CODES: - Drone Records

of a compilation in memory of Jhonn Balance had been wandering the
minds through the whole year after this tragic event and was realized by
a virtue of two labels - Fulldozer (Russia) and Nocharizma (Ukraine).
Peter Christopherson had personally approved this idea. Lots of
eminent and cult musicians responded to the offer to participate in
tribute:
1.. The Threshold Houseboy's Choir (dir: P Christopherson) - Mahil
Athal Nadrach
2.. Thighpaulsandra feat. Jhonn Balance - Christ's Teeth
3.. Theodor Bastard - Love's Secret Domain
4.. Kotra - Volt Of A Worm
5.. Spies Boys - Nasa-Arab
6.. Alec Empire - Tribute To Coil (Short Version)
7.. 2, 5 BZ - I Am A Green Child
8.. Chris Connelly - Connelly Whats Lest But Solid Gold
9.. Biblioteka Prospero - Heartworms
10.. Phillip Klinger aka PBK - It Just Is
11.. KK.Null - Scatovator
12.. EU - Absolute Elsewhere
13.. Darling Kandie - Paingame
14.. Pomassl - Oil Philmm
15.. Alexei Borisov feat. Ivan Sokolovsky & Dmitri Kutergin - Truth
CD 2
1.. CoH - No Balance
2.. Alva Noto - Odradek (Music To Play In The Dark)
3.. Schlammpeitziger - Konflikckfahig (live)
4.. Goodiny & PCP - Black Sunraiz
5.. Scanner - To Meet The Moon
6.. Brompton's Cocktail - Soma Gestalt
7.. Mystified - Scratches & Dust (Night Echo Version)
8.. H.H.T.P. - Eclipse
9.. Noises Of Russia feat. Olga Nomok & Nikolay Rubanov - Remote
Viewer
10.. Kryptogen Rundfunk - Throughout Time
11.. A.Vorodeyev - Slur (Acoustic Plumbum V.)
12.. Serge Tereshkine - Teenage Lighting
13.. Volga - Anal Staircase
14.. ILI - Green Water
15.. M.R.F / Elena Voynarovskaya - Immortality (live)
16.. Theodor Bastard - Love's Secret Domain (Instrumental)” [label
info]
* LUST FROM THE UNDERWORLD do-CD (HORUS
CyclicDaemon HCD 02-2, 2004) € 22.00
Luxuriöser Vollfarb-Katalog mit kunstvollen Fotos von verschiedenen
Fotografen zum Thema “Liebe und Eros in Mythologie, Symbolismus &
dekadenter Kunst”, dazu 2 CDs mit Musik von diversen Projekten und
Musikern aus dem elektronisch-düsteren Bereich: Romantic Electro-
Dark Wave, Mittelalter-Folk, Dark Ambient, Gothic Poetry, insgesamt
eher song- & vokalorientiert...
“Wow, this is an impressive looking release. The Czech label Horus
CyclicDaemon released an enjoyable compilation before (Chaos), but
this time they have taken their ambitions a step further. A luxurious A5
book full of erotic photos contains two cd's filled with exclusive material
of interesting artists. The project is dedicated to Love & Eros in
mythology, symbolist & decadent art and focuses especially on the
story of Hades & Persephone & Koré & Demeter. This theme is worked
out in the booklet, which contains about 30 `bizarre pictures` from 9
recent & modern photographers as well as some texts and poems. The
photos have very different styles, some are subtle and romantic, others
are rawer and fetish-like. Apart from the erotic photos, there is also a
page for each artist involved, with credits and lyrics. Everything is
printed on top quality paper to enhance the visual stimulation.
Furthermore the booklet is packaged in a very nice envelope.
The theme becomes not only clear from the visual contributions of the
photographer, but the musical artists also deal with themes of lust, sex
and fetish. And they are certainly not the least artists, though there are
also some unknown (but promising) artists present. Don't expect fetish
EBM/techno like Die Form though, in general the musical idiom is
romantic or mysterious. The music on Lust from the Underworld ranges
from dark folk to neo-classical, from heavenly voices and medieval to
ritual, from dark ambient to experimental industrial.
Disc one starts sensual, with atmospheric sounds and the typical voice
of Chako (related to Jack or Jive from Japan). Unto Ashes treats us to
ritual and medieval sounds, with nice hurdygurdy and percussion
sounds. Then comes a bombastic filmic soundscape by Abnocto, a
project of Simon Kölle and Simon Heath, also known for Za Frûmi.
These gothic fantasy sounds bring images of monks sneaking through
dark corridors. The contribution by 4th Sign of the Apocalypse from
the USA has a ritual, monotonous sound and an experimental structure.
Then comes a rather mysterious piece with whispered/spoken vocals by
a Mexican act called Detritus, which I think is another Detritus than the
one who releases on Immanence and Ad Noiseam.
Romowe Rikoito is a lovely folky band from Russia, which enchants
me with their melancholic string sound. Maor Appelbaum is a new
name for me, but sounds interesting with a mixture of electronic and
classical sounds, it reminds me of the more experimental Matt Howden
works. The Mystery School adds a slow piano-based romantic hymn,
while Chaos as Shelter is responsible for some rather dark ritual
ambient sounds in combination with a traditional Persian song,
reminding me of Agnivolok. One Inch of Shadow from Poland has a
shimmering, experimental soundscape with some dramatic vocals on
top of that. It is followed by Hexentanz, a project related to Soil Bleeds
Black, but darker and more ritual, quite nice. Disc one is finished by a
great atmospheric ambient piece with classical elements and interesting
spoken text by Musterion, another project of Simon Kölle.
Disc 2 has a great start: Sieben with one of their most rhythmic pieces
'Forget me not', which I clearly remember from Matt Howden concerts
and which is very different from the track with that name on the Sex and
Wildflowers album. Mondblut are always masters at creating
mysterious, sensual moods, and they do not disappoint. Empusae
slowly builds up his track, which evolves into a complicated rhythmic
piece, the harshest track so far. Delusional Day is much softer, with
lovely, expressive female voices, somewhat jazzy. The Crown of the
Scars is somewhat weird, with strange lyrics, making me think of David
E. Williams. Cotton Ferox from Sweden had made a great album, and
again they have contributed an original sounding piece, sort of
experimental ambient dub with penetrating spoken word. While Angels
Watch has a usual a more traditional dark folk sound, with romantic
lyrics about angels and nice contributions by Matt and Jane Howden.
Then follows an improvised, somewhat oriental piece by The
Legendary Pink Dots, interesting as always. The Belgian Hybryds are
specialized in dark ritual sounds, and with the help of the sensual voice
of Ms. Poly Esther the lustful character of their song is further
enhanced. Last but one is a bombastic medieval soundtrack piece by
Za Frûmi, perhaps the best track I know from them. A slow classical
piece with a religious feel by Ossaserpia finished the second cd.
Only 500 handnumbered copies have been made of LUST FROM THE
UNDERWORLD.” [Hans D. / FUNPROX]
* MONTREAL SOUND MATTER – MONTREAL MATIERE SONORE
CD (Pogus Prod. P21041-2, 2006) € 13.00
Compilation zu einer Ausstellung & Workshop von FRANCISCO
LOPEZ vom August 2006 mit elektro-akustischen Arbeiten die
Feldaufnahmen aus Montreal als Basismaterial einsetzten... hier gibt es
einiges neues zu entdecken !
“Works by Francisco López / Louis Dufort / Steve Heimbecker / Hélène
Prévost / Mathieu Lévesque / a_dontigny / Chantal Dumas / Tomas
Phillips. Montreal Sound Matter / Montréal matières sonore brings
together eight Canadian and international sound artists. The project
began with a workshop on environmental sound collecting by Francisco
López and led to the development of a collective sound project
including an album, a sound installation, and a concert. This is the
recording. The artists create an immersive sound installation made up
of fragments of Montreal, which propose a reflection and a questioning
on the city. Far from being a postcard, these sound portraits suggest an
abstract view of Montreal made up of fragments modeled or
transformed to the liking of the artists. Through these places turned
non-places and thus more or less unrecognizable, the pieces present
an interesting variety of aesthetics, constructions and creative
processes.”[Esther Bourdages, curator]
“Yet it is not about the city as a conglomerate of soundmarks or
stereotyped symbolic elements--it does not aim at making a sound
portrait or a representational creation. My proposal to all the
participating artists involved in the project was to foresee the city --both
outdoors and indoors, both the public and the private spaces-- as a
constantly-changing generator of sound matter. The original source
environmental recordings were carried out by the participating artists in
Montreal during April 2006, and we all shared the common pool of
sound matter thus generated to create the individual pieces. I believe
this is an interesting way of setting up a challenging situation in which
we are dealing with a limited and intentionally restricted universe of
sonic extractions of reality, and also -and more importantly-a
straightforward way of proceeding to reveal the creative individual
substance of each one of us.” [Francisco López]
„.-...Not to make an audio postcard of the city, but rather a more
abstract and personal view of the city, by people who already lived
there much longer than Lopez. So it's not a matter of saying, 'oh this is
that street, or this nice restaurant ('Schwarz', anyone?)', but to sit back
and take it in as a long soundscape of the city. Rather than seeing this
as eight separate pieces of music, I see it as one city seen through
eight microphones and some of them present their work in their most
pure form, like an unaltered recording, some as a cut-up and with some
it's hard to recognize any sort of field recording at all, such is the case
with Tomas Philips. But all the tracks are thus placed on the CD that
they make their trip through the city, from busyness to quietness and