Named after the Sergei Lukyanenko novel of the same name, Nochnoy Dozor (Translated: Night Watch) are relentless newcomers hailing from Greece. Founded in December of 2015, the group is now releasing its self-titled debut EP.
The music of Nochnoy Dozor embraces a variety of genres, with ambient soundscapes and pop flourishes clashing against heavy breaks and moments of harsh rock outbursts, all defined by the sophisticated interplay of synths and guitars. Dominating it all are the dual female vocalists that guide the listener through the music challenging the idea of how these vocalists can co-exist and play off each other; a feature that fully comes into its own in Nochnoy Dozor’s dynamic live show. Featuring Manos Georgakopoulos from Universe217 on guitar, Nochnoy Dozor pursue a gentler musical approach that flirts just as much with pop melodies as it does with atypical musical explorations.
With subtle, but never simplistic lyrics, and musicians subordinating themselves to the music’s atmosphere, Nochnoy Dozor understand that less is more. The band’s goal is to create catharsis for the listener, and an immersive sonic experience that delves deeper than their peers.
Valborg – Nekrodepression (Vinyl, LP) Label: Total Dissonance Worship – TDW048 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Red Opaque Country: US Released: Jun 2022 Style: Black Metal, Experimental
Re-release of the 2012 Nekrodepression record, red opaque vinyl in matte varnish jacket. Remastered for vinyl, limited to 150 copies.
Nekrodepression’ is the band’s undeniable breakthrough album and delivers an absolutely primal mix of blackened Doom and Thrash. The mostly German lyrics and signature bellow of Christian Kolf’s vocals only add to the harsh and brute nature of this material. But those who dedicate their time to crack Valborg’s hard and discordant shell will undoubtedly get hooked on the band’s raw, yet anthemic climaxes.
For its 10th anniversary, ‘Nekrodepression’ has been completely remastered and is presented with a fresh take on the original art, which is now more in line with the band’s iconic aesthetic.
For fans of: Eisenvater, Celtic Frost, Type O Negative
Ataraxia – Sueños (2 × Vinyl) Label: The Circle Music – TCM003RED Format: 2 × Vinyl, LP, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Gatefold, Red Country: Greece Released: 2021 Style: Neofolk, Modern Classical
The Circle Music proudly announces the release of Ataraxia’s “Suenos” for first time on LP. “Suenos” was released on CD in 2001 and now, 20 years later, we honor this magnificent album -one of the best albums that Ataraxia ever released- by releasing it in two different Luxurious Double Colored Gatefold LP editions, the first will be in red vinyl (Limited to 250 copies) and the second edition will be in blue vinyl (Limited to 250 copies). There will be new mastering and two bonus tracks, “Melisanda” & “Clytaemestra”, from “In Amoris Mortisque” split EP, that was published in 1995 together with Engelsstaub.
“Suenos” will be the first step of a long walk that we intend to accomplish as a record company as far as the glorious past of Ataraxia is concerned. Our aim is to release their most important albums in vinyl, so leave enough space in your LP collection for Ataraxia, one of the most influential and long-lived bands that offer us their magical musical melodies for three whole decades.
Ataraxia – “Suenos”
Code: TCM003RED
Release Date: 27.09.2021
Format: Double Gatefold Red Colored LP (250 copies)
Style: Neofolk, Medieval, Modern Classical
Track-list:
Side A – EGO PROMITTO DOMINO
1) Parti de mal 2) Saderaladon 3) Belle Jolande 4) Il Bagatto
SIDE B – L’AME D’EAU
1) Mon Ame Sorcière 2) Eleven 3) Mnemosine
4) I Love Every Waving Thing
SIDE C – SANDY DUNES
1) Encrucijada 2) Funeral In Datca 3) The Corals Of Aqaba 4) Nemrut Dagi
SIDE D – IN AMORIS
1) Clytaemestra
2) Melisanda
Musicians:
Francesca Nicoli : vocals, flute, cymbal, bells
Vittorio Vandelli: classical, acoustic and electric guitars, chitarra battente
Giovanni Pagliari: keyboards, vocals
(Guest in Suenos)
Francesco Banchini clarinet, traverse flute, bodhran, vocals
Statement from Ataraxia:
Suenos 2001-2021
“Which were the dreams that, twenty years ago, brought us here and now? Which ones, those that, in twenty years in the future, will have drawn our present now and here? PARTI DE MAL, far from evil, a choral and decisive NO towards forces that keep us away from our dreams, then, to exorcise this time, we let ourselves free to dance a pagan dance called SADERALADON.
We are in the presence of BELLE JOLANDE, quintessence of Venus, Goddess of harmony and love that we honor until we find ourselves catapulted to card 1 of the tarots, IL BAGATTO, the one who has all the tools to “start” a work but he’s not moving yet.
We enter the second phase of the dream and journey, we get into the deep unconscious, the lucid dream, the feminine, the welcoming water.
MON AME SORCIERE, right now the soul begins creating, she becomes a witch, a prophetess and initiates her subtle action through portal 11, ELEVEN, the number of the door in deep contact with memory, MNEMOSINE, Titaness-Goddess of memories who leads us to get in touch with all what is waving, I LOVE EVERY WAVING THING. We access the third phase, the masculine, the action of fire. Through sandy dunes, we reach a crossroad, ENCRUCIJADA, where does the dream lead us? To abandon all what is no longer useful, the burden of what denatures us physically, emotionally and spiritually (FUNERAL IN DATCA), we give it a worthy burial in order to access a sparkling, multicolored treasure (THE CORALS OF AQABA) allowing us to ascend to Mount Nemrut (NEMRUT DAGI) where we put the crown on our head, the return of the inner King, the quintessence, in dignity, beauty and love. IN AMOR, the fourth step, in love and for love. Lost love for the ones who did not have the courage to live it, to devote themselves to it, to open their own hearts as in the song CLYTAEMESTRA; and the glorious love embodied by MELISANDA, protagonist of the alchemical wedding, an iridescent soul dancing a round dance that rejoins the one of SADERALADON in a spiral that rises by an octave. We had the ardor to dream and the dream came true. The dream is all what has been, is and will be as time is only a dimension of space and each space travels parallel to another in a multidimensional matrix where everything is possible if we sing it.
Risk Risk – Blue Science (Vinyl, LP, Album, Blue Transparent) Label: Young And Cold Records – YCR/140, Wave Records (4) – W134 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Blue Transparent Country: Worldwide Released: 22 Feb 2023 Style: Synth-pop, Disco
The German producer Stefan Kraft founded the project Risk Risk in 2009 with the aim of releasing 1980s style Synthpop with vintage/retro limited music equipment.
Der Blutharsch / NON – Live In Athens 21/5/2000 (Vinyl, LP, Green) Label: Zyklon-B Productions – none Format: Vinyl, LP, Green Country: Greece Released: 2007 Style: Industrial, Neofolk
Limited Edition of 111 copies in green (this) and black vinyl. Etching on the vinyl writes «GUN 001». Rarity (Important, the cover has some marks, possibly of being improperly stored)
Boyd began his exploration of noise in the mid ’70s with the aid of a tape recorder and various loops of girl groups, turning pop into a continuous drone. This first collection, known as «The Black Album» was made toward the end of 1975 self-released in 1977 and later re-released as «Boyd Rice» by Mute in 1981. Boyd met Daniel Miller (head of Mute Records) at his first gig in the UK, where he played alongside with Throbbing Gristle, and was among the first artists to be signed on Mute. He is also known for his 7″ with treated noise loop grooves, which can be played at every speed and also off-center with extra drilled holes. The first of them, «Knife Ladder», was also his first release as NON. Boyd Rice also releases records with his own name and as Boyd Rice And Friends (with different guests), he does spoken words under the moniker The Boyd Rice Experience and a cover band of 60s’ pop songs with the name Spell (with Rose McDowall). Various appearances on works of Blood Axis, Current 93, Death In June and others.
Der Blutharsch is the main project of Austrian musician Albin Julius. Following in the footsteps of Autopsia and Laibach, Julius creates a marching music of bombastic rhythms and folkish melodies, often infused with historical military speeches and orchestral samples. The earlier works tended towards a minimalistic sample-based instrumental style in an industrial/ambient vein, while more recent material has headed into a folk/acoustic sound, often accompanied with live vocals and instruments.
Der Blutharsch’s first release was a self-titled picture LP released in late 1996 on the Arthur’s Round Table label, but the project didn’t became Julius’ main musical outlet until 1998 after the break-up of his previous band The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath A Cloud. The first CD album «Der Sieg des Lichtes Ist des Lebens Heil» was released that year, followed by a series of limited EP’s, before the release of the masterpiece «The Pleasures Received In Pain» in 1999.
Almost all of the bands releases are through Julius’ personal austrian-based label «WKN» («Wir Kapitulieren Niemals»), which was distributed by World Serpent UK until 2000, when it switched to Tesco Distribution in Germany. Since 2001 various musicians have acted as part of the band, but Albin Julius currently claims Der Blutharsch to have four permanent members: Marthynna, Jörg B. (of Graumadh), Bain Wolfkind (of Novo Homo) and himself.
The band officially disbanded in 2010, but was newly founded as Der Blutharsch And The Infinite Church Of The Leading Hand in the same year
Cønjuntø Vacíø #2 Label: Cønjuntø Vacíø – Ø 02 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Compilation, Limited Edition Country: Spain Released: 01 Nov 2014 Genre: Electronic, Rock, Folk, World, & Country Style: Darkwave, Experimental, Psychedelic Rock, Industrial, Post-Punk
Cønjuntø Vacíø #2 (Vinyl, LP, Album, Compilation, Limited Edition)
Tracklist
A1 – Xeno And Oaklander L’Informateur A2 – Fasenuova Años En Blanco Y Negro A3 – Marshstepper Complacency Serves The Old Gods B1 – Tercer Sol Último Grito B2 – Híbrida, Nen i Cavall Delamare B3 – Polígono Hindú Astral Eje De Rotación B4 – +++ Como Un Bocado En El Cuello Que Te Arrancara La Vida
Jarboe – Sacrificial Cake Label: The Circle Music – TCM019LP Format: 2 × Vinyl, LP, Deluxe Edition, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Lavender, Gatefold, Tip On Sleeve Country: Greece Released: 2022 Style: Abstract, Goth Rock, Avantgarde
1995. Four years since the solo album ‘Thirteen Masks’, Jarboe who is at the same time working in Swans, created the album ‘Sacrificial Cake’ which was recorded in New York’s East Village at the studio of multi instrumentalist Lary Seven. Swans founder, Michael Gira simultaneously releases his album, ‘Drainland’.
In the 16 songs on ‘Sacrificial Cake’, even more sides of Jarboe’s creativity are revealed. A mysterious and magical atmosphere surrounds the entire album of fantasy tales in spooky sounds such as “The Body Lover” and “Troll” and at times with dark tribal rhythms as in “Ode To V”.
The mystagogy begins with the “Lavender Girl” of smoke and desire followed by the undulating “Ode to V”. The journey through Jarboe’s dreams and nightmares has begun.
“Troll Lullaby” (a terrifying childhood vision), “My Buried Child” (a live recording accompanied by Michael Gira on acoustic guitar), “Surgical Saviour” (perversity in an industrial style ), “Deflowered” (a deliberately ironic rock song spoofing the music industry).
“Troll” the ending track extends an invitation to experience it in low light or with headphones while next to a camp fire in the woods.
‘Sacrificial Cake’ is alive. We are proud to release this legendary album for first time on vinyl -on it’s own- and with new mastering, new lay out, luxurious packaging and of course in the color of lavender dedicated to the “Lavender Girl”.
Lustmord – [Other] (2 x Vinyl, LP) Label: Pelagic Records – PEL 185-V Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Limited Edition, Reissue, Stereo, Gatefold Cover, Black Vinyl Country: Germany Released: 2022 Style: Dark Ambient, Experimental
The Lustmord project started when Brian Williams was assisting the seminal industrial ensemble SPK in the early ’80s when that project was at its most caustic. In those early days Lustmord was often the duo of Brian Williams (often credited as B. Lustmord) and John Murphy. Later Lustmord increasingly became a solo project.
