• CD,  Distribution

    Attrition ‎– The Truth In Dark Corners…

    noviembre 17, 2024

    Attrition ‎– The Truth In Dark Corners…
    Label: Other Voices Records ‎– VOX8CD
    Format: CD, Album
    Country: Russia
    Released: May 2011
    Style: New Wave, Industrial, Minimal

    Recorded live on the april 1985 tour of The Netherlands the set comprised many embryonic versions of tracks that were later recorded for the «Smiling, at the hypogonder club» album…with 2 unreleased songs!
    Originally released on Other Voices records.

    The truth in dark corners – Chain DLK review

    «The Truth In Dark Corners» is a recording of live tracks coming from the band’s 1985 Holland tour plus a closing track coming from a London gig.
    Back then Attrition were releasing their second album «Smiling, At The Hypogonder Club» on Third Mind and this release contains many tracks coming from that one plus «Shrinkwrap» (which was a single) and two unreleased tracks «In The Attic» and «The Aftermath».
    Formed on those days by Martin Bowes, Marianne Teunissen and Alex Novak, the band was creating their distinctive darkwave electronic sound which was capable to mix danceable rhythms and electronic experimental attitude.
    «The Truth In Dark Corners» contains good recordings of classic Attrition’s tracks (or at least they are what I consider their classics) like «Mind Drop» or «Pendulum Turns» and here you can listen them sounding direct and powerful.
    These recordings represent quite well the essence of the band on those days so I don’t consider this album only a release for hard core fans. And sleeve notes you’ll find by Justin Mitchell back then. I’m quite sure that if you a long time reader of our magazine you know this guy, because when he knew Attrition he was an electronic music enthusiast who became their friend but soon after he founded Cold Spring Records.

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    Sol Invictus ‎– Thrones

    noviembre 14, 2024

    Sol Invictus ‎– Thrones
    Label: Auerbach Tonträger ‎– AB 049
    Format: 2 × CD, Reissue, Limited Edition
    Country: Germany
    Released: 04 Nov 2011
    Style: Neofolk

    Noble re-release of the Sol Invictus classic with eleven-track bonus CD

    Apart from the early Sol Invictus catalogue that hasn’t been available for a long time, Auerbach Tonträger is re-releasing the newer albums by the English godfathers of Neofolk as well of course. «Thrones», originally released in 2002, sees a special treatment. In addition to the usual portrait-format Digipak including revised artwork and liner-notes limited to 700 copies, a jam-packed bonus CD is included, containing tracks from the deleted collection of Sol Invictus rarities «The Angel», the hidden tracks from the best-of album «The Giddy Whirl of Centuries», the songs «Light me the Candle» and «Welcome» from the compilations «Writ in Water» and «Songs for Aliénor», a live recording of «Against the Modern World» from Paris that was originally included on a compilation by «Orkus» magazine in 2003, as well as the song «Owl & Pussycat.»

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    Sol Invictus ‎– King & Queen

    noviembre 14, 2024

    Sol Invictus ‎– King & Queen
    Label: Auerbach Tonträger ‎– AB 038
    Format: CD, Reissue, Album, Limited Edition, Digipak
    Country: Germany
    Released: 02 Mar 2012
    Style: Modern Classical, Neofolk

    Noble re-release of the Sol Invictus classic with eight bonus tracks

    Originally released back in 1992 and deleted for a long time, «King & Queen» comes back stronger than ever in an enhanced packaging (limited portrait-format Digipak, revised artwork, liner notes) and with bonus tracks: apart from the original album, eight additional songs are included – live recordings from the years 1990 and 1991 which up to now had only been released on the rare and strictly limited LP «Rite Of Spring.»

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