• CD,  Distribution

    Anemone Tube ‎– The Three Worlds – Forget Heaven

    enero 23, 2018

     

    Anemone Tube ‎– The Three Worlds – Forget Heaven
    Label: The Epicurean ‎– cure.18, La Esencia ‎– LER019/2017
    Format: CD, Album
    Country: Europe
    Released: 23 Oct 2017
    Style: Dark Ambient, Industrial, Experimental

    Far reaching pleasures will be at hand – Anemone Tube reveals a series of three CDs entitled “The Three Worlds: Allegory of Vanity / Forget Heaven / Vanity of Allegory”, referencing a cosmological treatise on the universe from the Theravada Buddhism of the 14th century, the subject matter of which is the description of three levels of existence of all beings and mythical creatures.

    This extensive retrospective release contains selected tracks from various tapes released between 1997 and 1999 – mostly rare and unavailable today – as well as yet unreleased tracks recorded between 1997 and 2013, a.o. outtakes from the “Death Over China” recordings, handpicked and recontextualized by Anemone Tube, representing the project’s roughest and most atmospheric material up to date, ranging from depressive ritual experimental ambient over dark rhythmic industrial soundscapes to whirlwind noise. Sharply mastered by Hunter Barr for a powerful, contemporary sound, each CD comes in a 6-panel digifile featuring beautiful photography by Dario Lehner.

    “The Three Worlds” is a work about transience on many levels, perfectly elucidated in the Buddhist Sutra “Far Reaching Pleasures”, “The three worlds are transient like clouds in autumn / Birth and death of all beings unfold like a dance / Their lives rush away… more
    credits

    Music composed, mixed & edited by Anemone Tube. 1–6 recorded September 1996 – February 1997, previously released as Forget Heaven cassette (Bawler Productions, 1997). 7 + 8 recorded September 1997, sounds: Thomas Gith, 7 previously released on Forget Heaven/Angel Falls CDr (Solipsism, 2000). 8 voice: Sven Birker, previously released on Basisgleiche Verschiedenheiten comp. cassette (Bawler Productions, 1997). 9 recorded September 1997, loop: Origami Galaktika, previously released on Ambient Intimacy 3 comp. CDr (EE Tapes, 1999). 10 recorded 2000, previously unreleased. 11 recorded December 1998 – August 1999, previously released on Split CDr with Tarkatak (Trümmer Kassetten / Transfixional Entertainment, 1999).

    Concept, art and design by Anemone Tube 2015/17. Photography by Dario Lehner 2015, set design, photo editing by Anemone Tube 2015/17. Mastering by Hunter Barr 2017

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  • Distribution,  Vinyl

    Last Dominion Lost ‎– Abomination Of Desolation

    enero 22, 2018

    Last Dominion Lost ‎– Abomination Of Desolation (Vinyl, LP)
    Label: The Epicurean ‎– cure.15, La Esencia ‎– LER017/2017
    Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition
    Country: Europe
    Released: 23 Oct 2017
    Style: Industrial, Experimental

    Last Dominion Lost has existed since 1992, formed out of the ashes of Merge (a project created by Dominik Guerin, founding member of SPK, and Jon Evans). With the inclusion of John Murphy (ex-SPK, Whitehouse, Current 93, Death in June), the transition was complete. In April of 1992 the recording sessions for what was to become „The Tyranny of Distance“ began (released on Germany’s Tesco Records). 16 years later, the opportunity arose to reform the slumbering project. With the welcome addition of Ash Wednesday (Crashlands, Einstürzende Neubauten) and Julian Percy (Ratbag) initial recordings and rehearsals began in May of 2008. In November of 2015 Till Brüggemann (Gerechtigkeits Liga, Krank) joined LDL.

    Desolation: total, utter, without remit. Departure, loss, absence, yawning valleys of noise. The overture moans from the terminal ward. The humiliation of the cadaver, the scouring of abandoned houses and rubbish heaps, a planet blasted by the fruits of hubris. The last sigh of bathos: «It is finished“.

    Such is the subject matter and sentiment of this follow-up to the much acclaimed albums “Snowdrops From A Curate’s Garden“ and „Towers of Silence“ which put Last Dominion Lost firmly on the throne of post-industrial music. “Abomination of Desolation” is consistent with their development into a dark and profound direction, and yet saturated with the noise and feedback that taps deep into the genre’s conscience: Metallic percussion and the screams of terror, ritual chants and anxious atmospheres, all used and abused in order to create the most accurate soundtrack of desolation.

    By the fans, “Abomination of Desolation” will be met with mixed feelings – as recordings began with John Murphy in 2015 and through his untimely death that year had to be finished without him, the acknowledged grandsigneur of post-industrial music. The album’s theme and musical approach were originally intended by John for a KRANK release: An electronic album, reflecting on John’s experiences when he was first hospitalized, comatose, and hooked to a breathing machine which was constantly creating bizarre sounds.

    The result stands as a brief and concise display of the group’s ability to create an unmistakable old school sound with contemporary production value. The album runs for ten tracks clocking in less than 40 minutes total and features new member Till Brüggemann (Gerechtigkeits Liga), as well as guests Nikolas Schreck, Lori Goldston and John Murphy’s beloved wife Annie Stubbs among others. With a firm electronic/analogue backbone, a delicate contrast of percussions of various origins and uncanny vocals, this is a truly dark affair, and while towards the end of the journey some more aggravating feedback loops crawl in, it never gets upfront aggressive.

    With the crisp mastering job of Hunter Barr it is safe to say that “Abomination of Desolation” will not lag behind its predecessors at all, but forge their deserved status as genre icons.

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  • Distribution,  Vinyl

    Der Blutharsch ‎– Werkschau 1997 : 2010

    enero 2, 2018

    Der Blutharsch ‎– Werkschau 1997 : 2010
    Label: Handmade Birds ‎– HB-DIS015
    Series: Dark Icon Series – 3
    Format: 2 × Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Limited Edition, Numbered
    Country: US
    Released: 2011
    Style: Industrial

    24 tracks spanning the first thirteen years of this innovative band, including material from nine full-length albums.

    Edtion: 500, archived on 180 gram black vinyl. ALL inserts hand numbered, and the first 250 signed by Albin Julius himself. Original artwork (also by Julius) features black and red foil stamping on exterior. One-time pressing, Handmade Birds Dark Icons Series.

    Track A1 is taken from “Der Blutharsch – Track 3”
    Track A2 is taken from “Der Blutharsch – Track 2”
    Track A3 is taken from “Der Blutharsch – Track 13”
    Track A4 is taken from “Der Sieg des Lichtes Ist Des Lebens Heil! – Track 6”
    Track A5 is taken from “Der Sieg des Lichtes Ist Des Lebens Heil! – Track 7”
    Track A6 is taken from “Der Sieg des Lichtes Ist Des Lebens Heil! – Track 13”
    Track B1 is taken from “The Pleasures Received In Pain – Track 5”
    Track B2 is taken from “The Pleasures Received In Pain – Track 12”
    Track B3 is taken from “The Pleasures Received In Pain – Track 9”
    Track B4 is taken from “The Track of the Hunted – Track 8”
    Track B5 is taken from “The Track of the Hunted – Track 2”
    Track B6 is taken from “The Track of the Hunted – Track 5”
    Track C1 is taken from “When All Else Fails! – Track 8”
    Track C2 is taken from “When All Else Fails! – Track 9”
    Track C3 is taken from “Time Is Thee Enemy! – Track 5”
    Track C4 is taken from “Time Is Thee Enemy! – Track 10”
    Track C5 is taken from “When Did Wonderland End? – Track 11”
    Track C6 is taken from “When Did Wonderland End? – Track 6”
    Track D1 is taken from “When Did Wonderland End? – Track 7”
    Track D2 is taken from “The Philosophers Stone – Track 1”
    Track D3 is taken from “The Philosophers Stone – Track 2”
    Track D4 is taken from “The Philosophers Stone – Track 7”
    Track D5 is taken from “Flying High – Track 2”
    Track D6 is taken from “Flying High – Track 3”

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