Schloss Tegal – Psychometry (Double Vinyl,LP) Label: La Esencia – LER023/2018LP Format: 2 LP, Vinyl, Album Country: Spain Released: Jul 2019 Style: Dark Ambient, Industrial
Schloss Tegal is back!! After a long silence since the classic «The Myth Of Meat» album, the legendary project Schloss Tegal take the needed time for work on this new enigmatic opus titled Psychometry.
13 new tracks in a intense psychogenic journey into the dark side of the human mind, created by the hands of Richard Schneider. A deep experience into the Dark Ambient fields & condensed industrial frequencies presented on this new album.
The LP Edition comes presented in a Gatefold cover with UVI finish and printed innersleeves (Black Vinyl. Edition of 200 copies)
*The vinyl Edition contain 2 Bonus tracks only available on this set. **Exclusive artwork by Alonso Urbanos (http://www.alonsourbanos.com/)
Tracklist: SIDE A – Psychopompus – Incorporeal Being – The Invalid Earth
SIDE B – Krononaut (Time Zero) – Black Vessel – Codex Lego
SIDE C – Night Regime – Body Farm – The Operators – I Am I Am
SIDE D – Now Ends Here** – The Proper Study Of Man** – We All Become Gods
Kinit Her – The Poet & The Blue Flower (Vinyl, LP) Label: Avant! – AV!025 Format: Vinyl, LP, Limited Edition, Grey Country: Italy Released: 15 Jul 2013 Style: Experimental, Neofolk, Industrial
Through kaleidoscopic composition, constitution of voice, and timbral experimentation, Nathaniel Ritter and Troy Schafer continue to braid their string of works as Kinit Her. Their discography has grown strong over recent years with releases on such esteemed labels as Alt.Vinyl, Small Doses, Pesanta Urfolk, Reue um Reue, and now, AVANT!; this repertoire has become a powerful force that is harmoniously reliable and unpredictable in theme, atmosphere, and trajectory. On The Poet & the Blue Flower, Schafer and Ritter endure in architecting a unique system of auditory mysticism. Falling in an undefinable territory of the post-industrial and neofolk landscapes with both strictly structured song-like fragments and more free-associative passages throughout its 8 tracks, this album features the exalted rhetoric that is Schafer’s stoic orchestral arrangements, Ritter’s tidal electronics and the continually evolving vocal deliveries of both men.
Lyrically, The Poet & the Blue Flower continues with Kinit Her’s recent bent of drawing on poetry from Germany’s early 20th Century post-romantic literary underground. With this record, they drift slightly from Der Kosmikerkreis to the poems of literary and political philosopher Rudolf Pannwitz serving as their sole inspiration. Pannwitz’ poetry effortlessly escalates Kinit Her’s themes of the entanglement of Heaven, Earth, and those who believe to be dwelling in some intersection thereof. Visual accompaniment to Kinit Her’s music, as it was on the recent The Cavern Stanzas, has been graciously provided by the brush of Gianluca Martucci. Mastering courtesy of James Plotkin.
Estrategia Lo Capto! – Gran Bola De Nieve Label: Burka For Everybody – BFE 007 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: Spain Released: 2011 Style: Surf, Art Rock, Punk
Posthumous reissue from one of the best albums lately released in Spain, originally only available in CD through B-Core. The Valencian trio grinded discordant punk DIY 70’s, surf, and guided Massacre, Skeleton Crew or the first Pell Mell through the Rock’n’roll way. Guitars which sound in between Fred Frith and Man Or Astro Man?, with poisoning strokes, Caribbean imposted punk that seems faked by criminals and Asirian pre-historic library punks.
George Fenton – The Company Of Wolves (Vinyl, LP, Album) Label: Cold Spring – CSR299LP Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, 180g Country: UK Released: 2021 Style: Modern Classical, Soundtrack
Out of print for over 35 years, the official soundtrack to the cult 1984 film by Neil Jordan is finally available once again on vinyl format. The surreal and effective film – a true gem of British Gothic fantasy horror – has an equally atmospheric, breathtakingly beautiful, surreal and unsettling soundtrack, scored by George Fenton.
The film itself, directed by Neil Jordan (The Crying Game, Breakfast On Pluto), and based on the screenplay by Angela Carter and Neil Jordan, is a modern allegorical adaptation of the classic Grimm fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood, symbolising sexual awakening, duality and liberation. The stellar cast features Sarah Patterson, Angela Lansbury, Stephen Rea, David Warner, and Danielle Dax.
«There is a sense of awe and enchanted wonder encaptured in its fairy tale sound, swooping with cascading violins and dark mysterious undercurrents that bubble below the surface… The score flows effortlessly between its light and dark moments. Most importantly, moments of beauty are not lost to the sense of suspense and drama. Indeed, light always needs its companion of shadow, as the film suggests in the sexual awakening of the pure untainted innocence that is Rosaleen. This score perfectly demonstrates the beauty of the juxtaposition between the sounds of youth and the temptation of desire» (L. Hammond)
«The film largely takes place in the dream world so I made this the home base for the orchestra. To a large extent the scoring in this area is conventional, perhaps a little impressionistic and hopefully reflects a curious but endearing world. This left me free to invent sounds for the stories within the dream world. I wanted to use a mixture of electronics and ‘live’ instruments, and after some experimenting, arrived at a line-up of three bass flutes, Pan Pipes, violins, one, two or three solo double basses, percussion and Synclavier II synthesizer» (George Fenton, 1984)
Oscar-nominated / Emmy & BAFTA-winning composer George Fenton has created stunning scores for major films and television such as: Gandhi, Dangerous Liaisons, The Wind That Shakes The Barley, Frozen Planet and countless others over the last 40 years.
Ltd LP on 180g vinyl.
Track listing:
A1. The Message And Main Theme A2. Rosaleen’s First Dream A3. The Village Wedding A4. The Return Of The Groom A5, The Forest And The Huntsman’s Theme A6. The Wedding Party B1. The Boy And The Devil B2. One Sunday Afternoon… B3. The Promise And Transformation B4. Arriving At Granny’s Cottage B5. The Wolfgirl B6. Liberation
The Moon And The Nightspirit – Aether Label: Auerbach Tonträger – AB 102 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Translucent Violet Country: Germany Released: 19 Jun 2020 Style: Folk, World
Throughout its 17 years of existence, Hungarian duo The Moon And The Nightspirit not once failed to enthrall lovers of mythical folk music. With traces of paganism and tribalism, the pair has existed in its very own fairytale world throughout six albums and countless intense live shows on international stages – but now, it was time for them to readjust their approach.
Speaking of their new full-length «Aether» as a «milestone in the history of the band», guitarist and lyricist Mihály refers to a surprising stylistic recalibration during songwriting – for whereas so far, singer Ágnes’ voice has been front and center, the two-piece now perfectly balances the female and male sides of its musical entity.
Consequently, The Moon And The Nightspirit are as flamboyant as they have ever been. As forerunners of a new generation of heavenly folk music that takes its cues from Dead Can Dance as much as its immediate surroundings, they filter their time-honored mixture of richly layered sounds, shamanistic chants and multiple instruments from different periods through masculine powers, maintaining both their graceful delicacy and peerless inventiveness.
With added focus on harsh vocals, «Aether» seems not only impeccably executed – arranged with the group’s fabled passion and virtuosity – but also makes good on the promise of «Metanoia»: If its predecessor rekindled an inner flame, we are now faced with a glaring fire that lights our way on «a journey through the Gateless Gates to the source of creation to find the Divine essence of the soul, to remember our Great Cosmic Unity and oneness …”
Tracklist:
1. Aether 2. Kaputlan Kapukon Át 3. Égi Messzeségek 4. A Szárny 5. Logos 6. A Mindenség Hívása 7. Asha
Sangre De Muerdago – Xuntas (Vinyl, LP, Black) Label: Música Máxica – MM15 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Black Country: Europe Released: 2021 Style: Folk
Limited to 550 copies on black vinyl. Comes in a vintage ultra-thick old school casewrapped tip-on sleeve 70s style and accompanied by a 25x25cm book with 28 pages.
-Erik “Erich” Heimansberg: Flute, pandero de Peñaparda, bass clarinet, voice. -Hanna Werth: Viola, voice. -Georg “Xurxo” Börner: Nyckelharpa, voice. -Asia Kindred Moore: Celtic harp. -Pablo “Pabs” C. Ursusson: Classical guitar, hurdy-gurdy, music box, steel string guitar, bells, voice, field recordings. -Jorge Olson de Abreu: Melodies from the Otherworld.
Guest musicians: -Steve Von Till: Vocals on “Xuntas”. -Germán Díaz: Hurdy-gurdy on “Unha das peores cousas que escoitéi no 2019 foi “Pedir perdón é un acto de debilidade””.
Recorded where the linden trees stand during early March and early May 2020 at the the Fire Vessel Studios by Tobias Häussler. Mixed by Tobias Häussler assisted by Pablo C. Ursusson and Georg Börner. Mastered by Efrén López at To Katekhon, Mas de Flors. Music, lyrics and texts by Pablo C. Ursusson. Arrangements by Pablo C. Ursusson and Sangre de Muerdago. “Foliada de Tenorio” is originally a traditional song from Galicia. Art and design by Kaska Niemiro
Sangre De Muerdago – Os Segredos Da Raposa Vermella Label: Neuropa Records – NRP76 Format: Vinyl, 12″, Single Sided, EP, Etched Country: Belgium Released: Mar 2017 Style: Folk
Before humans started building with concrete and steel, much earlier before machines reigned, and the steam locomotive was invented. There was a little red fox that wandered through the woods of the iberian northwest, in a land where its people were known as the Galaicos.
This red fox liked to listen to the melodies of the leaves and the stones, to the songs of the streams and flowers, and she sung and sung and whistled as she wandered through the forests looking for food and adventures. Until one day she knew so many songs, more songs than any other red fox in those woods. Even more songs than the ravens themselves. Afraid of forgetting those beautiful melodies, she decided to start writing a little book with her favourite songs. The book had a cover of moss and paper of birch bark, and on its pages she wrote and drew.
Many centuries later, these are our attempts to interpret some of those melodies once lost and found again, that carried in their notes an essence of times long gone. And with it we want to honor that little red fox. We also want to honor the traditional melodies from Galicia and Bretagne you’ll find in this record, the melodies of… more
Pablo C.Ursusson: Classical guitar, hurdy-gurdy, bohdran, percussions. Georg “Xurxo” Börner: Nyckelharpa, viola, violin, percussions. Erik Heimansberg: Flute, bouzouki, accordion on «Ursusson’s Polska» Jorge Olson de Abreu: Always inspiration from the otherworld.
1- Ó Albor dos Dolmens – Trad. Galicia/Milladoiro/Sangre de Muerdago 2- Ursusson’s Polska – Sangre de Muerdago 3- Agullas de Agarimo – Milladoiro/Sangre de Muerdago 4- An Dro – Trad. Bretagne
Recorded around Litha 2016 at the ColdWorld Temple with Georg “Xurxo” Börner behind the desk. Mixed and mastered by Tobias Häussler. Art by Marina Girardi.
Los Iniciados – Todo Ubú Label: Mental Experience – MENT024 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Vinyl Country: Spain Released: 2018 Style: Synth-pop, Minimal
Dark minimal synth electronics & experimental sounds by LOS INICIADOS, a mysterious project, highly influenced by The Residents, related to legendary Spanish synth–pop band AVIADOR DRO. This is their rare and sought–after second album, originally released in 1983 on the DRO label as the soundtrack to a puppet stage play, based on ALFRED JARRY’S «UBU ROI».
*16–page LP sized insert featuring the original stage play booklet. *Remastered sound. *Original artwork
Tracklist: A1. Obertura – A2. Canción de Los invitados – A3. Danza Inca de La Tía Ubú – A4. Canción 1ª de Los Palotines – A5. Desfile – A6. Canción del Tío Ubú – A7. Canción 2ª de Los Palotines – A8. La Aparición del Sr. Matías – A9. Última Canción de Los Palotines – A10. ¡Al Saco! – B1. Intermezzo – B2. Canción de Ladislao – B3. Presentación del Príncipe Freixinet – B4. Canción del Zar – B5. Canción de Guerra de Los Palotines – B6. Canción del Klam y La Tía Ubú – B7. Triunfo de Ladislao – B8. Canción Final
Por primera vez reeditado el buscado segundo álbum de LOS INICIADOS, misterioso proyecto experimental surgido en torno a los legendarios AVIADOR DRO. Originalmente publicado en 1983, contenía la música creada para una representación teatral basada en la obra «Ubú Rey» de ALFRED JARRY. Oscuros sonidos minimal synth / electrónicos y experimentales con influencia de THE RESIDENTS.
*Insert de 16 páginas que contiene reproducción del libreto original de la obra de teatro. *Sonido remasterizado *Artwork original
Emanation – The Emanation Of Begotten Chaos From God (2 × Vinyl) Label: Sentient Ruin Laboratories – SRUIN150, CAVSAS – CS003 Format: 2 × Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Stereo Country: Spain Released: 05 Nov 2021 Style: Black Metal, Experimental
Emanation is a side project from CG Santos, the mastermind behind drone act Like Drone Razors Through Flesh Sphere. An intense, esoteric and surreal combination of black metal, noise and industrial with a lo-fi production and occult lyrical themes, this is not an easy listening or approachable album by any stretch but the deranged and eerie sounds produced by Santos across the debut album The Emanation of Begotten Chaos from God make it a unique and rewarding listen for those who can penetrate its strange depths.
The album is 71 minutes long and with just six tracks four of them are ten minutes and above. The first one Cyclic Metamorphosis begins with an eerie clean melody, a slow and tinny drumbeat and noisy electronics for the first few minutes before the guitars come in with a scathingly harsh tone to them, which when accentuated for the noisy electronics makes for a dense sound even with the incredibly lo-fi production. At this point the guitars seem there more for their slow and heavy texture than for the addition of any melody, until it kicks off about six minutes in with the simple drumbeat increasing in tempo,the scratching of guitar picking up the pace while an eerie melody continues in the background. Each texture is so massive and there’s a lot of layers resulting in a sound that at first sounds incredibly lo-fi, disjointed and dissonant. But repeated and active listening reveals the esoteric melodies present under the scratchy guitars and electronic din, and the lo-fi sound all gives it an eerie and caustic atmosphere, all accentuated by this dissonant layering. It’s mostly very slow and incredibly raw and dense, but the industrial noisy elements make it sound unlike most other black metal. When the vocals finally come in, a harsh scream that’s fuzzed out by effects, it’s buried quietly in the mix, and with the off-beat drums and scraping overlapping sound of the other elements it’s a psychedelic nightmare. The following track Ritual Asphyxia starts off like a Sunn O))) guitar drone fed through a dozen noise pedals, screeching and clanking with an off-beat industrial strangeness. When the vocals come in the guitar gets more furious and more twisted by these industrial elements in a harsh and inaccessible wall of effects laden blackened noise. Some slow black metal melodies shine through once again in the background, and the tinny drums are so simplistic as to seem at odds with the array of harsh textures that make up the wall of sound, and it is truly caustic and occult sounding. Just after the half way mark it all explodes into a faster pounding piece of intensely harsh and layered black metal. Ritual Asphyxia indeed.
Immortal Blood Coil relents on the heaviness with a noisy dark ambient piece, bereft of the wall of sound approach, and creates an eerie psychedelic sound with layers of synth, chimes, drums, noise and more effects laden vocals. It relents on the heaviness but not on the dark atmosphere. Synesthesia of the Lesser Sphere is the droniest of the lot, with a droning guitar wail providing the backdrop for the creaking twisted sound of the knob twiddling electronics and harsh drawn out vocals over the top. Now and then throughout the track, the guitar stops and the electronics continue by themselves, and there’s a quiet, understated but creepy melody running in the background throughout. It’s kind of like if Anaal Nathrakh decided they wanted abandon their brand of apocalyptic devastation to create some of the creepiest fucking music of all time instead.
The final two tracks Inorganic and Sands of Totemic Silence are the two longest on the album at 18 and 15 minutes respectively. The electronics on the former are so harsh, dissonant and noisy it sounds like the breakdown of some mechanic behemoth and the lo-fi trebly sound of the guitars sings its eerie black metal wail over the top with melodies that are slow to reveal themselves -it’s intelligent, melodic and caustic blackened noise. The closer starts with eerie dark synth ambient in one of the few moments that isn’t a complete clusterfuck of noise, but still sounds dark as all hell before kicking off with more off-beat drums as layers upon layers of guitar, synth and noise all drone away with a slow and deranged din, breaking down towards the end into a noisy electronic mess.
The Emanation of Begotten Chaos from God has to be one of the most original black metal releases I’ve heard in the last few years, and it’s so dissonant, surreal and nightmarish it has to be heard by anyone interested in pushing the genre’s boundaries with it’s harsh and twisted explorations – it it will take more than few listens to unravel the depths of what’s going on as it might sound like a messy din at first, but reveals itself to be a caustic and surreal masterpiece.
Tumefactum – Tumefactum Label: Andalucia Über Alles – AÜA 008, Muerte A Tipo – none, The Safety Pin Generation – TSPG 005, SINCRONICA – SINCRO-008 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition Country: Spain Released: Mar 2017 Style: Alternative Rock, Post-Punk, Goth Rock
Grupo de Murcia, en 2015 grabaron una demo y a principios del año 2017 editaron este Lp. En vinilo, a través de los sellos Andalucía Über Alles, Muerte a Tipo, Sincronica, The Safety Pin Generation y el propio grupo. 10 temas, post punk, temas tranquilos, melodías oscuras, algo inquietantes y depresivas…
En uno de los tema incluyen unas lineas de Federico García Lorca