News Archive
NEWS 2005
19th December 2005
- We've added reviews of Ataraxia 'Arcana Eco', Post Crash High 'The apocalypse came yesterday and no one noticed', Waldteufel 'Raunacht' and Beachhead 'drowning tonight'.
- Antler's Mulm
the new A.M. album 'reverse' (CD/11 tracks/500 copies) will be released at the end of the coming week.
as you see the title and the media have changed. the content has'nt. 'reverse' reveals 10 completely new tracks (+ a new version of 'these growing nights').
More info: www.sonderuebertragung.de
- Antica Fonografia Il Levriero / Ianva
* Updated: Disobbedisco! Out Now!
Now You Can Buy Directly Your Copy Of "Disobbedisco!" (Cd Digi + 16 Pages Booklet)!
Just Visit : www.Illevriero.It/Acquisti/Index.Asp
* English Sections Of Our Site.
Bio: www.Illevriero.It/Ianva/Index-E.Asp
Foreign Shops, Distro & Mail-Orders: For Info On "Disobbedisco!" (Digipak, 16 Pages Booklet With Lyrics & Pictures) - Order, Prices, Etc... Just Send Your Mail To info@Illevriero.it or export@audioglobe.it
Out Now!
Distro, Labels, Zines, Press, Djs, Radio Stations, Can Contact Us At : info@Illevriero.it or press.levriero@gmail.com
Hints On "Disobbedisco!": www.Illevriero.it/Ianva/Disobbedisco-E.asp (Click On "Lyrics" For The Whole Translated English Versions Of The Tracks!)
Hints On "La Ballata Dell'ardito": www.Illevriero.it/Ianva/Ballata.asp
(Click On "Testo" For The Original Version And On "Lyrics" For The English Translation)
Mp3 Streaming - Myspace: www.myspace.com/Ianva - Last.Fm: www.last.fm/Music/Ianva
- Antony and the Johnsons
* Antony and the Johnsons year-end awards and accolades are almost too many to count, but some notables include #1 album
of the year by Mojo, #1 single of the year by pitchfork, #4 album of the year by NME and #15 by Q Magazine, plug award nominations
of Album of the Year, Artist of the Year, Song of the Year and Live Act of the Year, and in addition, Antony has made the
front cover of Magnet's January/February edition.
* The Charles Atlas-directed video for "You Are My Sister" - Antony's duet with Boy George - is now available for
download. In rotation on MTV and all other video showgrams of reputation, this captivating video can be accessed for free
on the Secretly Canadian website here: www.scjag.com/mp3/sc/youaremysister.mov
- Ark Records
Corde Oblique - "Respiri" CD ARK Records, 2005. ARK005
""Respiri" is the new folk-ethereal-ethnic album from the guitarist-composer Riccardo Prencipe, already mind of the Lupercalia project. Corde Oblique is the name that Riccardo gave to the equipe of sound artists' that collaborate to this new album. A precious musical chapter, a resonant journey that takes us from little rainy harbours to distant valleys. From the ancient town of Assisi to the beauty of Paris, from the myth of Miseno to the ancient Caserta's splendours. Those who love music that gives visions can't miss this release. Over 60 minutes that flow with the desire of listening to it again.
Fundamental base of music: fine arts from which emerges each note.
Special guests: Caterina Pontrandolfo (chant, soprano, spoken voice), Catarina Raposo (Dwelling's voice), Alessandra Santovito (voice of the Hexperos project, ex-Gothica), Alfredo Notarloberti (violinist of Argine, Ashram), Corrado Videtta (voice and guitarist of Argine), Luigi Rubino (Ashram's pianist).
This equipe of sound artists offers us a list of tracks that never bores thanks to the big variety of voices and styles which, at the same time, well melt togheter. The precious CD-slipcase with 20 pages booklet has been enriched by lovely photographies. Among the names the famous Japanese photographer Kenro Izu." (press release)
More info, mp3s: www.arkrecords.net - www.cordeoblique.com
- Der Blutharsch
Salve!
WKN 25 CD as well as LP finally arrived at Tesco HQ this week. So it now is avaialable from Tesco, mailorders and from
WKN it will be available via www.derblutharsch.com end of this
week. Besides, we are working on the tour in April together with Deutsch Nepal and Bain Wolfkind - to make sure we as well
pass nearby your place. Maybe see you in April.
Have a nice Yuletide,
Albin Julius
www.derblutharsch.com
- Der Feuerkreiner
Der Feuerkreiner workin on new album called "Unzere Zeit" for Neuropa Records. Coming soon....... Thank You for the support!
www.derfeuerkreiner.it
- Durtro
13 December 2005
Dear Yews All: I am on a train passing through the beautiful English Lake District; sheep and trees and lakes and still.
* Current 93, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Pantaleimon, Maja Elliot, 6 Organs of Admittance, Simon Finn, Baby Dee in Venice
and Current 93 in Rome:
Thanks to all of you who came to these concerts. We all had an absolutely beautiful time and were bowled over by the
kindness and enthusiasm of all those friends that came to see us.
Italy is really my favourite country in the world at the moment. Thanks again to all for SUCH KINDNESS. And especially
to the wonderful organisers: Daniela Cascella, Cristiana Perrella, Cristina Giusti and Geraldine and Stefania Peterlini in
Rome, and Fabrizio Palumbo, Giulio Di Mauro and Enrico Croci in Venice. And thanks to specific friends who came from all
over everywhere: Nidge Ince, José Pacheco, Mark Logan, Lynn Jackson, Stephanie Volkmar, Dinko Bazadona and also to Davide
Pepe, the sweet woman from Rome who also came to Venice with a 'Dead Girl' badge whose name I wasn't shown, Chiara Codetta,
Elisabetta Paris, Chris and Benedetta of Bronson Produzioni, Enrico and Massimo at the Teatro Fondamenta Nuove, Johan
Birgander, Alice Pelosi and Jonny B. And to all those I met and talked to there, too numerous to name, but not too numerous
to remember. And apologies to those I forgot due to my exhaustion and frenzy.
And thanks to all of the artists who played with and in us. We are in you and you are in us and this is one FAMILY under
GODDIES. I wish I could take all of you at once forever and ever and ever.
* Médicins Sans Frontierès compilation CD now available to pre-order from Jnana Records:
Durtro Jnana is proud to announce the release of a very special set of music, 'Not Alone'.
Curated by Mark Logan and David Late Tibet, this set features mainly previously unreleased material by 75 artists.
All the proceeds from the sale of this project will be donated to Médecins Sans Frontierès specifically to target their
work on the AIDS epidemic in Africa. Pre-orders are now being taken by Jnana Records. The cost is US $24.99, with postage
and packing charges being $7.50 for North American orders and $13.50 for international orders. (Due to this release
comprising 5 CDs in a box with a large booklet, the weight is such that the postal rates are high. Jnana are charging the
actual postage rate.)
The discs are currently being pressed and Jnana hope to have orders in the mail by mid-January. Please note: this
release is not available from Durtro.
* Guestbook to be added to durtro.com:
After hundreds of years of avoiding this, I have decided to add this facility to the site. I may take it off if I don't
like it, or I may leave it on if I also don't like it. It should be available in the new year.
* David Late Tibet sells his extensive Louis Wain collection as well as his two Simeon Solomon paintings on durtro.com:
I have decided, after a long period of reflection, to sell my entire collection of original artwork by Louis Wain. This
consists of 21 beautiful and amazing paintings by my favourite artist ever; the majority of them are from later in his life
when he was living in various institutions for what are ludicrously known as the 'insane'. There are pictures of cats, a
dog, cows, herons and psychedelic landscapes. Included are: the Wains used on the covers of WHERE THE LONG SHADOWS FALL,
THE STARRES ARE MARCHING SADLY HOME, THUNDER PERFECT MIND, AN INTRODUCTION TO SUFFERING, the very rare 'fractal' cat on THE
SEAHORSE REARS TO OBLIVION, the 4-track NYC 'gig' CD, and many others, including the painting of TOMMY KATKINS which
inspired "The Bloodbells Chime" on ALL THE PRETTY LITTLE HORSES, which is sold with a rare World War 1-period postcard
featuring the same image. Several of these paintings also have extensive inscriptions by Wain in his handwriting on the back
of the painting; some of these writings have been used on C93 albums, most noticeable OF RUINE OR SOME BLAZING STARRE. There
will also be 4 or 5 original Louis Wain Annuals for sale. Many of the Wains I own have been exhibited in major exhibitions.
The best site on Wain is www.lilitu.com/catland run by the
lovely Rene Rosen.
Some beautiful illustrations and a brief biography can be found on my friend Henry Boxer's site www.outsiderart.co.uk/wain.htm
I will also be selling the two works I own by Simeon Solomon; he was Count Stenbock's favourite painter, and an
important pre-Raphaelite artist whose career was ruined after he was caught engaging in sexual activities with another man
in a toilet in 1873; he descended into alcoholism and died in 1905. A major exhibition of his work is currently showing in
Birmingham, UK. Both pieces I own come from his later life, and both are very beautiful.
The best site for Solomon is www.simeonsolomon.org
These will all be added to the website in the next couple of weeks with their full details and also notes as to which
C93 releases they are on. Please note: prices will be given on request, but Wains of the quality and rarity that I will be
selling go for between £1800 and £7500 each.
As to why I am selling them; well, I have had them for many years and feel it is time to let them go so I can concentrate
on new projects and areas of interest. I love them dearly and will be very sad to see them depart, but nothing lasts and
they are meowing to leave the house. The fire of the mind, as Louis Wain pointed out, agitates the atmosphere! This will
leave me with one painting by Aleister Crowley, a drawing by Count Stenbock, some pastels by Andria Degens, various artworks
by Jhonn Balance and many by Steven Stapleton. Enough beauty in the house with those alone.
* More David Tibet artwork to be added to durtro.com for sale:
I will be putting up more artwork by myself for sale on durtro.com in the next 10 days.
* More photographs to be added to the online gallery:
More photos of C93 and friends will be added within the next 10 days to the photo gallery on durtro.com.
* David Late Tibet's record collection to be sold on eBay:
I will shortly be selling off many items from my personal collection, probably starting with original issues by Comus,
Abner Jay, Jandek, Mahogany Brain, and other (yawn!) rarities that I really really really don't need any more. Some of them,
interestingly, are albums on the famous Nurse With Wound list that I bought from Steven Stapleton--so thus the original
items Steve had in his own collection that made him add them to the list. Some of them also have my signature inside the
sleeve where the records enters and exits--ie signed, but invisible unless you look for it. There will probably be some
obscure C93 things that I hate sold too. They will be up on eBay under the seller ID mlawrence42; the phrase D93D can also
be searched for as a subject to bring up all items I will put up.
* Current 93 gold and silver jewellery to come soon:
My favourite ever jeweller, and the official C93 jeweller, the exquisite Amy Phillips, who created the Graeco-Coptic
Alpha Ý Omega ring in three different golds that I wear all the time, will soon be making small runs of gold and silver C93
items designed by myself and her. We will be doing one design at a time and once it is gone it will be deleted and another
one made. Her website is at www.beegirlmetal.com. More details to
be posted soon.
* Current 93 online discussion group:
This has been going for about two years and has approximately 1000 members. The Current 93 mailing list is a forum for
people to discuss the music of Current 93 and related artists. It is possible to get the messages individually or in digest
form. To join go to groups.yahoo.com/group/c93
* Nurse With Wound live in San Francisco 15/16/17 June 2006:
Nurse With Wound have confirmed they will be playing three shows at San Francisco's Great American Music Hall in June
on Thursday 15, Friday 16 and Saturday 17. More details will be posted as we get them; tickets are not yet on sale. These
are the first NWW shows to be announced since their two concerts in the early 1980s, which Steven Stapleton hated so much
that he vowed never to play live again. Let's see if it takes us another 20 years or so to get over the assault on our souls
this time.
* Salt Marie Celeste performed live by Steven Stapleton, Colin Potter, Diana Rogerson and Andrew Liles in Barcelona,
24 February 2006:
SALT MARIE CELESTE will be performed live in Barcelona on 24 February 2006. More details on the next update.
* Black Ships Ate the Sky: Final Release Date:
Steven and myself are working on the final recording and mixing on this album in the first half of January 2006. It will
be released in the first week of May 2006. There will also be a vinyl edition, a special Italian CD edition on Post Romantic
Empire, and possibly other editions in different countries with variations on the cover and possibly in other ways too.
Forthcoming Current 93 shows in 2006:
It seems fairly certain that there will be several concerts by C93 across Europe and North America in May and June 2006
upon the release of the new album. Details will be posted as and when we decide when and where the concerts will take place.
* Baby Dee new live CD now out:
An amazing CD in a six panel full colour digipak has just been issued on Post Romantic Empire:
www.postromantic.com/pre.html. The 9 tracks were
recorded live last year in Turin. A really lovely release; not available from Durtro but contact PRE for details or to purchase.
* Nurse With Wound 7" single released:
Nurse With Wound's 'Sand Tangled Women (Echo Poème Sequence 3)' features Steven Stapleton and Colin Potter and the
cover is by Babs Santini. It is a limited edition of 500 copies in 7" vinyl. This is not available from Durtro. For more
information or to purchase contact: Klanggalerie, PO Box 15, A-1232 Wien, Austria www.klanggalerie.com
* Orders on durtro.com:
Sorry for the slight delay in processing and sending orders out. We have a backlog as there were so many orders received
whilst we were away in Italy. We will be dealing with them, and posting them, this week. The Panataleimon: Trees Hold Time
CD has started to be sent out from Canada, and we hope to receive the C93: How He Loved The Moon CD this week so that should
be sent out before Christmas, though I suppose it depends on Santa as to when they descend the Apocalyptic Chimney every
house should have...
* Sending demos/artists sending their own material:
I get sent huge amounts of material every year. Please feel free to send such items, but it can take me many months to
get the time to listen to them, so please don't write in asking what I think of the material sent. If and when I get the
chance to listen to it, I reply. It saddens me to write this, as I really want to remain open to everyone's kindness and
enthusiasm, but my time is just so limited and is spent primarily on my own and connected projects. I hardly have even the
time to listen to the music I already love, never mind the plethora of new work around. Also please note that my schedule
is so full that it is extremely unlikely I will be releasing any material in the foreseeable future by ANY artists apart
from those with whom I am currently involved. So if your reason for sending such material is for Durtro to consider
releasing it, it is not at all likely this will happen, sadly. I do hope you understand, but my time is hardly my own any more.
* A website I presently love:
Thanks so much to my dear friend Greg Peters for sending me details of this beautiful and touching site. Alpha Ý Omega =
Love Outflowing Constantly and APOCALYPSE AS REBIRTH. Always HOPE. No DEATH.
www.gogratitude.com/masterkey
* Favourite albums now:
Michael Cashmore: forthcoming, as-yet untitled, masterpiece, to be released in January/February 2006.
Brian Eno: Another Day On Earth
Joanna Newsom: The Milk-Eyed Mender
Six Organs of Admittance: School of the Flower and their track for their split release with Om
Om: forthcoming tracks for the 7" and 10" split releases with, respectively, Six Organs and Current 93.
Diamanda Galas: The Singer
Baby Dee: Live in Turin
(r): Under the Cables, Under the Wind
Thanks to you all and amen, peace, love, joy, kindness at this Christ Mass Time. Be well and love well and live well.
David Michael Late Tibet
www.durtro.com
- Eis & Licht
To be released end of January: Alex Fergusson 'The Castle' CD and Primus Inter Pares 'Gerda' CD.
www.eislicht.de
- Hermetique / Gazoline
Vargtimmen - "the bait" available
Format : B-card > 1 track.
Original & special packaging - Propergol's side-project.
Price: 10 euros (post & package included) for France & Europe.
more info (trailer + wallpapers): www.hermetique.net/vargtimmen.htm
- Jnana
* MSF compilation: pre-orders now being taken:
Pre-orders are now being taken for the MSF compilation. The cost is US $24.99, with postage and packing charges being $7.50 for North American orders and $13.50 for international orders. (Due to this release comprising 5 CDs in a box with a large booklet, the weight is such that the postal rates are high. We are charging the actual postage rate.)
The discs are currently being pressed and we hope to have everything in the mail by mid-January.
* Pantaleimon: Trees Hold Time limited edition signed CD
This lovely edition of the now-deleted and rare CD is in an edition of 300 copies, signed by Andria Degens of Pantaleimon. The album will be repressed sometime in its original form but, until then, we are pleased to announce that we are releasing a special edition of 300 signed copies. The remastered CD will include an alternative mix of 'Change My World' by Michael Lawrence and Andria Degens. The full colour CD will be encased within a black digipak, with signed insert and full colour sticker of the original front cover artwork. This is not a CDR. It is released in mid-December. We are now taking orders, and it will be sent out as soon as we have it in stock.
jnanarecords.com
11th December 2005
- We've added reviews of Peter Bengtsen & Lambwool "Fading Landscapes", Fire+Ice "Rûna", Lovespell "symmetric poetry",
Taucher Magazine 02, Sala "Schut enteRing worts" and Von Thronstahl "E Pluribus Unum".
- Beta-lactam Ring Records
Release Updates: The Edward Ka-Spel and Silverman vinyl will be ready to start shipping this coming weekend. Also
available this weekend is the Wander/Andrew Liles 7" picture disk. 150 copies and each one contains an original piece of
art. A special boxed ed. with a bonus 10" is available too. Visit the website for details.
* mt072 irr. app. (ext.) 'Perekluchenie' CD
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. One thinks lovingly on Hafler Trio, P16.D4, NWW, Chris Watson, etc. Put
your Irr. to the App. and get (Ext.)!Tracklist: Hypothetical Tardigrade pt. 2-3 / Perekluchenie - The Stairway to the Blue
Light Subsides / Wretched Density / Hypothetical Tardigrade 4-6 / Milking the Dead for Distraction
* til5001 Takayanagi Masayuki "Action Direct" - 'Live at Zojoji Hall 1985' CD/LP
Exclusively distributed by BlRR and Highly Recommended! Available Oct. 15, 2005. "Action Direct" was first released by
Kojima ALM Records in 1985 in a tiny run and has been elusive ever since. Now, twenty years later, Tiliqua restores it to
its former glory in the form of an identical limited LP edition (of 250 copies) and a first time ever limited CD edition
(of 800 copies). The CD version is carefully crafted and housed in a deluxe fold out sturdy carton mini-LP styled record
sleeve (hand numbered) complete with fully detailed and extensive liner notes by Alan Licht and Johan Wellens. The LP comes
as a hand numbered deluxe hard carton single jacket edition containing an explanatory insert that is printed separately on
high quality glossy paper. Both editions are true beauties to behold, doing th! e music and Takayanagi justice. As far as
the music is concerned, I leave you with a few quotes lifted out of the liner notes in order for you to get a glimpse of
the stratospherically heights the music tends to skyrocket into. "Action Direct is his final extension of his Mass
Projection/cool mode - the spaces in his playing now filled in with tapes and effects instead of reeds, bass, cello and
drums, the sustain now applied to a wall of sound rather than simple guitar feedback, the spare gestures now appearing
against a self-created backdrop of noise."
* mt072 irr. app. (ext.) 'Perekluchenie' LP
Vol. 2 Records are not for Baking. Available Oct. 3, 2005. 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. One
thinks lovingly on Hafler Trio, P16.D4, NWW, Chris Watson, etc. Put your Irr. to the App. and get (Ext.)!
* mt090 Edward Ka-Spel 'A Red Long Ladder to the Moon' CD/3LP
CD available Oct. 15th. 3LP Available Oct. 31st on double vinyl with a bonus 4th side of music and the first 200 copies
include a bonus album "Hey Rainman (first version)." A resonance of weightless ascension? More like an old kit bag full of
songs and ruminations made to be sung whilst climbing, hoping for a taste of green cheese.
* mt096 The Silverman 'Nature of Illusion' 2CD/LP+CD
Available Oct. 15th, 2005 in a 5 color boardstock gatefold wallet and special LP with bonus CD. Features a special
vocal performance by Edward Ka-Spel. One of the truest indications of a good record is when it sounds like something is
starting to go wrong with the car while listening to it. For fans of Fax and Emit label, Mirror, old school Ina Grm works,
La Monte Young, Ivo Malec...
* mt099 george&caplin 'Electronic Eulogy' LP+7"
LP and bonus 7". Ed. of 300 copies released Oct. 3, 2005. Clearly one of the bright spots to rise up out of the
so-called Electroclash debacle. Where groups like Chicks On Speed and Felix Da Housecat ultimately end up creating
dance-floor anthems, G&C have been that weird brother hiding in the corner making minimalist masterpieces with dusty
equipment.
* mt101 Legendary Pink Dots 'A Dream is a Dream is a Dream' DVD
Available Oct. 15th, 2005. Region Free DVD. This historical DVD release is the earliest known live-concert footage of
the group recorded live in 1987 featuring the 6 piece line up.
* mt113 Edward Ka-Spel 'Laugh China Doll' CD
Available Oct. 15th, 2005 in a 5 color gatefold wallet. Each CD will have a coupon to receive a bonus CD of new material
once all the solo albums of Edward have been reissued. In 1984 when "Laugh China Doll" and "Dance, China Doll" first
appeared, it was difficult enough to try and suss the Legendary Pink Dots. For the few, the proud, the brave who actually
had some of the early cassettes, it was apparent that LPDs' had some serious avant-garde habits.
* mt112 Edward Ka-Spel 'Happy New Year' CD
Available Now! Ed. of 325 numbered copies in a 6 color gatefold boardstock sleeve and insert. Normally it begins with
kisses so clumsily delivered that I've been known to have traces of lipstick on my eyeballs the next day. Still New Year's
Eve 2004 was a different kind of occasion.
* mt054 Edward Ka-Spel 'O Darkness! O Darkness!
Available Now! This is the standard/non-gimmick sleeve edition. Vinyl only release and all copies on 180 gram audiophile
vinyl in a heavy boardstock gatefold cover. "Before the soul can hear, the image has to become as deaf to the roarings as to
whispers, ...
* blur01 Ariel Kalma 'Osmose' CD
Release date Oct. 15th, 2005. Includes 3 bonus tracks recorded during the same sessions. Ariel's musical minimalism
avoids being serialist or academic, despite being part of the INA GRM studios for many years. So, neither is it concrete
like Parmeggiani or Risset, nor is it classical like Philip Glass or Michael Nyman. If anything, Ariel's music is deeply
cosmic, sometimes even a bit psych, ala the great Krauts of yore: old Tangerine Dream, Sand, Cluster etc. His cathedral
like tones and running counterpoints actually give the rainforest noise a sinister edge. For fans of Emit/Fax label, synth,
prog, psych, Mirror, field recordings.
* hr004 Mingo 'The Once And Future World' CD
Available! In this half-dream state, one can find Mingo's "The Once and Future World," a thickly-layered experience
with swooning analogue textures and subtle rhythms. The listener is drawn into a deep, heady realm perfect for the
inner-space explorer equipped with headphones, and the dim lighting suitable for a midnight foray into the realm of the
planets.
We are now taking orders to subscribe to our 'Records are not for Baking' series with: Friday Group, La STPO,
irr.app.(ext.), Christus & The Cosmonaughts, Brunnen, Nurse With Wound/Aranos. The subscriber editions will be limited
to 200 copies. Each LP release will include a bonus picture disk 12" that will be exclusive to the release. A total of 6
Lp's plus 6 bonus picture disks, poster & some having original artwork plus a few surprises along the way!. Each subscriber
will receive the same number for each release. The regular editions of each LP will be limited to 800 copies but will not
contain any bonus 12" picture disk. The cost includes postage but insurance will be extra.
More info: www.blrrecords.com/news.php
- Exoteric
Out now: Exoteric #3 - Anno 2005 -
Azoikum
Brighter Death Now
Control
Nicole 12
Propergol
Sickness
Skm-Etr
Steel Hook Prostheses
Timeless - Xavier Laradji
Xn Recordings
The Sex Slave, The Hooker/Stan Slave Love Story
Il Cinema degli Stupri - Rape & Revenge
Women In Crime, Female Serial Killers
The Devil Eye, Suehiro Maruo Manga
100 and more reviews
interviews in italian and english language - all others articles and reviews only in Italian.
Color cover, 68 A4 pages in black & white
9 $ worldwide - Paypal accepted
Info: info@exoteric-zine.com
www.exoteric-zine.com
- Horologium
A mini album recorded with Artefactum titled 'Sangreal' will be released as a limited CDr edition on Old Europa Café
soon! The release is scheduled for the New Year's Eve. It will come as a professional handnumbered CDr with A5 booklet
(8 pages) and heart-shaped disc. Limited to 200 copies.
www.horologium.end.pl
- Klanggalerie
Final release for 2005: gg99 Nurse With Wound - Sand Tangled Women 7"
The third release in the Echo Poeme Sequence series adds German vocals to the French ones and offers a variety of
musical instruments to go along with them. Limited edition of 500 copies. Artwork by Steven Stapleton.
www.klanggalerie.com
- Treue Um Treue
Out soon: V.A. - "Todesblei salonfähig gemacht" (TuT003)
"12-inch LP, black vinyl + 5 inserts - lim. edition of 666 hand-numbered copies Thelema edition: first 93 copies on
clear red vinyl + 5 inserts + stickers of the bands + poster (50x70)
Ten heroes of contemporary electronic music pay tribute to the sounds which enchanted their tormented childhood:
Death Metal anthems, Black Metal mayhem, Grindcore purulence and other riffs from Hell. Ten classics of the genre entirely
revisited, between minimal electronic, wave, ambient and experimental. This time even Granny will like it!
Featuring: A" / Ad Absurdum / Ait! / Bastards of Love / Echo West / His Divine Grace / Taciturne / Tyrkisk Pebber /
Unidad Sasao / Wermut" (press release)
Further details and sound clips: eys.online.fr/tutrur
6th December 2005
- We've added reviews of Der Blutharsch 'Live at the Monastery, Coph Nia / Mindspawn 'erotomechaniks', Kreuzweg Ost 'Edelrost' and Sala 'En-trance'.
- Ataraxia / The Mick
The Mick issue 20 is now out and it's completely devoted to Ataraxia (photos, reviews of all the albums, videos and rare stuff, oddities…)
Download it at: www.mickmercer.com/themick.html
- Axon Neuron/Vagwa / Eternal Soul
Out now: Axon Neuron/Vagwa :Documents 1995-2005: 2CD
Two full length CDs including new material, live tracks, rare compilation contributions (partly reprocessed),
remastered tracks from early tape releases and a collaboration with Kirlian Camera. Limited edition of 400 copies. Comes with 8-pages booklet.
Also available as special boxset edition of 100 copies incl. inserts and optional subscription form for an exclusive
Axon Neuron/Vagwa 7". The boxset edition will be released in the next week!
Tracklist:
CD 1: 1. Aria Morta I (live Berlin 2004) / 2. Rome Messages 24.XII.1942 (2003) / 3. Aurora (with Kirlian Camera) (2005)
/ 4. Equinoxe (2002) / 5. U-Bahn V.2 "Heiligenstadt" (Kirlian Camera cover, live Berlin 2004) / 6. Monument (live Heldrungen
2003) / 7. Lohe II - In Memoriam (live Heldrungen 2003) / 8. Aria Morta II (live Berlin 2004) / 9. Lohe I - Rome Messages
(live Heldrungen 2003) / 10. Observers New Europa (connected, live Heldrungen 2003 and Berlin 2004) / 11. Initiation
(live Rostock 2002) / 12. Radio Message 1970 (live Heldrungen 2003) / 13. Flamme (2003)
CD 2: 1. Thorned Messages (theme) (2000) / 2. Thorned Message I (2000) / 3. Thorned Message II (2000) / 4. Thorned
Message IV (2000) / 5. Thorned Message VI (2000) / 6. Eternal Light (2000) / 7. Untitled I (2001) / 8. Untitled II (2001) /
9. The Wolf Age I (excerpt I, 1997) / 10. The Wolf Age II (excerpt II, 1997) / 11. Elbentrötsch (excerpt, 1996) / 12. Durch
Licht zu Nacht (excerpt, 1995)
www.eternal-soul.de
- Black Sun Productions
Just released: Massimo & Pierce 'musick for porn volume 1'
musick for the soundtrack of the pirate tapes
edition of 100 copies numbered on disc housed in a hardpaper wallet. commercially manufactured CDRs with printed disc and artwork.
released on december 1st 2005 through anarcocks.com
1. baby got a mohawk part 1
2. wanking the dream into existence
3. another wank
4. fuck the matter
5. anal kaleidoscope
6. worshipping the pee
7. rectum amatissimum
www.black-sun-productions.com
- Coil
The Ape of Naples was just sighted at loose in London!
It may be dangerous - If you see it, approach with Extreme Caution!
Vital you go directly to our store to find details of how to catch it for yourself...
Don't delay... It's a matter of Life and Death!!!!
:-)
best to all,
sleazy
www.threshold.greedbag.com
- Crisis
Crisis "Holocaust Hymns" Apop013, Cri007
"Crisis' entire remastered discography from 1978-1980, complete with a 12 page booklet featuring exclusive photos from Douglas P.'s private archives.
Crisis came into existence in the late '70s amidst the British hardcore punk movement and was often featured in Rock Against Racism live showcases. These political affiliations earned them Comparisons to a more focussed and truly politicised Clash and other such similarly minded bands, despite Crisis' decidedly non-peacenik attitude which beget more thrashing off the stage than on. And however much they would contextualize their relation with working-class rights, they bore only slight facsimile to the Oi! working-class sound. Rather, they would take the same energy that came from youthful, raw anger, but lock it down tight with restrained lyrical phrasing and strict rhythms. Resulting in a somewhat harsh poeticism of violent urgency held on leash that had more in common with Warsaw or Gang Of Four.
Members include Douglas P. and Tony Wakeford who would later expand upon some of the Crisis material for their dark, neo-folk group Death In June. Wakeford later went on to form Sol Invictus, and two other band mates, Luke Rendall and Lester Jones, would later find involvement in Theatre Of Hate and Sex Gang Children, respectively." (press release)
More info: www.apoprecords.com/crisis
- Cyclic Law
We're glad to announce that the Gustaf Hildebrand "Primordial Resonance" CD (15th Cycle) will soon be available (Mid December) and we're now taking pre-orders for this album through the Mailorder section. MP3 excerpts have now also been added to the Audio section of the website.
"Gustaf's seconfd full lenght is a unique, evolved experience offering you to embark upon an odyssey through ancient and lifeless surroundings. Sweeping ambient soundscapes and delicate textures mingle with the distant shrieks of surreal machinery - conjuring up images of abandoned and forgotten places, clouded skies and dead cities where time has been standing still. A captured moment from a strange no man's land lit by a perpetual gloom, Primordial Resonance is a voyage only limited by the imagination of the listener." (press release)
First 1000 copies come in an oversized fold out cover (A5). 6 Tracks. Running time; 45:19
Track list: Omega Continuum / Post Oblivion Fields / The Hallow Stcutures
Omnivoid / Ruins of a Failed Utopia / Wanderer of Strange Spheres
Also the new Northaunt "Horizons" CD (16th Cycle) is now scheduled for release around February, it is with great pleasure that we welcome Northaunt to the Cyclic Law family and with what also turns out to be his best work yet.
More news and surprises will come soon... T-shirts from some of our artists are soon to be made!
www.cycliclaw.com
- Der Blutharsch
Salve!
WKN 25 7" (lim. ed of 1ooo) finally arrived last week and has been sent out to customers and mailorders. We have no copies left, so please do not ask us.
WKN 25 LP has arrived at tesco and should as well be available now, the CD+DVD version hopefully will be delivered at Tesco December 9th, if the printer manages to do his job properly this time.
We have new merchandising available via:
www.derblutharsch.com/Foyer/Der_Blutharsch/Merchandising/merchandising.html
- a new T-Shirt as well as a nice little pin.
Yours,
Albin Julius
www.derblutharsch.com
- Punch Records
"After having spent these last months concentrating in the production of some (very very good) CDs, Punch wishes to celebrate the begining of new year with a VERY SPECIAL vinyl production! we're glad to announce: SEVERIN BESTOMBES vom HORSE GORE CLUB (J.Weber's solo project) - "Auszug & Abgesang" - 12" vinyl GLOW IN THE DARK !!!!!!!!!! Silk-screened plastic sleeve Limited hand numbered edition of 333 copies
Severin Bestombes is said to be J. W. Eber who is said to be J. Weber, who the world claims to be Novy Svet, singer and brain appendix of Mushroom's Patience and god knows what else. might be true....well, seems to be true. And what's truth on diplomacy's smooth grounds? Was this guy ever known for being outstanding diplomatic? Definitely not...neither is this album. Bad memories melted into two long (each one LP-side long) tracks, that have their roots growing out of the sixties avantgarde's ass. In the end it is just fuckin' beau. special cover / on special vinyl / for sure special musick too. release date : mid-january" (press release)
www.punchrecords.it
- Steinklang Industries
Coming on 12.12.2005:
* Allerseelen - Edelweiss - CD in 6-side digipack / Ahnstern 15 - Aorta 11
"This outstanding collection of newer musical works of the Austrian artist Allerseelen is a co-production of Ahnstern and Allerseelen's own label Aorta. The 74 minute CD in luxurious 6-side digipack contains a selection of the best Allerseelen songs, many of them for the first time on CD. Also some unreleased Industrial-Folk hymns will give pleasure to the listener's ears. At a bigger part of the songs, Allerseelen was supportet by guest-musicians: Demian (Ô Paradis), Rosa (Circe), Gaya (Hagshadow), Josef and Herr Percht (Sturmpercht) help to give this album a very special touch.
And last but not least this CD is presented to you for the fantastic price of a mini-CD only!" (press release)
* Werkraum - Kristalle - mCD in 6-side digipack / Ahnstern 17
"The new mini-album of Werkraum is not only fascinating because of it's gracile perfection in composition and musical virtuosity, but also through it's musical diversity, supportet by Nicholas Tesluk and Robert Taylor (Changes), by Nick Nedzinsky (Lady Morphia) and by Antje Hoppenrath. Fulfilled with traditional melodies and psychedelic moments, Werkraum guides the listener in a magical world of acoustic sounds and picturesque poetry, telling from ancient fairiedays. The 6 beautiful Folk-songs of this mini-album together fill handsome 32 minutes. A detailed interview with Werkraum can be found in the german Orkus magazine (dec.05) and on the added magazine-CD is the song "Crystals" in a different version." (press release)
www.steinklang-records.at
- Tesco Organisation
* Janitor - Qoumran 4-ever, CD next on Tesco!
- Long time - no see! ...and then suddenly a new Janitor release on Tesco. This is Janitors 3rd. fullenght release, after "receiving a flower on mothers day" CD, the two masterminds Peter Andersson (LinaBaby Doll/ Deutsch Nepal) and Benny Nilsen (Hazard) got together again and managed to produce a very good follow up to their highly acclaimed first release on Tesco. Again Janitor delivers an outstanding mix of rhythms, industrial elektronikk soundscapes, romantic tunes with the distinct voice of Lina, a sentimental journey into the world of weirdness. After years of contemplation and research in the monastery caves of Qoumran Nilsen and Baby Doll found the hidden treasures they were looking for. The dry wind as a tapestry of sand in an elektronikk desert, structures and ornaments hidden in the storm of Saudi. Another surprising release from the swedish duo recorded in the woods of Sweden at Studio Habelsbolet. All music/artwork by Nilsen/Baby Doll (Tesco) Tesco 064
* Galerie Schallschutz - Montauk Project, CD
Release date: December
- finally 3 years after the 'Haarp' CD, Galerie Schallschutz comes with another superior release and again with strong thematic content...We all know something is out there, but we're not sure exactly what. Galerie Schallschutz at long last, begins to provide some solid clues."Montauk Project", also called the Phoenix Project during some of its phases, was a covert government's ultra-top-secret electromagnetic mind control and time experiment project that took place during the 1970's and early '80s at an abandoned Air Force radar base at the southeast tip of Long Island, New York. Much evidence has surfaced indicating that the base and the subterranean facilities were and still are used for a tremendous amount of top secret, ultra-classified research and experimentation into interdimensional technology, quantum and particle physics, black hole simulation, super-powerful electrical and electromagnetic fields, weather control, psychotronics (interfacing mind and machine), particle beam technology (HAARP transmissions…), and electronic and drug- based mind control...! Galerie Schallschutz provide you with the perfect soundtrack to go further into this secret world. ENTER NOW ! ATTENTION: this recordings will change your mind. Tesco 063
www.tesco-germany.com
27th November 2005
- Allerseelen
Allerseelen CD Edelweiss (AORCD11/Ahnstern 15)
Euro 8,90/Euro 10 (inclusive postage)
Date of Relase: 14.XII.MMV
The Allerseelen CD Edelweiss is a beautiful fold-out digipak edition in a collaboration of the Austrian labels Aorta
(AORCD11) and Ahnstern (Ahnstern 15). It is available at a special price: Euro 10 inclusive postage by sea mail when ordered
directly from Aorta or Ahnstern.
These industrial folklore songs were written and recorded in the first five years of the twenty-first century. The
Catalan songs Caja de Pandora and La despedida were recorded by Rosa for Circe and are published here with kind permission
of Rosa. The Catalan remixes of the songs Canco de somni and Marques de Pubol were recorded by Rosa and Demian for Allerseelen.
The Italian vocals for the songs Vino e cuore and Gondellied were recorded by Gaya. The German vocals on Sonne golthi-ade
and Sturmlied were recorded by Josef for Allerseelen. All the recordings were digitally remastered by M.Presch close to the
holy mountains of Berchtesgaden.
These songs are a bunch of beautiful and wild Edelweiß flowers growing in the mountains of Austria, Bavaria, Catalunya,
Italy, white flowers that love solitude and wilderness,white fur flowers that love the stars and stones living close to
heaven, close to Glaesisvellir.
The mountain photographs were taken by Gerhard in the Berchtesgadener Alpen and in the Sextener Dolomiten.
This compact disc is dedicated to the Edelweiß unter den Mädchen. It is also dedicated to all those who are and have
been my comrades in the mountains and on stage.
Stimme: Gaya, Rosa, Gerhard, Josef, M.Percht
Songwriting: Gerhard
Gestaltung: M.Presch, Gerhard
Please pre-order your copies of this limited edition from:
Ahnstern: www.steinklang-records.at
Aorta: www.geocities.com/ahnstern
Wholesale inquiries please to Ahnstern!
Songs: Cordon Dorado / Ein ganzes Jahr / Gondellied (Gaya) / Ob auch mein Herz so funkelt / Marques de Pubol (Gaya) /
Sonne golthi-ade (Josef) / Caja de Pandora (Rosa) / Nest / Vino e cuore (Gaya) / Riflessioni / Canco de Somni (Rosa) /
Sturmlied (Josef) / La despedida (Rosa) / Gletscherlicht (M. Percht) / Mit fester Hand / Edelweiss
allerseelen.blogspot.com
- Athanor
Out now:
* Artefactum: Chaos Elements ltdCD
Active since 2001, Artefactum finally delivers its first full length concept album Chaos Elements. The release is
devoted to 4 elements: earth, water, fire and air and alchimia. The music shows their power and eternal beauty, their
variety and similarity. Six tracks united in a logical whole, the music is dark drowning with some woman chants and
voices in the background not so far Cold meat Industry's AGHAST or SIXTH COMM release with Freya Aswynn. With a great
artwork cover with alchemical symbols. This is a tribute to strength and dark side of the world. Harmonia macrocosmica.
Occulta philosophia. Opus magnum.
* :Golgatha:: Kydos - Reflections on Heroism digiCD
:Golgatha: are a brand new discovery by Athanor. Great epic bombast soundtrack featuring some folk songs by :Golgatha:,
a fascinating German band who managed to have 2 contributions by Patrick Leagas of Sixth Comm (ex-Death In June). One of
them sounds like if it came from the 'Nada' album session (my favorite)! There is also a superb "Heroes Days" cover from
the early Sol Invictus incarnation, from their - in my opinion - best album, 'Lex Talionis'. Without any doubts this album
will become a real must have for the industrial/neo folk addicted !
www.arsregia.org
- Death In June
* "Details about the re-issue of the first album from Death In June 'The Guilty Have No Pride' which was originally
released in 1983. Not only is it now issued with tracks from the first 12" single issued in 1981 and the first 7" single
issued in 1982 it is also coupled with a DVD of one of DIJ's first ever performances at The Fridge in Brixton, London early
1982. This is probably the 2nd or 3rd show the original line-up of Patrick Leagas, Tony Wakeford and myself performed together.
The reissue comes in a gatefold sleeve Softpak which is embossed, foil-blocked and includes many rare and unseen photos
from the period - especially in the DVD photo gallery! The price should be about the same as a single CD and envisaged
release date is 23rd November.
CD Track order: Till The Living Flesh Is Burned / All Alone In Her Nirvana / State Laughter / Nothing Changes / Nation /
Heaven Street Mk Ii / The Guilty Have No Pride / Heaven Street / In The Night Time / We Drive East / Holy Water
DVD Track order: Till The Living Flesh Is Burned / State Laughter / All Alone In Her Nirvana / Holy Water / In The
Night Time / Nothing Changes / Heaven Street / We Drive East.
* 'Burial' is already in the pipeline and should hopefully be re-issued by about February/March, 2006." (Douglas P.)
groups.yahoo.com/group/deathinjune
- Durtro
-- 23 November 2005:
* 'How He Loved the Moon: Moonsongs for Jhonn Balance' 2CD digipak edition
This beautiful 2CD full colour digipak edition of an item previously only available on a Beta-lactam Ring 2LP is
released in the second week of December, again as a Beta-lactam Ring title. We are now taking orders, and it will be sent
out as soon as we have it in stock. It costs £12.
* Pantaleimon: limited signed CD edition of 'Trees Hold Time' with 2 extra tracks
This lovely edition of the now-deleted and rare CD is in an edition of 300 copies, signed by Andria Degens of
Pantaleimon. The album will be repressed sometime in its original form but, until then, we are pleased to announce that
Durtro Jnana in Canada are releasing a special edition of 300 signed copies. The remastered CD will include an alternative
mix of 'Change My World' by Michael Lawrence and Andria Degens. The full colour CD will be encased within a black digipak,
with signed insert and full colour sticker of the original front cover artwork. This is not a CDR. It is released in
mid-December. We are now taking orders, and it will be sent out as soon as we have it in stock. It costs £12.
* Michael Cashmore: his first solo album imminent
Michael Cashmore has now finished recording his solo album. This is the first solo work ever from the man responsible
for creating so much beauty and power in the works of Current 93 and Nature and Organisation. It will be released in early
2006 and will initially be available only from Michael's website, which is to be launched very soon, and both Michael and
Durtro will be posting details soon of how to obtain it.
I have listened to this album many times and must say it is startlingly beautiful, and absolutely unlike anything any
of you will expect, or that I expected either. A truly essential release.
* Current 93, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Pantaleimon, 6 Organs of Admittance, Baby Dee, Simon Finn, Maja Elliot in Venice
2/3/4 December
Please note: doors will now open at 18.30, and the shows will start at 20.00, not 21.00 as previously announced. We have
been told there is a possibility of a small number of returned tickets going back on their website tomorrow, so keep
checking their website if you wish to come. It seems there are 11 returns for Friday, 5 returns for Saturday and 9 returns
for Sunday.
www.charta/it/english/index.php (and then enter 'Current 93' into the search field)
* Nurse With Wound: Live in San Francisco, June 2006
NWW have just confirmed they will be playing two or three shows in San Francisco in June 2006. More details very very soon.
* Our beloved cat Squiggy very ill
Please pray for the recovery of Our Beloved Cat Squiggle (aka Squiggy/Squoo). She has lymphoma and is receiving
chemotherapy. We don't know how she will fare, but we love her desperately so any kind thoughts and prayers for her recovery
are gratefully received. She is my drinking companion, being partial to beer and lager, but not wine. We love her so much.
God be with her always.
* Grouper: Way Their Crept
A CD we were given by our friend Rob Fisk in San Francisco has really impressed us with its beauty. It is called Way
Their Crept by Grouper, a solo project of Liz Harris. It is on Free Porcupine Society, FPS 014, and is available either from
them www.freeporcupinesociety.com or, I suppose, from Liz
herself at yellowelectric@gmail.com. I really, really recommend this! We have been playing it constantly.
* Subscription CD editions of recent Current 93 live shows
Following a large number of recent requests, we have decided to start issuing small editions of Current 93 live shows.
Though we have not yet worked out specific details of all the releases, initial shows will include: San Francisco 4 & 5
November 2005; Glasgow 17 October 2004; Toronto 2, 3 & 4 June 2005. We will also reissue some of the earlier previously
released live CDs in this format, such as All Dolled Up Like Christ and As The World Disappears. These will only be available
from www.durtro.com, in editions, we envisage, of around 500 to 700.
* Simon Finn live in the UK for the first time in 30 years!
Simon Finn has several dates coming up in the UK, and one in Belgium. For full details refer to his website www.simonfinn.co.uk, but we here give a basic schedule.
17 December - Frontline, Ghent, Belgium - petercousaert@hotmail.com
13 January - The Green Note, London - www.greennote.co.uk
17 January - Buffalo Bar, Cardiff - www.weareforecast.com
18 January - Calmer, Cheltenham - www.calmermusic.co.uk
19 January - The Cube Microplex, Bristol - www.bristolticketshop.co.uk
20 January - The Free Butt, Brighton - www.meltingvinyl.co.uk
27 January - The Tin Angel, Coventry - www.thetinangel.co.uk
* 'Under the Rain and Teeth of Gods' lyric book
A further update on the progress, and publication date, of this book. We aim for it to be published after the release
of 'Black Ships Ate The Sky', as it will include all the texts for this album. As 'Black Ships' is (at last) finally
scheduled for March/April 2006, we intend Under The Rain... to be published in May. We do apologise, once again, for the
delay in publication of the two editions of this book and thank all of those who have ordered it for their patience and
understanding. As always, if anyone wants a refund, please let us know, preferably enclosing their order number.
* Durtro shop unmanned and unwomanned from Saturday 26 November to Friday 9 December
As Current 93 and Durtro will be away for two weeks in Italy, we will be unable to reply to questions/letters/emails,
and will not be processing orders until our return. However the shop will remain open. Thank you.
* Some favourites at the moment
Sunn O))): Black One
Earth: Hex, Or Printing In The Infernal Method
Om: CDR of new album to be released 2006
Benjamin Chasny and Hiroyuki Usui: August Born
Current 93: Black Ships Ate The Sky
Current 93: I Am Dissolved As Sunface (track from follow-up album to Black Ships Ate The Sky)
High Tide: Sea Shanties and High Tide
Lynn Jackson: Sweet Relief
Spurmmm: We Are Spurmmm, You Are Eggg (private pressing from 1979; extraordinary!)
Blue Cheer: Outside Inside
Ramases: Space Hymns
Grouper: Way Their Crept
Marissa Nadler: Ballads Of Living And Dying and The Saga Of Mayflower May
The Devil's Advocate (film directed by Taylor Hackford)
7 Year Rabbit Cycle: Wind Machines
Pantaleimon: new material being played constantly at home
Aleister Crowley: forthcoming new album
Electric Wizard: Supercoven
Woodfoot: Songs That Killed Shut The Crownkiller/Speeding Amens: Colouring Traces Of Faces Of Places (CDR of forthcoming split-album)
Thanks to you all. Godislove. David and Durtro.
-- 24 November 2005:
* Extra date added on Tuesday 29 November to Current 93 shows in Rome
Due to high demand, Current 93 as David Late Tibet and Maja Elliott have been asked to perform a second night in Rome.
We are also pleased to announce that John Contreras will also be joining us for both nights. Full details follow:
* Current 93: Hallucinatory Patripassianist Song in Rome: 28 November and 29 November 2005
David Late Tibet and Maja Elliott as Current 93 will be performing on Monday 28 November and Tuesday 29 November at the
British School in Rome as part of their Tracks series, organised by the exquisite Daniela Cascella. This is the first time
any face of Current 93 has played in Rome.
On Monday the concert will consist of two sections. The first part will be the first ever live performance of Hypnagogue.
The second part will consist of Hallucinatory Patripassianist Song from Soft Black Stars, Black Ships Ate The Sky and other works.
On Tuesday the concert may well be slightly different. As we have only just been asked to do the second night, we have
not yet decided exactly what we will perform.
Tickets are €20 for each night, and can only be bought on the Monday and Tuesday evenings of the shows at the venue;
tickets are not available from Durtro. There are 130 tickets available for sale per night. The box office will open at 20.00
on each night and the concert will begin at 21.00 each night. Also please note: Tickets for the Tuesday night show will be
available to buy at the box office on Monday night as well as Tuesday night, if any remain.
Monday 28 November at 21.00h. Box office opens at 20.00h
Tuesday 29 November at 21.00h. Box office opens at 20.00h
The British School at Rome
Via Gramsci 61
00197 Rome
Italy
Telephone: +39 06 32649381 / +39 06 32649385
Email: gallery@bsrome.it - press@bsrome.it
* Steven Stapleton looks for review of 'Echo Poeme No. 2'
Steven was wondering if anyone has a copy of the review of 'Echo Poeme No. 2' that was published in the UK magazine
RECORD COLLECTOR. If so, could she or he email us the text at info@durtro.com? Many thanks to you all.
Love to you all and godislove
David xxx
www.durtro.com
- Ianva / Antica Fonografia Il Levriero
IANVA - "Disobbedisco!"
"A musical in grey-green notes. Between concept and music, swimming in the grey-green notes of an adventurous passion
set during D'Annunzio's Conquest Of Fiume where, for 16 months, everything seemed possible in that microcosm between the
sky and the sea. From dynamic avant-garde art to decadent oration, from the most lustful voluptuousness to wild comradely
goliardery, imbued with absinth and corroborated with white dust of cocaine. There, the two protagonists' tragic fate
springs and consumes. Renzi is a major in service for the "Impresa", destroyed by war and by the following peace. Elettra
is a seducing spy on command of "certain dark authorities" sent in Fiume to discover and, in case, undermine potential
developments of the Exploit unwelcome by her mysterious referents. The story of an impossible love in the City Of Life.
Will they be able to meet again in Trieste by the end of the "Impresa" to sail on and live a different existence as they
candidly keep on longing for?" (press release)
Titles: Intro: Colpo Di Maglio / La Ballata Dell'Ardito / Vittoria Mutilata / (XII - IX - MCMXIX) Di Nuovo In Armi! /
Tango Della Menade / Sangue Morlacco / Per Non Dormire / Traditi / Fuoco A Fiume / Muri D'Assenzio / Outro: Amor Sola Lex
LEV 002 / ALSO 005 | DigiPak CD (+ 16 pages booklet including lyrics, linernotes, historical photos)
out on 05.12.2005 (Audioglobe Distribution)
www.illevriero.it
- Nielozilla Records
Seelenthron "Heimkehr" out now.
"Norbert Strahl und Alexander Meier - two former members of Dies Natalis - are wandering on old paths. They return with
their debut "Heimkehr" and prove impressively that they are still deeply rooted in folk. Melancholic darkfolk with bombastic
sound collages. The lyrics are kept completely in German language. Sad and powerful - that's Seelenthron!
special-CD in gold optic / 8 tracks / 12-page booklet / packed im digifile" (press release)
www.nielozilla.com
21st November 2005
- Cold Meat
After the tragic and misfortune cancellation of the North-American tour, we are pleased to be able to present another fantastic news for you; the release of new albums of 2 BRILLIANT bands! The Protagonist and Decadence! 2 releases I know many many have been waiting for. Also we are able to present in our distribution a new title from Fin de Siecle label (label of Magnus Sundström/The Protagonist). All titles will be available the 28th of November.
Thanks for your attention,
Roger K.
* cmi147 DECADENCE - Where do broken hearts go? CD
DECADENCE has been proudly signed to Cold Meat Industry for their first album since the "Something to love, something to spend" LP in 2003.
With their new album "Where do broken hearts go?", Decadence manage to create a perfect harmony between sophisticated Neo-Classical and Neo-Folk music; dramatic classical orchestrations, militaristic snares and soft melodies played by piano and acoustic guitars. which accompanies the innocent and fragile female vocals of Eufrosyne, and completed by the cynical voice of Petros - a perfect combination of Romance and Sin.
DECADENCE have released very limited vinyls on prestigious labels before, that were instantly sold out, so we are finally glad to present their new album to a larger audience.
Tracklisting: 1. Good boys go to heaven - sperm & honey 2. Sin 3. Happily! 4. Cold winter sun 5. Farewell of living 6. By the time we sleep the deepest sleep 7. Do not resist 8. Everything I am 9. When my hands seek yours 10. With a dream & a gun
- Jewelcase with 24-pages fullcolour booklet with all lyrics and sexy pics!
- Barcode: 73500520545252
- Standard CD price
Release date: 28th November 2005
Feel free to link to these soundfiles:
www.coldmeat.se/sounds/audio/decadence/cmi147_01.mp3
www.coldmeat.se/sounds/audio/decadence/cmi147_08.mp3
* cmi153 THE PROTAGONIST - Songs of Experience digi-CD
Are you one of those that wondered whatevered happened to The Protagonist? After the much acclaimed debut A Rebours from 1998, fans of meticulously crafted music at the intersection where dark ambient meets neo-classical have waited in vain for a new album. However, this shouldn't be mistaken for seven years of idleness on the part of Magnus Sundström. Rather the focus shifted to his other musical endeavour, the evil twin des Esseintes, as well as the launching of his own imprint, the much productive Fin de Siècle Media label. But after this summer's strong comeback, the Interim EP, the time has finally come for a new album. Just like A Rebours, the title Songs of Experience betrays the literary impact on the music. And just like the poems of William Blake, these compositions strive to forge a perfect marriage between romanticism and darkness, with most emphasis on the latter this time around. Of the eight tracks, some are reworked versions of rare compilation tracks and some are completely new. Taken together they show the steady evolution of The Protagonist in the 21st century, of an artist that treasure an impeccable end-product over fast turnarounds and proliferation.
Tracklisting: 1. The Sick Rose 2. Hesperia 3. Spirits of the Dead 4. Down There 5. The Hunt 6. Strife 7. La Finé de la Journée 8. Sermon
- Beautiful digipak designed by Richard Grant.
- Barcode: 73500520545276
- Standard CD-price
- Release date: 28th November 2005
FDS 15 SRMEIXNER - The Dictatorship of the viewer CD
From the ashes of leading experimental outfit Contrastate comes the self-named srmeixner project. Stephen Meixner was one half of the driving force behind Contrastate until their demise five years ago, and his latest project is a vehicle for him and various collaborators; the line-up is ever changing, with Stephen calling on whoever he feels is right for the music he is working on at any particular time.
Few acts working in the area of electronics/experimental music come close to achieving the richness and diversity that srmeixner creates. Live electronics and field recordings are utilised to create a sonic soundtrack to an apocalyptic world, and this is the logical step on from the music that Contrastate created.
After a few singles and the 2003 debut album "Between the Lines" on the prestigious label Dirter Promotions, we are proud to present "The Dictatorship of the Viewer" - inspired by the 2003 Venice Biennale. The core of this track was initially composed and structured together with Adrian Morris as a live piece which was first performed February 2004 in ondon and then later extended, added to and re-worked.
Tracklist: 1-18 The Dictatorship of the viewer
- Barcode: 73500520540158
- Releasedate: 28th November 2005
www.coldmeat.se
- Cold Spring
PARTY!
First of all, many thanks to you all! The 15th anniversary party was sold out, and we apologise to everyone who had to queue for nearly an hour to get into the venue! We underestimated how many people would want to come, and our 300+ capacity was filled within an hour. We have had umpteen emails asking for another night which we are now considering, albeit carefully.
The one black aspect of Saturday night were the very ignorant and unfriendly bar staff, for which we apologise. The management of such of a famous venue, Holly and Lauren, were absolutely wonderful people and a joy to work with, but the ignorant idiots we all had to suffer as supposed `staff` were not just an insult to all our artists and customers, but a real chore that tested us beyond our natural friendliness.
But for the fans that made themselves known - I`ve genuinely never met a group of such friendly and intelligent people in my life.....people came from Hungary, Lithuania, Estonia, Israel, Ireland, Scotland, USA, Germany, Italy, France, Holland...to have you all there was beyond a privilege.
We are now very pleased to offer our customers the most limited edition Cold Spring release so far - 'Instruo Vestri Pro Pugna!'. For full details, and to buy this stunning addition to the Cold Spring catalogue, please visit here. We also have some remaining Cold Spring pin sets (ltd x 50) available - full details on the same page!
We would also like to invite patrons of the Cold Spring Anniversary party to submit their photographs for inclusion in the Cold Spring party page! Please email us here with your images - you will of course be fully accredited!
First reports of the night (including photos) are available from Gothtronic and from Nation & Kultur!
SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION OFFERS!
VARIOUS ARTISTS | Instruo Vestri Pro Pugna!
(CSR64EP)
We are very pleased to announce the release of 'Instruo Vestri Pro Pugna!'. Featuring exclusive tracks from all 3 artists performing at the Cold Spring 15 Year Anniversary Party on 12th November 2005. Exclusive tracks from Von Thronstahl, H.E.R.R. and Kriegsfall-U. The first Cold Spring vinyl release since 1997 is presented in an edition of 500 copies with stunning artwork on thick textured paper by Abby Helasdottir! First 150 copies are marbled vinyl making this the rarest Cold Spring release thus far. There are very few remaining copies of this exquisite marbled version and we are very pleased to now offer it to the Cold Spring mailing list! Act fast!
Marbled Vinyl: Price inc: UK: £14.00 | Europe: £15.00 | Rest of World: £16.00
Black Vinyl: Price inc: UK: £12.00 | Europe: £13.00 | Rest of World: £14.00
COLD SPRING | Official Pin Set (CSR64B)
This set of 4 high quality pins were also released to celebrate our 15 Year Anniversary party. Pins are approx. 22mm. These are not cheap badges, but high-quality, hard-enamel steel pins with butterfly clutch pin fastenings. Ltd x 50 sets only.
Price inc: UK: £4.00 | Europe: £4.50 | Rest of World: £5.00
NEW FOR AUTUMN 2005!
Available for pre-order now! All at special pre-release prices!
PREPARE YOURSELF FOR THE FIGHT!
ARCHON SATANI | Mind Of Flesh & Bones
(CSR63CD)
The classic Archon Satani album, out of print for over a decade, remastered and repackaged! Archon Satani are one of the founding voices of Death Industrial - with their unique style being emulated to this day. The Swedish duo of Mikael Stravöstrand (Inanna, Mitek) and Tomas Petersson (Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio) create claustrophobic, ritualistic, menacing anthems - now unleashed onto a new generation. The Archon Satani project finished with the Cold Spring releases "The Rightous Way To Completion" (CD) and "The Final Completion" (10" picture disc) in 1997.
Price inc: UK: £10.00 | Europe: £11.00 | Rest of World: £12.00 | MP3 Sample
VARIOUS ARTISTS | Swarm
(CSR60CD)
We are very pleased to announce the brand new Cold Spring label sampler! One of the most modern and comprehensive examples of the scene today and a unique insight into the future of Cold Spring. "Swarm" features 22 exclusive tracks from all these astounding Cold Spring artists, recorded specifically for this collection. Presented in a double gatefold pack with sumptuous artwork by O. Lomer. A double CD for the price of a single CD!
Exclusive tracks by: A CHALLENGE OF HONOUR, ANDREW LILES, BAND OF PAIN, BLEIBURG feat. WERKRAUM / VON THRONSTAHL, CLEAR STREAM TEMPLE, DEADWOOD, FREDRIK KLINGWALL, H.E.R.R., KREUZWEG OST, JOHN WATERMANN, GOATVARGR, KRIEGSFALL-U, MERZBOW Vs. NORDVARGR, VON THRONSTAHL, SHINJUKU THIEF, SLEEP RESEARCH FACILITY, NECROPOLIS, WERKRAUM, SISTRENATUS, SCHLOSS TEGAL, TENHORNEDBEAST and ZOS KIA
Price inc: UK: £10.00 | Europe: £11.00 | Rest of World: £12.00
NEXT PLANNED RELEASES IN 2005
Necropolis - 'Necrosphere' CD (CSR51CD)
John Watermann - 'Calcutta Gas Chamber' CD (CSR52CD)
Bleiburg - 'Pieces Of A Broken Dream' 2 x CD (CSR57CD)
Laibach - 'Neu Konservatiw' CD (CSR38CD) - repress due to demand!
www.coldspring.co.uk
- D.B.P.I.T.
hallo!
white rabbit recs. have finally printed DBPIT's T-Shirts!
They come in white on black, heavy cotton, Aliencat on the front, White Rabbit logo on the back. both in mens and girlie style, 4 different sizes;
price 15 euros each + postage
limited quantity available
email me (or tesco) if u are interested,
flavio
official website: www.derbekannte.com
blog: beky.splinder.com
- Durtro
15 November 2005
* Durtro shop reopens
The shop is now open once more.
* Current 93, Baby Dee, Simon Finn, Om, Maja Elliot, Six Organs of Admittance, Pantaleimon in San Francisco
We wish to thank everyone involved in these shows, those who enabled it, those who played, those who came. We all had a fantastic time and were very happy to be back again in my favourite US city.
Especially Thanks To: Leah, Dana, Tai, Scott and Kieron at the Great American Music Hall. Billy Anderson, Doug Ebright and Jeff Gilleland who were the OM road crew. Our friends Tina Gordon, Matt Waldron, Greg Scharpen, Jim Haynes, John Scharpen, Scott Contreras, Anne Chambers, Steven Stapleton, Kat Cormie, Amy Phillips, Michael Kolson, Jeri Kay, Kathleen Pingleton, Ayse Tuzlak, Rob Fisk, John Whitson, Gary Held, Stephanie Volkmar, Alison Watkins, Cam Archer, Michael Boule, Matt Sweeney, Steve Von Till, Satya Palani, Lynne Willis, Kelly Goode, Nidge Ince and José Pacheco for being there with us. Apologies to those I forgot. My mind is Black Ship Shilenced.
To Ben Chasny, Simon Finn, Joolie Wood, John Contreras, Andria Degens, Maja Elliott, Baby Dee, William Breeze, Al Cisneros, Chris Hakius for playing these shows with us.
Especial thanks to Ben Chasny for introducing me to OM in the first place. They are my favourite group in the world. I have been listening all week to their forthcoming album and I have to say that it is hauntingly, hypnagogically, stunningly beautiful.
* Baby Dee/John Contreras/Simon Finn concert in Denmark, 26 November
Bragagild proudly present:
Baby Dee/John Contreras/Simon Finn
26 November 2006
Time: 7.30pm
Place: Byens Lys, Fabrikken, Christiania, Copenhagen, Denmark
Price: DKK 120/€ 17/US$ 20
For advance tickets, please email: mads@bragagild.dk
For more information: www.bragagild.dk
* Current 93, Baby Dee, Simon Finn, Om, Maja Elliot, Six Organs of Admittance, Pantaleimon, Bonnie "Prince" Billy concerts in Venice
All the tickets for these three concerts are now sold out.
* Forthcoming shows by Current 93 and friends
We are hoping to play two shows in London in March or April featuring BLACK SHIPS ATE THE SKY and WHILST THE NIGHT REJOICES PROFOUND AND STILL. We also hope to confirm soon shows for 2006 in Lisbon, Delhi, Kathmandu, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco. And more in the streams.
* Nurse With Wound concert in San Francisco postponed
We had hoped to announce shows by NWW at the Great American Music Hall for February 2006, but Steve's plans for these shows mean they will have to be postponed until the summer of 2006.
* David Late Tibet/David Tibet/David Michael original artwork for sale
I will soon be putting up original paintings by me and the various mes and Is for sale at durtro.com. These are available from me personally and not through the shop. These will include several images used as album covers and as artwork on albums. They should be online in a week or so.
* Current 93 downloads on iTunes
We are currently arranging, through our American distributor Revolver, for the C93 catalogue and other associated material to be available to download through iTunes. More details as soon as we have them ready to go.
* Current 93 reviewed in Godrock journals Mojo and Uncut
C93 received reviews for JUDAS AS BLACK MOTH in these two British magazines. In Uncut a 4-star review courtesy of lovely Rob Young. Thank you Rob. In Mojo a 3-star review wrote "Current 93... mystical campfire music... David Tibet's work often spills over from stunningly pretentious to genuinely unworldly." I was truly touched by this review in Mojo; it showed that the reviewer in question listened to JUDAS all the way through and with fairness and openness. I am aware how easy it is not to 'get' what C93 do, and if one dislikes it, then one dislikes it intensely. Pretention is a difficult word to gloss; and many of the artists I love intensely are accused of pretentiousness, so I will take that as a compliment.
I am quoting from what Mark Logan and Bill Fay told me over the phone, so there may be slight errors in my accuracy of text-remembrance. I don't read music magazines--in fact I don't read any magazines except THE ECOLOGIST unless they have an article on someone I love, in which case I tear the article out to read alone. NWW received a (deserved) 4-star review in Mojo but I can't remember its text.
* Current 93/Durtro release schedule for 2005-2006
- December 2005: 300 copy signed CD reissue of TREES HOLD TIME by Pantaleimon.
- December 2005/January 2006: 2CD digipak edition on Beta-lactam Ring of C93's HOW HE LOVED THE MOON (MOONSONGS FOR JHONN BALANCE)
- January: SONGS FROM THE COALMINE CANARY. The new album by Little Annie Anxiety, produced by Antony and Joe Budenholzer.
- January: WHILST THE NIGHT REJOICES PROFOUND AND STILL by C93. Re-recording of the SOFT BLACK STARS album, arranged for classical octet and piano by Richard Moult. The vocals have been newly recovered.
- January/February: the Durtro Press book TEATRO GROTTESCO by THOMAS LIGOTTI.
- March/April: C93/BLACK SHIPS ATE THE SKY. The long-awaited new 80 minute, 20 track album.
- March/April: UNDER THE RAIN AND TEETH OF GODS/David Late Tibet. Book of my assembled and killed lyrics and other writings.
- April/May: C93 split 10" with OM. Song titles to be confirmed.
- May/June: C93 split CD with OM featuring a different version and vocal take of the C93 track on the OM split 10". Song titles to be confirmed.
- Summer: a new Current 93 album following on from BLACK SHIPS EAT THE SKY. Recording has already commenced. Title to be confirmed.
- Throughout 2006: digipak reissues of NATURE UNVEILED, DOGS BLOOD RISING, 2CD of DAWN and LIVE AT BAR MALDOROR to be (entitled DAWN AT BAR MALDOROR), THE INMOST LIGHT trilogy (WHERE THE LONG SHADOWS FALL/ALL THE PRETTY LITTLE HORSES/THE STARRES ARE MARCHING SADLY HOME); OF RUINE OR SOME BLAZING STARRE; THE SADNESS OF THINGS; 2CD MUSICAL PUMPKIN COTTAGE/MUSIKALISCHE KÜRBS HÜTTE.
This government in the UK is now powered by AntiChrist/SEEDSPREADER. Resist ALL such as: GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS which are LOCUSTS of REVELATION/Military Industrial SATAN Complexes/Killers of CATS/UNKINDNESS SULPHURS/Child Labour/Tower BUILDERS without LICENCE: such CRIMES steal FACES from the Galaxy. All one-finned/one-partied LOCUSTS IN RECOGNISABLE FORM. Resist ALL dictatorial politics, form of AntiChrist. Tyres burn. I shaded SHEOL. I wait. And I want to MAKE LOVE with the UMBRELLA LADIES.
I HAVE SEEN BLACK SHIPS SPLIT THE SKY
I ASKED BUT ONLY HEARD
SKY
THOMAS! (peje Ieesous)
SKY
David Late Tibet xxx to all, love/peace/joy/apocalypse
godislove +++
18 November 2005
Dear All:
* Original artwork by David now for sale from durtro.com
Original artwork by David Tibet/David Late Tibet/David Michael is now available for sale under ORIGINAL ARTWORK on www.durtro.com
For more information on specific pieces, please email us.
Thank you
Durtro
www.durtro.com
- ODRZ
New release by ODRZ. The track ODRZ11 is included in a collective CD attached by the book "Il Grande Tritacarne" edited by Kipple Officina Libraria.
www.odrz.org
- :Of The Wand & The Moon:
NEW AVAILABLE ITEMS
VALKNUTR PIN
(Knot of the chosen/fallen)
Limited 50 copies
10.- EU + postage
VALKNUTR T-SHIRT
13.- EU + postage
Comes in S / M / L / XL / XXL / XXXL
Colour : Black w/grey logo
Check the website for view :
www.ofthewandandthemoon.dk
Please contact for ordering : kim@ofthewandandthemoon.dk
- Prophecy
* DORNENREICH - Hexenwind (limited first edition Digipak CD out 18.November 2005, Prophecy)
"Magic changes misty-true / Magic is stirring, be aware"
Nearly five years after the release of "Her von welken Nächten", DORNENREICH will release their long-announced new album "Hexenwind" on November 18th, 2005. Content-wise, this new work will see a mystical deepening of "Her von welken Nächten" and the track "Reime faucht der Märchensarg."
Initially planned as an archaic and raw essay on the nightside of Nature, "Hexenwind" has undergone countless changes in the course of the years. The intensity so characteristic of DORNENREICH has been preserved, but he musical direction has changed a lot. Of course, DORNENREICH remain firmly rooted in their very own world of enchanted and dream-like sounds. Their new approach is a different one, though. While "Her von welken Nächten" was tempestuous, harrowing, and eternally young, "Hexenwind" is mature, wise, and equable. Starting from a base that has consciously been kept simple, the new tracks invite their listeners to join in a melancholic and sometimes even hypnotic journey.
Never have DORNENREICH´s music and lyrics corresponded better than on "Hexenwind", resulting in an extremely imaginative treatment of the album's message. The key to this message is fantasy. "To us, 'Hexenwind' is about an archaic and vital condition - a coming to yourself and an opening of yourself", Evíga tells us. As we see it, "Hexenwind" is a metaphor for a special consciousness, for just like the wind - an invisible reality in constant change and only being noticeable by its effects on the environment - human ideas, emotions, dreams, and wishes remain unseen at first, yet they constitute an important pillar of our deeds within which they materialize - and they should be free like the wind... The figure of the witch to us is the personification of fantasy in all its polarities. For as the word "witch" conjures images of evil-minded creatures from fairy-tales and dreams as well as of people in tune with the wisdom of Nature, so our human capacities of fantasy and imagination can be equally devouring and nourishing, destructive and creative. "Hexenwind" has many different messages. In keeping with the album's subjects, we would like to invite each listener to find his or her own inspired access to "Hexenwind".
The first edition of "Hexenwind" will be released as Digipak edition
"Exercise in fantasy, make use of the ancient art.".
* SUBAUDITION signed with Auerbach
The young Finnish band SUBAUDITION has just signed a contract over five albums with Auerbach. Following a self-released mini-CD, Antti Korpinen and Roope Niemelä along with some guest musicians have recorded nine harmonious and balanced songs to be featured on their debut album, "The Scope", which is scheduled for release in spring, 2006. The mysteriousness of their music is reflected in the band's name which has been chosen very carefully by the two multi-instrumentalists: in Subaudition, there are not just the clearly apparent sounds, but also a "ghostly play" that develops beyond the readily audible -- almost dusk-like melodies, created by numerous instruments, tranquil vocals, all woven together by an extraordinary sensitivity.
"With 'The Scope' we're going right to the core of ourselves," Antii explains self-consciously. "It's all heart-blood." But even he is at a loss when it comes to describe their music just by words. "I'm perfectly aware that these days the term 'cross-over' could be attached to most bands, nevertheless, few of them combine styles on a level as deep as we do," says the young Finnish musician who prefers to conjure images to depict the far-floating sounds of piano, acoustic guitar, saxophone, or Hammond organ. "Imagine a spring morning, how the mist intoxicates you as you walk towards the lake shore. The water surface isn't covered but with a mere inch of ice. You think to yourself that any morning now the ice will be gone, the waters will be flowing boundlessly. As you inhale the cool spring air once again, you realise that the answer has been in plain sight all along -- a moment of release."
Already with their demo, SUBAUDITION have garnered comparisons to Sigur Rós and Tenhi -- not, however, because they copy these bands, but because there is a similarity regarding an uncommonly open kind of music. With "The Scope", the two Finnish musicians free themselves effortlessly from any external influences, but on the other hand, they might evoke memories of all those pioneers of music whose interest wasn't in the all too obvious and superficial, but rather in the essence deep below - the "Sub-audible" so to say.
* TENHI - III - Maaäet" (2006, Prophecy)
TENHI's new album (scheduled for early 2006) once again sees them combining dark Finnish folk music with Progressive-Rock and Post-Rock influences, but this time their music has a less shamanic feel than on their previous outing, "Väre" -- instead, TENHI are closer to the approach of their debut album, "Kauan."
www.prophecy.cd
www.auerbach.cd
www.lupuslounge.com
- Punch / Wermut
PP012 - WERMUT "Anna" - digipak CD - OUT NOW !!!
The third album of post-apocalyptic minimal electro twosome WERMUT tells the story of Anna, a wooden Colin Archer yacht, which was build in the late 70s by Reiner and Petra, out of the desperate need to seek beyond their horizons. The cherished boat would lead them on a magic three-year-long journey to Scandinavia, Ireland, over the Atlantic and back. A tale of passion, of revelation, of freedom …but also of loneliness and introspection.
WERMUT and their guest musicians HIS DIVINE GRACE and FRL. TOST give us the soundtrack to this outer and inner quest. A soothing mixture of acoustic music, electro-wave anthems and "fall on your knees"-ambient, this much awaited first CD combines magnificently both the folk and retro-electro influences of "Les cinq-à-sept post-néoistes" (OEC) and "Hoffnung" (Treue um Treue).
A conceptual, melancholic and visionary new album from a band which defies all labelling.
- digipak (3 panels) with 12 pages booklet, limited to 1000 copies
www.punchrecords.it
- Small Voices
Z'EV "Rhythmajik" CD only
available now!!!
Since the 1970's Z'EV worked in a variety of media and was one of the founders of the cultural movement now known as 'Industrial'. After several releases on important label like Die Stadt, Staalplaat, Touch, Soleilmoon, Tzadik, Subterranean, Dossier, Cold Spring, etc..., and great collaborations with artists like Sonic Youth, Glenn Branca, Psychic Tv, Genesis P-Orridge, Organum, The Hafler Trio, John Zorn, La Fura dels Baus, etc......, we are very pround to presents new Z'EV studio album recorded in Los Angeles in 2003-2004. This audio material accompany the Italian edition of "Rhythmajik" (RHYTHMAJIK: Practical uses of Number, Rhythm and Sound). Z'EV, percussionist extraordinaire, played his homemade instruments (gongs, hand-made metal percussions, titanium plate, low steel drums). Z'EV proved to be a sensitive and skilled master of his instruments, creating complex rhythms and varied timbres... Experimental percussive industrial music... Don't miss this magical album!!! Z'EV is a pioneer! The disc is packaged in a special cardboard digisleeve with varnished images. Limited edition of 1000 copies.
In "RHYTHMAJIK", Z'EV has radically reformulated the mystical tradition commonly known as the Qabalha from an Astral/Cosmological focus, to an Earth-based paradigm, in harmony with the needs of our current time. It requires no knowledge of the Qabalha, nor does it assume or call for a prior knowledge of any of the traditional literatures. Stripping away the mysticism surrounding these teachings, Z'EV elucidates the principles behind the theories and transmits the results in as neutral a form as they have ever been presented. Rhythmajik comprehensively and clearly explains an easily applied system allowing anyone to harness the semantics of number to the power of sounded rhythms. Rhythmajik is not about music but spells out the use of rhythm and sound and proportion for Trance, Healing, etc. It features a unique Numerical Encyclopedia and two Numerical dictionaries comprising over 5000 beat patterns with their semantic meanings encompassing both healing and ritual vocabularies. RHYTHMAJIK illuminates the processes allowing these vocabularies to be transformed into potent rhythmic patterns enabling you to focus the awesome energies of the Earth and Mother Nature and let them flow throughout and then out through you. It includes information and has applications for people interested in Astrology, Divination, the Music of the Spheres, Numerology, Tarot and Visualization regardless of any particular interest in drumming. And by the way, for the first time it delivers the functions of the 9 Chambers. Originally published in 1992 by Temple Press UK, this revised version allows for both personal annotation and easy searching of topics.
forthcoming:
"Rhythmajik" BOOK+CD book in Italian language only!!!
available: December 2005
www.smallvoices.it
- Suilven Recordings
FORTHCOMING RELEASE ANNOUNCED: The Crowell, Doles & Quinn collaborative album was completed mid-November at Dac Crowell's Aerodyne Works Studio in Illinois, USA. The title is "Don't Look Down" and, in the Suilven tradition, it's a genre-defying collision of styles and influences: Eastern drones and rhythms; shimmering minimalist electronics; rustic strings and brass and near-classical woodwind; psychedelic ambient guitars; hair-raising field recordings from Japan. Six pieces, titles: "And Miles To Go", "Over Godthab", "Nihombashi", "After The Wind", "Dusk Moments" and "Kami To Isshoni Yodooshi".
There are three MP3 sections available at SuilvenRecordings.com
The official release date is 16th January, although promos and pre-orders will go out a while before then. Paypal pre-orders can be made now at £10, including worldwide postage as always. Promotional copies will soon be available for journalists/broadcasters, and can be requested now. It is likely that there will be a handful of East Coast USA dates in 2006, by which time Kurt Doles' album should be out on the Cold Blue label.
The Rough Ensemble will be playing at the Left Bank, off Chambers Street, Edinburgh, on Friday 25th November. Doors 8pm, five pounds. Alongside Daniel Patrick Quinn, the band features Colm Lennon and Kev Campbell. And 60-year-old narrator Duncan Grahl is also expected to make a guest appearance. Playing later the same night are Pinkie Maclure & John Wills and Lucky Luke.
Listen out for an exclusive broadcast of 4 tracks we recorded for Resonance FM's Mining For Gold with Johny Brown. Our version of "Northern" came out better than the "…Stang" version, I'd say, despite using screwdrivers for drumsticks. Though I doubt these session tracks will get on an actual CD release for some time.
After the success of this year's critically-acclaimed "avant-folk" "Ridin' The Stang" (inc. 4 stars in both The Times and Sunday Times) I'm ploughing ahead towards further idiosyncratic solo and band releases, the first of which is to be a selection of instrumentals. Then there will be a new vocal-based album called "Pigeon English", and after that I'm going to write a work to be performed by an orchestra.
The recent Suilven compilation CDR TheFirstTen will remain free until the end of the year, after which no more will be available. There are still a few copies of "Ridin' The Stang" left, and a very few copies of 2004's "Severed From The Land" in copper card covers.
Expect a Suilven release from Aberdeen-based improvisers Mickel Mass, who recently supported Faust on their only Scottish date, early next year. Suilven is continuously on the lookout for suitable extensions to the roster, so feel free to send material in for consideration.
Daniel Patrick Quinn
www.SuilvenRecordings.com
- Vivo Records
new releases from vivo records
ARTIST: Satanicpornocultshop
TITLE: Orochi under the Straight Edge Leaves
FORMAT: CD
cat. number: vivo2005017CD
EAN: 5904259359658
7th full length CD album from Osaka/Japan based Satanicpornocultshop.
Orochi under the Straight Edge Leaves presents unusual mixture of grotesque noisepop, abstract hip hop and cinematic experimental sounds.
Beautiful, breathtaking and... insane.
www.satanicpornocultshop.vivo.pl
ARTIST: Kawabata Makoto
TITLE: Your Voice From The Moon
FORMAT: CD
cat. number: vivo2005018CD
EAN:5904259359641
A solo CD by Acid Mothers Temple mastermind Kawabata Makoto.
Musique Cosmique Electro-Acoustique2.
3 tracks full of modulated analogue synthesizer sound.
Spacious and hypnotic improvisations.
www.acidmothers.vivo.pl
www.vivo.pl/label
- Werkraum
* Out now on Percht/Steinklang:
STURMPERCHT - 7 "
- Der Marsch der Wampelerreiter/Viel volle Becher klangen -
New martial drinking songs from the wild and mythologic central European Alps.
For the first time Sturmpercht appear with their new bandmember Axel Frank from WERKRAUM on guitars & whistles etc.
* Work for WERKRAUM's brand new E.P. "KRISTALLE" (Ahnstern/Steinklang) is now in the final phase of mastering.
We should have it out and ready to go end of this month/the first week of December 2005.
With the support of Nick Nedzinsky, Antje Hoppenrath, Nicholas Tesluk and Robert Taylor you may expect a surprising acoustic and psychedelic album full of archaic moods, traditional melodies and intimate moments.
www.werkraum-heimat.net
- David E. Williams
Pseudo Erotica and Beyond: 1986-1998
Now on Old Europa Café !
"It wasn't like anything I was hearing at the time, or even anything I would normally enjoy. It was clean, well-produced, and electronic. Still, something about it hooked me even before Williams' vocals kicked in. I couldn't tell you why. And when he started singing, I was hooked for good. Not only did David's deadpan voice not sound like anyone else's, he was writing the kind of lyrics I'd been unconsciously aching to hear - grim, hopeless, cruel, occasionally touching, and almost always hilarious (in a grim and hopeless sort of way)... For the first time in recent memory, the music actually excited me." -from the liner notes by Jim Knipfel
Nearly 2 decades after its original release, Williams' debut EP comes to CD in all its degenerate glory, along with 19 previously unreleased and amazing tracks from the same period of perverse creativity. Hear Williams' original deadpan lamentations of vomiting dogs, stolen glass eyes, and the rape of the retarded; set against an increasingly sophisticated musical backdrop of classic pop, dreary dirge, industrial, neoclassical and an early form of what would later be known as "dark ambient"! NOTE: Some of these songs were eliminated from earlier releases because of their political and sexual offensiveness. But now their time has come?
16 page booklet includes:
· Full Lyrics
· Liner Notes by Guitarist Jerome Deppe and Internationally Acclaimed Author Jim Knipfel
· Selected Song Commentaries by Mr. Williams himself
· Vintage Photos
Track List:
NOTE: None of these tracks appears on the full-length David E. Williams CD's released
during the same time period: A House for the Dead and a Porch for the Dying
(Ospedale, USA, 1994) and I Have Forgotten How to Love You (Cthulhu, Germany, 1996).
Charlotte's Glass Eye / My God and My Dog / Bad Day Anyway / Gift
Stillborn / Last Belch of the Fish / It Was April / No Fun Anymore
There is No Mud in Joyville / Soiled Bandages / The Oven
The 23 Definitions of Love / Portrait of Doktor Goebbels / The Little Dead Mermaid
Nativity of Skulls / Got So Many Women / Stephanie, I Forgive You /
Musket / Wotan Rains on a Plutocrat Parade / Document (June 19, 1993) /
Horse Ambulance / Eddie Waitkus / Lost Yellow Mitten
www.davidewilliams.com
13th November 2005
- Cyclic Law
Greetings,
We'd like to announce the release of;
SVARTSINN "Traces Of Nothingness" CD (13th Cycle) Cyclic Law
The 3rd offering from Norway's Svartsinn could be acknowledged as the end of a trilogy, the first opus "Devouring Consciousness" was an album containing stories made during what the artist explains as being some difficult and rough times. The second offering, "Of Darkness And Re-Creation", was the process of trying to deal with these struggles and reflect on them. "Traces Of Nothingness" is simply the reaction, result and the path ahead in this ongoing, seemingly endless darkness. A slightly more melodic, sad and obscure side of Svartsinn that still keeps the cold and dark atmosphere that defines its sound.
First 1000 copies in special Digipack.
8 Tracks. Running time; 50:57
Available now from;
www.cycliclaw.com
- In Ruin
Hello...
We've uploaded a full mp3 of a track called "Always Faithful" to the In Ruin website. The song is from the upcoming album "Frustrations," we hope you enjoy it! More news about the album and our recording progress will come soon...
Yours,
Terry
in-ruin.musicpage.de
- Klanggalerie
Release of two new items on November 22nd, 2005:
- gg91 Andrew Liles - Mother Goose's Melody or Sonnets for the Cradle CD
"A stunning new album by this outstanding British musician who has recently worked with Tony Wakeford and is currently recording an album with Nurse With Wound. Limited edition of 500 copies, this one features the eccentric Lord Bath on vocals and Sion Organ from Thighpaulsandra's band. Probably his best album so far. Co-released with Colin Potter's ICR label." (press release)
- gg112 Graf & Zyx - Zeitdrift trifft Rhiz DVD-R
Our first DVD release. Graf & Zyx are Austrian pioneers of video art who have been working since the late 1970's on a strange hybrid of video art, music clip and electronic music. Running time ca 30 mins.
www.klanggalerie.com
- Neun Welten
Hi folks,
First we want to thank all of you for your interests in our band "Neun Welten".
The reason for our first Newsletter is our next concert in the Gewandhaus (sth. like a Concert Hall) in Leipzig, on the 8th of december. We know that´s far away for the most of you, but we wanted to inform you as well as our German friends :O) ...
We have the opportunity to play two songs of us (valg & Nebelland) with a 30 people-orchestra, while their annual christmas concert. We´ll try with the help of Markus Stock (Empyrium) from StudioE to record these two songs for our new album.
Of course we´d like to see you there! So, the entry will be 6 Euro.
Anyway, there are more news: We´re really busy with recording our new album (StudioE). Drums, guitars, cello and bass-lines are already recorded. We hope to release it in spring 2006.
...so that should be all for the first time :O) ...
...we wish all of you a nice week,
with the best wishes from the autumn-coloured Halle
Neun Welten
- Old Europa Cafe
* We have planed a a nice Winter/Christmas 2005 vinyl surprise !
OEC proudly presents the release of a 10" picture-disc with exclusive material by two of the most internationaly aclaimed neo-pop'n'folk bands :
OEMP 011 NAEVUS / SPIRITUAL FRONT - Bedtime / Badtime - 10" - 13,-
3 exclusive unreleased by each band
limited edition of 500 copies ...
place now your pre-orders & reservations !
NOW AVAILABLE ! :
OECD 006-2 STRATVM TERROR - Pariah Demise (extra) - CD - 12,-
Long time sold out album and first released in 1996, now Pariah Demise, the very first CD album by Stratvm Terror, has been re-mastered with additional extra material from the Germinal Chamber tape (out on OEC many years ago) and one previously unreleased bonus track from 1996.
Discover this nice killer plate of pulsing and beating, cold and doom power industrial electronics served in a complete new, fresh and haunting artwork.
The dinner is yours ! Prepeare yourself for an havy meal ....
Jewel-box & nice "death & skulls" full color cover .
OECD 076 FOLKSTORM - Folkmusik - CD - 12,-
Like a restless zombie that refuses to stay dead Folkstorm once again has risen from the grave to wage war on the world !!!
Mr Nordvargr has been active as usual the last years, but he has focused more on producing darkambient and electronic music, but that is now changing.
Our guess is that he just can't sleep at night if he doesnt let off some steam every once in a while...
The new album FOLKMUSIK is very much a classic Folkstorm album with it´s roots firmly placed in the old-school industrial style, but there is a suffocating quality to it that is new !
While a lot of the tracks are rythmic, harsh and ugly compositions as you would expect, there are also a few ones which are monotonous monuments of fear, isolation, despair and tension.
Do we need to tell you that this is the most interesting and mandatory release of the year?
Black/White/ Red militant & pretty digipack .
§ SPECIAL EDITION : first 400 copies plus aditional MCD with unreleased material including a revisited version of Noisient part 1 (out previously only on vinyl) CD+MCD 17,-
OECD 075 BAD SECTOR + TOMMASO LISA - Reset / Rebis - CD + Book - 14,00
For this release Massimo Magrini was Joined by the Italian Cyberzone-Writer Tommaso Lisa !
The album was recorded using as conceptual reference Tom's "neuro-poems" collection RESET. Short spoken fragments of the texts are treated and inserted in a sonic structure built with minimal, strangely sincopated pseudo-rythms and sharp pulsing noises.
T
he effect of those spcken texts is really disqieting, a very severe & obscure release, different from all previous Bad Sector albums !
In the background, Bad Sector's trademark chilling micro-melodies completes an upsetting, allucinated but crude vision of our "Collapsing Civilization" .
Try this album & "Reset" your "View of Life" !
The CD will be packed inside the book cover, book contains Tom's Cyber-poetry plus a series of graphic designs
§ SPECIAL EDITION : first 345 copies plus aditional MCD with extra unreleased material from the same "Reset" recording section CD+MCD+Book 19,00
OECD 074 DAVID E. WILLIAMS - Pseudo Erotica and Beyond 1986 - 1998 - CD - 12,-
Nearly 2 decades after its original release, Williams' debut EP comes to CD in all its degenerate glory, along with 19 previously unreleased and amazing tracks from the same period of perverse creativity.
Hear Williams' original deadpan lamentations of vomiting dogs, stolen glass eyes, rape of the retarded ... set against an increasingly sophisticated musical backdrop of classic pop, dreary dirge, industrial, neoclassical and an early form of what would later be known as "dark ambient" !
Some of these songs were eliminated from earlier releases because of their political and sexual offensiveness. But now their time has come !!! "DANGEROUS MATERIAL", YOU ARE WARNED !
Jewel-box, large booklet with all songs texts
www.oldeuropacafe.com
- Phragments
The new album of Phragments entitled Homo Homini Lvpvs is out now on Construct.Destroy.Collective.
It contains 8 tracks of orchestral power mixed with industrial machinery. Filled with heavy emotion, the debut
full-length album of Phragments will surely appeal to all lovers of dark atmospherics. The release is packed in a
metal cover and is limited to 150 numbered copies. You can order it for 8 eur + shipping at www.constructdestroy.tk,
also feel free to check out mp3 excerpts of the album on the website.
- Planetaldol
" Here is the latest composition from The Domestic Front. 'Versteht mich nicht falsch' is a further refinement of what composer Thom K Bailey calls 'disorientation music'- a sound inspired mainly by half-understood languages and half-remembered dreams. The atypical rhythms, ambient swells and split-second sound-spikes of 'Versteht..' Take up residence on the edges of perception. There is a constant rate of exchange between sounds, like wandering in a jungle of technoid mutant creatures. A treat for adventurous synaesthetes. Listen to this one and enjoy being lost."
earsheltering.free.fr/earsheltering008.htm
3patttes.free.fr
earsheltering.free.fr
- Silence Is Not Empty records
Dear friends, it is a great pleasure for us to announce the rebirth of Silence Is Not Empty records with completely new look and new music to come.
Silence Is Not Empty records was formed in early 2003 as a 3" cd-r label releasing titles in limited editions of 100 copies only with handmade covers. Caused by more or less personal problems the label was discontinued in late 2004.
Now a year later the label is strong again to emerge from the emptiness. Slightly changed and modified though. No longer the label will be releasing cd-r's, we decided to give mp3's a chance.
We do not plan to re-release the labels titles so far, but start fresh with new materials.
The first release is out now, it is a wonderful 3 songs "Old Boat House" E.P. by a good friend of ours Roy-Arne Knutsen who's brining us a nice portion of dark, cold, atmospheric ambient music.
You can download it completely for free at www.silence-is-not-empty.com
Also, the label has it's discussion forum, meet us here:
silence-is-not-empty.com/phpBB2
Thanks
Your Silence Is Not Empty Crew
6th November 2005
- Allerseelen
* The Allerseelen DoLP Gotos=Kalanda, featuring six additional unreleased songs which were recorded in the last two
years by Allerseelen, is already out. The subscribers of the Allerselen 10DoLP Box will get their copies as soon as possible.
* Fliese/Flagstone/Mattonella/Azulejo 9 x 12 cm
This beautiful flagstone showing the three Edelweiss which Allerseelen already used for the Edelweiss T-Shirts and the
forthcoming Allerseelen Edelweiss CD was produced in the last days of October by a craftsman in Veneto in a collaboration
with the label Ars Benevola Mater. It is available in a limited edition of hundred copies. It is also available from
Ahnstern/Steinklang in Austria and Ajna in Oregon/USA. Price via Aorta inclusive postage per sea mail: Euro 8
* Aorta will also soon have badges with the Edelweiss and the face of the hero on the new Gotos=Kalanda DoLP cover,
both produced by a Catalan craftsman.
www.geocities.com/ahnstern
- Antony and the Johnsons
Having only the shortest of rests following Antony's live performance on The Late Show With David Letterman, Antony and
the Johnsons drop yet another single on the world. Presented as a duet between Antony and Boy George, the album's latest
single is the anthemic and heart-rending "You Are My Sister". This extended single also includes three new, unreleased
songs recorded during the I Am A Bird Now sessions.
Antony and the Johnsons once again find their way back to Europe for over a month's worth of live performances. Check
tourdates here: www.secretlycanadian.com/shows.php
www.antonyandthejohnsons.com
- Belborn
Belborn have released their brand new 7" last week-end in Yverdon / Switzerland. It contains 4 tracks with a total
time of around 13 minutes. It is dedicated to the goddess PERCHTA and one song contains recordings of Bavarian/Tyrolian
"Perchtenläufe" visited by Holger of Belborn.
More info: www.belborn.de - www.soleilnoir.ch
- Der Blutharsch
Salve!
all formats are in production now and we expect them to be available around mid november. As WKN 25 7" is limited to
1ooo copies and we only have 50 copies left for the WKN mailorder, you now can pre-order it via: www.derblutharsch.com/Foyer/WKN/wkn.html
It will be released in aprox. 3 weeks and sent out imnediatelly.
Yours,
Albin Julius
www.derblutharsch.com
- Blade Records
New releases:
wmda063 : WILT - "When Spiders Learn to Fly" - CDR - Ltd.Ed. 100 copies (8 news tracks)
wmda064: Steve Brand (AUGUR) & Jonathan Benham - "One Hour as the One Who Watches" - CDR - Ltd.Ed. 150 copies (one new long track)
wmda065: BARDOSENETICCUBE - "Blood of Greeen Colour" - CDR - Ltd.Ed. 150 copies (8 news tracks)
wmda066: ORIGAMI GALAKTIKA & I:WOUND - "We Are Column One" - CDR - Ltd.Ed. 100 copies (one track of ORIGAMI GALAKTIKA and one trak of I:WOUND recorded live at die sibirische zelle, Berlin)
wmda067: CORPOPARASSITA - "Nel Diciassettesimo Giorno del Mese" - CDR - Ltd.Ed. 100 copies (10 news tracks)
wmda068: SOSTRAH TINNITUS - "Caravanserraglio" - CDR - Ltd.Ed. 100 copies (7 news tracks)
wmda069: AS ALL DIE - "Guns, Grenades and Genocide"- CDR - Ltd.Ed. 120 copies (5 news tracks
web.tiscali.it/bladerecords
- Gaë Bolg
HI THERE DEAR SUPPORTERS!!!
We are back from 2 successful concerts!!! Just to inform you that we've still some copies of the split Mcd GAË BOLG / OMNE DATUM OPTIMUM who was sold at these 2 concerts.
This mcd comes in a (wonderful yellow) carton box and includes:
2 tracks by GAË BOLG ( 1. Benedictus - 2. Aria)
2 tracks by OMNE DATUM OPTIMUM ( 3. P.P.S.P.P. - 4. P.P.F.P.P. )
All songs are of course previously unreleased!
Limited edition to only 467 hand-numbered copies!!!
The price of this Mcd is 8,00 Euros per copy
To order or if any question about postage or something else, just send an email to: odo@cynfeirdd.com
ALL THE BEST,
GAË the Great BOLG Master and Frater GAUDINIS Th+21
- Changes / Stigmata
Excellent initiative by Stigmata magazine who decided to upload new interviews with Nikolas and Robert to their site. Both interviews will appear in the upcoming issue of Stigmata, but you can read them before the mag will be out. As soon as European tour of Changes "Men Among the Ruin" will end, the interviews will be deleted until the new issue of the mag will be published. Enjoy!
www.stigmata.name
- C.O.T.A. / Sonick Sorcery
Update Autumn 2005
It has been a rather long time since our last update. And while overdue we hope to make it up to you all with a massive
content and base-camp update that were pretty excited about! You¹ll find a massive new live reports section containing
pictures from past travels and shows as well as new tracks just uploaded for your listening amusement.
We are also asking that any of you who may have pictures or audio from past C.O.T.A.
Shows and events please forward them to us so we can further build out the archive section.
All the Best,
Jon
www.sonicksorcey.com
- Crisis / Apop Records
Crisis "Holocaust Hymns" (Pre Death In June)
The official release announcement will be going out soon.
"Apop Records is proud to announce the release of Holocaust Hymns by Crisis. Crisis is the seminal punk band that featured Douglas Pierce and Tony Wakeford who later went on to form both Death In June and Sol Invictus. Other members of the group went onto join Sex Gang Children, and Theatre
of Hate. The cd comes with a 8 page booklet featuring never before seen photos of the band, and 24 tracks hand picked by Douglas Peirce. Crisis played Blistering Punk rock, but often stood apart by their ability to include melody, jarring guitar, and bitter lyrics in contrast to many of the bands at that time merely bashed about on their guitars yelling empty political slogans." (press release)
All the material has been remastered and the artwork includes unseen photos etc. It comes in a standard jewel case.
Track listing:
HOLOCAUST - 1st 7" single 1978
PC 1984 - 1st 7" single 1978
NO TOWN HALL 1st 7" single 1978
WHITE YOUTH - 2nd 7" single 1978
UK 78 - 2nd 7" single recorded 1978
BRUKWOOD HOSPITAL - 3rd 7" single recorded 1978
ALIENATION - 3rd 7" single recorded 1978
ON TV - from Hymns Of Faith LP 1980
LAUGHING - from Hymns Of Faith LP 1980
BACK IN THE USSR - from Hymns Of Faith LP 1980
AFRAID - from Hymns Of Faith LP 1980
FRUSTRATION - from Hymns Of Faith LP 1980
RED BRIGADES - from Hymns Of Faith LP 1980
KANADA KOMMANDO - from Hymns Of Faith LP 1980
MILITANT- 1st studio demo 1977
KILL KILL KILL - 1st studio demo 1977
PC 1984 - 1st studio demo 1977
UK 78 - alternative version recorded for Step Forward Records 1978
RED BRIGADES - alternative version recorded for Step Forward Records 1978
ON TV - live 1979
BACK IN THE USSR - live 1979
FRUSTRATION - live 1979
KANADO KOMMANDO - live 1979
www.apoprecords.com
- Cyclic Law
* Svartsinn "Traces Of Nothingness" CD (13th Cycle) out now!
The 3rd offering from Norway's Svartsinn could be acknowledged as the end of a trilogy, the first opus "Devouring Consciousness" was an album containing stories made during what the artist explains as being some difficult and rough times. The second offering, "Of Darkness And Re-Creation", was the process of trying to deal with these struggles and reflect on them. "Traces Of Nothingness" is simply the reaction, result and the path ahead in this ongoing, seemingly endless darkness. A slightly more melodic, sad and obscure side of Svartsinn that still keeps the cold and dark atmosphere that defines its sound.
First 1000 copies in special Digipack.
8 Tracks. Running time: 50:57
* Upcoming:
Gustaf Hildebrand "Primordial Resonance" CD (15th Cycle)
www.cycliclaw.com
- Durtro
24 October 2005
* Current 93, Six Organs of Admittance, Simon Finn, Om, Pantaleimon, Maja Elliot, Baby Dee
Live at San Francisco Great American Music Hall (GAMH) 4 & 5 November 2005
We look forward very much to seeing you all there. We believe these will be really special events for all of us.
The GAMH have informed us that tickets for both nights are still available, and may be available on the nights, though
they do expect both shows to sell out.
Friday 4 November
SIMON FINN
BABY DEE
OM
CURRENT 93
Saturday 5 November
MAJA ELLIOTT
SIX ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE
PANTALEIMON
OM
CURRENT 93
Tickets are $30 and are available:
- in person at GAMH & Slim's box offices Monday-Friday 10:30-18.00 and on nights of shows
- online at www.virtuous.com or www.tickets.com
or at all tickets.com outlets
- by fax (download fax form at www.gamh.com)
- by phone at (415) 478-2277
Great American Music Hall
859 O'Farrell Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
Phone: (415) 885-0750
Fax: (415) 885-5075
info@gamh.com
* Current 93: Hallucinatory Patripassianist Song in Rome: 28 November 2005
David Late Tibet and Maja Elliott as CURRENT 93 will be performing on Monday 28 November at the British School in Rome
as part of their Tracks series, organised by the exquisite Daniela Cascella. This is the first time any face of Current 93
has played in Rome.
The concert will consist of two sections. The first part will be the first live performance of HYPNAGOGUE. The second
part will consist of Hallucinatory Patripassianist Song from Soft Black Stars, Black Ships Ate The Sky and other works.
Tickets are €20, and can ONLY be bought on the evening of the show at the venue; tickets are NOT available from Durtro.
There are 130 tickets available for sale.
Here follows all relevant details:
Monday 28 November at 21.00h
The British School at Rome
Via Gramsci 61
00197 Rome
Italy
Telephone: +39 06 32649381 / +39 06 32649385
Email: gallery@bsrome.it
press@bsrome.it
* Current 93, Six Organs of Admittance, Simon Finn, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Baby Dee, Maja Elliot and Pantaleimon
Live at Teatro Fondamenta Nuove, Venice, Italy, 2/3/4 December 2005
At the moment of writing (Monday 24 October) both Friday and Saturday nights are sold out, with 32 tickets remaining for
Sunday. However a small number of extra tickets, probably around 40, will be released for each night on Friday 28 October so
keep an eye on the venue's website if you want to attend a show that is currently sold out.
www.charta.it/english/index.php (and then enter 'Current 93' into the search field)
Friday 2 December
Maja Elliott
Baby Dee
Current 93
Saturday 3 December
Simon Finn
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
Current 93
Sunday 4 December
Pantaleimon
Six Organs Of Admittance
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
Current 93
* Tridentine Requiem Mass for the first anniversary of the 'death' of Jhonn Balance
This Requiem Mass is being held at the request of David Late Tibet and Andria Degens to commemorate the first full year
after Jhonn's death. It has been facilitated and arranged by our friend William Christopher Hoag to whom many thanks are due.
All of Geff/Jhonn's friends and admirers--often the same people, of course--miss him intensely. His passing was a
shock--though a shock that was not a surprise, unfortunately--to all of his friends who loved him so much. Although Jhonn
was seen as, and would no doubt have identified himself as, a pagan, each one who loves him offers their tribute and
remembrance of him in their own way. This is my way, and Andria's way, of remembering him. Jhonn himself, we know, loved
the Tridentine Ritual, so rich and profound and beautiful; it would have resonated with his love of Space and Sense/s,
Mystery and Silence. And Incense!
I know all of you who loved him, whether you knew him or not, will take the time to recall him and his work on the
anniversary of his "Death" on the 13th of November, and to pray for his soul, or essence, however you conceive of it.
I would also like to recall to our minds and thoughts his lovers and close friends Ian Johnstone, Peter Christopherson,
and Ossian Brown, whose loss is incalculable.
JHONN BALANCE/GEFF RUSHTON: 16 FEBRUARY 1962-13 NOVEMBER 2004. Not Gone. Not Forgotten. Not Born. Not Dead. We will see
your true face in the Beautiful Realm. Love always. David and Andria.
Details of the Tridentine Requiem Mass (1962 Roman Missal) for Jhonn Balance:
Tuesday, 15 November at 5:30pm
Saint Rose of Lima Catholic Church
11411 Detroit Avenue
Cleveland OH 44102
USA
Tel: +1 216 521 0133
Fax: +1 216 521 1306
* The Great in the Small art print/enamel Coptic C93 badge
We have now started sending out these items. If you have ordered both the badge and the print, the badge will be found
scrunched up in the tissue paper which is protecting the ends of the print. So don't throw any packaging paper away without
getting the badge out first!
We have used a new form of triangular specialised print packaging which should protect the print very well indeed, we hope.
Please note: if you have ordered more than one print, they will be sent separately. So two prints would be posted in
two packets in order to keep them pristine.
* durtro.com: new sections to be added, photographs first
The Durtro website is to be expanded. The first new feature will be a photo gallery. The first photos to be added are
of David in October 2005. We will be adding new and archive features as the MOON instructs us.
We are working on other sections. These will include: a comprehensive discography of C93 put together by our great
friend José Pacheco of Lisbon; a gallery of David's art; a gallery of the covers of all the books published by Ghost Story
Press and Durtro Press; and many other items.
* Russian Current 93 CDs releases near completion
We are hoping to soon announce the date for the official Russian releases of SOFT BLACK STARS, THUNDER PERFECT MIND,
HALO and IMPERIUM.
Artwork has been finished on three of the titles and can be seen at durtro.com. On all releases the titles of the album,
spine text and titles are in Cyrillic.
* Durtro shop closure
The Durtro online shop is now closed until Monday 14 November whilst we are in San Francisco. Any letters will not be
answered until we get back, but all orders have been processed and sent with the exception of UNDER THE RAIN AND TEETH OF
GODS and BLACK SHIPS ATE THE SKY, which are, as you all know, not yet released. Thanks for your patience.
2 November 2005
* Nurse With Wound--Shipwreck Radio Volume Two: Eight Enigmatic Episodes from Utvær
The new double CD (in a 6 panel digipak) will be released in mid November. As with Volume 1, there will be a special
limited edition, for which ICR are now taking pre-orders. In view of many people being disappointed by not being able to get
hold of the special edition of Volume 1, the number of copies has been increased to 250. The extra disc will be a CD, not a
CDR. The cost will be £30.00 (plus postage and packing if overseas). Please note: only 1 copy per customer. There will also
be an opportunity to buy the standard edition of Volume 1 at the same time at the reduced price of £10. Details should be
on the ICR website by the time you read this: www.icrdistribution.com
Please note: this is not available from Durtro, only from ICR Distribution.
* Baby Dee, Simon Finn and Six Organs of Admittance live in Italy
In addition to their forthcoming appearance with Current 93 in Venice, Baby Dee, Simon Finn and Six Organs of Admittance
will also be playing the following Italian shows:
Tuesday 6 December 2005: Cafè Procope, Torino, Italy (with special guest Joolie Wood). Venue website: www.masjuvarra.it
Thursday 8 December 2005: Teatro Rasì, Ravenna, Italy. Venue website: www.bronsonproduzioni.com
For more information: www.off.to.it - deathtripper@hotmail.com
* James William Hindle: live dates in the USA and UK
This wonderful solo artist, who plays guitar for Pantaleimon--both live and on their forthcoming album--has announced
some solo shows: he will be appearing in San Francisco on 3 November, New York on 7 November and London on 25 November.
Further details are available on his website: jwh.hinah.com. He will,
of course, also be appearing live with Pantaleimon in San Francisco on 5 November (details on durtro.com), and has started
working with David Late Tibet on the follow-up to Black Ships Ate the Sky.
We hope to see some of you at his San Francisco show!
* Simon Finn live dates in San Francisco and Los Angeles
In addition to performing with Current 93 and friends in San Francisco on 4 November (details on durtro.com) Simon Finn
has announced a couple of shows with Joolie Wood:
Tuesday 8 November
Hotel Utah, 500 Fourth Street, San Francisco
Tickets will be at the door. For further information contact: mike@thehotelutahsaloon.com
Sunday 13 November
McCabe's, Santa Monica, LA
Nick Castro will also be playing a set of his songs.
Tickets are $15 and are on sale in person at McCabe's or by phone with your credit card at (310) 828-4497. For further
information: concerts@mccabesmail.com
Please see Simon's website www.simonfinn.co.uk for details of all his forthcoming concerts.
www.durtro.com
- Enfant terrible
The Actor 'Covergirl EP' (enfant03)
Release date: 8 october 2005
Format: EP 10" (limited edition of 500 copies + insert)
File under: minimal electronics
"Earlier this year Enfant Terrible released the 'Trumpett Sounds' LP featuring Dutch minimal elektro/wave acts from the early eighties. This highly acclaimed record gave the artists on it the attention they deserved. Now Enfant Terrible is proud to present the true return of one of those artists: The Actor. The Actor is one of the most famous, and also obscure, minimal wave acts from The Netherlands. Now, in 2005, The Actor has re-recorded their all time classic track 'Covergirl'. Next to this new version of the track the 'Covergirl EP' also features the original 1982 version and two brilliant cover versions by the French masters of contemporary minimal electronic music: Porn.Darsteller and It & My Computer. Both these artists appear from the leading Invasion Planète Rec. label." (press release)
Also enfant04 is being worked on. It will be various artists compilation featuring amongst new Enfant Terrible signings tracks by Echo West, Wermut and again Invasion Planète artists.
Enfant01 + enfant02 are still available in small numbers...
More info: www.enfant-terrible.nl
- Horologium
A collaboration album with Swedish Moljebka Pvlse, titled 'Kaukasus', will be out on Beast of Prey in December. The CD will be limited to 555 copies.
www.horologium.end.pl
www.moljebka.com
www.beastofprey.com
- REUE UM REUE
"Sofia E.R.'s necromantic solo-project KOSTNICE lures its listeners like the pipes of death into lands of desolation and gloomy apathy, where life seems no more than a distant echo or a long forgotten memory. "Finsterfelden" is a ceremonial march into the world beyond, a sombre procession in the limbo of our souls, a reminder of what is sure to come and what therefore already is: our own death and life's vanity.
This second KOSTNICE output comes as a 12inch vinyl featuring 10 tracks of funeral march muzak, a blend of dark soundscapes, soothing orchestral loops and discreet use of mysterious samples. The perfect soundtrack for our everyday "Totentanz" and a must-have for all of you conscious living dead!" (press release)
Further details and sound clips on the labels page: eys.online.fr/tutrur
Out now!
- Terroritmo
Start transmission.
After a few months delay, PREMONITIONS, new CD will be available in a few days in its cardboard package and a beautiful
booklet with images and writings.
"Premonitions come from the shared continuum of Dreams. They travel through Time in the same way Remote Visions go
beyond the concept of Space. They bring Doubt in a supposedly coherent physical Universe and its Rules. Rules and false
certainties are trusted and unquestioned because of Fears. As the edges of the Reasonable fade away, a new definition of
Self emerges. There are no rules. No boudaries. No fears.
The CD "Premonitions" is the 4th release of Terroritmo. Each track revealed itself as a premonition during the process
and only at the end the concept was manifest. Words written months earlier suddenly made sense. Chants and rhythms were
recorded waking up in the middle of the night taking them out of the previous dream. The perception of how close "reality"
is to dream, is in the eyes of the dreamer." (press release)
terroritmo.com
- War Office Propaganda
WOP 25 Rukkanor - "Deora" War Office Propaganda CD 2005 NEW !!! www.rukkanor.waroffice.org
"A brand new Rukkanor's CD brings original mix of styles and cultures. Oriental melodies and rhythms, live percussions and synthetic beats, ethereal sounds and electromilitary marches, gregorian and muezzin chants, symphonic instruments and jazzy clarinet, catchy tunes and touch of darkness mixed in one. For all who are bored with foreseen unambiguity. Faith, religion wars, treason, homicide, all in the name of god. Electrocrusade now ! "Deora" comes in two versions - first - CD in skin-textured digipack and second - limited collector's edition in handmade treasure box. Only 222 handnumbered copies with additional 24 minutes of music on additional limited Profi CDR EP." (press release)
www.waroffice.org
- Whitehouse
The new Whitehouse album will be out in February 2006 entitled 'Whitehouse - Asceticists - 2006' - it was decided to combine the material originally planned for the solo albums by William Bennett and Philip Best, in addition to rerecording the vocals and some of the instrumentation for this new project.
Tracklisting:
1. The Avalanche
2. Language Recovery
3. Guru
4. Nzambi Ia Lufua
5. Killing Hurts Give You The Secrets
6. Ruthless Babysitting
7. Dumping The Fucking Rubbish
www.susanlawly.com
23rd October 2005
- Aural Hypnox
Out now: Aeoga: 'Zenith Beyond The Helix-Locus', CD.
"From beyond the mundane symbolscape, the 2nd album of Aeoga - entitled 'Zenith Beyond the Helix-Locus' - emits
aural phenomena from devouring multi-layered elemental ambience to amorphous and hallucinatory sequences entrancing one's
awareness thoroughly. The fifteen formations manifest themselves in various forms; bright and luminous helixes intertwine
with shadowed and shapeless non-beings. All in all truly overwhelming material where acoustic instruments and electronic
equipment mingle themselves to channel forth the aural elemental current. (total time: 67:11). Comes in an oversized
4 panel cardboard covers. Limited to 1000 copies." (press release)
Also, the very first offering from our new CD-R -section:
Aeoga: 'Triangle Of Nebula-Devourers', CD-R
"'Triangle Of Nebula-Devourers' presents three exclusive electro-acoustic soundscapes that will take you straight
through the hazy desert toward the non-spatial zero time. Tempesting, obscure and flowing archaic ambience where meditative
rhythms, transcendental resonances and abstract passages blend together - Sonic alchemy that will permute even the sub-/
non-conscious patterns of the Self. An incomparable outcome in the field of experimental & abstract ambience. (total time:
33:33). Each copy comes in a cardboard sleeve with a unique hand-painted graphics and an insert card. Limited and numbered
edition of 100 copies (First 40 copies are included in the 'Zenith Beyond The Helix-Locus' -Deluxe Box)." (press release)
Aeoga 'Zenith Beyond The Helix-Locus - Deluxe Box' including:
- 'Zenith Beyond The Helix-Locus', CD
- 'Triangle Of Nebula-Devourers', CD-R
- 'Palace For Vultunales', C-20
- 3 collage art insert cards
- Yellow perspex plate with hand-painted drawings. All wrapped in black cloth, bound with cord.
The box is numbered and limited to 42 copies.
Please note:
'Palace For Vultunales', our first cassette-only release, comes exclusively as a part of Z.B.T.H-L. Deluxe Box. Two
dronumental tracks varying from backwards flowing acoustical drones, eerie sample textures and harmonic sound clouds to
archaic rhythm patterns. A voyage through the coprophagik cycle into the heart of absolute being - an opus between old
school drone ambience and experimental ritual music. (total time: approx. 19 min.). Comes in a 2 panel b/w cardboard
sleeve - print on both sides.
Forthcoming (most likely at the end of October):
Aeoga: Era 2005 related T-Shirt
More info: www.auralhypnox.com
- Chaos As Shelter
TP005 - Chaos As Shelter - Dawn Syndrome
After releasing over 18 releases since 1999, Chaos As Shelter needs no further introductions. His latest work, dawn
syndrome, was recorded in 2001 and is dedicated to the end of Kali Yuge, the age of iron, which is the final and most
negative of four evolutionary Yugic cycles, the end of the world, and the dawn of a new golden age - Sataya Yuga (the age
of purity).
Dawn Syndrome is an eight-track composition of ritual dark ambient crafted in the skillful way Chaos as Shelter is
known for. The usage of organic and artificial sound sources which has been his trademark. It is a hymn of submersion
and rebirth, of confusion, ambiguity and enigma, of the darkest moment before sunrise.
Dawn Syndrome was recorded at new Jerusalem studios and Chaos As Shelter was supported by Vera Agnivolok , Helena
Dorsht and an accidentally obtained presto home recorded vinyl disc.
www.topheth.org
- Cold Spring
Available for pre-order now:
Archon Satani | Mind Of Flesh & Bones (CSR63CD)
Various Artists | Swarm (CSR60CD)
Next planned releases in 2005:
Necropolis - 'Necrosphere' (CSR51CD)
John Watermann - 'Calcutta Gas Chamber' (CSR52CD)
Bleiburg - 'Pieces Of A Broken Dream' (CSR57CD) - 2 x CD set
Laibach - 'Neu Konservatiw' (CSR38CD) - repress due to demand
More info: www.coldspring.co.uk
- :Of The Wand And The Moon:
* To Scandinavians :
All :Of The Wand & The Moon: albums is now available through Scandinavia's biggest music mailorder www.cdon.com.
Even the new "Sonnenheim" can already be pre-ordered there. So if you have trouble finding it at your local record store, you can try out CDON.
* 'Sonnenheim'
Due printing problems the Sonnenheim album has been delayed, but will be out on the 25th October. Meanwhile a few samples from the album has been added to the website.
www.ofthewandandthemoon.dk
www.tesco-germany.com
- Predominance / Loki
New release: Predominance 'Dark Stars Unfolding' 2CD
"...Arisen from the fields of white ashes and bathed in tears of the world's genocidal slavery Predominance started
1994 to drown in the ruins of an unconcious mind. The evolution of Gerd Zaunig's project was mystified by the leaming
beauty of a silver ship and ended illuminated at the threshold to astral gates on nocturnal skies. This "Dark Stars
Unfolding" is an essential journey through the mind of the south saturn delta into the polar stargate. The circle of
the four symbols is closed and the work of Predominance will remain in the ungained gorge of a swelling universe...
After nearly 10 years of activity and with just three regular albums in this decade Gerd Zaunig placed with
Predominance one of the main pillars in the wide area of dark ambient music. The unique sound of Predominance combines
dense and atmospherical soundscultures with symphonic structures, pulsating rhythms and visionary-majestic vocals. This
double album now marks the final release of Predominance as the project already ended in 2003. Devided into 2 parts the
Disc One: ARCHIVUM contains selected tracks from the first tape (White Ashes), the first LP (Obliteration), various
compilation tracks and unreleased material. Disc Two: LIVE collects high quality live recordings from the whole period
of activity and includes all the outstanding vocal tracks for what Predominance was especially known for.
Comes in beautiful double digipack. (LOKI 40)" (press release)
More info: www.loki-found.de
20th October 2005
- Allerseelen
* The Aorta office is closed from October 20 to November 3 due to magical mystery tours and live performances by
Allerseelen. Please order Allerseelen compact dicscs, double lps etcetera from www.steinklang-records.at or other
distributors.
* The Allerseelen CD Eelweiss will be published on the Austrian label Ahnstern in a beautiful digipak edition. It will
contain several exclusive songs being manifestations of the recent style of Allerseelen which is smoother now and much
closer to hypnotic krautrock and psychoactive krautfolk than the earlier industrial or post-industrial recordings of this
group. The CD will feature several songs with vocals by the Catalan singer Rosa Solé and the Italian singer Gaya Donadio.
Some of these songs will be presented live in the yet fixed autumn concerts and the winter concerts which are still in
preparation for various parts of Europe. Please pre-order your copies of this limited edition from: www.steinklang-records.at
More info: www.geocities.com/ahnstern
- Ars Morta Universum
Out soon: Prague Industrial Festival - Retrospective 1996 - 2005
Arm 014 DVD Ars Morta Universum
"Now, the full 90-minutes long version of the original relase from 2003 comes out, constitues a true prestigoues
feat with more than 20 electronic projects across the globe! Commemorating the 10th anniversary of industrial organisation
Ars Morta Universum and 10th volumes of its legendary Prague Industrial Festival, we finally can witnesss the outstanding
specifity of this traditional event in the heart of Europe on DVD. Enhanced on a lot of well-known, high-quality
participants like Bad Sector, Inade, Hybryds, Herbst 9 Jude, Aghiatrias, Mira Heija, Klangstabil, Moan, Genetic
Transmission, Job Karma and mk9 and others who were and this year will be creating the international avantgarde multimedia
event. Unique official DVD release with special bonus and book of photographs (first 100 copies only)!" (press release)
www.arsmorta.org www.industrialgallery.com
- Athanor
After some times of silence due to a huge amount of things to do, Athanor's awake with two new CD releases now in print.
First a great epic soundtrack featuring some folk songs by :Golgatha:, a fascinating german band who managed to have 2 contributions by Patrick Leagas of Sixth Comm (ex-Death in June). One of them sounds like if it came from the Nada album session ! without any doubts this album will become a must have. The second CD is the first album by Artefactum, ritual and dark ambiant at its best.
here are the releases infos
:Golgatha:
Kydos - Reflections on Heroism
ATNR 029
/kydos/ means wonder, in the sense of awe; the heroic attraction resulting from cruelty in Homers epic 'Ilias' and
'Odyssee' (René Girard). The later engl. /kudos/ means fame and renown resulting from an act or achievement; thus by
logical extension is often used as a praising remark.
1. Death March
2. Fields of Honour
3. Kamikaze
4. Icarus (featuring Sixth Comm)
5. Worldserpent
6. Heldentag
7. Bury all Hope
8. In the Name of...
9. Twilight Hills
10. Final Age of Heroism (featuring Sixth Comm)
11. Appendix: Eternal Peace (bonus track)
Homepage, info, mp3s: www.ikonenmagazin.de/golgatha/temp.htm
Artefactum
Chaos Elements CD
ATNR 030
Active since 2001, Artefactum finally delivers its first full length concept album Chaos Elements. The release is devoted to 4 elements: earth, water, fire and air and alchimia. The music shows their power and eternal beauty, their variety and similarity. Six tracks united in a logical whole, the music is dark drowning with some woman chants and voices in the background not so far Cold Meat Industry's Aghast or 6th Comm release with Freya Aswynn. This is a tribute to strength and dark side of the world. Harmonia macrocosmica. Occulta philosophia. Opus magnum.
Earth, water, air and fire, therein to show their might,
And therein to make generation and bring forms to light;
In every one severally, out creatures to bring,
Which is the beginning and generation of all things.
arsregia.free.fr
- Durtro
12 October 2005
Current 93, Simon Finn, Baby Dee, Pantaleimon, 6 Organs of Admittance, Maja Elliot and Bonnie "Prince" Billy: three nights in Venice
2/3/4 December 2005 at the Teatro Fondamenta Nuove, Venezia, Italy
www.teatrofondamentanuove.it
Current 93 will be playing on all three nights; Bonnie "Prince" Billy will be playing on two nights (dates of which
are yet to be decided) and nor have the nights on which Simon Finn, Baby Dee, Pantaleimon, Maja Elliott and 6 Organs of
Admittance play yet been decided. We should have information on exact line-ups later this week.
Tickets for these shows cost ¤35 and are now available here:
www.charta.it/english/index.php (and then enter 'Current 93' into the search field)
This is the only official way to buy them; they are not available from Durtro. The theatre has a capacity of 250 seats.
These events have been organised by:
OFF: www.off.to.it
Electric Priest: www.electricpriest.org
Post Romantic Empire: www.postromantic.com
For further information, please contact the promoter: deathtripper@hotmail.com
www.durtro.com
- Jnana
October 2005
An update on the MSF compilation:
All 5 discs are sequenced and mastered. We are just waiting for the mechanical licenses to arrive for the 5 tracks
which are cover versions, and then we can begin to press. As such, we've decided to hold off pre-orders for a couple of
weeks.
The pressing plants are backed up with all the greatest hits packages etc that are being pumped out for Christmas, so
I don't have a definite date on which we'll get the CDs back.
So, things are moving along, albeit a bit more slowly than we'd like. Suffice to say, we are in the final stages of
this massive undertaking. Thanks to all the people who have been writing in asking about the set. I do think it will be
well worth the wait.
www.jnanarecords.com
- Klanggalerie
new CD out:
gg96 Roedelius & Morgan Fisher - Neverless
Following uo Evermore, Klanggalerie brought together two heroes of ambient and experimental music: Roedelius, of
Cluster and Harmonia fame teamed up with Morgan Fisher (known from his work with Hybrid Kids, Mott the Hoople and Queen)
to record an album full of ambient soundscapes with Asian influences. The CD is limited to only 500 copies.
Still fresh are
Zoviet France - Music for A Spaghetti Western
The New Blockaders / Gosplan Trio - Sound Sketch
www.klanggalerie.com
- Obscure Effraction
Obscure Effraction is the name of a new radio show hosted by our occasional collaborator Mehr Licht every second Saturday,
between 16h and 17h (french time). If you live near Montpellier, you can tune into L'Eko des Garrigues (88.5 FM) to follow
an hour of dark folk, dark ambiant, atmospheric, experimental, ambiant noise, drone et industrial music. For the rest of the
world, the show is also broadcasted on the web. Next show : Saturday 22nd October.
More info: obscure-effraction.over-blog.com
- Shayo
The autumnal newsletter of Shayo, hidden beneath the leaves ...
Salut !
good time to talk about Shayo, and there is a lot to tell ...
1) Martyn Bates "Mystery Seas" re-release is delayed a very last time 'cause we are currently making a small
remastering, reinforcing the sound and giving even more warmness and relief. A second life for this masterpiece we are so
proud of. Sorry Martyn, it took so long, but the result must be - and will be - perfect.
By the way, don't miss Martyn Bates interview in the next issue of french alternative magazine Elegy (out in november!).
One track of "Mystery Seas" will feature also on the CD-Sampler coming with the magazine ! Lovely.
2) Wendy Van Dusen has recorded her best album ever with Neither/Neither World, and it's calling "Invisible Angel";
we are currently remastering it, and the new album will be available at the end of November. Neither/Neither World will
then play around old Europa in April 2006. Fantastic.
3) Even In Gowan Ring played everywhere except Germany during the last tour, this country will give him the best press
with a special feature on the next Orkus Magazin; the track "Hazel Steps" will also figure on the Orkus-CD Compilation
coming out at the same time (November).
In Gowan Ring'song "The Wind that cracks the Leaves" will also feature on the 4 CDs compilation "Looking For Europe",
an interesting guide into the sometimes hermetic and wrong understand neofolk scene. Beside In Gowan Ring man will find
tracks by Scott Walker, Blood Axis, Death In June, Fire & Ice and many other, including our very good friend Matt Howden
and his project called Sieben ! The book of the same name, published in german but also english in the near future, is
maybe including some statements I personally do in the past, as well as pictures I took from some artists (Robert Lee and
Rose McDowell of Sorrow). Let see it when it comes out in November.
Expect Bee's In Gowan Ring tour old Europa again in May / June next year, with - this time - a lot of german dates ! Hapiness.
4) We invite our french friends to buy now our CDs directly through our old mates of Cynfeirdd (cynfeirdd@hotmail.com)
and the very sympathic label / mail-order Drunk Dog (shop@drunkdog.com). Note that
Golevka of The Evpatoria Report is now sold out by us, these people have the very last copies to sell ...
France's based webradio www.assodegensnormal.com is
playing very interesting indie music, including The Evpatoria
Report. We really recommend you to visit them with your ears.
Further news to come in november.
All the best,
Yann Courtiau
www.shayo.ch
- Thorofon
Thorofon - 1/11 Privat 7/16 10" (Achtung Baby!: AB005)
The continued evolution of Thorofon., moving away from the ultra heavy electronics from which they built their
foundation, to working more in the vein of classic Throbbing Gristle. Still, to me, as powerful as always, just not as
aggressive... cold, unsettling, old school rhythms, poisoned melodies, and noisy reverberations. Disco for those late night
cadaver sessions.
9th October 2005
- Der Blutharsch / WKN
Salve!
WKN 25 CD and LP are now in the hands of Tesco Distribution, so we expect them to be released in a few days/weeks, we
keep you updated.
Meanwhile WKN 25 7" (lim. ed. of 1ooo copies) will be available via WKN directly end of October. It contains the
slightly different video edit of "so bring your iron rain down upon me" as well as a remix of this song by :wumpscut: -
ready for the dancelfoor? Shake your arse!
Albin Julius
www.derblutharsch.com
- Cold Spring
The limited edition 12" vinyl "Instruo Vestri Pro Pugna!" is now in manufacture in time for the party. This is the first vinyl Cold Spring has produced since 1997! The 12" features exclusive tracks from Von Thronstahl, H.E.R.R. and Kriegsfall-U and will primarily be available to customers at the Cold Spring party. If there are copies remaining, they will be offered here first!
More info: www.coldspring.co.uk
- Crisis
"The reissued CRISIS material is scheduled for release by the end of this month/early November via Apop in America. It will receive the biggest distribution it can Worldwide. More news on that front will be provided by Apop to this list shortly - I hope!
At present, I am unsure whether or not NER mail order will make this issue part of its catalogue. We'll keep regular users posted.
Please note that if you have the Crisis double CD issued in the 1990s 'We Are All Jews And Germans' you will have all the recorded material featured on 'Holocaust Hymns', a single CD. In fact, more!
However, the difference is that it has been re-mastered and there is different artwork plus unseen photos from the period. It is issued in a jewel case.
A full track listing:
HOLOCAUST - PC 1984 - NO TOWN HALL - WHITE YOUTH - UK78 - BRUKWOOD HOSPITAL - ALIENATION - ON TV - LAUGHING -
BACK IN THE USSR - AFRAID - FRUSTRATION - RED BRIGADES - KANADA KOMMANDO -
(All the above were officially released on vinyl during the1970s/early 1980S)
MILITANT - KILL KILL KILL - PC 1984 - UK 78 - RED BRIGADES
(All demos/alternative versions)
ON TV - BACK IN THE USSR - FRUSTRATION -KANADA KOMMANDO
(All live recordings)"
(Douglas P.)
launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/deathinjune
- Durtro
9 October 2005
* Current 93 Coptic enamel badge
A beautiful badge has been manufactured in preparation for the release of BLACK SHIPS ATE THE SKY. It is black enamel
with gold Coptic text on it, and is translated as CURRENT 93/ALPHA Ý OMEGA. We expect delivery on 25 October. The badge
costs £3.00 plus VAT (where applicable) and postage, and is now available from the Durtro shop.
* Art prints by David Then Tibet and his other faces
We are starting a series of limited edition art prints of paintings by David Tibet/David Michael/David Whoever. They
are all limited to 100 copies, of which 93 are for sale. These are Giclée prints, printed on high quality 100% cotton rag
308 gsm Hahnemuehle paper with light-fast inks, and the colours are beautifully vivid.
Each print will be signed and numbered in pencil by the artist. In the case of the first image, THE GREAT IN THE SMALL,
which was originally printed on the CD and LP release of the album THE GREAT IN THE SMALL, the print will be signed by
"David Tibet", which and who is then who David thought he might be. Each print is A3 size, 297 mm x 420 mm / 11.75" x 16.5".
We expect delivery on 19 October. The print costs £35.00 plus VAT (where applicable) and postage, and is now available from
the Durtro shop.
* Black Ships Ate the Sky
Final recording takes place this week. The album is nearly finished, and will be released late January/early February.
Thank you all for your patience. There will be several other releases connected with the album coming out at the same time.
* Om/Current 93 split release on CD & 10"
Current 93 and Om www.holymountain.com/om are working on a split 10" and CD to be released in the first quarter of 2006.
The CD will be released on Durtro Jnana, and the 10" on Neurosis' Neurot Records www.neurotrecordings.com. As many of you
know, OM are undoubtedly David's favourite contemporary group, and their VARIATIONS ON A THEME album one of David's
favourite records ever ever ever. Nearly all of the musically active artists he loves these days are fundamentally solo
projects--Baby Dee, Simon Finn, Pantaleimon, Antony, 6 Organs Of Admittance, Bill Fay and so on. So he is particularly
honoured and proud to be working with OM on this release. Thank you Al and Chris. And David especially thanks Ben Chasny
for introducing him to OM's work whilst in Toronto earlier this year.
* Pantaleimon: 'Trees Hold Time' special edition
As most of you know 'Trees Hold Time' has been out of print for some time and many of you have been asking when it
will be re-pressed. This beautiful album will be re-pressed in its original form in the near future but until then, we are
pleased to announce that Durtro Jnana in Canada will be releasing a special edition print run of 300 signed copies. The
re-mastered CD will include an alternative mix by Michael Lawrence and Andria Degens of 'Change My World'. The full colour
CD will be encased within a black digipak, with signed insert and feature the original front cover artwork. Release date to
be announced soon.
* Durtro go to San Francisco
As Durtro will be with Current 93 in San Francisco from late October for a couple of weeks, we will not be able to
reply to any mail whilst we are away. The shop will remain open, but any letters sent after the 25 October will not be
answered until the second week of November.
All best wishes,
DURTRO
www.durtro.com
- Equilibrium Music / The Moon and the Nightspirit
The Moon and the Nightspirit (Hungary) "Of Dreams Forgotten and Fables Untold"
Digipak CD 2005, Equilibrium Music. Out on the 10th of October.
"The Moon and the Nightspirit is a musical project formed in 2003 by two seekers, Agnes and Mihaly. It is a mystical
journey into the amaranthine realm of dreams and beauty, long-forgotten by modern man. A journey inspired by pagan fables
and ancient hungarian folk music.
To share their experiences gained in worlds arcane with others, Agnes and Mihaly recorded a promotional EP in 2004,
and signed to Equilibrium Music for their first full-length album.
After a year of intense rehearsing and song-writing, they returned to the studio to record their debut album, Of Dreams
Forgotten and Fables Untold, this time with the help of a guest musician (Gabor Vegh) on percussions. The album contains
9 songs filled with enchanting female vocals, violins, woodwinds (kaval, low whistle, flute) and piano, accompanied by
acoustic guitars and shaman/frame drums.
Let the journey begin!" (press release)
www.themoon.equilibriummusic.com
- Punch Records / Wermut
Punch Records is glad to announce: WERMUT "Anna"
- digipak with 12 pages booklet, limited to 1000 copies
- releasedate: early November
"The third album of post-apocalyptic minimal electro twosome Wermut tells the story of Anna, a wooden Colin Archer yacht, which was build in the late 70s by Reiner and Petra, out of the desperate need to seek beyond their horizons. The cherished boat would lead them on a magic three-year-long journey to Scandinavia, Ireland, over the Atlantic and back.
A tale of passion, of revelation, of freedom … but also of loneliness and introspection.
Wermut and their guest musicians His Divine Grace and Frl. Tost give us the soundtrack to this outer and inner quest. A soothing mixture of acoustic music, electro-wave anthems and "fall on your knees"-ambient, this much awaited first CD combines magnificently both the folk and retro-electro influences of "Les cinq-à-sept post-néoistes" (OEC) and "Hoffnung" (Treue um Treue).
A conceptual, melancholic and visionary new album from a band which defies all labelling." (press release)
Tracklist: 1. Tide I 2. Maagen 3. Vague à L'Âme 4. Dreolin 5. Tide II 6. Anna 7. Till Sjöss 8. Thetis' Wrath
9. Tide III 10. Lis 11. In Tiefster Nacht 12. Safi 13. Tide IV
More info, cover, mp3: www.punchrecords.it
- Reue Um Reue
Out soon:
KOSTNICE - "FINSTERFELDEN" LP (RuR002)
12" LP on black vinyl - special sleeve with inserts - limited edition
Sofia E.R.'s necromantic solo-project Kostnice lures its listeners like the pipes of death into lands of
desolation and gloomy apathy, where life seems no more than a distant echo or a long forgotten memory. "Finsterfelden" is
a ceremonial march into the world beyond, a sombre procession in the limbo of our souls, a reminder of what is sure to come
and what therefore already is: our own death and life's vanity.
This second Kostnice output comes as a 12inch vinyl featuring 10 tracks of funeral march muzak, a blend of dark
soundscapes, soothing orchestral loops and discreet use of mysterious samples. The perfect soundtrack for our everyday
"Totentanz" and a must-have for all of you conscious living dead!" (press release)
Further details and sound clips: eys.online.fr/tutrur
- Sleeping Pictures
The new Sleeping Pictures website has just been launched in preparation for the soon to be released album "many hands
should throw stones". More information about this is available on the site as well as some news about what else the band
has been up to recently.
www.sleepingpictures.co.uk
- Tursa
First Tursa Download available from The Tursa Shop
MP3 EP with previews of tracks from upcoming Tursa projects.
These Cold Hands Compilation:
'These Cold Hands' Tony Wakeford
'The Blackleg Miner' Sol Invictus
'A Small Town In Germany' Tony Wakeford
'Not For Long' Sol Invictus
'The Malice of Inanimate Objects' Triple Tree
'Down The Road Slowly' Tony Wakeford
27:52
£3.00
www.tursa.com/store
2nd October 2005
- We've added reviews of :Of The Wand And The Moon: 'Hail! Hail! Hail!', Peter Ulrich 'Enter the Mysterium' and Taucher Magazine 01.
- Looking For Europe
* the CD Box:
The history of Neofolk - for the first time on CD - the compilation accompanying the seminal book "Looking For Europe".
The CD will be an exceedingly lavish 4-CD box, clothbound and gold-embossed with and extensive booklet (100 pages) featuring
liner notes, rare photos and a lot of information on the artists.
Looking For Europe features many rare, exclusive, and previously unreleased tracks, as well as the hits of Neofolk.
Included artists are Scott Walker, Nico, Death In June, The Strawbs, Sol Invictus, Laibach, Test Department, Fire + Ice,
Blood Axis, Genesis P. Orridge, Changes, Ordo Equitum Solis, Empyrium, Hagalaz Runedance, Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio, The
Royal Family And The Poor feat. Peter Hook (New Order, Joy Division), Der Blutharsch, Allerseelen, Tenhi, Boyd Rice, Kirlian
Camera, Paul Giovanni/Magnet, Orplid, Ataraxia, Ernte, Sieben and many more.
* the definitive Neofolk study:
21st October is the release date of the book "Looking For Europe", written by Andreas Diesel and Dieter Gerten. The book
will be in German language and is the definitive study of the Neofolk genre - the music underground's best-kept secret?
Neofolk has nothing to do with folksy sing-along music - this music stems from the dark Gothic music scene and is
nothing to sway to. It is a playground for punky attitudes and SS death-heads, for pastoral romanticism and Riefenstahl
aesthetics.
For years now, feelings have been running high about Neofolk. No other contemporary music genre raises so many questions
about freedom of art and freedom of speech.
Some of the bands are expressing euro-centric worldviews.
Right-wing populism or the cultural vision of a Europe marked by diversity?
Other bands cause offence with their use of symbols of the Third Reich.
Political statement or necessary shock art?
A few bands and fans wear Nazi and SS uniforms.
An aesthetic breakaway from the mainstream or profession of fascist leanings?
With more than 540 pages, Looking For Europe is the first book dealing in a comprehensive and non-dogmatic manner with
the blackest chapter of the music underground. All relevant bands of the genre are portrayed in exclusive interviews and
photos.
The book highlights the field of tension Neofolk is situated in. The range goes from fragile folk to noisy Industrial,
from right-wing anarchists to left-wing uniform wearers, from Paganism to Satanism and Christianity, from gay fetishism to
obscure artistic treatments of ideological propaganda.
There will be also a strictly limited Luxus Edition box set (500 copies worldwide)
This box contains clothbound and gold-embossed 4 CD Digipak, the book (in German) and an exclusive poster packaged in a
huge 31x31cm designed box.
www.auerbach.cd
- Ô Paradis / Punch Records
Out now: Ô Paradis "La Boca del Infierno" digipak CD
"La Boca Del Infierno" (Hell's Mouth) is by far the darkest and most suffered album by Ô Paradis.
As tracks go on you sink in a sort of dantesque circle, the boundary between joy and suffering, life and death, where Eros and Thanatos melt and become the same thing. The cover couldn't be more explicative! Is this the door to life and joy or isn't it more true that it's the door to hell and its torments?
Here Ô Paradis laid himself bare. Sounds have become more industrial and dreary than ever.
The warm and melancholic mediterranean ballads, dear to the heart of the catalan project, get oriented in more experimental directions; here melancholy leads to a truly dark and choking anguish." (press release)
Tracklist:
1. Tan Lejos
2. Veneno
3. Tokyo
4. De Espaldas
5. Voces
6. Nuevo Mundo
7. La Sangre
8. En Circulos
9. El Sueño
10. Tan Cerca
More info, order, mp3 extracts: www.punchrecords.it
- Ostara
Out now: 11 new songs with a bonus disc featuring an exclusive 8 minute track and alternate remixes all wrapped in a
splendid double gatefold digipak containing 24 page booklet with English/German lyrics.
MP3 samples: www.ostara.net/mp3.asp
The full version of the video www.ostara.net/video.asp
More info: www.ostara.net
- taalem / Kokeshidisk
1. taalem october releases
* first new 3" is tarkatak "eschgl hel" (alm 27). tarkatak has been active in the dark-ambient/droney genre for more than 10 years now and had
releases on various labels in the past (drone records, blade, prion...). this 22min track could easily be compared to some zoviet france or
andrew chalk works.
mp3 sample can be found at www.taalem.com/alm27-01.mp3
* second new 3" is cria cuervos "des tempes qui se vitrifient ou se
marbrent" (alm 28). this 20min piece could be depicted as the awakening of
a mysterious living being, discovering a hostile world... screepy dark ambient !
mp3 sample can be found at www.taalem.com/alm28-01.mp3
* check the taalem website for more info (complete press releases, covers).
2. Kokeshidisk october release
* sechres mound "D2 740m440" (kodi 3). third reference in the
Kokeshidisk sublabel devoted to rereleases. sechres mound was cédric
peyronnet (toy bizarre) and cyril herry (lecanora, exotoendo founder
member) experimenting in an unused & monumental tank in 1995 with found
material & built-in installations.
mp3 samples can be found at kokeshidisk.free.fr/kodi3-2.mp3 &
kokeshidisk.free.fr/kodi3-6.mp3
* check the Kokeshidisk website for more info (complete press release, cover).
www.taalem.com
kokeshidisk.free.fr
25th September 2005
- Allerseelen
The Allerseelen 7" Knospe (Carpenoctem) containing two brandnew Allerseelen krautfolk/krautpop/krautrock songs is
already available.
www.carpenoctem-records.be
The 'Wir rufen deine wölfe' T-Shirt is already available. Black cloth. M, L, XL.
7" - Euro 10 inclusive postage.
T-Shirt - Euro 15 inclusive postage.
The Allerseelen DoLP Gotos=Kalanda will be out within a few weeks.
Aorta c/o Petak, Postfach 778, A-1011 Wien
www.geocities.com/ahnstern
- Antony & The Johnsons
* Antony and the Johnsons won the 2005 Mercury Award Album of the Year for 'I Am a Bird Now'.
Antony appears in Laurie Anderson's new film 'Hidden Inside Mountains' as well as on the soundtrack for it.
Originally commissioned for the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi, Japan, this art film was shown last week at the
International Film Festival of Toronto.
More info: www.antonyandthejohnsons.com
* To be released on the October 25th: Antony & The Johnsons - You Are My Sister CD5/12"
secretlycanadian.com
- Beta-lactam Ring Records
* Release Updates:
Exclusive distribution for Tiliqua Records newest release by TAKAYANAGI MASAYUKI on cd and super limited LP. BlRR will
be distributing all the Tiliqua Records release for N. America. Some mighty tasty releases are in the works!
til5001 Takayanagi Masayuki "Action Direct" - 'Live at Zojoji Hall 1985' CD/LP
Exclusively distributed by BlRR and Highly Recommended! Available Oct. 15, 2005. "Action Direct" was first released by
Kojima ALM Records in 1985 in a tiny run and has been elusive ever since. Now, twenty years later, Tiliqua restores it to
its former glory in the form of an identical limited LP edition (of 250 copies) and a first time ever limited CD edition (of 800 copies). The CD version is carefully crafted and housed in a deluxe fold out sturdy carton mini-LP styled record sleeve (hand numbered) complete with fully detailed and extensive liner notes by Alan Licht and Johan Wellens. The LP comes as a hand numbered deluxe hard carton single jacket edition containing an explanatory insert that is printed separately on high quality glossy paper. Both editions are true beauties to behold, doing the music and Takayanagi justice. As far as the music is concerned, I leave you with a few quotes lifted out of the liner notes in order for you to get a glimpse of the stratospherically heights the music tends to skyrocket into. "Action Direct is his final extension of his Mass Projection/cool mode - the spaces in his playing now filled in with tapes and effects instead of reeds, bass, cello and drums, the sustain now applied to a wall of sound rather than simple guitar feedback, the spare gestures now appearing against a self-created backdrop of noise."
mt072 irr. app. (ext.) 'Perekluchenie' LP
Vol. 2 Records are not for Baking. Available Oct. 3, 2005. 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.
One thinks lovingly on Hafler Trio, P16.D4, NWW, Chris Watson, etc. Put your Irr. to the App. and get (Ext.)!
We will be releasing a CD version of the fantastic album 'Perekluchenie' by irr. app. (ext.) on Oct. 18, 2005. Mp3
samples, tracklist available on the website.
mt090 Edward Ka-Spel 'A Red Long Ladder to the Moon' CD/3LP
CD available Oct. 15th. 3LP Available Oct. 31st on double vinyl with a bonus 4th side of music and the first 200 copies
include a bonus album "Hey Rainman (first version)." A resonance of weightless ascension? More like an old kit bag full of
songs and ruminations made to be sung whilst climbing, hoping for a taste of green cheese.
mt096 The Silverman 'Nature of Illusion' 2CD/LP+CD
Available Oct. 15th, 2005 in a 5 color boardstock gatefold wallet and special LP with bonus CD. Features a special
vocal performance by Edward Ka-Spel. One of the truest indications of a good record is when it sounds like something is
starting to go wrong with the car while listening to it. For fans of Fax and Emit label, Mirror, old school Ina Grm works,
La Monte Young, Ivo Malec...
mt099 george&caplin 'Electronic Eulogy' LP+7"
LP and bonus 7". Ed. of 300 copies released Oct. 3, 2005. Clearly one of the bright spots to rise up out of the
so-called Electroclash debacle. Where groups like Chicks On Speed and Felix Da Housecat ultimately end up creating
dance-floor anthems, G&C have been that weird brother hiding in the corner making minimalist masterpieces with dusty
equipment.
mt101 Legendary Pink Dots 'A Dream is a Dream is a Dream' DVD
Available Oct. 15th, 2005. Region Free DVD. This historical DVD release is the earliest known live-concert footage
of the group recorded live in 1987 featuring the 6 piece line up.
mt113 Edward Ka-Spel 'Laugh China Doll' CD
Available Oct. 15th, 2005 in a 5 color gatefold wallet. Each CD will have a coupon to receive a bonus CD of new
material once all the solo albums of Edward have been reissued. In 1984 when "Laugh China Doll" and "Dance, China Doll"
first appeared, it was difficult enough to try and suss the Legendary Pink Dots. For the few, the proud, the brave who
actually had some of the early cassettes, it was apparent that LPDs' had some serious avant-garde habits.
mt112 Edward Ka-Spel 'Happy New Year' CD
Available Now! Ed. of 325 numbered copies in a 6 color gatefold boardstock sleeve and insert. Normally it begins with
kisses so clumsily delivered that I've been known to have traces of lipstick on my eyeballs the next day. Still New Year's
Eve 2004 was a different kind of occasion.
mt054 Edward Ka-Spel 'O Darkness! O Darkness!
Available Now! This is the standard/non-gimmick sleeve edition. Vinyl only release and all copies on 180 gram
audiophile vinyl in a heavy boardstock gatefold cover. "Before the soul can hear, the image has to become as deaf to the
roarings as to whispers, ...
blur01 Ariel Kalma 'Osmose' CD
Release date Oct. 15th, 2005. Includes 3 bonus tracks recorded during the same sessions. Ariel's musical minimalism
avoids being serialist or academic, despite being part of the INA GRM studios for many years. So, neither is it concrete
like Parmeggiani or Risset, nor is it classical like Philip Glass or Michael Nyman. If anything, Ariel's music is deeply
cosmic, sometimes even a bit psych, ala the great Krauts of yore: old Tangerine Dream, Sand, Cluster etc. His cathedral
like tones and running counterpoints actually give the rainforest noise a sinister edge. For fans of Emit/Fax label,
synth, prog, psych, Mirror, field recordings.
hr004 Mingo 'The Once And Future World' CD
Available! In this half-dream state, one can find Mingo's "The Once and Future World," a thickly-layered experience
with swooning analogue textures and subtle rhythms. The listener is drawn into a deep, heady realm perfect for the
inner-space explorer equipped with headphones, and the dim lighting suitable for a midnight foray into the realm of the
planets.
We are now taking orders to subscribe to our 'Records are not for Baking' series! with: Friday Group, La STPO,
irr.app.(ext.), Christus & The Cosmonaughts, Brunnen, Nurse With Wound/Aranos. The subscriber editions will be limited to
200 copies. Each LP release will include a bonus picture disk 12" that will be exclusive to the release. A total of 6 Lp's
plus 6 bonus picture disks, poster & some having original artwork plus a few surprises along the way!. Each subscriber
will receive the same number for each release. The regular editions of each LP will be limited to 800 copies but will not
contain any bonus 12" picture disk. The cost includes postage but insurance will be extra.
* Projects Forthcoming:
Release soon with george&caplin, Waldteufel, La STPO, Wander/Andrew Liles, Green Milk from the Planet Orange, Volcano
the Bear, Nurse With Wound, Armchair Migraine Journey...
www.blrrecords.com
- Black Sun Productions
"dear all of you,
please allow me to introduce you to the relaunched Black Sun Productions official website.
BSP is an international collective of radical artists. our main aim is the independent production of musick, artworks and other acts and artifacts. we are located in Anarcadia and this website is intended to make our art generally available.
among the BSP featured artists are Massimo & Pierce, draZen, Mariae Nascenti and Testing Vault. during the recent years BSP collaborated with projects and artists such as COIL, Lydia Lunch, HR Giger, Val Denham, Scott Treleaven, Fabrizio Palumbo (Larsen), Joke Lanz (Sudden Infant), Julia Kent (Antony and the Johnsons) and many others.
the latest BSP release, the critically acclaimed CD operettAmorale (DivF01), is out now on Divine Frequency and distributed by Old Evropa Cafe.
a new BSP studio album, tentatively titled The Impossibility of Silence, is scheduled for release in 2006. a series of limited edition CDRs is planned for release throughout next year on the independent label Anarcocks.
thank you for your time and attention. all the blessed.
Ariot Fleischmann
www.black-sun-productions.com
- Der Blutharsch
Short pre-view of the forthcoming album by Der Blutharsch at: members.aon.at/d.b.
- Cold Spring
New for Autumn 2005. Available for pre-order now!
* Archon Satani | Mind Of Flesh & Bones (CSR63CD)
"The classic Archon Satani album, out of print for over a decade, remastered and repackaged! Archon Satani are one
of the founding voices of Death Industrial - with their unique style being emulated to this day. The Swedish duo of Mikael
Stravöstrand (Inanna, Mitek) and Tomas Petersson (Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio) create claustrophobic, ritualistic, menacing
anthems - now unleashed onto a new generation. The Archon Satani project finished with the Cold Spring releases
"The Rightous Way To Completion" (CD) and "The Final Completion" (10" picture disc) in 1997." (press release)
* Various Artists | Swarm (CSR60CD)
"We are very pleased to announce the brand new Cold Spring label sampler! One of the most modern and comprehensive
examples of the scene today and a unique insight into the future of Cold Spring. "Swarm" features 22 exclusive tracks
from all these astounding Cold Spring artists, recorded specifically for this collection. Presented in a double gatefold
pack with sumptuous artwork by O. Lomer. A double CD for the price of a single CD!
Exclusive tracks by: A Challenge Of Honour, Andrew Liles, Band Of Pain, Bleiburg feat. Werkraum/Von Thronstahl, Clear
Stream Temple, Deadwood, Fredrik Klingwall, H.E.R.R., Kreuzweg Ost, John Watermann, Goatvargr, Kriegsfall-U, Merzbow Vs.
Nordvargr, Von Thronstahl, Shinjuku Thief, Necropolis, Werkraum, Sistrenatus, Schloss Tegal, Tenhornedbeast and Zos Kia" (press release)
* Cold Spring | Official T-Shirt (CSR59TS)
"We are very pleased to announce the release of the official Cold Spring t-shirt to co-incide with our 15 Year
Anniversary! This quality black shirt features the Cold Spring 'button' logo printed in blood red and is limited to
just 100 copies! Available in all sizes! Hurry! These won't be around for long! Available end of September! Please state
preferred size when ordering! XS - girlie / S - small / M - medium / L - large / XL - extra large" (press release)
Pre-order, mp3s: www.coldspring.co.uk
- Construct.Destroy.Collective
Construct.Destroy.Collective is a label from Slovakia, focusing on releasing Slovak industrial / experimental / ambient / noise music.
New release! Construct.Destroy.Collective presents the first album by Wycroy Crowje. "Twoystroy" is a very emotional record full of strange, yet fascinating atmospheres. The band's sound is very unique, combining elements of ambient and ethno, with a distant rattling of industrial machines in the background. The rather calm atmosphere of the album invites the listener to sit back and enjoy a journey to far lands, waiting to be discovered. "Twoystroy" is a challenging album without the usual cliches - the band wasn't following the trends in the ambient/industrial scene for a few years now, so the musical statement is truly sincere." (press release)
The album is released in a limited edition of 100 numbered copies in a handmade cardboard-paper cover.
More info, order: www.constructdestroy.tk
- DBPIT
- a new interview to DBPIT is online: www.filthforge.net/the_forge.htm
- 3" cd "freak nerve cell from outer space" out now: www.chondriticsound.com/catalog.shtml
- participation: www.steinklang-records.at/koji-tano.html
- DBPIT live: oct.20th Bologna (italy) XM24 + nov. 5th wetzlar (germany) info: www.ghastlymurder.org
More info: www.derbekannte.com
- Durtro
22 September 2005
* Antony and the Johnsons win the Mercury prize:
We were so happy and excited to hear that Antony and the Johnsons so deservedly won the Mercury Music Prize. David had
lunch with Antony, as well as with Simon Norris of Cyclobe, Geoff Cox-Dorée, Henry Boxer and Timothy d'Arch Smith on
Tuesday afternoon before the Award. We all told Antony he would win, but he refused to believe it. He is, as we have always
said, a star, and we are very proud to have released his first two recordings and to be working still with him on different
forthcoming projects, as well as with Julia Kent, their amazingly talented cellist. Congratulations also to Secretly
Canadian and Rough Trade for their massive success with them.
* Black Ships Ate the Sky special edition:
Some people wrote in saying they wished to subscribe to this item but were away on holiday. It will be put back into
the shop for one week only and then removed for good. The album is released in February 2006.
* New reissue of Nurse With Wound's 'Salt Marie Celeste' CD soon available:
We are now taking pre-orders for this title. It is a straight reissue with the artwork corrected from the first
pressing. We are expecting it in stock on around 30 September. PLEASE NOTE: this CD will be sent from Canada.
* News from Pantaleimon:
Pantaleimon are going into the studio in October to record their new album. You can also now receive news updates of
their activities by email. To subscribe, please go to their website www.pantaleimon.com.
* Om live show in London:
I was lucky enough to see OM at their London show at the Camden Underworld earlier this month. Hypnotically,
tremendously, beautifully powerful.
* At Sunset Black Ships Ate the Sky hand-printed text:
We have received these books from the printer, Alan Anderson, and David has signed and numbered them all. However the
CD factory has had problems with their mastering equipment so we have been told today that we will not be receiving the CDs
until next week. This means that we will not be posting out the finished CD/book until the end of September. Apologies for
this delay.
* David's record collection to be sold:
I will be selling the majority of my record collection soon, although I haven't yet decided exactly how. This will
include many rarities, rare private pressings, oddities and one-offs. I need the space and have so much in storage that
I no longer access ever. And I am sick of stuff.
* BM WOUND is ded ded ded:
We have closed the BM WOUND, LONDON, WC1N 3XX, UK address. Any mail sent to that address will be returned to sender.
The only address now valid for Durtro and Current 93 is:
Suite 93
355 Byres Road
Glasgow
G12 8QZ
Scotland
* More update information and credits on the to-be-reprinted page 11 of Judas as Black Moth:
More information has had to be added to this online page which will be in the booklet. My inaccuracy and incompetence
is being further confirmed every day as I now realise that I left out all of Joolie Wood's credits too. And apologies to
Joolie sweetheart too for missed texts.
To download the 'missing page' for printing and inserting into the current CD booklet, click here. (PDF; 3.9 MB)
* Richard Moult: In the Heart of the Wood prints:
My friend Richard has created some beautiful prints inspired by the lyrics of the C93 track IN THE HEART OF THE WOOD
(AND WHAT I FOUND THERE). These cost £39 each and are available from his website www.gazetree.com.
www.durtro.com
- Ianva
A new section devoted to "Disobbedisco!", IANVA's forthcoming debut album (track list, cover sleeve design and comments included).
English version here: www.illevriero.it/ianva/disobbedisco-e.asp
- Jnana
Nurse With Wound: Salt Marie Celeste
We are now taking pre-orders for this title. It is a straight reissue with the artwork corrected from the first pressing. We are expecting it in stock on around September 30.
jnanarecords.com
- Klanggalerie
new CD release:
gg111 :Zoviet France: - Music for a Spaghetti Western
A previously unreleased album recorded back in 1986 by members Robin Storey, Ben Ponton and Paolo di Paolo. Artwork by
Robin Storey. A masterpiece in its genre!
Still fresh:
gg92 The New Blockaders/Gosplan Trio - Sound Sketch for Raging Flames
A unique collaboration between UK´s anti-artists TNB and a Russian free jazz trio. Harsh noise meets saxophone, guitars
and voice. Very limited edition of only 350 copies.
www.klanggalerie.com
- Ostara
Ostara video trailer: www.ostara.net/video.asp. Full version coming soon.
- Post Crash High
The first album by Post Crash High (side project to The Joy of Nature and Discipline) "The apocalypse came yesterday
and no one noticed" is now available. The site is available at postcrash.221design.com (although it is not yet
complete, it's almost) and there you can find some information about this project.
- Shayo
* Martyn Bates' Mystery Seas re-issue on digipack will finally be released before the end of September.
* Next and last releases for 2005: a brand new album by Neither Neither World and maybe a compilation of rarities by In Gowan Ring.
* People interested to read about Shayo can find some lines by :
www.topiste.com/iN_tensioN/article.php3?id_article=195 (an interview in english by our Topy friends!)
www.lecourrier.ch (a good article about the label and In Gowan Ring by this sympathic "altermondialiste" diary of Geneva (issue of August 27th).
More info: www.shayo.ch
- Koji Tano / Steinklang
Tribute to Koji Tano
The Koji Tano tribute website is online since 31.08.2005 under: www.steinklang-records.at/koji-tano.html
There You can find 10 full-length CDs, packed in .mp3-folders for free download. all music was done by friends and fans
of Koji Tano, to honour the lifework of this unforgettable Japanese artist. the 10 CDs include 154 artists from 31
countries (12:30 hours of exclusive music!), followed by a statement to Koji Tano by each artist.
We did not send out this information earlier, because of heavy server-problems in the first week due to way too many
downloads. EACH of the 10 CDs was downloaded more than 1000 times by far in the first 3 days only. Finally we are on a new
server with enough capacity and download should work unlimited now.
Finally to all of You, who downloaded the 10 CDs already, please download CD10 and the cover-inside once again, because
6 more tracks were added later.
- David E. Williams
* a.d. amorosi presents
GERM AWARENESS NIGHT II
Concelebrated by Germ Books + Gallery of Philadelphia
www.germbooks.com
Monday, October 10, 2005, 9pm
"Wish an early happy birthday to Aleister Crowley!"
Free - Ages 21 and over
BAR NOIR
112 S. 18TH STREET, PHILADELPHIA
- David E. Williams and Friends
Cabaret with Clarinet, a Cover Song and a Hymn to the Genius of Idi Amin.
Featuring Ken Brune and the Gals from Olivia Neutron Bomb.
David's performance begins at approximately 9pm.
- Oneiric Imperium
Philly's Metrognostic Guerilla Art Noise Cult- "the out sound from way in"
www.myspace.com/oneiricimperium
- Parasite Militia
Industribal Chaos Musick on the Neueschwabenland Express
www.myspace.com/parasitemilitia
* Jerome Deppe Solo CD!!!
It is simply impossible to overstate the importance of Jerome Deppe and his Gibson Les Paul to the music of
David E. Williams. Whether advancing the theme in orchestral fashion or darkly contradicting a major key motive, his
transcendent solos for "in sickness and in sickness" and "That Skirt's Too Short For a Funeral, Honey" advanced these
songs well beyond their pigeonholes of "gothic rock", "dark pop", or "neofolk". On the other hand, the disciplined
baritone of his backing vocals often provided (bear with us as we stretch this metaphor a bit) an anchor for listeners
cast about in the maelstrom of Williams' very vocal id.
Before this all starts sounding like an obituary (editor-"too late!"), fans will be happy to learn of Mr. Deppe's
first solo album, a limited edition CD-R entitled The Absence of Light on Old Europa Café (the only record label that
matters!) Here's a semi-official press release: "Combines dreamy, haunting melodies with feelings of abandonment and
loss. Post apocalyptic art rock with a touch of film noir and even an ambient version of a popular 60's lounge song.
Crafted and recorded entirely underground to accentuate the feelings of despair and finality."
www.oldeuropacafe.com
* D.E.W. = M.C. for A.K. at G.B. + G.
The Andrew King performance introduced by D.E.W. on September 4 at Germ Books was an astounding success, probably
the most popular event in the store's history! About 40 people crammed into the store and another dozen or so had to be
turned away (although some chose to remain outside on lawn chairs provided by a neighbor). Andrew was in good voice and
the proper spirits were properly evoked. Thanks to Philly Fringe, Jennifer Bates, Scriabin, Tristan Deppe, Jerome Deppe,
Babs and all who promoted on the web.
www.davidewilliams.com
4th September 2005
- We've added an interview with the German neofolk act Nebelung and a review of Ô Paradis 'El Juego Negro'.
- Ataraxia / Ark Records
Ataraxia - "Arcana Eco"
Book + CD, 2005 ARK Records
Obscura 1
ARK004-OBS001
Italian and English versions.
BOOK
"Pilgrimages"
Preface
Chapt. I Stone
Chapt. II Water
Chapt. III Passages
Chapt. IV Dream
Chapt. V Contemplation
Chapt. VI Light
Interview
"La Ruche"
Full discography
Arcana Eco lyrics
CD
Cobalt (exclusive new song)
Astimelusa (new key-chimes version)
Mirsilo (exclusive new song)
Fire in the Wood (exclusive new song)
Nossa Senhora dos Anjos (new studio version)
De Pourpre et d'Argent ('A baroque divertissement' version)
The Island of Docteur Moreau (exclusive new song)
"I made many pilgrimages, the flowing water and the ancient stone were my masters, History and Time were my mother and father..."
Everything has its origins in the stone and the stone is at the origin of everything. The stone is a natural element
that can be embroidered to create daring architectures or remain massive and impenetrable to the light. Ataraxia have built
the foundations of their manor with that rough material to make them stronger and unaffectable by time.
The water, symbol of death, re-birth, eternal rest and regeneration, has become their spiritual guide and has given
them the chance to progress, to shape and to transform their art throughout the years. Then, the doors of the realm of
dreams have opened to allow them to cross deeper dimensions belonging to an ancestral past and attain contemplation. At
the end, walking through a labyrinth leading to a painful and surprising knowledge of themselves, they achieved a new
state of enlightenment. What distinguishes a raw stone from a precious one lies in its capacity to be crossed by light
and filter it.
"Arcana Eco" is a journey from the rocky underworld up to an eden of light.
"Arcana Eco" is a book describing the story of Ataraxia's albums through the images of voyage that inspired them.
"Arcana Eco" is also the travel diary of Ferruccio Filippi, a music journalist who reached Ataraxia's place to talk
with them about their art.
"Arcana Eco" is a voyage within a voyage.
BOOK (164 pages full colours, 188x137 mm): six chapters developping through Livio Bedeschi's photos, Ferruccio Filippi's
reflections and Francesca Nicoli's writings; an exhaustive interview; a full discography and the "Arcana Eco" Cd lyrics.
CD : 7 exclusive tracks recorded and mixed between April and July 2004 (total length 36 mn), four of them are new, the
other three are older songs revisited with a today sensibility.
"Arcana Eco" is the first number of "Obscura", a collection of monographs dedicated to the main names of the obscure music.
Packaging : The CD is into a DVD-pack. The book and the Dvd-pack are into a slipcase.
www.arkrecords.net
- Beta-lactam Ring Records
New releases from Beta-lactam Ring Records with: Edward Ka-Spel, Silverman, Legendary Pink Dots, irr. app. (ext.), george&caplin and Ariel Kalma. Coming soon: Nurse With Wound 'Rock N Roll Station', Waldteufel 'Sanguis', Steven Stapleton 'AEF' Book/CD, La STPO 'Slices of Thrown Time'.
blur01 Ariel Kalma 'Osmose' CD
Release date Oct. 15th, 2005. Includes 3 bonus tracks recorded during the same sessions. Ariel's musical minimalism avoids being serialist or academic, despite being part of the INA GRM studios for many years. So, neither is it concrete like Parmeggiani or Risset, nor is it classical like Philip Glass or Michael Nyman. If anything, Ariel's music is deeply cosmic, sometimes even a bit psych, ala the great Krauts of yore: old Tangerine Dream, Sand, Cluster etc. His cathedral like tones and running counterpoints actually give the rainforest noise a sinister edge. For fans of Emit/Fax label, synth, prog, psych, Mirror, drone, field recordings.
mt072 irr. app. (ext.) 'Perekluchenie' LP
Vol. 2 Records are not for Baking. Available Oct. 3, 2005. 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. One thinks lovingly on Hafler Trio, P16.D4, NWW, Chris Watson, etc. Put your Irr. to the App. and get (Ext.)!
mt090 Edward Ka-Spel 'A Red Ladder to the Moon' CD/3LP
CD available Oct. 15th. 3LP Available Oct. 31st on double vinyl with a bonus 4th side of music and the first 200 copies include a bonus album "Hey Rainman (first version)." A resonance of weightless ascension? More like an old kit bag full of songs and ruminations made to be sung whilst climbing, hoping for a taste of green cheese.
mt096 The Silverman 'Nature of Illusion' 2CD/LP+CD
Available Oct. 15th, 2005 in a 5 color boardstock gatefold wallet and special LP with bonus CD. Features Edward Ka-Spel on vocals. One of the truest indications of a good record is when it sounds like something is starting to go wrong with the car while listening to it. For fans of Fax and Emit label, Mirror, old school Ina-Gram works, La Monte Young, Ivo Malec...
mt099 george&caplin 'Electronic Eulogy' LP+7"
LP and bonus 7". Ed. of 300 copies released Oct. 3, 2005. Clearly one of the bright spots to rise up out of the so-called Electroclash debacle. Where groups like Chicks On Speed and Felix Da Housecat ultimately end up creating dance-floor anthems, G&C have been that weird brother hiding in the corner making minimalist masterpieces with dusty equipment.
mt101 Legendary Pink Dots 'A Dream is a Dream is a Dream' DVD
Available Oct. 15th, 2005. Region Free DVD. This historical DVD release is the earliest known live-concert footage of the group recorded live in 1987 featuring the 6 piece line up.
mt113 Edward Ka-Spel 'Laugh China Doll' CD
Available Oct. 15th, 2005 in a 5 color gatefold wallet. Each CD will have a coupon to receive a bonus CD of new material once all the solo albums of Edward have been reissued. In 1984 when "Laugh China Doll" and "Dance, China Doll" first appeared, it was difficult enough to try and suss the Legendary Pink Dots. For the few, the proud, the brave who actually had some of the early cassettes, it was apparent that LPDs' had some serious avant-garde habits.
mt112 Edward Ka-Spel 'Happy New Year' CD
Available Now! Ed. of 325 numbered copies in a 6 color gatefold boardstock sleeve and insert. Normally it begins with kisses so clumsily delivered that I've been known to have traces of lipstick on my eyeballs the next day. Still New Year's Eve 2004 was a different kind of occasion.
mt112 Edward Ka-Spel 'O Darkness! O Darkness!
Available Now! This is the standard/non-gimmick sleeve edition. Vinyl only release and all copies on 180 gram audiophile vinyl in a heavy boardstock gatefold cover. "Before the soul can hear, the image has to become as deaf to the roarings as to whispers, ...
More info, mp3's and images: www.blrrecords.com
- Der Blutharsch
WKN 25 - Der Blutharsch : When did wonderland end?
CD/LP will be released mid October and distributed via Tesco Germany. "When did wonderland end?" shows the more "rock" oriented side of Der Blutharsch and besides the regular line up (Marthynna, Jörg B., Bain Wolfkind and Albin Julius) DB on this album got supported by: Paola Andrea Riascos ( TERRORITMO), Christine K (GRAUMAHD), Matt Howden (SIEBEN), Alessio B. (VARUNNA) and Didi Bruckmayer (of Austrian famous band "FUCKHEAD"). The first 3000 copies will come with a bonus DVD with a brand new video of one of the songs from the album (as usual "untitled"..::=) - the video has been produced and directed by Italian film artist Davide Pepe. WKN 25 should be officially available October 16th 2oo5 - plus the usual delay caused by bad circumsances.
Albin Julius
www.derblutharsch.com
- Butcher's House Prod
Hi friends of the meat!
I have some news for you...
In date 20 September I will stop the butcher's house prod. activities for one or two months because I'll move to London. But your favorite industrial label will come back with a great surprise... The new macelleria mobile di mezzanotte's release on real cd audio format!
Alessandro.
www.butchershouse.com
- Cold Spring
Available for pre-order now:
* Archon Satani | Mind Of Flesh & Bones (CSR63CD)
"The classic Archon Satani album, out of print for over a decade, remastered and repackaged! Archon Satani are one of the founding voices of Death Industrial - with their unique style being emulated to this day. The Swedish duo of Mikael Stravöstrand (Inanna, Mitek) and Tomas Petersson (Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio) create claustrophobic, ritualistic, menacing anthems - now unleashed onto a new generation. The Archon Satani project finished with the Cold Spring releases "The Rightous Way To Completion" (CD) and "The Final Completion" (10" picture disc) in 1997." (press release)
* Various Artists | Swarm (CSR60CD)
"We are very pleased to announce the brand new Cold Spring label sampler! One of the most modern and comprehensive examples of the scene today and a unique insight into the future of Cold Spring. "Swarm" features 22 exclusive tracks from all these astounding Cold Spring artists, recorded specifically for this collection. Presented in a double gatefold pack with sumptuous artwork by O. Lomer. A double CD for the price of a single CD!
Exclusive tracks by: A Challenge Of Honour, Andrew Liles, Band Of Pain, Bleiburg feat. Werkraum / Von Thronstahl, Clear Stream Temple, Deadwood, Fredrik Klingwall, Goatvargr, H.E.R.R., John Watermann, Kreuzweg Ost, Kriegsfall-U, Merzbow vs. Nordvargr, Necropolis, Schloss Tegal, Shinjuku Thief, Sistrenatus, Tenhornedbeast, Von Thronstahl, Werkraum and Zos Kia." (press release)
More info, mp3s: www.coldspring.co.uk
- Death In June
* Behind the Mask, featuring Douglas Pearce (Crisis & Death in June respectively), is a glimpse into a life of imposed militarism, art, and extremely deep emotional journeys. It's a look at what happened before the music started and the formative building blocks that influence[d] his art and life. Its flow replicates a meandering day-long conversation held between Douglas Pearce and Darryl Hell at Mindswerve Studio in 2004.
Filmed @ the HellLab Underground winter 2005, and Pyramid club, New York City, spring 2005
s6k Entertainment & Voidstar Productions
present
Behind the Mask
Douglas P.
a videomovie by Darryl Hell
"This captures my personal zeitgeist." Douglas P.
the breakdown:
trt: 62 mins. + bonus footage
release date: nov 21, 2005
$25 DVD [ntsc]
$32 limited special issue CAN DVD [ntsc]
(aluminum can case + goodies inside)
$30 limited issue VHS [ntsc, pal] + extra exclusive footage
[prices in us currency, shipping not included]
we will begin taking reserved payments on sept 1st, 2005.
for complete ordering info go to www.noisebase.com/voidstore/index.php
director/executive producer : darryl hell
associate director : wolfgang busch
video and audio editing : darryl hell & wolfgang busch
cameras : wolfgang busch & darryl hell
production & promotional support : jane elizabeth-tesco distribution usa
audio mastering : xris flam @ mindswerve studio, nyc
legal : madama griffitts llp
* Death In June : Live in New York
Tesco USA is pleased to announce this forthcoming DVD release due Fall 2005! A beautiful and unique documentary piece filmed at Walker Stage in New York on November 10, 2002, nearly 21 years to the day since the band's live debut opening for The Birthday Party in London.
Info: store.tesco-distro.com
www.deathinjune.net
- Dominion
DOMINION NEWS 16 (2005)
This is the sixteenth newsletter from Dominion, providing details on recent releases in areas both of publishing (Dominion Press, and other print projects by Michael Moynihan and Annabel Lee, as well as their record label Storm) and music (Blood Axis, Alraune, and related recordings of interest), etc.
CONTENTS:
-- New book published: _Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants_ by Christian Rätsch
-- Heathen Art Exhibit in Portland, Ore.
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An incredible new reference work: _The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants: Ethnopharmacology and Its Applications_
By Christian Rätsch
Foreword by Albert Hofmann
Translated by John R. Baker, with assistance from Annabel Lee and Cornelia Ballent
ISBN: 0-89281-978-2
Hardcover, 944 pages; 8.50 (width) x 11.00 (height)
797 color photographs and 645 b&w illustrations
Park Street Press, $125.00
The most comprehensive guide to the botany, history, distribution, and cultivation of all known psychoactive plants
In the traditions of every culture, plants have been highly valued for their nourishing, healing, and transformative properties. The most powerful plants--those known to transport the human mind into other dimensions of consciousness--have traditionally been regarded as sacred. In _The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants_ Christian Rätsch details the botany, history, distribution, cultivation, and preparation and dosage of more than 400 psychoactive plants. He discusses their ritual and medicinal usage, cultural artifacts made from these plants, and works of art that either represent or have been inspired by them. The author begins with 168 of the most well-known psychoactives--such as cannabis, datura, and papaver--then presents 133 lesser known substances as well as additional plants known as "legal highs," plants known only from mythological contexts and literature, and plant products that include substances such as ayahuasca, incense, and soma.
The text is lavishly illustrated with 800 color photographs--many of which are from the author's extensive fieldwork around the world--showing the people, ceremonies, and art related to the ritual use of the world's sacred psychoactives.
Christian Rätsch, Ph.D., is a world-renowned anthropologist and ethnopharmacologist who specializes in the shamanic uses of plants. He is the author of Marijuana Medicine and coauthor of Plants of the Gods, Shamanism and Tantra in the Himalayas, and Witchcraft Medicine. He lives in Hamburg, Germany, and lectures around the world.
Note: this book can be obtained for a considerable discount if bought through Amazon.
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An exhibit of "Heathen Art"opens in Portland, Ore., and will remain up until late September. Among many other interesting things, the show features two paintings by Michael Moynihan. Some further information on the artists and the show itself can be found at the link below.
HEATHEN ART Group Show
Madeline von Foerster
Michael Moynihan
Markus Wolff
Robert N. Taylor
Nicholas Tesluk
Bobby Beausoleil
Dennis Dread
Scott Rautmann
Jason Hovatter Craban
White Hart Forge
Juleigh & Dave Hobson
Uwe Nolte (Germany)
Roberto A. Jaras L. (Chile)
Opening Thursday, August 25th, 2005, 6-10 pm.
Optic Nerve Arts
1829 NE Alberta, Suite 11, Portland, Oregon.
503-287-0339
More information about the artists can be found on the Optic Nerve Arts website: www.opticnervearts.com/upcoming.html
END OF DISPATCH.
- Durtro
23 August 2005
* Judas as Black Moth: an important omission:
On receiving JUDAS AS BLACK MOTH, I was very disappointed to note an important omission, which is absolutely the result
of my careless and thoughtless proofreading, of credits regarding those who have worked and created with me in Current 93
over the years covered on the JUDAS AS BLACK MOTH retrospective. This omission relates primarily to Michael Cashmore, but
also to the musical and creative involvement of Maja Elliott on five tracks, Tony Wakeford on two tracks, Douglas P. on one
track, and Ben Chasny on one track. My profound apologies, especially to Michael, for my error.
We have created a 'missing page' (see below) for downloading and printing, so it may be added to the current CD booklet
of JUDAS AS BLACK MOTH. I have also spoken to Sanctuary Records, and they will be reprinting the booklet to take account of
this omission. Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa.
On page 11 in the information small print the text reads 'All songs written by David Michael Late TibetŠ except disc 2,
track 12 written by Tony (T.S.) McPhee. and published by Heat Music, 1974.'
The section should have read as follows below.
David Michael, 23 August 2005.
Omitted section:
All texts written by David Tibet, with the exception of 'Oh Coal Black Smith', 'All the Pretty Little Horses' and 'All
the Pretty Little Horsies', which are traditional, and the phrase, "Why can't we all just walk away?", which Jhonn Balance
wrote in the studio whilst recording the track 'The Starres Are Marching Sadly Home'. Music on Disc One written as follows: track 1 Jhonn Balance/Current 93/Michael Cashmore; tracks 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 Michael Cashmore; track 5 Ben Chasny; track 6 David Tibet/Current 93; track 9 Douglas P./David Tibet/Current 93. Music on Disc Two written as follows: tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 13 Michael Cashmore; tracks 8, 9 Tony Wakeford/Current 93/David Tibet; track 11 David Tibet/Current 93; track 12 Tony (T.S.) McPhee; track 14 Steven Stapleton/David Tibet/Thomas Ligotti/Current 93. Tracks 3, 8, 18 on Disc One and tracks 2, 7 on Disc Two were arranged by Maja Elliott from original music and adaptations by Michael Cashmore and Current 93. Current 93 were, for the majority of the Black Moth Songs herein, David Tibet, Michael Cashmore and Steven Stapleton, who created the Final Black Moth Sound as Judas. All musics finished by Current 93 and Her Faces. All tracks (p) Copyright Control except 'Sad-Go-Round' (p) Heat Music (1974).
'Missing page':
To download a 'missing page' for printing and inserting into the current CD booklet, click here. (PDF; 3.9 MB)
31 August 2005
Dear All:
A brief Durtro update, with none of the apocalyptic raving from David that I know so many of you look forward to. I am
building a castle out of colours and will manifest soon.
* Under the Rain and Teeth of Gods advance orders
Black Ships Ate the Sky subscribers' edition
These two pre-order items will be removed from the shop at midnight UK time Wednesday 31 August. Orders made before
this date get the free CD that comes with each item when they are released. After they are removed from the shop they will
not be available for order until they are released, and will not come with the extra CD. The release date for BLACK SHIPS
has now been moved to January/February 2006 as David Michael, Michael Cashmore, David Tibet, Steven Stapleton and other
friends continue to record. We are delighted to announce that Shirley Collins has just finished recording her song for the
album, and that Clodagh Simonds, the singer of one of my all-time favourite groups Mellow Candle, is also now appearing on
BLACK SHIPS ATE THE SKY. I was kindly introduced to her by Andrew McKenzie of The Hafler Trio, who started working with
Clodagh some time ago. Thank you Andrew, thank you Clodagh.
* Earth Covers Earth silk-screened vinyl reissue on Free Porcupine Society
We have now sold out of our stock of this item. Copies can be ordered from:
Eclipse Records: www.eclipse-records.com
Revolver: www.midheaven.com
* Davidian record wants
David is looking for these items in good condition on vinyl, so if anyone has them for sale or trade, please contact
him at info@durtro.com. He doesn't want CDs or CDRs--just the original vinyl LPs.
HIGH TIDE/SEA SHANTIES (LIBERTY LBS 83264, 1969, UK)
HIGH TIDE/HIGH TIDE (LIBERTY LBS 83294, 1970, UK)
SHELAGH McDONALD/STARGAZER (B&C CAS1043, 1971, UK)
ANNE BRIGGS/THE TIME HAS COME (CBS 64612, 1971, UK)
VARIOUS ARTISTS (including Anne Briggs)/EDINBURGH FOLK FESTIVAL (Decca LK4546, 1963, UK)
VARIOUS ARTISTS (including Anne Briggs)/EDINBURGH FOLK FESTIVAL VOLUME 2 (Decca LK4563, 1964, UK)
* Antony and the Johnsons and the Mercury Music Prize
I also wanted to send love and all best hearts to Antony, whose beautiful I AM A BIRD NOW album is one of the 12
nominees for the UK's Mercury Award. The winning album will be announced at a ceremony in London, 6 September 2005.
Love to all, be well and happy
+++ David and Durtro xxx
www.durtro.com
- Eibon Records
* Luasa Raelon "The poison city" cd
Release date: 20/08/2005
Format: Clear-trayed jewel box
"Welcome to the poison city. A place where nuclear radiations colour the sky with green clouds, mutating vegetation suffocates the sun and asphyxiating miasms coming from abandoned toxic wastes endanger life.........
Luasa Raelon is definitely one of the most interesting realities of US dark ambient/death industrial scene, combining low-rumbling drones with extemporaneous noise bursts to create a pretty personal & recognizable sound. This poison city IS a terrible place, trust me....." (press release)
* Asianova "Love like a veiled threat" cd
Release date: 20/08/2005
Format: 3-panels digisleeve
"A few years after the acclaimed & praised "Burning the blue skies black", Asianova are back with a brand new MONUMENTAL opus. Rarely (or should I dare saying never ?) a dark ambient cd has encompassed so many different elements & influences: from ultra-low abysses of drones to ghostly female vocals, from ethnic percussive sequences to bright, shimmering flute melodies, from crystal-clear guitar harmonies to immersive synth-layers.
A long journey through a magical world - once again, all I can say is that words alone fail in describing this album - you have to check out by yourself....." (press release)
More info: www.eibonrecords.com
- Jnana Records
August 2005
* Hypnagogue I & II:
Hypnagogue should be in hand and shipping August 31st.
* Nurse With Wound: Salt Marie Celeste:
The next Nurse With Wound reissue will be Salt Marie Celeste. It will be a straight reissue with the artwork corrected from the first pressing. It should be available late September. We will be offering preorders shortly.
* MSF compilation CD:
The MSF Compilation CD will begin pressing and printing in September. We hope to have it available to purchase mid to late October. We will be taking preorders beginning October 1st. Our plan is to keep the list price at around $25 USD for this 5 CD set. All the proceeds will be donated to MSF, so we do encourage everyone to purchase it directly, both to save you money and also to allow us to donate as much as possible to this very worthy cause.
www.jnanarecords.com
- Nail Records / FinalMuzik
In preparation on FinalMuzik (preorders are accepted):
* VV.AA. "Tal Mont De Lune" FM03: including Argine, Camerata Mediolanense, Sally Doherty, Foresta Di Ferro,
Knifelladder, The Soil Bleeds Black, Northgate, Shining Vril, Inner Glory...
* Inner Glory: new limited MCD: new tracks + video
* Lots of new CDr releases (from 60 to 140 copies) from our new forthcoming FinalMuzik special serie (Mariae Nascenti,
Fabrizio M. Palumbo feat. Ovo, Wellenwerkmann Neurosonological Research Station...)
* Tea Party With Odin - fanzine including interviews with Giancarlo Toniutti and Marco Deplano (Wertham/Foresta di Ferro): project still in the making...: including reviews + a limited split MCD with Sonne Hagal and Wertham.
* Black Sun Productions: we're discussing about BSP next release, more details soon...
FinalMuzik & Nail Records proudly present:
Teho Teardo - "Tower / Microphone" CD FM04 - Limited edition digipack CD 1.000 copies - out now.
"Known for his past collaborations with Nurse With Wound, Coleman (of Cop Shoot Cop), Lydia Lunch and many more, this
Italian artist started 20 years ago from the industrial scene to always go on with his sound research: neoelectronica,
avantgarde rock and soundtrack material is year 2005 repertory for M.T.T.; "Tower / Microphone" is the best dark ambient,
isolationist music album made since ages! Music for tower (!) and microphones: the tower (through its microphones via Teho
Teardo) listens, whispers and plays. Ambient music at its very best!
This piece has been commissioned by the Contemporary Art Festival Hic et Nunc in 2005." (press release)
Out now on Nail Records:
VV.AA "Domestic Landscapes" CD
"A collection of the best tracks taken from our vinyl 12" serie, including some elsewhere unavailable / unreleased
tracks! You'll find in this sampler the best innovative electronic music around the planet: Baby Zizanie (=Jim Foetus!),
Rothko (need no introduction!!!), Modern Institute (M.T.T.), Operator (M.T.T.+Scott McCloud of Girls Vs. Boys !) and
Coleman (from Here project, ex Cop Shoot Cop !). The best, innovative and refreshing neoelectronica around: from obscure
ambient to catchy material, to noise abuse, to groovy and romantic electronics! Special digipack packaging -> limited to
1.000 copies only! Excellent reviews from Italian press!" (press release)
More info: www.nailrecords.com - www.finalmuzik.com
- Novy Svet
here is what j. weber sent to me:
dear tristan, dear all (out there & in here)!
i have to excuse myself for this (too) late update. well, i do have my regular bowels, but sometimes the mind plays dirty tricks on you. anyway it all goes on and by. here are the news - or items of information you might not be aware of, although they are not current issues.
bTOKYO SHOW & JAPANESE LP
on behalf of the group i would like to thank kotomi, takashi and akira for organizing a magnificent concert and for spending some of the best days of our lives with us. recorings of the show at super deluxe turned out to be of excellent quality and will be released on an LP by a japanese label 8and imported to europe). details to be confirmed.
NEW RELEASES - NOW AVAILABLE
* NOVY SVET 'siderant - a beat monkey meditation', mcd, neko 15
the now barcelona based group returns with the second part of their EP-trilogy, that will make up the huge DESDE INFIERNOS DE FLORES-project (from a hell made of flowers), together with a live-LP (see above) and a full-time album. again available through the group's own imprint, all 300 copies pressed are distributed by TESCO (worldwide). comes in beautifully designed cardboard sleeve, all new material. (official press text)
* a new shared album, the follow-up to the well received 'entre siempre y jamas....', by O PARADIS and NOVY SVET is out now on PUNCH RECORDS. the first 300 copies of this album-CD, which was described as 'less popish' than its predecessor, come with additional 3"CD containing 4 exclusive tracks (outakes from the sessions). please go directly to the webpage of PUNCH for more infos (and ordering possibility). of course also available from TESCO.
* HIS DIVINE GRACE and NOVY SVET recorded two 13 minute tracks together, which are now available on 10"-format (lim. 500, incl. 4 inserts, grey vinyl) through REUE UM REUE (RuR), a new branch of the franco-aleman label TREUE UM TREUE (TuT), that also released WERMUT´s stunning hoffnung-recordings. the label´s website featuring detailed information on all their existing and forthcoming releases, links and a great shop (usually they do also stock NOVY SVET material), which offers great music at even greater prices.
* some time ago PUNCH RECORDS released a beautifully designed, limited edition compilation-LP, that presented exclusive tracks by NOVY SVET among contributions from O PARADIS, AIT!, TOTENLIEDER.
sorry for not informing you earlier about this (sometimes the mind...etc. - you know). anyway, this vinyl should still be widely available. it is said that there exists also a special edition in marbled vinyl, though this has not been seen yet.
RELATED STUFF
* upcoming releases of O PARADIS - most of them featuring contributions by NOVY SVET or myself: an older album on some obscure canadian label (CD), a brand new album through PUNCH (CD) and a limited edition 7" through a new french company. details to be posted when available and where necessary.
* UNIDAD SASAO will cover one of their favorite grindcore-tracks for an upcoming compilation on TuT. they are also preparing their second fulltime release (after their debut-Lp on NEKOFUTSCHATA) for the same label.
UPCOMING INTERVIEWS
* hopefully soon for this newsgroup.
audio-file of j. weber mumbling about life in the upcoming second issue of german TAUCHERzine. other people featured (interviews, one track each, fotos, etc.) are SHOCK HEADED PETERS, PEOPLE LIKE US, ARKKON, JACK OR JIVE a. o. recommended reading (german & english) and listening! NOVY SVET is present with "juntos", a track from the DESDE INFIERNOS DE FLORES-sessions.
VILLA POVERA NATURALE
there is a second release on VPN, NOVY SVET's inhouse CD-R-label specialized in documents of living room experssionism: OOLONG FANCY DRAGON NOIR's SILLON FERMÉ (VPN 2). as with the first CD-R by HIS DIVINE GRACE, this was given for free to everybody attending the recording process and can not be bought.
WANTED
* anybody who wants to get rid of his copy of the FUTURA-LP by RED NOISE (red 1) or even the CD-edition should contact the webmaster. i am willing to exchange this with rare NOVY SVET material .
* and even more important: anybody who got information on the copy of the fake-BILD (newspaper) used by HIS DIVINE GRACE during their show at the second HR!-festival in vienna, should also get in touch with the webmaster. NOVY SVET are desperately in search of this unique relict.
thanks for your attention
juergen
groups.yahoo.com/group/novy_svet
- :Of the Wand & The Moon:
'SONNENHEIM' New album, release date: end September!
"This is the 4th, long awaited and anticipated masterpiece from :OTWATM: with 15 new tracks also featuring collaborators from Forseti and Sonne Hagal. Musically this is Kim Larsen and :OTWATM: as we all know it, but with a very big development in sound and atmosphere. Indeed some of the best songs ever to emerge from this Danish cult folk noir project! After the "trilogy" "Nighttime Nightrhymes", "Emptiness:Emptiness:Emptiness" and "Lucifer", a new chapter for :OTWATM: starts with "Sonnenheim", which is also the first album of OTWATM to appear on Kim Larsen's new label Heiðrunar Myrkrunar via Tesco Distribution. 'Bring Your Friends To The Feast! It´s Nighttime In Sonnenheim!' A true feast for the ears as well as the eyes!
Comes in very nice digipack with embossed metallic-foilblocked titles and debossed images and a 12 page booklet with all the texts." (press release)
EAN:4038846800030 (Heiðrunar Myrkrunar/Tesco Distribution) HEIM003
Samples from the album will be up shortly on the web site!
www.ofthewandandthemoon.dk
- Ostara
Ostara have now signed to prominent German Goth label, Trisol who will release the album, 'Immaculate Destruction' on the 26th of September! With Sony Soulfood distribution and a publishing deal with Arabella / BMG, this is the most significant Ostara release to date. The limited edition CD will be available as a deluxe double Digipak with over 80 minutes of music. More news to come...
www.trisol.de
www.ostara.net
- Steinklang Industries
* Stahlwerk 9 / Rasthof Dachau - The Final Resistance / AgitProp 05
"TFR consists of the very first recordings Stahlwerk 9 and Rasthof Dachau did together, after they met in early 2003.
from that time on, SW9 and RD made nearly all recordings for both projects together. the 6 TFR-tracks were planed to be
released by the american label LSDOrganisation as a double 7" and as a lim.>100< boxset with bonus 7". LSDO disappeared 2
years ago and until now nothing happened, so we finally decided to do the release ourselves. the LP also includes the bonus
7"-tracks. Pure analogue Power-Electronics with hard voices and speech-samples + one very psycho-apocalyptic song. including
a very hard version of the Club-Hit BLOOD SOIL!" (press release)
sound samples: www.steinklang-records.at/releases.html
LP lim.400 / LP in clear-smoked vinyl lim.90 / CDR lim.150
* Sagentoeter - Prayers to Othinn - LP / lim.500 / Ahnstern 14
"A brilliant classical Folk album with great middle-ages orientated instrumentation. Sagentoeter are members of Riharc Smiles, which guarantees You a large variety of perfectly played acoustic instruments. the lyrics are strong and heroic and tell from a ancient nordic Wolfage." (press release)
sound samples: www.steinklang-records.at/releases.html
* CD-Edition of Sagentoeter and Riharc Smiles in wooden "jewelcase" will come in 3 weeks!
More info: www.steinklang-records.at
- Treue Um Treue
the new DE FRONTANEL 10-inch LP "Grotesque" will be released in early September on TREUE UM TREUE Tontraeger as TUT 002.
Charles de Frontanel (known as the boss of GRAHN GEEN-YOL Records, the 70's electro label which recently resumed his activities in collaboration with Invasion Planete) is back with a new masterpiece of electronic weirdness. Haunted by a troop of circus freaks whose physical deformity reflects the absurdity of our world, "Grotesque" is a dark moral tale, a sweet & sour fantasy which subtly combine vintage electro sounds, acoustic instruments and third wave beats into nine minimal pieces of both picturesque and chilling quality. Something weird and a taste of blood from the French wizard of gore.
Further details and sound clips on the labels page: eys.online.fr/tutrur
21st August 2005
- We've added a review of 'Nidar' from Sonne Hagal.
- Death In June
* "With the exception of the forthcoming reissue of 'The Guilty Have No Pride' CD/DVD hopefully before Yule and 'Burial' CD in early 2006 'Abandon Tracks!' will be the last compilation/release for a while dedicated to tidying up the past.
* Crisis was never released via NER but that's a mere technicality. Next months 'Holocaust Hymns' will have fewer tracks than the long deleted 'We Are All Jews And Germans' thus making it a single CD. It's released on the American Apop label and more detailed information will shortly follow closer to the release date. It's another part of my past tidied up so I can get on with any future I may have and it provides anyone who didn't get Crisis the first time around the opportunity to wonder what all the fuss was about." (Douglas P.)
launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/deathinjune
* Douglas P. has authorized Soleilmoon to produce a new Death in June t-shirt, now available for purchase via Soleilmoon.com, and soon through the usual retail outlets that order from them.
Official press release: The staff of the Soleilmoon Lounge are very happy to announce a new DEATH IN JUNE t-shirt, fully licensed and legal to sell wherever smart dressers shop worldwide. These top quality black heavyweight 100% cotton short-sleeve shirts is available in SIX SIZES for your rapturous enjoyment: Baby, Small, Medium, Large, X-Large and XX-Large. The front features the name of the band a new "mask" image in full color, printed using seven screen. On the back is the classic "whip hand" logo, printed in brown. The catalog number NERUS 1 is printed below the neckline.
http://www.soleilmoon.com.
- Earsheltering
New release: a live act between Planetaldol & Rohypnoise recorded at "meet the Feebles of sound" festival in january 2005. Deep sounds, mad voices and distorted rythms, a good taste of evil.
earsheltering.free.fr/earsheltering007.htm
- Andrew King / Germ Books
For Immediate Transmission:
How to Placate Spirits
Emblems & Alchemical Paintings by Andrew King
September 2 through October 30, 2005
Gallery and Store Hours: Fridays, 10-7; Saturdays, 12-7; Sundays, 12-5
Sunday, September 4, 2005, 3PM
Opening Reception with Special A Capella Musical Performance By the Artist!!
The Knight Templar's Dream and Other Songs
An Event of the Philly Fringe. FREE Admission
"When asked about other artists to compare him with, one inevitably has to revert to pre-modern times, the closest
would possibly be the illuminated artists of the 18th century (think William Blake) who, at odds with their own time,
looked to the same age-old source of artistic inspiration... His work is shocking only in his sincerity, his complete,
out-of-our-time'-quality, his obsessional devotion to legend and lore... Where his contemporaries indulge in a cult of
ego/celebrity, Mr. King might just be the most sincere and ‚unpretentious' of painters... it is certainly neither
propaganda nor agitation he favours, if there is one message that his work literally breathes, it's the admonition not
to abandon the values of our ancestors." -- from the catalog essay by Claus Laufenberg
Artist Biography:
"Before, I had utilised many mediums and formats in an attempt to answer questions regarding the nature of 'creativity'
and 'meaning'. I now know these questions to be irrelevant and the activity that they generated to be sterile." Thus said
Andrew King in a 1998 "statement of intent". He now characterizes his current artistic concerns as "the quality of the
spirit of place, the celebration of one's native cultural heritage, the concept of faith and the balancing act between love
and lust." (the latter sometimes manifested, he admits, as "obsessive or unhealthy.")
Well-known for his visual contributions to underground music albums by groups like Sol Invictus and Current 93, Mr.
King is also a regular performer of traditional song, mainly at the London clubs that specialize in its more authentic
forms, but also at festivals, exhibitions and noise performances, where he allows himself slightly more opportunity to
experiment and is invariably joined by a selection of luminaries from the post-industrial and neo-folk scenes.
Apart from his own ongoing field recording work (1996-present), he was the Vaughan Williams Memorial Libraries'
(English Folk Dance and Song Societies') first CDR Archive project worker (1999-2001), transferring archival field
recordings from 78's to digital formats. Later, he was one of two project workers at the British Library Sound Archives
Heritage-Lottery-funded "Traditional Music in England Project" (2001-2003), where he was responsible for acquiring,
digitizing and cataloging over 12,500 recordings of traditional music and oral history. Since then, he has continued to
lobby on behalf of vernacular culture. Aside from numerous appearances on compilations, Andrew King has issued two albums
and a mini-album of his 'mangled' versions of traditional song:
1998: The Bitter Harvest (Epiphany - EPIPHANY 01: CD)
2003: The Amfortas Wound (Athanor - ATNR 022: CD)
2004: The Harbinger of the Decaying Mind (Old Europa Café - OEMP 010: 10")
GERM BOOKS specializes in new and used books: science fiction, UFO's, conspiracy theory, psychedelia, apocalypse
culture and occult esoterica. (We've also got a fine selection of classic and contemporary lit, history, art and the darker
side of pop culture.
GERM GALLERY features work unrestricted by political correctness or art school technique.
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- Ô Paradis / Punch Records
Punch Records proudly announce: Ô Paradis "La Boca del Infierno"
Format : digipak CD
Punch is happy and proud to announce the forthcoming production of the new official CD by Ô Paradis.
"La Boca del Infierno" (Hell's Mouth) is by far the darkest and most suffered album by Ô Paradis.
As tracks go on you sink in a sort of dantesque circle, the boundary between joy and suffering,
life and death, where Eros and Thanatos melt and become the same thing.
The cover couldn't be more explicative!
Is this the door to life and joy or isn't it more true that it's the door to hell and its torments?
Here Ô Paradis laid himself bare. Sounds have become more industrial and dreary than ever.
The warm and melancholic mediterranean ballads, dear to the heart of the catalan project,
get oriented in more experimental directions; here melancholy leads to a truly dark and choking anguish.
RELEASE DATE: end-September
Tracklist:
1. Tan Lejos
2. Veneno
3. Tokyo
4. De Espaldas
5. Voces
6. Nuevo Mundo
7. La Sangre
8. En Circulos
9. El Sueño
10. Tan Cerca
Mp3 extracts, info: www.punchrecords.it
- Shayo
Salut,
Here are some informations about IN GOWAN RING tour and album re-issue :
First of all... the bad news, as Germany's organisers just cancelled the date in Jena of September 3rd. The ground
of this short time annuation to be find here : http://www.lichttaufe.com/lichtreigen/index1.php - we are really
disapointing as we planned this concert since months with them, but let's forget it now. Sorry for German fans that wanted
to see THE EVPATORIA REPORT, wait for another concert in Germany, and regarding IN GOWAN RING please note the other concerts
still take place - try to visit us in Belgium or Switzerland.
Hopefully the rest of the tour is going well. Please write to obscure@lesnuitsnoires.be to get tickets or infos about
the Belgian date, and write to alex.dr@wanadoo.fr regarding the Paris' concert at Black Dog Bar.
Hazel Steps re-issue will be in the swiss shops at the end of the coming week, foreign countries will be deliver a
little bit after the tour. The re-issue is coming as a beautifull digipack, with original prints design, a large 16 pages
booklet too. The Shayo version of Hazel Steps contains also a bonus track. Don't forget too that we'll sell an exclsusive
CDr-EP with 2 new and exclsuive tracks of IN GOWAN RING and two other of MARTYN BATES ! The sleeve of this EP has been
handmade by our grafist - Lucero - : a brillant work of art not to be missed !
Please note the date in Geneva is free and begins early (around 20h00) !!! This is the official "vernissage" evening,
and we invited the local press for this special "evenement". I (Yann) will prepare a selection of music ranging from folk
to post-rock and othe rbizarre sounds, and there will be lot of absinthe and other delicate poisons avalaible at the bar.
The date of the tour, once again, are still :
27.08 CASTLE FELUY, south of Bruxelles - Belgium
28.08 BLACK DOG BAR, Paris - France
30.08 MOLOKIO BAR at the USINE, Geneva - Switzerland
01.08 WERK21/DYNAMO, Zürich - Switzerland
03.08 maybe Italy... more infos to come soon...
Yann / Shayo Music
www.shayo.ch
15th August 2005
- Durtro
11 August 2005
* Judas as Black Moth/Livin' Fear of James Last
As we are now hoping to get these items in stock next week, they will be taken out of the shop at 19.00 hours UK
time on Friday 12 August. If anyone wants to order the signed copies offered in the shop, please do so now as we will be
unable to fill any orders for these titles after Friday 12 August.
* Earth Covers Earth silk-screened vinyl LP edition
This 12" album is now available. Its first pressing is of 1000 copies on Rob Fisk's wonderful Free Porcupine Society
label. It consists of all the tracks from the original mini-album, originally released on vinyl by United Dairies in 1988.
The album has silk-screened covers, in spring-green ink on brown card, of two original drawings by David and a previously
unseen photograph of the group from the EARTH COVERS EARTH photo sessions, as well as a transparent sticker of the original
cover. Rob Fisk of FPS, who has created this beautiful object, says, "It looks absolutely amazing. People are going to flip
out when they see this release; there are going to be some very excited Current 93 fans". It costs £10.00 plus postage and
packing and (where applicable) VAT. PLEASE NOTE: THIS ITEM WILL BE MAILED FROM CANADA.
* Hypnagogue
Although this CD reissue is not yet out, it will be released in 2 to 3 weeks, and we have decided to start accepting
orders now to make it convenient for those who wish to order EARTH COVERS EARTH and the AT SUNSET BLACK SHIPS ATE THE SKY
hand-printed book and CD. This full-colour digipak CD comes with an 8 page full colour booklet of photographs by Andria
Degens. The CD contains the original (and long deleted) edition of HYPNAGOGUE by David Tibet and Maja Elliott, as well as
the re-recording of HYPNAGOGUE by David Michael and Michael Masley. This item costs £10. PLEASE NOTE: THIS ITEM WILL BE
MAILED FROM CANADA.
* Hand-printed Durtro text of 'At Sunset Black Ships Ate the Sky' with CD
This is a publication of a hand-printed Durtro edition of the text to two of the tracks from the forthcoming BLACK SHIPS
ATE THE SKY album (as pre-released in demo form on the black and gold 'Coptic' CD, AT SUNSET BLACK SHIPS ATE THE SKY). A CD
of a live performance of these two songs from Toronto accompanies the book. 200 copies will be printed. This item costs £20.
There is NO VAT/EU sales tax on this item. PLEASE NOTE: THIS ITEM WILL BE MAILED FROM SCOTLAND.
* 'Under the Rain and Teeth of Gods' advance orders and 'Black Ships Ate the Sky' subscription edition
Both of these items will be taken out of the online shop on 1 September 2005. After this date they will NOT be available
for pre-order. These items will then be available as standard editions upon their publication/release.
* Timothy the Revelator and Stone Breath
Ben Chasny told me a long time ago how wonderful the work of Timothy Renner and his various projects, including Stone
Breath, is but, stupidly, I never followed it up at the time. Then my friend Mark Coyle, who runs the excellent website The
Unbroken Circle www.theunbrokencircle.co.uk also
recommended Timothy's work. I got a stack of it and I have to say it is astounding. Innovative, fascinating, moving,
genre-defying. I am lost in admiration. Timothy and I will be working together in the near future. Please support this great
artist's work. His website is www.somedarkholler.com
* Thomas Ligotti: Teatro Grottesco
This will be published in Autumn 2005. Each story has been newly revised by the author for this volume. In addition to
the contents listed below, the Durtro edition also includes hitherto rare texts by Ligotti which will not be included in any
future trade edition of this volume.
Table of Contents
Derangements
Purity * The Town Manager * Sideshow, and Other Stories * The Clown Puppet * The Red Tower
Deformations
My Case for Retributive Action * Our Temporary Supervisor * In a Foreign Town, In a Foreign Land
The Damaged and the Diseased
Teatro Grottesco * Gas Station Carnivals * The Bungalow House * Severini * The Shadow, the Darkness
* Favourite films and records of the moment
Quentin Tarantino/Kill Bill Parts 1 & 2
Louis Malle/My Dinner With Andre
Takeshi Kitano/Zatoichi
Zhang Yimou/House Of Flying Daggers
OM/Variations On A Theme
Mellow Candle/Swaddling Songs
Stone Breath/everything they have done!
Ben Chasny & Hiroyuki Usui/August Born
Pantaleimon/new untitled songs, so beautiful
Judas Priest/Sad Wings Of Destiny
Rory Gallagher/Deuce, Tattoo
Roy Buchanan/The Messiah Will Come Again (thank you for the recommendation Tom Ligotti)
Donny Hathaway/A Dream (thank you for the recommendation Antony)
JS Bach/Morimur (thank you for the recommendation Richard Moult)
Tir Na Nog/first self-titled album (thank you for the recommendation Mark Coyle)
Led Zeppelin/The Rover (from Physical Graffiti)
Budgie/Nude Disintegrating Parachute Woman
Thank you, and goodnight to you all,
with love from
David Michael
www.durtro.com
- Gerechtigkeits Liga / Isegrimm Records
Rerelease of Gerechtigkeits Liga "Hypnotischere Existenzialismus".
The mysterious and legendary project Gerechtigkeits Liga has returned with a long awaited rerelease of 70 minutes of
rare material, which was recorded throughout the middle of the 1980`s. The prestigous release comes painstakingly packaged
in a elaborately designed silver printed six sided digipack which includes the rare 12" Maxie "The games must go on", which
was originally released in 1984 on G.L`s own label, Zyklus records, in a small edition of 500 copies. Also now available for
the first time as part of the collection is the LP "Hypnotischer Existenzialismus", which was originally released on SPK`s
label "Side Effects", in 1985, at that time still beeing run by Graeme Revell. As a real germ there are 7 additional Bonus
live tracks, 6 of which have never seen the dark of night. All tracks were recorded live in New York City, in 1984.
The artwork of the digipack comprises some known cover reproductions and unknown artwork, which has been carefully
integrated into the original coverdesigns.
More info, order: www.isegrimm.org
- Jnana Records
New release: Current 93: Hypnagogue I & II
This title is now available to order from our shop. Please note that it will ship during the first week of September.
www.jnanarecords.com
- Kaos Kontrol
After some serious delays, Degenerate #4 is finally out!
Degenerate #4 (Kaos Kontrol/Freak Animal Records)
The fourth issue contains a wide variety of styles and themes related to the power electronics, noise, ambient and industrial genres, presented through interviews with Niko Skorpio, DVT, Brethren, Boyd Rice/NON, Fire in the Head, Snip-Snip Records, C.O.Caspar, Spatter Productions, Proiekt Hat,
Barzel, I.corax and Segerhuva. Also included is a USA tour report by Grunt and a debate about Industrial Culture in Submission with Itself by Per/Barrikad and Mikko/Freak Animal Records. The massive review section covers far over 100 CD's, CDr's, vinyls and tapes. 48 black/white
professionally printed A4 pages written in English. Limited edition of 600 copies.
Price: 5€ (Europe/World)
www.kaos-kontrol.org/degenerate
- Andrew Liles
The 1st 8" lathe cut in the 'Happy Families' series, 'Mother and Son' will be ready to ship on August 22nd - you can
place your order now - paypal £8.50 to andrew@andrewliles.com
* The CD by 'The Wardrobe' (Tony Wakeford & Andrew Liles) entitled 'Cups in Cupboard' has gone to press and will be
released by Tursa in mid September. This will be in an edition of 500 - signed by Mr Wakeford and Mr Liles.
* 'Mother Goose's Melody: or Sonnets for the Cradle' is to be released on Monday 26th September 2005 on ICR/Klanggalerie.
This release has been delayed for sometime BUT we can now unleash this unusual anomaly featuring narration throughout by
Lord Bath. Additional contributions are supplied by Sion Orgon.
* Aaron Moore (of Volcano the Bear fame) has a solo album 'The Accidental' out very soon on CD through Elsie and Jack
with a limited vinyl edition coming later on Beta Lactam Ring Records. 'The Accidental' features collaborations with Andrew
Liles, Luke Fowler & Alex Neilson.
* The Tate and Liles sugary sweet recording is now complete - as to when this will be released is yet to be decided.
* As announced on Durtro, David Michael shall be contributing to the forthcoming Andrew Liles full length solo album
'Me No Ha Ha'. Amongst others to be confirmed contributions also come from Paul Bradley. This recording should appear by
spring 2006.
* A 5.1 DVD shall be released late this year. This is a complex and exciting project that will set about testing
anyone's surround around system.
* A mutual love for the vibraphone brings about 'Bingo Wings', which is the working title of a collaboration between
Steven Stapleton and Andrew Liles.
Other investigations and collusions are being discussed with an array of radically different artistes, so maybe we will
have more to tell soon.
www.andrewliles.com
- Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio
Available from Saturday, August 27th in Augsburg (DE):
In Slaughter Natives (feat. Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio) + Voice of Hate (Spain)
7" Spit limited to 666 copies.
Appetizer and copies available on: www.ordo-rosarius-equilibrio.net and www.inslaughternatives.com
New Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio T-Shirts:
"Three is an Orgy, Four is Forever"
Silver + white print on black shirt. Chest print + back print.
Available from www.ordo-rosarius-equilibrio.net
Burgnächte Roßlau 23-25.09.2005 @ Burg Roßlau, Roßlau (DE)
The only confirmed Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio concert in 2005. Exclusive concert in Germany.
Saturday September 24th at 22.15 (10.15 p.m)
More info: www.burgnaechte.com
- Richard Ramirez/Fire In The Head
"Now available: Richard Ramirez/Fire In The Head split cdr, the first release from Audio Immolation Industries.
bNoise master Richard Ramirez begins the brutality with three tracks of Texas-style harsh noise. Fire In The Head continues the assault with three tracks of his brand of dark, sonic psychosis combining aspects harsh noise, power electronics and drone.
This release comes as a professionally produced cdr with 5x7 postcard and sticker in a mylar sleeve." (press release)
www.collectivexxiii.com/fireinthehead
- Koji Tano / Steinklang
to give a last honour to Koji Tano, Steinklang will publish a Tribute to Koji Tano compilation for free download on the
website: www.steinklang-records.at. release-date is one
month after Koji's death, on 31.08.2005. daily updated information about the participating artists can be found here:
www.steinklang-records.at/koji-tano.html. If
you also want to contribute a musical salute to Koji Tano, please mail your song to: info@steinklang-records.at
(mp3 - max.192kbps - max.10MB - deadline: 29.08.2005)
7th August 2005
- We've added an interview with the Roman post-industrial trumpeter D.B.P.I.T.
- Der Blutharsch
Salve!
We finished recording the new album 4 days ago, next week the stuff goes into the mastering at Skye Mastering/Denis
Blackham who as usual will give the music the "fine" tuning. We plan to have the album releases as CD and LP arround
mid/late October.
Finally, Bain Wolfkind - Music for Lovers and Gangsters CD version is now available. Check it out, it is highly recomended!!!
New HauRucK! releases are as well in the pipe - next will be Terroritmo's first CD as well as Graumahd's first
CD late summer/early autumn. Tribe of Circle, Derniere Volonte, Foresta di Ferro, Varunna and Derniere Volonte are
working on their albums at the moment and I guess we will be able to release them later this year.
Yours,
Albin Julius
www.derblutharsch.com
- Changes / Waldteufel / Heathen Art exhib
* Special concert by the legendary Folk Noir duo Changes, making their first West Coast appearance. Founded in the
early 70s, Changes first made a name for themselves playing in the Process Church coffee house in Chicago. They reformed
in the mid-90s and have since released three full-length albums. Changes website: www.nmia.com/~thermite
Supported by a special Waldteufel performance, all in the warm and intimate environs of a Portland pub.
Changes & Waldteufel
Friday, August 26th, 2005
21+, $9
Alberta Street Public House
1036 NE Alberta, Portland, Oregon
503-284-7665
For advance tickets, contact: dagaz@spiritone.com
* The night before the concert, just down the street, a month-long exhibition of distinguished "Heathen Art," curated
by Markus Wolff and Amie Rautmann, will open.
HEATHEN ART Group Show
Madeline von Foerster - Michael Moynihan - Markus Wolff - Robert N. Taylor - Nicholas Tesluk - Bobby Beausoleil -
Dennis Dread - Scott Rautmann - Jason Hovatter Craban - White Hart Forge - Juleigh & Dave Hobson - Uwe Nolte (Germany) - Roberto A. Jaras L. (Chile)
Opening Thursday, August 25th, 2005, 6-10 pm.
Optic Nerve Arts
1829 NE Alberta, Suite 11, Portland, Oregon.
503-287-0339
More information about the artists can be found on the Optic Nerve Arts website: www.opticnervearts.com
- Novy Svet & Ô Paradis / Punch Records
Novy Svet & Ô Paradis - "Destello de Estrellas en la Frente" out now!
"After the acclaimed and highly successful CD "entre siempre y jamas suben las mareas, duermen las ciudades"
(Nekofutschata / Tesco) of 2003, the two Barcelona based groups O Paradis and Novy Svet team up for another collaboration
album presenting their dark mix of mediterranean accoustic music and electronic psychedelia. "Destello de Estrellas en la
Frente" takes their sound in even dustier realms than the followers of both bands are used to." (press release)
First 333 copies come with a 3"CD featuring four all exclusive bonus-tracks!
www.punchrecords.it
31st July 2005
- Der Blutharsch
"A small memory for an unforgetable evening a few weeks ago": www.hauruckspqr.com/News/Ne.htm
Albin Julius
www.derblutharsch.com
- Klanggalerie
New release:
gg92 The New Blockaders / Gosplan Trio - Sound Sketch For Raging Flames CD
Limited edition 350 copies only.
"Probably the most unexpected collaboration by TNB with a Russian free jazz trio. The Rupenus brothers´ noise meets sax and voice and creates a unique hybrid of styles. Highly recommended!" (press release)
Also still fresh are 7" s by Slovakian noise masters Einleitungszeit and Austrian post-rock trio (incl members of Das Fax Mattinger) Barbarella Plüsch. Both limited to 100 copies only.
More info, order, MP3s: www.klanggalerie.com
- Shayo
* The re-issue of In Gowan Ring's "Hazel Steps" will be ready to sell for the forthcoming shows, as well as lot of
other IGR's and Shayo's records, including a 150 ltd copies CDr with 4 exclusive tracks of both Martyn Bates and In Gowan
Ring. This Cdr will be saled ONLY during the tour.
B'Eirth playing the music of In Gowan Ring :
- 27th of August: Castle de Feluy (www.chateaudefeluy.be) near Bruxelles with Martyn Bates.
- 28th of August: Black Dog (www.blackdog-bar.com) Paris with Martyn Bates.
- 30th of August: Moloko Bar (www.usine.ch) Geneve
- 1st of September: Wer21 (www.werk21.ch) Zürich
- 3rd of September: LichtReigen (www.lichttaufe.com/lichtreigen/index1.php) Jena exclusive date with The Evpatoria Report.
* The re-issue of "Mystery Seas" by Martyn Bates should be ready to be sale on his both shows of Belgium (27.08) and Paris (28.08). "Mystery Seas" will comes as a redesigned digipack + booklet.
* Next autumn relaeses: Neither Neither World new album, and for 2006: a solo album of Julia Kent and some re-issues of Joe Budenholzer's Backworld.
More info: www.shayo.ch
- Terroritmo
'Premonitions' cd (HauRuck! - 77) release is delayed after summer.
terroritmo.com
24th July 2005
- We've added the following reviews : Changes 'Twilight', Ianva 'La Ballata Dell'Ardito' and Rose Rovine E Amanti 'Noi Vi Odiamo'.
- Bad Sector / Merzbow / Waystyx records
* Brand new long-awaited album by Bad Sector "Kosmodrom", devoted to K.Tsiolkovsky and russian space investigation.
Edition includes 20 pages multi-colour booklet in specially designed cosmic plastic box.
* New releases by Merzbow:
"Scene", paper slip case edition with design by Masami Akita, 500 CD copies
This item is available on GEMM page.
Distributors get in touch for wholesale prices.
And available from 22th July ULTRA limited 100 numbered copies edition in plastic box, that includes CD "Scene" and
also "Early Computer Works" CD, not CD-R, available only in this box plus original Merzbow poster.
Info, orders: www.waystyx.com
- Hans Bellmer / Atlas Press
The Hans Bellmer's complete The Doll, with all three theoretical texts and the photos 16 or so and 30 plus drawings
is now available from Atlas Press, London.
This is the first time this book, as conceived by Bellmer and covering the entire Doll project in full, has been
published, and the first time the finally revised texts (published 1964 in German and ever subsequently revised again)
have been used for translation of any part of this book.
www.atlaspress.co.uk
- Death In June
* 'Abandon Tracks!' CD/Double LP is released. Orders for this are now being accepted.
16 Rare, Remixed and Unreleased Original Recordings:
UK/Europa: CD: 10 GBPs - LP: 15 GBPs
Rest Of The World: CD: 15 GBPs - LP: 20 GBPs
All International Money Orders/Cheques/Giros in British Pounds Sterling please to the usual.
NO foreign currency cheques are valid.
Cash accepted (including the equivalent in US$ & EUROS) but no responsibility accepted unless sent be Registered Post.
B.M. JUNE
LONDON
WC1N 3XX
ENGLAND
www.deathinjune.net
* Death in June - "...when we have each other...", T-shirt
This is to be the first official merchandise for Death in June released through Tesco Distribution, high quality 205 g
black shirt with white front and back/neck print. This is shirt is to be a Death in June "retro" shirt and has the early
logo from Lesson 1:Misanthropy LP, the 3 blocks with the 6 on the frontheartside, with the bandname beneath and the slogan
from "Guilty have no past" area, "....when we have each other we have everything..." on the back side... a clear statement at
that time.(M/L/XL) and girlie(S/M/L)
Available from www.tesco-germany.com and the usuals.
* Death In June's first album issued in 1983 'The Guilty Have No Pride' is presently being remastered for re-release
later this year. More news about that closer to the date.
The CRISIS material has also recently been remastered and most of it should be reissued as an album called 'Holocaust
Hymns' via Apop in America sometime in the Fall.
groups.yahoo.com/group/deathinjune
- Durtro
22 July 2005
* Current 93 & special guests live in San Francisco: 4 & 5 November, 2005
The San Francisco shows at the Great American Music Hall (GAMH) will be C93's only dates in the USA this year. David
has decided not to play Los Angeles. Nurse With Wound are not playing these shows though Steven Stapleton will be in
attendance at all the SF shows wearing various hats. We have also been informed by the GAMH that tickets are selling very
quickly for both shows and that people intending to come to either night should obtain tickets sooner rather than later.
Tickets are $30. They are available online from www.virtuous.com and www.tickets.com. They are also available from the
GAMH box office (+1 415.885.0750) and Slim's box offices (+1 415.255.0333).
The line-ups for both nights are as follows; please also notice that MAJA ELLIOTT is also playing on the Saturday--her
name was accidentally left off the announcement:
Friday 4 November: SIMON FINN - BABY DEE - OM - CURRENT 93
Saturday 5 November: MAJA ELLIOTT - SIX ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE - PANTALEIMON - OM - CURRENT 93
* Concerts page on durtro.com:
A new concerts page has been added to the website. This page contains all relevant information about C93's forthcoming
concerts, such as line-up and ticket ordering details. It also includes our list of basic requirements for would-be promoters.
* Pantaleimon is special guest at Bonnie "Prince" Billy & Matt Sweeney's show in Edinburgh, 21 August 2005:
Pantaleimon have been invited to support Bonnie "Prince" Billy and Matt Sweeney as special guests for their show at the
Queens Hall, in Edinburgh on Sunday 21 August 2005.
Pantaleimon will be joined by James William Hindle for this show. Go to www.thequeenshall.net/whatson/info.php?id=293 for ticket information.
* 'Whilst the Night Rejoices Profound and Still: 'Soft Black Stars' recreated and renewed by Current 93 and the
Dream English ensemble: string octet and piano
If I could have one wish
As in the fairy tales
I would unmake my past
And rise like LazarusŠ
SOFT BLACK STARS has been entirely re-recorded by Current 93 & Dream English, a classical string octet and piano,
and David has refound and refined the vocals. It will be released on Durtro Jnana at the end of this year. This album
features some of the leading practitioners of classical music, including the composer and violinist Duncan Druce, who has
produced highly acclaimed finished versions of Mozart's Requiem and Beethoven's 'lost' oboe concerto, as well as being
involved with David's favourite 17th century music ensemble, FRETWORK, who have recorded the most sublime versions of
David's favourite composer WILLIAM LAWES. The ensemble is under the musical directorship of the oboeist Mark Baigent, who
amongst many other things was involved in John Eliot Gardiner's Bach 2000 Pilgrimage (all the sacred cantatas, performed on
the days for which they were written). DREAM ENGLISH also features the violinist Ben Sansom who performed in the award
winning BBC documentary drama about the first performance of Beethoven's Eroica symphony.
The album has been scored by David's friend Richard Moult, musician and artist, and is quite astonishingly beautiful.
Go to www.gazetree.com for more information on Richard Moult.
* Durtro shop reopens:
The shop is now once again open and thank you for your patience. As a result of many requests we are putting up
UNDER THE RAIN AND TEETH OF GODS again for one week for advance pre-publication orders, after which it will be taken off
the shop until it is published.
* Black Ships Ate the Sky subscribers' edition order deadline:
The Subscribers' Edition is still in the shop and will be available for those wishing to purchase until Thursday 1
September, 2005. It will then be taken out of the shop. The album will be released in late October/November 2005.
* David Late Tibet and absinthe bottle label:
Regarding the last update on the label that David has designed for a bottle of Absinthe, we forgot to mention two
points. Firstly, from the limited edition box of 93 copies retailing at €93, the sum of €555 will be donated to the John
Bradburne Society. There are at this time of writing 8 copies of the limited edition left for sale. There will be
approximately 100 bottles in the standard edition's first run. David's payment for designing and painting the label has
also been given to the same Society. The John Bradburne Society can be contacted at
www.johnbradburne.com. Absinthe Distribution/Absinthe Vertrieb
can be contacted at www.absinthevertrieb.de. Please note that
as we are not handling this item all enquiries about it must be addressed to Absinthe Vertrieb.
* Hand-printed Current 93/Durtro text of 'At Sunset Black Ships Ate the Sky' with CD:
August sees the publication of a hand-printed Durtro edition of the text to the 'Coptic' CD, AT SUNSET BLACK SHIPS ATE
THE SKY. A CD of a live performance of these 2 songs from Toronto accompanies the book. Having learnt from our past wildly
optimistic predictions of publication dates, this item will be added to the shop only when it is actually here with us at
Durtro. 200 copies will be printed.
* Hypnagogue re-release on CD:
This CD should be with us in about a month. It comes in a new full-colour digipak, with an 8-page full colour booklet
of photographs by Andria Degens. Again, we will only add this item to the shop once it is ready for shipping. The CD
contains the original (and long-deleted) edition of HYPNAGOGUE by David and Maja Elliott, as well as the re-recording by
David and Michael Masley.
* 'The Triumph of Evil': Russian edition of the stories of Count Stenbock:
THE TRIUMPH OF EVIL has just been published in Russian. The stories included are all those from the original edition
of STUDIES OF DEATH (ie the same as the Durtro edition but lacking Stenbock's two translations from Balzac, 'Christ in
Flanders' and 'A Passion in the Desert'), the four tales from the Durtro edition of THE CHILD OF THE SOUL, as well as
these stories: FAUST, A SECRET KEPT, THE KING'S BASTARD, THE MYTH OF PUNCH, and LA MAZURKA DES REVENANTS. It also includes
an Introduction written especially for this edition by David Tibet and Jeremy Reed's beautiful essay on Stenbock, 'A Hundred
Years of Disappearance'.
The book costs 80 Roubles (about £2). It contains 240 pages, and is a trade paperback with a colour cover. It is
published by Kolonna Publications (Moscow, Russia), ISBN 5-98144-048-1. The publisher's email is kolonna@gmail.com
but they inform me they don't accept international orders. However email them for further details of how to obtain it
outside of Russia. It really is a beautiful edition!
* 'Earth Covers Earth': screen-printed vinyl edition on Free Porcupine Society
The 12" vinyl reissue of this much-loved and seminal C93 reissue will be out in about 3 to 4 weeks. It consists of
the original 12" mini-album, with a cover drawing on both sides of the sleeve by David Michael Late Tibet, as well as a
gold transparent sticker of the group at that time, and insert. David has also written the Hallucinatory Patripassianist
Text on the labels as well as the insert in his handwriting. We will be getting 100 copies of this and it will be available
from the Durtro shop as soon as it arrives.
* London bombings: attempt to murder Great ALEPH: Qliphotic raccoon attacks my cats at night time trying to kill them
The London bombings are further pointers to the imminent return of the Patripassianist Messiah. All attempts to murder
GREAT ALEPH will fail as He cannot be killed, just as the Qliphotic Raccoon's attempt to kill all 5 of our CATS last Night
was failed by Divine Horsies and Incarnate Night Angels. All cats escaped with just 4 gashes to their psychic bodies' right
side. They told my head they are fine this morning. I attribute all such divine savings and rescues to St. Rita of Cascia
and Planetary ISRAEL. Prophetically, the lyrics for THE BOAT OF MILLIONS OF YEARS (HOLOCAUST) on BLACK SHIPS ATE THE SKY,
which were finished on 11 April 2005, long before the bombings, contain the lines:
I WAS COUNTING CHICKENS THROUGH MY FINGERS
WHEN I SAW THE STARS GURGLE REGAL BLOOD
OVER NORTHEAST LONDON...
NO CALAMITY ON SUBWAY WHILST CYCLES CEASE
AND WORDLESS AEONS/WHATEVERS/MAATS/HORUS
HOVERS INTO DISINTEGRATION AND DEBRIS OVER THE BUS
G+D be with us all/GodisLove/We will not ENTER the ABYSS/Black SHIPS Eat The SKY/We cannot DIE
david michael daud 22.VII.2005
www.durtro.com
17th July 2005
- We've added the following reviews : 47 Ashes 'My bivouacs in your bunkers', Horologium 'A handful of dust' and Ungern Sternberg 'Der Trübe Klown'.
- Allerseelen
These items will be soon be published this summer. Exact dates and prices will be announced later.
* Allerseelen 7" Knopse (Carpe Noctem)
The new Allerseelen 7" Knospe will be released on the Belgian label Carpe Noctem within a few weeks. You may already order a copy now from Aorta (aorta@aon.at) or from www.carpenoctem-records.be.
These two songs were recorded on 13.VII.MMIV and 27.III.MMV. Both are based on a poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Tonkunst: Gerhard. Photographs: Gerhard. Layout: Gerhard/Carpe Noctem
* Allerseelen DoLP Gotos=Kalanda (Ahnstern)
Containing five new, unreleased songs. One of the songs is the Lied der Häftlinge written by prisoners of the concentration camp close to Wewelsburg. The artwork of this de luxe fold out double lp will be completely different from the sold out Allerseelen CD Gotos=Kalanda.
www.geocities.com/ahnstern
- Ataraxia
* Between the end of July and the beginning of August 2005 the long awaited book + CD "Arcana Eco" will be f
inally available both in English and Italian.
A precious box will contain a 164 pages photo book (b/w and colour photos) and a digipack with seven tracks
(four of them are new, the other are exclusive versions of previously released songs).
The authors of the book are: Ferruccio Filippi (Grind Zone magazine), Francesca Nicoli (Ataraxia) and Livio
Bedeschi (Ataraxia's photographer). Raffaella Graziosi has also contributed with some of her photos. The book will
include a preface, six chapters (stone, water, passages, dream, contemplation and light), an exhaustive interview,
a journey across Ataraxia's discography, a complete discography (both albums and compilation), the 'Arcana Eco' lyrics
together with further writings about the concept of all the albums, several poetic passages and more than 80 photos.
"Arcana Eco" will be the first issue of a collection called Obscura. This collection will be dedicated to the main
acts of the Italian underground music. The label that will release and produce this collection is Ark Records (Italy).
* During the months of July and August, in the mailorder page of the band's website (www.ataraxia.net), you can find
several interesting offers concerning 'Arcana Eco', 'Odos Eis Ouranon' (double acoustic album with Autunna et sa Rose
available since July the first) and the new Ataraxia's t-shirt.
* Concerts:
On Friday 29th of July 2005 at 21,00 o'clock, Ataraxia will perform a special medieval concert in the main
square of the village of Frassinoro. Frassinoro is a mountain village 60 km far from Modena (Italy). This event will
be a celebration of Mathilda of Canossa. In that occasion the band will perform several songs taken from the following
albums : Historiae, Suenos, Mon Seul Desir, Os Cavaleiros Do Templo, Saphir, Symphonia Sine Nomine, La Malediction
d'Ondine + new songs.
The prophetic copper masks of Angelo Zanella will decorate the stage and some knights coming from Mathilda's
lands will be present too.
For any further info (plans, hotels / bed and breakfast / camping reservations, how to get the place) please
look at www.ataraxia.net concert page.
- a u f a b w e g e n
aufabwegen #35 is in the finishing stages, we hope for an early august release. interviews and features on andreas dorau, aidan baker, carl michael von hausswolff, wir sind
helden, fennesz, antony & the johnsons, smog, sol invictus, coil [r.i.p.] and more.
www.aufabwegen.com
- Cynfeirdd
* Duparc.- Twilight fell from high above - CD (Cyn 039)
After several succesful releases Carlos Boll from The Mystery School decided to open a new gate in the form of DUPARC. Great Female singer Isabella Piombo haunts mystical musical landscapes, somewhere between dark pop and atmospheric...
* Omne Datum Optimum - Gaë Bolg & the church of Fand - Nothvs Filivs Mortis
Five years after the release of this 12"-10"-7" trilogy we offer you to enjoy it on CD. Original layout has been respected and a 8 pages booklet offer the vinyl inserts. This remastered edition also offers two extra tracks, the original version of Gaë Bolg "Gloria" and a great unreleased track from Nothvs Filivs Mortis. Limited numbered edition digifile of 444 copies...
Have a nice Summer - Fall releases: Richard Moult, Kinovia....
www.cynfeirdd.com
- Der Blutharsch
Due to our moving into a new house in the next weeks and the cleaning up, we found 3 boxes with of Vittoriale 7"es.
Remember... Vittoriale has been cancelled, but we could do a short improvised set at St. Michele (a small document will
be available for download soon at www.hauruckspqr.com with
some friends who joyned us then, and the 7" has been given away for free to all 88 people there, the others had been
destroyed. That`s what I thought till I found the 2 boxes. So, we have 24 copies left, which we offer to you now. You
can purchase them for € 40.- incl. shipping (worldwide) via: www.derblutharsch.com/Foyer/Der_Blutharsch/Merchandising/Vittoriale/vittoriale.html
So, you get the chance to buy the Vittoriale 7" (in an modifiied edition of 112 copies). And I get some money to buy a Korg MS20 - hey, come on, money makes the world go arround - these fucking MS20ies are damn expensive.....
Have a nice summer!
Albin Julius
www.derblutharsch.com
- Durtro
15 July 2005
* Current 93 & special guests live in San Francisco: 4 & 5 November, 2005
BLACK SHIPS EAT THE SKY: Current 93 will be playing two shows at San Francisco's Great American Music Hall
www.gamh.com on Friday 4 and Saturday 5 November. Also appearing over
this weekend, we are delighted and honoured to announce, will be OM, BABY DEE and SIMON FINN on Friday 4, and OM, SIX
ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE and PANTALEIMON on Saturday 5. Tickets are $30 and go on sale on Sunday 17 July. They are available
online from www.virtuous.com and www.tickets.com.
They are also available from the GAMH box office (+1 415.885.0750) and Slim's box offices (+1 415.255.0333). Special items
will also be available at the show from some or all of the groups. We are very much looking forward to seeing you all again
in this, one of our favourite cities.
* "How He Loved the Moon" special edition of 1 copy box set to be auctioned on eBay with all profits going to the
John Bradburne Society
A special edition of 1 copy of the recent and beautiful HOW HE LOVED THE MOON wooden box edition on Beta-lactam Ring
is to be auctioned on eBay with all monies going to the John Bradburne Society www.johnbradburne.com.
This wooden box edition was originally released in an edition of 31 copies at a price of US$425 each: 20 copies were for
sale (and sold out months in advance) and 11 copies were given to the artists involved. This edition has: the 2LP of
HOW HE LOVED THE MOON in RED vinyl; the 7" picture disc; the 2-sided 7" acetate of MOONBIRD FOR JHONN featuring Ben Chasny
and David Michael; a handwritten manuscript in David's hand of the lyrics to MOONBIRD; a photograph of Jhonn Balance and
another photograph of David and Steven Stapleton; a 1-sided card thanking all those involved in this charitable edition;
and a hand-printed 4-page card, signed by David, featuring the text of the lyrics to MOONBRID and with this extra text on:
"This is an edition of 1 numbered copy, signed by the author, inserted into the Beta-lactam Ring wooden-box auction
edition of of 'How He Loved The Moon'. Also included is a holograph manuscript of the 'Moonbird' text in the hand of
someone who when he wrote it was David Tibet. All monies from the auction of this item will go to the John Bradburne
Memorial Society for their work to the Mutemwa Leprosy Mission in Zimbabwe. My thanks to whoever bought this for their
kindness and charity."
Chris McBeth of BlR has also very kindly offered a 100$ credit for the winner of this auction for any BlRR releases.
The item can be found under the Seller ID blrrecords-dot-com on www.ebay.com.
The auction starts on Friday, 15 July, 2005.
* David meets the green fairy:
David has been commissioned to design the label for a bottle of absinthe. He is very very delighted to accept. This
absinthe will be generally available, though the best place to purchase it from is direct from Absinthvertrieb Lion. They
can ship orders worldwide. There will also be a limited edition of 93 in a special wooden case with printed C93 image on
the lid. This case will include: a bottle of absinthe with the label signed by David; 2 absinthe glasses; 2 absinthe spoons;
and a limited CD only available in the special edition featuring a song with David on vocals and Ben Chasny on guitar. For
more details contact Markus and Absinthevertrieb. The website is available in English, German and French.
Markus Lion
Absinthvertrieb Lion
Neudorfstrasse 6c
D-79331 Teningen
Germany
Phone +49 7641 9359476
Fax +49 7641 9359477
www.absinthevertrieb.de
mail@absinthevertrieb.de
* Black Ships Ate the Sky:
The proposed release date for this album is November 2005. However, as recording continues, we do not even yet know
if it will be a single or a double CD, so much depends on the recording which throws up new ideas constantly.
* Black Ships Ate the Sky videos:
Two videos will also be recorded during September for those tracks released on AT SUNSET BLACK SHIPS ATE THE SKY
(the 'Coptic' CD single from Toronto). These will be released about the same time as the album. They are both being filmed
by our friend Cam Archer, to whom we were introduced by Ben Chasny and Stephanie Volkmar. Cam did an absolutely
heartbreaking video for Six Organs of Admittance's 'All You've Left', which can be seen, along with his other beautiful
films, at www.camarcher.com. Six Organs supply a lot of the music
for his films, and Stephanie Volkmar has worked extensively with Cam on his films on design and costumes. I love this man
and I love his films.
* Current 93 and Nurse With Wound official downloads to be available soon:
Due to demand and the continuation of illegal download sites, C93 and NWW material will soon be downloadable in high
quality from State 51, who have also been handling Coil's work in this area. More details as soon as some material is ready
to go up to come down.
* Durtro Mail Order shop:
--Closure: We have had to close the shop, as you may have noticed, as we have become inundated with huge amounts of
orders, and wanted to process them all and ship them out before recieving more. The shop will reopen next week.
--Coptic T-shirts: Many of the T-shirt sizes sold out immediately. These have now come back into stock and those who
have not yet received them will be doing so very soon. Apologies-we were really caught unaware as to how popular a T-shirt
in Coptic would be!
--Important notice: The majority of items available from the shop are now manufactured in, and shipped from, our base
in Toronto, Canada, so orders may take longer for customers in Europe to receive than they were used to when we used to
ship from the UK. However, the postage costs will remain unchanged.
* Under the Rain and Teeth of Gods lyric book:
Due to the huge delays with this book (which David is still, needless to say, working on), we have to decided to
process ALL orders remaining in the online shop. EVERYONE who has pre-ordered this book up to the present date in either
the special (with artwork and CD) or standard format (with CD), will be receiving a special item which will be shipped at
the same time as the book. If someone has ordered multiple copies of UNDER THE RAIN, they will receive the same number of
copies of this special item.
We have also closed the pre-order facility for this book. No further orders will be taken for UNDER THE RAIN AND TEETH
OF GODS book until it is published. On publication the standard fomat (without CD) will be added to the shop.
Thank you all again for your patience with this book. David never realised how much time it would take to collate and
complete. It will, as he has said 93 times before, be worth the waitŠ
* Brainwashed Current 93 site:
Our friend SKot Kirkwood has done an amazing job over the years on this site, as has Jon Whitney of Brainwashed in
hosting it. It was originally the 'Official Current 93' site, but SKot's increasing busyness with other areas of his life,
as well as other life changes, mean that it has not been updated for a very long time. So we have removed the 'Official'
name from the site, whilst keeping it on Brainwashed as a valuable and living C93 archive. It will also, Jon informs us,
be subject to some major updating in the near future. THANK YOU SKOT for creating this site, and THANK YOU JON for
maintaining it. We are very grateful for all you have done and will do on our behalf. Those interested in volunteering to
help to add to, and update, the Brainwashed archive can contact Jon through www.brainwashed.com. The only official site for
C93 and Durtro is now www.durtro.com.
* Forthcoming collaborations:
David has been invited to be on new albums by Gary Smith, an amazingly inventive and talented guitar player, who
of course is a member of Bill Fay Group. He is also to be featured on new records by Andrew Liles, irr.app. (ext.) and
Gary Ramon's Quad spaceship project.
* At the moment I love:
I recently saw with Joe Budenholzer the film DIG! which covers the careers and rivalries of US groups the Dandy Warhols
and the Brain Jonestown Massacre. Though I didn't know anything about either the members or the music of these groups, I
highly recommend this real-life slice of Spinal Tap. It also includes a couple of sweet interviews with Genesis P-Orridge.
I also noticed that Anton Newcombe, the crazed poncho-wearing charismatic who leads the BJM, is wearing a Death In June
T-shirt in a scene at the end of the film. My favourite character by far in the film if the maraca- and tambourine-wielding
Joel Gion, whom Ben Chasny then told me was a friend of his. This man Joel is the unsung genius of the 2 groups!
I also have loved watching THE RAPTURE, NAPOLEON DYNAMITE.
I am listening to OM's HOLY MOUNTAIN still, and Mellow Candle's SWADDLING SONGS.
And I read and read and read and sometimes I drink wine and am sick and sometimes I drink beer and am unsick. And
overall I am as happy as the Ladybird Template.
www.durtro.com
- :Of The Wand & The Moon:
New release!
Of The Wand & The Moon - Hail Hail Hail, Limited 7" 666 copies!
- This 7" vinyl contains a cover of the song 'Benediction/Malediction' originally done by Ian Read (Fire+Ice) and written by Gwydion. On this version Kim Larsen gets help from members of Forseti & Sonne Hagal. Secondly the new track 'Hail Hail Hail' should be a nice teaser for the up-coming,
and much anticipated full-length album 'Sonnenheim'.
The 7" comes in white vinyl and special packaging.
Plus the 66 first copies comes with additional artwork by Danish artist mikkelsoll@gmail.com
: HAIL! HAIL! HAIL! THESE RUNES THEY WILL PREVAIL! IF NOTHING ELSE! :
(Heiðrunar Myrkrunar) HEIM002
For orders:
www.tesco-germany.com
www.tesco-distro.com
www.vme.no/vmedk/nyheder.php
Coming soon:
The new album 'SONNENHEIM'.... Feat. members of Forseti & Sonne Hagal.
Release date to be announced...stay tuned...
www.ofthewandandthemoon.dk
- Steinklang Industries / Sturmpercht
Sturmpercht - Alpine Bann- und Segensspruche LP+VCD
2nd edition in mossgreen-marbled vinyl lim.99 out now.
www.steinklang-records.at
- David E. Williams
Website updated with comments, setlist and photos of the last concert in Philadelphia (18th June).
Info about the interview published on Compulsion + the David E. Williams Myspace Group:
www.davidewilliams.com/news.html
14th July 2005
- Ain Soph
Nonostante il delirio di qualcuno e il compiacimente di qualcun'altro comunichiamo che:
1) gli Ain Soph sono tutt'altro che morti. E che anzi stanno già lavorando alla realizzazione del nuovo disco.
2) la formazione subirà probabilmente qualche significativo cambiamento;
3) al momento il nucleo produttivo è ritretto ai soli thx e spectra;
4) qualsiasi lavoro, produzione o evento che non comprenda entrambi non può in nessun caso essere ricondotto agli Ain Soph;
5) che la degradazione degli Ain Soph a solo mero prodotto "musicale" è finita;
6) che ognuno dei partecipanti ovvero ex sono liberi di portare avanti -se ne sono in grado- qualsiasi progetto alternativo di cui saranno i soli responsabili;
comunichiamo altresì:
7) non ci interessa far parte di nessuna scena;
8) siamo irriducibilmete distanti da tutti gli imbecilli artistoidi con cui ci si ostina ad associare;
9) non ci si compra con qualche misero euro.
10) Gli Ain Soph non sono ne vogliono essere un gruppo "politicamente corretto".
toni "THX" pettini
ain soph
10th July 2005
- Ain Soph
R.I.P.
Nel giorno I - VII - MMV D.C. il gruppo AIN SOPH si è sciolto ufficialmente per diverse vedute musicali tra i vari membri del nucleo fondatore. Alcuni di loro hanno deciso di lasciare l'attività artistica altri di proseguire. Molto del materiale scritto da uno dei membri storici "Spectrae" (autore di gran parte del materiale AIN SOPH) che sarebbe dovuto apparire sul nuovo disco degli AIN SOPH, finirà a fare parte del lavoro solista (CD) di Spectrae che dal vivo continuerà comunque ad avvalersi dell'aiuto di GPC e Steve Stroll gia membri della "formazione live" degli AIN SOPH e con qualche rara sporadica apparizione live anche di ClauDEDI.
Per THX si prospetta un periodo di ritiro dalle scene per terminare la scrittura di un libro, mentre ClauDEDI inizierà a lavorare su un suo lavoro solista (CD) e tornerà a suonare con i Circus Joy (gruppo da lui fondato insieme a Corrado Mancini, nel quale anche Spectrae collabora come chitarrista).
[il cd di Spectrae sara´pubblicato su HR!SPQR , novembre 2005]
- Dominion
Dominion News 15 (2005)
This is the fifteenth newsletter from Dominion, providing details on recent releases in areas both of publishing (Dominion Press, and other print projects by Michael Moynihan and Annabel Lee, as well as their record label Storm) and music (Blood Axis, Alraune, and related recordings of interest), etc.
These newsletters are issued sporadically, when we have accumulated a number of items worth reporting on. If you wish to receive a copy of the previous newsletter(s) by email, simply inform us. If you would also like to receive an email list of music-related items available by mail-order, we would be happy to forward this.
Contents:
-- Blood Axis shirts available:
Blood Axis shirts from the recent concerts in NYC and Europe. Two different shirts designs (as well as two different
colors for one of them) are in stock:
Blood Axis t-shirt -- Imported from Austria. Good quality black heavyweight 100% cotton shirt with silver printing on
front and back. Front print features BA cross inside a circle of thorn branches, over left breast. Back print features
Tacitus quote from the introduction to "The March of Brian Boru": "We who live on the edge of the earth, and who are the
last bulwark of freedom, have to this day been protected by our remoteness, and by the mystery and fear created by our name..."
Available in Large and XL sizes only. $18 each first class postpaid in the USA, $22 airmail postpaid to the rest of the world.
Blood Axis "polo-style" sport shirt -- 100% cotton short sleeve pique shirt in good quality. These shirts feature a
small (2" diameter) custom-embroidered BA cross surrounded by a circle of thorn branches. Excellent workmanship, detail
and a sharp color combination. Two colors available: Black shirts feature embroidery with gold branches and burgundy red
cross. Burgundy shirts feature gold branches and black cross. Available in Medium, Large, and XL sizes. Some sizes are in
very short supply, so please reserve by email before sending payment. $34 each first class postpaid in the USA; $40 airmail
postpaid to the rest of the world.
Please send check or money order payable to DOMINION. Cash may be sent at your own risk -- please hide it well or use
registered mail. Prices are postpaid as noted. Send orders to:
Dominion,
PO Box 129,
Waterbury Center, VT 05677
USA
Paypal orders may also be sent to our email address.
-- Looking for Europe
Announcing the forthcoming book and CD compilation "Looking for Europe". This ambitious book written in German
language features an in-depth chapter on Blood Axis and includes a number of rare photos. The accompanying CD release
features the latest song recorded by Blood Axis, entitled "The Ride", which was also recently performed live in NYC and
Europe...
"LOOKING FOR EUROPE" book and 4-CD box - the definitive study of the Neofolk genre
In autumn Prophecy will release the book "Looking For Europe", written by Andreas Diesel and Dieter Gerten. "Looking
For Europe" is the first comprehensive portrayal of the Apocalyptic Folk genre. Interpreting all available records,
interviews, and secondary sources, the book explains the genesis and nature of today's Neofolk bands against a backdrop of
their musical predecessors as well as their artistic, aesthetic, and spiritual influences. The many references to writers,
art movements, and religious traditions are discussed in band portraits and comprehensive summaries. Recent statements by
artists, members of the scene, external experts and critics round off the documentary material to present the definitive
study of the Neofolk genre. In conjunction with the book, a lavishly designed 4-CD box will be released to musically
document the history of Apocalyptic Folk and its predecessors. The CDs contain many rare, previously unreleased, or
exclusive tracks. Among the featured artists are Scott Walker, Nico, Laibach, Death In June, Test Dept., Genesis P.
Orridge/Thee Majesty, Sol Invictus, The Strawbs, The Royal Family And The Poor feat. Peter Hook (Joy Division/New Order),
Blood Axis, Hagalaz' Runedance, Magnet, Fire + Ice and many more."
More information at www.prophecyproductions.de
-- Issue 16 of Rûna magazine now available:
Issue 15 of the respected "Northern Mysteries" journal _Rûna_ is available from Dominion. This issue contains part two
of Joshua Buckley's interview with Nigel Pennick, "Rig's Tale" by Dave Lee, Michael Sangster on The Lord of the Rings, A
Conversation with Stephen Edred Flowers, and much more. Single copies are available for $8 postpaid in the USA/Can.
The following back issues are also available: Issues 10, 11, 14 and 15.
Single back issues are also $8 postpaid, two issues for $15 postpaid, or three issues for $21 postpaid. Four issues are
$28 postpaid, and five issues are $35 postpaid.
Please reserve back issues by email before sending payment, as some are in limited supply.
Please send check or money order payable to DOMINION. Cash may be sent at your own risk -- please hide it well or use
registered mail. Prices are postpaid as noted. Send orders to Dominion. Paypal orders may also be sent to our email address.
(Europeans should order Rûna direct from the publisher: Rûna c/o BM: Sorcery, London WC1N 3XX, ENGLAND.)
-- In Gowan Ring in NYC
B'eirth of In Gowan Ring informs us that this is likely to be the nicest show they'll play in NYC for a long time...
IN GOWAN RING live with NICK CASTRO
7/13 Wed - New York, NY at Makor (35 West 67th St) with Marianne Nowottny and PG Six
"Tickets are now on sale through the website: www.makor.org. When
the web page comes up click on 'Makor music" under the Programs heading, then the month of your performance date, followed
by the link to your specific show. Please encourage everyone to buy tickets in advance."
http://www.92y.org/shop/event_detail.asp?productid=T%2DMM5PJ07
End of Dispatch.
- In Ruin
A cd version (100 copies) of the "...let us kiss and part" online single should be available July 18th, through In Ruin's merchandise website at CafePress.com. The album continues on the path set by "Seeds of the Past," featuring demo versions of some old and new songs as well as the earliest recordings of In Ruin -- from the winter of 2002.
More info: in-ruin.musicpage.de
- Klanggalerie
just a short note to apologize for the long delay in shipping the new 7"s by Einleitungszeit and Barbarella Pluesch. We had serious problems with the pressing plant but will finally be able to put your orders in the post mid next week. Thanks a lot for your patience. Out soon will be the also delayed CD by The New Blockladers and Gosplan Trio. Hoping to continue hassle-free after all this delay we send kind regards.
www.klanggalerie.com
- Kriegsfall-U / MozgaloM Records
Kriegsfall-U - The debut album is available.
Order from the artist at cheaper price! If you will order the debut Kriegsfall-U CD directly from the artist, the price is 9.90 EUR + PPD. We include a bonus special sticker + a Kriegsfall-U card.
If you order 5 copies from the Kriegsfall-U CDs, we include a free HERMON 2x3"CD BOX from the limited version. (In the case of 10 CD we include 2 boxes, in the case of 15 CDs we include 3 boxes, and etxc. etc. etc.)
MozgaloM Records
lacroix@freemail.hu
- :Of The Wand & The Moon:
'Hail Hail Hail' 7" to be released on 12th July 2005.
www.ofthewandandthemoon.dk
- Oggetti Volanti Non Identificati / The Vegetable Man Project
We're looking for bands and artists!
It's a paranoiac/surrealist project!
The italian label OGGETTI VOLANTI NON IDENTIFICATI (OVNI) intends to publish by 2030 one thousand different versions of Syd Barrett's Vegetable Man, putting them into a collection of 50 volumes.
The vegetable man project is a homage to Syd Barrett, Pink Floyd's founder, and to his music. But it especially is a homage to Vegetable Man, a song written by Barrett shortly before his departure from the band in 1968. the song was never officially published and it's sadly and ironically autobiographical ("when I read the lyrics, I though: my god! This guy knows exactly what's happening to him!", Peter Jenner, Barrett's producer).
Vegetable Man is a clear awareness of the own disarming incapacity to adapt oneself to the world, and in reality the proud and desperate scream of the solitary searcher lost in the sidereal spaces which divide people.
"I've been looking all over the place for a place for me but it ain't anywhere, it just aint's anywhere..."
The project is an attempt to put different musical realities and space-temporal worlds, very often isolated among themselves, in touch with each other, and it's spasmodically looking for the experimentation and the creativity which characterized the artistic activity of Syd Barrett.
To take part in the project:
1. record a NOT-MORE-THAN-4-MINUTE VERSION of the song (you can find mp3 and lyrics on the web). ANY MUSICAL GENRE is allowed.
2. contact Oggetti Volanti Non Identificati at oggettivolanti@hotmail.com.
The collected versions will be published on volumes of 20 songs each, and will be distributed by Oggetti Volanti Non Identificati all over the world. Every band will receive a free copy of the compilation for every member.
Info: www.oggettivolanti.it
- Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio / Spiritual Front
Out now: Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio & Spiritual Front
'Satyriasis, Somewhere Between Equilibrium and Nihilism' - CD - CMI144
Three is an Orgy, Four is Forever
Dreaming of My Scarlet Woman
Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio Live -
The ONLY confirmed Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio concert in 2005.
Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio @ Burgnächte-Festival / 23 - 25 September 2005
www.burgnaechte.com
Two is Company, Three is an Orgy & Four is Forever
www.ordo-rosarius-equilibrio.net
- Steinklang Industries
Tardive Dyskinesia feat. Sikhara - white flowers / branca flora - CD lim. 500
"the second album of this great Cold-Ritual and Dark-Ambient-Noise artist from Germany, this time in collaboration with the american artist Sikhara. traditional portugese chants and ritual drums are coming over metallic soundscapes, mixed with strange orchestrations and piano." (press release)
infos and sound-samples: tardive-dyskinesia.org
www.steinklang-records.at
3rd July 2005
- We've added the following reviews : Bisclaveret 'Er Roud el aater fi nezaha el khater' and Voxus Imp 'Idafeld'.
- Equilibrium Music
Available now:
Ataraxia & Autunna et sa Rose (Italy) "Odos Eis Ouranon - La Via Verso Il Cielo"
Dluxe limited edition double CD Digipak, complete with booklets which will include linear notes by both artists, lyrics and exclusive photography and artwork.
Press release, mp3s, info: www.odos.equilibriummusic.com
To be released later this year: Íon (Ireland) "Madre, Protégenos" Digipak CD 2005
Out in September: The Moon and the Nightspirit (Hungary) "Of Dreams Forgotten and Fables Untold" Digipak CD 2005
More info: www.equilibriummusic.com
- Essence Music
Henrik Nordvargr Björkk "Vitagen" CD out now!
"Pitch black holes of sound meet glitchy, cold elektronika overtones and haunted minimalist atmospheres, building a foundation for rhythmic movements, detailed drones, distant rumbles and disembodied voices. The different shades of black and grey Nordvargr paints with have never been
more disturbing and at the same time more beautiful! Mastered by Peter Andersson and housed in a custom 6-panel digisleeve packaging. The definitive masterwork from the Nordic giant of modern dark
ambient music! Limited edition of 800 copies.
** Also available in a strictly limited luxurious handmade box housing the standard edition, a set of 6 professionally printed cards in textured paper and a beautifully crafted porcelain doll. A perfect and sinister, yet innocent companion to the music of Henrik Nordvargr Björkk!" (press release)
More info, mp3s: www.essence-music.com
26th June 2005
- We've added a live report (in english & french) of the Simon Finn & Joolie Wood concert organised by Autre Que in Nice last November.
You will also find reviews of Cynfeirdd magazin #19, Genocide Organ "In-Konflikt ", Novy Svet & His Divine Grace
"nachtfang " and Omne Datum Optimum "MissaXXI"
- Ars Benevola Mater / Teatro Satanico
Teatro Satanico Charles Manson box ready.
Subscribors who payed before 20 may will receive a special thing... that is impossible to see if you don't have 2
different boxes. The faster person to find the gift will receive a shopping bag of Teatro satanico for free. Also, those
who payed in advance will receive their box signed by Devi(L)s & Alberto Maria Kundalini. All the other boxes will be not signed.
More info, pictures of the box: www.arsbenevolamater.com
- Cyclic Law
- Brand new release available:
Visions "Lapse" CD (14th Cycle)
New solo work from Frédéric Arbour (Instincts/Longing For Dawn/Cyclic Law). This sonic venture takes us on and intense,
solemn ambient journey through the minds eye and beyond. A transcendantal voyage through thick, droning layers immersed in
richly obscure, ever evolving abstract sonorities fused with mysticaly charged passages, this is a relentless visionary
experience through time and space, to realms beyond our imagination." (press release)
First 1000 copies in Gatefold sleeve.
7 Tracks. Running time; 56:00
Track list: Abyssal Gaze / Auroral Glare / Visions / Passage / Lapsing / Devoid Of Shadows / Lightless
Orders are now being taken for this release.
- Upcoming: Svartsinn "Traces Of Nothingness" CD (13th Cycle)
More info: www.cycliclaw.com
- Durtro
* Video recording of Current 93 stolen in Toronto:
A friend, who wishes to remain anonymous, was filming all the shows in Toronto on our behalf. I am really sad and
sorry to announce that on the Saturday night after the show someone stole, from our friend's bag when he left it unattended
to help Mark Logan, one of the four video discs that comprised part of his recording of the C93 Saturday performance.
I know that whoever stole it will be very happy and relieved to return it, anonymously if wished, to me at my mailing
address. Please don't let yourself and us down by keeping what is not yours. Alternatively, if anyone knows who stole the
disc, perhaps they could put pressure on that individual to return it. I would be very grateful for any help from you in
this matter. Thank you.
David Late Tibet / Suite 93 / 355 Byres Road / Glasgow / G12 8QZ / SCOTLAND
* Current 93 live performances: basic requirements thank you:
We get many letters asking about arranging for C93 to play live and what our conditions are. These generally depend on
the venue and promoter. But, as a basic requirement, the present live group that is C93 consists of:
2 people living on the west coast of the USA - 1 person living on the east coast of the USA - 1 person living in
the mid-west of the USA - 1 person living in Canada - 2 people living in Scotland - 1 person living in Europe - 1 person living in London.
So a minimum requirement is for the promoter of the show to be capable of bringing all these individuals to the
location of the show by air, and also being able to provide hotel accommodation. If these conditions are feasible for the
promoter then discussion can take place on how to proceed further.
* Pantaleimon as special guest for Antony and the Johnsons' UK shows:
Our friend Antony has asked Andria De Gens and Pantaleimon to be his special guest at the Antony and the Johnsons
shows at London's Queen Elizabeth Hall (24 June), Edinburgh's Liquid Room (30 June) and Glasgow's ABC (1 July). For more
details of these shows go to Antony's website www.antonyandthejohnsons.com, although we have been told that the London
show is sold out.
* Current 93 and friends in Venice, December 2005:
Will Oldham will also be playing his own set on one or two of the three nights that C93 and their friends play in
Venice; the specific days he will be so doing will be announced in a forthcoming update. Also playing will be: Simon Finn,
Baby Dee, Pantaleimon, 6 Organs of Admittance. We all love Will and will be working with him more in the near future Godwilling.
* Baby Dee new album and other news on her:
Baby Dee will be starting work on her new album next month; we have heard early demos and it will be heartbreakingly
beautiful. Also playing on the album will be John Contreras, Ben Chasny, Andria De Gens, William Breeze and David L.T.
Michael. Due to technical problems Dee has been unable to receive emails. Until these problems are fixed please contact
her by email at babydee@durtro.com.
* Black Ships Ate the Sky:
This album is nearly completed and will be released in October 2005 in the USA, UK, Russia and Europe.
* Judas as Black Moth/Livin' Fear of James Last:
These two retrospective 2CD compilations on Sanctuary/Castle are simultaneously released on 22 August. Both albums
will be available from durtro.com at £11 each, or £20 for both of them (plus postage and packing as well as, alas, where
applicable, VAT). They are now available to order from the shop. Please remember when ordering that these albums will not
be sent out till we receive them in the second half of August. All copies of both cds (whether bought singly or as a pair)
ordered before 16 August will be signed by both David and Steven.
* Current 93: Judas as Black Moth:
The C93 release includes a 12 page full colour booklet, with 2 previously unpublished photographs of David and a
previously unpublished painting by him on the front. Liner notes are by: Marc Almond, Bill Fay, Baby Dee, Antony, Mark
Logan, Hymenaeus Beta XIº, Shirley Collins, Ben Chasny, Simon Finn, Will Oldham, Thomas Ligotti, Devendra Banhart, William
Basinski, David Michael and David Late Tibet.
The tracklisting is as below. The version of Sunset (from the preliminary sessions for the forthcoming Black Ships Ate
The Sky) is a different vocal take from that recently released in Canada as the 2 track At Sunset Black Ships Ate The Sky
'Coptic' CD.
Disc one: THE LONG SHADOW FALLS * GOOD MORNING, GREAT MOLOCH * MOCKINGBIRD * MARY WAITS IN SILENCE * SUNSET * ALONE
(Live) * CALLING FOR VANISHED FACES I * A GOTHIC LOVE SONG (FOR N.) * OH COAL BLACK SMITH * THEY RETURN TO THEIR EARTH *
LUCIFER OVER LONDON * WALKING LIKE SHADOW * NIEMANDSWASSER * ALL THE PRETTY LITTLE HORSES * CALLING FOR VANISHED FACES II
* ALL THE WORLD MAKES GREAT BLOOD * SO: THIS EMPIRE IS NOTHING * WHILST THE NIGHT REJOICES PROFOUND AND STILL
Disc two: WHERE THE LONG SHADOW FALLS (EDIT) * LARKSPUR AND LAZARUS * THE INMOST LIGHT ITSELF * THE GREAT, BLOODY AND
BRUISED VEIL OF THIS WORLD * ALL THE PRETTY LITTLE HORSIES * RED HAWTHORN TREE * THE SIGNS IN THE STARS * THE DEATH OF THE
CORN * TIME TRYETH TRUTH * THE BLOODBELLS CHIME * SLEEP HAS HIS HOUSE (Live) * SAD-GO-ROUND * THE TEETH OF THE WINDS OF
THE SEA
* Nurse With Wound: Livin' Fear of James Last
The NWW release has an 8 page full colour booklet with photographs suitably treated and destroyed (and hence unpublished
till now) by Babs Santini of those who have worked with Steven Stapleton during his long career. The tracklisting is as
follows:
Disc one: THE SIX BUTTONS OF SEX APPEAL (EDIT) * DIRTY FINGERNAILS (EDIT) * STICK THAT CHICK AND FEEL MY STEEL THROUGH
YOUR LAST MEAL * SUBTERRANEAN ZAPPA BLUES * AG CANADH THUAS SA SPÈIR * DIE, FLIP OR GO TO INDIA * COLD (EDIT) * THE STRANGE
PLAY OF THE MOUTH (EDIT) * SWANSONG (EDIT)
Disc two: OPTICAL ILLUSION PAD * SEA ARMCHAIR * A PIECE OF THE SKY IS MISSING * HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS/MONUMENT FOR
PEREZ PRADO * INTRAVENOUS (EDIT) * A NEW DRESS * YAGGA BLUES * TWO SHAVES AND A SHINE (EDIT) * ROCK 'N ROLL STATION (EDIT) *
I WAS NO LONGER HIS DOMINANT (REMIX)
+ THANK YOU ALL + PEACE BE WITH YOU + THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS WITHIN YOU +
With love and allbestwishes to all you all reading this. Sunset.
love in the Patripassianist Christ to you all all ways and always
David Michael 23.VI.2005
www.durtro.com
- In Gowan Ring
'NEW ALBUM AND TOUR DATES"
* New Album "Birch Book" is pressed and printed available by mailorder through Lune Music MailOrder. (and at the 'Spry' shows).
"It is appropriate that the best songs of B'eirth should be given the simplest arrangements in which to shine. It
allows the exquisite quality of his song writing to be appreciated fully not hidden by layers of instrumentation. This
album is not what many expect, it is not overly experimental, not droning or psychedelic but it simultaneously brings the
older mystical folk of Donovan into the current and points a new individualistic way forward for the artist. It's a brave
move and an album that is cohesive, beautiful and often highly moving." - Mark Coyle for The Unbroken Circle. (for full
review: See 'reviews' section at www.theunbrokencircle.co.uk)
first 111 copies ordered via mailorder come with companion cdr of 'Birch Book vol.2' Previews and live takes. Copies
will be sent out July 21st. For mailorder details view the MailOrder page at
www.InGowanRing.com. mp3's and further information will be up on
the website after tour.
* 'Spry on the Horse of Smog' Summer tour (Eastern States US) with Nick Castro.
If you have questions regarding where a particular show is write to Lune@ingowanring.com, or in a pinch you could call
Nick at: 323-317-2190
Here's the Dates:
6/24 Fri - Easthampton, MA - Touchstone Farm
6/25 Sat - Cambridge, MA - live on WMBR "Subject to Change" show 2pm
6/25 Sat - Providence, RI - White Electric with Fern Knight, Apothecary Hymns and Black Forest/Black Sea
6/26 Sun - Cambridge, MA - Critique of Pure Reason Presents: Zeitgeist Gallery with Fern Knight
6/27 Mon - Portland, ME - Local 188
6/29 Wed - Brattleboro, VT - Common Ground with Feathers
6/30 Thur - Brooklyn, NY - Glass House Gallery with PG Six & Fern Knight
7/1 Fri - Baltimore, MD - True Vine Records
7/2 Sat - Washington DC - Warehouse Next Door with Talibam
7/3 Sun - Asheville, NC - Info at Harvest Records (828)258-2999
7/4 - State of contemplation
7/5 Tue - Nashville, TN - Angle of View with Cherry Blossoms + guests
7/6 Wed - Bloomington, IN - Bears with Drekka + guests
7/7 Thur - Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle with Travelling Bell (Kathy of Spires that in the Sunset Rise) & Singleman Affair
7/8 Fri - Louisville, KY - contact Shahn Rigsby - Phone - 502-636-5065 : Cell - 502 -608-5470
7/9 Sat - Columbus, OH - Andyman's Treehouse with The Black Swans
7/10 Sun - Buffalo, NY - "Tonight Let's All Make Love in Buffalo" Fest at Big Orbit Gallery with Feathers, MV+EE, Tony Conrad, Samara Lubelski, Pengo, Son of Earth, Scarcity of Tanks, Marissa Nadler+ more
7/12 Tue - Philadelphia, PA - The Khyber with Baird Sisters (Meg from Espers) & Fern Knight
7/13 Wed - New York, NY - Makor (35 West 67th St) with Marianne Nowottny and PG Six
7/14 Thur - Newburyport, MA ? (or something like that, more later)
7/15 Fri - Greene County, NY - Free 103 presents: Campfire Songs Festival with MV+EE, The Dust Dive and more...
7/16 Sat - Amherst, MA - Autonomous Battleship Collective presents: house show with Feathers
7/22 - In Gowan Ring might be participating in the BlueSanct Festival the 21st / 22nd of July, in Bloomington Indiana.
Please check with Michael at bluesanct (www.bluesanct.com) or write
to :Lune@InGowanRing.com when the time approaches.
* European Shows with Martyn Bates:
These shows will be promoting the Reissue of 'Hazel Steps through a Weathered Home" through the Shayo Company in
Switzerland: www.shayo.ch
There will be a mini-cd available at the shows with two new In Gowan Ring tracks and two tracks from Martyn Bates.
* New Mini-cd Album 'Flower Moon' through Hand/Eye for their 'Folklore of the Moon' series. See: www.somedarkholler.com
* Great New Book by John Michell available through Dominion Press.
Amazon Link for 'Confessions of a Radical Traditionalist": The Amazon page for the Dominion book "Confessions of a
Radical Traditionalist" by John Michell, a collection of brilliant essays selected and introduced by Joscelyn Godwin,
includes a sample essay for those who would like a taste of the book's contents.
* New appearances on compilations and Periodicals:
Interview and new song in PTOLEMAIC TERRASCOPE #35 (Autumn 2004) see: www.terrascope.org for details.
A few copies are available for mailorder here - write to: mailorder@ingowanring.com for availability.
* Listen to new music from In Gowan Ring at Myspace: www.myspace.com/ingowanring
* While not on traveling this year B'eirth will be residing in Massachusetts, involved in playing and composing music
for circle dance at Touchstone Farm. See: www.sacredcircles.com
* The In Gowan Ring website has been greatly expanded this year, so have a look-see at : www.InGowanRing.com
Thanks everyone, we hope to have more updates this year than the last, as there is more going on.
- Prophecy
To be released:
Antimatter - Planetary Confinement (Germany: 18.07.05, all other countries 25.07.05)
The Vision Bleak - Carpathia (29.08.05)
Tenhi - Tenhi III-maaäet (28.11.2005)
New CDs from Leakh (Prophecy - 05.09.2005), Secrets of the Moon (Lupus Lounge - 19.09.2005), Dornenreich (Prophecy - 14.11.2005), Helrunar (Lupus Lounge - 24.10.2005), "Looking for Europe" neo-folk book and exclusive 4-CD compilation (Auerbach - 17.10.2005).
More info: www.prophecy.cd - www.auerbach.cd - www.lupuslounge.com
- Spiritual Front
Dear friends... some news from da front
PETER MURPHY(bauhaus)+ SPIRITUAL FRONT
9th ov july @zoobar via di monte testaccio 23 -ROMA tickets 10 eu. Further info: diegopacioni@libero.it / 0039+338 81 35 081
...the long waited split cd with Ordo rosarius equilibrio 'satyriasis' has been totally remastered and it'll be
available during the first weeks of july via Cold meat industry rec. Nu t -shirts r on the way too('nihilist' t-s and
'jesus died in las vegas' t-s). soon on merchandise sect. We also advice u to check da nu post romantic events/summer
tour (we'll probably play a short duo acoustic set in Recanati)
www.precordings.com - www.postromantic.com
www.spiritualfront.com
19th June 2005
- We've added a report of this year's Wave Gothic Treffen.
- Ataraxia
On June 21st the new Ataraxia's album "Odos Eis Ouranon" will be finally out!!!
The release will consist of two CDS featuring an acoustic session (for piano, classic guitar and vocals) of Ataraxia
called "Strange Lights" and an acoustic concert (for piano, cello and vocals) of the Italian band Autunna et sa Rose
called "Logos".
Odos Eis Ouranon (the way to the heavens) will be a deluxe limited edition double CD digipack, complete with two
booklets that will include writings, lyrics, exclusive photos and artworks of the two bands. Only 2000 copies available.
Several info, track list, writings, MP3extracts can be found at www.ataraxia.net
- discography section, Odos Eis Ouranon.
All the people interested in buying it through our mailorder can have it (during the months of June and July) for:
25 Euro (postal expenses included - priority mail sending) instead of 28 Euros - Italy and Europe -
27 Euro (postal expenses included - priority mail sending) instead of 30 Euro - rest of the world -
- During the same period, all the people interested in Vittorio Vandelli's album "A day of warm rain in heaven" can
have it at the special price of 12 Euro instead of 15 with no more postal charges if the two albums are bought together.
Payments can be done in the following ways:
- from Italy - vaglia postale
- from Europe - IMO (international money order, you can do it in your posyal office) - western union transfer -
or cash very well hidden in a registered letter (at your own risk in case it's stolen)
- from the rest of the world - western union transfer or cash very well hidden in a registered letter (at your
own risk in case it's stolen)
cheques are not accepted - european postal cheques are accepted with a further amount of expenses of 5 Euros (due to
high back changing rates, please contact us in case you decide to utilise this way of payment)
Vaglia, IMO, etc can be sent to the following band's address:
Francesca Nicoli / c.p. 125 / 42019 Scandiano (Reggio Emilia) / Italy
an order form is eventually available in the ordering section of our website for further info pando@misterweb.it
address it to Pando.
Last but not least in the second half of the month of July will be finally out the long-awaited book + CD "Arcana Eco"
consisiting of a cartoon box containing:
- a 164 page photo book (around 80 exclusive photos) developping trough several chapters, a long interview, writings,
lyrics and much more - Both Italian and English versions are available -
- a digipack with several new songs (all the info, track-list, flash presentation at: www.ataraxia.net - discography
section - Arcana Eco).
Who will buy "Odos Eis Ouranon" through our mail order will have a special price for the Arcana Eco release together
with a small poster and an exclusive postcard of the band.
You simply have to reserve it writing a line to our email address or in the order form you find in our website
specifying if you prefer the English or Italian version. As soon as available you will receive a newsletter with the price,
details, etc... In that moment you will decide if confirming your order or not. It will be up to you. News at the beginning
of next month.
www.ataraxia.net
- Der Blutharsch
Salve!
WKN 24 LP and CD finally arrived at WKN HQ.
Due to the fact that I am flying to Roma till monday - to see ZZA on saturday and Duran Duran (they perform a free concert at Circo Maximo on sunday!!!) I start shipping all orders from tuesday on. So, those who allready preordered - expect your order to arrive from end of next week on, depending on how good post service in your region is.
And, btw. - June 29th TG perform in Turino, as well as Pan Sonic and (hopefully, we will see - Amphex Twin). We will be there! Maybe see some of you then.
Yours,
Albin Julius
www.derblutharsch.com
- Punch Records / Nový Svét & Ô Paradis
Punch Records proudly annouce:
Nový Svét & Ô Paradis "Destello de Estrellas en la Frente"
After the acclaimed and highly successful CD "entre siempre y jamas suben las mareas, duermen las ciudades" (NEKOFUTSCHATA / TESCO) of 2003, the two Barcelona based groups O PARADIS and NOVY SVET team up for another collaboration album presenting their dark mix of mediterranean accoustic music and electronic psychedelia.
"Destello de Estrellas en la Frente" takes their sound in even dustier realms than the followers of both bands are used to.
First 333 copies come with a 3"CD featuring four all exclusive bonus-tracks !!!!
RELEASEDATE: end-July
Tracklist: 1. Saltar a Volar 2. En Moloko 3. Que Dios me Perdone 4. Puñado de Suerte 5. Tierra Preguntas
6. Adonis & Bulldozer 7. Destello de Estrellas 8. Olvidar un Corazòn 9. Dios sin Ojos 10. Cùrame 11. Mar Dorado
12. Desde 13. Otoño 14. Las Aguas en la Tierra
Bonus 3" CD: 1. En Mares de Sangre 2. Ulla, Tu y Yo 3. Como Insectos Bajo el Sol 4. L'Ametlla Prados
Mp3 extracts available on our web-site
More info: www.punchrecords.it
- Sieben
Ogham Inside the Night album launch concert
Matt will be celebrating the release of 'Ogham Inside the Night' with a concert at the Lantern Theatre, Sheffield on
Friday 8 July. For further details, and information on all other forthcoming live appearances, please see the live
appearances page of his website.
More info: www.matthowden.com
- Tursa
Orders are being taken for "Cups in Cupboard" by Wardrobe.
A joint work by Andrew Liles and Tony Wakeford.
First edition of 500 signed CD's. Released August.
Available via the following url.
www.tursa.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_music_info&cPath=76&products_id=233
Tursa
BM Tursa
London WC1N 3XX
www.tursa.com
12th June 2005
- Antlers Mulm
A demo-one track of the new A.M. album (to be released in autumn/winter 2005) is available via sonderuebertragung@gmx.net.
More info: www.sonderuebertragung.de
- Antony & The Johnsons / Secretly Canadian
Antony & The Johnsons "Hope There's Someone" CDEP/12" out now.
On the second single from Antony & The Johnson's "I Am A Bird Now", Antony presents one of the strongest solo pieces in his staggeringly rich repertoire. The song "Hope There's Someone" is a rush of pure emotion, a true performance with every bit of hope, supplication, distress, horror, lament, agony, sorrow and accession, spanning the entire life-death experience. Pitchfork characterizes the song remarking, "It starts all atremble with a disarmingly naked prayer ("Hope there's someone who'll take care of me when I die, when I go"). As the song progresses that someone changes shape, and becomes a spectral double, as Antony sings for and against himself; the hoped-for someone is both a loving companion and an exterminating angel." The esteemed NPR program All Things Considered recently reviewed "I Am A Bird Now" injecting one of the most illuminate and apropos assessments yet, "This is a fantastic record. It's thoroughly modern but feels lived in, it's got an old soul, and honestly for as often as the term "soulful" gets tossed around like table salt on so many flavorless records, for once, for Antony and the Johnsons the term aptly describes." Two of the three songs are previously unreleased outtakes from the "I Am A Bird Now" sessions. The single also contains a new video for "Hope There's Someone" by the up-and-coming NYC video artist Glen Fogel. The video, and cover art, features a captivating portrait of the NYC legend Joey Gabriel.
MP3 edit for "Hope There's Someone"
New video for "Hope There's Someone"
Antony has just finished his two night stand with David Tibet & friends in Toronto at the historical St. George-the-Martyr Anglican Church. Antony will soon resume his massive European tour schedule. Below is an up to date list of European tour dates. Of course we're very excited to announce Antony's second single from the new album for the song, "Hope There's Someone" out now. A video for the song is now available online, a link can be found above.
06/12 Amsterdam, Holland - Paradiso
06/13 Groningen, Holland - Oosterpoort
06/15 Frankfurt/Main, Germany - Mousonturm
06/17 Stuttgart, Germany - Manufaktur
06/18 Leipzig, Germany - Schaubuhne Lindenfels
06/19 Berlin, Germany - Volkesbuehne
06/20 Hamburg, Germany - Thalia Theater
06/21 Wuppertal, Germany - Forum Maximum at Rex Theater
06/22 Heidelberg, Germany - Karlstorbahnhof
06/23 London England - Royal Festival Hall, Meltdown Festival
06/24 London, England - Queen Elizabeth Hall, Meltdown Festival
06/26 Birmingham, England - Glee Club
06/27 Bristol, England - Trinity Arts Center
06/28 Manchester, England - Academy
06/30 Edinburgh, Scotland -Liquid Room
07/01 Glasgow, Scotland - Oran Mor
07/02 Dublin, Ireland - Vicar
07/03 Belfast, Ireland - The Empire Music Hall
07/05 London, England - Somerset House
07/06 London, England - BBC Radio Session Live
07/07 Montreux, Switzerland - Miles Davis Hall, Montreux Jazz Festival
07/08 Vienna, Austria - Arkadenhof Rathaus, Vienna Jazz Fest
07/09 Genova, Italy - Sea Square, Passion Evening
07/11 Reykjavik, Iceland - Nasa
07/14 Ferrara, Italy - Castle Courtyard
07/15 Cuneo, Italy - Nuvolari
07/16 Arezzo, Italy - Arezzowave Stadium
07/18 Cartagena, Spain - Festival La Mar de Musicas
07/19 Palma de Mallorca, Spain - Claustro de la Misericordia
07/21 Santiago de Compostela, Spain - Plaza Quintana
07/23 San Sebastian, Spain - Kursaal Auditorium, San Sebastian Jazz Festival
07/28 New York, NY - Town Hall
More info: www.antonyandthejohnsons.com - www.secretlycanadian.com
- Death In June
The release of this double LP and single CD is imminent.
ABANDON TRACKS!
(Rarities, Remixes And Original Unreleased Recordings)
THE CONCRETE FOUNTAIN / THE ONLY GOOD NEIGHBOR / 13 YEARS OF CARRION / BURN AGAIN / MY BLACK DIARIES / PUNISHMENT INITIATION / WE SAID DESTROY / EUROPA RISING / ROCKING HORSE NIGHT / DEATH OF A MAN / PASSION! POWER!! PURGE!!! / MY BLACK DIARY / IN SACRILEGE / MANY ENEMIES BRING MUCH HONOUR /
UNCONDITIONAL ARMISTICE / EUROPA: THE GATES OF HEAVEN AND HELL
Description:
THE CONCRETE FOUNTAIN. The ultimate 'abandoned track'! Recorded in Zagreb, Croatia 1996. Personnel: Douglas P. and Mario Kalendari´c, the man behind the Croatian Future Shock 2001 Team.
THE ONLY GOOD NEIGHBOR. Originally released in America on 'The Pact Flying In The Face...' compilation in 1996. Recorded at Big Sound, Adelaide, S.A. Personnel: Douglas P.
13 YEARS OF CARRION. Remixed and re-recorded with new keyboards, percussion and bass at Big Sound, Adelaide, S.A. in 2002. Originally featured on the Death In June album 'Rose Clouds Of Holocaust' issued in 1995. Personnel: Douglas P. and Campbell Finley (trumpet).
BURN AGAIN. Remixed and re-recorded with new vocals at Big Sound, Adelaide, S.A. in 2002. Originally featured on the Death In June album 'Brown Book' issued in 1987. Personnel: Douglas P.
MY BLACK DIARIES. Originally recorded for the 'Im Blutfeuer' compilation released by the German CTHULHU label in 1994. Personnel: Douglas P.
PUNISHMENT INITIATION. Re-recorded with new lead vocals and also remixed using the original backing vocals and bass guitar by Gary Carey of the group Joy Of Life at Big Sound, Adelaide, S.A. in 2002. Originally featured on the Death In June album 'Brown Book' released in 1987. Personnel: Douglas P. and Gary Carey
WE SAID DESTROY. Originally released in 2000 as a joint Death In June/Fire + Ice 7" single limited edition (2,000 only) on Fremdheit. Recorded at Big Sound, Adelaide, S.A. Personnel: Douglas P.
EUROPA RISING. A version of this was originally issued as 'Daedalus Rising' on the Death In June album 'But, What Ends When The Symbols Shatter?' released in 1992. Remixed and re-recorded in 2002 at Big Sound, Adelaide, S.A. Personnel: Douglas P.
ROCKING HORSE NIGHT. An original unreleased mix of a song initially featured on the Death In June album 'The World That Summer' issued in 1986. Personnel: Douglas P., Jeremy Hirsch (trumpet) and Andreas J.(bass guitar).
DEATH OF A MAN. Yukio Mishima and Jean Genet speak for themselves! The original version is featured on the Death In June album 'The World That Summer' issued in 1986.
PASSION! POWER!! PURGE!!! Released on Leprosy Discs as a limited edition CD single to accompany the Euro-tour of 1998. Personnel: Douglas P.
MY BLACK DIARY. Taken from the Nature And Organisation album 'Beauty Reaps the Blood Of Solitude' released in 1994. Lyrics and lead vocals: Douglas P.
IN SACRILEGE. Remixed and re-recorded at Big Sound, Adelaide, S.A. in 2002. Originally released on the Death In June album 'The Wall Of Sacrifice' 1989.
MANY ENEMIES BRING MUCH HONOUR. Recorded at Big Sound, Adelaide, S.A. for the Der Blutharsch tribute album 'Fire Danger Season' issued in 2003 by HauRuck. Inspired by track 2 of the Der Blutharsch album 'When All Else Fails'. Personnel: Douglas P.
UNCONDITIONAL ARMISTICE. Recorded in 1996 at Jacob's Studios, England and issued as part of a CD "ticket in a tin box" for the Death In June, NON, Der Blutharsch and forseti performance in Burg Falkenstein, Germany, June, 1999. Lyrics and Personnel: Douglas P. and Ken Thomas.
EUROPA: THE GATES OF HEAVEN AND HELL. Remixed using the original acoustic guitar and backing vocals and re-recorded lead vocals at Big Sound, Adelaide, S.A. 2002. The first released version of this was called 'We Are The Lust' and was featured on the Death In June album 'Brown Book' issued in 1987. Personnel: Douglas P. and Gary Carey (backing vocals)
All Rights Reserved DEATH IN JUNE/NER 2005. All abandoned tracks remastered by Dave Lokan at Big Sound, Adelaide, S.A. 2004
For further information please write to:
BM JUNE, LONDON WC1N 3XX, ENGLAND
or view: www.deathinjune.net
- Dream Into Dust
those wishing to hear longer samples of our music, keep up with our current activities, and see our virtual network of friends, fans, and musical associates, can now visit our official myspace page: www.myspace.com/dreamintodust
we're not logged in all the time, and generally only link to the types of people above (although a few favorite bands of ours are now linked). our network is growing daily and it's a lot to keep up with, so if you're on myspace and send a friend request, please also send a note so we know who you are.
once you're in our network you can subscribe to our blog, which will give updates of live shows and new streaming mp3s added to the page. in the future we plan on adding exclusive hard-to-find compilation tracks, live, or unreleased recordings.
we're currently rehearsing with a new keyboardist and planning more live shows for the summer and fall, although we're concentrating on recording a new album.
thanks to everyone on this list for your support.
www.chthonicstreams.com/dream.html
- Durtro
9 June 2005
Toronto shows: thank you all
We were so happy and exhausted to play in Toronto and were honoured to have so many of our friends there. Current 93 world there were nighttime: David Michael, Ben Chasny, Andria De Gens, Simon Finn, William Breeze, Will Oldham, Baby Dee, Joolie Wood, David Late Tibet, Maja Elliott, John Contreras.
Our especial thanks to: Mark Logan and Lynn Jackson who made the whole three nights possible and who are, as Steven Stapleton said and to which we all agree, truly remarkable people; Antony Johnson & Julia Kent who made time out of an insanely busy touring schedule to be their with their adoptive family and play 2 wonderful sets; Will Oldham who travelled many miles to play the song he performs on BLACK SHIPS ATE THE SKY; Steven Stapleton for everything; Dan Koretzky of Drag City for his kindness and lovely humour; Rick Klaver for many things; Amy Phillips for RingA+‡Promised/Kindness; Nidge and Pacheco for coming and many others whose names I remember into Space but whose names I am too sleepy to write; Michael Olson for BookThought/Seen; Mickie for the CROSSRING; Ayse and Geffrey for teetering to Rome; Wm. Christopher Hoag for having fallen into Rome and Matthew David Michael Lewis who is about to disappear into GOD and steal a march on Satan; and to the Micturatory Daemon for his/her apt kindness to me all THINGS considered. And thus too to "dead" Jhonn Balance who came to call when I least expected him; thank you Geff! There is no death. Kindness was boats of killers made Ezekiel; shining murder owl.
* New additions to Durtro shop:
The following items have been added to the online shop, which has now reopened:
- SIMON FINN: MAGIC MOMENTS
- SIMON FINN: SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD CD EP
- BABY DEE: MADE FOR LOVE CD EP
- JOHN CONTRERAS/ROSE McDOWALL/NURSE WITH WOUND: ALONE/GEOMETRIC HORSEHAIR CAVALCADE CD EP
- CURRENT 93: HOW I DEVOURED APOCALYPSE BALLOON 2CD (double live CD of the complete Friday and Saturday performances in Toronto in 2004)
- CURRENT 93: AT SUNSET BLACK SHIPS ATE THE SKY 2 track CD (originally known in Coptic as PSHOUO NMEHPSAITSHOMTE: NTNAU NHÔTP MPRÊ AHENJÊU EUKÊM OUEM TPE)
- NURSE WITH WOUND: ECHO POEME SEQUENCE No. 2
- CURRENT 93: BLACK SHIPS ATE THE SKY (T-shirt with COPTIC text) which transliterates as PSHOUO NMEHPSAITSHOMTE: AHENJÊU EUKÊM OUEM TPE)
The T-shirts are available in female skinny V-necks as small, medium, large and extra large; and in male round-necks as small, medium, large and extra large. CURRENT 93: HYPNAGOGUE I & II will be available in 3 to 4 weeks.
* C93/NWW LA/SF date:
We are still awaiting for confirmation from our lovely booking agent Boche Billions but we are hoping that the SF dates will be 4 and 5 November 2005. More soon as soon as soon.
* My favourite album at the moment: Om/Variations on a Theme:
Ben Chasny, of 6 Organs of Admittance and C93 and Comets on Fire and millions, whilst we were in Toronto, asked me if I had heard VARIATIONS ON A THEME by the San Francisco group OM. As Ben's recommendations are ALWAYS perfect I got a copy, and he was raving about it. And I have to say that this is one of the most immaculate, hypnotic and powerful albums I have heard for many many many years. I really cannot find enough superlatives for it except to say I NEVER wanted it to end. You can visit their website at www.omvibratory.com or their excellent record label, Holy Mountain, at www.holymountain.com. Buy this album! You won't regret it, I know. I listened to it all the way back on the plane (five times) and it becomes richer and more hypnagogic as you tunnel inside it/him/her. They will be playing in the UK in Bristol and London, I am told, on September 3 and 4 respectively.
* PMEPE PNOUTE:
A longer text to fill soon how I love you all in new ways in a new skyscape. With love to you all from David Michael, David Late Tibet, and everyone else under the Eaten Sky.
+ GodisLove + A+‡ + GodisLove +
A+‡ David Michael Late A+‡
www.durtro.com
- Jnana
June 2005
* New releases now available:
The following titles, which were launched at the recent Toronto shows by Current 93 and friends, are now available from our shop.
- Current 93: How I Devoured Apocalypse Balloon 2CD (OUT OF STOCK UNTIL END JUNE)
- Nurse With Wound: Echo Poeme: Sequence No. 2 CD
- Simon Finn: Subjunctive Mood CDS
- Simon Finn: Magic Moments CD
- Baby Dee: Made for Love CDS
- John Contreras/Rose McDowall/Nurse With Wound CDS
- Current 93: At Sunset Black Ships Ate the Sky CDS (formerly known as PSHOUO NMEHPSAITSHOMTE: NTNAU NHÔTP MPRÊ AHENJÊU EUKÊM OUEM TPE)
- Current 93: Black Ships Ate the Sky T-shirt (available in female V-neck and male round-neck styles; sizes small, medium, large and extra large)
* Current 93: Hypnagogue I & II:
This release should be available mid-July. It will feature the original version as well as a newly recorded one.
* Current 93: How I Devoured Apocalypse Balloon:
This 2CD set features Current 93 live in Toronto, 2004. It is being repressed and should be available around the end of June.
* MSF Compilation CD:
We've received all the tracks now except for two. It now looks as though the firm release date for this project will be September 1st. We'll start taking pre-orders for this package in early August.
www.jnanarecords.com
- Neo-Form.de
The internet magazine and forum Neo-Form.de is proud to present the official release of "Neo-Form I", the folk, industrial and avant-garde online compilation. It's a sampler CD with full cover artwork containing exclusive material (live-tracks, cover-tunes, remixes, demo-versions or exclusive songs) by
the following artists: - Cawatana - Volksweerbaarheid - Culture Of Darkened Fires - Langemarck
- Rose Rovine E Amanti - Shava Sadhana - Von Thronstahl - nA - Laufeyiar Sonr - Werra - Solblot -Gruenland - Stein - Belborn - HERR - Sagittarius - UR -
You can download this release for FREE.
Check out www.neo-form.de
- Reue Um Reue / Novy Svet / His Divine Grace
the Novy Svet/His Divive Grace 10-inch "Nachtfang" is now available!!
Reue Um Reue Tontraeger proudly presents RUR 001.
Combining magnificently the unique bohemian cabaret from the most Viennese Band on the Costa Brava and the haunting illuminated soundscapes of the mysterious Moonchild Erik, this collaboration is an homage to the millions of insects which every night lose their lives to the irresistible attraction of artificial lights. Experience within two experimental/ambient 13-minutes-tracks the tragic destiny of an insect, dying in the illusion of having reached the stars.
Further details and soundclips on the labels page: http://eys.online.fr/tutrur/
Orders, wholesale, distro: eys@onilne.fr
- Reutoff / Antlers Mulm / Ewers Tonkunst
Reutoff / Antlers Mulm "Kreuzung Eins" LP 2005 Ewers Tonkunst, HHE 008 V, (ltd. 330)
This release will start a series of collaborations between Reutoff and other projects. The collaboration with Antlers Mulm includes 6 tracks, 2 different remixes of Antlers Mulm's track "Schau unseren Jubel" made by Reutoff and two different remixes of Reutoff's track "Die Sunden der Vater" made by Antlers Mulm, as well as exclusive track of each of the band. The result turned out to be one of the most melodic and melancholic release for both of the projects. The beauty of eschatological sadness and profound nostalgia of the past revealed by the delicate sounds of this record, atmospheric and fragile but with some inner strength inside. [label info]
More info: ewers@mailru.com - reutoff.industrialmusic.ru - www.sonderuebertragung.de
- Steinklang Industries
out on 12.05.2005:
SKL03 Sektion B - power is nothing without control - LP lim.370 / CDR lim.100
finally available this brilliant live album in a perfectly remastered and re-edited form!
typical aggressive Sektion B Power-Electronics with hard-screaming voices and pulsating drones.
perfect live-recording from their 4th concert in Berlin 2001, taken place a few days before 11th september!
Still available a few copies:
SK22 Sektion B - Only time; hate and revenge - LP / lim.500 - 2003
a powerful sound contribution against present times of war and terrorism. screaming double voices combined with pulsating analogue harsh-electronic sequences and subtile rhythms. pure power-electronics at its best!
SK7-17 Irikarah - get on your knees / conditioned - heavy 7" / lim.180
2 brilliant new Industrial songs by these modern followers of early SPK. pure power! [part 7 in ZYKLUS 2]
SK7-18 Genevieve Pasquier - lines - heavy 7" / lim.180
the female part of Thorofon brings us again 3 masterpieces of Minimal Industrial in highest definition!
one typical Minimal-hit, a noisy Industrial track and finally a song like the everlasting Cosey Fanni Tutti "time to tell" album. Genevieve Pasquier is THE newborn star on the Minimal-Industrial crossover heaven! [part 8 in ZYKLUS 2]
More info: www.steinklang-records.at
- Zhelezobeton
New release: Degeneral "After the World" CD-R ZHB-VI
release date: 09 June 2005
limited to: 223 copies
"Degeneral was formed in the Siberian city of Kemerovo in 2001 and has already recorded several albums none of which has been issued to present day, so "After the World" can be called the first official release of the project. The album sounds like a soundtrack to a mental trip through the lifeless spaces of the world outlived electro-mechanical apocalypse. First monotonous droning tracks unobtrusively bring listener's perception into a laid-back and meditative state. But the sound gradually condenses, saturation of sonic events grows and music takes mechanical features of sinister atmosphere of a desolated factory working for hundreds of years without human assistance. Thunder of workshops, buzz of power substations and clanks of unknown mechanisms flow together into united psy-noise symphony. By the end of the disc anthropomorphical assotiations naturally pale and give way to abstract cosmic visions, provoked by skilfully combined avalanche-like noise waves and looped melodic lines. The release is packed into hand-made outer sleeve made of foil-covered material with sprayed symbol and inner semi-transparent cardboard sleeve with information notes." (press release)
zhb.radionoise.ru/mp3/degeneral_2.mp3 - zhb.radionoise.ru/mp3/degeneral_6.mp3
Release page: zhb.radionoise.ru/eng/zhb-vi.html
More info: zhb.radionoise.ru
5th June 2005
- We've added the following reviews : ACTUS "Mandala", Duo Noir "Marseilles", Sonne Hagal "dygel" and Zoät·Aon "Star Autopsy".
- Allerseelen
* A very interesting interview with Gerhard is available on the Italian webzine Raunend:
www.raunend.com/interviste/allerseelen.htm
* Various Allerseelen concerts in Hungary, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Switzerland are in preparation.
* DoLP Gotos=Kalanda
"Dass das Spiel Gefahren hat, ist gewiß. Eben darum lieben wir es." (Hermann Hesse, Das Glasperlenspiel)
Allerseelen and Ahnstern/Steinklang are preparing the double lp version of the sold out Allerseelen cd Gotos=Kalanda which still is one of the most controversial and provocative concept albums ever published.
This double lp will contain the digitally re-mastered songs of the Gotos=Kalanda cd and six new, unreleased songs recorded by Allerseelen in early MMV. Most of these new songs have already been recorded: Dunkelheit, Dein Buch, Mit der Sonne, Unverändert (new). They show another facet of the work of Allerseelen - their strange krautpop and krautrock style fits well with the noisy recordings of the old Gotos=Kalanda songs. It will be the last possibility to get hold of these legendary recordings. It is not intended to publish these songs again on vinyl or cd.
This will be the fifth double lp in the 10 lp box set - the mahagonny-red wooden box is now almost sold out, are still available from: www.steinklang-records.at
Please pre-order your copy now from Aorta or Ahnstern/Steinklang. The subscribers of the wooden box will get the double lp immediately after its release.
www.geocities.com/ahnstern
- Ataraxia
Check the dates of the Ataraxia summer concerts on our Concerts page.
* The forthcoming release: Odos Eis Ouranon (The way to the heavens), doubble digipack CD featuring the acoustic performances (for piano, classic guitar and vocals) of Ataraxia (disc 1) and Autunna et sa Rose (disc 2), will be finally available at the end of June in a limited edition of 2000 copies. Ataraxia will present rearranged and exclusive songs together with some tunes belonging to sold out limited editions. The track-list will be: Strange Lights, Shelmerdine, Bonthrop, Tu es la force du Silence, Ophélie, Faust in una sala maledetta, Seas of the Moon, Les Tisseuses Lunaires, Veules les Roses, Fuga Trionfale, Oduarpa, Medusa. Two 12 pages booklets with photos, writings and lyrics will be included.
* The photo-book + CD Arcana Eco will be sent to the pressing plants in the forthcoming month of June, so it will be hopefully out during the month of July. The delay was due to many improvements (several new pages with writings, photos, etc). The release will consist of a cartoon box contaning a 164 pages book + a digibox with the CD. The book, written by the music journalist Ferruccio Filippi (Grind Zone), the singer of Ataraxia and enriched by a huge number of b/w and colour exclusive photos of Livio Bedeschi, will be a sort of geographical and musical journey devided into six chapters (stone, water, passages, dream, contemplation and light), + an exhaustive interview, several Francesca's writings, songs lyrics , full discography (albums + compilations) and much more. The release will be available in two versions: Italian and English.
More info: www.ataraxia.net
- Cold Spring
Available now:
* Kriegsfall-U - 'Kriegsfall-U' (CSR54CD)
"Sacral post-industrial from Hungary with heroic, esoteric and philosophical influences. In the Blood of Heroes of Love and Fear. Purity and Justice against the Wane and Impurity. Musically, you may compare Kriegsfall-U with Turbund Sturmwerk, Wappenbund, Les Joyaux De La Princesse, Sophia, early Der Blutharsch... The CD comes in a nice digipack, with an A3 full-colour poster and raised cover. All lyrics translated into English. Fresh blood in the scene." (press release)
* Deadwood - '8 19' (CSR53CD)
"Outstanding Power Electronics from Sweden. This is Deadwood's debut album and is a solid, pounding force of electronics, Death Ambient atmospheres and brutal vocals. Featuring a member of Satanic Black Metal act Blodulv. File alongside such luminaries as The Grey Wolves and Mz.412. Deadwood is a relentless assault on the senses! Approach with due caution!" (press release)
More info, prices, mp3s: www.coldspring.co.uk
- Der Blutharsch / WKN / HR!
Salve!
due to some slight technical problems WKN 24 is delayed, but should be at WKN HQ latest till mid June. Preorders can be taken now via: www.derblutharsch.com/Foyer/WKN/wkn.html
As well check the merchandising section, we have some new and kincky items... especially the watch is highly recommended... I fell in love with it myself.
HR!76 - Bain Wolfkind - Music for Lovers and Gansters CD is in production and should be available in a few weeks.
HR!77 - Terroritmo - Premonitions - their first CD hopefully will be released before summer as well, give it a try, it is probably the darkest release on HauRucK!
Both will be distributed via Tesco Distribution exclusivly.
Der Blutharsch is recording their new album, we hope to have it released around October, but are very optimistic, as 7 songs are allready finished. Again we will have some guests working with us, one is DrDrDr. Didi Bruckmayer from Austrian famous group Fuckhead (www.fuckhead.at) with a dark and weird ballad.
Last but not least, Albin Julius will DJ at The Slimelight/London next Saturday, June 11 at the afterparty of Ain Soph`s concert, maybe see some of you there.... don`t miss the chance to see Ain Soph! They are better than ever now!!!!
All the best,
Albin Julius
www.derblutharsch.com
- Klanggalerie
there's no stopping us: on June 20th, we are releasing a couple of new 7" singles:
gg69 Einleitungszeit - same 7"
A limited edition of only 100 numbered copies. EZ are Slovakia's no. 1 industrial export. Their sound is super harsh, but structured, imagine Test Dept playing with Whitehouse and early Einsturzende Neubauten. A complete must for anyone who is into noise! Be quick, these are expected to be flying out the doors quickly!
gg93 Barbarella Plusch - d_b 7"
The contrast to the above couldn't be bigger: BP are Alexander Wallner's follow-up to Das Fax Mattinger. Their sound lies somewhere in the genre of post rock, with references to bands like Low, Trans Am, Pan Am, Tortoise, Sonic Youth etc. Extremely beautiful sounds, carefully played and arranged. A sensational newcomer!
Both titles as usual priced at EUR 13,- per copy. Distributors ask for wholesale discounts.
Still fresh: Nurse With Wound - Salt Marie Celeste T-Shirts and Girlie Shirts priced at EUR 25,- / EUR 27,- per copy.
More info: www.klanggalerie.com
- Punch Records
Punch Records is glad to announce:
OUT NOW!!!
PP009-Coph Nia / Mindspawn "Erotomechaniks"
CD Jewelcase with 8-pages booklet in Splicase. Limited to 500 copies!!! Price: 14.50 eur
Tracklist:
1. S U B O C O N T A G E S
2. N I G H T I N T H E K E Y O F M A D N E S S
3. N E M O C H - S A R A T H
4. T R I P T Y C H P A S S A G E
5. P N O T H P H A L L E U M
6. M A C H I N E H E A T
7. M E K A N I C K
Across apocalyptic vistas of blasted earth and twisted machinery, the sound of the Erotomechanicks comes like a blaring klaxon, announcing the unholy alliance of Coph Nia and Mindspawn. Their aural sorcery grinds through the core of one's being, through one's soul. Relentless, ominous, unbeing....
Erotomechanicks shares much with the imagery associated with Giger, Brom, Dali, and Frazetta; strange worlds of dark biomechanical demons where humanity is decaying in the charnel heaps of an apocalyptic landscape. Great hive cites sprawl both above and below ground, engorged by the throngs that serve in the factories, cogs in a wheel that turns relentlessly. The mechanics that service the great machines so reverently incant their liturgies much as a one would sing poetry to a sacred lover.
More info: www.punchrecords.it
- Sieben
New release: Sieben--Ogham Inside the Night
The long-awaited new album from Sieben, 'Ogham Inside the Night' is released by Iceflower/Trisol in July 2005. The album comes as a 2CD digipak, which also includes the now-deleted album, 'Sex and Wildflowers', plus four bonus tracks.
For detailed notes on the album and all of the tracks, and to hear an MP3 excerpt of one song, please see the Sieben section of Matt's website, and choose 'Ogham Inside the Night' from the drop-down menu on that page. For full tracklistings, please see the Discography section of the site. To order 'Ogham Inside the Night' and other available titles (some at new reduced prices), please see Matt's Mail order page.
www.matthowden.com
- taalem/kokeshidisk
* You can find an interview with yours truly right there : www.topiste.com/iN_tensioN/article.php3?id_article=156 (direct link). thanks again to aubespin!
* taâlem/kokeshidisk july releases
they will inaugurate the new design of the taâlem 3"s. no more sticker on the front from now on. the 3" will be full-coloured printed, still in its shiny slim jewelcase, with an informative sticker on the back of the case. looks very nice :) the artwork is done by Cyril Herry, audio/visual artist known under the Lecanora (see alm 4) moniker for the audio part (once a member of Exotoendo also) and who did videos for Troum lives in 2004.
first 3"s with this new design are:
alm 25 >> pholde "in the subset of all elements"
Pholde is the ambient side-project of Alan Bloor that the noise maniacs will probably know under the Knurl moniker. scrapey & metallic but melodic drones... simply beautiful...
alm 26 >> compest "benu"
Compest is the new project of Martin Steinebach, known for his Conscientia Peccati, Monoid and StillStand projects. "benu" could be described as a glitchy-tribal-ambient piece...
at the same time, there will be the second reference on the newborn Kokeshidisk side-label :
kodi 2 >> akifumi nakajima > water 1990
akifumi nakajima is better known under the Aube alias. this work, as its title suggests it, is from 1990, so pre-Aube. it was composed for an exhibition and is very surprising for anyone familiar with early Aube releases. "water 1990" isn't noisy at all ! mainly (but not only) composed with water sounds, it's a gorgeous ambient work, with even melodic parts, originally released on a tape for this exhibition and especially remixed & remastered last year for this new release. like the "Atona Ton Tona" Internal Fusion's cd-r, the A5-sized cardboard cover and the cd-r itself are full-coloured printed. design is done by akifumi nakajima. the first edition is limited to 100 copies.
* more planned releases for the future :)
taâlem : Tarkatak, Aleph, Klood, Aalfang Mit Pferdekopf / Emerge...
kokeshidisk : Sechres Mound (= Lecanora + Toy Bizarre), Akifumi Nakajima, Chöd, S-Core + Telepherique, Y.Ann...
More info: www.taalem.com - kokeshidisk.free.fr
- Terra Fria
2005 schedule:
* September 24, 2005: BOYD RICE (U.S.A.) Guest STALKER VITKI (Portugal)
Local: Sintra > Quinta da Regaleira > Sala do Gerador
Price: € 20,00 (Terra Fria TF005 included)
Deadline for reservations: September 2, 2005
For this event, Terra Fria will release a book with texts by Boyd Rice and M. Janeiro.
This publication will be bilingual. A meeting for the release of this edition will be held on the same day and location of the show, at 15:00h, and will be restricted to those who have booked reservations for the concert. Since the release of the book will take place during the Quinta's opening hours, all those wishing to attend this meeting are required to acquire the regular entrance ticket to the Quinta (€ 5,00).
* October 22, 2005: WALDTEUFEL (U.S.A.) Guests ALLERSEELEN (Austria) and WOLFSKIN (Portugal)
Local: Sintra
Price: € 20,00 (Terra Fria TF006 included)
Deadline for reservations: September 30, 2005
* November 12, 2005: CHANGES (U.S.A.) Most probably we will also have a guest for this event. More information will be available soon.
Local: Sintra
Price: € 20,00 (Terra Fria TF007 included)
Deadline for reservations: October 14, 2005
Attendance will be limited to 100 places for all events.
The price for all three events is € 50,00. This amount must be paid until September 2, 2005.
Reservations and information email: info@terra-fria.com
For more information, please visit our website, under constant updates: www.terra-fria.com
* Terra Fria website update:
The Terra Fria website was redesigned and reorganized. We took the opportunity to recover some information that was lost during last year: an interview with Gerhard, from the first Terra Fria concert in November 2003, as well as a concert review written by João Carlos Silva.
By the same author, a review from the last 2004 concert - Der Feuerkreiner and Wolfskin - is also available now.
30th May 2005
- We've added a review of TRIARII - ars militaria.
- .Angle.Rec.
LCEDP 'De L'Utilité Des Convoyeurs' CD
"Recently, .ANGLE.REC. presented you the very first album by Montreal project LCEDP, entitled 'De L'Utilité Des Convoyeurs'. Antoine Côté offers us a production that is a blend of various sound structures: bruitism, post-industrial decadent rhythms, abstractions…the CD is inspired by urban exploration. 22 tracks flowing at an unstoppable pace, including 1 remix by ORPHX. Mastered by METARC." (press release)
More info + live dates: www.angle-rec.net
- Antony and the Johnsons
"Hope there's Someone" is being released as a CD single and a 10" vinyl by Secretly Canadian and Rough Trade. This release includes 2 new songs: "Frankenstein" and "Just One Star." The CD single also contains Glen Fogel's brilliant video for "Hope there's Someone," which features New York legend Joey Gabriel.
Antony and the Johnsons will also be participating in Patti Smith's Meltdown Festival in London's Royal Festival Hall in June.
www.antonyandthejohnsons.com
- Der Blutharsch
WKN 24: both formats, CD as well as LP are now in production, so we hopefully get them in the first week of June.
Meanwhile, you can listen to a short teaser via: www.8ung.at/wkn_hauruck by clicking on the advert.
- Dominion
Dominion News 4 (2005)
This is the fourteenth newsletter from Dominion, providing details on recent releases in areas both of publishing
(Dominion Press, and other print projects by Michael Moynihan and Annabel Lee, as well as their record label Storm) and
music (Blood Axis, Alraune, and related recordings of interest), etc.
These newsletters are issued sporadically, when we have accumulated a number of items worth reporting on. If you wish
to receive a copy of the previous newsletter(s) by email, simply inform us. If you would also like to receive an email list
of music-related items available by mail-order, we would be happy to forward this.
Contents:
-- A Selection of Website Links:
This newsletter presents a selection of informative website links, including live concert documentation, responses to
recent releases, and mailorder resources. We will soon be sending out another newsletter detailing some new and imminent
releases of books, CDs, and other items.
--Recent Live Concerts by Blood Axis:
In March and April of this spring, Blood Axis played four rare concerts on a small tour. After a successful show in
New York City, the band travelled to the small town of Heldrungen in Thuringia, Germany, to play at the impressive
Flammenzauber festival, a two-day event at a historical castle. This was followed by two shows in Italy, first in Florence
and finally in Turin. In New York and Heldrungen a short opening set was performed by The Lindbergh Baby, featuring Scott
Broderick (who also played drums for Blood Axis) with assistance from Annabel Lee and Michael Moynihan.
We would like to extend our sincere thanks to all who made these shows happen: the courageous and capable organizers;
the great fellow bands, musicians, and artists; and especially the enthusiastic audiences, whose heartfelt responses made
it all worthwhile. You know who you are!
For those interested in photos and commentaries about the concerts, below are a selection of links. If anyone find
further information or images online regardings these shows, we would be glad to receive the URLs.
Photos and reviews from the NYC "Black Easter" show with Changes:
www.heimdallr.ch/Live_Reports/2005/Maelstrom-NYC.html
www.grumpymonk.com/index.php?showimage=66
www.grumpymonk.com/index.php?showimage=67
Photos and comments from Flammenzauber at Heldrungen, Germany:
www.lichttaufe.com/lichttaufe/1x/data/s_content.php?id=A2005-04-06-3810
www.lichttaufe.com/lichttaufe/1x/data/s_content.php?id=Am2005-04-28-4120
www.refraktor.net/04fotos/2005-04-01Flammenzauber/index.php
Photos and reviews of the Italian concerts in Florence and Turin:
www.occidentalcongress.com
www.exoteric-zine.com
www.heimdallr.ch/Live_Reports/2005/Blood_Axis-Torino.html
www.filthforge.net/reports/report-blood_axis.htm
www.rosaselvaggia.com/axis.htm
www.kaoskulture.com/kk/modules/news/article.php?storyid=657
www.kronic.it/liv_get.asp?sId=357
-- Amazon Link for "Confessions of a Radical Traditionalist":
The Amazon page for the Dominion book "Confessions of a Radical Traditionalist" by John Michell, a collection of
brilliant essays selected and introduced by Joscelyn Godwin, includes a sample essay for those who would like a taste
of the book's contents.
www.amazon.com/gp/product/product-description/0971204446/103-2052495-5939845
b--Sangre Cavallum in Julian Cope's Recent Commentary:
In one of his latest missives on the expansive Head Heritage site, Julian Cope has mentioned Sangre Cavallum, the
exciting northern Portuguese traditional band on Storm records:
www.headheritage.co.uk/addressdrudion/72
Sangre Cavallum's masterful album "Barbara Carmina" is available from Tesco USA online (see below).
-- New Tesco USA Site:
Tesco has just unveiled its new ultra-user-friendly and efficient website, a vast improvement in nearly every way over its predecessor. We highly recommend Tesco as an excellent and reliable source for Storm and Dominion releases, as well as those of myriad other intriguing underground labels. The site should also feature reports and photos from the recent Blood Axis/Changes/Dream Into Dust event in NYC. A special signed poster from this event is also available.
store.tesco-distro.com
-- New Interview Online:
A recent interview with Michael Moynihan has been conducted by long time correspondent "Mr. Greg." This focuses mostly
on philosophical matters. It can be found online at: www.heathenharvest.com/article.php?story=20050514073345369
End of Dispatch.
- Eibon Records
* Control "The means to an end" cd
Release date: 27/05/2005
"Redefining the concept of aural aggression. Structured, multi-layered, hyper-complex power noise. Sharp like a surgical scalpel and powerful like a demolition hammer, Control music adds a new meaning to the abused "power electronics" definition. The only good way to describe "The means to an end" ? A fierce beast constrained (temporarily.....) in a steel cage, far too small to contain its natural aggressiveness." (press release)
* MAATH "No survivors for the new world" cd
Release date: 27/05/2005
"Based upon the concept of coma, sleep and suspended animation, "No survivors for the new world" gently brings you through a dormant world, where dreams flow freely around you, leaving a coloured trace in the cold and dark void. Melodic dark ambient of the finest kind, and one of the most impressive debuts I've heard in a long long while. Round, deep, mesmerizing. Are you ready for your the world?" (press release)
More info, mp3s: www.eibonrecords.com
- Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio
Announcement, May 2005
As we continue to anticipate the arrival of late autumn and the release of Apocalips, we are finally glad to announce the long-awaited release of CMI144 Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio & Spiritual Front - Satyriasis, Somewhere between Equilibrium and Nihilism, CD. It is finally finished; and we expect that it will see the light of day within a month or two.
Satyriasis, Somewhere between Equilibrium and Nihilism
01 - Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio featuring Spiritual Front - Your Sex is the Scar
02 - Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio - Hell is where the Heart is, The Gospel of Tomas
03 - Spiritual Front - Border
04 - Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio - Three is an Orgy, Four is Forever
05 - Spiritual Front - Song for the Old Man
06 - Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio - Dreaming of my Scarlet Woman
07 - Spiritual Front - Autopsy of a Love
08 - Spiritual Front featuring Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio - The Pleasure of Pain
There are no O.R.E concerts scheduled at present time, despite several lucrative offers from here and there; so despite my ambitions to conquer the world, its with a heavy heart that we accept the contemporary situation and postpone all live activities until 2006. But stranger things have definitely happened, so shameless proposals are still accepted and always considered.
[Two is Company, Three is an Orgy]
www.ordo-rosarius-equilibrio.net
www.ordo-rosarius-equilibrio.com
www.ordo-rosarius-equilibrio.org
- Shayo
1) even it is not the most important subject of this newsletter, I am putting it in the first place : www.shayo.ch
is working again !!! thanks Luceo for the beautifull design. Only the records section is yet not finished, but this will be
soon done. Great, great, great - visit it soon !
2) a good news for all lovers of In Gowan Ring as "Hazel Steps" will be finally re-issued. We don't change the layout
that much as it looks good anyway, but there is some surprises on this new version by Shayo Music. Await to find the record
from June 20th.
Let me also remind you that Martyn Bates and In Gowan Ring will tour together :
- 27th of August : Castle de Feluy (www.chateaudefeluy.be) near Bruxelles (confirmed!)
- 28th of August : Paris (to be confirmed)
- 31th of August : somewhere in Switzerland
- 1st of September : Geneva ( confirmed)
- 3rd of September : Jena (Germany exclusive date -confirmed !)
3) The Evpatoria Report's first album "Golevka" is CD of the Month in the german magazine Orkus (www.orkus-online.de/index.php), this current issue of June ! We got lot of good reviews overall, read some by :
www.ikonenmagazin.de/rezension/Evpatoria.htm - german magazine with a fine cultural touch
www.benzinemag.net/musique/Golevka.htm - excellent indie-music e-zine source, in french
www.infratunes.com/chronique-album_21646_The%20Evpatoria%20Report_Golevka.html - rich e-zine of all sort of good tunes, in french
www.obskure.com/fr/index_2_redir.php/?url=/fr/kro_model.php3?n_kro=3140 - the best e-zine for lovers of metal and all kind of dark stuff, in french
Note also that our favorite swiss band will be playing some exclusive gigs next week :
- 2nd of June : Fnac Fribourg
- 4th of June : Fnac Rive / Genève (15h00)
I (Yann) will be present at both shows (2nd of June is my 34th birthday!) and I hope to meet lot of post-rock lovers there ! Have in mind too that we are actually working on a tour with The Evpatoria Report for october, with dates in Belgium, France, Switzerland and maybe (or later) Italy and Germany. I'll inform you soon. If you can also help in any way, please don't hesitate to contact me ! Thank you in advance.
Once again : visit our new homepage as soon as possible !
All the best,
Yann Courtiau
www.shayo.ch
- Reue Um Reue / Novy Svet / His Divine Grace
The Novy Svet/ His Divine Grace 10-inch "Nachtfang" will be released soon on Reue Um Reue Tontraeger (Treue Um Treaue's post-industrial pendant) as RUR 001.
Further details and soundclips on the labels page: eys.online.fr/tutrur
- Zhelezobeton
New collaboration release between KultFront and Zhelezobeton labels!
Kryptogen Rundfunk / Ritualnaya Bioingeneria / Hladna
"Thalamus" 3"CD-R, limited to 150 copies.
release date: 28 May 2005
"This is a collaboration release between KultFront and Zhelezobeton labels put out to commemorate the first festival
of post-industrial music organized in the city of Pskov and contains one track from each of three St. Petersburg's projects
performed at this festival. Kryptogen Rundfunk's track sounds like soft noisy ambient cut through by snatches of
radio-chatter and sharp rhythmic thorns. Ritualnaya Bioingeneria starts off with mechanic industrial loops accompanied by
strange acoustic effects and sprightly declamed verse and then flows into dancing martial completion with opera and
concertina samples. Hladna drills ears with calm/explodive irrational noise from time to time thread on minimal rhythmic
basis. The disk is packed in small cardboard sleeve with serigraphy tied up with cord." (press release)
More info, mp3s, order: zhb.radionoise.ru
22nd May 2005
- Ars Benevola Mater / Teatro Satanico
The following items are in exclusive distribution for ABM.
* Teatro Satanico : "Bitchcraft/Witchcraft". limited handnumbered edition (23 copies) VHS.
This videotape contains an unreleased (sound) track by Teatro Satanico recorded just for this limited edition only and that is not going to be re-released elsewhere.
Due to its peculiar nature the vision of this video is suggested to a mature audience only.
Still available:
* T.O.P.Y. Italy R'sB Files
ltd edition 99 copies paperback bookl edited by Alberto M. K. of Teatro Satanico.
Alberto M. K. was one of the first "Babalon Babies", members of "Ricerche Studi Babalon - T.O.P.Y. Italy Access Point". This T.O.P.Y. access point had been ran by the Italian members of the cult underground band "Rosemary's Baby". Into these pages A.M.K. put all the printed files (official bulletins and circulars, newspapers' editorials, art- graphix, the Italian version of "Thee Grey Book" ...) he got from those few years of R'sB-activity. Very interesting are the letters written by P. Zoccatelli (leader of the "Rosemary's Baby") proving the crossing of R'sB t.o.p.y.cs from Thelemitick/Magick/Krowleyanism to Guenonian Christianism. Zoccatelli himself handwrote "Look For The Lord" into the last letter here you'll can find, in this extraordinary collection. "Those who do not remember the past are condamned to repeat it"
* deviLs g. : La Taranta
A cut-up short video movie juxtaposing images of an african voodoo ritual and a southern italian folcklore trance-inducing pagan dance called 'taranta' (which is nowadays still performed deep in southern Italy). Obviously the soundtrack is an electronic version of the traditional 'taranta' songs rhythms performed by Teatro Satanico's deviLs g.
* Lunus - s/t CDR
Legendary Italian dark industrial duo formed by "deviLs g." of "Teatro Satanico" & "Stefano Barban" member of the legendary international "DSIP" trio with Siegmar Fricke & Miguel Ruiz !A selection of best tracks of the 2 tapes out on OEC in 1993 and 1996 : "Monolilith" and "Null/Lunn", Great dark & exoteric rumbling industrial from the deepest & hellish places mixed to far satanic voices !
The soundtrack for the perfect hell factory ...
A great document reveling this Italian cult project !
completely remastered & digitalized sounds, new cover design ...
Jewel-box, full color cover, professionally printed CDR + printed disc surface !
* Lunus "Loch (hole) VHS
limited handnumbered edition (23 copies) VHS - packaging in black&golden velvet cloth. Loch (German term for "hole") had been originally released in 30 handnumbered copies on the 10th issue of the tape V.I.T.R.I.O.L. series. Both visuals and music (a dark industrial drone) had been recorded & conceived on 1994 by Lunus (a.k.a. Teatro Satanico's deviLs g. solo project). Due to its peculiar nature the vision of this video is suggested to a mature audience only.
www.arsbenevolamater.com
- Eddy Barclay : RIP
- Beta-lactam Ring Records
* Release Updates:
Next up for release will be mt054 Edward Ka-Spel "O Darkness! O Darkness!" LP and mt108 Green Milk from the Planet Orange "City Calls Revolution" CD. The Green Milk from the Planet Orange new album is now shipping. Ka- Spel's LP will be shipping around June 01. We have the vinyl and covers and are currently getting these ready.
We are taking Visa and Mastercard and are now very happy to announce we have our very own postage meter! Everytime we ship an order, you will automatically be emailed a notice stating a parcel has shipped to you and if any tracking information is available, that will be included. Sorry about the slow orders last 2 weeks. We were streamlining this and are finally up and going. Having our own meter here will save hours and hours at the post office which means faster shipping to you. Please visit our catalog page where we currently have almost 500 titles in stock. Everything from obscure black metal to that rare Earth 3LP vinyl set to Aesop Rock 12"s to some gorgeous multiples to original artwork to private press vinyl to... well, please check it out. We are adding new titles everyday.
If you know of any small labels or private pressings/self released items that would like to sell their releases to us, please have them contact us asap.
Recently while Brennan was helping to reorganize our stock area, he came across a couple of boxes from our move last May. So we have listed a few long out of print releases. In addition, we will be listing in mid June around 50 test pressings for sale. Each TP will be in a handmade wood box with inserts.
We are now taking orders to subscribe to our 'Records are not for Baking' series!
'Records Are Not For Baking' series with: Friday Group, La STPO, irr.app.(ext .), Christus & The Cosmonaughts, Brunnen, Nurse With Wound/Aranos. The subscriber editions will be limited to 200 copies. Each LP release will include a bonus picture disk 12" that will be exclusive to the release. A total of 6 Lp's plus 6 bonus picture disks, poster & some having original artwork plus a few surprises along the way!. Each subscriber will receive the same number for each release. The regular editions of each LP will be limited to 800 copies but will not contain any bonus 12" picture disk. The cost includes postage but insurance will be extra.
The following releases have all shipped out for all preorders.
-mt064 Legendary Pink Dots 'Poppy Variations' DLP
-mt047 La STPO 'Le Combat Occulté' CD/LP
-mt061 Kemialliset Ystävät 'Kellari Juniversumi' LP+7"
-mt067b Whitelodge '+' CD
-mt070 Friday Group 1 LP
-mt071 Friday Group 2 12" bonus disk for subscribers
-mt089 Thighpaulsandra 'Double Vulgar 2' CD
-Lac14 Christus and the Cosmonaughts 'Lacerations' 7" acetate
-Lac25 Andrew Liles 'The Guilded Age' LP acetate Sold Out.
* Projects Forthcoming:
george&caplin, Soriah, Volcano the Bear, Nurse With Wound, Irr. App. (Ext.), Coil, Green Milk from the Planet Orange, Earthmonkey, Romulus/Remus, Waldteufel and...
More info, mp3s: www.blrrecords.com
- Cold Spring
Available for pre-order now, all at special pre-release prices!
Kriegsfall-U (CSR54CD)
"Sacral post-industrial from Hungary with heroic, esoteric and philosophical influences. In the Blood of Heroes of Love and Fear. Purity and Justice against the Wane and Impurity. Musically, you may compare Kriegsfall-U with Turbund Sturmwerk, Wappenbund, Les Joyaux De La Princesse, Sophia, early Der Blutharsch... The CD comes in a nice digipack, with an A3 full-colour poster and raised cover. All lyrics translated into English. Fresh blood in the scene." (press release)
Deadwood (CSR53CD)
"Outstanding Power Electronics from Sweden. This is Deadwood's debut album and is a solid, pounding force of electronics, Death Ambient atmospheres and brutal vocals. Featuring a member of Satanic Black Metal act Blodulv. File alongside such luminaries as The Grey Wolves and Mz.412. Deadwood is a relentless assault on the senses! Approach with due caution!" (press release)
More info, prices, mp3s: www.coldspring.co.uk
- Der Blutharsch
An acoustic concert performed in Vienna. May 1st 2005 before an exclusive audience of invited guests (CD/LP - WKN 24).
Release date: June 1st 2005.
www.derblutharsch.com
- Durtro
16 May 2005
* Current 93, Antony, Six Organs of Admittance, Baby Dee, Pantaleimon, Simon Finn, Maja Elliot live in Toronto
2/3/4 June:
The Friday night is now sold out, as is Saturday. There are a handful of tickets for Thursday 2 June remaining,
on which night all the above acts will be playing a short set. For more information, email malogan@rogers.com
The following items are confirmed to be launched at the Toronto shows, and will be available from the shop after the shows:
- CURRENT 93: HOW I DEVOURED APOCALYPSE BALLOON (2CD set consisting of the entirety of their Friday and Saturday night live performances in Toronto in 2004)
- CURRENT 93: HYPNAGOGUE I & HYPNAGOGUE II (single CD digipak comprising the original HYPNAGOGUE I and the re-recorded and re-orchestrated HYPNAGOGUE II)
- NURSE WITH WOUND: ECHO POEME SEQUENCE NO. 2 (new studio album by NWW)
- SIMON FINN: SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD (5 track CD EP of new material)
- SIMON FINN: MAGIC MOMENTS (new studio album)
- BABY DEE: MADE FOR LOVE (3 track CD EP of new material)
- JOHN CONTRERAS: UNTITLED (3 track CD EP featuring John Contreras, Rose McDowall and Nurse With Wound)
- PSHOUO NMEHPSAITSHOMTE: NTNAU NHÔTP MPRÊ AHENJÊU EUKÊM OUEM TPE (2 track CD EP; 1000 copies only). There will also be a small edition of 93 copies of this item comprising of: the standard CD EP + another 2 track CDR EP comprising alternate versions of the two tracks on the standard CD + a black T-shirt with gold text printed upon it.
Also available will be the recent C93 reissues on Durtro Jnana of THUNDER PERFECT MIND and SICKSICKSICK OF 666, and the
NWW reissues of SOLILOQUY FOR LILITH and DRUNK WITH THE OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAINS. Jhonn Balance remembered at Low
Mass/Requiem Mass to come
As previously noted on a Durtro update, the soul of the late Jhonn Balance was remembered at a Low Mass for the Feast
of St. Antoninus on Tuesday 10 May at Saint Rose of Lima Church, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Jhonn's name was inserted in the
Memento for the Dead during the canon. The prayers after Mass were offered for the repose of his soul. This was held at the
request of the late David Tibet and David Michael. I and David wish to thank William Christopher Hoag who arranged this
for us both with kindness and alacrity. A Requiem Low Mass scheduled for November 2005 for Jhonn Balance will be more
elaborate--with black vestments, catafalque, candles, and incense. Details of this will be posted nearer the time.
* Current 93 & Nurse With Wound play three shows on the west coast of the USA with their beloved friends as special guests:
We are delighted to inform you that we will be announcing (God willing!) the long-delayed west coast joint headline
concerts by C93 & NWW after we return from Toronto in early June. We expect there to be two concerts in San Francisco and
one concert in Los Angeles. All concerts will feature both groups playing, as well as their friends, whose names will be
announced on the next update.
* Late Tibetan favourites Jandek and Keiji Haino play Glasgow, 23 May:
As many of you know, I (David) am a big admirer of Jandek and Keiji Haino. Both these giants will be playing in my
home town and I am sure the show will be amazing. Also playing are Taurpis Tula and My Cat Is An Alien.
Monday 23 May, CCA, Glasgow. Doors open 7pm. Jandek on stage at 7.30 sharp. £7
More details at:
www.musicloversfieldcompanion.org
www.volcanictongue.com
www.cca-glasgow.com
* Sometime Durtro artist and Current 93 collaborator Charlemagne Palestine added to Newcastle Jandek Keiji Haino show:
Charlemagne has been added to the Sunday night bill at The Sage Theatre. See below for full revised listings.
20/21/22 May 2005
The Sage, Gateshead, near Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Box office: +44 (0)870 703 4555
Day pass: £11; festival pass: £26
www.musicloversfieldcompanion.org
Friday 20 May:
Keiji Haino: The Secret of Music (a special 4 hour solo set using more than 40 instruments)
Saturday 21 May:
Vibracathedral Orchestra
My Cat Is An Alien
Kazuo Imai
Takehisa Kosugi
Sunday 22 May:
Jandek
Charlemagne Palestine
Nmperign
Shuji Inaba
Kyoaku No Intention (Munehiro Narita/Shoji Hano)
* Simon Finn live shows and TV/radio appearances in Canada and USA
Simon will be on (Canadian) Global TV at 8.30 in the morning on Tuesday 7 June for a short interview and a song.
* Montreal show
This will take place on Saturday 11 June at Sala Rossa (4848 Blvd. St. Laurent). Tickets will be $15 at the door or $12 if bought in advance at any of the below:
- CHEAP THRILLS: 2044 Metcalfe 2nd Floor, Metro Peel. ph: 514.844.8988 email: info@cheapthrills.ca web: www.cheapthrills.ca
- L'OBLIQUE: 4333 Rivard, Metro Mont-Royal. ph: 514.499.1323
- CD ESOTERIK: 1841C St-Catherine West, Metro Guy. ph: 514.937.5192
- CASA DEL POPOLO: 4873 St-Laurent. 514.284.3804. info@casadelpopolo.com
- ATOM HEART: 364-B Rue Sherbrooke Est. 514.843.8484. www.atomheart.ca
* New York show:
This will take place at Tonic on Saturday 18 June. Thurston Moore from Sonic Youth and Queens have very kindly offered
to open. Tickets will be available in advance through ticketweb.com and also at the Tonic box office (212.358.7501) and at
Other Music (212.477.8150). Tonic's email address is tonic@tonicnyc.com. Contact the
promoter at robhatchmiller@gmail.com
Simon will also be doing a live interview and performance at WNYU on Friday 17 and a pre-recorded interview for WPRB
which is to air on Idiot Control.
* Durtro online shop news:
We will be unable to answer email queries between Thursday 26 May and Friday 10 June as we will be in Canada; the shop
will remain open but orders will not be processed until we get back. Thank you.
* Rare Shirley Collins posters for sale:
Shirley was going through her attic last week and found a very small number of early posters. There are TWO copies of a
beautiful full photograph of her face; these were used to advertise the NO ROSES album by Shirley Collins & The Albion
Country Band; its dimensions are 17 x 23 inches (43.5 x 60 cm) and it costs the US$ equivalent of £75. There are EIGHT
copies of a dark blue poster with an oval image of her face; this was used to promote the UK release of the A FAVOURITE
GARLAND compilation on Deram; its dimensions are 16 x 24 inches) and it costs the US$ equivalent of £40. And there are
THREE copies of a promotional photograph which was used to promote the AMARANTH compilation on Harvest, with an amazing
picture of Shirley with freckles and bunches; its dimensions are 10 x 8 inches (25.5 x 20.5 cm) and it costs the US$
equivalent of £20. Images can be seen by clicking here or go to eBay User ID thelongshadows.
These are being sold at buy-it-now prices by Mark Logan on eBay. All the money from these items when sold goes directly
to Shirley, who will be using it for badly needed house renovations. David Michael has copies of all of these items framed
on his wall; they really are very beautiful. All the posters and photographs are in lovely condition; there is some tiny,
tiny creasing or folding at the extremities and edge; they were kept rolled up in a poster tube for around 30 years and I
suppose the small wearing happened when Shirley shifted the tube when moving house as she has done several times.
Also available are exact reproductions of an early handbill that Shirley and Dolly used when they were playing ANTHEMS
IN EDEN. This small poster would go up and the name of the venue and date of the show would be written underneath the image,
which has a drawing of Shirley and Dolly and mediaeval musicians, drawn by her then-husband John Marshall. The poster says
ANTHEMS IN EDEN * SHIRLEY & DOLLY COLLINS across the top, and 'Designed by Austin John Marshall' alongside the drawing.
It measures 18 x 12 3/4 inches (45 x 32 cm) and is printed black on a pale jade green paper. These are all SIGNED by Shirley
and cost the US$ equivalent of £5 each plus postage. Again, all the money from these goes directly to Shirley.
* Two favourite lists:
People often email me as to my favourite artists/records/books/and so on. Below is a list of my favourite male and
female singers in NO order of preference. Maybe next time I will list some of my favourite albums and books, though not
sexually segregated as with this list.
Female:
SHIRLEY COLLINS * SHIRLEY TEMPLE * ROSE McDOWALL * KATE BUSH * KAREN DALTON * ANNE BRIGGS * BABY DEE * LITTLE ANNIE ANXIETY * JOANNA NEWSOM * MONTSERRAT FIGUERA * SISTER O.M. TERRELL * ARIZONA DRANES * MEMPHIS MINNIE * BLIND MAMIE FOREHAND * EMMA DANIELS & MOTHER SALLY JONES (The Two Gospel Keys) * ANDRIA TIBET * BILLIE HOLIDAY * SOEUR MARIE KEYROUZ * MIRA BILLOTTE (White Magic) * COSEY FANNI TUTTI
Male:
ANTONY * BILL FAY * WILL OLDHAM * ALESSANDRO MORESCHI * KLAUS NOMI * JACK BUCHANAN * AL BOWLLY * JOSEPH SPENCE * SIMON FINN * BEN CHASNY * BLIND WILLIE JOHNSON * WASHINGTON PHILLIPS * CHARLEY PATTON * MARC ALMOND * MARC BOLAN * BOB DYLAN * DAVID BYRON * JHONN BALANCE * TINY TIM * MAHMOUD AHMED Queirênê Nmmak
with love from David Michael and Andria Michelle and we look forward to seeing some of you soon in Toronto +++
www.durtro.com
- Equilibrium
Puissance 'Let Us Lead' Digipak CD 2005
"Originaly released on CMI in 1996, "Let Us Lead" stills stands as one of the most impressive and groundbreaking releases in the Industrial/Militaristic fusion that has become so popular recently. Finally re-issued on deluxe Digipak with one bonus track.
Carefuly elaborated overwhelming orchestrations brought to Puissance's Industrial structures a disturbing apocalyptic touch, impregnated with somber beauty and bitter, often polemic, spoken-word speeches.
Announced for re-release on various occasions, "Let Us Lead" is finally made available again, with re-mastered sound and an additional bonus track, presented in matte-black deluxe digipak edition, with classy UV spot-varnish finishing.
A release which is sure to be fondly welcomed or remembered in any totalitarian heart, and which we are proud to offer on the 25th of April." (press release)
www.equilibriummusic.com
- Klanggalerie
NWW Merchandise
Hello,
the three NWW-related performances are over and were the most exciting gigs that we´ve ever seen. As you might know, there was a free CD-R by NWW of which very few copies remain. They can be ordered now as well as the remaining T-shirts:
gg104 Nurse With Wound - The Little Dipper Minus One (Echo Poeme Sequence Volume 1) CD-R This absolutely wonderful item came free with the show tickets, remaining copies are now sold at the price of EUR 40,-/copy.
gg107 Nurse With Wound - Salt Marie Celeste D´Musical
T-Shirt in a strictly ltd.ed. of only 100 copies. Black print on white shirt, front & back design by Steven Stapleton. Sizes available: XL, L, M, S at EUR 25,- per copy. Girlie shirts L, M, S at EUR 27,- per copy
Please order soon to avoid disappointment. Both items are available in extremely limited quantities only.
www.klanggalerie.com
- Loki
Out now:
* INADE Colliding Dimensions 4xCD / 4x LP BOXSET
At the intersection between dreams and ears wide open cognizance, between the known reality and the spiderweb cluster of dimensions dissecting it, reside the premier purveyors of dark ambience, Inade. But it's more than simple dark ambience that they traffic in, for their dreams are vast and unrestricted, and their imaginative, ears wide open approach to sound manipulation is audacious and unparalleled. It's as much weird ambient as it is dark ambient; strange, perplexing sounds in which origin must be questioned. Arcane musings from the cosmic wasteland collide with insectiod utterances culled from ancient alien terrain; deep audio ripples pulsing across dark matter plains collide with the ephemeral flotsam of German occult murmurings. Pterodactyl's squeal in atavistic joy, space itself breathes--inhalations like crackling Cthulhuian dread, exhalations etched on the machinery whine of Forever--and the ever shifting cartography of the infinite is sonically translated along the ridge of collision, where Inade dare to explore. What remains is incomparable: the audio mythology they have nurtured, and the legacy that is Colliding Dimensions.
Announced for several years we can finally present the long requested compendium of INADE that closes a circle from near the starting point of the project to their Peryt Shou release and concert in December 2002. All material of this set was recorded and sculptured during live shows and rehearsal sessions from 1995 to 2002 and was especially selected and mastered to receive high quality audio recordings with no compromise in sound. More than a half of the tracks have not been released in any form yet and this release brings back as well a lot of long sold out material like Vitriol, Flood Of White Light and more in new and powerful live versions.
The vinyl edition is limited to 525 copies only. LOKI 38
* HERBST9 Buried Under Time And Sand CD / bonus DVD-R
With their third full-length recording HERBST9 setting another milestone in the field of serious ritual ambient music. The tracks on "Buried under time and sand" consisting of multi layered motives which emerge again and again, raising deeper into walls of sound, breaking to an absolute collapsing silence that blends into enduring drones & humming carpets in order to unload itself again. Laminar, resounded high and low frequencies complement each other with dark impacts and percussive elements that reminds of long forgotten cultures. The natural sound stands with Herbst9 and the ritual motives developing visionary sequences. The third album can not be reduced to a certain basic feeling, and it can not be categorized as pure ambient music.That is simply one of the most sensitive and most concentrated records for a long time, direct, endlessly devoured and deep. Comes in beautiful digipack and extensive booklet.
The first 100 copies are available with an exclusive bonus DVD-R that includes three video clips underlayed with unreleased tracks and remixes. LOKI 39
www.loki-found.de
- Tesco USA
The new site/store is up and running! Finally!! Between Jane and myself, I'd say we worked nearly 24/7 on that damn site for the last several weeks. I know I kept promising it'd be up "next week" in my weekly updates (and then I just stopped sending out weekly updates because I didn't want to
continue making idle promises), but now it's done, and we can return to a state of "normalcy"--well, as normal as it gets around here. :) I'm just too relieved for words and don't really know what else to say...the site is really cool--oh, here's a link so you don't have to search around for it:
store.tesco-distro.com
Click on the "fire" button (it's the one that's blinking in the center).
Browse, buy, and feel free to contact us if you have any problems or suggestions (ie a link that isn't working). We've also
uploaded a bunch of mp3s, though that is still a work in progress. To see only the items with mp3s, simply search for mp3
(yup, we now have a search function!). There are many, many new items, too, so be sure to check out the "New!" section.
In the future, you can look forward to viewing a photo gallery, live event reports, and many, many more additions to the
site. Thank you everyone for your patience! Enjoy!
8th May 2005
- We've added some new reviews.
- Ars Benevola Mater
* Atrax Morgue - No More CD ltd.505 (ABM05)
"Atrax Morgue seems to have reached the terminal stage, after more than 10 years of aberrant activity in music de-composing and sound's murder. "No More" is a non-compromise work, a reflection of a man that is watching his end, the cold analysis of the inutility of any action. Obsessive,schizophrenic,violent minimal electronic sounds are a soundtrack of a cold hell of nothingness and purity. But the only words that can explain this work are two and simple: NO MORE!" (pre-release)
* Romowe Rikoito : Astradeiwa CD ltd.1000 (ABM10)
"ABM is glad to announce the 3rd Romowe Rikoito release. After 2 CDS (Narcissism - 1996 & L'Automn Eternel - 2000 ....now really hard to find) out on Brudenia (cult russian label) I have to honour to release the last fantastic opera of this russian band. Romowe Rikoito is one of my favorite bands of ever, so it's a big joy for me to have them in my ABM family. Dark-folk music, Neoclassical...with a touch of melancholy, make this intimistic release a masterpiece for everyones that love folk music...What to say more..? it's not possible to explain in words the sensations I feel when I listen Austradeiwa!" (press-release)
* Job Karma : Strike CD ltd.1080 (ABM11)
"Slowly elating deep ambient, analogic ritual industrial, sadness of vacuum tube generators, echoes from the "life", voices taken from somewhere, rhythmical sound... is not easy to describe the music of this polish combo! This is the perfect soundtrack for a decadent world, an apocalyptic society controlled by the machines & industries... just give a look to www.jobkarma.pl to understand more about this fantastic band!" (press-release)
* Job Karma : Ecce Homo DVDr ltd.150 (ABM12)
"Movie based on the story about last days of Christ. Autor of movie Arek Baginski - moved action from the past to new days, to the industrial and informatic time...Its a story about loneliness, individualism, media domination in modern society! The lenght of the DVDr is only 11 minutes, but believe me ... you will love it!!!! Impossible to miss this great release limited to only 150 numbered copies , exclusively printed by Aube in special handmade packaging!" (press-release)
More info: www.arsbenevolamater.com
- Butcher's House
Puppen Fabrik & Butcher's House Prod. Present:
11 MAY 2005 - h. 22.30 : MARAT SADE
(a new industrial/lounge music project by Adriano Vincenti "Macelleria Mobile Di Mezzanotte" and Simone Puorto "Profile", featuring Alessandro Marchettini "No Light For Tomorrow" as body-art performer).
It will be possible to buy a special CD-R by Marat Sade limited to only 25 copie and only at this event for just 10 euro!
BHP015 - MARAT SADE - La Raffinatezza Del Libertinaggio
Movimento 1 - Movimento 2 - Movimento 3 - Movimento 4
cd-r limited to 25 copies
First ever concert!
and...
Painting art exposition by Adriano Vincenti "La Raffinatezza Del Libertinaggio"
Free copies of the third number of "Frequenze Alterate", the Butcher's House Prod.'s subcluture magazine
Dada & Surrealist movies projections
Stand Butcher's House Prod.
Free Enter!
Linux Club
Via Libetta 15C
Rome
www.butchershouse.com
- Cynfeirdd
* Songs For Alienor - Music for a new born Daughter - 2CD (Cyn 137 CD)
Finally out, this comp to celebrate the birth of our daughter will be shipped next week. Limited edition of 272 copies personnaly addressed in DVD superjewel case.
* Cynfeirdd Mag Issue 19 - plus "Nor Beginning nor End" sampler - CD (Cyn 038 CD) Features : ACTUS, Albireon, The Mystery School/Duparc, Gaë Bolg, HERR, Irfan, Kinovia, Pilori, Transmission, Wolfsblood and Richard Moult, limited 555 copies.
* Gaë Bolg & the church of Fand - John Barleycorn must die - CD
After being sold out for years, here is the reissue of the first Gaë Bolg album in 500 copies limited edition as cartonbox - Cynfeirdd only stock 50 copies!
* Still fresh : HERR - The Winter of Constantinople Pict-LP
The Blizzard Sow - Baagou Music CD
www.cynfeirdd.com
- Dominion
Dominion Press Is Proud to Announce the Publication of CONFESSIONS OF A RADICAL TRADITIONALIST by JOHN MICHELL
Clothbound, sewn signatures, with full-color dustjacket
5 3/4" x 9 1/4"; 352 + xxi pages
Dominion, 2005, $34.00
ISBN 0-9712044-4-6
CONFESSIONS OF A RADICAL TRADITIONALIST is a wide-ranging collection of colourful essays by English author and philosopher John Michell. For those readers only familiar with his better-known writings on Earth Mysteries, unusual phenomena and eccentric figures, much of the material here will be a pleasant surprise.
Since its inception, Michell has regularly contributed to the monthly magazine _The Oldie_, one of Britain's best-kept publishing secrets. Michell's column, "An Orthodox Voice," is a perpetual font of erudite insights, charming commentaries, wittily scathing pronouncements, and divine revelations. Writing in clear, exquisite language, he deftly applies traditional wisdom to various aspects of the modern conundrum. In author Patrick Harpur's words, "If Socrates had ever written a column, this would be it."
Divided into nine sections, CONFESSIONS OF A RADICAL TRADITIONALIST presents Michell's thoughts on a wealth of heretical topics, from ancient echoes of a Golden Age to the madness of modernity and the unfolding apocalypse. Undergirding these ruminations is the rarely heard perspective of an enlightened, idealistic Platonist. Even when slaying sacred cows or lancing contemporary buffoons, he never forgets that the elusive "paradise of the philosophers" is within reach for those with the strength of vision to see it. In our inverted modern world, these disarming orthodox writings have the delicious flavor of forbidden fruit.
The 108 essays in this volume have been carefully selected and introduced by Joscelyn Godwin, a long-time admirer of John Michell's work and himself an acknowledged authority in matters esoteric and metaphysical.
The book itself is beautifully typeset and produced, making use of traditional design and sacred measurements. The cover features a stunning tempera portrait of John Michell painted in 1972 by Maxwell Armfield (1881-1972), as well as artwork by Michell himself.
John Michell was born in London in 1933 and educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. His early books, _The Flying Saucer Vision_ (1967) and _The View Over Atlantis_ (1969), exposed new generations to the lost wisdom and sacred sciences of the ancient world. His voluminous subsequent writings have chronicled forgotten eccentrics and illuminated the mysterious worlds of crop circles, ley lines, simulacra in nature, Stonehenge, and sacred geometry. Some of his recent works include _At the Center of the World: Polar Symbolism Discovered in Celtic, Norse and Other Ritualized Landscapes_ (1994), _The Temple at Jerusalem: A Revelation_ (2000), and _The Measure of Albion_ (with Robin Heath, 2004). An exhibit of his geometrical and other watercolour paintings was held in London in 2003 at the Christopher Gibbs Gallery. He lives in Notting Hill, London.
"Refreshingly original, yet genuinely grounded in tradition. John Michell is wise, mischievous and amusing. He has expanded the frontiers of British sanity, and enriches the lives of those who know him and his works."
-- Rupert Sheldrake
"Forget trepanning. John Michell opened my third eye years ago. His revelations and the mysteries he touches upon are in my head forever -- life would be dead dull and probably impossible without this extra and true dimension."
-- Candida Lycett Green
CONFESSIONS OF A RADICAL TRADITIONALIST may be be ordered for $38 which includes priority first-class shipping to anywhere in the USA. Foreign orders are $43 and include priority airmail. Checks or money orders may be sent to:
Dominion
PO Box 129
Waterbury Center, VT 05677
USA
Paypal payments may also be made to: dominion@pshift.com
- Grunwald
New label started by Andreas Ritter (Forseti). Have a look to the website for info about the first release: Sonne Hagal 'Nidar' cd.
www.grunwald-netz.de
- Reue um Reue
The first release on Reue um Reue, "Nachtfang", will be out end of May. It is a collaboration between the two post-industrial acts Novy Svet and His Divine Grace.
10-inch, grey vinyl in gatefold-sleeve + inserts / lim. Ed.
tracks: Disparo / Diptera
eys.online.fr/tutrur/tutrur_news.html
- War Office Propaganda
WOP 17 Cold Fusion/Rukkanor - "Wunderwaffe" CDr, Digipak 2005
After critically acclaimed and quick sold first 100 copies MCDR edition, now new Wunderwaffe re-edition comes as extended six tracks version in black digipack with special inprints. (press-release)
WOP 14 Cold Fusion - "Elisabeth Bukez" CDr, Digipak 2005
An excellent debut of famous Cold Fusion. Previously released in collaboration with Beast Of Prey, now War Office Propaganda re-edition. Two bonus tracks, black digipack with special front inprint. (press-release)
Upcoming:
WOP 16 "Gloria Victis Vae Victis" War Office Propaganda CD compilation. Among others: Harvest Rain, Chaos As Shelter, Stahlwerk 9, Vishudha Kali, Belborn, Cold Fusion. Ghost Of Breslau, Krepulec, Rukkanor, Toroidh, Mushroom's Patience, Karjalan Sissit, Ait!, Parzival, Der Arbeiter, Neutral, Cawatana, Der Feurkeiner, Rasthof Dachau.
Date of release - july 2005
WOP 15 "The Four Horsemen Of Apocalypse" - Melek-Tha/Insuffer/Paranoia Inducta/Leiche Rustikal, War Office Propaganda CD. Due to huge interrest in "The Four Horsemen Of Apocalypse", we are pleased to inform, that we decided to increase edition to 444 copies. Ca 44 minutes of apocalyptic visions created by Melek-tha ( Pestillence ), Insuffer ( War ), Paranoia Inducta ( Famine ) and Leiche Rustikal ( Death ). Recommended! (press-release)
www.waroffice.org
- Werkraum
The ghost-ship haunts the North ...
bOut now on OPN: Harvest Rain's new fulltime CD album "Night Chorus".
15 tracks full of deep, dark and magic, imaginary colours, atmosheric cold-wave tracks and psychedelic-spirit-melancholy folk songs ...
Feat. music and paintings by Tor Lundvall, Amanda Votta and others.
Axel Frank/Werkraum feels honoured being part of it with voice, some guitars, whistles and percussion.
"For she who looks down at me from the upstairs window ..."
Further information at: cainriver13.tripod.com/harvestrain - opn.free.fr
:H.I.T.V:
www.werkraum-heimat.net
- WKN
WKN 23: those who have been there know, we had some slight problems concerning to performance at Vittoriale, so in the end the "event" took place in St. Michele, a nice little village overviewing the Lago di Garda - thank you all for coming and making the concert an unforgetable event…this night was magick! - and means a lot for me and the rest of the gang. The 7" given away for free that night shall remain a "special" souvenier for those taking part at the St: Michele experience - I never will forget, so I decided to destroy the remaining copies of the 7" - so that all the copies handed out that night remains the only copies, besides a few given away to friends and long term supporters. All in all, WKN 23 now is limited to 111 copies. A special "Grazie!" goes to the owner of Hotel St. Michele - who made this night a unforgetable……
WKN 24: as we nevertheless wanted to perform a proper acustic set, for which we worked and rehearsed more than 3 months, we, the day after St. Michele performed a "private" acoustic gig at "The Monastery" in Vienna in front of only personally invited people. This concert has been recorded and as the result is as good as we expected it…..it will be released as a live document - WKN 24 - Der Blutharsch: live at The Monastery CD/LP. More information to come soon….
Some new merchandising is in the tube as well... more information about this soon.
That`s all for the moment, back to life... and a glass of wine,
Yours,
Albin Julius
www.derblutharsch.com
2nd May 2005
- We've added a live report of Blood Axis, Changes, The Lindbergh Baby and Dream Into Dust in New York and some new reviews.
- Beast Of Prey
Special releases devoted refugees. Beautiful neo-folk / neo-clasic / military pop / dark ambient music....
V/A "Hopes Die In Winter" CD '2005 [bop 2.1]
H.E.R.R. / Der Arbeiter / Storm of Capricorne / Ghosts Of Breslau
"One of characteristic aspects XX century in Europe are indiscriminate migrations. Different social bands and national. Since 1917 for 1951 noted different form of people transfer, which embraced all in all 54,6 mln of people (in term of years 1917/1939 - 12,6 mln people; 1939/1944 - 12,3 mln and since Autumn 1944 r. for 1951 r. - 30 mln). One of dominant form of indiscriminate dislocation of people was involuntary displacements.
Unconventional release, whole folds on four parts building from printed cardboard belt. To this is add insert with photo and poem "Na Obczy¼nie" by Wojciech Kêtrzyñski.
CD is released in limited edition to 170 copies, includes insert with photos and Leon Degrelle citation in two language versions. To each limited copy is add corn of ear, whole is in foil." (press release)
www.beastofprey.com
- Beta-lactam Ring Records
* Release Updates:
Next up for release will be mt054 Edward Ka-Spel "O Darkness! O Darkness!" LP and mt108 Green Milk from the Planet Orange "City Calls Revolution" CD. A DLP ed. will be out mid Summer with remixed/rerecorded versions. All preorders for the Green Milk CD will receive a signed insert. Green Milk starts a 41 date USA tour June 3, 2005. Dates will be announced soon.
These two releases below are shipping mid May 2005:
-mt054 Edward Ka-Spel "O Darkness! O Darkness!" LP
-mt108 Green Milk from the Planet Orange "City Calls Revolution" CD
We are now taking orders to subscribe to our 'Records are not for Baking' series!
'Records Are Not For Baking' series with: Friday Group, La STPO, irr.app.(ext.), Christus & The Cosmonaughts, Brunnen, Nurse With Wound/Aranos. The subscriber editions will be limited to 200 copies. Each LP release will include a bonus picture disk 12" that will be exclusive to the release. A total of 6 Lp's plus 6 bonus picture disks, poster & some having original artwork plus a few surprises along the way!. Each subscriber will receive the same number for each release. The regular editions of each LP will be limited to 800 copies but will not contain any bonus 12" picture disk. The cost includes postage but insurance will be extra.
The following releases have all shipped out. Those who have preordered these will soon have a new bundle of BlRR goodness in your hands.
-mt064 Legendary Pink Dots 'Poppy Variations' DLP
-mt047 La STPO 'Le Combat Occulté' CD/LP
-mt061 Kemialliset Ystävät 'Kellari Juniversumi' LP+7"
-mt067b Whitelodge '+' CD
-mt070 Friday Group 1 LP
-mt071 Friday Group 2 12" bonus disk for subscribers
-mt089 Thighpaulsandra 'Double Vulgar 2' CD
-Lac14 Christus and the Cosmonaughts 'Lacerations' 7" acetate
-Lac25 Andrew Liles 'The Guilded Age' LP acetate
-rr02 Kommissar Hjuler 'Dissobedienti' LP
* Projects Forthcoming:
george&caplin, Soriah, Volcano the Bear, Nurse With Wound, Irr. App. (Ext.), Coil, Green Milk from the Planet Orange, Earthmonkey, Romulus/ Remus, Waldteufel and...
More info, mp3s: www.blrrecords.com
- Gaë Bolg / Seven Pines
* New email:
In case of, for those who haven't it, the new email to contact us is now: sevenpines@free.fr
* Wave Gotik Treffen:
Due to many unanswered questions, due to an unacceptable contract, due to the fact that I don't want to be associated in any way with some bands who could convey certain ideas, imagery or ambiguity at the opposite of my convictions and ethic, due to my fragile health who don't permit me to play in this difficult and uncertain conditions, Gaë Bolg will not play in Leipzig this year.
All my apologize to all of you who wanted to see us at this occasion. A proper Gaë Bolg tour is on discussion actually. If you are - or if you know some people - interested to organise a Gaë Bolg concert in your town, just contact us, all proposition are wellcome!!!
* New album:
The brand new Gaë Bolg album Aucassin et Nicolette is actually on press and will be officialy released the 17th of may on Prophecy Production (Germany). More infos about it on Prophecy Production website.
The first Gaë Bolg album John Barleycorn must die have been reissued and is now available again on Z.Z. von Schnerk Records. Only 500 copies have been pressed. No extra tracks. Same cover than the original version but in different colour. Simple carton single-like case. Exclusive distributor for Germany is Dark Vinyl . If you're intersted to obtain it, distribute it or sale it through your mail order, please just contact us (interesting wholesale prices!).
* Seven Pines:
We're on the way to finish the new Seven Pines album Le cri. It will be hopefully released around september. More info about it next month...
- Cold Spring
Kriegsfall-U / Deadwood:
Both titles are now at in production and should be with us in the next fortnight! Thank you all for your pre-orders and for your patience. Last chance this week to obtain these two excellent albums at the special pre-order price!! We will be offering the fantastic HERR album 'The Winter Of Constantinople' for pre-order in the next week!
* Remanence:
Check out our new Remanence page in the Artists section here.
* Cold Spring 15th Anniversary Party:
We have had lots of queries about tickets for this event in November. We are still searching for the appropriate venue, but more news very soon. Tickets will be available from July.
* Next planned releases in Spring 2005:
John Watermann - 'Calcutta Gas Chamber' (CSR52CD)
Necropolis - 'Necrosphere' (CSR51CD)
HERR - 'The Winter Of Constantinople' (CSR56CD)
Laibach - 'Neu Konservatiw' (CSR38CD) - repress due to demand!
More info: www.coldspring.co.uk
- Durtro
28 April 2005
* Baby Dee's stolen harp: reward offered:
It's a Camac electric/acoustic harp. It stands about five and a half feet tall and is painted blue and green and lavender and gold and pink with vines growing up the column and on the sounding board and there's a picture of an angel with an accordion and a fishing pole catching a fish and it says in large letters 'Hooray For Baby Dee'. It was stolen from out of its case from a house in Ghent, Belgium sometime between 1999 and 2004. I'm offering a reward of US $500 (five hundred dollars) for its safe return--no questions asked. Please also post this request onto ANY chatgroups or other sites you may think relevant.
Contact deeinatree@aol.com
* Joanna Newsom CDR Eps:
Thanks for all those who helped me look for these CDs. I have been told they are on their way to me thanks to kindnesses.
* Current 93 and friends live in Venice, Italy, December 2005:
Urgh & Pre present:
Current 93 & Friends
2/3/4 December 2005 at the Teatro Fondamenta Nuove, Venezia, Italy
Urgh: www.deathripper.com/urgh.htm
Pre: www.postromantic.com
Teatro Fondamenta Nuove: www.teatrofondamentanuove.it
The theatre has a capacity of 220 seats.
Tickets are €35, but please note that tickets will not be available for purchase for any of the three nights until September
2005. Tickets cannot be reserved at the moment. For more information email deathtripper@hotmail.com. Tickets are NOT available from Durtro.
* Toronto shows merchandise:
We have just been informed of one more item that will be available at the Toronto shows, as well as from the Durtro shop
afterwards. It is a 2 track CD entitled:
NTNAU NHÔTP MPRÊ AHENJÊU EUKÊM OUEM TPE
HÔTP MPRÊ
AHENEJÊU EUKÊM OUEM TPE
NIM AFNATOUJOI EBOL NHÊT HÔÔT
OUEIRÊNÊ NMMAK
PSHOUO NMEHPSAITSHOMTE
PMEPE PNOUTE
There is no further information whatsoever about this release, and we have been told that we will not receive any such
information or clarification at any time in the future. Balloons.
* Teatro Grottesco by Thomas Ligotti:
Work has started on the beautiful Durtro hardback edition of TEATRO GROTTESCO by Thomas Ligotti. Though we do not yet
have a publication date we expect it to be late summer/autumn (fall) 2005. This full-length volume will include previously
uncollected stories as well as those which are now available only in out of print or deluxe limited editions.
I am so honoured and delighted and happy to be involved in this publication. As many of you will have read over the
years of my association with Tom, I consider him a prophet and a genius as well as a friend. And I believe, and always
will, that he is without equal amongst living writers.
* Some chain reaction/love reaction/shape reaction:
What struck me after my last update was both how kind and also how upset/hostile some people are in their responses to
what I write. I have never, after almost 25 years, got over how odd and strange it is receiving mail from strangers who are
often so very personal in their comments. I often laughed at some of the things I get called when I read these comments
(which I no longer do).
I got 6 requests for REMOVE after the recent update. One, though not a REMOVE, stated that I was a "Christian Hypocrite"
for keeping IMPERIUM available and profiting from it whilst disowning it. I didn't disown it. I just wished it was UNBORN.
It is a young and powerful work I no longer listen to; despite this we still play ALONE from this album live. I didn't make
this album but just SAW it skullfaced at dawn waters and pebbles gleam. I know that it is many people's favourite C93 album.
And I may do what I like with what I have done always and all ways. And only I know where the profit from IMPERIUM goes.
Another writes that if I disown IMPERIUM, they, however, don't disown it--so please will we unsubscribe them. I find it
strange that someone is waiting for another IMPERIUM. I will never never never make another IMPERIUM.
The majority of comments are very kind and fascinating. And I love being called a Christian Hypocrite. I am a HYPOCRITE,
all alone in my hypocrisy, in the world of masks and lies and timefortea. I will go to hell. I am in hell. I am hell. Hell.
I love Cats. Beloved Goblin at dawn and such beauty oh Christ such beauty. The furr the purr the slant eyes at breakfast
killing fantastic FISH goggling the frogs.
How bemusing I always find it when people spell us our nature without any knowledge of whatever it is that is
"I"/ "you"/"us"/"them" at all. We don't have the slightest nor tiny idea of even our "selves" but in cuplight we then think
we know others and DESCRIBE AND KILL them and their natures and then go back to sleep peacefully with the cosy nothings that
we all really are, dreaming puppetly along; cosy sleepy nothings and that is our beauty and glory and the cloudform of our
forthcoming paradise. And we are so cosy and then die without seeing Quincunx. I am asleep in my Hypocritical Dream of CATS
AT PLAY. And I have not the slightest idea as to who I am or as to who any of you are, and so it is as sure as eggs aren't
teeth, but are closing in on them hypnotically, that you don't know who I am or who you are either. And likewise to infinity
for all of us in reference to each other and everyone and everything and back again to the Big Buglighted Bang. We are all
sleeping and then will wake up and the carnival is over and life begins. Bang!
* Imperium II:
This album is, at last, almost finished. I first discussed its ongoing recording with my friends Mark Logan and José
Pacheco two years ago, though I kept this close to my BREAST having started it four years ago as my reply and question/crow.
I am delighted to announce it will be released on 25 December 2005 in a hypnofile edition through Durtro Jnana as a 3CD set
made in the Sun and as a 6 vinyl LP box set made in the Moon--one CD is musical, one CD is textual, one CD is hypocritical.
With a full colour cover collaboration between David Michael and David Late Tibet and Purtle. Tracks include: IMPERIUM IX,
IMPERIUM X, IMPERIUM XIV, CRATING TIME, CRUCIFIX ISRAEL, and between 10 and 30 other tracks. It is dedicated to Jhonn and
his Lance.
* Lilith Stapleton's artwork for Current 93's Horsey for sale:
Lily Stapleton has decided to sell the front cover and booklet centrefold artwork she did many years ago for Current
93's HORSEY CD album. She did these at Tibet's request and now has to find the money for her car insurance. Tibet has
verified them in his handwriting on the back with texts such as "HORSEY: FRONT COVER ARTWORK BY LILITH STAPLETON FOR THE
CURRENT 93 ALBUM. DAVID TIBET (SIGNATURE FOLLOWS) and a similar signed handwritten statement one for the centrefold. These
are really beautiful paintings. They will be sold on eBay by the Seller ID twenty_hertz where you can find full details.
* Alu: Autismenschen. CD release at last for the amazing post-Sand group Alu
I am really happy to announce that at last some work by the post-SAND group ALU is now available on CD. As some of you
will know, their album GOLEM is a great favourite of mine and Steven Stapleton. This album is very different, but equally
powerful!
Alu was a German experimental electronic band circa 1979-83. Autismenschen is their unreleased first studio LP,
recorded in 1981. The Alu project rose from the ashes of Sand, whose 1970s work was recently issued through the machinations
and hands of David Tibet and Steven Stapleton.
The booklet contains liner notes by David Then Tibet, photos from performances and lyrics in German. In addition, Alu
has recently developed their website: www.alugenerator.de
The record label initially contacted the band members about reissuing their amazing live LP from 1982, 'Licht'; they
replied they had an unreleased first studio LP they would be more interested in releasing, and how did that sound? It was
the proverbial offer that could not be refused. The audio cuts a wide sway--including: 'Bitte warten Sie!', with its
frenetic, jarring, rhythmic drive; 'Aludome' with a cold, almost cinematic feel; 'Liebe machen', their take on Willie
Dixon's 'I just want to make love to you', and 'Der Zirkus ist in der Stadt' and 'Camarillo Boogie', both of which get
close to the brink of 'rock' music but still maintain (lyrically and musically) something definitely more interesting.
In his liner notes to this CD, David wrote: "Moving savagely away from [Sand's] trippy, inner-space explorations, ALU
inhabited a colder, more paranoiac country than their predecessors. Yet [with Sand] I hear the beginnings of the alienated
schizophrenia that comes so intensely to the fore in the material released by ALU during their brief life, as well as on
this remarkably unsettling album that was, until now, never released... ALU possessed a sharp, cutting and motorised beat
with the guttural sound of those at war with anything around them. The hallucinations of SAND had given way to something
far colder, far darker. Harsh, uncomfortable, arrhythmic within its own metronomic rhythm, loveless yet full of passion,
ALU were, like SAND, unjustly overlooked--almost forgotten. Perhaps in these apocalyptic, crepuscular years their time has,
at last, come."
This album is NOT available from Durtro. The CD costs $8 (in the US, postage paid; rest of world adds airmail postage)
and is available from:
B Edwards/CIP
PO Box 378681
Chicago, IL 60637-8681
USA
www.cipsite.net
* Arthur Doyle ill:
Arthur Doyle, of whom I am a great admirer, is presently ill in hospital with severe respiratory problems. Please keep
him in your thoughts and prayers for a speedy recovery. Thank you.
Anyway anyway anyway
The pinky twitches and says we HAVE TO GO HOME SOON.
"There are demonic inspirations-there are even pious demons that chatter with the piety of angels."-Christoph Friedrich
Blumhardt, from Jesus Is Victor, When God Hid His Face.
so in the love of God the Father Mother Son Holy Spirit and their Climax in Christ, and under the lovely Sky of Day and
Night, and with love to Beloved BugFace forever
david michael late tibet
www.durtro.com
- Harvest Rain / OPN
OPN is proud to announce that Harvest Rain's brandnew CD, "Night Chorus", is now available!
It features about an hour of stunning music, some of which has been done in collaboration with such great artists as Axel Frank (Werkraum), Tor Lundvall or Amanda Votta.
Distributed in France through Season of Mist.
opn.free.fr
- Lichttaufe
Lichttaufe presents: Filmwerk Flammenzauber
Out now and finally available:
A collector's item and accomplished concert feature for the first time in that format and scale!
Long expected Double DVD with: Ostara, Changes, In Gowan Ring, Waldteufel and many other artists, who played at Lichttaufe's 4th Flammenzauber in 2004.
About 9 hours (!) full of high finalized and produced stereo - and camera cuts from the group's concerts. Exclusive interviews and impressions from the area.
The Festival line-up in 2004 was: Ostara / Changes / In Gowan Ring / Waldteufel / Echo West / Axon Neuron/Vagwa / Mercydesign.
The high quality DVDs feature:
Professionally filmed and recorded fulltime live concerts of every group!!!
Special live interviews with Nicholas Tesluk & Robert Taylor (Changes), B'eirth (In Gowan Ring), Markus Wolff (Waldteufel), Ostara and Mercydesign, exclusivley conducted at the event.
Readings by several additional writers/artists who attended the festival.
Ostara Video: Song Of Sam
And lots of Specials and Extras.
The Double DVD comes in a beautiful blue foldout digi. Released by Ahnstern/Steinklang. Available via:
www.lichttaufe.com
www.steinklang-reords.at
www.tesco-germany.com
- Noltex
Eichendorff compilation
13 songs for over 50 minutes of music presented in a nice digipack.
This song collection was arranged to honour the poet J.v.Eichendorff. Each act has set his verses to music in their own particular style. Alongside numerous new talents, a well known, but anonymous, singer-songwriter and more well-known projects ; Orplid, Forseti, Barditus, Sonnentau, Sonne Hagal, Waldteuffel, Grünland...
Release date: 19.05.2005
Order now and we will post the CD on its release.
www.orplid.de / www.noltex.de
24th April 2005
- We've added a live report of the Blood Axis and Mariae Nascenti concerts in Torino on the 10th April 2005 and a picture gallery of the concerts in Firenze on the 9th.
- Ait!/Novy Svet/Luftwaffe
Photos of the gigs in Tokyo on the 9th April 2005: www.molehill.jp/live_01/live_photo.html
- Baby Dee
Baby Dee's harp stolen in Belgium
It's a Camac electic/acoustic harp. It stands about five and a half feet tall and is painted blue and green and lavender and gold and pink with vines growing up the column and on the sounding board and there's a picture of an angel with an acordion and a fishing pole catching a fish and it says in large letters "Hooray For Baby Dee." It was stolen from a house in Ghent, Belgium. I'm offering a reward of five hundred dollars for its safe return -- no questions asked.
contact deeinatree@aol.com
- Death In June
'Abandon Tracks!' CD/2LP to be released early June.
www.deathinjune.net
- Durtro
21 April 2005
Dear your "name" here:
* The Watcher/The Face/The Shadow/The Lie/I Liar
I wonder who made all this that "I" made? And what was worthwhile in the general face of things? In the campfire
I heard laughter from the 'phone. You were there I thought reporting on the sparks. But I myself was unaware that I was
there. As I look back at nearly 25 years of theological speculation and recording and painting and writing (perhaps all
wasted unreal), and sifting through the blossoms of far better and clearer minds than mine, all I can feel at this moment
is that such patterns has sometimes taken me to the brink of aorist breakdown/collapse. I wish to live away from grammar
and thought. So I may/will grow gardens. And maybe build sheds. And paint them in primary colours and love all movers and
so 'gro.ba.kun.'grol. Touchstone to the plains. Recently I am Judas as black moth; I betray the Symphonic Saviour and ran
towards the flame of nihilist (self-black-paint) destruction in this half-life. All I have will like me burn one day.
FRASSHHHHHH! frrrrrzzzzzzzzzzzz!
I listened to IMPERIUM briefly last week and wished that it was unborn. Painting sheds in primary colours; making
planks and then painting them. Bell bell bell bell. Hell hell hell hell.
There is a desert. Beyond the desert is another desert. Beyond that desert are deserts all the way down. The other
way is Peace. The painted landscapes are made by inspectors in uniform. They move with your eyes and make visual sheets
of the burglars rushing away to the cliff Gadarenously.
Such speculation of course leads to no clarity or happiness. In fields fresh crippled were the glint of sickles and
the scars of sunset; they were harsh 6 harsh 6 harsh 6 with little 666s everywhere I turned them, wet glistening like
mud in the sun. The sound of reaping came close, wheeeee. Smashing bubbles of glass into the Big Pink God. Wheeeeee! We
are unknown and big Bugfaced Dust.
But then I could simultaneously see the flowers in the field laugh at the clinical death of the atomic mind. The
wine was flowing at Caesar's fall. And Humanity was buying the rounds. I was happy. In a carcrash I went through the
window and saw how and why Oblivion was unreal.
If I could recommend everyone reading this a book that talks in my head at the moment I will say RELIGIO MEDICI
by Sir Thomas Browne in a version that has not been updated into modern English. Such kindness lives there. This was a
man who understood human nature and its potential for subtle greatness better than anyone.
Everything was so shining. Pitiful the pies left on the shelf. Big the eyes of the bugs at dawn and loud the legs
of the green screechers and jumpers. Beautiful the All around me shining. Shining in the Everything I hadn't seen.
Who will you vote for or watching the clock on your life run like children. Who will make an offer to those living
alone in the Lovely Raining Moon?
david late tibet/somewhere/raining/scotland/sometime/painless/that sickness was not unto death
* New and recent C93 and NWW titles available from the Durtro shop:
The following titles have all been added to the shop:
Current 93: Thunder Perfect Mind 2CD / Current 93: SixSixSix: SickSickSick CD / Current 93: Halo CD / Nurse With Wound:
Soliloquy for Lilith 3CD / Nurse With Wound: Drunk With the Old Man of the Mountains CD.
They will be released around mid-May, with the exception of Halo and Drunk..., which are now available. Thunder Perfect
Mind is a 2CD set and is similar to the recent World Serpent reissue, except that the cover has been somewhat changed and a
new photo of Kalki has been added to the booklet. SickSickSick is also similar to the World Serpent edition, but the colour
scheme has been changed and the Chinese demonic forms are bigger in the booklet.
* Diana Rogerson: The Inevitable Chrystal Belle Scrodd Album and Belle de Jour:
These wonderful and seminal albums by Diana Rogerson aka Chrystal Belle Scrodd, originally released on United Dairies
on vinyl, are reissued by Austrian label Klang Galerie on 6 May.
The albums both come with 8 page colour booklets and are in jewel case formats. They are both now available to order from
our shop.
* Simon Finn: Magic Moments
Simon's wonderful new album, MAGIC MOMENTS, featuring Joolie Wood, will be launched at the June Toronto shows, and
will also be available from the Durtro shop, though it will not be posted out until copies are received in the middle of June.
* Toronto show releases:
The following releases will be launched at the Toronto shows: the re-recorded HYPNAGOGUE by Current 93; a new Nurse
With Wound album entitled ECHO POEME: SEQUENCE No. 2; a 3 track mini CD by CONTRERAS (a project of John Contreras featuring
Rose McDowall); SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD, a 5 track CD EP by Simon Finn; a 3 track CD EP by Baby Dee; hopefully a SIX ORGANS OF
ADMITTANCE CD EP; and a 2CD live set of last year's Friday and Saturday night performances in Toronto by Current 93. These
will all be available from the Durtro shop after the shows.
* Favourites of the moment:
I am listening to MILK-EYED MENDER by JOANNA NEWSOM which is absolutely my favourite album of the moment. I love it
so much that I am trying to find copies of the 2 CDR albums she released before this album. If anyone has them for sale or
trade please contact me at info@durtro.com. I went to see the film CONSTANTINE starring Keanu Reeves which I hated hated
hated. I saw ELEPHANT by Gus van Sant which I loved. I saw Antony (with Marc Almond guesting, supremely touching and
profound) at the Queen Elizabeth Hall (where C93 recorded HALO) last Saturday which was sublime; Antony was always a star
and will always be one. I saw Six Organs of Admittance, White Magic and Joanna Newsom in Glasgow last weekend also sublime.
I love Ben Chasny forever. He is Christlike in his humility and genius.
www.durtro.com
- Eis & Licht
VOXUS IMP. "Idafeld" CD Eis & Licht Dokument#1, Eis045 to be released in May.
First reference in a new series of reeditions of documents sold out for a long time.
More info, mp3: www.eislicht.com
- Heidenvolk
Out now: Darkwood "Weltenwende" CD
HV09, Digipak, 13 tracks, 43 minutes
The Darkwood CD "Weltenwende" is now available and can be ordered at Heidenvolk and through all better mailorders.
This forceful acoustic release brings back the 8 original vinyl tracks including 5 re-recordings from "In the Fields" and "Flammende Welt".
The album appears as a whole, dealing with Forest not only as the place for Retreat and Consideration
(Waldgang) but also as the place for Resistance and Change (Wende). Here, the seeker gathers new
strength for his nearly hopeless struggle against new forms of might - and finally prevails.
For further information, please see www.darkwood.de/releases.htm.
www.heidenvolk.de
- L. White Records
From now on the following L.White Records publications are available:
* LW V05 Con-Dom / The Grey Wolves
video DVD lim. 500
PAL (DVD) and NTSC (DVDr)
The UK masters of cultural noise terrorism live at the Consumer Electronics 5 festival on April 10th 2004. Their best live video recording / a great document of fantastic power electronics and heavy powernoise / social criticism - provocative, apolitical, controversial and cynical as ever.
* LW031 V.A. Alliance - United in Death
CD lim. 500 / special package
new power electronics and noise compilation with contributions by following bands:
Deathpile (USA), Control (USA), Azoikum (D), La Comunidad (D), Atrax Morgue (IT) and Hentai (DK),
* LW V04 Control / Sektion B
Hate America
3\' mini video DVDr (PAL and NTSC) lim. 150
special package / first 100 comes wrapped in a small american flag-bag
1 long track live power-noise collaboration at the Destruction Alpha festival on July 4st 2004 in Amsterdam/NL.
The following releases are coming soon as further L. White Records publications for 2005 (please order in advance):
* LW023 Richard Ramirez / Neuropathic Force Feedback
LP lim. 350. a very interesting noise collaboration between the master of american harsh-noise and a new german noise project
* LW027 Free Speech Series
with The Grey Wolves, Grunt, Irikarah, Rasthof Dachau, Sektion B, Slogun, Strom.EC, Survival Unit and Con-Dom
9x3inch CD lim. 350 / special package (small glassframe with a nice layout)
each band contribute one full 3inch CD
first 3 CD\'s are ready for sale and available:
LW27/1 Irikarah
LW27/2 Survival Unit
LW27/3 Strom.EC
LW27/4 Grunt coming soon / release date around June
LW27/5 Slogun coming soon / release date around June
LW27/6 Rasthof Dachau coming soon / release date around June
LW27/7 Sektion B coming soon
LW27/8 The Grey Wolves coming soon
LW27/9 Con-Dom coming soon
LW030 Maeror Tri
Sensuum Mendacia
CDR lim. 200 / special package
re-release of the legendary \"Sensuum Mendacia\" tape / originally released as DMC20 on the welch label Direction Music, in 1991. this was the third full-lenght tape of Maeroro Tri
finest atmospheric and psychedelic dark ambient recording
LW030 special release
CDR box lim. 30 / with nice super premium quality t-shirt (sorry but the limited box is sold out in pre-order)
LW032 La Comunidad
Operation Just Cause
CDR lim. 200 / very special package
second release of LC / german power electronics meets ambient noise parts in a mixture of noise / strength by political provokation
LW033 Government Alpha
Spontaneous Combustion
CDR lim. 200 / special package
10 brand new tracks with 50 minutes full of extreme harsh noise from Japan / ultra heavy destructive tortured electronic powernoise
LW034 Halthan
Collapse In Progress
3\' mini CDR lim. 150 / special package
a new power electronics artist from Finland with his brand new work on L.White Records / 4 catchy power electronics tracks with tortured voices and a sound alike Control
LW035 Baradelan
Infrasonic Cathedral
CDR lim. 200 / special package
new album from Baradelan / 9 intelligent dark ambient tracks / infrasonic sounds, dark frequencies and psychoacoustic elements
LW T03 Don\'t Hunt, What You Can\'t Kill
t-shirt / logo on front. premium quality (180g)
LW T04 L. White Records It\'s Ok To Be White
t-shirt / logo and text. black premium quality (180g)
www.lwhite-records.de
- taâlem / Kokeshidisk
The latest taâlem and (new sublabel) Kokeshidisk releases are available. As usual, more details can be found on the websites, including press releases, coverscans and mp3s.
alm 23 >> daniel menche > "scather" (3"cd-r taâlem)
alm 24 >> nullkommajosefh > "infidel part 2" (3"cd-r taâlem)
kodi 1 >> Internal Fusion > "Atona Ton Tona" (cd-r Kokeshidisk)
All the taâlem back catalogue is still available.
More info: www.taalem.com & kokeshidisk.free.fr
- Terroritmo
PREMONITIONS
the new album is coming out in May/June from HauRuck! as a CD with a color booklet. Each track is somehow related or connected to dreams, visions and...premonitions.
Soon a preview on (T) NEW website!
www.terroritmo.com
- Tosom
Hermit - Ice-Fishing Tales Of Over Yonder CDR
Tosom XX-002
Audio-cdr, 5 tracks, 68 minutes, comes in cardboard sleeve, limited and numbered edition of 200 copies.
Second release in the TOSOM Noise Serie.
Collection of later Hermit/Eric Boros recordings:
Live in Prague with Fritz Welch, Cabaret Experimental live in Athens, live in Moscow with Marylise Frecheville, Gordon Lightfoot remix and Hermit "urban myth" remix by Karl Mohr.
Crazy fuzziness and nomadic freakout sessions galore.
More info: www.tosom.de
- Scott Walker
Tribute to Scott Walker:
The first edition of the project is ready. It was released through a portuguese label Transformadores and the second edition is on the way. Here is the track list of the record:
1. Plaza (POR) "We came through" (single)
2. Backworld (UK) "Angel of ashes"
3. Sally Doherty (UK) "If you go away"
4. Dies Natalis (GER) "7th seal"
5. Corsage (POR) "Rhimes of Goodbye"
6. Naevus (UK) "Saturday Child"
7. Raindogs (POR) "No regrets"
8. Matt Howden (UK) "Amsterdam"
9. Flak/Xana (POR) "Rosemary"
10. Jorge Palma (POR) "Two ragged soldiers"
11. Rose Macdowall (UK) "Make it easy on yourself"
12. JP Simões \ Sérgio Costa (POR) "Rosemary"
13. The Sword Volcano Complex (USA) "My death"
14. Aranos (IRL) "Sun ain´t gonna shine"
15. BCN (POR) "Jackie"
16. Spiritual Front (ITA) "First love never dies"
17. Sleeping Pictures (UK) "Girls and dogs"
18. David E. Williams (USA) "Archangel"
The introdution is made by the famous poet Jeremy Reed.
For anyone interesed in this record please send me an email.
Carlos: sagarmatha_93@yahoo.com
18th April 2005
- Changes
The official website has been updated with photos of the concert in NYC on the 27th March and the details about the Changes t-shirts (sold at the last performance in NYC) that are now available directly from the band.
www.highfiber.com/~thermite/
- Death In June / Brainwashed
New brainwashed podcast is up!
Here, Douglas talks about his history, influences, symbolism, and performing. At 52 minutes, this episode of The Eye is not for the pissweak. Our conversation was rich and the concert was long, so it wouldn't do the subject much justice by cutting it short. Once again, in addition to this feature on The Eye, our guest has hosted the current Brainwashed Podcast!
Quicktime streaming video: www.brainwashed.com/common/video/mov/death_in_june-eye_050417.mov
- Jnana Records
* To be released in May:
Current 93: SixSixSix:SickSickSick CD
Current 93: Thunder Perfect Mind 2CD
Nurse With Wound: Soliloquy for Lilith 3CD box
* Simon Finn: Magic Moments:
We are pleased to announce the imminent release of a new Simon Finn CD. This will be the first new album by Simon Finn since his seminal 'Pass the Distance' in 1970. Recorded in London and Montreal, this release also features Joolie Wood! We anticipate launching this at the Current 93 shows in Toronto in June and will have it in our shop immediately thereafter.
* Current 93 and friends in Toronto, June 2/3/4, 2005
There are still a handful of tickets available for Thursday and Friday nights. Current 93 have been added to the Thursday night lineup and will perform material from 'Soft Black Stars'.
More info: www.jnanarecords.com
- :Of The Wand & The Moon:
Newsletter April 2005
* Pre listening - pre release party for those near Copenhagen.... of the new :Of The Wand & The Moon: album
'Sonnenheim'. This event will take place at The Black Cat 30.04.05 at 20:00 to 22:00
After the spin of 'Sonnenheim' the evening continues with various DJ´s until 05:00
More info here : www.theblackcat.dk
* Forthcoming releases :
'Hail Hail Hail' Limited 7" (Heim002)
One new :Of The Wand & The Moon: track titled 'Hail Hail Hail' And a cover of 'Benediction/Malediction' featuring
members of Sonne Hagal & Forseti.
Including in this release will be limited artwork for the first 66 copies by Danish artist Mikkel Soll.
Release date to be announced.
'Sonnenhaim' CD (Heim003)
The new album from :Of The Wand & The Moon: containing 15 new songs, also featuring members of
Sonne Hagal & Forseti. Release date to be announced.
For orders please contact Tesco Distribution
Out Now:
* 'Midnight Will' MCD (Heim001)
After long time requests the 'Midnight Will' 10" EP, originally released by Eis+Licht in 2000, has been re-edited,
re-mixed and is out via Tesco Distribution
* :1998 - 2003:
Limited 500 copies Box-set
A vinyl box set edition containing the 3 first albums Nighttime Nightrhymes,
:Emptiness:Emptiness:Emptiness: & Lucifer, plus some live & alternative versions, has been compiled and released.
For ordering please contact : VME or Prophecy Productions
www.ofthewandandthemoon.dk
- Prophecy Productions
* Forum: the new Prophecy forum opened its gates. It is divided into a German and an explicitly English one to be
found at www.prophecy.cd You're very welcome to join discussions
about your favourite Prophecy artists and of course everything else, too, and to ask label- and band-related questions
which will be answered by the Prophecy staff which attends the forum permanently. We hope to see you there!
* New release promotion:
KLIMT 1918 - Dopoguerra (out 25.04.2005)
free mp3 at promedia.semperatus.de/mp3/klimt1918_snow-of-85.mp3
Nine pieces of comforting, emotional music. Nine songs informed by the intensity of "laughter born of tears" "Our model
for 'Dopoguerra' are the poor people living in Italy in 1945, having survived the war and now being confronted by the
future," the band explains the album's concept. "We were inspired by the poetry of neo-realistic cinema, directors such as
De Sica, Rossellini, Visconti. We translated all that into our music to convey a feeling of ambiguity to the listeners:
salvation and despair at the same time." The musical influences combined by Klimt 1918 are determined by the fact that they
describe their artistic agenda as something beyond mere pastiche of others' works. Their songs are deeply ingrained with
originality and boundless musicality even though they might remind you of such diverse artists as the Beatles, Cure,
Interpol, Tears For Fears, U2, The Police, Katatonia, or Anathema. "It is our aim," the band says, "to move the listeners
of our music." A simple agenda, one could argue. With KLIMT 1918, however, it succeeded so brilliantly and charming as
rarely is the case. "Dopoguerra" will be released as normal jewel case edition for a special price and as luxury edition
in digipak with bonus CD.
* Upcoming release:
GAE BOLG - Aucassin Et Nicolette (out 17.05.2005 on Auerbach Tonträger)
free mp3 at promedia.semperatus.de/mp3/gae-bolg_sur-les-bords-de-lille.mp3
Gaë Bolg is the magical spear that Cucchulain, a hero from Irish mythology uses to defeat his opponents. But Gaë
Bolg is more than that, however - it is the band name for the satyr-like bombastic-martial sounds from the forge of French
musician Eric Roger who apart from Gaë Bolg also features Sol Invictus'trumpet player. 17th May is the release date of the
new Gaë Bolg album called "Aucassin Et Nicolette". The album will be released via Auerbach Tonträger and the limited first
pressing will be released as Digipak.
* Upcoming release:
NOEKK - The Water Sprite (out 30.05.2005 on Prophecy)
free mp3 at promedia.semperatus.de/mp3/noekk_tbs-notion.mp3
Naming your band after such a ghastly fairy-tale creature as Noekk, who beguiles young men and women and lures them
into the abyss, you're surely not in for something good ... or are you? After all, Yugoth and Baldachin (better known under
their former names Schwadorf and Helm) were smiling ambiguously when they signed their contract with Prophecy recently. In
contrast to Empyrium, Baldachin is now in charge of things, although the atmosphere is still one of Nature mysticism.
Noekk is free and boundless rock music taking inspiration from Nature's magic and putting it into sounds without
constraints. Calm at first, then hurrying, then revelling in pathos - but always with an eye on the abyss. Every track is a
journey through the lyrics, and the result is "The Watersprite"!
HELRUNAR/NACHTMAHR Split CD Single
Soon Lupus Lounge will release a split Mini-CD with exclusive tracks by Helrunar and Nachtmahr. This Mini-CD is
strictly limited and will be released in a luxuary packaging. Helrunar are featured with the song 'Hauch wird Sturm'. In
a way, this track is the introduction to their forthcoming album "Frostnacht". 'Hauch wird Sturm' concerns the awakening of
memories. Repressed, negative recollections are violently forcing their way to the surface. To the Skald, this is the
awakening of song. Others get lost in the torrent. The piece by Nachtmahr is called 'Trollnacht' and marks the beginning
of a new chapter for this mysterious group - in terms of the subject matter, but mainly music-wise. A concentration of
intense, dramatic atmosphere, magical-moody Black Metal, complemented by two apparently contrasting voices and dramatic
keyboards. 'Trollnacht' is part of a cycle called "Trollzauber".
More info:
www.prophecy.cd
www.auerbach.cd
www.lupuslounge.com
13th April 2005
- 16 Horsepower
Dear All,
It is with some regrets but also with confidence that we, 16 Horsepower, have decided to end our journey as a band. We have shared some unforgettable moments and hope to have given you all we could. An accumulation of differences, mostly political and spiritual, separates us today and prevents us from honestly going any further. We will remain active as Lilium and Woven Hand. We stay available to you and welcome your comments and inquiries through our record labels or via E-mail.
Sincerely,
16HP
www.16horsepower.net
- Antony and the Johnsons
Release of the second single from Antony & the Johnsons' I Am A Bird Now album, titled Hope There's Someone. This single will feature the album track "Hope There's Someone", a video for the song, and several additional non-album tracks. To be released by Secretly Candian on June 7, 2005.
www.secretlycanadian.com
- Eternal Soul / Dawn & Dusk Entwined / TRIARII
Available now:
- TRIARII - ars militaria CD
Limited edition of 500 copies.
- Dawn & Dusk Entwined - The Hikimori Songs
New 10inch on Eternal Soul. Five new tracks in the style of the former 7inch "Scherzo" are sending the listener onto a journey through oppressed soundscapes, slightly interrupted by low piano melodies .
Total time : 28mn . Edition limited to 300 copies, a coloured edition to 49 copies is reserved for subscribers.
More info: www.eternal-soul.de
dawnanddusk.wolfrune.org
www.triarii.de
- Dream Into Dust
Site updated with photos of the show in NYC on the 27th March and new reviews of 'the lathe of heaven'.
www.chthonicstreams.com
- Durtro
6 April 2005
* Baby Dee on a BBC Radio 4 programme:
Saturday 2 April: Some of Baby Dee's music was (apparently) played and her life was discussed, and an (edited) letter
from David Late Tibet was read out by an actor in an American accent on the Home Truths programme, hosted by Tom Robinson.
An appeal was also made for the return of her famous tricyle harp. HOME TRUTHS used to be presented by John Late Peel.
The programme can be found here for the remainder of this week, so Auntie tells us:
www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/radio4_aod?shtml?radio4/hometruths
* Current 93, Antony, Baby Dee, Six Organs of Admittance, Pantaleimon and Simon Finn Toronto shows, 2/3/4 June 2005:
Saturday 4 June is sold out. Approximately 10 tickets remain for Friday 3 June. Approximately 30 tickets remain for for
Thursday 2 June. Contact Mark Logan at malogan@rogers.com for tickets or further information.
* Black Ships Ate the Sky:
David, Steven and John Contreras carry on work on this album at the studio of Colin Potter in April 2005. We are hoping
the album will be finished in May for release in the late Summer. We will then announce an ending to the subscription
edition, and the name of everyone who has subscribed will be posted on our website, before being printed on the booklet,
in order that anyone who has been accidentally left off will be able to contact us with their order number so we can check
what has happened.
* The shop has now reopened: The shop is now open once again, as the heading says.
* Official Russian releases of Current 93 & Nurse With Wound material:
After many years of shoddy pirate bootleg releases in Russia by thieves and criminals claiming to be releasing
'official limited edition releases', Current 93 have arranged for official releases of their back catalogue with Soyuz
Music: www.music.soyuz.ru. These will have the same tracklisting
as the UK/US releases. The first releases will be HALO, THUNDER PERFECT MIND, IMPERIUM and SOFT BLACK STARS. They should be
released in the next couple of months. We hope they will also be available from the Durtro shop. Titles by Nurse With
Wound will follow shortly.
* Thunder Perfect Mind/SixSixSix:SickSickSick/Soliloquy for Lilith:
All three of these titles will be reissued by Durtro Jnana and United Jnana at the end of April. Slight changes have
been made to the artwork for Thunder Perfect Mind and SixSixSix. They will be added to the Durtro shop in the next week or
two.
* Judas as Black Moth/Livin' Fear of James Last:
Both of these 2CD compilation retrospectives of the work of C93 and NWW are to be released by Sanctuary in July 2005.
They will both be available from durtro.com.
* Two of David Michael's favourite artists play:
As many of you may know, I am a great admirer of the work of both Jandek and Keiji Haino. Jandek is playing his first
ever official show at this festival just outside Newcastle upon Tyne in north England, though a representative of his
record label Corwood Industries did perform at last year's Instal Festival in Glasgow at which C93 also played. Keiji
Haino will also be playing a spectacularly epic set himself. There is a possibility that David Michael and/or Current 93
may also be appearing at this festival, though this has not yet been confirmed by myself or David. We should have more news
about that in the next update.
* Music Lovers Field Companion
20/21/22 May 2005
The Sage, Gateshead, near Newcastle upon Tyne
Box office: +44 (0)870 703 4555
Day pass: £11; festival pass: £26
www.musicloversfieldcompanion.org
Friday 20 May:
Keiji Haino: The Secret of Music (a special 4 hour solo set using more than 40 instruments)
Saturday 21 May:
Vibracathedral Orchestra
My Cat Is An Alien
Kazuo Imai
Luc Ferrari & eRikm: Les ProtoRythmiques
Takehisa Kosugi
Sunday 22nd May:
Jandek
Nmperign
Shuji Inaba
Kyoaku No Intention (Munehiro Narita/Shoji Hano)
That's all, folks
Thank you all.
Best wishes always and all ways to you all reading this.
My state is better state; raising incense high and remembering those who have no-one to remember them. The cats.
The street. The time at play. Shadowless picture them. The cartoon Messiah is dead. Urgent shock advances on a donkey.
David Michael/godislove
www.durtro.com
- Eis & Licht
Out now:
Sonne Hagal "dygel" 7inch EP, black vinyl, superb gatefold sleeve, ltd.500
Nebelung "Mistelteinn" CD ltd ed. of 600 copies in a digifile with booklet.
More info, mp3s: www.eislicht.com
- EE Tapes
Out now: EE06: Maeror Tri (D) 'The Singles' CD-2005 (496 copies)
We hardly believed it ourselves folks, until we recently got permission to do this very unique MAEROR TRI-reissue on CD!! It comprises their (all but one) full singles/EP's on vinyl recorded from 1993-1996 that appeared on such fine labels as Fool's Paradise (RIP), Noise Museum (RIP) and Ant-Zen. All 8 tracks on this compilation are now highly collectable and range from raw archaic noise to mature emotional sound(e)scapes, a style in which this leading German drone project excelled during the nineties. The CD was mastered @ illlektrik-toolz.com by Mr. Ah Cama-Sotz himself and it's really a pleasure to hear those gems fully repolished to the digital format for the very first time! Special care was given to the 7" cover artwork also: a stunning silkscreened production designed and printed by Mars F. Wellink of Vance Orchestra! So stop your search after these wanted vinyls on eBay and focus on this CD re-release while it still lasts… "Let atmosphere speak!" (BarakaH)
www.eetapes.be
users.pandora.be/eetapes/update.htm
- FluxEuropa
We have the regret to announce the suspension of active publication of this outstanding webzine.
www.fluxeuropa.com
- Klanggalerie
Chrystal Belle Scrodd cds to be released on May 6th:
gg101 Chrystal Belle Scrodd - The Inevitable CBS Record CD
A full re-issue of this Nurse With Wound album released under Diana Rogerson´s name. The impressive line up includes: Steven Stapleton, Diana Rogerson, Karl Blake, Robert Haigh, Tathata Wallis a.o. Remastered by Steven Stapleton and Colin Potter! This version includes all tracks from the original vinyl, of which some were not included on the Beastings CD.
gg102 Chrystal Belle Scrodd - Belle de Jour CD
A full re-issue of this Nurse With Wound album released under Diana Rogerson´s name. With Steven Stapleton, Diana Rogerson, Tathata Wallis a.o. Remastered by Steven Stapleton and Colin Potter! Again, this version includes all tracks from the original vinyl, of which some were not included on the Beastings CD.
www.klanggalerie.com
- Steinklang
* SK7-166 A Challenge Of Honour - Ashigaru - boxset / lim.166
3 heavy 7"es with individually stickered covers, a 3"Video-CDR with 3 animated 3D clips, a high quality T-shirt, wrapped in a Japanese war-flag. musically a bit more ritual than "Monumens"-LP, but in the same brilliant character.
shirts in M / L / XL
* Percht 04 Sturmpercht - Alpine Bann- und Segensspruche - LP with 3" VCDR / lim.250
one-sided clear vinyl LP in very special artwork with a analogue hidden track!!! Comes with 6 small postcards and a 3" VCDR about the Wilde Jagd vom Untersberg. Alpine rites from the darkest Austrian woods; rural and 100% mythology
* Ahnstern 13 V/A - Filmwerk Flammenzauber - dbl-DVD in digifile / lim.1000 - coming on 18.April!
More than 9 hours highest quality Video on 2 double-layer DVDs! Live documentation from the 4th Flammenzauber Festival on the Wasserburg Heldrungen in 2004. featuring Mercy Design / Axon Neuron/Vagwa / Echo West
Waldteufel / In Gowan Ring / Changes / Ostara plus interviews and a exclusive video-clip by Ostara!
The video-recordings were made by 3 TV-cameras and the sound was directly recorded from the mixing-desk to get the very best quality.
More info: www.steinklang-records.at
3rd April 2005
- We've added some new reviews.
We are looking for photos of the Descent Into The Maelstrom festival organised by Tesco USA in NYC last Sunday.
In particular ones featuring Nathalie F. playing percussions for Changes. Please contact us at webmaster@heimdallr.ch.
- Allerseelen
* Knospe:
so gib mir auch die Zeiten wieder
da ich noch selbst im Werden war
da sich ein Quell gedrängter Lieder
ununterbrochen neu gebar
so gib mir auch die Zeiten wieder
da die Knospe Wunder noch versprach
so gib mir auch die Zeiten wieder
da ich die tausend Blumen brach
ich hatte nichts und doch genug
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe:
Faust I, Vorspiel auf dem Theater
This song was recorded by Gerhard on 27.III.MMV. As it is quite noisy and powerful it is likely that Allerseelen will perform this song soon live too.
Knospe will be published with another song on an Allerseelen 7" which will come out in late spring/early summer.
* Flamme t-shirt / Black cloth / M, L, XL / Available on April 1st
* Edelweiss t-shirt / Black cloth / M, L, XL, 152 / Some copies still available
www.geocities.com/ahnstern
- Beta-lactam Ring Records
Green Milk from the Planet Orange are currently recording a new album in New York with Paul Mahajan (Breathing Production, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Oneida, TV on the Radio...) due out early June followed by a full 40 date US tour then a European tour. There will be LP and CD editions available. Earthmonkey (Peat Bog) has relocated to Australia and is expecting a new child in a few months. Some how Mr. Bog found time during all this to record us two new albums of his punker psych music due out mid and late 2005. Also congrats to Felix Kubin for the birth of his new daughter! Felix and Pia Burnette are currently working on an album for BlRR. Steven Stapleton has signed on to remix/ deconstruct the new Volcano the Bear album due out in Fall 2005 and we have a limited 7" plus bonus acetate ed. with Volcano the Bear coming soon. We are also issuing "Rock n' Roll Station" by Nurse With Wound on DLP/2CD early Summer 2005 and a Steven Stapleton "Angry Eelectric Finger" artbook/cd will be released Fall 2005. Works are underway for an Andrew Liles album and Colin Potter albums sometime in late 2005. We are issuing soon a limited Andrew Liles/Wander 7" plus bonus acetate ed. soon. Romulus/Remus has almost completed the third part of the Troth Trilogy and rumour has it it includes contributions from John Murphy and Markus Wolff. Two new studio albums by george&caplin and Soriah are in the works too! Lastly, those weirdos Armchair Migraine Journey have recorded a great but disgustingly titled LP "Sperm Worm Taco" due out in late Spring 2005.
We are now taking orders to subscribe to our 'Records are not for Baking' series!
'Records Are Not For Baking' series with: Friday Group, La STPO, irr.app.(ext.), Christus & The Cosmonaughts, Brunnen, Nurse With Wound/Aranos. The subscriber editions will be limited to 200 copies. Each LP release will include a bonus picture disk 12" that will be exclusive to the release. A total of 6 Lp's plus 6 bonus picture disks, poster & some having original artwork plus a few surprises along the way!. Each subscriber will receive the same number for each release. The regular editions of each LP will be limited to 800 copies but will not contain any bonus 12" picture disk. The cost includes postage but insurance will be extra.
Okay, on to the new releases that are almost ready! Note: the mt089 Thighpaulsandra "Double Vulgar" CD will be shipping as of April 01, 2005. All of the releases below are ready to ship very soon.
-mt064 Legendary Pink Dots 'Poppy Variations' DLP
-mt047 La STPO 'Le Combat Occulté' CD/LP
-mt061 Kemialliset Ystävät 'Kellari Juniversumi' LP+7"
-mt067b Whitelodge '+' CD
-mt070 Friday Group 1 LP
-mt071 Friday Group 2 12" bonus disk for subscribers
-mt089 Thighpaulsandra 'Double Vulgar 2' CD
-mt054 Edward Ka-Spel 'O Darkness! O Darkness! LP
-Lac14 Christus and the Cosmonaughts 'Lacerations' 7" acetate
-Lac25 Andrew Liles 'The Guilded Age' LP acetate
-rr02 Kommissar Hjuler 'Dissobedienti' LP
Projects Forthcoming:
george&caplin, Soriah, Volcano the Bear, Nurse With Wound, Irr. App. (Ext.), Coil, Green Milk from the Planet Orange, Earthmonkey, Romulus/ Remus, Waldteufel and...
More info: www.blrrecords.com
- Hermetique
* Post Scriptvm - "Marginal Existence" ref: H-CD04
more info (trailer, mp3 extracts, wallpapers, screensaver): www.hermetique.net/postscriptvm.htm
* Dusk Of Hope - "Flexible Response" ref : H-CD05
more info (trailer, mp3 extracts, wallpapers, screensaver): www.hermetique.net/duskofhope.htm
www.hermetique.net
- Propergol
Program Vengeance
Label: Malignant
ref: Tumor CD21
medium: CD digipack
"Finally, Propergol's 5th CD has been born..................................................................................
With a vengeance. Program Vengeance continues in the great tradition set forth by previous works, this time offering up 17 tracks totaling 71 minutes of sonic turbulence.
Like being in the mind of a schizophrenic moments before the killing spree......
The voices growing, the hallucinations building to maniacal levels, the inner chaos too much to bear...... Until, finally, an eruption. A recording that's full of sensory overload, with the levels pushed to extremes, the noise ultra saturated, the atmospheres menacing and combustible, and the obsessive rhythms full of beautiful distortion and aggression. In the end, a sense of anguish, a feeling of despair.... A mind locked away to contemplate it's actions. As always, sample heavy, but an integral part of the power that is Propergol, and adding to the sense of madness and pandemonium that permeates this release ......"
www.hermetique.net/programvengeance.htm
- Steinklang
Survival Unit - Continuity LP (Steinklang SK35)
- LP with inlay / lim.500
- first 100 LPs come with bonus 3"CDR
- CDR / lim.100 (incl. the tracks from the 3")
The new masterpiece of Sweden's grandmaster of analogue Terror-Electronics! Finally their long-awaited first official album, after a few incredibly brilliant CDR and mCD releases and a hit-7" on StateArt (see below). Droning, pulsating Power-Electronics at its very best with fantastic voice-samples and frightening-hard vocals. Usually I avoid to compare bands or records with other ones, but in this case, there is no other way: To all GO-fans: this album is for you!
[the long deleted lim.100 CDR-album "Thought Trigger Target" will be re-released on Steinklang as regular CD end of 2005]
www.steinklang-records.at
28th March 2005
- We've added some new reviews.
- Bunkier Productions
* Division S - "Something To Drink 3"
This is the 3rd album of this artist. Its a continuation of the way started on "Something To Drink 2" album. Eleven
songs about hate, love, sadness and fun. For the fans of Novy Svet, Ô Paradis, Wermut.
Wrapped in digipack. Professional printing.
* Ghosts Of Breslau - "Peste"
Long awaited re-release of "Peste" debut album from finest Polish martial music act - Ghosts Of Breslau. New artwork,
new cover and seven bonus tracks (unpublished demos and songs from compilations).
Professional printing.
* Astral Surf Gypsies - "Breath Of The Rat Lady".
Weird neofolk inspired by the psychedelic music of the 60's. Opiumic visions, sharp acoustic melodies, drones.
Three pages gatefold. Professional printing.
* In Ruin - "Seeds Of The Past".
Climatic neofolk played under some influences of artists like Of The Wand And The Moon, Strength Through Joy, Death In
June. Great Current93 cover "Oh Coal Black Smith".
Wrapped in heavy digipack.
bunkierproductions.webpark.pl
- Butcher's House Prod.
New release from the Butcher's House!
BHP014 : Selaxon Lutberg - .Total Control In The Hearth Of The Sun.
Limited to 100 copies - CD-R DVD case with insert - 10 euro
www.butchershouse.com
- Cynfeirdd
* New releases:
- The Blizzard Sow "Baagou Music" CD (Cyn 032)
Great Ukrainian band, a mix of C93 folk period with Nick Cave mood and voice...
French magazine D-side said "Amazing"
Limited edition of 474 copies in digifile with booklet.
- HERR "The Winter of Constantinople" picture LP (Cyn 036)
After the succcesful release of the E4E series, here are the last traces of Winter with this full length picture LP,
limited to 323 numbered copies.
- Horologium "A handful of dust" (Feirdd 014)
To end the Eye For Eye series we're pleased to present you Horologium a great industrial symphonic band from Poland.
As usual 141 copies edition.
- Songs For Alienor - Music for a new born daughter
The compilation is actually being mastered, it will be out quite soon and your copies send asap.
* Coming soon:
- Albeireon "Il volo insonne" CD (Cyn 035)
- Cynfeirdd mag n°19
www.cynfeirdd.com
- Dark Vinyl Records
New releases
* Proscenium - behind the curtain - CD
release date: 18. April
An incredibly dark, melancholic album with strong influences from Neo-Classics - musically to be filed somewhere
between Arcana, Each Dawn I Die or Profane Grace.
Influenced by composers and artists spanning from Beethoven and Brahms, Devil Doll and Lycia to the work of Arcana,
Profane Grace and Puissance the time had come to move out of the shades and up on the Proscenium . With the dark ambient
roots still audible but with added vocals and more emphasis on neo-classical instrumentation the exploration of human reason and fears in the 21st century continues. Proscenium are coming from Sweden… Where else a dark sinister project like this could be based at than in Europe's most prolific country for dark neo-classic musical output?
* Psychonaut 75 - hellmachine - CD
release date: 18. April
Finally a new album by Michael Ford (Valefor, Black Funeral), Dana Dark (the hottest Bondage & Fetish Girl on the web!)
and Lux Ferro. A dynamic melting pot of post-apocalyptic ritual ambient and pumping industrial beats! Psychonaut 75 is
making their name known internationally as a band of extremes, of change and varied musical styles. Psychonaut 75 has been
labelled as "Satanic Darkwave" by some, "Dark Industrial" and "Ritual" by others. The live ritual performances are a sight
which fully encircles the music and listener together. Inspired musically by the German-industrial-electro bands of the 80's
and 90's, with the ritual music ambience of the late 80's. The Music of Psychonaut 75 has evolved from ritual ambience to
now dark electronic songs with rhythmical industrial beats, blended with ambience of the ancient world, PHI Binaural
Brainwave generators and human bones.
* Echo West - echoes of the west - CD
release date: 18. April
Echo West combines the elements of industrial music and cold-pop of the 80ies. Soundtechnical comparisons can be establish via older and younger groups like Dark Day, Nocturnal Emissions, SPK, Haus
Arafna, November Növelet.
Echo West are now on tour with Rorschach Garden and were invited to play on the Sol Invictus tour in Germany.
* Archon Satani - in shelter (re-issue) - CD
release date: 18. April
Repressing of the long-time deleted album from 1996. As member of the Cold Meat Industry family, Archon Satani is a familiar name to those following dark electronics.
5 dark ambient structured tracks, with sometimes bleak and evil monotonous sounds. If you are fascinated by ritual sacrifice, ethereal atmospheres and excursions through darker ambience, this trip
should be yours. In Shelter works through the power of hypnotism and this release is very minimalistic in function.
www.darkvinyl.com
e-mail: darkvinyl@t-online.de
- Der Blutharsch / HauRuck!
Salve!
Finally spring arrived in Vienna, and the sun brings back some energy to old bones, and we are heading towards new
projects:
- Der Blutharsch: we are rehearsing a lot for the Vittoriale gig, as you all might know, this will be an "unplugged"
concert, we will use only acoustic instruments, and the line up will consist of 6 musicans that night. This concert is
exclusive and we have no plans yet to repeat this that far. The other groups will be the new HauRucK! group Varunna and
the legendary "Ain Soph" - which are one of my favourite groups ever, as you might know. Don`t miss this night, which will
take place at Vittoriale, one of the magick places in this world. That night a limited (for audience only) 7" will be
available by Der Blutharsch. For spare tickets contact: info@hauruckspqr.com
- As well, we started working on a new album, some songs are already finished, some still have to be done, we expect
the album ready for release around autumn this year - it will be a kinky Rock N`Roll medly, as far as I can tell now.
- New merchandising is in production, we re-release the Der Blutharsch Poloshirts, which havn`t been available for around
5 years now, and expect oakleaves watches in around 4 weeks, more information later...
- HauRucK!: Changes 7" is a bit , as usual with Changes, delayed - the tradition continues... but I can promise it is
worth waiting for this, as you will get "electrified" versions of Changes classics. Planned release date is around April.
- Bain Wolfkind just did send in the master for his brand new album named "Music for Lovers and Gangsters" - after
having heard this, be sure you will get a "Killer" album. It will be released as CD via Tesco around April/May and as a
limited edition LP via HauRucK!/WKN
- Albin Julius: will do a few DJ appearances this spring, for more information check: www.derblutharsch.com
- La Notte HauRucK! - will take place April 1st at Monastery, so if you are near Vienna - just pass by. Tickets are
available via "Jugendinfo", "www.monastery.at" and
"www.gothic.at" for € 8.- or € 10.- at the door.
Albin Julius and Vinz (HR!SPQR) will DJ, and Ain Soph and Calle della Morte will perform. A night for Nero D`Avola.
That`s it for the moment, I head into the sunny afternoon ... good old Siegfried get`s his summer tires fixed today....
Yours,
Albin Julius
www.derblutharsch.com
- Mozgalom
For reasons that would be too long to detail here, the Wappenbund Box has been cancelled.
For all queries contact lacroix@freemail.hu
20th March 2005
- Beta-lactam Ring Records
We will be reissuing Who Can I turn To Stereo on both Vinyl and a 2CD set down the road. Coming early Summer will be Rock n Roll station on DLP and a 2CD set. Steve has found some different mixes/unreleased material from those sessions which we will be issuing. After that will be the AEF book/CD, followed by the Records are not for Baking series "Baked 11/12". Coming out in about 6 weeks on LP/bonus pix 12" Irr.App.(Ext) Perekluchenie: 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. 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. Befitting any outfit who could forge an alliance with NWW, I.A.(E.) employ lashings of creakiness and silliness throughout. 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 cacopahny 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.)!
www.blrrecords.com
- Changes / Phase II
Changes, meaning essentially, Robert N. Taylor and Nicholas Tesluk, began playing music in 1969. During this period the band played in small coffee houses, college and university campuses and night clubs. The band continued until 1973, and at that time the band took a sabbatical. It was reactivated and reformed in 1974, first adding to it's line-up Karen Taylor and a short while later Carol DePugh. This second incarnation of the band continued for several years coming to an end in 1977, when Nicholas relocated to another area. During this period Nicholas became part of Phase II, a musical project that lasted for a number of years. "The Phase II music contained on the 7 inch disk is somewhat different than the "Changes" sound as we were using early synthesizers to create a "wall of sound" with the music. It's a matter of opinion if someone likes the early Phase II (which was just an acoustic folk duo, like Changes) or the later which is more progressive." N.Tesluk Ultra rare and limited 5 tracks 33rpm 7" issued in 1979 !!! I ltd and numebered to 1000 copies in blue vynil, contains a 2 pages insert and copies are signed by Nicholas Tesluk.
Available through Athanor. Phase II : Same 7" 13€ (Nightrider records)
Act fast, only a few copies for the mailorder.
www.arsregia.org
ursprache@wanadoo.fr
- Divine Comedy
To be released soon:
DC 038 - Land "Wien" (10")
DC 039 - H.I.V.+/Mourmansk 150/Babylone Chaos "Univers Carcéral" (DCD + book by Fabrice Billard)
DC 040 - A Challenge of Honour "The Seven Samurai" (CD)
DC 041 - Horologium "The Fire Sermon" (CD)
Tracklisting, mp3s: divineco.records.free.fr
- Durtro
Dear All:
thank you for reading and for being and seeing.
* Threshold House archive dispersal
Peter Christopherson, Otto Avery and Ian Johnstone have been going through Jhonn Balance's extensive archives and collections at Threshold House and are disposing of a large amount of them on eBay. Included are many records, CDs, books and other epehemera given by myself to Jhonn and Geoff over our long years of friendship. Like Jhonn's ashes, these other remnants and reminders of his brief and bright life on this earth will be scattered and end up where Jhonn has overseen their landing. These items can be found under the seller Rufusinthenorthtower or by putting zos23 into the search engine. Or click here.
I wish to make clear that Peter, Ian and Otto did kindly ask me whether I was happy that such personal items connected to myself and Balance might be disposed of in this way, and I replied that I approve, and am absolutely in agreement with them that Balance no longer needs them and it is good for them to disperse to other people who will treasure them. Balance no longer needs music or books as he is now with that source that created all music and books and all else.
* Current 93 in Toronto June 2005: extra date added
Due to requests Current 93 have agreed to play on the Thursday 2 June night as well as the already confirmed Friday 3 and Saturday 4 nights. They will be only performing material from the recently reissued SOFT BLACK STARS album on the Thursday night. For more details or to purchase tickets email Mark Logan at
malogan@rogers.com or visit Jnana Records website at www.jnanarecords.com
* Chrome hunt/Niemandswasser
Many thanks to all of those who generously sent in Chrome and connected material to David. The NIEMANDSWASSER CDRs will be posted out next week as David has been ill. 93 copies of this CDR were made and David's request for Chrome material is hereby withdrawn as he has now obtained all the material for which he was searching. THANK YOU ALL AGAIN!
* Soft Black Stars
This reissued CD is now in stock and all copies ordered were sent out on Tuesday 15 March.
* Moonbird
All copies were sent out on Tuesday 15 March. £706.80 was donated, purely due to the kindness and generosity of those people who bought the MOONBIRD threnody, to the Mutemwa Leprosy Settlement.
Celia Brigstocke, who runs the John Bradburne Memorial Society
(www.johnbradburne.com), sent David the email below on the morning of Saturday 19. On David and Celia and Jhonn's behalf, thanks to all of those who contributed to the Leprosy Settlement. Much of the money, David was told, will be used to buy shoes for the inhabitants there, who suffer greatly due to the complications leprosy often causes in the feet and which makes walking so painful.
Dear David,
This is to acknowledge receipt of your great gift for Mutemwa Leprosy Settlement in Zimbabwe, a donation of £706.80 via our charity the John Bradburne Memorial Society.
We are so very touched at your generosity and support towards our charity, which does so much to help bring a better quality of life to those who have so very little, materially speaking.
They, and we, are very blessed in receiving your continuing kindness in helping our work to continue to grow from strength to strength. We will delighted to keep you posted with news from Mutemwa in the coming weeks ahead.
Deepest thanks and every happiness this Eastertide.
Love from,
Celia.
* Durtro shop
This will remain closed for a short while longer due to David's illness.
* Steven Stapleton/Diana Rogerson/Colin Potter/Matt Waldron of Nurse With Wound & Andrew Liles: Vienna concerts 6 & 7 May 2005
There will be 3 shows by the above artists at The Anatomical Museum in Vienna in May, with a free CDR of NWW material for every ticket holder. There are very few tickets remaining. For more details please visit www.klanggalerie.com/presents/nursewithwound.html
* Brevity
This update is so short as I have been ill for the last two weeks and continue to be so. At the moment I am reading Tolstoy and watching the American TV serial CARNIVALE. I went to see the film CONSTANTINE yesterday and was so exhausted with boredom that I couldn't even leave the show early, desperate though I was to get out. Pain is Pain; but Matter is Nothing arranged remarkably subtly. And so Pain. The Sun in splendour.
"The individual has manifold shadows, all of which resemble him, and which, from time to time, have equal claim to be the man himself".
Kierekegaard, from "Repetition".
With love and happiness to all and no shadows arising for any of you, not even shadows of hooks.
Tetelestai.
David Michael
20 March 2005
godislove
www.durtro.com
- Mozgalom Records
Wappenbund Box : Slacht LP + Blood & Fire 10" + Germanium 7" + poster
300 copies on coloured vinyl. Comes in a textile holder.
42€ + 10€ p&p
Preorders: lacroix@freemail.hu
- Novy Svet
hello there,
the hundreds of mails all of you were sending in, in hope to reach novy svet, are now forwarded to the group in their catalan residence. please be patient with any reaction....
novy svet will play one of their few 2005-concerts april 11th in TOKYO. details are to be posted soon. other groups playing that night will be AIT! and the beautifully named LUFTWAFFE. details will be posted as soon as i have got them. it is very unlikely that novy svet will play any concerts in europe this year.....sorry for that. this means we will have to climb in some fuckin'plane....
j. weber has forwarded to me a death-list of names....let's see who will be the first to say good-bye.....
RAFFAELE CERRONI has just left vienna, after his highly successful exhibition and inauguration concert. regarding to witnesses this was a remarkable night and it is said that the new CD WATER ranges among the best albums of the group. though i have not listened to it yet, i can recommend it to all fans of novy svet as it features (again) extensive input by j. weber. a new MP-album is in its first production steps.
WERMUT, novy svet-collaborators on FIN. FINITO. INFINITO, have just released their 2nd 10" on TREUE UM TREUE (germany). according to j. weber (- sorry, can't translate that -) "brunftmusik fuer die soldateska europea". novy svet are currently recording for a release through REUE UM REUE, the 'ambient'-sideline of TuT.
a new album and a new 7" by O PARADIS are due soon. both releases will feature collaborations with j. weber.
mister weber also promised to send an update soon, but he seems now to be drowning in all your messages. so, it is your fault, guys.
thanks for being part of it - meyn geduld hat ursach.
the moderator
groups.yahoo.com/group/novy_svet
- Punch Productions
Punch Productions proudly announce:
PP009 - Coph Nia / Mindspawn - "Erotomechaniks"
CD Jewelcase with 8-pages booklet in Splicase
Limited to 500 copies!!!
Tracklist: 1. Subocontages 2. Nightinthekeyofmadness 3. Nemoch - Sarath 4. Triptychpassage
5. Pnothphalleum 6. Machineheat 7. Mekanick
Release date: mid-April
Across apocalyptic vistas of blasted earth and twisted machinery, the sound of the Erotomechanicks comes like a blaring klaxon, announcing the unholy alliance of Coph Nia and Mindspawn. Their aural sorcery grinds through the core of one's being, through one's soul. Relentless, ominous, unbeing....
Erotomechanicks shares much with the imagery associated with Giger, Brom, Dali, and Frazetta; strange worlds of dark biomechanical demons where humanity is decaying in the charnel heaps of an apocalyptic landscape. Great hive cites sprawl both above and below ground, engorged by the throngs that serve in the factories, cogs in a wheel that turns relentlessly. The mechanics that service the great machines so reverently incant their liturgies much as a one would sing poetry to a sacred lover.
www.punchrecords.it
- Tursa
TURSA ARCHIVE CD 004
£10:00 Including postage
MARSEILLE by DUO NOIR
LE POSTE A GALENE, MARSEILLE 25/03/2000
Tony Wakeford: Guitar, Vocals
Matt Howden: Violin, Vocals
Ave Maria / Come The Morning / In My Garden / In A Garden Green / Amongst The Ruins / Media /
The Fool / German Requiem / Sheath & Knife / The Widow / Believe Me / Fields / See How We Fall /
Laws & Crowns / A Ship Is Burning / Against The Modern World / Death Of The West
tursa@tursa.com
www.tursa.com
13th March 2005
- Aorta
Available from Aorta - Payment either cash in a (registered) letter to: Aorta c/o Petak, Postfach 778, A-1011 Wien, Austria or money transfer (ask for bank account):
HEILIGE FEUER IV - Russian CD compilation
2 brilliant, exclusive songs each by Vetrophonia (Linja Mass), Painslut, Rasthof Dachau, Allerseelen, Bearer of the Inmost Sun
Euro 14 plus postage Euro 3
ALLERSEELEN DoLP STURMLIEDER
Euro 20 plus postage Euro 7
ALLERSEELEN EDELWEISS T-SHIRT M, L, XL, 152 (children)
Euro 10 plus postage Euro 2
Forthcoming:
MIA RUNA 2CD compilation
ALLERSEELEN FLAMME T-SHIRT
Concerts:
ALLERSEELEN - Kopenhagen, March 19th, MMV
ALLERSEELEN - Rosenheim, April 16th, MMV
www.geocities.com/ahnstern
- Dominion
Dominion News 13 (2005):
This is the thirteenth newsletter from Dominion, providing details on recent releases in areas both of publishing
(Dominion Press, and other print projects by Michael Moynihan and Annabel Lee, as well as their record label Storm) and
music (Blood Axis, Alraune, and related recordings of interest), etc.
--Come Celebrate Black Easter in New York with Blood Axis:
On Sunday, March 27th, Blood Axis will be making an ultra-rare appearance at a special concert event hosted by Tesco
USA. Also appearing will be the seminal apocalyptic folk band Changes and NYC's own Dream Into Dust. This may be the first
and last chance to see Blood Axis live on the East Coast and promises to be fine evening. There will also be video previews
and other audio-visual delights. More information and advance tickets are available from Tesco:
bloodchanges.tesco-distro.com
--Factrix is Julian Cope's "Album of the Month":
The talented, ever-industrious musician and author Julian Cope has just made Factrix's classic recording "Scheintot"
the Album of the Month on his popular website www.headheritage.com.
Formerly of The Teardrop Explodes, the "Arch Drude"Cope has recorded numerous solo albums and is also the author of two
remarkable books on European megalithic sites, "The Modern Antiquarian" and "The Megalithic European". Both are highly
recommended. For the "Unsung Album of the Month" Cope selects a seminal but obscure album and provides a long
impressionistic review of the work. His selection of Factrix is inspired by the Storm Records retrospective "Artifact",
which contains the entire "Scheintot" album on the first disc of a double-CD set. The Album of the Month page can be found
at:
www.headheritage.com/unsung/albumofthemonth/1307
The "Artifact" retrospective is available in the USA from www.tesco-distro.com,
or in Germany from www.tesco-germany.com.
--New Dominion title available soon: "Confessions of a Radical Traditionalist"
Due out in early April is the new Dominion book, "Confessions of a Radical Traditionalist: Essays by John Michell".
This 376-page compendium includes 108 brilliant essays by author and philosopher John Michell, an expert on Earth Mysteries,
sacred numbers and geometry, Fortean phenomena, and traditional neoplatonic philosophy. The texts have been selected and
introduced by esoteric scholar Joscelyn Godwin. The book is clothbound with full-color dustjacket and beautifully typeset.
More details will be sent out shortly.
Advance orders may be sent for $35 postpaid in the USA, or $40 to the rest of the world, payable in check or money
order (or cash at your risk) to:
Dominion
PO Box 129
Waterbury Center, VT 05677
USA
Paypal orders may also be sent to our email address.
--Issue 15 of Rûna now available:
Issue 15 of the respected "Northern Mysteries" journal Rûna is available from Dominion. This issue contains articles
by Thierry Jolif on "The Cernunnons Mystery", Paul Fosterjohn on "Völsungadrekkr II", Michael Sangster on The Lord of the
Rings, Michael Moynihan on Fritz Lang's "Nibelungen" films, an interview with Nigel Pennick, and much more.
Single copies are available for $8 postpaid in the USA/Can.
The following back issues are also available: Issues 10, 11, 13 and 14.
Single back issues are also $8 postpaid, two issues for $15 postpaid, or three issues for $21 postpaid. Four issues
are $28 postpaid, and five issues are $35 postpaid.
Please reserve back issues by email before sending payment, as some are in limited supply.
Please send check or money order payable to DOMINION. Cash may be sent at your own risk -- please hide it well or use
registered mail. Prices are postpaid as noted. Send orders to:
Dominion,
PO Box 129,
Waterbury Center, VT 05677
USA.
Paypal orders may also be sent to our email address.
(Europeans should order Rûna direct from the publisher: Rûna c/o BM: Sorcery, London WC1N 3XX, ENGLAND.)
dominion@pshift.com
- Eis & Licht
Eis037 EP SONNE HAGAL - dygel 7inch (Single with Ian Read - FIRE & ICE and Matt Howden - HAWTHORN)
Eis043 TS LEGER DES HEILS Himmlische Feuer T-Shirt
Eis044 CD NEBELUNG - mistelteinn
We have updated www.eislicht.com!
Find informations & mp3-files about the new products above. All of them will be available from 04-02-2005.
No pre-orders!
www.eislicht.de
- Infrastition
After long months of work the TRANSMISSION sampler is finally there! To celebrate its release we invite you to come to
Le Piano Vache (8 rue Laplace, 75005 Paris) on 13th of March from 9PM to listen to good old Cold Wave, several of the
participating band members will be there...
TRANSMISSION - 81-89 The French Cold Wave
01 ASYLUM PARTY The Sabbath - 02 BAROQUE BORDELLO Today - 03 CLAIR OBSCUR The Pilgrim's Progress (Instrumental)* -
04 COMPLOT BRONSWICK Born In A Cage - 05 END OF DATA If You Like, Follow Me & So* - 06 EXCES NOCTURNE L'Echo Des Lumières* -
07 GESTALT Deuxième Ombre* - 08 GUERRE FROIDE Demain Berlin - 09 KAS PRODUCT One Of A kind - 10 LEITMOTIV Attendre Encore* -
11 L'ENFANCE ETERNELLE Behind The Beauty* - 12 MARTIN DUPONT I met the beast* - 13 NORMA LOY Power Of Spirit - 14
OPERA DE NUIT Ami Amant* - 15 OPERA MULTI STEEL Un Froid Seul - 16 PAVILLON 7 B Black Generation* - 17 RESISTANCE Across
The Ocean - 18 TANIT Can an actor bleed*
* First time on CD
www.infrastition.com
Please also check www.cynfeirdd.com
- OPN / Harvest Rain
OPN is proud to announce that HARVEST RAIN's brandnew CD, "Night Chorus", is to be unleashed in April! This masterpiece of haunting music you must not miss!
It features about an hour of excellent music, some of which has been done in collaboration with such great artists as Axel Frank (Werkraum), Tor Lundvall or Amanda Votta. A record to play alone... in the dark!
Distributed in France through Season of Mist.
More info: opn.free.fr
- Werkraum
Dear Folks.
Please find enclosed some new information about our activities.
* First of all www.werkraum-heimat.net has been relaunched with an improved performance, high quality audio
specials (still to be completed), updated news section, new pictures, links etc.
* "MIA RUNA"
A gentle tribute to Mia Runa, little daughter of Katja and Max from Steinklang.
Double CD with ALLERSEELEN, DERNIERE VOLONTÉ, STURMPERCHT, RIHARC SMILES, HEKATE, SOUL SEARCH, WERKRAUM and many more.
Comes in a beautiful wooden box and foldout digi with wonderful paintings by Mia's grandma. Out now on Steinklang.
Go to www.werkraum-heimat.net's news section to get to
WERKRAUM's contribution as Audio Preview.
* An exclusive and new interview with WERKRAUM can be found at Cold Spring. The abridged version was published in issue
19 of the Italian magazine Ritual in December 2004.
Click to read the full English version at Cold Spring: www.coldspring.co.uk/interviews/ritual2004_werkraum.html
Click to read the full version in German: www.werkraum-heimat.net/interview.html
* Axel Frank will be performing live on stage with the Austrian Folkband STURMPERCHT at Lichttaufe's 5th Flammenzauber
Festival in Heldrungen, Germany on April 2, 2005.
Other groups will be COPH NIA (Sweden), AGNIVOLOK (Darkwood/Chaos As Shelter - Germany/Israel), TRIARII (Germany),
FLORES DE FYER and a big surprise from the United States ... !
Click to get to the festival details: www.lichttaufe.com/flammenzauber
* News from HARVEST RAIN:
Axel Frank contributed instruments/vocals for two songs on HARVEST RAIN's new and upcoming album "NIGHT CHORUS", which
is being prepared to be released by OPN (opn.free.fr)...
The whole line-up for this release is : Jason and Jamey Thompkins, Christopher Mehl, Axel Frank, Amanda Votta and Tor Lundvall.
Detailed information and photos regarding the special edition of HARVEST RAIN's EP and 3" CD being made by OPN at:
cainriver13.tripod.com/harvestrain
The polish label 'War Office Propaganda' has released HARVEST RAIN's album "Evening and Devotion" from 1997. It is being
re-released as "Songs from Evening" and is available via: Othala@sccoast.net
That's all for now. Stay tuned.
Sincerely
WERKRAUM
:H.I.T.V:
www.werkraum-heimat.net
subscribe to: groups.yahoo.com/group/werkraum
6th March 2005
- We've added some new reviews and we've updated the Concerts page.
- Athanor
* ERNTE - Sonnenwende/Ein letztes Lied ltd7"
The fathers of German neofolk are back with a strictly ltd edition 7". 333 copies of which 100 copies are to be sold
in Germany, 100 in France and the rest for the world. Side A 'Sonnewende' is from the legendary compilation Im Blutfeuer
(Cthulhu records) featuring Tony Wakeford (Sol Invictus) on guitar. Side B 'Ein letztes Lied' features Annabel Lee
(Blood Axis, Waldteufel and Alraune) and Andreas Resch (Mynox Lay) and is a long powerful unreleased track. Limited edition
in 333 copies only in stunning cover, this record should be the first in a series of 3.
This records will be delivered mid next week at the Temple.
* SHINKIRO - Deep Blue CD+MCD
End of this month should be available the debut release by Shinkiro from the futuristic city of Osaka, Japan. We have
great hopes for this fantastic CD, music could be the perfect soundtrack for films like Dark Water, Kairo or Cure... not so
astonishing in our opinion for someone living so near the dark waters of the Yodo's river. Dark ambiances with percussions
and a few samples of smooth women voices. The sound has been once again remastered for the best pleasure by Andreas Resch
of Minox Lay. The digipack also will looks stunning and initial copies of the CD will come with a bonus MCD with 4 reworked
tracks by Hybrids.
We are also preparing together with Manabu of Shinkiro a dark ambiant and ritual compilation from Japan. Japan is
famous from it's noizzzze muzak, though we are sure there are a few individuals dealing with our kind of music. Japanese
musicians interrested can contat us, domo. We should be able to meet you before summer either you are in the Kansai area
(for an okono) or a tokyoite (for hum, kaki furai ?)
* ARTEFACTUM - Chaos Elements CD
This new album Chaos Elements will be released by Athanor before summer. Chaos Elements is a concept album dedicated
to four elements: earth, water, fire and air. Music shows their power and eternal beauty, their variety and similarity.
The album contains 6 tracks united in logical whole. This is a tribute to strength and dark side of world. Harmonia
microcosmica. Occulta philophia. Opus magnum. Un le Tout, la pierre s'imbibe d'elle même.
Official Artefactum web site: www.artefactum.prv.pl
* Next releases :
ATNR 028 Shinkiro 'Deep Blue remixed by Hybrids' bonus MCD with the first 500 copies of the CD
ATNR 029 Artefactum 'Chaos Elements' CD
Bigorna (Sangre Cavalum) 'Kléwos' CD
Zero Kama 'Live In Arnheim' CD
Zero Kama 'Secret Eye Of Laylah' CD
Nothus Filius Mortis CD
More info: www.arsregia.org
- Blood Axis
To be relaesed... Anthology 1989-2004 (Storm/Tesco, 2005; CD + DVD audio)
Info: bloodchanges.tesco-distro.com/bands.html
- Death In June
'Abandon Tracks' progresses:
"After the radio show I felt something was wrong with what was on 'Abandon Tracks!'. Finally it hit me - only last week, in fact. The material featured on the 2nd CD has now been dropped which means
this release will now be a single CD and the vinyl only a double LP. The artwork now has to also change which, unfortunately leads to another delay. Hopefully, it should be out by late May/early June.
BTo tell you what is on the album tempts providence even further but closer to the release date I will reveal all. There are 16 tracks in total, half of which consist of new, remixed, re-recorded songs.The
other half are rarities taken from one source or another. Despite that, it now has a feeling of 'wholeness' about it which was previously lacking." (Douglas P.)
groups.yahoo.com/group/deathinjune
www.deathinjune.net
- Durtro
* Toronto 2/3/4 June shows:
The show on Saturday 4 June is now sold out. There are still some tickets remaining for the Thursday and Friday nights
at the moment. Please email Mark Logan at malogan@rogers.com for details. There will
be special items available for the shows by several of the artists playing.
* David Michael is looking for:
I have recently renewed my old enthusiasm for the US group Chrome, as well as side projects by their main members
Damon Edge and Helios Creed. Consequently I am looking for material by them: CDs, vinyl, ephemera and so on. If anyone
has any such items they wish to part with please let me know at info@durtro.com
(please be sure to include 'Niemandswasser' as the email subject). And Coptic Blankets and Carpets.
Anyone who sends me a Chrome, or Chrome-connected item or Coptic Blanket or Carpet, will receive a Durtro single-track
CDR edition of Current 93 performing NIEMANDSWASSER live at the Glasgow Instal Festival in 2004. This is taken from an
audience recording by my dear friend José Pacheco. This particular performance is one of my favourite versions of one of
my favourite songs.
I am happy to pay for the item offered if the person involved doesn't want the NIEMANDSWASSER CDR.
Please check before sending me anything to ensure that I don't have whatever it is already. This C93 CDR is not for
sale and is only for exchange for the items mentioned above. This offer exists for as long as I want it to and then it
dissolves into mist and the fog closes in. Thank you all in advance for any kindnesses.
* Moonbird for Jhonn Balance:
I have a small number left of the four paged hand printed edition of 93 signed copies that were done after Jhonn's
"death". These were given to friends who attended Jhonn's "funeral". I have now added it to the Durtro shop at £9.30. All
monies from the copies sold will be donated to the John Bradburne Society in memory of Beloved Balance. www.johnbradburne.com
* David Late Tibet writes:
I have been imprisoned by David Michael on Foreskin Island. He is making me read the Bible in Greek without ceasing
without ceasing without ceasing. Please send snowy sheets to me there to stop my breaking spinning. Train moths for my
escape. Build desert ships trailing stars.
* Thunder Perfect Mind by Current 93:
This 2CD set will be the next release from Durtro Jnana in Spring. It will be almost the same as the one briefly
available from World Serpent a year ago or so, apart from a new photograph of David Late Tibet on the front possibly as
David Michael or not.
* Nurse With Wound and Current 93 retrospectives on Sanctuary:
Steven has completed choosing the tracks for the NWW release. He and David are going to Colin Potter's studio in early
March to put together the tracks for the C93 release. Especial thanks to Mark Logan, Nidge Ince and José Pacheco for their
help in this. The artwork is almost finished; Sanctuary will give us the release date as soon as we give them the finalised
tracklisting.
* Current 93 and Friends UK concert:
We hope to announce details of a special UK Autumn show, of a type not previously performed before by C93, in the very near future.
* AGNUS DEI I/PROBATON TOU THEOU I:
I have started work on the first of my short films, entitled AGNUS DEI I/PROBATON TOU THEOU I. More details will be
posted as to its availability when it is finished.
* So: this empire is nihil
I realised we have all been captives of an autistic imperium, a nihil reich. Who will free me from myself?
With best wishes and godislove to you all, and Happy Birthday to me in a few days. My wife and I will be moving into
our new house Godwilling on 4 March, the night before my birthday, and we shall look out of the windows and you all and WAVE.
Kings come over the horizon and fires follow in their feetsteps; the insect worlds arising the flames shoot from their eyes.
We have a long year of impotent rains ahead of us. I paint in child.
Happy Birthday to me, happy birthday to me, happy birthday dear nameless, happy birthday to me.
David AL Michael
1 March 2005
www.durtro.com
- Fire In The Head
New release "Ignite/Submit" now available on Denshi Zatsuon (www.msbr.com):
7 tracks of dark, harsh electronics released just in time to coincide with F/I/T/H's Japan tour 3/18-3/24.
"Ignite/Submit" serving suggestion: This disc is best enjoyed in a dark room with headphones, a single malt scotch in one hand and a .40 caliber handgun in the other.
More info on F/I/T/H at: www.collectivexxiii.com/fireinthehead
- INSTITUTION D.O.L.
INSTITUTION D.O.L.'s 3rd CD "Eleven Anticlerical Supersongs" was released via Steinklang Rec. and during the last 3
weeks it has sold more of the half of the volume! The co-production of the coming record Trio Infernal (= CODE 243 <->
INSTITUTION D.O.L. <-> PAINSLUT) is in progress. This groovy noise bastard will be titled "Capitalistic Cumshot" and should
be released in Summer 2005!
Also the work on the DVD of INSTITUTION D.O.L.'s first period had began and promises real entertaing stuff. It will
includes about 90 mins of live sequences (ROYAL ELECTRONICS 2003, STEINKLANG Festival 2004, Wroclaw Industrial Festival
2004), reports, statements, video-clips, studio sessions, hot private scenes and much more! There will be appear
contributions of Bain Wolfkind, Genesis P-Orridge, Tony Wakeford, Matt Howden, Wolf Engländer, Richard Schneider (Schloss
Tegal), Peter H. (Sektion B/L.White Rec.) and much more
More info: www.herzschmerz.tk
- Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio
Today, on March 4th, our beloved son Julius Tomas Nathanael is turning six months old, and that's almost exactly how
long the silence has lasted. But I am finally glad to say, to break the silence, that the website has been slightly updated
with the addition of new and previously unreleased tracks in the gospels section, and that the recordings of both the new
Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio CD, Apocalips, and the upcoming spilt-CD with Spiritual Front, Satyriasis - Somewhere between
Equilibrium and Nihilism, have started; so everyone who dares, may look forward to at least two new Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio
releases this year.
There are no scheduled concerts at present, but the possibility of isolated events remain possible. Shameless proposals
will be considered and possibly accepted.
Two is Company, Three is an Orgy , and Four is Forever.
More info: www.ordo-rosarius-equilibrio.net
- SmallVoices
* 3EEM "Essence of 3eem" available now.
6 tracks - lenght: 59:13 - CD jewel case
3eem start in 2003 trying to research the point of equilibrium and interaction between traditional instrumentation
(electric guitar and tenor saxophone) and techniques of digital processing of audio signals. There are musical webbings
that seem like a trip, that have genetic maps very similar to flowing and unwinding of a story. Wefts in which it is
possible to notice the hypnotic alternating of lights and colours in a kaleidoscopic game in which the material liquefies
and originates an organic alternating of images and memories. The essence of a trip, therefore, observed and described
through its colours. The blue, on all. And it's the electrical and restless spirit of the blue that makes, for first,
that fast interlace of sonorous fibers. And the sound becomes image, projecting the listener to the inside of visionary
filmic sequences placed in the nightly trembles of the fog which spreads threatening and wrapping on the port of
Marseilles or on Hudson's shore. And it is blue the breath of Fabrizio Bazzoni's sax, in the airy and elliptic depth of
its reverberates, very palpitating and shouted as well as ecstatic and penetrating. A breath that unravels and reproduces
itself without stopping on the same wake on which already John Zorn, Art Zoyd, Barry Adamson traced their way in order to
become vehicle of unexpected and bizarre similarities, from the sacral gusts of the Tibetan horns to the sensual and
bellicose impetuosity of the flutes of Joujouka. And from the blue to the yellow, to a more calmness of tones, well
distinguished from measured and fluid electronic medley of Valerio Zucca Paul, mindful of the best Aphex Twin and Autechre,
Massive Attack, Fennesz, Scorn... And then Danilo Corgnati's guitar, 3eem harmonious structure, is linked with Mogway,
Sonic Youth and post rock like Pluramon and Labradford. And the essence is expressed in synthesis: the green, in its
different shadings, thrones alone, to finally give body and light to the graphical vestment of the whole course.
3eem are:
Fabrizio Bazzoni (sax)
Danilo Corgnati (electric guitar and effects)
Valerio Zucca Paul aka Abstract Q (electronics)
* T.A.C. "Open the bloodgate"
2 tracks - 7" picture disc - 33rpm. limited to 150 hand numbered copies
Finally out the last picture single in the series.
T.A.C. (Tomografia Assiale Computerizzata) offer two exclusive tracks: the beautiful hit "Open the Bloodgate" and the
exclusive remixed version of classic "La Notte di Pan (Mount Lyceum Festival)". two beautiful songs recorded for this ultra
limited release...
...sick chants with electronical sounds, destructured (un)human female voices with unbelieveble electro-acoustic
soundscapes... Order soon...
More info: www.smallvoices.it
27th February 2005
- Dagaz Music
SKROL 'Dances and Marches For The Orphan Age' (DM 001 / Catch 017)
Total running time: 50:29
Release date: 15 March 2005
Cover art
The conception of s.c. integrated music of Czech ensemble SKROL arised from the visions of its spiritual father Vladimir Hirsch (composer, keyboards, drums, programming, vocal) at the beginning of 1996, when he was joined by Martina Sweeney (vocal) and Tom Saivon (samples, lyrics). SKROL majestic and uncompromising music is based on specific melodiousness and orchestration of contemporary classical music, situated in the arch of industrial ambient and brutalized by noises and modern technology sounds.
The third album Dances and Marches For The Orphan Age is based on a more volcanic and martial conception than previous works. Basic version dates from June 1999, remaked final version was finalized in 2002. This project has the concept of a suite. The dominant theme is one of abandonment of a socially unacceptable individual, who seeks the raison d'être of his existence and of the world, where he is forced to live, its premises, theorems, their impeachment and yearning for catharsis. The compositions often emanate from a sort of gaping void, akin to an open chasm. Yet it is not a void in the proper sense of the word, since within we feel the presence of something beyond our rationality. It gives the impression of a broad respiring depth (the ambient musical layer), whose dark mouth is surrounded by human mass (instrumental bases), where truly specific, emotionally wrought faces surface from anonymity (the actual musical statement, vocals, non-invasive noise samples). The individual visions of the differing inclinations of SKROL's individual members are projected here over a matrix of a unifying philosophical substratum of the ever-present existential theme. At the same time it condemns this music into the role of the uncomfortable, socially unacceptable artefact. This disqualification especially pertains to its presumed misinterpretation as a basically negative (since it is alarming) message, which it is not in the least. Typically, in some cases the compositions' basic structure is the ostinata, the preference of uneven or incomplete rhythms is obvious. As a novelty, though only fractionally used, is Hirsch's practical application of the musical parallel of the so-called fractal geometry; while still following the vocal thesis-antithesis (man/female vocal) principle, the dominant female vocal pole assumes a sometimes distinctly sorrowful melodic, sometimes non-verbal, transcendental aspect, and the most important instrument here, not by its predominance, but by its content, is the organ, whose sound is like a raised finger, as if in warning.
Extract from press: 20.6.2003, article by Jan Blanicky.
More info: www.dagaz-music.com
- HauRuck!
Mushroom`s Patience - Water. New CD out now.
HR!73 - Varunna/FDF - Milenni 10" and HR!74 - Frozen Faces - In order to confuse 10" will be out soon.
www.hauruck.org
20th February 2005
- Death In June
bloodchanges.tesco-distro.com/party.html
* Death in June Documentary Preview:
Fall 2005--s6k Media and Voidstar Productions will be releasing the first conversation/interview/documentary of the
life and art of Douglas P. of Death In June. Go behind the mask to understand the complex and interesting framework of life
experiences and artistic endeavors that have shaped his creative vision. Filmed at the HellLab Underworld, NYC. Will also
feature an exclusive trailer from the upcoming DIJ Live in New York DVD release from Tesco USA.
Unlike any documentary you've seen before! For more info e-mail contact@s6k.com and stay tuned...
* Death in June : Live in New York : DVD Preview
Tesco USA is pleased to announce this forthcoming release due this spring/early summer! A beautiful and unique
documentary piece filmed live at Walker Stage in New York City on November 10, 2002. This intimate performance captures
the essence of Death in June's stripped-down acoustic live performances around this period. Features guitar, vocals and
charming audience interaction by Douglas P. accompanied by percussionist John Murphy. Will also feature an exclusive
trailer from the upcoming DIJ Documentary release from s6k Media and Voidstar Productions. Release date TBA! For more info
e-mail tescousa@tesco-distro.com.
www.deathinjune.net
- Death In June / Kapo!
Reissue (authorised by Douglas P.) of the 'Only Europa Knows' bootleg cd.
Edition of 500 2 x LP's
100 copies in black vinyl and 400 in coloured vinyl
Available March/April.
More info: www.geocities.com/deathinjunekapoonlyeuropaknows/dij.html?1108375776531
- Durtro
* Soft Black Stars by Current 93
This re-issued version of one my favourite Current 93 recordings is now available and we have a small number
available from the shop at £10. Copies have been sent to us from the USA and we should be receiving them in about a week.
This is the first release on one of our new USA labels (UNITED STATES OF DURTRO/DURTROUSA 001) distributed exclusively by
Revolver USA: www.midheaven.com
This is a 6 panelled full colour digipak release of one of Current 93's most haunting, personal and enduring albums.
This album was originally released on Durtro in 1998. It was recorded live in a small cottage in Ireland with David Tibet
on vocals, Maja Elliott on piano, and Petr Vastl on ghost violin; Michael Cashmore and Steven Stapleton were also present
as and in the group, and it was mixed in Germany by Christoph Heemann.
This expanded re-issue contains the entire album as originally released on CD, as well as the alternate mix of 'Chewing
On Shadows' that was used on the double vinyl LP edition, as well as a previously unreleased acoustic version of the same
track. It features six colour paintings by David Tibet.
Track listing: Judas As Black Moth * Larkspur And Lazarus * A Gothic Love Song (For N.) * Mockingbird * Soft Black
Stars * It Is Time, Only Time * AntiChrist And Barcodes * The Signs In The Stars * Whilst The Night Rejoices Profound And
Still * Moonlight, And Other Dreams, And Other Fields * Judas As Black Moth II * Chewing On Shadows plus Chewing On Shadows
(vinyl version) * Chewing On Shadows (unreleased acoustic version)
* Black Ships Ate the Sky by Current 93
I have been continuing to record this album. It now seems the full line-up on this album will be: David Michael,
Michael Cashmore, Steven Stapleton, Ben Chasny, Marc Almond, Cosey Fanni Tutti, Will Oldham, Shirley Collins, Andria
Degens, Antony, Baby Dee, John Contreras, William Breeze, James William Hindle, William Basinski and Charlemagne Palestine.
The subscription edition will remain available from the shop until I decide to take it off, which will be before the
release of the album; we will give a week's notice or so before removing it from the shop. We have been delayed processing
most of the orders for this item as we are still in house transition and have no broadband access. We should be in our new
home and house not a motel by my birthday MARCH 5 so will then be up to date again rapidly.
* Toronto shows by Current 93 and friends
Saturday is almost sold out; there are still some tickets remaining for Thursday and Friday, though not very many.
* Matmos, Charlemagne Palestine, Zeena Parkins & Ikue Mori and Cyclobe
Saturday 19 March, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
Current 93 friends and collaborators Charlemagne Palestine and Cyclobe (performing a special DJ set) will be appearing
at a show in London with the wonderful Matmos, aka MC Schmidt and Drew Daniel, for a special performance as part of Ether
2005. More details from www.rfh.org.uk/ether or box office +44 (0)870 380 0400.
* Antony and the Johnsons and special guests
Saturday 16 April, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
Tickets from: +44 (0)870 380 0400
www.rfh.org.uk
I am also delighted to announce a major London show by my old beloved friend Antony and his Johnsons in London. Their
new album, I AM A GIRL NOW, is exquisite.
* Stuphed
I will be making some more personal comments about my work and thoughts at this present time in my next update; my time
is so stretched and stuphed at the moment I don't even have time to think the tree out in sky now. I hope you are all well
and thank you for all the comments sent whatever their colours.
be well and godislove
David +++
18.02.2005
www.durtro.com
- Eternal Soul
out end o3/2oo5:
ES15 | Dawn & Dusk Entwined -The Hikimori Songs- 10inch [ltd. 349 - 49|300]
ES CD02 | TRIARII - ars militaria - cd [ltd. 500 - 100|400]
label.eternal-soul.de
- FDH
New FDH album 'Novaela' released.
The second album by FDH was self-released on February 11, 2005. Using sparse electronics, soft distortion, sound manipulation, pop melodies, and touches of light from the stars. Presented on diamond CDr in a handmade cardstock foldout wallet. 7 tracks. Running Time: 46:28.
For more news, sounds from the album, and to order a copy, please visit
fdh.atspace.com
- Andrew Liles
A two hour show including an exclusive session and interview with Andrew Liles is to be broadcast from this weekend.
The majority of the show is turned over to Andrew Liles who imposes his collection of favourite songs, ditties and
desert island discs. Amongst the nonsense songs and 'classics' are a selection from Andrew Liles' vast collection of
Beatles cover versions and a Hindi version of the wonderful 'Mungo Jerry' inadvertent drink driving anthem 'In the Summertime'.
Those with the technology and/or the inclination can download the show here: www.totallyradio.com
Just look for the show called 'Crooked Stylus'
For those with technical questions on how to download please contact Darius at: crookedstylus@hotmail.com
'Crooked Stylus' goes out firstly on the internet (www.totallyradio.com) -
on Saturday 19th February and can be downloaded from there for a one week period. It is also broadcast via the more
traditional air wave method from 12 on Monday 21st February thru to 2am Tuesday 22nd on Brighton's Juice 107.2 F.M
(Unfortunately this is only available in the Brighton area of the UK).
www.andrewliles.com
- L. White Records
Preannouncement / Con-Dom, The Grey Wolves video
The following releases are coming soon as further L. White Records publications for 2005 (please order in advance):
* LW V05 CON-DOM / THE GREY WOLVES
video DVD lim. 500 - PAL and NTSC
The UK masters of cultural noise terrorism live at the CONSUMER ELECTRONICS 5 festival on April 10th 2004. Their best
live video recording / a great document of fantastic power electronics and heavy powernoise / social criticism -
provocative, apolitical, controversial and cynical as ever.
Please note that the NTSC version is only available as DVDR and you must order in advance till March. Later pre-orders
we can't consider!
* LW023 RICHARD RAMIREZ / NEUROPATHIC FORCE FEEDBACK
LP lim. 350
a very interesting noise collaboration between the master of american harsh-noise and a new german noise project
* LW027 Free Speech Series
with THE GREY WOLVES, GRUNT, IRIKARAH, RASTHOF DACHAU, SEKTION B, SLOGUN, STROM.EC, SURVIVAL UNIT and Con-Dom
9x3inch CD lim. 350 / special package (small glassframe with a nice layout)
each band contribute one full 3inch CD. first 6 CD\'s are ready for sale and available:
LW27/1 IRIKARAH
LW27/2 SURVIVAL UNIT
LW27/3 STROM.EC
LW27/4 GRUNT coming soon
LW27/5 SLOGUN coming soon
LW27/6 RASTHOF DACHAU coming soon
LW27/7 SEKTION B coming soon
LW27/8 THE GREY WOLVES coming soon
LW27/9 CON-DOM coming soon
* LW030 MAEROR TRI
Sensuum Mendacia
CDR lim. 200 / special package
re-release of the legendary \\\"Sensuum Mendacia\\\" tape / originally released as DMC20 on the welsh label DIRECTION
Music, in 1991. this was the third full-lenght tape of MAERORO TRI finest atmospheric and psychedelic dark ambient recording
LW030 special release CDR box lim. 30 / with nice super premium quality t-shirt
* LW031 V.A. ALLIANCE - United in Death
CD lim. 500 / special package
new power electronics and noise compilation with contributions by following bands:
DEATHPILE (USA), CONTROL (USA), AZOIKUM (D), LA COMUNIDAD (D), ATRAX MORGUE (IT) and HENTAI (DK)
* LW032 LA COMUNIDAD
Operation Just Cause
CDR lim. 200 / very special package
second release of LC / german power electronics meets ambient noise parts in a mixture of noise / strength by political provokation
* LW033 GOVERNMENT ALPHA
Spontaneous Combustion
CDR lim. 200 / very special package
10 brandnew tracks with 50 minutes full of extreme harsh noise from Japan / ultra heavy destructive tortured electronic powernoise
* LW V04 CONTROL / SEKTION B
Hate America
3\' mini video DVDR (PAL and NTSC) lim. 150
special package / first 100 comes wrapped in a small american flag
1 track live power-noise collaboration at the Destruction Alpha festival on July 4st 2004 in Amsterdam/NL
* LW T03 Don\'t Hunt, What You Can\'t Kill
t-shirt / logo on front
premium quality (180g)
* LW T04 L. WHITE RECORDS It\'s Ok To Be White
t-shirt / logo and text
black premium quality (180g)
www.lwhite-records.de
- Prophecy Productions / Gaë Bolg
Gaë Bolg signed to Auerbach Tonträger.
Gaë Bolg is the magical spear that Cucchulain, a hero from Irish mythology uses to defeat his opponents. But Gaë Bolg
is more than that, however - it is the band name for the satyr-like bombastic-martial sounds from the forge of French
musician Eric Roger. The hymnic and warlike music of Gaë Bolg tells us of mediaeval battles, of drinking bouts and heroic
deeds. "Aucassin et Nicolette" - as the new work is called "maybe is my most personal album to date," says Eric, who apart
from Gaë Bolg also features as Sol Invictus' trumpet player. "In a certain sense, this album is more serious and richer in
its musical range - there's simply more diversity and subtlety here than on the earlier releases." "Aucassin Et Nicolette"
will be released via Auerbach Tonträger later this year.
www.prophecyproductions.de
13th February 2005
- Durtro
More news, new, from me and us to yew.
I am happier than I have been for many years. I hope you all are too. There was someone inside in me and I knew
his name; for the sake of clarity and sound let's call him Dust. I want to continue to thank all those who have written
to me, and apologise for my inability to reply. I do read every one, but have very little time to reply to each one, much
as I would love to. But they do mean a great deal to me, so I thank you all.
* POSTPONED Athens show by Current 93 and friends, 9 April 2005
The show in ATHENS by CURRENT 93 has been postponed until a later date, which has not yet been decided. This is due
to a clash between the show date and Current 93's recording schedule which became impossible to change. More details will
follow as soon as we have them. We reiterate: the ATHENS show on April 9 by Current 93 and friends is POSTPONED. Apologies
to all concerned and see you in Athens a bit later!
* The Toronto shows in June are still on
The Toronto shows by Current 93, Six Organs, Antony, Baby Dee and Simon Finn are STILL ON and tickets are selling
quickly. I am delighted to say Pantaleimon have been added to the bill on Thursday 2 June. For tickets, please email
malogan@rogers.com
* Black Ships Ate the Sky
I have just finished recording more of the guitar tracks in London with Ben Chasny, who, as well as Michael Cashmore,
is doing most of the guitar work on the album. James William Hindle will also be contributing guitar to the album I am
delighted to say. We have started processing all those orders by those who have so kindly subscribed to the advance
subscription edition.
* HOW HE LOVED THE MOON by CURRENT 93: release date and special boxed edition
Both the special and standard versions of the 'How He Loved the Moon' 2LP on Beta-lactam Ring will be ready to ship
on 8 February 2005.
There will also be a deluxe edition of 20 copies for sale in a handmade black stained wood box. The box will include
the 2LP, the 7" from the special edition, the art print from the special edition, a signed insert that will only come with
this box and a two sided 7" acetate, which will be unavailable elsewhere, with one side featuring David Tibet reading the
'MOONBIRD' elegy that he wrote at Jhonn's 'death', and the other side featuring a song performed by David and Ben Chasny
of Six Organs of Admittance using the same words.
The deluxe edition will also include a numbered and signed four paged 'funeral' card, hand-printed for David and
Beta-lactam Ring by Alan Anderson and limited to 20 copies, which reproduces the text of MOONBIRD and a short farewell
message by David Tibet for Balance that he read at Jhonn's funeral. A signed and numbered edition of 93 copies, printed
on jade-green card as well as violet card was sent to attenders at Jhonn's leaving celebration (aka 'funeral').
The box edition will be available towards the end of February 2005. This is not available from Durtro Mail Order, only
from www.blrrecords.com
A limited edition of one copy of the deluxe edition, featuring all the items enclosed in the 20-copy edition, but with
the numbered and signed four paged funeral card limited to 1 copy on a different coloured card with a different printed
limitation notice, as well as a sheet with the words to MOONBIRD hand-written by David, is also being produced. This will
be auctioned on eBay, with all the money from the auction going to the John Bradburne Memorial Society for their work at
the Mutemwa Leprosy Mission in Zimbabwe. www.johnbradburne.com
An update will be sent out when this auction edition goes up for sale online.
* Thunder Perfect Mind 2CD edition
The 2CD set of Thunder Perfect Mind which was briefly available from World Serpent in a tiny edition of 1000 copies
late in 2003 will be reissued by Mark Logan of Durtro Jnana in Spring 2005. The front cover portrait of David will be
changing again, I am pleased to say. More details from www.jnanarecords.com
and from Durtro when we have them.
* Hypnagogue re-recorded reissue
This has now been completely re-recorded, both vocally and musically, and will be issued soon. This was always an
important release for me, and I was never absolutely happy with the way it came out on its first (sold out) Durtro edition.
* Earth Covers Earth silkscreened vinyl edition on Free Porcupine Society
This will now be released in March/April 2005. It will not be available from Durtro. Go to www.freeporcupinesociety.com
for more details.
* Beta-Lactam Ring and Durtro Jnana and United Jnana
There will be many more items, both reissues and new material, appearing from all these labels in the near future,
including limited run art editions of many of the titles. David, Steven, Current 93 and Nurse With Wound will be continuing
to work extensively with Heather and Chris McBeth at BLR and Mark Logan at Jnana.
* FILM by DAVID and CURRENT 93
David and I have commenced work on a short film, which we hope to release on DVD towards the end of the year, with a
soundtrack by Current 93.
* JUDAS AS BLACK MOTH by Current 93
The 2CD retrospective by Current 93, titled JUDAS AS BLACK MOTH, will be released on Sanctuary in Spring 2005. There
will be a simultaneous 2CD retrospective by NWW also on Sanctuary, called LIVING IN FEAR OF JAMES LAST.
* Durtro shop and house move
David and Andria have now moved out of London but have not yet settled in a new home with their five cats. Hence
they are still catching up with processing the orders received via Durtro.
* Bill Fay interview in The Wire
There will be a very extensive 6 page interview with Bill Fay by Rob Young in the March 2005 edition of The Wire;
this is his first ever in-depth interview, in which he breaks his silence after so long. Rob Young has also spoken
extensively to both Ray Russell and Gary Smith, who have been the guitarists who have worked most extensively with Bill.
* Under the Rain and Teeth of Gods
I am still working on this book, and keep changing my mind as to what to include and what to withhold from it. I am
writing a great deal at the moment. At the same time I want to concentrate on finishing BLACK SHIPS ATE THE SKY, and to
include the lyrics for that album in the book too. So, with a slightly heavy heart, I have rearranged, once more, the
publication date for this book to 1 November 2005. Again, I am sorry for the constant delays but I do want to make this
book as comprehensive a reflection of what I feel and see as I can. Apologies to all. As always, anyone who does not wish
to wait will have their money refunded immediately on request to us. I know it will be worth the wait, for me at least.
godislove +++
7 February 2005
www.durtro.com
- DVT
New DVT/Thrombose release 'Pulse of the mind' on Antihumanism Records out now. cdr in dvd box (lim.100). Unreleased
recordings from 2003-2004, ranging from harsher noise tracks with vocals to rythemic industrial parts and some calm almost
ambient parts! Featuring unreleased, live and collaboration tracks with Adelaide projects: Sulphur (Cranial Fracture) and
Isomer (Tesco).
More info: www.antihumanism.cjb.net - www.cranialfracture.org
- Klanggalerie
New 7"s singles coming out by the end of the month:
- gg76 Korea Soundblaster - Live in Germany
Dr. P. Li Khan is back with the fourth in our series of solo singles by this founder of legendary German group Hirsche Nicht Aufs Sofa. Again, he offers two intense and crazy pieces - almost plunderphonics at their best.
- gg89 Phallus Dei - Seelenriff
This German/Dutch group surprises its listeners with every single release. On this 7", the sound is dark ambient with some vocals and subtle rhythms. A bit similar in style to their releases as phd2.
As usual, both are limited to only 100 numbered copies.
www.klanggalerie.com
- Stridulum Recordings
Out now:
* The Urge Within - rage - CD-R (lim.100)
Long due repress of the first cult recordings from this Deathpile side-project, originally released on tape back in 1998. Totally remastered by Thomas Garrison (Misanthrope Studios / Control) and now more powerful than ever, these tracks are a blast of pure dynamic analog industrial-noise.
* SKM-ETR - the rugged meat cleaver - CD (lim.750)
After a few successful cd-r releases, Skm-Etr finally delivers the first full-length cd in his very own style of harsh electronics with a somehow 'melodic' edge, topped by lots of samples, in-your-face lyrics and thug attitude. Featuring contributions by Brethren, Slogun and Murderous Vision.
Next:
NTT - all I want to hear is the sound of my own heart stopping. - 2xCDR
Magwheels - the dim march - 3"CDR
Info, mp3s : www.stridulum.net
- Tesco USA
Tesco USA is proud to present A DESCENT INTO THE MAELSTROM. An eclectic evening of experimental, folk and dark aural delights with a rare live performance by legendary cult band BLOOD AXIS featuring the First Couple of Misanthropic Marching Music MICHAEL MOYNIHAN & ANNABEL LEE and folk noir duo CHANGES with special guests DREAM INTO DUST
Doors @ 9pm | Ticket Price TBA | 21+
SUNDAY MARCH 27
THE DELANCEY
168 DELANCEY ST. [between CLINTON and ATTORNEY]
NEW YORK
The Delancey is known for its great location in the Lower East Side of Manhattan near the Williamsburg Bridge, reasonable drink prices and fabulous ROOFTOP SMOKING LOUNGE!
Doors open at 9pm - stay 'til 4am
DJs: Darryl Hell [Abstinence, S6K], Heathen Panzer, Jeremy [HEX!], Leech [Navicon Torture Technologies],
noiseindex [Tesco USA], Princess Coldheart [Dogs Blood Rising]
VIDEOS:
Previews of TWO upcoming DVD releases from Tesco USA and Sektor 6 Kommunications!
Industrial video collage by noiseindex and GBA! DVD trailer
MERCHANDISE: Will be available from all the bands and Tesco USA
TICKETS and INFO: bloodchanges.tesco-distro.com
QUESTIONS to RAUL at: raul@tesco-distro.com
bloodchanges.tesco-distro.com/party.html
6th February 2005
- We've added some new reviews and we've updated the Concerts page.
- Antony and the Johnsons
'I Am A Bird Now' CD / LP out now.
'Antony and Secretly Canadian are proud to finally announce the retail release of Antony & The Johnson's second full-length I Am A Bird Now. Antony was joined by his idols, peers and fans on several tracks, guest appearances include: Lou Reed, Rufus Wainwright, Devandra Banhart, and Boy George.
More info: www.antonyandthejohnsons.com - www.secretlycanadian.com
- HeidenVolk / Darkwood
Darkwood 'Weltenwende' CD
HV09, 13 tracks, 45 minutes
Subsequent to the Darkwood studio album 'Herbstgewölk' published in 2004, there will be another Darkwood release coming up later this year. Due to a great demand, the 'Weltenwende' 10" - which originally had been published on Eis & Licht - will be re-issued on CD.
Besides the 8 tracks from the vinyl album, there will be 3 re-recordings from the also sold out CD 'In the Fields', a collaborative track with Voxus Imp. from the 'Flammende Welt' recordings, and one compilation track which only appears on vinyl.
More info: www.darkwood.de/releases.htm
www.heidenvolk.de
- Steinklang Records
Out now: V.A. - Mia Runa
double-CD in special foldout-sleeve and smoked+branded birchwood-cover.
30 songs on more than 140 minutes / lim.888
a collection of exclusive fairiesongs and lullabys especially recorded for Mia Runa's first birthday by friends of the Steinklang-family.
Belborn / Graumahd / Allerseelen / Riharc Smiles / Sturmpercht / Soulsearch / Thelema / A Challenge Of Honour / Gegentum / Sagentoeter / Nihilistic Front / Boleskine / Die Wächter / Hekate / Jägerblut / Werkraum / Institution D.O.L. / Dernière Volonté / Teatro Satanico / IRV / Halgadom / Cawatana / Radio Murmansk / Stahlwerk 9 / Simon Schall and several Untersberg-tales by Sturmpercht-members and friends.
www.steinklang-records.at
- Subinterior
Release of Subinterior cd-r 'Obstacles' by Deserted Factory. Recorded in 2004
hand-numbered, Limited to 100 copies.
More info: www.desertedfactory.com - www.subinterior.tk
31st January 2005
- We've written a live report of the Camerata Mediolanense concert in Modena last December and some new reviews. The Concerts page has also been updated.
- Butcher's House Production
New releases:
* DBPIT - TROMPOZMO - BHP009 - DISCHI GATTO ALIENO 02 (CD-R)
Limited to 100 copies
* PROFILE - PINKU EIGA - BHP012 (CD-R)
Limited to 100 copies
* ACHERONTIA STYX / TVMULUS SERAPHIM - SPLIT - BHP013 - EYE06 (CD-R)
Limited to 100 copies
10 euro for each CD - 25 euro if you buy all three
www.butchershouse.com
- :Of The Wand & The Moon:
Forthcoming releases:
* 'Midnight Will' MCD (Heim001)
Originally released by Eis+Licht in 2000.
Re-mixed, re-mastered and re-edited + a live version of the song 'Midnight Will' recorded at the Hau Ruck! Festival in Vienna 03.03.02 and a very first demo version of 'Winter Veil'
should be available 02.02.05 through Tesco Distribution.
* 'Hail Hail Hail' Limited 7" (Heim002)
One new :Of The Wand & The Moon: track titled 'Hail Hail Hail' and a cover of 'Benediction/Malediction' featuring members of Sonne Hagal & Forseti.
Release date to be announced.
* 'Sonnenheim' CD (Heim003)
The new album from :Of The Wand & The Moon: containing 15 new songs, also featuring members of
Sonne Hagal & Forseti.
Release date to be announced.
www.ofthewandandthemoon.dk
23rd January 2005
- We've added a review of the superb Penumbra over Beauty compilation, updated the Concerts page and added a few links.
- Ars Benevola Mater
In febraury will be ready my new releases : Romowe Rikoito CD, Anima Mundi CD, Atrax morgue CD & Our God Weeps 7"... and I'm also working on a lot of interesting releases...
In order to celebrate ABM's birth I've thought to create a "family card" which costs 13,00 Euro and gives right to the following facilities:
- a 5% discount on the whole mailorder
- a 10% discount on every ABM release
- members will have priority on ABM releases
- special releases only for members
- possibility of return and substitution of the items you've bought
- a free copy of the compilation "A rainy november day in Wroclaw".
This card has an unlimited validity and it's restricted to a small number of people only (131).
Out in 2005 on ABM :
- Romowe Rikoito : "TBA" CD ltd.1055
- Anima Mundi : "Somnium" CD ltd.505
- Oxyd meets Sumad : "Mysterious places of dead souls" CD ltd.505
- Our God Weeps : "Prodromus" 7"ltd.369
- Job Karma : "Strike" CD ltd.1099
- Santa Biasin Trio : "Untitled"LP ltd.499
- Teatro Satanico : "Untitled" Wooden box ltd.66 ("ABM family" members ONLY)
- Grzegorz Siedlecki : "Metafizyka" CD ltd.299
- Deus Absconditus : "TBA" 7"ltd.369
- Anima Mundi : "Pain and insane" CD ltd.505
- Aube : "tba" LP ltd.499
- "Mizuko Jizo" 7" serie ltd.299 with contributions of : Matt Howden, Belborn, Aranos, Aube, Tor Lundvall, Cawatana, Scivias, Romowe Rikoito, Kratong , Job Karma, Sturmpercht ...
More info, mail-order: www.arsbenevolamater.com
- Beta-lactam Ring Records - Volcano the Bear/Stapleton
* All is confirmed and we can announce this. Due Fall 2005 will be a new studio album from Volcano the Bear (CD/DLP)
with assistance/remix/deconstruction by Mr. Steven Stapleton. Steve is taking the studio album and doing his thing to it
that he does so well.
* the VTB/NWW album is planned for a Fall 05 release. It will happen as the vTB crew are close to finishing with the
album then they are sending tracks to Steve which he is going to ICR studios to do his voodoo magic that he does so well.
We are paying all studio time, ect, so we can promise this is going to happen. This is going to be something special.
There is also a 7"+10" release planned for March 05. We are also doing a true audiophile version of Rock n'Roll Station
on multi vinyl then later down the road on CD, A new studio album for our "Records are not for Baking Series", a Steven
Stapleton Book/CD for Angry Eelectric Finger paintings, and some more goodness to announce soon........................
In the works are several Current 93 releases with details coming soon. The first is the "How He Loved the Moon" album
which is due soon on heavy 180 vinyl and board stock gatefold sleeves and deluxe wood box edition. (You Shadoks collectors
will be happy) Beta-lactam Ring has almost 50 releases planned for 2005. This is going to be our biggest and best year
until 2006. From macro to micro editions, fun will be had for all.
www.blrrecords.com
- Brainwashed
Presents Otology: A Compilation of 7' Singles
Brainwashed began on April 16, 1996 as a repository of information on various bands with little in common. In 1998 it
was decided to start giving something back to the fans and supporters as the entire Brainwashed staff are big music fans to
begin with, so a 7" single was made, then another, and another. Records are fun, collectible, come in colors, and are nice
to frame. I, Jon Whitney, am growing increasingly jaded towards CDs. They're becoming disposable, mass manufacturable,
easily obtainable, and pretty much anybody can make a CD and send it to you (ask me some time to see the pile of stuff
that comes in daily to review). The upside is the portability and scratchless sound and it's much quicker to import them
into your iWhatever. So, we're offering a free CD-R compilation with no packaging, no printing, no information anywhere.
The CD-R will contain the music from BRAIN001, BRAIN002, BRAIN003, BRAIN005, BRAIN006, and BRAIN007. The only way to get it
is by ordering the next round of 3 7" singles, all due for release on Brainwashed's 9th birthday, April 16, 2005.
- BRAIN005 - Sybarite, "Dolorous Echo"/"The Mast"
Two instrumental songs from Brooklyn-based multi-instrumentalist Xian Hawkins. As Sybarite, he's released full-length
albums on labels like Temporary Residence and 4AD and has had a number of singles and compilation tracks from labels all
over the world. It's upbeat, amazingly well crafted and never wears out its welcome. www.brainwashed.com/sybarite for more
info on this painfully underlooked genius.
- BRAIN006 - Jessica Bailiff live on VPRO radio, Amsterdam
Four songs from Jessica including "Shadow," only released on the Brain in the Wire compilation (I'm beginning to think
this really is my song or something!), the haunting "Mary" from her self-titled third release on Kranky, "Beautiful Soul,"
which dates back to her 1998 debut on Kranky, Even in Silence, and an exclusive song, "Come and Close My Eyes," a Flying
Saucer Attack cover. All recordings are obviously exclusive. Jessica arrived at Kranky by way of Low, having her first two
albums produced by Alan Sparhawk at 20 Below in Minneapolis. She has gone on to record more solo singles and albums and has
appeared on record with bands Rivulets, Saturday Looks Good to Me, Flashpapr, and Red Morning Chorus, and makes up part of
the core nucleus of bands Clear Horizon, Northern Song Dynasty, and Eau Claire. www.brainwashed.com/jb for more images and
sounds from her.
- BRAIN007 - Aranos, "No Religion"/ "Spitting Revivalist Dreams of Everlasting Poison"
Most people will recognize his name from appearing on albums by Nurse With Wound, but this Czech-born Bohemian Irish
resident has a musical blood that runs deep into the heart of Gipsy folk, jazz, and rock music. "No Religion" is most
certainly a statement a statement of Aranos' own personal dismay with violence and abhorrent behavior conducted in the name
of religion while "Spitting Revivalist Dreams" is perhaps one of the most excrutiating noise tracks I have ever witnessed.
This is the first of a number of 7" singles to be released by Aranos this year, and expect to see him live in Europe earlier
this year with a North American string of dates being worked out for later in the year. He's a fantastic musician and a
charismatic performer. Videos and sounds and bio are available at www.brainwashed.com/aranos.
All 7" singles are retailing for $6.00 USD (which is an astoundingly cheap 4.61 Euros or 3.21 Pound Sterling!) and
there will only be 500 copies pressed. The CD-R will once again only be issued to people who order all three. Additionally,
a 7" of BRAIN003 will be tossed in (since most people missed it first time around) while supplies last. Sound samples and
the beautiful cover images (thanks to Jim Siegel and once again Ben Palmer) are available at www.brainwashed.com/recordings.
Orders can be made at the Brainwashed commerce site - www.brainwashed.com/commerce.html.
An email list is in the process of being set up for future releases and event information. Future 7" singles have been
discussed (no official concrete news or plans yet) for Nurse With Wound, The One Ensemble of Daniel Padden, Thighpaulsandra,
Volcano the Bear, Little Annie w/Antony, and Mimir. There is no guarantee on any of these coming out and we'll keep news
posted online if there is any to report. Due to finances, future 7" singles will also be limited. If the singles do not
sell out in pre-sale orders, they will go to retail and individual ones will be able to be purchased.
Thanks for your time and your support.
jonwhitney
www.brainwashed.com
- Der Bekannte Post-Industrielle Trompeter
Latest releases:
* vinyl 7" mushroom's patience solo tracks (5 tracks by craf, weber, tost, DBPIT, malato)
* vinyl 7" split stille nacht (DBPIT) - dark king (FTBPD) white-rabbit-records.org
More info: www.derbekannte.com
- Tor Lundvall
Pre-orders are now being taken for the new CD "Last Light" at Strange Fortune. This album is more vocally oriented, and
will be followed next year by an instrumental album called "Empty City". Also available at Strange Fortune are sets of
limited edition Holiday Greeting cards featuring Tor Lundvall's Winter paintings.
www.torlundvall.com
- United Jnana
United Jnana will be reissuing the Nurse With Wound 'Soliloquy for Lilith box' hopefully for early June of this year.
It will be the same format/package as the World Serpent edition.
C93 reissues: SickSickSick, Thunder, Sleep Has His House as a double, all the Stapleton/Tibet releases in a set, a
new S/T recording and the new C93 CD. Those should all be this year, likely the first half, though the new C93 likely
autumn, depending upon how the rest of the recording progresses. Same with a new Stapleton/Tibet album.
www.jnanarecords.com
- Wermut / Treue Um Treue
New Wermut 10" 'Hoffnung' to be released soon on Treue Um Treue as a limited edition of 297 copies.
More info, pre-order: eys.online.fr/tutrur
16th January 2005
- We've added a review of Ô Paradis - Desterrado, updated the Concerts page and added a few links.
- Death In June
The commercial release of 'Abandon Tracks' on CD and LP presently looks like April.
groups.yahoo.com/group/deathinjune
- Der Angriff
V/A - 'Heilige Feuer IV' - CD -2004 Der Angriff Nr. 17
Ltd. 600. Compilation dedicated to the 4th Russian festival of industrial music called Heilige Feuer. Contains two exclusive tracks from each band: Vetrophonia, Painslut, Rasthof Dachau, Allerseelen, Bearer Of The Inmost Sun.
kampfgenosse@front.ru
- Divine Comedy Records
New release:
DC 035 - "Fading Landscapes" (CD + Book) 500 copies.
'Here's a book with some beautiful photographies by Peter Bengtsen and an enigmatic text written by Nico Bally (his second contribution to DC after "Ombres & Lumières").
The music propose some esotherical and ritual soundscapes created by the french project Lambwool (and Othila on some tracks). It occured to the label that both introspective works evolve on quite the same fields...'
Info, mp3: divineco.records.free.fr
- Durtro
Dear All:
Some very brief notes from me, him and us. I would also like to thank the 100 people and more who sent in such
open and fascinating comments to me concerning my recent Durtro updates. I had hoped to reply to them all personally
but time ran away with the spoon. I had a very moving email on a different topic from Ana in Portugal, who had attended
our shows in Lisbon, and I also wanted to reply to that, but accidentally deleted it. Mea culpa. I wished to write more
on more personal topics, but the boxes are calling me. One day soon I will write a full apologia pro vita mea in which
my beliefs will be clarified for myself and for anyone there who cares.
Some people asked me what my feelings were on the recent tsunami. My wife and I had been planning to go this Christmas
to one of the areas hit, Penang in Malaysia, where we previously spent our honeymoon a couple of years ago, and where
I used to go holidaying every year as a child. I cannot even conceive the terror and sadness and loss of those affected
by it. However I do believe we are living in the end times, and that such apocalyptic events are set to continue and
increase in ferocity. That is no consolation for me or anyone else. All I can do is to pray with fear and trembling,
and with my hope for the new beginning. Read JOB and watch and pray.
* Simon Finn live show in San Francisco
Simon Finn will be playing a show in San Francisco. As you all know, he is a particular hero of mine and I hope that
you all go, even if you live on the other side of the planet.
Wednesday 12 Jan at The Make Out Room / 3225 22nd St / San Francisco, CA 94110-3006 / Cross Street: Mission Street / Phone: (415) 647-2888
For further details and show times please contact theboss@straydogrecords.com
* A night with Baby Dee and guests; New York, 24 January
Presented by Little Miss Big Mouth; hosted and curated by Sxip Shirey
Monday 24 January at The Bowery Poetry Club +1 212-614-0505
Tickets are $10
308 Bowery@Bleeker, right across from CBGB's
F train to Second Ave, 6 train to Bleeker
For more details contact sxip@yahoo.com
Tel +1 718-783-1588
Sarah Valentine of Little Miss Big Mouth and international Circus Composer Sxip Shirey host an evening of the
music of New York legend Baby Dee on 24 January at 7:30pm at The Bowery Poetry Club. The evening features some of
New York's most unique and talented vocalists performing their interpretations of the songs of Baby Dee. An interview
with Dee by Sarah Alden will follow and then a performance by Baby Dee herself.
Baby Dee is a West Village legend. In the mid 90s she found local fame by riding through the village on a giant
tricycle wearing a cat suit and angel wings. From the back of the tricycle sprouted a full sized concert harp. Dee
sat high on her perch playing amazingly funny songs, sending up the likes of Rudolf Giuliani and Rudolph the red
nosed reindeer. Ironically her day job during this time was an organist for a Catholic church in Queens.
Dee was then invited to Edinburgh, Scotland to join the infamous Kamikaze Sideshow. When her father had a stroke,
Dee gave up her showbiz career and moved back to her childhood home of Cleveland Ohio. Baby Dee took care of her father
until his death. During this time she produced two truly beautiful and moving albums of song. Durtro in London released
them in runs of 1000 copies each. Dee now comes back to New York City to perform this work and to hear her work performed
by others.
Featured performers are: Shara Warren of aWry | Elyas Khan of Nervous Cabaret | The Wiyos | banjo wizard Curtis Eller |
accordion rock vocalist Corn Moe | Choir Dragana | The deep and amazing Krystle Warren | opera diva Shelly Watson |
puppeteer Erin Orr | an interview with Dee by Baby Dee scholar Sarah Alden | and of course Baby Dee herself!
* Baby Dee live in Ravenna, Italy on 9 February
Urgh presents BABY DEE live at Bronson
Madonna Dell'albero, Ravenna, Italy. ¤10. www.deathtripper.com/urgh.htm
* Toronto, 2, 3, 4 June 2005: Current 93 with special guests Antony, Baby Dee, Simon Finn and Six Organs of Admittance
The Music Gallery
St George-the-Martyr Anglican Church
197 John Street Toronto, ON
Canada
Tickets are Canadian Dollars $CDN 65.00 each and may be purchased by emailing Mark Logan at malogan@rogers.com,
or calling either +1 519-744-1370 between 10am and 5pm EST or +1 519-221-0884 outside those hours. Please note: the Music
Gallery does not have tickets for sale.
Tickets will go on sale on Tuesday, 18 January 2005. We are hoping to arrange a party on Sunday 5th for ticket holders
to come to meet the various bands and friends if they wish. Details to follow.
- Thursday 2 June 2005 : Antony / Simon Finn / Baby Dee / Six Organs of Admittance / Maja Elliott and perhaps a special guest or two
- Friday 3 June 2005 : Simon Finn / Baby Dee / Current 93
- Saturday 4 June 2005 : Six Organs of Admittance / Antony / Current 93
* A brief update on projects by Current 93 and myself and related areas
The online shop has now reopened. However, until we have relocated and accessed our stock again, probably in a
month or two, the only items that are available are the new BILL FAY GROUP CD and the special subscription edition
pre-orders for BLACK SHIPS ATE THE SKY by Current 93, and the UNDER THE RAIN AND TEETH OF GODS book, which I am praying
will be ready very soon. We are hoping the album will be available in the summer, as we are hoping to finish recordings
in April/May.
The reissue of SOFT BLACK STARS with two extra tracks is released on 28 February 2005 on UNITED STATES OF DURTRO (Durtro USA 001).
Steven and myself are working on a box set of all the Stapleton-Tibet recordings, including the C93/NWW BRIGHT
YELLOW MOON album; there will be extra material in the release also. Projected release date: MAY 2005 on UNITED DURTRO JNANA.
I am also working on a 2CD set which will bring together the three parts of THEINMOSTLIGHT trilogy (WHERE THE LONG
SHADOWS FALL; ALL THE PRETTY LITTLE HORSES; THE STARRES ARE MARCHING SADLY HOME). Projected release date: APRIL 2005
through BETA LACTAM at www.blrrecords.com
The Free Porcupine Society 12" vinyl edition of CURRENT 93's EARTH COVERS EARTH will now be out in late March.
It is available from FPS at www.freeporcupinesociety.com
The BILL FAY GROUP album, TOMORROW TOMORROW AND TOMORROW has just arrived from the pressing plant so people
should start getting their copies in the next couple of weeks. We hope you are as delighted by it as we are. Speaking of
Bill Fay, I am sure that many of you will be happy to know that Eclectic Records are reissuing both of his matchless
albums that were released on Decca/Deram over 30 years ago. Although these albums, BILL FAY and TIME OF THE LAST
PERSECUTION, were available on a '2 albums on 1 CD' release on the UK See For Miles label, this has been deleted for
some time and I have seen copies of the CD going for more than $150 on eBay. Bill is in touch with Eclectic concerning
their reissue, and they are sure to be wonderful editions. For those who haven't heard Bill Fay: THESE ALBUMS ARE UNEQUALLED.
He is as near to perfection as one can be, in my opinion.
* John Bradburne Memorial Society
I am very touched by the work of the John Bradburne Memorial Society (JBMS). John Bradburne was martyred, in what was
then known as Rhodesia and is now named Zimbabwe during the War of Independence in 1979, whilst he was working at a
Mission to lepers at Mutemwa Leprosy Settlement. Bill Fay and Current 93 will shortly be announcing details of a split
album, with all profits going to the JBMS, who are carrying on the work that John Bradburne, who described himself as a
'strange vagabond of God', gave his life for. Please pray for his canonisation. More details are at www.johnbradburne.com
and of course donations are always welcomed. This is a brief description of their aims:
* Objects of the charity: 'To relieve people in the area of Mutemwa, Zimbabwe, who are suffering sickness, hardship
and distress from leprosy or other causes, through the provision of supplementary food, medicines, medical care, clothing
and shelter, with the object of improving their conditions of life.'
The charity operates primarily within the United Kingdom, working with the main executing agency called the Zimbabwe
Leprosy Association (ZLA), which is responsible for the management of the Mutemwa Leprosy Settlement".
All the tracks, bar one or two, have now been received for the benefit compilation CD set from which all profits go to
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontierès' work with people with AIDS and HIV in West Africa. A confirmed list will
be announced soon, but we have already received tracks from the following artists. About 99% of them are previously unreleased.
Christina Carter | William Basinski | Bill Fay | Simon Finn | Six Organs Of Admittance | Michael Gira | Antony |
Jarboe | Devendra Banhart | Pantaleimon | Faun Fables | Nurse With Wound | Sundial | Current 93 | Irr. App. (Ext.) |
Thighpaulsandra | Little Annie Anxiety | Jim O'Rourke | Small Creatures (Joseph Budenholzer) | Michael Yonkers | Michael
Masley | Mirror | The Pastels | Colin Potter | The Hafler Trio | Ghost | Pearls Before Swine | Jad Fair | Linda Perhacs |
Edward Ka-Spel or Legendary Pink Dots | Einar Örn/Ghostdigital | Taurpis Tula | Teenage Fanclub | Richard Buckner |
Anomoanon | Hiroyuki Usui/L | Matmos | Thurston Moore | Shockheaded Peters | John Terrill | Max Richter | AUBE |
Richard Youngs & Alex Neilson | Isobel Campbell | Allen Ginsberg | David Surkamp (of Pavlov's Dog) | Charlemagne Palestine |
Will Oldham/Bonnie Prince Billy | Marc Almond | Damon and Naomi | Mount Vernon Astral Temple | Bevis Frond | Unveiled |
James William Hindle | Sorrow | John Maslen | Larsen | Mr Durt | Calder's Circus (John Contreras) | Brett Smiley |
Cyclobe | Blue Eyed Black | Vashti Bunyan | Stephanie Volkmar | Howie B
11/I/2005
www.durtro.com
- Filth Forge
Filth Forge is a new webzine in English launched by an old Italian contributor to these pages.
The site aims to offer reliable and accesible information and resource network for industrial, noise, experimental and unconventional music. The information provided will include reviews of records, CDs, cassettes, books, films and everything related to Industrial Culture, live reports and photo galleries of concerts and festivals, a collection of articles dealing with these genres of music, and a lot more.
www.filthforge.net
9th January 2005
- We've written some new reviews, updated the Concerts page and added a few links.
- Coil
'A dvd containing an excellent CBC broadcast standard audio recording and a single camera (but nevertheless interesting)
video recording by Don Poe of Coil at Mutek 03 will be included with the forthcoming definitive Box of `coil Videos (as yet
untitled) which we hope to have out in a couple of months.' (Sleazy)
www.thresholdhouse.com
- Cynfeirdd
* Songs for Aliénor - Music for a new born daughter
To celebrate the birth of our daughter on last November you are offered to subscribe for this new sampler including exclusive tracks from Gae Bolg and the church of Fand, Sol Invictus, The Mystery School, Naevus, Albireon, While Angels Watch, Karnnos, Orchis, Jack or Jive, Am Ganesh'an, Tor Lundvall, Irrelevant, A Sparrow Grass Hunt, Hide & Seek, Nouvelles Lectures Cosmopolites, Andrew King, HERR, One for Jude, Spyros Giasafakis, In Gowan Ring, Regard Extrême, Kinovia, Clair Obscur and some other surprises dealing with child songs, lullabies and counting rhythms.
This compilation will be available only by subscription from Cynfeirdd, final price will be specified later (but probably around 25€) and packaging will be in the same style than the Song for Landeric was. Subscription will close on January the 18th! Spread the word!!
* E4E volume 13: Bisclaveret "Er Roud el aater fi nezaha el khater"
Here's the new issue of the E4E series, before the final one, introducing a great Polish band, for a long, fascinating live recorded track of dark, suffocating ambiant-ritual music. Amazing stuff from amazing peoples!
* 2005 previews : Albireon CD, The Blizzard Sow CD, Karnnos CD, Kinovia CD
More info, mp3: www.cynfeirdd.com
- Durtro
Dear All:
Happy New Year Again to you all.
* Baby Dee shows in Denmark
Bragagild will present a concert by Baby Dee in Copenhagen, Denmark on 5 February 2005. Tickets for the show are
extremely limited and are available in advance through The Other Music, Kronprinsensgade 7, Copenhagen and
www.bragagild.dk
The concert will be held at: Den Anden Opera, Kronprinsensgade 7, Copenhagen.
Tickets: 95 Danish Kroner (£8/¤12.50)
A show in Aarhus is also planned but not yet finalised. For more information, please contact:
mads@bragagild.dk or visit www.bragagild.dk soon.
* New mailing address for Durtro and Current 93 and myself
Please note: from this moment on, all mail should be sent to:
DURTRO
Suite 93
355 Byres Road
Glasgow G12 8QZ
Scotland
Mail sent to the old BM WOUND address will be forwarded to this address for the next six months; after which,
BM WOUND will be closed.
* Drunk With the Old Man of the Mountains by Nurse With Wound
This CD is now available, although not from Durtro as we will remain closed during our move. It can be ordered by
mail order from Mark Logan at malogan@rogers.com or by Paypal from Jnana Records
* How He Loved the Moon (Moonsongs for Jhonn Balance) by Current 93
This 2LP is imminent and will be released in the next couple of weeks. It is not available from Durtro, but can
be obtained from Beta-Lactam Ring Records
* James William Hindle
I have become a big admirer of the work of my friend JWH. He has released two beautiful albums which I listen to a
lot; there is a simplicity and humanity of spirit there that is quite astounding. His website is www.jwh.hinah.com
and his albums are released by Badman Records at www.badmanrecordingco.com.
His new album TOWN FEELING should be out in May 2005. I have a rough mix of it and it is incredible. Please support his
beauty.
* Comments received
Thank you for all the thoughtful comments about my recent announcement on this site. Out of the list of about
2,500 members who receive these updates there were four requests for removal from further updates. Three of these were
courteous and interesting, and the fourth was a simple "remove" request with no other message. There was also one email
highly critical of me on a personal level. Thanks, nonetheless, to those people, despite the fact they probably won't be
reading this, for their support or friendship over many years.
* Some reflections on Tibet's recordings 1982-2004 and his recent disintegration and what may arise or has arisen
Some people took my last update to mean that I rejected or was ashamed of Tibet's earlier work, despite my writing
in that update "there are no recordings or writings that I would wish to be erased from "my" past and continuum". On the
contrary, now that I see I am not really him any more, I can truthfully say I am a GREAT admirer of much of Tibet's work.
I just do not recognise the person who made them in myself now. When I listen to Tibet's work, my overwhelming feeling is
that there was a shadow there; more silence and understanding and less rage would have been appropriate. But we find beauty
where we can. And who can know or say? He didn't. Neither do I. Maybe Tibet will one day agree to do backing vocals on
future recordings. I have been speaking to him about this matter, and he is considering it, though it was probably too
soon for me to broach such a sensitive subject to him. He wants to know what mask he can wear. I told him to wear a smiley
one with an ALPHA and OMEGA as eyes to give him the eyesight clarity he lacked when younger. We are all deserts with a
storm below us building silently.
Of the C93 albums before THUNDER PERFECT MIND and Tibet's and my work with MICHAEL CASHMORE, I am particularly keen
on NATURE UNVEILED, DOGS BLOOD RISING, IN MENSTRUAL NIGHT, IMPERIUM, HOW HE LOVED THE MOON, SWASTIKAS FOR NODDY and EARTH
COVERS EARTH, as well as the 12" HAPPY BIRTHDAY/BLACK FLOWERS, PLEASE. I still feel that DAWN is particularly lazy and that
KILLYKILLKILLY was badly undeveloped musically, though I know many people like them.
I love all the work, without exception, that Tibet did with Nurse With Wound. I am continuing to work with them and
there will be a new Steven Stapleton/David Michael album in the near future, as well as a reissue of the three
Stapleton/Tibet albums with extra material. Steven Stapleton, despite occasional rumours to the contrary, has remained
Tibet's, and my, closest friend since they and we met. He and his world are beyond words of praise I can find.
Of the songs he sang on albums by Death In June during his friendship and involvement with Douglas P., I particularly
love DAEDALUS RISING, IN SACRILEGE and THIS IS NOT PARADISE. I think the least successful track Tibet did with them was
JERUSALEM THE BLACK, BABYLON THE GOLDEN, though this was down purely to his vocal limitations and lack of vision with the
lyrics he wrote and not the lovely structure of the song. However, regarding Death In June, I have to say that my favourite
songs DIJ recorded were ones Tibet did not feature on, unfortunately for him. The 12" single COME BEFORE CHRIST/AND MURDER
LOVE remains, I think, one of the finest releases of the 1980s, two songs of such matchless beauty and desolation that they
should have been regarded as equally classic and important as tracks such as, say, LOVE WILL TEAR US APART or MONTAGUE
TERRACE IN BLUE. Along with them I would rate ACCIDENTAL PROTEGE (which is the probably the DIJ track I play the most),
LEOPARD FLOWERS, RUNES AND MEN and BUT, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE SYMBOLS SHATTER, as well as several other songs. Regarding
songs written by Douglas and Tibet for Current 93, I consider the most beautiful to be (in no particular order) BLACK
FLOWERS PLEASE, OH COAL BLACK SMITH, BEAUSOLEIL, A SADNESS SONG, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HELLO ANGEL and THE FINAL CHURCH. Many of
these works I mention here have a specific haunted power which I have not found anywhere else. As some of you may be aware,
Douglas and I were estranged from each other in the mid 1990s, and I have not heard any of his recent work for some years now.
I am also still very proud, on Tibet's behalf, of his work, slight though it was, on the THEMES album by Psychic TV.
Despite Tibet's inability to play anything whatsoever, Genesis and Sleazy were kind enough to feature him on what was, I
still believe, a very hypnotic and limpid album. (His contribution to the evocative and often beautifully troubling DREAMS
LESS SWEET was so minimal that it isn't really worth mentioning.) Alas, finally there was only room for one pair of leather
trousers in PTV, and Tibet felt compelled to leave the Psychic fold, taking with him nothing but three scars from E on his
left arm, several piercings (which later disintegrated into the sunset too), a paperback of MALDOROR, some scratched LPs of
Gregorian Chant, and a well-worn copy of "Antichrist in the Middle Ages" by Richard K. Emmerson. Genesis and Tibet had
differed on several topics and their manifestations, though Tibet remained friends with Balance, Sleazy, Cosey Fanni Tutti,
Chris Carter and Alex Fergusson after the severance. But it was illuminating, enlightening, and also very enjoyable for
both Tibet and myself at those times when I was present. Being involved with PTV was Tibet's entry to David's life amongst
doves and thrones. Although Genesis and Tibet didn't speak to each other for about 20 years after he left PTV, I now get on
very well with both Djinn and Breyer P-Orridge, who are increasingly thoughtful and fascinating entities, as indeed Genesis
was, but with an openness that London's closed skies blocked for so many of us at that time.
As to the Hafler Trio and its sole occupant, the remarkable Andrew McKenzie, another gentleman with whom the "let's
fall out for 20 years" dance occurred, I am now happy to be friends with once again and look forward to futures unimagined
when I spoke as a child and saw with cynicism. "What shadows we are, and what shadows we pursue" wrote Edmund Burke in
the eighteenth century. And we all play out under the great shadow whilst the Beast creeps up on us and the days shorten
before the Return. We are all reading our own final chapter unbeknownst to us.
23 Skidoo: It was an pleasure to be "playing" with them, albeit very briefly, with Tibet being particularly close to
Fritz Haamann in the group. Skidoo did ask Tibet to come down to their rehearsals at Industrial Records' space, but all he
had was his thighbone trumpet, which was remarkably limited, not to say tedious, in application. Tibet's future in Skidoo
was sealed as soon as he turned up with no other instruments or ability.
Overall, I have to say that the recordings by Tibet I dislike are all found on CURRENT 93 releases, and of course the
disastrous, stupid and pointless ARYAN AQUARIANS album, a product of drugs, alcohol and self-indulgent whimsy that makes
me cringe, and surely makes you cringe too if you are unfortunate enough to own it or hear it. Everything else was lovely
and roselike. And I was fortunate to be involved at an early age with such funny, interesting, talented and charismatic
people, all with their own unique vision. Those were halcyon days. These days are apocalyptic and full beyond bearing
sometimes but anyway these wheels are on fire, and halcyon days have returned again Godwilling.
Due to these restless times, we have not yet announced any other shows. But we are still planning Current 93 shows
on the west coast of the USA, and in London and Glasgow. But until we are settled in our new home we do not know when these
will be. The Athens and Toronto shows are the only confirmed ones at the moment. All Current 93 albums that were once
available through World Serpent will still be reissued on CD and vinyl, as well as previously unissued material by C93.
I will of course continue to record and play live and publish and paint and carry on with my researches and loves,
especially New Testament Greek, Count Stenbock and Louis Wain.
My good friend Ayse Tuzlak said to me, whilst staying at our house with her husband Geoffrey, that I should also
consider what I want people to call me. You can call me Al. Which is to say, I don't mind what I am called. There is no-one
here that answers to a name that he cares for anymore. And thank you all again. And see you soon, whoever you are and
whoever I am.
The people I listen to most are the people who reflect what I hope. Bill Fay, Will Oldham, Baby Dee, Antony, Tom Rapp,
Bob Dylan, Shirley Collins, Simon Finn, Charlemagne Palestine, Jandek, Billy Basinski, Pantaleimon, Coil, Cosey Fanni Tutti
and Chris Carter in all their incarnations, Ben Chasny, Soeur Marie Keyrouz, NWW, Tiny Tim, Free, Ramases and many others
have me wondering who and what I amn't. There is so much that moves me now; such beauty, such beauty. I thank Mark Logan
and Jose Pacheco at this particular time once more for their support.
I hear Balance behind me often when I am on parapets and platforms. "Don't jump!" he laughs, and then is gone in
flowers and smoke. I love the smell of incense in the morning. All I can see is a golden rain and a smile disappearing in
the branches over Jerusalem, burning with stars in the tremendous daylight.
"Teddy/Don't let the shadows get me/And be ready, Teddy/For when the cupboard explodes"--Bill Fay, "Let All The
Other Teddies Know" from TIME OF THE LAST PERSECUTION © 1971
Please pray for the canonisation of JOHN BRADBURNE www.johnbradburne.com
godislove
Waiting for all things to be made new continually, I remain yours,
David Michael 2/I/2005
durtro.com
- HauRuck!
Mushroom's Patience: new album 'Water' CD - release date: 10th February.
Varunna/Foresta di Ferro: 'Millenni' 10" - release date: 10th February.
Frozen Faces: 'In order to confuse' 10" - release date: 10th February.
Changes: 'Twilight' 7" (featuring alternative 'rocking' versions) - release date: 1st March.
More info: www.hauruck.org
- In Gowan Ring
New Album: B'eirths Birch Book Available February 2005. Mp3's and further information will be up on the website at
some future moment.
www.ingowanring.com
- Punch Productions
* PP008 - V/A "DRINKING TO BETTER DAYS" Feat. AIT! / NOVY SVET / Ô PARADIS / TOTENLIEDER
- 12" EP (45 rpm)
- Handmade gatefold foiled in blue velvet & satin inside !!!!
- Lim.Ed. of 410 handnumbered copies in black vinyl
Tracklist:
Side A:
Novy Svet : "El Sabor de Pan"
Ô Paradis : "Nada màs allà"
Totenlieder : "Como Olvidar"
AIT! : "Sixty Sick Years"
Side B:
AIT! : "Ego Te Absolvo a Peccatis Tuis"
Totenlieder : "Sin Amor o Esperanza"
Ô Paradis : "Borra Mis Huellas"
Novy Svet : "Hola Barca"
* PP008/B :Available also in Extra Lim.ed. of 33 copies in black vinyl with speckles !!!!!
(This edition will be available only via Punch)
www.punchrecords.it
2nd January 2005
- Happy New Year to all our readers!
We've added a review of Novy Svet - Là-Bas(s) Communion, updated the Concerts page and added a few links.
- Beta-lactam Ring Records
We are working on a release of a NWW book + cd featuring artwork from the Angry Eelectric Finger albums/art sleeves. There will also be a NWW/Aranos release coming out in 2005. Another new studio album with NWW/Six Organs of Admittance is also being worked on.
www.blrrecords.com
- Cyclotimia
December: 3D-action game "Specnaz Antiterror" feat. soundtrack by Cyclotimia. More info about the game here (only in Russian).
December: Western edition of "E$chaton" CD and "Algorithms". MCD are planned for the beginning of 2005.
December: Check out one of the recent interviews with us at the Swedish NEUROZINE
More news in the new year.
www.cyclotimia.com
- Death In June
The overdue CD reissue of 'The Guilty Have No Pride'/'The Guilty Have No Past' coupled with a live DVD from 1982 or thereabouts will be reissued as soon as possible in 2005 followed shortly thereafter by a 'Burial' CD reissue.
groups.yahoo.com/group/deathinjune
- Forseti / Eis & Licht
'Erde' 2LP deluxe version: the new album as deluxe 2LP set in gatefoldsleeve, tracklist as on CD, Gatefoldsleeve with special effects, printed innersleeves, 1st LP heavy black vinyl, 2nd LP one-side Picture disc, weight: 0,6 kg, nice collectors item, lte. num. 500.
Release date: 04.01.2005
Price: 22,99 euro (plus postage)
www.eislicht.de
- Novy Svet
HAVE IT ALL IN MMV - IN THE MEANTIME YOU'LL HAVE TO BE SATISFIED WITH WHAT J. WEBER ASKED ME TO FORWARD TO THE LIST! the moderator / currently tristan
* next year you gonna get it - be sure!
our PROs'n'CONs of what was
PROs
leaving the aquarium in which the bigger fishes fuck the smaller ones
health getting better
destroying the television
coil's black antlers
getting that painting for christmas
all nekofutschata releases
his divine grace concert
CON - the shadow over everything
rest in peace: jhonn balance
* the new year will see the following SCHEDULED RELEASES:
re-edition FIN. FINITO. INFINITO on CD (different version than the lim. LP)
re-edition FACCIA A FACCIA (new artwork)
other album-re-pressings are planned but not yet confirmed
parts 2 & 3 of the ongoing miniCD-series
new album DESDE INFIERNOS DE FLORES
new release(s) through NEKOFUTSCHATA - tbc
lim. ed. live album (vinyl only)
contributions to a new PUNCH-compilation (vinyl only)
new albums by MUSHROOM'S PATIENCE & O PARADIS (both will feat. j. weber)
* FORESEEN LIVE-APPEARANCES:
it is rather unlikely that NOVY SVET will play the european mainland during 2.005. anyway, an oversea's spring date has to be confirmed yet, but seems 99% fixed.
j. weber will appear in other group's line-ups at various occasions, starting off with MUSHROOM'S PATIENCE first ever swiss show (with SOL INVICTUS a.o.) in zurich, jan 29th, 20:00
DYNAMO
WASSERWERKSTR. 21
8006 ZURICH
SCHWEIZ / SWITZERLAND
that evening will be hosted by TOTENLICHT. for tickets and information write to kontakt@totenlicht.ch.
other dates tba.
* CURRENT RELEASES of related artists:
new MUSHROOM'S PATIENCE 7" (feat. solo-tracks by all members of the group incl. the two of us)
new WERMUT 7"
new DBPIT CD
keep your eyes open - all three goodies are HIGHLY recommended.
* CONTACT:
please note that whatever e-mail address you might have: this is now INVALID. all messages sent to any of our private addresses until today will be forwarded to us and we will do our very best to reply to them asap. URGENT requests should be posted to the moderator of this group who will forward them to us. but: be patient please.
that's it. thanks a lot.
groups.yahoo.com/group/novy_svet