Psychic TV – Haçienda Label: Cold Spring – CSR187CD Format: CD, Album, Limited Edition Country: UK Released: 09 Dec 2013 Style: Industrial, Experimental, Alternative Rock
PSYCHIC TV, 5th November 1984, Manchester. This was PSYCHIC TV’s first show at NEW ORDER / FACTORY’s legendary HACIENDA club! For this event Psychic TV were: Genesis P-Orridge, John Gosling (Zos Kia, Coil), Paul Reeson, and Alex Fergusson. Tracklisting: 1. Intro, 2. Enochian Calls, 3. I Like You, 4. Unclean Monks, 5. Unclean, 6. Roman P., 7. Southern Comfort, 8. Godstar, 9. Thee Starlit Mire, 10. Thee Shining. This is the complete show with unseen photos! Ltd x 1000 copies.
Alcest – Souvenirs D’Un Autre Monde Label: Prophecy Productions – PRO 090LPX, Prophecy Productions – PRO090LPX Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Repress, 10th Anniversary Edition Country: Germany Released: 2017 Style: Black Metal, Shoegaze
Released in 2007, Alcest’s debut album, «Souvenirs d’un autre monde», marks the starting point of the band’s extraordinary career.
With the release of «Souvenirs d’un autre monde», Alcest mastermind Neige forged a luminous new sound that floats on the fringes of metal, yet incorporates emotions of euphoria, bliss and nostalgia. The singer and multi-instrumentalist dedicated the album to his childhood memories of experiences in a spiritual otherworld; personal themes that would become conceptual cornerstones of subsequent Alcest albums.
«Souvenirs…» became known as one of the fundamental releases of the Blackgaze / Post-Black Metal genre, a record that continually influences countless other bands in its wake, and was selected by Pitchfork as one of its «50 Best Shoegaze Albums of All Time».
Anniversary LP edition: – 180g vinyl (black) – Gatefold cover featuring original LP cover artwork (Not used since the first pressings!) – Din A2 poster with original LP cover artwork – protection sleeve
Tracklist: 1. Printemps Emeraude 2. Souvenirs D’Un Autre Monde 3. Les Iris 4. Ciel Errant 5. Sur L’Autre Rive Je T’Attendrai 6. Tir Nan Og
Lotus Thief – Oresteia (Vinyl Gatefold LP | Red) Label: Prophecy Productions – PRO273LP Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Red Country: Germany Released: 2020 Genre: Rock Style: Avantgarde, Black Metal, Doom Metal, Post Rock
San Francisco avant-gardists Lotus Thief create visionary music that incorporates elements of doom and black metal as well as post rock. Transcendent in sound and substance, the band has released two acclaimed albums («Rervm» in 2014, and their Prophecy debut «Gramarye» in 2016), that draw insight from ancient texts for present-day life. History is preserved and ignited, a sonic re-imagining for a world where the human race learns from its past.
With their third record «Oresteia,» Lotus Thief pushes their sound further than ever, focussing on both male and female singing, feral screams, melodic versus ferocious guitarwork and soaring violins. The result balances the atmospheric with the devastating.
In retelling the namesake epic trilogy from ancient Greece by tragedian Aeschylus, mastermind Bezaelith once again addresses distinctly modern topics, as the blood-drenched story of the mythical House of Atreus prompts several questions, ranging from the ethics of killing to gender roles.
«Oresteia» is an intentional narrative and boasts Lotus Thief’s most sophisticated production so far. A five-headed hydra of distinct personalities and stylistic backgrounds contributes to the record’s depth and diversity like the masked actors in an ancient stage play. It is no wonder that with its strong dynamics and ambient intersections, the tracks mirror an experience not unlike attending a performance in an amphitheater.
Add to this maybe the heaviest moments ever in Lotus Thief’s oeuvre, their new full-length embodies the ingenuity and intensity of contemporary extreme music.
