• CD,  Distribution

    Attrition ‎– The Truth In Dark Corners…

    noviembre 17, 2024

    Attrition ‎– The Truth In Dark Corners…
    Label: Other Voices Records ‎– VOX8CD
    Format: CD, Album
    Country: Russia
    Released: May 2011
    Style: New Wave, Industrial, Minimal

    Recorded live on the april 1985 tour of The Netherlands the set comprised many embryonic versions of tracks that were later recorded for the «Smiling, at the hypogonder club» album…with 2 unreleased songs!
    Originally released on Other Voices records.

    The truth in dark corners – Chain DLK review

    «The Truth In Dark Corners» is a recording of live tracks coming from the band’s 1985 Holland tour plus a closing track coming from a London gig.
    Back then Attrition were releasing their second album «Smiling, At The Hypogonder Club» on Third Mind and this release contains many tracks coming from that one plus «Shrinkwrap» (which was a single) and two unreleased tracks «In The Attic» and «The Aftermath».
    Formed on those days by Martin Bowes, Marianne Teunissen and Alex Novak, the band was creating their distinctive darkwave electronic sound which was capable to mix danceable rhythms and electronic experimental attitude.
    «The Truth In Dark Corners» contains good recordings of classic Attrition’s tracks (or at least they are what I consider their classics) like «Mind Drop» or «Pendulum Turns» and here you can listen them sounding direct and powerful.
    These recordings represent quite well the essence of the band on those days so I don’t consider this album only a release for hard core fans. And sleeve notes you’ll find by Justin Mitchell back then. I’m quite sure that if you a long time reader of our magazine you know this guy, because when he knew Attrition he was an electronic music enthusiast who became their friend but soon after he founded Cold Spring Records.

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  • Distribution,  Vinyl

    Controlled Death / Mayuko Hino – Split (Vinyl, Picture Disc)

    septiembre 29, 2024

    Controlled Death / Mayuko Hino – Split (Vinyl, Picture Disc)
    Label: Cold Spring ‎– CSR291P
    Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition,
    Country: UK
    Released: 26 Mar 2021
    Style: Noise, Industrial

    Two giants of the Japanese Noise scene present exclusive material on a special limited vinyl release.

    Controlled Death is the nom de plume of Maso Yamazaki (MASONNA), who unleashed his claustrophobic Death Industrial / Blackened Electronics debut for Cold Spring last autumn (the sold out split LP with Rudolf Eb.er). «Devil’s Sacrifice» (in 6 parts) continues Maso’s obsession with heavy, Korg MS-20 drones. Deranged vocals choked under impenetrable, blood-soaked atmospheres of doom, death and decay, saturated with washes of anxiety, paranoia and alienation.

    Mayuko Hino, ‘Queen Of Japanese Noise’, delivers two lengthy tracks. While the first track is filled with feverish, dense noise and swathes of savage electronics, the second, mind-melting electronic piece (reminiscent of her debut album ‘Lunisolar’ for Cold Spring) descends into a diseased, suffocating maelstrom, finishing on the verge of psychosis. In addition to self-made instruments, Mayuko plays noise with her six-theremin oscillators (in bright pink) – the one and only in the world, specially made by Ryo Araishi (a.k.a. ichion). Mayuko is most well-known for forming C.C.C.C. (Cosmic Coincidence Control Center) in 1990, together with Hiroshi Hasegawa, Fumio Kosakai and Ryuichi Nagakubo.

    Picture disc LP. Ltd x 400 copies in a heavy PVC archive sleeve.

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  • CD,  Distribution

    Ain Soph – Live At Piper 1986

    septiembre 8, 2024

    Ain Soph – Live At Piper 1986
    Label: Hau Ruck! SPQR ‎– SPQR LX
    Format: CD, Limited Edition, Numbered, Reissue
    Country: Italy
    Released: 16 Jul 2021
    Style: Experimental, Industrial

    Live at Piper is the first official live performance of this legendary occult/esoteric band from Rome. In the year 1986 their gig was not very well received by the audience. First Korg synthetizer and ritual percussions made this concert a very unique and incredible experience. For the first time is now available digitally remastered in an special eco digipack cd, limited to 616 copies.

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