Dernière Volonté – Commémoration Label: Hau Ruck! – HR!67 Format: 2 × CD, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered, Digifile Country: Austria Released: 2018 Style: Modern Classical, Industrial, Neofolk
Commemoration brings together my work from 1998 to 2003, 5 years when, as you will see, I recorded a lot. Minimalist, factual, often dark and very pessimistic, that’s how I conceived Derniere Volonteat that moment. My equipment was very rudimentary, my texts quickly written on crumpled books, all recorded often in one or two days. It was perhaps the moment, that I was the most productive and also, by anger, the most inventive. A few years ago I started to think of a new edition of Commemoration, a review of those years of ‘iron and lead’, the testament of my ‘anti light’. This is Commemoration in its new edition. Good listening. Geoffroy Delacroix October 2018
Risk Risk – Blue Science (Vinyl, LP, Album, Blue Transparent) Label: Young And Cold Records – YCR/140, Wave Records (4) – W134 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Blue Transparent Country: Worldwide Released: 22 Feb 2023 Style: Synth-pop, Disco
The German producer Stefan Kraft founded the project Risk Risk in 2009 with the aim of releasing 1980s style Synthpop with vintage/retro limited music equipment.
Der Blutharsch / NON – Live In Athens 21/5/2000 (Vinyl, LP, Green) Label: Zyklon-B Productions – none Format: Vinyl, LP, Green Country: Greece Released: 2007 Style: Industrial, Neofolk
Limited Edition of 111 copies in green (this) and black vinyl. Etching on the vinyl writes «GUN 001». Rarity (Important, the cover has some marks, possibly of being improperly stored)
Boyd began his exploration of noise in the mid ’70s with the aid of a tape recorder and various loops of girl groups, turning pop into a continuous drone. This first collection, known as «The Black Album» was made toward the end of 1975 self-released in 1977 and later re-released as «Boyd Rice» by Mute in 1981. Boyd met Daniel Miller (head of Mute Records) at his first gig in the UK, where he played alongside with Throbbing Gristle, and was among the first artists to be signed on Mute. He is also known for his 7″ with treated noise loop grooves, which can be played at every speed and also off-center with extra drilled holes. The first of them, «Knife Ladder», was also his first release as NON. Boyd Rice also releases records with his own name and as Boyd Rice And Friends (with different guests), he does spoken words under the moniker The Boyd Rice Experience and a cover band of 60s’ pop songs with the name Spell (with Rose McDowall). Various appearances on works of Blood Axis, Current 93, Death In June and others.
Der Blutharsch is the main project of Austrian musician Albin Julius. Following in the footsteps of Autopsia and Laibach, Julius creates a marching music of bombastic rhythms and folkish melodies, often infused with historical military speeches and orchestral samples. The earlier works tended towards a minimalistic sample-based instrumental style in an industrial/ambient vein, while more recent material has headed into a folk/acoustic sound, often accompanied with live vocals and instruments.
Der Blutharsch’s first release was a self-titled picture LP released in late 1996 on the Arthur’s Round Table label, but the project didn’t became Julius’ main musical outlet until 1998 after the break-up of his previous band The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath A Cloud. The first CD album «Der Sieg des Lichtes Ist des Lebens Heil» was released that year, followed by a series of limited EP’s, before the release of the masterpiece «The Pleasures Received In Pain» in 1999.
Almost all of the bands releases are through Julius’ personal austrian-based label «WKN» («Wir Kapitulieren Niemals»), which was distributed by World Serpent UK until 2000, when it switched to Tesco Distribution in Germany. Since 2001 various musicians have acted as part of the band, but Albin Julius currently claims Der Blutharsch to have four permanent members: Marthynna, Jörg B. (of Graumadh), Bain Wolfkind (of Novo Homo) and himself.
The band officially disbanded in 2010, but was newly founded as Der Blutharsch And The Infinite Church Of The Leading Hand in the same year
Label: Old Captain Format: CD, Album, Limited Edition Country: Ukraine Released: 2012 Style: Military, Field Recording, Political, Religious
Oda Relicta’s “Ukrainian Insurgent Army” is a union of politics, religion, and music. The controversial agenda of the recording is exposed through 13 connoisseur compositions ranging from military marches to solemn chants to field recordings featured by a rank of artistic collaborations with: While Angels Watch, Furvus, :Golgatha:, Dissonant Elephant, Lonsai Maikov, Gnomonclast, Luftwaffe, Our God Weeps.
A complex tapestry of church hymns and procession marches, Cossack patriotic chants and Legion of Ukrainian Sich Riflemen songs is the spirit of a true Ukrainian nationalist. There is no abuse of hackneyed documentaries or copycatting of profane neo-folk genre; instead, there is harmony, passion, and wisdom conserved in laconic sonorities. Triumphing over double standard European political correctness this milestone is released exclusively upon the 70th anniversary of the UIA, celebrated on the 14th of October, 2012.
Tracklist : 1 Willow & Arrow-Wood Lyrics By, Voice – While Angels Watch 3:00 2 Pantheon Of Glory 2:28 3 Into The Woods Whence Mouth-Organ Heard 1:13 4 Triumph Of Ukrainian Insurgent Army 2:41 5 Unvanquished Knights Featuring – Furvus 3:01 6 From Dreams Into Ranks Featuring – :Golgatha: 2:55 7 Parakleisis Composed By – Dissonant Elephant, Lonsai Maïkov 3:19 8 Born In The Great Hour 3:10 9 Under-Aged Veteran (Gone) Lyrics By, Voice – Gnomonclast, Luftwaffe 3:44 10 Stray Souls Composed By – Our God Weeps 5:57 11 Martirologue 2:33 12 Black Forest 3:43 13 Mnohaya Lita 1:41
Oda Relicta – Lux Aeterna Label: Gradual Hate Records – GH113CD Format: CD, Album, Limited Edition Country: Argentina Released: Oct 2011 Style: Neo-Classical
The requiem is dedicated to all children died during the 1932-1933 famine in Ukraine. “Lux Aeterna” is a chamber requiem that follows a classical arrangement with soprano, bass and tenor vocals juxtaposed with angelic chants of the Child’s Choir, piano and organ passages of simple composition yet true purifying power. A collaborative release of Twilight Records and Gradual Hate Records. The CD comes in a grey/black digipak. The Requiem “Lux Aeterna” was originally composed by Mykhayil A.Shukh in 1988. It was premiered in Donetsk (Ukraine) in 1990/1991. The recordings took part at the festivals in Gori (Georgia) and at «Vorsel Meetings» (Ukraine). Re-recorded, re-engineered and re-arranged by Mykhayil A.Shukh; Olegh Kolyada at Oda Relicta HQ in 2010.
Cønjuntø Vacíø #2 Label: Cønjuntø Vacíø – Ø 02 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Compilation, Limited Edition Country: Spain Released: 01 Nov 2014 Genre: Electronic, Rock, Folk, World, & Country Style: Darkwave, Experimental, Psychedelic Rock, Industrial, Post-Punk
Cønjuntø Vacíø #2 (Vinyl, LP, Album, Compilation, Limited Edition)
Tracklist
A1 – Xeno And Oaklander L’Informateur A2 – Fasenuova Años En Blanco Y Negro A3 – Marshstepper Complacency Serves The Old Gods B1 – Tercer Sol Último Grito B2 – Híbrida, Nen i Cavall Delamare B3 – Polígono Hindú Astral Eje De Rotación B4 – +++ Como Un Bocado En El Cuello Que Te Arrancara La Vida
Jarboe – Sacrificial Cake Label: The Circle Music – TCM019LP Format: 2 × Vinyl, LP, Deluxe Edition, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Lavender, Gatefold, Tip On Sleeve Country: Greece Released: 2022 Style: Abstract, Goth Rock, Avantgarde
1995. Four years since the solo album ‘Thirteen Masks’, Jarboe who is at the same time working in Swans, created the album ‘Sacrificial Cake’ which was recorded in New York’s East Village at the studio of multi instrumentalist Lary Seven. Swans founder, Michael Gira simultaneously releases his album, ‘Drainland’.
In the 16 songs on ‘Sacrificial Cake’, even more sides of Jarboe’s creativity are revealed. A mysterious and magical atmosphere surrounds the entire album of fantasy tales in spooky sounds such as “The Body Lover” and “Troll” and at times with dark tribal rhythms as in “Ode To V”.
The mystagogy begins with the “Lavender Girl” of smoke and desire followed by the undulating “Ode to V”. The journey through Jarboe’s dreams and nightmares has begun.
“Troll Lullaby” (a terrifying childhood vision), “My Buried Child” (a live recording accompanied by Michael Gira on acoustic guitar), “Surgical Saviour” (perversity in an industrial style ), “Deflowered” (a deliberately ironic rock song spoofing the music industry).
“Troll” the ending track extends an invitation to experience it in low light or with headphones while next to a camp fire in the woods.
‘Sacrificial Cake’ is alive. We are proud to release this legendary album for first time on vinyl -on it’s own- and with new mastering, new lay out, luxurious packaging and of course in the color of lavender dedicated to the “Lavender Girl”.
Lustmord – [Other] (2 x Vinyl, LP) Label: Pelagic Records – PEL 185-V Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Limited Edition, Reissue, Stereo, Gatefold Cover, Black Vinyl Country: Germany Released: 2022 Style: Dark Ambient, Experimental
The Lustmord project started when Brian Williams was assisting the seminal industrial ensemble SPK in the early ’80s when that project was at its most caustic. In those early days Lustmord was often the duo of Brian Williams (often credited as B. Lustmord) and John Murphy. Later Lustmord increasingly became a solo project.
