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true. The record begins with nearly 15 minutes of abstract drift, a wash of delicate low end flutter, soft swells of oceanic drone, ultra minimal and gorgeously languid, the opening track a barely there whisper of sound. So gentle and soothing. Track two introduces that previously mentioned 'pure power' with a coruscating dronescape all keening crumbling distortion, moaning steel strings, a dense reverberation of coruscating grind and scrape, all smeared into a surprisingly melodic sea of blown out buzz. The final track is over half the record, clocking in at nearly half an hour, and revisits the dark tranquility of the opening track, a stark landscape of drifting bell like tones, distant streaks of muted feedback, slow motion pulses of warm low end, and stretched out partial melodies. A gorgeous bit of night sky glimmer, that toward the very end introduces some abstract distorted guitars, a slow motion wash of rumbling buzz that shifts and shimmers, a huge swaying mass of grizzled guitar growl that gradually fades into nothing... Essential listening for fans of the drone guitar, especially Fear Falls Burning, Troum, Taiga Remains and the like..." [Aquarius Records] * SMOOTH QUALITY REPLICANT - Untitled CD-R (Discorporeality Recordings, 2007) € 10.00 SMOOTH QUALITY EXCREMENT was transformed to REPLICANT (after the departure of J aka THE FRUITLESS HAND who continues as S.Q.E.), now consisting of URE THRALL and PAUL LACOSTA. The music is a bit lighter and more spacey maybe, but still very appealing darkly illuminated drone landscapes, in the typical URE THRALL-style. * SOSTRAH TINNITUS - Libellvs Alchemicvs Aegypticvs CD-R (Opaco Records op02, 2007) [lim. 100] € 10.00 "Sostrah Tinnitus is the solo project of Italian musician Mario Costa, also one half of Tvmvlvs Seraphim, and this is his new full length work, following releases on Umbra, Mystery Sea, Blade Records and on Beyond Productions. 'Remote reminiscences of ancient splendors resonating from too far eras into cracklings, seething of fatal waters, adagios of a land once filled with sunlight and now, by contrast, only brings back an idea of dark and criptic silence'. Sostrah Tinnitus: electronics, lo-fi tapes, metal objects" [label info] * SPIRACLE - Lumen mCD-R (Taalem alm44, 2007) € 5.00 Ein grossartiger one-tracker mit ultra-sonorem Drone von HITOSHI KOJOs Projekt, dieser Breitwand-KlangStrom schillert in tausend akustischen Farben ! "defined by the artist as "around 19 minutes of harmonic drone piece, like warm mercurial metallic texture slowly flow through capillary vessels". we couldn't say better! full-colour printed 3" cd-r with artwork by hitoshi kojo." [label info] "Spiracle is the big unknown here, being the project of Japanese Hitoshi Kojo, who now lives in Switzerland, were he has worked with Micheal Northam (as Kodama), Jgrzinich, Maurizio Bianchi, Yannick Dauby and Jonathan Coleclough, but he puts on his Spiracle hat when doing something solo. I am not sure what kind of sound sources he uses for his 'Lumen' piece, but I'm sure it's something created out of metal. Spiracle brings back the old Organum sound of 'In Extremis', which is a landmark in this field, in a chilling drone piece. Quite a nice work, this one." [FdW / Vital Weekly] * STIMULUS - Theminddefies CD-R (Stimulus Music stim013.3, 2007) [lim. 23] € 14.00 It's a long time ago since we heard something new of this british ensemble. "THEMINDDEFIES" is dedicated to the great US writer ROBERT ANTON WILSON and immediately sets you in a state of ritualistic trance with drones that seem to come from blowed horns, metals and bowed strings, later followed by a strange kind of melancholic low-fi organ / drone harmonics ..reminds on old ORGANUM, NOISE-MAKER'S FIFES, HECKER... Great comeback, of course limited to just 23 copies with individual X- Ray radiograph-covers, we only have few copies here. * TATE, DARREN - Edition CD-R (Fungal 025, 2007) € 13.00 New work of the ORA-member on Colin Potters ICR sublabel FUNGAL, with this special kind of reduced concrete drone-minimalism. First edition 100 copies. * TATE, DARREN - Small Worlds CD-R (Quiet World QW2, 2007) € 13.00 Latest release, analogue drones with catchy conrete tunes on it. Three pieces, almost 40 minutes playtime. First edition 100 copies. TAUSENDSCHOEN – Yonmade CDR- & mCDR with pictures (Dachstuhl 04, 2001) [lim. 200 copies] € 11.00 "Erste volle CD des früheren MAEROR TRI – Mitglieds Helge Siehl, der inzwischen auch als (bildender) Künstler aktiv ist... trancige Rhythmen vermischen sich mit loopigen Drones, ein atmosphärisch-mitreissender Drone-Strom! Digital kreiert, aber hoch-organisch klingend...dazu gibts dann noch eine mCDR mit Dateien von Helge’s Bildern, - auch dies läßt an RAPOON denken. First full length CD from former MAEROR TRI – member Helge Siehl. Hypnotic trance-drones & pulsations, in the vein of RAPOON. Comes with bonus-mCDR that contains picture-files of Helge’s paintings. TIP ! (Drone Records info 2001] “As some may remember Maeror Tri were three young man, and after their split, two of them continued as Troum. Whatever happened to the third one you may have wondered. The answer is here: Helge Siehl started his solo outfit Tausendschoen. Apart from producing music, he is also a graphical artist. Of course it's interesting to see what he comes up with, since that might be the reason for the split. I always thought of Maeror Tri as an extreme version of Zoviet*France: extended tapestries of hypnotic sound, densely layeredguitar sections. Raw spirit stuff. With Tausendschoen, Helge moves into the territory of rhythm. Not those of dance beats, techno, drum & bass, but that of highly hypnotic tabla's and a pounding bass. Layered on top with densely woven tapestries (again) of samples. Unmistakenly we hear the inspiration drawn from Rapoon, and that is ex-Zoviet*France. What a funny small world we live in. But it doesn't justify Helge to pin him down as a mere copycat of Rapoon, even the latter has a distinct sound of his own and Helge comes close. There is certainly enough of his own. At least I thought this was a highly enjoyable disc... (FdW) [VitalWeekly] BACK IN STOCK LAST COPIES!! * TELEPHERIQUE vs. S-CORE - Result of a mail-art 1992 CD-R (Kokeshidisk kodi9, 2007) € 9.00 "Reissue of an old cassette, this collaboration is a perfect example of the strange & captivating atmospheres s·core could create, reworked & transformed by the many different sounds of telepherique. full color pro-printed A5-sized carboard cover in a plastic sleeve & full printed cd-r with artwork by cyril herry." [label info] * TELEPHERIQUE vs. S-CORE - Past-Art mCD-R (Taalem alm41, 2007) € 5.00 Neben der Wiederveröffentlichung der alten mail-art collab MC (Kokeshidisk) gibt es auf Taalem auch zwei neue Remixe von TELEPHERIQUE mit rauhen, unwirklichen, grottigen Granular- Dronescapes... dunkel, verstörend, aufregend arrangiert... "telepherique remixed/reworked a s·core 7" released in 1995 for a unique result, perfect mix of weird sounds & atmospheres. full-colour printed 3" cd-r with artwork by delphine ancelle-b." [label info] * THE 120 DAYS - Beauty & Beast mCD-R (L.White Records LW-043, 2006) [lim. 200] € 9.00 "20 minutes of nihilist Power Electronics inspired by the lovely touch of contempt and hopelessness that our ordinary lifes bring. "This world is no Nirvana where peace forever flows, it is a gruesome butchershop, where dead lambs hang in rows" (Ragnar Redbeard) [label info] * TOY BIZARRE - KDI dctb008/ 1996-2000 CD-R (Kokeshidisk KODI8, 2007) € 9.00 "On Taalem's side label, Kokeshidisk we find a collection of Toy Bizarre pieces from the years 1996 to 2000. Toy Bizarre, since long the name used by Cedric Peyronnet, has worked inside electronics and field recordings since the time when nobody knew what microsound is. Transforming field recording using analogue synthesizers and sound effects, later on moving to the use of computers. Toy Bizarre started in a time when releasing music on cassette was still a good alternative, so many of these pieces are no longer available. This collection has eight of these pieces, in a non-chronological order, more from the 1997 area than the year 2000. It's a very nice collection of pieces that show that he was ahead of his time, in using silence and minimalist approaches, but also in using drone like material as well as acoustic sources. If you are a fan, this will update your collection, and if you are not a fan yet, it's time that you became one." [FdW / Vital Weekly] "as its title & subtitle suggest it, this disc is a collection of various tracks composed between 1996 and 2000. some were released on compilations and long out-of-print releases, others are unreleased. listening to these ultra detailed raw and/or processed field recordings with headphones is highly recommended. track 1 : ants and feedback system as the sole sound sources. recorded in farsac, eymoutiers (france) 1997. composed 1997-2000. published on v/a "circles of infinity" double tape (myotis recordings) in a different version. tracks 2 & 3 : composed 1997-1998. published on "kdi dctb 48" (atmoject) track 4 : piece using specific tools to record wind & rain sounds (cadrocable, tuyophones...). recorded at pierre du roi, st sulpice laurière (87), france, 1996. composed 1997-2000. published on v/a "elekt noiz n°4" cd (msbr). track 5 : composed 1996. published on v/a "kontrast" boxset (duebel). track 6 : collaboration with k2 ; composed only with k2 sounds - 1997.
unreleased. track 7 : kdi dctb 065 is a serie of actions and sound pieces using (moving) ants with a special feedback system and the natural echo of a pine wood as the sole sound sources. recorded bois des bardys, stpriest-taurion (87), france, 1996-1997. composed 1996-1998. published on v/a "effe" cd. track 8 : serie of pieces dealing with hydroelectric powerstations. recorded 1997-1998, centrale edf de st-marc, st-martin-terressus (france) and other hydroelectric powerstations of the limousin area. composed 1997-1999. unreleased." [label info] * TZESNE / IVERSEN - Ends of humidity and electricity CD-R (Series Negras SN006, 2006) [ed. of 100] € 9.00 "A triangular collaboration between the sonics of the Norwegian Iversen and Tzesne, and the illustrations of the Bizkaian Jon Martin. A record about computers and analogue art monitored through nets and telephone cables. A game made between two wet and far away extremes. Ambient in black & white." [label info] "The drawings of Jon Martin is the starting point for this collaboration between Norwegian Iversen and Spanish Tzesne. Luckily the cover shows the black and white drawings of Martin, so we can see how they look like. It's however not a drawing per track, as there are eleven drawings and seven pieces. Both sound artists are known for using computers and playing music that is probably best described as ambient industrial: not really noise related, but daring enough to step out of the usual boundaries of ambient music. On their joint release, for which they have just the telephone line to create it, hence the title, they display the best possibilities they have to offer in this field. Deep dark tapestries of sound, with elements of the concrete sound world being highly processed, make up a rich, deep sound world, that is sometimes as minimal as the drawings on the cover. Just like the drawings, the music is perhaps also black and white: endless fields of droning sounds set agains t small shimmering white lights. From both artists, this is one of the stronger works I encountered (well, perhaps alongside some of Iversen/Bjerga releases)." [FdW / Vital Weekly] * URE THRALL - Holy Violence CD-R (Discorporeality Recordings, 2007) € 10.00 More weird stuff (recordings from 1989) from the archives of Mr. THRALL, it all consists of heavy "christian radio"-processing, which is transformed into quasi-rhythmic loops and de-humanized voices, ultraeffected "glorious" classical music, and more industrialized sounds... somehow the usual trancy THRALL-result is working after a while, but this is much more raw & crazy as known from other works... * WHITEHEAD, GREGORY & BLACKHUMOUR - Text one do-CDR Box (Generator Sound Art GA-09, 2000) € 15.00 "Originally a cassette released by Banned Productions in 1989, here presented in a 5" black box w/full text booklet reprint. Blackhumor is a interesting fellow. www.thestrap.org/blackhumour Gregory Whitehead Playwright, voice performer, radiomaker. His radio castaways continue to float around the world in various stages of decay. Works include: "Bugs", "Dead Letters", "The Pleasure of Ruins", "Nothing But Fog" and "Talk to Sleep"." [label info] * WYRM + RATS WITH WINGS - D.I.S.C (Death Inducing Signaling Complex) CD-R [lim. 111] € 10.00 Strange Sounds noch und nöcher, alles rauscht & glitzert und blitzt elektronisch... wir vermeinen Rückwärts-Klänge & Flöten herauszuhören, seltsame Loops sind sowieso omnipräsent, für jeden BIG CITY ORCHESTRA - Fan zu empfehlen! Nice collaboration by the projects from US & Australia, hard to describe whats going on here really, everything drones & sounds & glitters & blinks... a great journey into weird sounds & noises! * WYRM feat. KENJI SIRATORI - Artificial Sun CD-R (Roil Noise RNOCDR076, 2007) € 8.00 One of the many collabs of cyber-poet KENJI SIRATORI is the one with US-project WYRM (aka ALLAN ZANE, here with help of MYKEL BOYD and JOHN MURPHY), a CD-EP of 31 min. playtime where SIRATORIs words sound very alien & dehuminated and are set into contrast with myriades of mysterious noises for a great effect. The full text consisting of 5 chapters is readable in the booklet. SIRATORIs poetry reminds on cut-up authors like BURROUGHS and creates an impression of following a mind during consciousness-processes.. A lovely release with enough depth on the uprising US-label for "intelligent noises" from Kansas City, ROIL NOISE ! dunklen, aber warmen Drones liegt, mit denen ich hier längere Strecken unterlegt habe. Zu haben in einer DVD Box mit Foto-Artwork" [Y-Ton-G] Amazing new work from Y-TON-G, who now lives in the very north-east of Germany near to Denmark. "Rostfresser" (which translates as "rusteater") uses minimal loopy electronic sounds & drones as basis, where metal-object noises are added, samples from field-recordings and weird analog-synth-blurbs... repetition is the key here, but this is as a whole quite a change for Y-TON-G, a nice progress.. DVD-box edition with 4 colour-photos. * Y-TON-G - Weitere klangalchemystische Experimente CD-R (Terminal-Tape-Prod., 2007) € 10.00 "Klang-Alchymie bedeutet für mich die klangliche Auseinandersetzung mit der Entdeckung und Entwicklung der Seelenpersönlichkeit. Es geht also nicht um die Psyche, wie z.B. bei der Klang-Malerei. Das Seelenheil ist, so harmoniesüchtig wie es in der New Age Musik behandelt wird, auch nicht mein Thema. Was mich Interessiert ist nicht so sehr die menschlich-rituelle Gottesansprache (der Rythmus) und nicht der musikalisch-intuitive Gotteseinfluß (die Melodie), sondern ganz einfach das Geräusch als solches. So wie es unsere Seelenpersönlichkeiten, seit dem Fall in die Materie, auf dem Weg der Rückführung, begleitet." Weitere Klangalchymistische Experimente" Live eingespielt am 27.01.05 in der Klang-Galerie Preetz; unter dem damaligen Titel "20.000 Meilen unter Preetz". Feldaufnahmen, Loops, Metall und Polyvox. CD-R und Foto Artwork in einer DVD Box. [Y-ton-G, website info] * Y-TON-G - Raueisen CD-R (Terminal-Tape-Prod., 2007) € 10.00 "Raueisen" Auch diese CD-R wurde in der Klang-Galerie Preetz live eingespielt und zwar am 28.04.05 unter dem Arbeitstitel "welcome to the machine". Sie ist auch in einer DVD Box verpackt und enthält Fotoartworks von mir. Als Feldaufnahmen sind echte Fabrikgeräusche der Firma Vogel & Halke(SECA) eingearbeitet." [credit notes] More music by the "industry-romantic" Y-TON-G, "sound-alchemy from the inside of time" how he calls it. Y-TON-G could be regarded as the german pendant to Z'EV or polish HATI: working with self-build soundsculptures and metal-objects mainly, though his approach & music is quite different, not "shamanistic" but rather like a metaphysic industrialworker. On RAUSEISEN he creates indeed very mechanic / machinelike sounds, and uses also additional field recordings recorded in a real fabric. Very long repetitive patterns (also taken from instrumental sources) melt together with machine-drones, quite hypnotic & ghostly. A nice development for Y-TON-G, this is the real Industrial-Drone! Comes in DVD-box 4 b/w photos. TIP ! * Z'EV - Metaphonics CD-R (Eter Production etcdr05, 2007) [ed. of 222] € 11.00 Mit METAPHONICS bezeichnet Z'EV Klänge, denen er das Vermögen zuschreibt, das Bewusstsein des Hörers zu verändern bzw. besondere Realitätsebenen zu erreichen, wobei er besonders auf die Dehnung der Zeitwahrnehmung anspielt. Der röhrend-dronige 35minütige One-tracker auf dieser CDR ist ein schönes Beispiel dafür, wenn sich bei voller Aufmerksamkeit ungeahnte Tiefenklänge und Mikrosounds entfalten zu scheinen. Auf dem HATI- Label, leider in einer limitierten Auflage von nur 222 Stück! TIP ! "The ever so, and even more now, active force of z'ev sees him playing around the world, and occasionally with the people of Polish ritual music makers Hati. They now release a work by z'ev that was recorded two years ago in London. Metaphonics is a term 'for what is now generally referred to as Sacred Music', it says on the cover: 'that is, a music whose intent is to alter consciousness or to transpose between states of consciousness and/or levels of reality/ies'. I didn't follow z'ev recommendation of listening in total darkness, but I can sense what he is about. In the thirty-five minutes, z'ev depicts a semi-industrial landscape. A tape-composition of sounds floating about, using the stereo spectrum to it's full capacity, but which at the same time still shows z'ev's interest in rhythmic music. There is a strong rhythmic feel to the music, which might be occurring due to the massive level of layered the sounds, which are slightly out of phase, going from one speaker to the other. After following his career for the last twenty-five or more years, I must say that his recent shift into using more and more studio based composition, is a great one. Not many of his recent releases let me down, and 'Metaphonics' is no different. A strong, dense mass of sound. Even in some light." [FdW / Vital Weekly] * Y-TON-G - Rostfresser CD-R (Terminal-Tape-Prod., 2007) € 10.00 "Rostfresser" entstand am 28.07.05 in der Klang-Galerie Preetz und ist von den drei 2005 aufgenommenen CD-Rs die dusterste, was an den
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