Vetrophonia – Vizualizacija Label: Ultrasomnambula U – USU 01 Format: DVD, DVD-Video, Compilation, Limited Edition, Numbered Country: Russia Released: Apr 2017 Style: Experimental, Industrial, Noise
Tracklist 1 – Тридцать Три И Одна Треть – Шумовизуальная Поэза (2014-2016) 33:40 2 – Столетие Манифеста «Искусство Шумов» Луиджи Руссоло (Концерт В ГЭЗ-21. 11.03.2013) 31:22 3 – Обращение Дев Непорочных Голубицами Небесными (Концерт На Пушкинской-10. 03.08.1996) 49:00
The video disc «Vizualizacija» by St. Petersburg-based project Vetrophonia (Alexander Lebedev-Frontov & Nick Soudnick) consists of several parts. First of all, this is the completely new multimedia album created in 2013-2016 with the help of Yuri Kovalskiy (Worms, Monument Straha), entitled «33 1/3». The album is comprised of the carefully crafted half-hour long collage of various industrial and retro-futuristic sketches, analogue video-noises and meticulously constructed soundtrack perfectly matching the visual part. Despite the quite abstract nature of this work, it keeps the viewer in suspense during all its length and dense saturation of images is compensated by the peculiar sense of humour. The disc also contains the digital version of the live material «Turning Virgings Into Doves» originally released in 1996 on VHS, and the recording of a gig in Experimental Sound Gallery (ESG-21), St. Petersburg, played on 11.03.2013 to celebrate the 100-year anniversary of publication of the famous «L’arte dei Rumori» manifesto by Luigi Russolo.
Templum N.R. – Spectrum DCXCIII: Poison Portals Label: Aural Hypnox – AHUE07 Series: Underworld Editions Format: CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue Country: Finland Released: 25 May 2018 Style: Abstract, Dark Ambient, Electro, Noise, Monolog
«On one hazy night I met an elderly man sitting in an old wooden chair. He was wearing an elegant white suit and I could not help noticing the simple white lines in his fore- and middle fingers. In the remaining fingers he had circles. The pitch-black sand of the shore absorbed all the light from the sky. Regardless, I saw fifty-meter-high waves crashing down behind him – and at the same time, they remained static.»
‘Spectrum DCXCIII: Poison Portals’ has a luring, fatal beauty of its own. Redirecting, throbbing analog electronics, slowly swallowing droning textures and sinuous rhythms are accompanied with eternal, eerie melodies – all reeking of the primordial pleasures. Obscure radio transmissions and telepathic resonances are emerging from the parallel universes and will sink you even deeper into the ignorance of your very self or towards the ravishing beauty of transformation.
The other worlds and realities are present both in sound and vision; A triple-bladed iron dagger, brought to this world through trancework. Assume its form, pass the Poison Portals, and continue until the opposites intermingle and known territories vanish beneath the colossal waves.
This CD version also includes the previously limited ‘The Mass Rattle’ ep with tracks ‘The Viscous Tomb Liquid’ and a Telepath Remix of the ‘I am His Sacrifice’.
The album is enclosed in a customised and screen printed Sublunar series cardboard covers, including five two-sided insert cards. Limited to 300 copies.
Merzbow – ((VIBRA)) MMVII CD Enhanced / Audio + Video Limited edition ( 300 copies) GH Records – GH -141 CD FULL VIDEO included ONLY in the «physical version»( format CD Enhanced / Audio + Video )
Merzbow Live, 07/03/2007 at the OCCC (October Center for Contemporary Culture, València, Spain) within the series of concerts of Sound Art and Experimental Music ((VIBRA)).
Organization and direction by Rubén García Villaplana.
Video recording by Jose Moral Bravo.
Merzbow (メルツバウ Merutsubau) is a Japanese noise project started in 1979 by Masami Akita (秋田 昌美 Akita Masami).
The name Merzbow comes from the German dada artist Kurt Schwitters’ artwork Merzbau, in which Schwitters transformed the interior of his house using found objects. The name was chosen to reflect Akita’s dada influence and junk art aesthetic. In addition to this, Akita has cited a wide range of musical influences from progressive rock, heavy metal, free jazz, and early electronic music to non-musical influences like dadaism, surrealism, and fetish culture. Since the early 2000s, he has been inspired by animal rights and environmentalism, and began to follow a vegan, straight edge lifestyle.
As well as being a prolific musician, he has been a writer and editor for several books and magazines in Japan, and has written several books of his own. He has written about a variety of subjects, mostly about music, modern art, and underground culture.
Satøri – Dispøssessiøn Label: COD noizes – SHUM18 Format: CD, Album, Limited Edition Country: Russia Released: 25 Dec 2018 Style: Power Electronics, Industrial, Dark Ambient, Experimental, Noise
British industrial veterans Satori was formed in Margate, Kent by Dave Kirby and Robert Maycock in 1984. Origially called Psychopath. Satori have released material on cult labels which represented post-industrial music culture in its absolute form: Zeal SS, Broken Flag, Cold Spring Records, Tesco Organization / Functional Organization, Malignant Records and many more. They collaborated and splitted the stage with Sutcliffe Jügend, Nadja, Abbatoir and Merzbow. Comprising a mixture of dark ambient, harsh noise and power electronics with a harder and heavier percussive beat than before Satori now present a collection of new songs “Dispossession”.
Album, consisting of twelve tracks with a total length more than an hour, has been released as a luxury matte laminated digipak housed in a matte laminated cardboard slipcase decorated with glossy stencil UV-varnish printing.
New full length album by one of France’s most singular contemporary composer. Reflecting on ancient culture’s use and reverence for emblematic monuments which most often represent myths and stories, the album’s narrative has been infused with such symbolic and depicts an envisioned mythology, unfolding through it’s 10 aural pieces. Franck Vigroux‘s music is unique and comprised of tectonic tension, pulsating rhythms and abrasive analog textures like few can produce. Applying his own calculated personal signature in his sonic explorations his distinctiveness comes not only by his unique approach to sound but also by his incorporation of new media practices and performing arts into his A/V work.
Mastering by Denis Blackham.
Cover Photography by Emile Barret, model Armand Yerly / 2010
Double Vinyl Edition of 500 copies in matt laminated Gatefold Sleeve. 10 Tracks. Running Time 55:10. UPC: 0694536562578 BUY
CD Edition of 500 copies in matt laminated 4 panel Digipak. 10 Tracks. Running Time 55:10. UPC: 0694536562585 BUY
01. Old Recipe For Modern Society Recorded in February-March 2003. Released on the CD compilation Extreme Music From Russia (Susan Lawly, 2004). Dedicated to the phenomenon of oprichnina implemented by the tsar Ivan IV «Grozny» in Russia between 1565 and 1572. Sound sources: radio, digital synthesis & processing.
02. Vision Reflections Recorded in November 2003. Released on the CD compilation Like Music To Their Ears Vol. 2 (Mechanoise Labs, 2004). Sound sources: radio, digital synthesis & processing.
03. No Hamsters Were Harmed During The Recording Of This Song Recorded in December 2004. Released on the CD compilation Roulette Russe Pour Un Peu De Caviar (Monochrome Vision, 2007). Sound sources: Rokton, Polyvox, Faemi-1M, radio.
04. Kopusta! Previously unreleased. Recorded in March 2004 for the compilation «Amazing Hare Johann», which never came out. Sound sources: radio, female voice, found samples, digital processing.
05. Submarine Lysergine Recorded in July 2004. Released on the Untitled split CD-R with Lunar Abyss and Timur Kujanov (Extremal Psychonauts, 2004). Sound sources: Yunost-21, Polyvox, distortion pedal, radio, digital processing.
06. BZ Recorded in January-February 2005. Released on the double CD-R compilation How To Stay Young & Healthy In A Modern World (Abgurd, 2006). Named after BZ toxic substance. Sound sources: Polyvox, radio, guitar, breath, digital processing.
07. The Glass From Leng Previously unreleased. Recorded in November 2003 for a compilation dedicated to H.P. Lovecraft, which never came out. Sound sources: radio, digital synthesis & processing.
08. RNS (wry loop mix) Recorded in April 2004, previously unreleased. Sound sources: a track by Public Immorality – Radio NaziSatanica, digital processing.
09. Disassembler Recorded in November 2004. Released on the CD-R compilation Negative Message From Collective Mind (Spirals Of Involution, 2005). Sound sources: Polyvox, radio.
10. Ether Spy Babka_rkTM4x4 Recorded in July 2005. Released on the double CD-R compilation Avtogen-Shaitan (Ostroga, 2007). Sound sources: Rokton, distrortion pedal, radio, Udmurtian women choir.
11. Mamasha Recorded in November 2005. Released on the CD compilation Red Square (KultFront, 2005).
12. Travka Zeleneet Recorded in January 2004. Released on the split mini-CD-R Thalamus with Ritualnaya Bioingeneria and Hladna (KultFront / Zhelezobeton, 2005), commemorating the first embodiment of the «Thalamus» festival. Sound sources: radio, found samples, digital synthesis & processing.
13. Splinters Recorded in September 2003. Released on the V.A. CD-R compilation (Nixrec, 2006). Sound sources: radio, singing bowl, digital synthesis & processing.
14. Throughout Time Recorded in November 2005. Released on the double CD compilation …It Just Is (In Memoriam: Jhonn Balance) (Fulldozer Records / Nocharizma, 2005). Sound sources: Time Machines eponymous album, digital processing.
15. See You In 6 Hours Previously unreleased. Recorded on July 15, 2006 for the compilation of one second tracks «Sloppy Seconds», which never came out. Sound sources: plastic, radio, digital synthesis & processing. Dedicated to Katerina Zet.
All tracks constructed at Base Station and re-mastered in January 2019.
Label: Old Captain – OCCD36 Format: CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered Country: Ukraine Released: 07 Mar 2018 Style: Power Electronics, Noise, Political
Phoenicianism was recorded in Oakland, CA in 2017. Originally released on Nil By Mouth in 2017 in an edition of 90 copies. Remastered by Andy Lippoldt. Digipack design by Aldo Volpe. Koufar Logo by Si Clark.
Lebanon was and always will be the mistress of hysteria. Lebanon was and always will be schizophrenic. Zena El Khalil. All praises due to God, Olegh, Aldo, Andy, Sam and Sa3d Akl (Allah yirhamnuh ya habibi).
Released in a full-colour matte-laminated 6-panel Digipak in edition of 300 copies.
*2LP BOXSET INCLUDING 52 PAGE LP-SIZED INSERT WITH ENGLISH / SPANISH LINER NOTES AND PHOTOS.
*REMASTERED SOUND.
*DOWNLOAD CARD INCLUDED.
*LIMITED TO 440 HAND-NUMBERES COPIES.
*OFFICIAL RELEASE
*NOT TO BE REPRESSED!
“Golpea Tu Cerebro” (“Shake Your Brain”) is the first ever vinyl compilation dedicated to the unknown yet fascinating Spanish underground cassette scene from the ’80s.
In the early 80s, with few resources but unlimited imagination, youngsters all across Spain started recording at home their experimental, noise, electronic and industrial cassettes.
They were influenced by DIY, Futurism, Dada as well as by the early Industrial bands (Throbbing Gristle, Whitehouse, Nurse With Wound, S.P.K, Cabaret Voltaire, NON, Esplendor Geométrico, etc), which were championed in Spain thanks to adventurous radio shows, fanzines and mail order catalogues selling imported and domestic albums and cassettes.
We’re talking about what probably was the first DIY and truly independent music scene in Spain. The dark side of the “Movida”. Individualism and avant-gardism in opposition to superficiality and emptiness. Most of these projects were just one-man operations or collectives created by friends. We’re talking about underground tape labels like ä.d.n, El Consumo Del Miedo, Auxilio de Cientos, S.T.I., Obreros del Sonido, Toracic Tapes, 3EM…and fanzines like Cloruro Sónico, Necronomicon, Particular Motors, Syntorama, El Papel de la Merienda…
They released their cassettes in limited homemade editions and there were lot of exchanges with other creators and participations in compilation cassettes from worldwide labels within the International Tape Network.
Featuring legendary names like LA OTRA CARA DE UN JARDÍN, COMANDO BRUNO, LÍNEA TÁCTICA. FRANCISCO LÓPEZ, UVEGRAF, ÉTICA MAKINAL, L’AKSTREMAUNÇIÓ, NEO ZELANDA, SEPTIEMBRE NEGRO, TÉCNICA MATERIAL, FÍSODO 13.4 along with obscurities like EL ENTERRADOR ENTERRADO, 1985, ZUMBI-2, BRIGADA NADIE and more.
Including tracks originally released on rare cassettes and compilations along with a few previously unreleased ones.
Sound taken from the original cassettes / reel-to reels and remastered by Ángel Álvarez (Septiembre Negro / Linneo Dos).
Primitive harsh noise; dark electronics; wild tape manipulation; electroacoustic noise and just homemade weirdness…
52 page bilingual English / Spanish insert includes and introduction/ essay and detailed info about each artist. Lots of photos and memorabilia are also included.
RIYL: ESPLENDOR GEOMÉTRICO, THROBBING GRISTLE, NON, WHITEHOUSE, NURSE WITH WOUND, VIVENZA, MAURIZIO BIANCHI…
*2LP EN CAJA RÍGIDA DE CARTÓN CON LIBRETO BILINGÜE ESPAÑOL / INGLÉS DE 52 PÁGINAS. *SONIDO REMASTERIZADO *CUPÓN DE DESCARGA *EDICIÓN OFICIAL LIMITADA A 440 COPIAS NUMERADAS A MANO QUE NO SE REPRENSARÁ
“Golpea Tu Cerebro” es la primera recopilación en vinilo dedicada la todavía desconocida pero fascinante escena española underground de cassettes de los 80.
Con muy pocos medios, pero gran imaginación, una serie de creadores, la mayoría de ellos muy jóvenes, empezaron a principios de los 80 a grabar sus cintas ruidosas, industriales, electrónicas y experimentales. Estaban influidos por las vanguardias artísticas del siglo XX (Futurismo, Dada, Surrealismo) así como por el mail-art, el DIY y por el bombazo que supone la irrupción de pioneros de la música industrial (Throbbing Gristle, Whitehouse, Nurse With Wound, S.P.K, Cabaret Voltaire, NON, Esplendor Geométrico, etc), que se dieron a conocer en España gracias a programas de radio, fanzines, revistas y catálogos de venta por correo de discos de importación y cassettes nacionales y extranjeras.
Estamos hablando de la que se podría considerar como la primera escena autosuficiente, DIY e independiente que se produce en nuestro país. El reverso tenebroso de la Movida. Individualismo y radicalidad sonora frente a frivolidad y superficialidad.
La mayoría de los protagonistas de esta escena eran células individuales o colectivos formados por amigos, dispersos por todo el territorio español. En cualquier ciudad o pueblo, no sólo en grandes urbes como Madrid o Barcelona, aparecían inquietos personajes editando fanzines o grabando sus cintas experimentales. Comienzan a aparecer sellos como ä.d.n, El Consumo Del Miedo, Auxilio de Cientos, S.T.I., Obreros del Sonido, Toracic Tapes, 3EM…y fanzines como Cloruro Sónico, Necronomicon, Particular Motors, Syntorama, El Papel de la Merienda…
Editaban sus cassettes en ediciones muy limitadas y caseras y hubo multitud de intercambios con grupos, sellos y creadores, tanto nacionales como extranjeros, así como participaciones en recopilaciones de sellos de cassettes de todo el mundo, englobados dentro de la “International Tape Network”.
Aquí encontrarás a nombres legendarios como LA OTRA CARA DE UN JARDÍN, COMANDO BRUNO, LÍNEA TÁCTICA. FRANCISCO LÓPEZ, UVEGRAF, ÉTICA MAKINAL, L’AKSTREMAUNÇIÓ, SEPTIEMBRE NEGRO, NEO ZELANDA TÉCNICA MATERIAL, FÍSODO 13.4, etc, junto a sujetos más oscuros como EL ENTERRADOR ENTERRADO, 1985, ZUMBI-2, BRIGADA NADIE y muchos más.
El libreto a tamaño LP de 52 páginas ofrece información detallada sobre toda esta escena y los creadores incluidos, además de raras fotos, memorabilia, etc.
Todas las canciones han sido seleccionadas de raras cassettes y recopilaciones de la época y se incluyen algunas inéditas. Sonido extraído de las cassettes y bobinas originales y remasterizado por Ángel Álvarez (Septiembre Negro / Linneo Dos).
Ruido extremo, proto-harsh noise, electrónica oscura, manipulación de cinta, ruido electroacústico, primitivos sonidos industriales y todo tipo de experimentación casera “házlo-tu-mismo”.
Recomendado si te gustan: ESPLENDOR GEOMÉTRICO, THROBBING GRISTLE, NON, WHITEHOUSE, NURSE WITH WOUND, VIVENZA, MAURIZIO BIANCHI, MERZBOW…
TRACKLIST:
CARA A
1. BULBO RAQUÍDEO – Cuando me entra el telele (1981) 2. EL PUNTO DE VISTA OPERATIVO – Preparado para la guerra (1981) 3. COMANDO BRUNO – Los descuidos de Marsha (1984) 4. LA OTRA CARA DE UN JARDÍN – Acedera (1985) 5. FÉLIX MENKAR – Cantos imaginarios (1986) 6. ÉTICA MAKINAL – El placer de la carne (1986) 7. L’AKSTREMAUNÇIÓ – Hrönir (1986)
CARA B
1. C-307 – K-04 (1986) 2. QUAXAR – Ominous scrab (1985) 3. EL ENTERRADOR ENTERRADO – La yugular del petróleo (1988) 4. ZUSSAMENWÄCHSEN – Sin Título (Extracto) (1984) 5. TÉCNICA MATERIAL – Los que sufren (1986) 6. BRIGADA NADIE – Sin Título (Extracto) (1986) 7. UVEGRAF – Área Pupilar (1986)
CARA C
1. LÍNEA TÁCTICA – Ambient music for empty congress (1980) 2. FÍSODO 13.4 – El universo es mi casa (1986) 3. NEO ZELANDA – Morgana (1984) 4. ZUMBI-2 – Frecuencias (1986) 5. INTERACCIÓN – Ayuten (1985) 6. POLÍDRICO – Sin Título (Extracto) (1986)
CARA D
1. IÉXIMAL JÉLIMITE – La noche de las vísceras palpitantes (1985) 2. FRANCISCO LÓPEZ – Untitled (1980) 3. SEPTIEMBRE NEGRO – La inspiración de las escrituras (1984) 4. EL COLECCIONISTA DE POLIEDROS – Golpea tu cerebro (Daña tu mente) (1986) 5. 1985 – Madrid es una ciudad mundial (1984) 6. OH-CASIO-ÓN – Anuncios por palabras (1987)
