karolina Urbaniak and Troum. An in-depth work with lots of textmaterial do indulge in during listening - two double sided innersleeves crammed! Anemone Tube with his manipulated field recordings, rough but still hi-fi post-industrial looping and Martin Bladh/Karolina Urbaniak's dynamic soundscape and both spoken, shouted or treated words are the winners here, but Troum's hazy, slight rumbling industrial, strange voices and atmospheres (just occationally bursting out into harmony-land) and Desiderii Marginis' droning tones and windy sound are good too. On disgusting yellow vinyl. Count postage as two LPs! |
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TONIUTTI, GIANCARLO / TONIUTTI, MASSIMO - strategies obliques I - WHITE LP [Ferns]
149 SEK Two respectful brothers for the price of one? Let's dive in. Giancarlo's work conjures a partly dizzy, partly distinct dreamlike, subtle atmosphere - we are situated inside the walls of a large abandoned mansion where drafts of wind sighs through the wooden beams. Rattling of dry flowers in the garden, downpitched sound of furniture being dragged over the floor by an unseen force. Strange clickings, creakings and cavities with some fast vibration against a lightbulb. Almost like a kind of soundinstallation (for the Arkham museum) as there's not much progression through the piece. Pretty heavy early CMI/Sound Source vibe on this one, but recorded yesterday at Fylkingen instead. So what could Massimo gather? Layers of vibrating strings, all different. At times I look to the east (a whiff of the sustain of a sitar) or to the west (Andrew Chalks earlier work with e-bowed guitar). This is however not stale nor static drones, but a living sound, slowly and constantly changing shape. A matter of testing, trying, altering and foremost caution. Minimal cover - the sounds speak. Last copy. |
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TREPANERINGSRITUALEN / BODY CARGO - s/t - LP [Autarkeia]
99 SEK Newly released split vinyl with TRP in a more sombre-syrupy, archaic mode with less vocal treats but rest assured, still digging deep in the occult mud. Actually at times not too far from the atmospheres invoked on the Etant Donnes and Michael Gira collaboration mentioned elsewhere in this list. I have not encountered BC before so I can't speak for how this material compares with the rest but this is heavily layered industrial and despite being labelled "dirty and lo-fi", to me quite clean sounding with heavily processed vocals and samples. Rather pricey yes, don't blame me - however heavy, clear vinyl in pro-printed thick brown cardboard sleeves. Last copy. |
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TRERIKSROSET - sexregler - CD [White Centipede Noise]
49 SEK No description available at this time. Postage for this CD is free if ordered with 2 or 4-5 vinyls. Will be sent without jewelcase if sent on its own. If ordering several CDs or tapes - send an email first to reserve and get the postage right - thanks! |
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TRERIKSROSET - venal / heteronormativ musik for att starka medelklassens sjalvbild - CD [White Centipede Noise]
49 SEK No description available at this time. Postage for one CD is free if ordered with 1, 2 or 4-5 vinyls. If ordering several CDs or tapes - send an email first to reserve and get the postage right - thanks! |
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TRERIKSROSET - s/t - CD [No label]
49 SEK CD-version of a very limited 60 minute / 2 track cassette from 2019 (not the Hatband one, sorry). In very minimal packaging, just like the tape. Postage for one CD is free if ordered with 1, 2 or 4-5 vinyls. If ordering several CDs or tapes - send an email first to reserve and get the postage right - thanks! |
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TROUM - vorbei der tod - LP [Raubbau]
109 SEK As ever a guitarbased work (plus other acoustic instrumentation), in parts nearing a heavy but still in ways a melodic archaic mood. Light and delicate - deep and rich, in slight orchestral harmony - filling out the space with both airy, heavenly and even symphonic drones. Dark washes of sound to zone you out but featuring enough drama to keep you awake. A fine, cohesive album from this long running German duo which felt familiar but still strangely remote. Last copy. |
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TROUM - acouasme - DLP [Silken Tofu]
99 SEK PLEASE NOTE! All of these has a pretty severe corner damage hence the price! Vinyl version of a CD on Cold Spring from 2015, with bonus track. This should according to the pressrelease be Troum in harsher mode - dare I hope for anything like the crushing loops of "Un/Mahts" here? Perhaps not, harsher Troum-wise maybe means not-so-harmonic compared to recent releases and I can say this works MUCH better. These tracks are pushed forwards by thick and airy washes of sound, coupled with a (sometimes) noisy backend. Play loud to get sucked into the hazy drift. On milky white vinyl. Last copy. |
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US STEEL CELLO ENSEMBLE - noise in the library - LP [Putojefe Records]
99 SEK Always considered the Ensemble as in the same league as Organum, mostly soundwise (and also during the days of "Ikon" and Jackman's later work where he explored a more religiously tinged path) - especially here, three distictive segments recorded 1989 in a Berlin church. After a rather hmmm...musical opening first track with deep tibetan throat singing, evocative female vocals and Rutman drones with his steel cello, opens up for a more playful rattling percussive introduction which transcends into a noisy metal rumble - reminds me of the sound of A.B.G.S. (but should probably be the other way around?). Second side is all about the sustain and terrifying beauty of the bow chimes. Here an odd Envenomist on natural instruments-feel or the windy Carlos/Elkind tracks on the Shining O.S.T. enters like air raid sirens of doom - a feast of singing metal! With a informative 12" four page booklet with pictures and former member texts, A2 poster and show flyer. Last copy. |
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VAN LUIJK, TIMO & CROENE, FREDERIK - fortune de mer - LP [La Scie Doree]
149 SEK Continuing their studies of the mighty sea with all its senses of permanent unreliability - these nine sequences of mostly traditional instrumentation such as piano, percussion and horns evokes feelings of hardship and despair, with a hard focus on the dramaturgy. Great variation of moods throughout but still with a sense of coherency. Less krauty feel than the last collaboration, just as good! |
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VAN LUIJK, TIMO & VANDERSTRAETEN, KRIS - autour du lac d'asselt - LP [La Scie Doree]
159 SEK Live recording from 2012 in Belgium - as expected, low-key (occationally almost completely silent) improvisations on percussion instruments like cymbals, xylophone or shakers (stroken, struck or plucked) - and various strings, flute and effects. A watery impression given the title - a silent tarn and its organic quagmire of prancing creatures and turbid vegetation, or a 60's nature documentary. Slow currents and floundering stirs the surface, spins off or sinks down. Suitable cover to a quite fabulously flowing recording that took a few listens to fully appreciate. Top shelf collaboration. |
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VARROPAS - s/t - LP [Ikuisuus / Hyster Tapes]
99 SEK I'm not really acquainted with the Finnish guitar/improv/lofi dronescene but this LP was a welcome surprise. Lots of cheap synth loops and treated guitars here with additional rhytmic clangs and noises. A thorough krauty (god, I hate that term), calm and hypnotic feel and suitable for late night listening. |
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VOLTIGEURS - carrion - LP [Second Layer]
49 SEK New Skullflower side-project. I can't really tell what separates this from the mothermonicker and frankly this motionless material does not give me much at all. On nice golden vinyl anyway! Last copy. |
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WINCE - the older generation - LP [Tordon Ljud]
99 SEK After a stream of cassette tapes and a phenomenal CD here comes Wince's first vinyl outing, now doing kind of mellow synthesizer rock? Nah, not likely eh? Still living the wet harsh noise dream of course! I won't go as far as the Baglady when it comes to this but it IS a competent work, mumma for all those who still BELIEVE. Noise not needing to prove anything. Full color cover. |
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ZENTA SUSTAINED - serpent track patterns - 12" [Absurd Exposition]
99 SEK An extremely dry and minimal snap and crackle-fest from Sam McKinlay (The Rita) and Ryan Bloomer - the sound of someone rubbing a piece of lego over a soon dead microphone. No development, no harsh noise - only concept. Calling it a recording of some alien lifeform trying to make contact through the ether would be stretching it. I applaud the endurance of the players - and the patience of the eventual listener. Something Aphex Twin would record and release just to piss people off - i'm sure they could write an essay around the proceedings, but to me the end result is just tedious and forgettable. |
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