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

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

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

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

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/

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

Wednesday, January 06, 2010, 13:52 CET:

Astral Social Club / Glockenspiel Split EP:

Wheezing skyward born machine groans and gasped tremolo root to a kinetic pulse, while distant melody zones ascend to circulate around the bass flex on this face chewer by Neil Campbell. On the flip is the first vinyl cut by Glockenspiel, flocculent tones weave with tom rub and bowed metal harmonics, drifting on the back of a drum dub to the heart of a snow-blind haze of feedback, amplified string scrape and analogue electronics. Spin at 45. Art by Noah Campbell.

www.krayonrecordings.net

Wednesday, December 09, 2009, 17:47 CET:

JACK ROSE R.I.P.

Jack Rose 1971 - 2009.

Thursday, November 19, 2009, 17:44 CET:

TOPAZ RAGS "Capricorn Born Again":

Grey clouds stay grey. Low light situations birth low-lit moods. It's all bummer clockwork. West Coast lurk-jazz triad Topaz Rags return to vinyl with their debut long player, Capricorn Born Again, an eight-song comedown recorded/mixed from spring-to-fall of '09 via a complex 4-track/boombox assemblage method. Everything creaks and hisses, there's smoke in the air, players at the end of their ropes, lyrics washing over faded raga ballads, slinky electric piano bar depressions, shadow gauze cavern pop. The bell jar is half empty, obviously. Slow dive and sink in. Black vinyl LPs (mastered by Pete Swanson) in jackets designed by Amanda.

Edition of 400.

www.notnotfun.com

Monday, November 16, 2009, 08:57 CET:

CIRCLE "Soundcheck (live)" LP:

J. Jääskeläinen – guitar
P. Jääskeläinen – guitar
J. Lehtisalo – bass, vocals
M. Rättö – keyboards, vocals
T. Leppänen – drums
J. Westerlund – guitar
T. Laurila – effects

Live / soundcheck performance at Space Force 1 -festival, Torvi 31st October 2009 Lahti, Finland.

Samples:

http://circlefinland.com/index.php?page=sample&sample=samples/soundcheck_tuhatsata.mp3
http://circlefinland.com/index.php?page=sample&sample=samples/soundcheck_virsi.mp3
http://circlefinland.com/index.php?page=sample&sample=samples/soundcheck_nopeuskuningas.mp3

www.ektrorecords.com

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