Sunday, February 28, 2010, 10:41 CET:

Kyle Bobby Dunn "A Young Person's Guide To":

Spread across two cds with a total running time of nearly two hours, ‘A Young Person’s Guide To…’ is a stunning collection of recordings from New York based minimalist composer and sound artist Kyle Bobby Dunn.

Four tracks on the first disc originally appeared as the download only album ‘Fervency’, released by the Moodgadget label in 2009. Impressed by Dunn’s sensitive and world-wise compositions, it was felt that the music deserved to be released on a physical format and expanded upon with a second disc containing an additional 60 minutes of music gathered from the same period as the ‘Fervency’ recordings.

Utilising an instrumental palette of guitar, strings and brass, often played by classically trained musicians drafted in on the spur of the moment, the sounds of these sessions were recorded as Dunn dictated and then reworked via computer processing into spine-tingling soundscapes.

Dunn's compositions here are fully rich in timbre, painterly, hopelessly romantic and haunting; balanced between a wash of pure sound and an ornate yet subtle dance of classical instrumentation. Occupying a truly cinematic scope, these pieces can transport the listener from the deepest and most forgotten landscapes to the furthest recesses of time.

www.low-point.com
www.myspace.com/kbdunn

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Monday, February 22, 2010, 17:08 CET:

MUDBOY "Impossible Duets" LP:

Last temptation of Raphael Lyon's Mudboy, after dozen recordings as the seminal This is Folk Music (Last Visible Dog, 2005) and exciting Hungry Ghosts (Not Not Fun, 2007) the doctor of experimental organomics explore new approaches to his personal hallucinations. The works on this album are only the hapless product of stumbling fingers, hammered out by so many orangutans fighting over garbage. In these four small handholding adventures, Mudboy takes no more than he can give. If he had the opportunity to sit down with Brian Eno or Philip K Dick and talked through their collaboration, he would have said: "You have done your half, please allow me to do mine”.

Artwork: Hand cut and folded recycled paper.

www.myspace.com/ilikedtheoldinternetbetter
www.mudboymusic.com
http://hundebiss.altervista.org/

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Thursday, February 11, 2010, 19:40 CET:

EHNAHRE "Alpha/Omega" Limited LP:

Boston based Avant Black/Death/Doom metal band Ehnahre follow up their debut record “The Man Closing Up” with a new 12" record, entitled “Alpha/Omega.”

With 2009 seeing the addition of drummer/noise artist/wacko Ricardo Donoso, Ehnahre plumbed even further into the depths of rhythmic flux and sway which characterized their debut release. This record sees Ehnahre starting to stretch out, and progress beyond their beginnings- more extremes, more chaos, more discordant guitar lines, and vocals akin to the outburst of a bloodthirsty, drunken schizophrenic. “Alpha/Omega” was written based on the poems “Leda and the Swan” and “The Second Coming” by Irish writer William Butler Yeats. Utilizing mythological, mystical, and religious themes, the text alludes to the beginning of the world, and Armageddon. Taking their ugly, atonal and oppressive sound to new lows of stifling darkness and malevolence, the uncompromising dissonance and instability on this record will salt the earth with Ehnahre’s aural depravity.

Ehnahre is releasing “Alpha/Omega” on Fun with Asbestos Records, in a limited run (100 copies). It will be released exclusively on 12” vinyl, pressed at 45 rpm with hand printed jackets. Mastered by James Plotkin, to be released March 1st, 2010.

www.ehnahre.net
www.myspace.com/ehnahremetal
www.myspace.com/funwithasbestos

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Wednesday, February 10, 2010, 14:36 CET:

AIDAN BAKER "Liminoid/Lifeforms":

Liminoid is a composition for large ensemble exploring sonic immersion in drones and textures, rhythms and pulsations. Incorporating composed and improvised segments, the piece uses elongation of sound and layered polyphony in an attempt to create a liminal and/or numinous state. This recording of Liminoid is from its premier at The Music Gallery’s X-Avant Festival in Toronto, October 25, 2008. The piece features a powerful vocal performance with every member sharing the vocal duties. The lyrics have been adapted from 5th-8th century Coptic Christian texts and inspired by the book Ancient Christian Magic by by Marvin W. Meyer & Richard Smith.

The ensemble members for this performance were: Aidan Baker (guitar/voice), Clara Engel (guitar/voice), Nick Storring (cello/voice), Jakob Thiesen (drums/voice), Richard Baker (drums/voice), Tillman Lewis (cello/voice), Laura Bates (violin/voice) and Jonathan Demers (guitar/voice).

Lifeforms is a composition for strings, prepared/effected guitar, and amplified metal works. Likewise incorporating written and improvised material, the piece was originally commissioned and performed by The Penderecki Quartet in 2003. This recording was made in August 2008 at Commonwealth Studios in Toronto. The performers were: Aidan Baker (guitar), Nick Storring (cello), Mika Posen (violin) and Alan Bloor (metal works).

This recording has been both skillfully mixed from multiple recordings and mastered by James Plotkin.

Sample: http://www.alien8recordings.com/tracks/788/download

www.alien8recordings.com

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Saturday, February 06, 2010, 19:30 CET:

Skullflower/White Medal - Split 7":

After several delays, Turgid Animal and Legion Blotan Records are proud to announce this new split release from Matthew Bower's long running and evil Skullflower coupled with demented Yorkshire Black Metal one man band, White Medal. These days, both bands straddle the middle ground between experimental music and all out Black Metal assault, but in very different ways. Excellent artwork by Utarm's Sindre Foss Skancke adorns the front of the pro-printed and glued covers. Limited to 400 copies on black vinyl.

www.turgid-animal.co.uk

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Friday, January 22, 2010, 17:38 CET:

SKULLFLOWER "Strange Keys To Untune God's Firmament":

“Strange Keys to Untune God's Firmament evokes Wagnerian sonic bombast, a Nietzchean worldview, and a warlike cry of rebellion against the false, encased in a whirlwind both psychotropic and psychoacoustic. Each listen brings new themes to the forefront. Not easy listening by anyone's standards, this is not for the faint of heart, but for those willing to submit and immerse themselves in the deep thick waters of self transformation.” - Steve Von Till, Neurosis / Neurot

Twelve tracks on Two discs, 109 minutes. All must bow before the pagan wall of drone. The first release from Skullflower after a 13 year hiatus. Limited to 300 copies for Europe.

https://www.southern.net/eu-shop/

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Thursday, January 14, 2010, 19:27 CET:

ZU "The Way of the Animal Powers":

Over their 10+ year career, Zu's modus operandi of straddling and abusing musical genre's has lead them to 15+ unique releases. Their blend of metal, experimental, math, no-wave, noise, punk, and improvisation caused John Zorn to describe their sound as "a powerful and expressive music that totally blows away what most bands do these days". On "The Way of the Animal Powers"(which draws it's name and inspiration
from the Joseph Campbell text of the same name), the Rome-based, sax/drums/bass trio is joined by Chicago-based, avant cellist, Fred Lomberg-Holm, to create a intricate and aggressive album, rich with improvisation. From the thunderous opener "Tom Araya is our Elvis" to the gentle dissonance of "A Fortress Against Shadows" to the jittering frenzy of "Farewell to the Species," the interplay between the quartet and it's attention to tone and texture is exceptional.

Originally released in 2005 on CD via the now defunct Xeng label(Italy), this incredible album finally gets the deluxe 180 gram, gatefold vinyl treatment and it’s first official release via a US label, Baltimore, MD’s Public Guilt. For this release, the album was remastered by James Plotkin (Khanate, Jodis, Lotus Eaters, etc.)

www.publicguilt.com

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Thursday, January 07, 2010, 13:34 CET:

OM European Tour 2010:

Jan 22 Tilburg, Netherlands 013
Jan 23 Hasselt, Belgium Kunstencentrum Belgie
Jan 24 Tourcoing, France Le Grande Mix
Jan 25 Stuttgart, Germany Club Schocken
Jan 26 Lausanne, Switzerland Le Romandie
Jan 27 Milan, Italy Magnolia
Jan 28 Rome, Italy Init Club
Jan 29 Ravenna, Italy Bronson
Jan 30 Verona, Italy Interzona
Feb 1 Vienna, Austria Arena
Feb 2 Prague, Czech Republic Matrix
Feb 3 Berlin, Germany Club Transmediale
Feb 4 Dortmund, Germany Fzw
Feb 5 Utrecht, Netherlands Tivoli
Feb 7 Athens, Greece AN Clubwww.myspace.com/variationsontheme

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Wednesday, January 06, 2010, 14:07 CET:

The Skull Defekts / The Sons of God "Received in Studio Dental, Gothenburg" CD:

For Received, Henrik Rylander and Joachim Nordwall of drone operators The Skull Defekts got together with the legendary performance and noise duo The Sons of God - consisting of conceptual artist and self-proclaimed king of the Kingdoms of Elgaland-Vargaland Leif Elggren and electro-acoustic sound artist Kent Tankred. The place for the meeting was Rylander's Studio Dental and the album was received in one night. The process developed immediately and there was no struggle to find a common idea of sound. Rylander and Nordwall on no-input mixing desk and analog synths and Elggren and Tankred on amplified metallic rakes, an old fan and FX. Something was caught on tape. That something is what you are now listening to. Photograph by Carley King.

Available on January 23, 2010.

www.utechrecords.com

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Wednesday, January 06, 2010, 13:55 CET:

URAL UMBO "s/t" CD & "Latent Defekts" EP:

Ural Umbo is Reto Mäder (Sum of R, RM74) and Steven Hess (On, Haptic) electrifying internal music through a broad spectrum of instrumentation. Horns, piano, organ, harmonium, bass guitar, strings, electronics, drums and percussion guide the formation of black, subliminal melodies and slow feedback accompaniments. Each piece consumes the organic and dynamically balanced process that created it. With a nod to 1960s horror movie scoring Mäder and Hess displace sound from the veil of the supernatural and coax it back to our world. Presented in a heavy black/white sleeve with white translucent paper overlay. Photograph by Rik Garrett.

Samples:
http://www.utechrecords.com/MP3/040_2.mp3
http://www.utechrecords.com/MP3/040_6.mp3


"Latent Defekts" is the companion EP to the s/t debut release. Utilizing source material from the original recordings, Latent Defects is an meeting of bleak atmospherics and wintry incantation.

Samples:
http://www.utechrecords.com/MP3/043_2.mp3
http://www.utechrecords.com/MP3/043_6.mp3

Both are available on January 23, 2010.

www.utechrecords.com

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