BH-39 Locrian - Falling Towers / After the Torchlight C40 $8.50

I'm very pleased to present this new release from Locrian, adding to their impressively solid discography. It sees them as a three-piece with the addition of Mr. Lemos, and a bit of a thickening up of their now trademark sound on these two tracks. Shards of guitar improv, blackened howls, buzzing electronics and a constant progression through many chilling and evil zones. Audio is played in reverse on b-side, for perfect sound symmetry. Silver ink on black with silver and blue glitter metallic paper. J-card is 7-panels. Edition of 200 copies on hi-bias chrome tapes. Click here for a full shot of the cover.

BH-37 Aemae – And Tongueless, I Can Conjure You At Will C20 $7.50

Over the last few years Brandon Nickel has been honing his sound and making a name for himself with the, as of recent, very impressive Isounderscore label. Not afraid to embrace technology, Aemae sounds is at times restrained, and at times a whirling maelstrom of ones and zeros, yet always carefully constructed, each release taking months of editing and re-editing. Here the sound falls into the later, more intense mode of Aemae, and a fitting way to retire the name, as Mr. Nickel is using his own name to perform under. Comprised of edited live material, yet the heightened composure is still evident. The a-side is a lot of gear, screaming at each other more or less really, digital mulch. The flip offers a slightly more restrained sound, and could be visually compared to a sheer obsidian cliff on a foreign planet where the air is ten times the density of our own planet, the geological formation slowly rising along the horizon until it falls off the edge. Silver offset ink on metallic black stock, 2-panel j-card. Edition of 111 copies on hi-bias chrome tapes.

BH-33 Six Heads - The Popeye Scat C40 $8.00

This cassette moves with surprising fragility and restraint for a six member experimental project, the sound infected with a surrealist vibe, not too dissimilar to the audio equivalent of a Tanguy painting, or maybe Mlehst on quaaludes. Floating through blue green vapors, only occasionally does concrete reality come to the forefront. Two sidelong tracks filled with alien instrumentation, and title appropriate tape collage. Few releases and some high profile collaborating make this a release to investigate further. Color digital printed three panel transparent j-card, and a one panel unique art for each copy, floating orchids over rainbow blood on gray cardstock. Silver labels, black hi-bias chrome tapes. Edition of 100.

BH-29 Grasslung – In Bad Fields C20 $8.50

Two new tracks of brutal synth minimalism from Jonas Asher, the man behind Grasslung and also the excellent Phaserprone. This release finds him operating under a tense, fearful, and lonely sound environment, a trait hinted at on older releases, but I feel realized to an even fuller extent here. This is his first work off his own label, and the packaging was something that I felt was very important for this release in particular, given the peerless visual aesthetic the artist has already set forth; OBIs, letterpressing, diecuts, etc. All packaging is offset printed in silver ink, on metallic black cardstock. There is an OBI, with 3 asymmetric cut outs done by hand, as well as a 2-panel j-card with more curved edges. Labels are blank silver, and each copy comes with a blackened nail. Edition of 100 copies on hi-bias chrome tapes.

BH-28 Anakrid - Ceaselessly out of a Cloudless Sky C31 $8.00

The third and final tape for Anakrid on Black Horizons. As per Mr. Bickel's usual unexpected style, expect to be surprised. The a-side is what I would come to expect from this project, an impressively composed piece of deep analogue dark ambiance, while the flip is a bit of a change up, where this project's often latent violent underpinning is fully exposed in a 15 minute piece entitled acidpianoharp, consisting of a harsh acoustic assault on the ears, thousands of tiny sounds strung together to form a swarm. Packaged in the Anakrid for BH tape style, consisting of a color transparency layered on top of various marbled pieces of paper. This time with the addition of a vertical transparent floating OBI, all held in place with rivets. Edition of 100 copies on BLACK hi bias chrome tapes. Silver labels with the Black Horizons color touch.

BH-27 The North Sea - Royal Arsenal C20 $8.00

Two ten minute tracks come smeared across this tape from Brad Rose's The North Sea. Drone music, slowly shifting, and peppered with acoustic folk-oriented instruments and percussion, hinting at this artist's background, but obviously looking forward to a drastic change in sound that is obvious from his recent releases under this project as well as activity in Ajilvsga. Color digital printing on a royal arsenal of metallic vellums; silver, gold, plum, purple. 2-panel j-card, 1 panel of real marble, an internal horizontal OBI, and silver labels. Edition of 100 on hi-bias chrome tapes.

BH-18 Teeth Collection - Purtridity and Liquescence C60 $7.00

Three extended tracks of cosmic feedback, haunting percussion and dense oscillation, bathed in glorious analogue reverb, Teeth Collection's trademark sound. Presented in a raw manner to compliment the sound, hi-quality digital printing on metallic paper in random silver or black, contains an envelope with insert and paste-on, silver foil labels with the Black Horizons touch. Edition of 90, hi-bias chrome forever.

BH- 16 My Cat Is An Alien / Valerio Cosi "Stories From The Vacuum" split 7" $6.00

A truly ethereal pairing from Italy. While MCIAA has already established a massive offering in all formats, this 7"is Valerio's first vinyl appearance proper. His side is dominated by free jazz sax loops and trance vocals, with moments of twinkling percussion and electronic euphoria. An amalgamation of improv styles pulled off in a way only Valerio can. On the flip is a beautiful example of the lush guitar ambiance, wordless vocals, and alien space toy sound effects that the Opalio brothers are known for. Gold ink offset printing on metallic vellum, clear vinyl with gold ink on white pro-printed labels. Edition of 500.

BH-13 Anakrid / Blue Sabbath Black Cheer collaborative LP $15.00

Pure refined terror with each artist manipulating source from the other. The BSBC does Anakrid side is 2 tracks, the first sounds like having the gates of hell slam shut on your head five hundred times as demons circle about. The second track has a minimal, pretty and clangy loop, over which some of the most inhuman vocals ever heard are placed. The Anakrid does BSBC side is one side-long track, filled with textures provided by BSBC, rhythmic industrial sounds, and has a strong sense of motion. First in the Mutually Assured Destruction series of collaborative LPs. 324 copies on coke bottle clear vinyl, offset vellum sleeve printed in silver and black, with a digital laser printed vellum insert, all housed in a picture disc sleeve. Co-released with Psychform and Stereonucleosis.

BH-09 Mlehst - The Longest Lie 3xC40 $20.00

Now back in full force from an extended hibernation, Mlehst brings you 2 hours of material from prior to said absence. A sort of best of, most tracks previously released, but worked over to varying degrees, as well as some new material. The sounds wander through a desolate and cold world, occupied by snippets of voices and other field recording manipulated via reel to reel tape, sterile sheets of white noise, and silence. Offset printed silver and black on charcoal linen cardstock covers, xeroxed charcoal and black linen cardstock insert, in a black vinyl box. Hi-bias chrome tapes in an edition of 89. Click here to see pictures.

BH-08 Glass Organ - Untitled II C20 $6.00

Now 3 tapes in the duo of Glass Organ continues on from previous efforts creating a sound their own. Crackling prisms of guitar drone flow forward, carried by minimal tape loops and a penchant for abrupt editing. Dreamy and dreary at the same time. These tracks were both caught live in the fall of 2006. Color cover on white gold cardstock, individualized clear color labels. Hi-bias chrome tapes in an edition of 130. Click here to see pictures.

BH-07 Medroxy Progesterone Acetate - Supplications C78 $7.00

A reissue of a tape that was initially an edition of only 5 copies. Blending homemade synths, field recordings, and vocals, an epic recording that requires a closer listen. Buried under the tape hiss and piercing highs there is many details that could easily be overlooked, minimal beats, cryptic vocals, radio interference and insect song. Isolationist psychedelic noise. Color cover on black shimmer cardstock, with an insert containing texts / collage, on silver paper, clear labels. Hi-bias chrome tapes in an edition of 56. Click here to view the insert.

BH-06 - Bodyvehicle - Being Being C40/C25 $12.00

65 minutes spread out over 4 sides. Presented as a retrospective, including some previously released select tracks, and some not heard before. The style can vary from track to track, some dominated by small sounds and buzzing loops, to epic and beautiful drone pieces, and electro-acoustic improv fused with noise. Instruments that are audible include saxophone, guitar, and drum machine. Bodyvehicle manages to keep the avant garde classics in mind while still looking forward in a way that few acts can. Presented in a black vinyl album, with color art on blue/gold shimmer vellum cover and color on transparent labels. Tracks listing is printed on blue shimmer paper, which is glued to the inside. Edition of 50 hand stamp #'ed copies on hi-bias chrome tapes. Click here to see more detailed images of the packaging.

BH-05 - Anakrid - Live July 4th C31 $6.00

Captured live on the most patriotic of holidays, improvisations edited down into 8 pieces, quirky and mystical, clattering drums that sound from another world, saxophone, and a thick cloud of electronics. Surreal. Packaged in marbled cream art paper, with a color transparency, riveted together in three places, each looks unique, and color labels. Edition of 80 hand stamp #'ed copies on hi-bias chrome tapes. Click here to see pictures.

BH-04 - Changeling - Deep Reflection C31 $6.00

Three tracks of densely layered meditative drone from the same sessions as the split with Robedoor, engrossing to the point of losing perception of time. 3-panel J-card on gray cardstock with smoky green interior marbling. Edition of 66 hand stamp #'ed copies on hi-bias chrome tapes.

BH-03 Pulse Emitter - Progression to Desolation LP $13.00

Finally Pulse Emitter gets the treatment he deserves, a full 12" of vinyl to lay down two prog flavoured tracks of synth drone. Created using home-built synth modules, and meticulously contructed into a sci fi storyline, this could be a soundtrack. Suffocating layered heaviness, dry synth hiss, oscillator click terror meets equally with beauty, a quality rare among Pulse Emitter's peers. Each cover and insert is a unique paint marbled design, silkscreened / designed over by Nick of Seizure Palace. Edition of 300 copies on black vinyl. Click here to see pictures.

"Debut 7" from west coast harsh noise/ambient madman Oscillating Innards. Abrasive walls of junk & crunch, tranquil & melodic drone, and obsessive structured compositions recorded in autumn of 2005. Silk-screened covers, edition of 300." Co-release with Iatrogenesis Records and Troniks.

BH-01 - A Sleeping Irony - Your Concrete Eyes 7" $4.00

Three tracks recorded in 2005. 3 color silkscreen covers on grey vinyl in an edition of 500 copies. Here is a review of so you know what it sounds like -

"Here's some screamy modern hardcore of the darkest variety. The A side is "Your Concrete Eyes", a dirgy, heavy sludgepunk blast with nasty ripped-throat shrieks and splattered in waves of feedback delay. Side B opens with "Cancer Is The Cure", an apocalyptic tantrum of blackened metalcore and crushing riffage ending in brutal noise spasm, and closes with the scratchy,crackling loops and awesomely messy grindthrash of "Step Off The Corpse Path", complete with a bass guitar breakdown that made me want to tear the walls down. Definitely one of the best hardcore EP's I've laid my mitts on in 2005, falling somewhere between modern metallic 'core and TRAGEDY/FROM ASHES RISE crust epics but with some vicious noise and feedback abuse added for good measure. Mastered by Jim Plotkin (OLD, KHANATE), and comes housed in a super nice silkscreened sleeve with neat ink interplay/graphics."
-Crucial Blast

Listen to the A side, "Your Concrete Eyes" MP3

Acre "A shield of Air / Born of light 7" (Eolian Records) $7.00

"Taking on the concept of a drone single, Acre is heard here on vinyl for the first time. Though your ears may descieve you, there are no stringed instruments or sythecisers on this recording!

There are only 300 copies, 150 of which will be with Acre on his US tour."

Aemae "The Helical World " CD (Isounderscore) $11.00

An overlooked bay area artist, operating in a very refined sphere or low end drones, tiny sounds, and synth noise. Painstakinly crafted and focused experimentation, for fans of Hafler Trio and the like, in a glossy digipack with cool minimal art.

Aemae "Maw" CD (Isounderscore) $9.00

Newer full-length from this bay area sound artist, expanding upon his first release. I love the white on white sleeve.

Altar of Flies / Sewer Election split LP (Release The Bats) $20.00

Limited import from Sweden's best. Great minimal BLACK packaging.

Anakrid "Father" LP (Stereonucleosis) 13.00

"Limited to 350 copies. Hand numbered. Never to be repressed.

180 gr vinyl. DMM.

The music on "Father" alternates between amorphous soundscapes and alien percussion with a sidetrip to Meltedmindsylvania in a creaky boat."

Anakrid "Rapture of the Deep" LP (Stereonucleosis) 13.00

"Limited to 350 copies. Hand numbered. Never to be repressed.

180 gr vinyl. DMM.

"Rapture of the Deep" is a more subdued attack. Blissful drowning music."

Anakrid "Pos-Load: Nihilsurrealisme" one-sided 12" (Stereonucleosis) $17.00

"Yet another ridiculously limited release by Anakrid, this one going out to all the bug chasers in the world. Chris Bickel and someone under the name K. E. Revis (hah) apply old-school tape collage, Japanese power electronics worship, and legitimately hard, paranoid "emo violence" to this one, and the result is the most intense Anakrid release to date. If you have been longing for the visceral noise side of Bickel's legendary hardcore act In/Humanity (the "trilogy" from their second album comes to mind), you'll find its spirit here, amid a nearly impenetrable wall of panic. Miles away from the opaque drones of the last few records, this one's a statement of outrage, and I know of more than one sordid little online communities to which you could couple this up with a nauseating read. I won't trouble you with those details, though. Best not to ruin another life. Numbered edition of 100 copies, in the same style of spraypainted, textured sleeve that the last one came in."

-Dusted Magazine

Anakrid "UnoDos" 2xCD (Beta-lactam Ring Records) $20.00

Anakrid's inital 2 albums in a beautiful 2 x CD set. Limited at 400 copies.

Thomas Ankersmit / Jim O'Rourke split LP (Tochnit Aleph) $20.00

"Side One features 'Weerzin' by Thomas Ankersmit, composed & recorded in 2004 (Computer, Saxophone, Serge & EMS Synthesizer).

Side two composed & recorded by Jim O'Rourke in 1992 (Oscillators & Guitars). Edition of 750 copies. Cover photo by Alexandra Leykauf."

Arastoo "Three" LP (Isounderscore) $15.00

I've always had a bit of a thing for this LP, it has some mysterious qualities to it. What comes to mind for me, is a more smoothed and drugged out Organum. Beautiful droning and metal clanging. Again great tone one tone, here is the ideal black on black, sleeve from Isounderscore, simple, minimal geometric art. A very clean style.

Arastoo & Aemae "Ostrakon" LP (Isounderscore) $15.00

These two artists belong together, and this is them collaborating. Piano on this one! Two color silk screened sleeves.

At Jennie Richie "III" 7" (Daisy Cutter Records) $9.00

Limited to 100 copies, final restock.

At Jennie Richie "Cathedral of Erotic Misery" C20 (Scumbag Relations) $7.50

Edition of 100 tapes sold out at source from this mysterious Seattle duo, trio, wtf? it doesn't matter they have a constant flow of great tapes.

Black To Comm & Datashock collaboration CDr (Ikuisuus) $10.00

"Incredible, spooky-spiritual-drone masterpiece by the most hip German experimentalists Black to Comm (Mark Richter) and the free-noise group Datashock companied by new member Marcel Türkowsky. Here all together creating a flavor of blissen alien soundscapes, whirling on, changing and evolving all the time, generating hyperzonic tensions inside the crown-chakra so long that the eyes start to see pulsating flames inside and outside your imagination. Rich in Colour of sound and for sure not a restless headfuck, but a stony stoned psychedelic vibration of something spiritually exciting, something which reminds the outer inner worlds, and how close they are. The fog of the lake & the ghosts of the forgotten old new days. Recorded nearby Berlin's Goldmund festival in August 2007, in a place which used to be a summercamp for kids in the times of GDR the point which alone may cause the climbing in such a mystical level. Peaceful & strange at the same time."

The Broken Penis Orchestra "Testicle Difficulties" LP (Nihilist) $13.00

"Dick Flick conductor in chief, displays a wild and twisted array of sound collages that pull your ears through your brain and back again, (not unlike early Negativland or Nurse With Wound). This is the debut LP for B.P.O. and will be a limited pressing of 300 copies on 152 gram black vinyl."

Burmese "Monkeys Tear Man To Shreds... " LP(Enterruption) $16.00

"Completely raw and brutal dual damaged bass and drums attack from the legendary and infamous Burmese. Recorded in 2000 at their rehearsal space in Oakland on 8 track reel-to-reel by yours truly, wm.Rage, a few weeks or month before they recorded their debut CD release for Tumult Records: same material, different recordings. This LP also includes from the same session their BLISTERING cover version of Black Flag's "I've Heard It Before" - previously released on their "Treaties of Greed and Filth" 7". Mastered by Scott Colburn. Edition 500x copies, red vinyl."

Highly recommended, multiple inserts and another beautiful print job from Enterruption.

Cloama "In The State Of Unbelief" 7" (Cipher Productions) $8.00

"The new 7” which finds Cloama at its most vehement, a savage exposition of raw power electronics which has never been quite so overt in Cloama’s sound until this project. Notwithstanding the clear ‘80s PE influences the production and composition are distinct, discreet layers and the usual attention to detail giving this work flair."

Datashock "Rambo Wikinger" C48 (Tipped Bowler) $7.50

This tape is great. Reminds me much of the Double Leopards, but lighter, more lush. Repeated listens are in order.

Dead Raven Choir "My Firstborn Will Surely Be Blind " LP (Aurora Borealis) $20.00

English import, a new LP of meterial from Smolken's mysterious Dead Raven Choir. Blackened folk racket, for forward thinking ears. If anyone else tried it they would sound like a joke, but somehow this guy is convincing.

Death Chants "The Sound of Rain/North Carolina" 7" (Azriel) 6.00

"sweet vinyl debut from the mighty fine death chants, releases on the bands own new label. if you tuned into any of their great self released cassettes, or either of the time-lag cdrs, you pretty much know the deal. in a pretty mellow smoked-out drift mode here, the a side is sunny strummed acoustic guitar mantra with bubbling modular synth bleeps, distant buzzes & drones, occasional noisy bursts and half slurred wordless vocal. the b side is less songy with sweet drifting keys, thick viola drones, ebow guitar hum and an ultra peaceful ambiance very sweet stuff. perfect baked summer evening porch music. heavy moss colored art board covers, with black offset printed art by nemo. limited / numbered edition of only 320 copies."

Drunjus "Thorn Shield" LP (Earjerk) $18.00

Great Handmade packaging, this LP has that modern private press feel down. What the label had to say;

"... two killer journeys... Drencrom and Relax, Hunter. Both recorded live. One side completely in the analog realm; from the boys'cassette deck straight to 180 gram black wax. Strictly limited to 300 copies. Hand screened on thrifted album covers turned inside out. No two alike. Side A - 'Drencrom' is a sideways drift through the earths crust which confirms that the core truly is molten. Upon reching their destination,Drunjus bore a hole straight to the center of your brain. Live at the infamous Wisco Biker Bar...Side B -'Relax Hunter' is a more galactic affair. With enough molten fuel to get their ship airborn, Drunjus escape the atmosphere and enter a 300 year cryogenic sleep... co-released with Tree Tapes..."

Facial Mess / Hana Kodama split 12" (Cipher Productions) $20.00

Facialmess
1. Kaho's Big Day\
2. Religion 1

Hana Kodama
1. A Sunny Garden\

released 13 May 2006
edition of 200 copies

Hana Kodama is a Yukiko (Yamaakago) & Fumio Kosakai (Incapacitants) collaboration

An excellent example of contrast. Facialmess provides some fierce cut-up harsh noise while Hana Kodama delivers the drone, presented in a black DJ sleeve with an insert.

Family Battle Snake "Nymphomania" C15 (5nakefork) $8.00

"bill k is running rampant in the UK and the US. this c15 presents 2 sides of scathing persistence. for those following his work on great labels like jk tapes, turgid animal, arbor, and blackest rainbow "nymphomania"will quench your thirst for new material, and if you haven't you need to. watch for split/collaborative c21 with leavenworth on 5fork soon! 6x5 cardstock covers, art by 5F, locally wound gold foil c15s in sealed poly bags. edition of 47 "

Family Underground "Helium Rug" one-sided LP (DNT Records) $12.00

One immense track from Denmark's best and one of my personal current favorites. Does the usual peak 50 miles up before diving to the bottom of the ocean. Nightmare psychedelia not for the sober among us. Nice silkscreen sleeve and limited to 299 copies so act fast.

Gasp "An Earwig's Guide to Traveling" CD (Avant Garde Farm / Capibara) $10.00

"An Earwig's Guide to Traveling is a new CD collection of previously out-of-print and unreleased material by the Southern California band Gasp (1996-1999). Gasp used elements of grindcore, power violence, psych, ambient noise, tape manipulations and down-tuned sludge to create a sound that will never be duplicated. They released records on some of the most influential punk and hardcore labels of the past decade, including Slap a Ham, Witching Hour, Clean Plate, and Deep Six. Their split records paired them with a diverse set of innovative bands (Volume Eleven, Noothgrush, Deerhoof, & Suffering Luna). Most of this material has been unavailable for years after the vinyl pressings quickly sold out. This CD includes all of the songs from Gasp's split records as well as tracks from compilations and demos - every official release except for the Slap a Ham LP. As a bonus the CD features the first chance to hear the four songs from Gasp's unreleased "Lepidostomatid" EP. "

Glory Fckn Sun Spectra LP (Tipped Bowler) $15.00

Red vinyl in a two color silkscreened chipboard sleeve.

Government Alpha "The Day Of The Light Crimson" C20 (Cipher Productions) $9.00

"20 minutes of brand new ferocity from Yasutoshi Yoshida. ‘The Day Of The Light Crimson’ in part harkens back to Government Alpha’s late 1990s cassette output on Xerxes, its extended opening and closing tracks offering a more primal, wall-ish shove of noise than has been the usual case over the last few years. The middle tracks bend in the alternate direction, each an exaggerated hit of psychedelic electronics screech. It all adds up to another excess of flavoured harshness from one of Japan’s top current noise exponents."

The Grass Magic S/T LP (Earjerk) $18.00

I think with a project name like that, featuring said members, you basically know what you are getting right? Again, cool handmade packaging from this label, their description;

"This LP features members of the Skaters, Jewelled Antler Collective and Davenport, all kicking up dust in a rickety old barn. A spontaneous happening, the few hazy nights leading up to PastureFest 2004 may not be easily recalled, but the christening sounds, emenating from a ramshackle farm in the vales of southeast Wisconsin, are imprinted here on this unassuming LP. Featuring an alternate B-side jam (of music pulled from the same session) not found on the cassette version. Otherworldly and just down right cosmic!"

Growing "Live" 2xLP (Conspiracy Records) $25.00

Limited live 2xLP, in a nice thick gatefold, imported from Europe. 72 mins. of material, two complete shows. Here is what Aquarius had to say;

“While Growing continually return to that near-ambient tranquility, the record is a series of meandering excursions into MASSIVE slow motion, melted-riff soundscapes, notes and chords unfurl impossibly slowly, as if someone had doubled the gravity and the sound waves were actually visible, drizzling lazily to the floor like molasses or honey, rich golden globs of thick distorted throb. Like Earth and Skullflower meshed into one buzzing blurry soundfield, all muted melody and crunchy riffage, a pulsing swirl of feedback and guitarral grrrr! The sound is basically phenomenal…”

Hair Police / Crystal Fantasy split 10" (Liquid Death / Hello Pussy Records) $13.00

"lexington, kentucky's hair police are one of the most progressive and productive thrashy noise bands out there. if you've experienced them live, then you know that already! with a steady flow of head banging, noise rawkin releases on various labels (gods of tundra, animal disguise, load, freedom from, etc.), hair police have been steadily carving a niche into the noise/experimental music community. being witness to one wild chicago ride, we watched in absolute amusement as hair police took the stage and one by one destroyed everyone in the room (as well as themselves...) being torn limb from limb after walking on the hands of the crowd like clouds and then dropping the doom storm from above. totally out of control, and totally rad! on their side of this split 10" with crystal fantasy, hair police contribute 1 single nasty track entitled "straps and straps". mike connelly had this to say about it: "it's gnarly fucked up. no drums. just a really sick searing drip of the inside of a carcass." we agree! this sick pile will whip and beat your skull upon each repeated listen. do yourself a favor and get abused! let the gnarly times roll...

the members of milwaukee, wi's crystal fantasy are not new players to the game, just a new project with a new name. when asked what kind of description should accompany the news about this split 10", this is what we were told: "crystal fantasy is another glimmering aspect of neon hunk, illuminated by and sparkling under one thousand iridescent stars." oh yes!! take it back to the days when you were just too high to be reached - when the sky was filled with watercolored waves of cloudy blues and the sun shined like a billion crystals reflecting off the shimmering sky... "crystal fantasy are crystal, and they are fantasy." wow - instant cult classic!"

Helm "Illuminated Factory" C40 (Peasant Magik) $7.00

Beautiful sounds from Mr. Younger, and art by me!

Hunton Quintet "Kuutelus" C60ish (Ikuisuus) $8.50

"HUNTON QUINTET is a project which made two small edition cdr albums and one tape under name Anti/Uton. At summer 2007 they met again after few years of silence, and started to make music again."

Recorded in Pappilanmäki, Porvoo 2005. Mastered 2007 by Zelig.

Agent Stepanoff: vocals, piano, quitar
Zelig Concrete : piano, guitar, percussions

irr. app. (ext.) "Perekluchenie" LP (Beta-lactam Ring Records) $15.00

"Behind every ambiguously pronounced name lies an ambiguously pronounced sense of purpose. In other words: who can say what is really going on here? Whatever it is, it is delightfully dada. irr. app. (ext.) remain more concrete (i.e. musique) than a rusting parking structure on a windy day. Music does occasionally spill out from the crisp snips and gravel, but it is only as one other element in an overall sound construct. Here, no-music IS the music! Get it? Now go read some John Cage. The simplicity of a burbling stream washes out of a reverberation of flange. Voices are air dropped into the squeaking remnants of things left decaying in the basement. Small noises are looped and heaped upon one another, evoking a temporarily quiet cacophony that is sloooowly faaaaded ooooout in favour of a slooowly faaaaaded iiiin drones vs frogs episode. One thinks lovingly on Hafler Trio, P16.D4, NWW, Chris Watson, etc. Put your Irr. to the App. and get (Ext.)!"

Jazzkamer / Opec split LP (By Reverse Recordings) $20.00

Danish import. Numbered out of 323 copies in silk screened picture disk sleeves from Mr. Charity.

Last Night on Earth S/T CDr (Ikuisuus) $10.00

"This is a first release by Last Night On Earth, the new "supergroup" of psychedelic free improvisation. Recorded at Castle Mountain High studio, Finland, 11/2006 by Ben Reynolds (Ashtray Navigations), Bridget Hayden (Vibracathedral Orchestra), Jani Hirvonen (Uton, Aan), Arttu Partinen (Avarus, Anaksimandros, Hetero Skeleton), and Melanie Delaney (Ashtray Navigations, Sculptress). Weird sounds, drones & feedback space explosions. Thanks to Mary Jane and Mad Alice."

Lngtché - “Music for an untitled film by T.Zarkkof” CDr (Etude) $10.00

"The first release by composer Lngtché. Titled “Music for an untitled film by T.Zarkkof”, the release is a long 44:22 piece of dark isolation, drones and exploration of the ambient music blending the electronic soundscape with the sound of the raw guitar.Beautiful, haunting and darkly complex work packaged in an exclusive triptic panel with a brilliant artwork by Seldon Hunt."

Medroxy Progesterone Acetate "Blearyeared" C65 (Tipped Bowler) $7.50

Another mysterious audio document surfaces from this obscure mid-western projects past. A lot of static. Appropriate art.

Mlehst "Notes of Obscure Origin" LP (Nihilist) $20.00

"Nihilist is extremely proud to present "Notes of Obscure Origin" by MLEHST. From a history shrouded in mystery, and a back catalog of recordings treading dark and strange territories, Mlehst delivers their finest work here with "Notes of Obscure Origin". Recorded in 1996, and now 10 years later this ominously eerie album has been unleashed from some dark pit! For those of you unfamiliar with the work of MLEHST, (similiar to early Whitehouse & Nurse With Wound) this is most certainly a definitive example of their greatness. This LP will be a limited edition of 200 copies on 140 gram black vinyl with cover artwork by Andy Ortmann."

Mlehst "I am, I was, I will always be" LP (Belief Recordings) $25.00

"On 'I Am, I Was, I Will Always Be' Mlehst takes things into another direction. The title track is the source of all the music on this album. A layered drone of synthesizer sounds, quite simple. It is the starting point of the ten tracks that follow. Each is treated in a different way. Sometimes working the higher regions and sometimes only the lower regions, which are the first four steps taken on side a. On side B things are expanded. A rhythm occurs, basically a simple loop, or becoming more noise related. Less vibrant than the piece of the split LP, each of these pieces is a monochrome composition in itself. Though not entirely a new idea at work here, Mlehst does a fine job. Certainly the second side has to offer some interesting pieces. Crude, rough but it stays on the more interesting side of noise. (FdW)
Vital Weekly"

Mlehst ""A Cautionary Tale" LP (Belief Recordings) $25.00

"Only just over a month ago we reviewed two LP's of Mlehst, actually three of the four sides were by him, and now he returns with yet another LP and a highly obscure 3"CDR. So he was away for some time, but perhaps we could wonder if this new overkill is any good. Style-wise nothing changed in the last month (!). The mild excursions into the land of feedback, treated in some analogue manner which is not revealed, is still what makes up these new releases. The LP was originally tracks for 7"s, but now compiled into one LP. Tracks here are rather short, although it's unclear how many 7"s he intended to fill. There is a fair amount of 'erosion' in his music, like he's been using worn out tapes to record his music or perhaps re-used some old tapes. At times I was reminded of the good ol' Eric Lunde sound. Still as crude and raw as before.
Vital Weekly(FdW)"

My Cat Is An Alien / Family Underground split LP (By Reverse Recordings) $20.00

Scarse and limited Danish import, MCIAA's track lingers in some beautiful static high end trance, with excursions into minimal percussion and space guitar, of course, while FU troll's around in the usual muck; tonal blackout psychedelia. Nice hand-made silk screened picture disk sleeves and inserts, on clear vinyl for a cool transparent effect.

Nonhorse - "Xol Mic" C90 (Abandon Ship Records) $6.00

"Xol Mic is a double burning cry for help and cleansing. I was moving out of bad trauma and into good trauma after traveling the US and Canada and all was unmoored and wierd. I was scratching at something, and brooding over bad old tapes of long winded effected harp and reeds and good new tapes of pure house sounds at my new diggs, where the only thing i could focus on was wandering around vaguely with a tape recorder. The A side was recorded after a fateful exposure. My mother is a science teacher at PS39 in Brooklyn where i myself went and was young, and in the thrash of moving boxes full of utter trash i stopped home.

"Xol Mic dissapeared two days ago" she said gravely when i walked in. Xol was one of my favorite of her classroom stories, as him and his brother 'Cruise Mic' had a massive intimadating mother who wore cornrows and team jerzies that matched her Timbalands and boasted of her massive wealth and propensity for violence to the other mothers at every turn. Poor Xol always looked pained and embarrassed. "we called his mothers cell and she's like, 'oh sorry yeah, we all had to go to LA to return a fur coat...i gotta go...' im worried about the kid." 'Torquque binder' was recorded that night.

The B side is for Tony Miller, who's room i moved into. The bass claranet is played by my pal Foxy Pink gloves. During the recording, a smoking brazer cracked in half and the coals fell into my sock drawer, setting it ablaze. Foxy kept playing as i put it out with beer, and we continued for 20 more minutes in the smoke filled room. Thanks Tony.... "
- G. Lucas Crane

C90 Edition of 300."

Oscillating Innards "Grey Variables" LP (Dogma Chase) $24.00

Essential document from OxIx. This LP will please those familiar with Gordon's work. Crumbling, dense walls, mixed with other sources form a work that is incredibly personal. Packaged perfectly, with insert and OBI. Dogma Chase did an excellent job on this release. Essential.

Pumice "Quo" LP (Tipped Bowler) $15.00

Brian continues to expand his young imprint with two new LP releases. This one from Pumice was eagerly anticipated by myself. Low fidelity folk bits and pieces, mumbled out of New Zealand. Jandek and Wolfmangler fans take note. 180 gram vinyl in a two color silkscreened chipboard sleeve.

Redglaer "American Masonry" CD (Anarchymoon Recordings) $8.00

"loud and blistering document recorded in a stupefyingly large concrete warehouse in Tulsa. the space speaks in subconscious tones, rippling walls, ions seduced by power washes/ sunstorms. quiet resonant sections, pushing sound around upstairs, whistles. no post-processing, just edits and gain.

"a wicked ride through high force audio death wind" Bull Tongue / Arthur

CD:: same masterial as the 10" except longer edits, plus a CD-only 3rd track. totally pro packaging by thingmakers:: chipboard sleeves with spine, black foil front, 4-color rear, 4-color CD face."

Red Squirrels "Pumpkin Suitcase" C40 (Scumbag Relations) $7.50

"You know tonight I am going to sprinkel cat nip on my blanket.....that will keep them all on me....they will get high
and then go to sleep and I will be all toasty warm YAY" - Jason Red Squirrels .... edition of 100

The Reggaee "Balthar" C20 (Tipped Bowler Tapes) $6.00

"Fifteen-plus minutes of astral debris from the Reggaee, aka Florian Tositti of Angers, France. With previous releases on Ruralfaune and his own Vilaaaviivivi imprint, Tosittiti has mapped a space of eternal-drone now sound channeled through a roomful of instruments and old tape decks. Balthar’s two side-long tracks of blissful whirring and buried, distant percussion catch the Reggaee at his best. The A-side is lodged inside a dream of vocal clouds and scattered bells, with the nocturnal kicking of the dreamer audible in the fog. The B-side ebbs to nightmare, ending in bleak tonal decay. Full-color cardstock covers with two inserts and sprayed tapes. Edition of 68."

Robedoor "Rancor Keeper" CD (Release The Bats) $12.00

Dark, ritualistic, and psychedelic would all be apt descriptions for Robedoor's sound, which many are already familiar with. Nice Cthulu inspired art and an angled digipack, similar to other CDs that Release The Bats has put out.

Runzelstirn & Gergelstock / Mlehst split LP (Belief Recordings) $28.00

"Mlehst is back and we should take notice. Two pieces of 12" vinyl, filled with three sides of Mlehst and one with Runzelstirn & Gurgelstock - another legend. To start with the latter. 'Sex' is the theme here, but luckily it's not the usual cut up of porn movies. Sound wise this is an unusual Runzelstirn & Gurgelstock record. Some elements are still in there, like the extensive use of voices and shouting, but the hasty cut-up/collage work is not really present here. Instead they use samples of an orchestral nature and sounds go on instead of being fractured and scattered. It departures from their previous work, but still maintains a high quality. On the other side there is Mlehst with a highly interesting piece of musique concrete type of collage. Electronic sounds fly about while there is also cut-ups of acoustic sounds. It seems, but I may be wrong, that Mlehst returned to using reel-to-reel machines to chop up, speed up those sounds. Quite a vibrant piece of music.
(FdW) Vital Weekly"

Schnäbi Gaggi Pissi Gaggi LP (Tochnit Aleph) $20.00

"Tochnit Aleph Punk Series Volume Four. Featuring Joke Lanz - Ventilatorbass, Celèste Urech - Drums & Lyrics, Rudolf Eb.er - Vacuumvocals. Recorded live in Kölliken, Switzerland 92-02-27 at 3pm. Written by Celèste Urech (3 years of age + the son of Joke), except "Elisabeth Kopp" written by Joke Lanz & Rudolf Eb.er. Limited Edition of 519 copies."

Shepards "Bush Babies" 7" (DNT Records) $6.00

"Vinyl debut by Brooklyn's Shepherds. Originally this was going to be used for the DNT 3" series, but it was far too long to be used for a 3" split, so we decided to upgrade it to a 7"! The best way to describe them would be free-form psych-drone, with different tape effects thrown in their too. Members of Woods, Non-Horse, Wooden Wand and others. Pro-printed full-color glue pocket sleeves. Pressing of 500. 150 on Black. 100 on Gold. 250 on White."

Shiggajon & Dreamers Cloth split C60ish (Ikuisuus) $8.50

"Split tape including two more or less new Danish acts. In these recordings (made during past 6 months) huge collective Shiggajon was five people playing out many kind of musical experiments & improvisations, with large amount of instruments (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, water, electric guitar, cello, scrap metal, violin, cembalo, bells, didgeridoo, bottles, chimes, drums, paper, and flutes). Floating orchestral jams to alienspace deep mystic drones, krautrock freakouts & free jazz moods from the structures of academic darkness - to the atmospheric swirls of heavenly light.

Dreamers Cloth is a solo project by Jonas Frederiksen from Beyond Repair cassette label. Diving underwater in the ambient dreamlands of fantasy creatures and unknown high sky visions. Beautiful & psychedelic new age bliss-sound drones, for the fans of Tangerine Dream, Ashtray Navigations, Family Underground, Skaters, Dolphins Into The Future."

Slicing Grandpa "methset e.p." 7" (Daisy Cutter Records) $9.00

Another in what is quickly becoming one of the coolest series of releases around, the limited to 100 Daisy Cutter 7", packaged in pro-printed covers. Obsessive? Always gone quick, and featuring only the best. This one from Slicing Grandpa is weirdo noise-rock.

Smegma "33 1/3 " LP (Important Records) $13.00

"33 1/3 is Smegma's tribute to their 20th century avant-garde and out-jazz influences. The title is one part reference to the happy revival of passionate vinyl listening in the 21st century and one part celebration of their long hard slog of 33 1/3 years of being one of the most free thinking and original American underground groups. Their focus, ideas and determination has brought them through more than three decades and to this day they remain unparalleled, original and highly influential."

Copies are on black vinyl.

SYNB / HSDOM split CDr (Phaserprone) $14.00

"A tangled mess of SYNB (Matt Brinkman, i.e Meerk Puffy) reworking HSDOM materials and HSDOM reworking SYNB's 'BLACK/GOLD CHIP'. Modular synthesizers, deeply processed audio, puddles of destroyed samples feature with heavy bassdrum beats, white noise washes and a gnome clapping in the abandoned freight elevator tunnel.

Packaged in a self assembled, razor scored, letterpressed silver on black, blind embossed, gatefold with insert. One of our Favorite releases of the new century. Edition of 200."

Taskmaster "Get Dead" C30 (Rundownsun) $7.50

"a hissing, spiting, white noise sandstorm with bass like a dirty drag though the mud. rushing-water sound for restroom line-ups. edition of 100. offset-printed 3 panel j-card. xerox insert. spray-painted high bias cassette."

Taurpis Tula "Cadillac Sitting Like a Ton of Lead" LP (Ikuisuus) $20.00

"Cadillac Sitting Like A Ton Of Lead, the brand new album from the Taurpis Tula trio of David Keenan (Tight Meat Duo), Heather Leigh (Scorces/Dream Aktion Unit/Jandek) and Alex Neilson (Tight Meat Duo/Directing Hand/Jandek/Richard Youngs et al), represents the absolute apex of their twin guitar/drums incarnation, with two side-long improvised psychedelic blues that combine the kind of epic string-muscle of Fushitsusha, Ohkami No Jikan, Kousokuya and Rallizes Denudes with a sublime avant-garage sensibility and massive pockets of time-killing freedom. Further amplifying the malevolent narcosis of their debut LP on Eclipse, Cadillac… is a full blown rock record that full delivers on their vision of Yoko jamming with Red Transistor in a world where the conventional middle-brow ‘canon’ is pretty much upended in favour of primitive avant garde brut. There are grooves here that are as magnetic and future-visioned as The Magic Band circa “Big Eyed Beans From Venus” or the final seconds of amplifier meltdown on Mainliner’s Mellow Out while the playing is at an all-time ESP-channelled high, with the group generating glorious metal-inflected simultaneities without the slightest whiff of ‘dialogue’ or even listening with ears.This is a profound statement of the kind of freak-out freedoms inherent in the most primal blues/rock forms and a revitalising connection to the source of *it*, further building on the kind of form the group were packing during their monstrous jam at Thurston Moore’s Nightmare Before Christmas.

Features Heather Leigh on vocals, harmonica and pedal steel, David Keenan on electric guitar and Alex Neilson on drums. Packaged in individually silkscreened sleeves by disobedient Belgian artist Jelle Crama and featuring all-original artwork by Heather Leigh on the front, the insert and the labels, Cadillac Sitting Like A Ton Of Lead comes in a limited edition of 440 copies." - Douglas Gully.

Technicolor Yawn "format c:/u {enter}" 12" (self-released) $8.00

All sorts of frazzled up space vomit and spastic electronic sounds made with laptop and sequencer from this Portland, OR artist. A very pleasing listen. Think your favorite cut-up harsh noise artist, minus the distortion. Photographic 12" x 12" insert cover designed and printed by the artist, in a heavy polyvinyl sleeve.  Quantity of  500 , hand numbered, 45 rpm, with two 15 minute sides.

Tecumseh "Avalanche and Inundation" CD (Important Records) $12.00

A wonderful new album from Tecumseh. Yes, it sounds like Earth, BUT with more Atmosphere here, and it sounds like more drugs too! Three long tracks with some very subtle electronics, and powerful, thick guitar drone that you can feel, not simply just hear. As this project learns new levels of restraint, it gets even heavier at the same time. A new 10" EP is in the works for Black Horizons, expect more improv, and female vocals!

Tecumseh "Avalanche and Inundation" LP (Important Records) $16.00

Same as above, but on vinyl. Essential for drone metal vinyl nerds.

The Fortieth Day "Pelusium: 540 AD" C62 (Cipher Productions) $9.00

"The Fortieth Day have managed to build up a heady wash of particled, crusted tape releases on the Bloodlust! label, the project’s clogged airways and dusted corridors of sound one of the most perfect fits for the cassette format one could hope to imagine. ‘Pelusium: 540 AD’ is The Fortieth Day in supreme form, the guitar/bass duo of Isidro Reyes and Mark Solotroff (Bloodyminded) churning out an obtrusive cloud of sound but this time with a little more detail glaring through the asthmatic machinations."

Tomutonttu "Tomutonttu" LP (Beta-lactam Ring Records) $20.00

"Ed. of 400 copies on 220 gram vinyl. Kemialliset Ystävät member Tomutonttu (Jan Anderzén) plays a bit like Dome to KY's Wire. The Ystävät-ness is there, but stripped down to the frame with a minimal synth breeze blowing through it. Beautifully lyrical in its layered abstractions, there is a sort of finely hewn composite of experimental dada electronics (ala early, early, early Die Todliche Doris or early, early, early P16.D4) and composerly elements (ala Rimarimba, Andrew Poppy or Meredith Monk). A few little Kraut-isms top off the tonic at no extra charge. Oh, and there's a bit that gets all spacey and chirpy like when the Virgin Prunes go completely bonkers (that's sure a helpful reference point... well, we like it). Basically, this is the music that the mothership had in the tape deck just before dropping KY off in the 12th century."

Uton "Suoniin, Luihin, Ytimiin" (live) CDR (Ikuisuus) $10.00

"1 track - total 46:29 mins

Live at Mental Alaska / Tampere, 25th september 2005. Ancient drones meets the ground. Performed by Uton & Kulkija, using synth, effects, electric guitar (bowed & without), recorder, tape recorder & radio-noises, violin, voices...."

Uton "Sacred Hiss / Ghost Oracle" CDR (Ikuisuus) $10.00

"10 tracks - total 36:04 min

Recorded at spring 2005 in Tampere. Strange & dark atmospheric drones & dreams from the other side of mind. Specially for the late night processes - whatever that is, it's your way to use it.

Ask something, and the wind will tell you!"

Uton "Alitaju Ylimina" LP (Dekorder) $18.00

"Uton is the one-man project of jani hirvonen originally hailing from tampere and currently travelling and recording in india. Hirvonen is one of the most active musicians of the finnish underground scene that has recently presented us the likes of kuupuu, kemialliset ystävät, islaja, paavoharju and lau nau and a seemingly never-ending stream of beautiful and highly original record releases. The music of uton is no exception there, drawing inspirations from psychedelia to free jazz to pure ecstatic drones and noises using a wide range of acoustic instruments from various parts of the globe and a bulk of electronics. Recorded in glorious lo-fi the mystery of hirvonen’s sound is difficult to pinpoint; sheer ravishing beauty, elegancy and variegation is stashed behind a wall of grey, inscrutable haze – gorgeous melodies and voices, reeds and alien sounds gleaming through the mist from time to time, shimmering like diamonds through layers of dust. Uton has previously released dozens of cd’s, cd-r's and cassettes on a myriad of labels including jewelled antler, pseudo arcana, last visible dog, digitalis and his own ikuisuus. He has collaborated with amon dude (avarus), anla courtis (reynols), antony milton (black boned angel), ben reynolds, peter wright, phil todd (ashtray navigations) and jan anderzen (tomutonttu, kemialliset ystävät) among others. The latter collaboration (under the hevoset moniker) will be released on lp by dekorder later this year."

Uton "we're only in it for the spirit" CD (Digitalis Industries) $12.00

A re-release of a tour CDr, this is a laid back dreamscape from Finland's finest, and I did the cover art! Some two-tone metallic future-primitive action to match the sound. I like this a little more than most Uton releases.

Vapaa "Se Soi, Soi!" C60ish (Ikuisuus) $8.50

Live recordings from :

18.11.2005 Rauhanasema, Helsinki, Finland
17.11.2005 Vastavirta, Tampere, Finland
10.04.2005 Telakka, Tampere, Finland

Vestigial Limb / Fletcher Pratt split 7" (Epicene) $6.00

Another in the split 7" series on Epicene, this one featuring two lesser knowns (first on vinyl for both I believe?). VL's track is violent, layered, and burly harsh noise, while FP's track is some bizarre noise / sound collage, in a rather lo-fidelity manner.

Wapstan "Of Zero and the Void" C30 (Rundownsun) $7.50

"no howling abyss. no death-silent vacuum. just the ever present anti-presence of 60 cycles. hardly above perception. life between high voltage power lines. you're living it every day. no sounds, just pure, harnessed electricity. from canada's reigning underground drone lord. spray painted high bias tapes. xeroxed and hand inked artwork on recycled paper. xerox insert on gold paper. numbered edition of 100."

Warmth "leave your wet brain in the hot sun" CD (Digitalis Recordings) $10.00

"Warmth has undergrone plastic surgery since this album was originally released as a criminally limited CDR on Belgium's best scuzz label, Audiobot. Back then Warmth was known as Roxanne Jean Polise. The name may have changed, but the sounds are still the same dense electronic forest fog that set Michigan-native Steev Thompson's music apart from most of his compatriots. "Leave Your Wet Brain in the Hot Sun" is Warmth's finest hour. It's his hypnotic, marrow-sucking opus.

"Leave Your Wet Brain in the Hot Sun" is a thick blanket of unsettling doom. The smell of death is in the air, floating in-and-out of range like a black cloud. Warmth's mixture of distorted, haunted synth loops, hijacked guitar frequenices, and various injections of dirt-soaked piano fuzz. Thompson's drones are reminiscent of Andrew Chalk and Mirror in the way they lure the listener in during the early stages with his quiet and methodic approach. They're soothing and soft, but totally misleading. Once the eyelids start to get heavy, Thompson runs you down with discordant, often abrasive, missives. He plays this dichotomy up to perfection, and shows an amazing understanding of composition and layering.

As each electronic swirl draws you in closer, like a moth to a buzzing streetlight, you get lost in this aural concrete labryinth. "Leave Your Wet Brain in the Hot Sun" will bury your mind under piles of dust. Warmth is painting the town with a gang of spectres on his back, sandblasting diseased tones through everyone's eardrums. For fans of Double Leopards, Hive Mind, and that ilk, it is only once you're destroyed that you'll be totally satisfied.

*(Includes two unreleased bonus tracks, not included on the original album)"

Warmth / Medroxy Progesterone Acetate split 7" (Small Doses / Phage Tapes) $7.00

A stunning single from two of my favorite artists going right now, more need to hear MPA. Lovingly packaged and limited to 300 copies.

Wolfmangler "Cooking With Wolves" CD (Digitalis) $13.00

From Digitalis;

"Where there are wolves, there is the digger Smolken. Left for dead two years ago when he left the murderous heat of Central Texas for the place of his birth, Poland, WOLFMANGLER has now been recast in rusted iron for its latest incarnation. Once a revolving door of different lineups, WOLFMANGLER is now the sole brainchild of Smolken. One thing remains the same, however. This is still some of the grimmest, most desolate doom metal on the planet.

Following a split CD with Moss and a full-length release on UK metal institution, Aurora Borealis, "Cooking With Wolves" is Smolken's first WOLFMANGLER release in it's new Polish form. What he concocts barely qualifies as music. It's more like the sonic equivalent of the Black Death. Heavy bass riffs, pounded and beaten into tracts of molten lava, spew pure dissonance like venom from a forked tongue. It is music for the funeral of civilization, an epic dirge to finally burn out the fire of the sun.

WOLFMANGLER is a unique entity, creating music unlike anyone else. Somewhere between black metal forests and Eastern European folk lies this bizarre hybridization. "Cooking With Wolves" uses an arsenal of acoustic and electric basses, bent and bowed into a cohesive, battered doom-orchestra. Smolken combines traditionals and Cole Porter tracks with original compositions. Further, no guitars were used in the making of these recordings. It's what classical music would sound like in hell. Inside each aural molasses coccoon, Smolken's trademark growl pierces through the murk to lead everyone and everything through the mountains to the sacrifice. These songs are a complete experience, each one drawing more blood than the previous.

"Cooking With Wolves" is a slow-acting poison. These shattered, shambolic acoustic death folk romps are a thing of pristine grandeur, boiled into a bubbling black mess. I can think of no better way to march toward the gallows with rotting skulls in hand.

Packaged in beautifully silkscreened black-cardboard jackets."

Wolfmangler "Dwelling In A Dead Raven For The Glory Of Crucified Wolves " 2xLP (Aurora Borealis) $26.00

What can I say really? It fucking rules buy it, he is ruining metal and I love it. English import in a nice thick gatefold and these copies are on the limited colored version, green.

Yellow Swans "Live During War Crimes #2" CD (Release The Bats) $12.00

Yellow Swans caught live in Europe. Cool angle-cut digipack thing with a felt insert.

V/A "Cris et Chuchotements" CDr (Crier dans les musées) $7.00

A nicely put together comp of all sorts of nice twinkling acountic bits of drone beauty, with tracks from Aan, Peter Wright, Kuu Puu, Taiga Remains, Black Forest/Black Sea, and others. Colorfull cover and insert from a new French Label.

V/A "Friday the 13th" - John Wiese / Dead Machines / Damion Romero 2xLP (Anarchymoon Recordings) $30.00

"Fierce live recording of this epic event on Jan 13, 2006. one side per set, including final side of 4-way collaboration. somehow they managed to fuse the minimal low-fi rig of Dead Machines with the maximal power cycle of Damion Romero and spatious neutron radiation of John Wiese, i was wondering how they were gonna pull it off.... it is a crunch-roaring bewilderment in sound.

John Wiese - sonic landscapes that swirl and build, psychedelic even
Dead Machines - slow grind through homemade speaker-suitcase. a groovy ride on nails and steel wool
Damion Romero - physical psychic, you could feel it in the concrete floor
4-way collab - thunder-wail with flowers and sharks
*****sonic hallucinations all

2xLP black vinyl, pro labels, high-quality 3color covers screened by Seizure Palace in the usual beyond-sick fashion on 12"x40" sheets. lim 515"