• Distribution,  Vinyl

    The Frozen Autumn – Pale Awakening





    The Frozen Autumn – Pale Awakening (2 × Vinyl, Blue)
    Label: Avantgarde Music / AV447LP
    Format: 2 × Vinyl, Album, Reissue, Blue
    Country: Italy
    Released: 2022
    Style: New Wave, Synth-pop, Darkwave

    Pale Awakening is the debut album by The Frozen Autumn, which originally saw the light in 1995 following the demotape Oblivion and various live gigs in Italy and abroad. These led to the CD release of this concept album with crepuscular sounds, at times inspired by the sound of 4AD and Projekt Records, that unfold between reflective and atmospheric moments, imbued with melancholy with more rhythmic openings, yet always characterized by a common feature: the oniric plane, the certainty of the existence of parallel realities, the escape from everyday life to embark on an inner journey, aware that «there is something beyond».

    27 years after the first edition, Avantgarde Music re-releases Pale Awakening in two valuable collectible formats: 12 «colored double vinyl in a gatefold cover with lyrics.

  • CD,  Distribution

    Psychic TV – Live At Thee Marquee




  • CD,  Distribution

    Psychic TV – Live At Thee Ritz









  • CD,  Distribution

    HONORIS III (Tribute To Bauhaus)


    Various – HONORIS III (Tribute To Bauhaus)
    Label: Unknown Pleasures Records – UPRGOLD022
    Format: CD, Limited Edition
    Country: France
    Released: 14 May 2022
    Style: Goth Rock

    After paying tribute to the musical work of Death In June and then to that of The Sisters Of Mercy, the third part of our HONORIS Tribute series is this time dedicated to the legendary British band BAUHAUS!
    Pioneers of post-punk and the goth-wave despite themselves. Haunted by the tutelary shadow of David Bowie and Brian Eno, truly post-punk with a touch of glam, lovers of German expressionism and European symbolism, the sound of Bauhaus knew how to combine dub basses, and acid guitars, sepulchral voices and hypnotic rhythms. Here is the first excerpt from our compilation planned in CD, vinyl, tape and book format on May 21, 2022


  • CD,  Distribution

     In Search Of Death ‎– II

     In Search Of Death ‎– II
    Label: Steinklang Industries ‎– SK149
    Format: CD, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered
    Country: Europe
    Released: 11 Feb 2022
    Style: Dark Ambient, Industrial

    Limited edition of 100 copies, comes 6-panels glossy laminated digipak.

    Recorded in 2001/2002
    Mastered in 2020 by Peter Andersson (Raison D’Etre)


    Even though the material on II dates back 20 years, it in no way feels outdated or outmoded now. The darkly atmospheric, sonically abrasive music is timeless in the way good, classic harsh industrial is.

    Recorded in 2001/2002, and now presented with mastering by Peter Andersson (Raison d’Etre etc.), In Search Of Death’s «II» is an album of classical, old school industrial music. Pulsating and throbbing dark synths, powerful percussion and electronic distortion are balanced by the occasional passage of bright, harmonious synths – which never entirely manage to wash away the sense of deep unease and lingering dread that permeates the album.

    Staying on the atmospheric side of harsh industrial music, In Search Of Death’s sound combines elements from death industrial, dark ambient and occasional passages of more belligerent, martial atmospheres. This is certainly music fans of old death industrial – Brighter Death Now etc. – will appreciate. Having released material by the likes of Sütcliffe Jugend on the band’s own label, In Search Of Death are deeply entrenched in the world of vicious old-school industrial electronics.

  • Distribution,  ¿Cultura?

    NOISE RECEPTOR JOURNAL ISSUE NO.7





    NOISE RECEPTOR JOURNAL ISSUE NO.7

    CONTENT

    In depth interviews with: Am Not, Cloister Recordings Himukalt, Ochu, Pterygium, & Tone Generator (of SPK & Last Dominion Lost).
    A series of six previously unpublished SPK group photos, taken at The Brickworks, Sydney, March 1982.
    Collage artwork by Richard Stevenson.
    50 in depth music reviews (ambient/ industrial/ experimental / power electronics etc.).


    FORMAT

    A5 Format.
    Professional print, colour cover, grey-scale throughout.
    ‘Perfect bound’ spine, with matt laminate, thick card stock cover.
    94 pages in length.
    Limited to 600 copies.

  • Distribution,  ¿Cultura?

    NOISE RECEPTOR JOURNAL ISSUE NO.9





    NOISE RECEPTOR JOURNAL ISSUE NO.9

    CONTENT

    Long-form interviews with: Contrastate, Die Kombination, Linekraft, Live Bait Recording Foundation, Martin Bladh, Murderous Vision & Nil By Mouth.
    Reviews: 60 detailed reviews (ambient/ industrial/ experimental / power electronics etc.).
    Artwork: Original cover artwork + review section artwork by Martin Bladh.

    FORMAT

    A5 Format.
    Professional print, colour cover, grey-scale throughout.
    ‘Perfect bound’ spine, with matt laminate, thick card stock cover.
    98 pages in length.
    Limited to 600 copies.

  • Distribution

    The Frozen Autumn – Seen From Under Ice

    The Frozen Autumn – Seen From Under Ice
    Label: Twilight Records – TW 1.69
    Format: 2 x DVD, DVD-Video, PAL
    Country: Argentina
    Released: 2010
    Style: Darkwave

    /// SOLD OUT ///

    The 2 DVDs contain 27 tracks +backstage footage + credits and much more – for a total running time of approximately 3 hours of mostly unreleased and rare video material.

    Tracks 1 to 18 are brand new video shootings of a “live in studio” session filmed 3 months ago in The Memory Room Studio cut with “TFA-personally-made” videoart, where songs spanning from “Pale Awakening” to “Is Anybody There?” have been re-sung and re-interpreted with additional guitars and keyboards also thanks to the new live members Stefano Nieri from Act Noir (guitars) and The Count from Nabla Operator (synths), both appearing in the videos together with Diego & Froxy, of course.
    Tracks 19 to 21 are TFA & Static Movement official videoclips while Tracks 21 to 27 are live video shootings taken from 2 TFA concerts of the 90’s.

    DVD in PAL, Region Code: 0

    ‘Memory Room Studio Performance’ – 31 October 2009 Versions:
    º 01 Onyria
    º 02 Don’t Cry For Me
    º 03 Ashes
    º 04 Into Your Arms
    º 05 Guardian Angel
    º 06 Faceless Names
    º 07 Outside The Line
    º 08 Painted Girls
    º 09 There’s No Time To Recall
    º 10 Polar Plateau
    º 11 Static Cold º 12 Second Sight
    º 13 Again
    º 14 Venetian Blinds
    º 15 The Waveshaper
    º 16 Wait For Nothing
    º 17 Silence Is Talking
    º 18 This Time

    Official Videoclips:
    º 19 Is Everything Real?
    º 20 Nouvelle Vague
    º 21 Another Tear

    Live in Ferrara 1994:
    º 22 Pale Awakening
    º 23 Again
    º 24 Another Tear

    Live in Darmstadt 1998:
    º 25 Wait For Nothing
    º 26 I’m Coming From Nowhere
    º 27 Don’t Cry For Me 




  • CD,  Distribution

    Chiron – The Sun Goes Down


    Chiron – The Sun Goes Down
    Label: Dark Vinyl Records ‎– DV97
    Format: CD, Album, Limited Edition
    Country: Germany
    Released: 14 Jan 2022
    Style: Darkwave

    After 7 years of silence, the Australian Darkwave/ PostPunk act CHIRON returns with a new album. Chiron is the brainchild of ex-IKON vocalist Michael Aliani, supported by Dino Molinaro (IKON) on bass and cello. In addition, Leanne Coe can be heard on saxophone for the first time.
    Influenced by groups like Joy Division and the early New Order, Michael left IKON in 1997 and started his project «Chiron».
    “The Sun goes Down” is certainly Chiron’s darkest and best release yet. Themes like isolation, loneliness and loss are the focus.
    Of course, typical PostPunk and Joy Division elements are included, but especially the dark tracks with saxophone reflect the range and development of CHIRON.
    The album also features a Remix by JM Lederman (The Weathermen, Ghost & Writer…)

    Tracklist::
    1.Surrender 5:06 / 2.Rage 1:39 / 3. Sadly 3:32 / 4. Darker Days 4:25 / 5. Let Us Beginn 3:12 / 6. Deep Inside 4:52 / 7. Frantic 3:50 / 8. Forsaken 4:56 / 9. Decline 4:46 / 10. That Feeling 2:50 / 11. Torn 3:49 / 12. Darker Days (Jean Marc Ledderman – Remix) 4:18

    BLACK Magazin, Review January 2022:
    Man mag ja von der australischen Dark Wave-Formation IKON halten was man will, aber in den letzten Jahren haben sie es doch etwas arg mit den Wiederauflagen alter Veröffentlichungen bzw. Singles-, Live- & Demo-Compilations übertrieben. Die Diskografie von CHIRON, der Band des ehemaligen IKON-Sängers Michael Carrodus ist dagegen recht übersichtlich und „The Sun Goes Down“ das erste richtige Album nach sehr langer Zeit. Inzwischen ist CHIRON zum Trio geschrumpft und neben IKON-Bassist Dino Molinaro noch Leanne Coe mit ihrem Saxophon an Bord. Gerade dieses für Bands aus dem Dark Wave-Genre ungewöhnliche Instrument (von den THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS mal abgesehen) sorgt im Soundgewand von CHIRON für eine frische Note und erinnert gleichzeitig an die alten CLOCK DVA zu „Advantage“-Zeiten. Natürlich klingt die dunkel-volle Bariton-Stimme von Michael Carrodus (inzwischen Aliani) immer noch nach Ian Curtis und Adi Newton (bzw. nach alten IKON) und der Bass nach Post Punk, aber der Rest ist schon deutlich elektronischer, rhythmischer bis experimenteller gehalten. Nach einigen Durchläufen stellt sich jedoch schnell eine latente Sogwirkung ein, der man sich schwer entziehen kann und das Album zu einem frühen Höhepunkt des noch jungen Jahres 2022 macht! „The Sun Goes Down“ endet übrigens mit einem absolut lässigen Remix von „Darker Days“ durch Jean Marc Ledderman (u.a. THE WEATHERMEN), welcher nicht etwa die Sonne unter gehen, sondern regelrecht aufgehen lässt! Gebt CHIRON unbedingt eine Chance, denn das Album hat weitaus mehr Aufmerksamkeit verdient und die vor allem über die regulären IKON-Kreise hinaus gehen sollte. (Marco Fiebag)


  • CD,  Distribution

    Hekate – Sonnentanz


    Hekate – Sonnentanz
    Label: Auerbach Tonträger ‎– AB 027
    Format: CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Digipak
    Country: Germany
    Released: 04 Nov 2011
    Style: Modern Classical, Neofolk

    A cornerstone of German Neofolk

    Originally released in 2000 by Well of Urd, “Sonnentanz”, the first album release by Hekate without limitation, became something of a cornerstone of German Neofolk. Conceptionally dedicated to the free spirit of the ‘Bündische Jugend’ (German youth movement) and the ‘Edelweißpiraten’ (Edelweiss pirates), Germany’s “lost youth” of the 1930s, Hekate’s music here is marked by a folkloric acoustic style that sets the standards for the years to come. This re-release is presented in a portrait-format Digipak including revised artwork and liner-notes and is limited to 700 copies.