Heimdallr

3rd April 2006

Allerseelen / Ô Paradis
Allerseelen and Ô Paradis are currently writing some songs together for forthcoming releases.
allerseelen.blogspot.com
www.o-paradis.com
Beta-lactam Ring Records
Forthcoming release: Orbit Service - 'Songs of Eta Carinae' CD
Description: CD available May 1, 2006. DLP available mid Summer 06 with a bonus LP and ed. of 200 copies in a hand printed gatefold sleeve. A few limited CDs are being offered in a custom made wood box. The first 1000 are in a 5 color gatefold boardstock sleeve.
What if the star baby at the end of '2001: A Space Odyssey' was the product of Thom York and Roger Waters?. Orbit Service at your service. Wish you were here... An altruistic dark side of the moon proposition, Eta Carinae is a star 120-150 times the size of our own sun that lies a mere 7000+ light years from this island Earth. Discovered by no less than Edmond Halley his bad self in the late 17th century, Eta Carinae has been observed to fluctuate between telescopic and naked eye proportions over the past 3 centuries. Eta Carinae is in the last throes of its long life, with only about another 100,000 or so years to go before a likely supernova. It seems fitting that one of the most majestic and awesome of the celestial bodies should be serenaded by someone. Orbit Service have certainly taken space, the atom mother, to heart in this progressive ode. And like the star in their eyes the album expands and contracts from white hot to blue cool. The resultant cosmic astro-d irge howls in a bubbly flurry of electro-buzz and slowly pulsing drumbeats. Vocal whispers rise into muted wails, pushing against the very fabric of firmament itself before being drawn back into the gaseous miasma of the star-field. Violence and silence interlaced, as in the life of a sun. Or in the life of a son. The lyrics cast shadows on the stuff of terra firma and of the heart as well, making this just as much about inner space. Orbit Service's cris de coeur is a shaded psychedelic parallectrogram that almost answers the question: what if the star baby at the end of '2001: A Space Odyssey' was the product of Thom York and Roger Waters?. Orbit Service at your service. Wish! you were here...
www.blrrecords.com
Coil tribute CD "X-Rated: The DARK Files"
Coil tribute CD "X-Rated: The DARK Files" is dedicated to the late Jhonn Balance of Coil and contains new, exclusive and rare tracks by Coil, Scanner, Black Sun Productions, Nurse With Wound, Markant, Raison d'être, Monoton, KaH, The Threshold HouseBoys Choir under the direction of Peter Christopherson, Aural Rage, Legendary Pink Dots
steamsounds.com/darkfiles
DBPIT
AlienNews From DBPIT
New release announced on Old Evropa Cafe
OECDR 016 The Growing Crystals Lab - Science Discoveries 3" Mini CDR Box The Growing Crystals Lab" was/is the line-up for the latest DBPIT live sets, including : Flavio DBPIT - winds, trumpet, noise Annaconsuelo - vocals, percussions Mario F.O.B. of Circus Joy - guitar Steve Stroll of Ain Soph & Circus Joy - drums The tracks on this album are 4 live-in-studio free improvisations choosen as the best tracks from a longer session recorded at Gatto Alieno Studios ! The title of this album shows that this is a real pioneeristic experiment as the 4 members of the band had never played together before this session ... The final result is a series of very elegant & jazzy post-industrial, scientific & alien discoveries ! Profesionally printed 3" mini CDR numbered on CD label and limited to 150 copies, special large cardboard box including insert + test-tubes with very dangerous "alien" substances for your own "alien" experiments .... "attenti al gatto alieno !"
www.derbekannte.com
www.oldeuropacafe.com
Death In June
"... with the reissue of Burial soon due on CD there are discussions to release this also on a picture disc LP and a version in the much talked of blue vinyl...." (Douglas P. 21/03/06)
groups.yahoo.com/group/deathinjune
Durtro
22 March 2006
Dear All:
This update is so long it is written in 3 sections:
Part 1: News on Black Ships Ate The Sky and related releases.
Part 2: Current 93 European mini-tour.
Part 3: Details of forthcoming releases by Thomas Ligotti, Little Annie Anxiety Bandez, a tiny artist's edition LP from Steven Stapleton, an update on the overdue Tibet lyric book, and UK tour dates for Baby Dee.
Love from David +++
Part 1:
* Black Ships Ate the Sky subscribers list online for final correction:
We have now added a final list of the subscribers to Black Ships Ate the Sky on durtro.com, having altered the names according to the information sent to us. Please check the list if you have subscribed and let us know about any omissions or any corrections. This will be the final time the list is posted, and thus is the final chance to make alterations. The list will be online until the 29th March. After this date corrections cannot be made.
View the list at www.durtro.com/bssubs.html. (Please note that the HTML page contaning the subscribers' names is around 400k in size so may take a short while to load, especially on slower dial-up internet connections. Please be patient.)
Those with corrections to make to their names, please email us.
* Black Ships Ate the Sky CD CD UK/European and USA versions added to the shop:
The standard edition of Black Ships Ate the Sky has now been added to the online shop.
There are two standard editions of the album: one made in Canada for North American sales, and one made in England for UK and European sales.
The North American edition is the first edition and is the one that will be sent to Subscribers. All those who subscribed in advance will also receive "I Am Black Ship", the free CD of alternate versions, as well as a badge stating "I Am Black Ship" in Coptic. The "I Am Black Ship" CD and badge are not available for purchase, but are for those advance subscribers whose names are noted on the online advance subscribers list.
Both the North American and UK editions consist of the album in a full colour digipak as well as a 56 page colour booklet containing an introductory note on the writing of the album by David, all the lyrics, details of those who created the album, colour photographs of all the Current 93 family on the album, website details for everyone, Hallucinatory Patripassianist colour illustrations and BlackShipText on each page, and the names of all those who supported the recording, and the release, of this album by subscribing to it in advance. Both of the CD editions cost £12, and can be ordered from our shop.
The CD and booklet are inserted into a shrinkwrapped slipcase. Sound files of excerpts from some of the tracks are now online in our shop.
* The music on both editions is exactly the same. The only differences between the 2 editions are as follows:
· The background colour of the cover is purple on the American edition, and scarlet on the UK/European edition.
· Several of the images and their arrangement on the front cover differ between editions.
· The image on the back covers differ between the USA and UK editions.
· The design on the disc differs between the USA and UK editions.
· The placement of internal images in the booklet differs between the USA and UK editions.
· The North American slipcase is different to the UK slipcase.
Thank You All once more for your support and faith of what I believe to be Current 93's most ambitious statement to date, and certainly the album that represents what I now believe and feel.
Please note: although we are now taking advance orders, CDs will be shipped out upon release in mid- May.
* Om/Current 93: Inerrant Rays of Infallible Sun (Blackship Shrinebuilder):
The current release date for this split 10" by Current 93 and Om on Neurot Records (NR 043) is May 17--the same as Black Ships Ate The Sky. 'Inerrant Infallible (Black Ships At Nineveh and Edom)' is the title of the C93 track, and 'Rays of the Sun/To the Shrinebuilder' that of the Om track. We should have details of the different colours the vinyl will come in soon; at the moment it seems there will be 2 different types of translucent blue--bottle-blue and night-blue-- for the US edition, and a translucent purple for the UK/EU edition. We do expect to have the vinyl available from Durtro.
* "I am Black Ship" T-shirts added to the shop:
We have added a new design for a T-shirt to the shop.
As we have always found it difficult to judge how many shirts we should make for each size and sex, we have decided to take pre-orders for the shirt. In one month's time we will add up all the orders and then print up that number of T-shirts.
The Coptic text above the image of a Black Ship reads "Current 93" & "I Am Black Ship".
Female T-shirts are copper text and image on pink shirt. Male T-shirts are copper text and image on black shirt. T-shirts cost £12 each plus VAT (where applicable) and postage and are now available to order from the shop.
* Coptic badges back in the shop:
We have re-ordered the circular Coptic badges which were in the shop some time ago. Those who have not yet had their orders filled for this item will receive them as soon as we get them from the manufacturers. The badge is black enamel with copper Coptic text on it, the translation of which is CURRENT 93/ALPHA Ý OMEGA. The badge costs £3.00 plus VAT (where applicable) and postage, and should be back in stock in 3 weeks and is now available to order from the shop.
Part 2:
* Current 93 mini-tour in Europe:
Current 93 have decided to go on their first ever (and, no doubt, last ever) small tour through several European countries to celebrate the release of Black Ships Ate The Sky. This is how the tour looks presently. Please email our booking agent Fabrizio Modonese Palumbo at c93booking@hotmail.it for more details. When we have more information on the ticket prices, concert times, and names of the guests, we will send out another email. We look forward to meeting you there and then.
19 May - C93 + Guest
Luchtbal Theatrehall, Antwerp
www.ccluchtbal.org
20 May - C93 + Guest
Luchtbal Theatrehall, Antwerp
www.ccluchtbal.org
24 May - Larsen + 6 Organs of Admittance + Baby Dee
(venue tbc), Barcelona. (Lineup also to be confirmed)
www.musicnon-stop.com
Please note: Current 93 will not be playing on this evening
25 May - C93 + Guest
La Paloma, Barcelona
www.lapaloma-bcn.com
www.musicnon-stop.com
27 May - C93 + Guest
Gorlice Subterranean Hall (Vysehrad Casemates), Prague
www.praha-vysehrad.cz
28 May - C93 + Guest
Die Volksbühne, Berlin
www.volksbuehne-berlin.de
29 May - C93 + Guest
Die Volksbühne, Berlin
www.volksbuehne-berlin.de
1 June - C93 + Maja Elliot
Dimitris Horn Theatre, Athens
(website details to follow)
2 June - C93 + Simon Finn + Baby Dee
Dimitris Horn Theatre, Athens
(website details to follow)
3 June - C93 + Guest
Teatro Rasi, Ravenna
www.bronsonproduzioni.com
4 June - C93 + Guest
Teatro Rasi, Ravenna
www.bronsonproduzioni.com
Part 3:
* Thomas Ligotti: "Teatro Grottesco":
The long awaited Durtro Press volume by Thomas Ligotti, "Teatro Grottesco", is imminent. The book will be published in late April/early May, and is presently with the printers. As all readers of these updates and this website know, I consider Ligotti to be the greatest author presently writing, and one of the true masters of the short story. His imagination is the most disturbing and powerful that I know of; for sheer unease and threnodic horror, he is unequalled.
"Teatro Grottesco" is primarily a compilation of stories collected between hardcovers for the first time. Each story has been newly revised, often extensively, by the author for this edition. 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.
The book contains the following stories and is 344 pages long. The book is a quality hardback, bound in maroon cloth with blocked calligraphic titles by Geoffrey Cox-Dorée, page-signatures sewn to the spine, head- and tail-bands, coloured end-papers and ribbon-bookmark. The book has been designed by David Tibet and Kat Cormie, layout design by Kat Cormie, and Internal Omegas by Cox-Dorée. Thankfully, there is no VAT (European Sales Tax) on this item as books are not liable for this tax in the UK. 500 copies are being printed. We will be adding this book to the shop next week as soon as we know what it will cost.
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
Dead Dreams:
Things They Will Never Tell You * This Degenerate Little Town * Envoi
* Baby Dee UK tour with Pantaleimon also appearing on one date:
15 April
The Tin Angel, Coventry www.thetinangel.co.uk
17 April
The Yorkshire House, Lancaster www.lawm.co.uk
18 April
The Buffalo Bar, Cardiff (opening for Akron Family) www.weareforecast.com
19 April
The Cube Microplex, Bristol microplex.cubecinema.com
20 April
Slak, Cheltenham (with Pantaleimon and James William Hindle) www.calmermusic.co.uk
22 April
The Britons Protection, Manchester
23 April
The Bistroteque, London www.bistroteque.com
24 April
The Bistroteque, London www.bistroteque.com
* Little Annie Anxiety album added to the shop:
Little Annie Anxiety has long been one of the artists I most admire, as a musician, a writer and a visual artist. We lived in the same squat many years ago, and it was through her that I got to know Crass, Flux of Pink Indians, and Einar Örn & Björk of what was then known as Kukl. Her new album on Durtro Jnana, "Songs from the Coal Mine Canary", is, for me, without any doubt her most poignant and wonderful so far. Produced and mixed by Antony and Joe Budenholzer (of Backworld). Some of the songs are co-written by Annie with Antony, as well as with Joe. The album is released towards the end of April, and is now available for advance orders from the Durtro shop at £10. The tracklisting is as follows: Freddy and Me * Derma * Lullaby * The Good Ship Nasty Queen * Absynthtee-ism * If I Were a Man * Diamonds Made of Glassine * Strange Love * Sit on Down * End is Near
* Tiny "Automatic Drawing" artist's edition with hand-drawn cover by Steven Stapleton
Steven has made a small edition of some original first pressings of the long-deleted United Dairies compilation "An Afflicted Man's Musica Box" available. The mint album comes in a plain black sleeve on which Steven has drawn a numbered Automatic Drawing, which he has then signed, with the original insert attached to the other side of the sleeve, There are 20 copies in the edition, of which Steven has so far completed 13, of which 6 have been already bought by friends of Steven, leaving 7 for sale as on eBay's "buy-it-now" item for US $194.99 each plus postage. These are being sold from Mark Logan's eBay site in Canada, and hence there is no VAT/sales tax for any European purchasers. The remaining 7 will be put up on the same site when Steven completes them--and when this happens there will be a Durtro update. The Jnana eBay store is here:
stores.ebay.com/Jnana-Records_W0QQsspagenameZMEQ3aFQ3aSTQQtZkm
* Under the Rain and Teeth of Gods David Tibet lyric book update:
As Black Ships has occupied me for a couple of years longer than I thought it would, I have still not completed the work I have to do on Under the Rain and Teeth of Gods. I want this book to be absolutely perfect. I will continue working on it as soon as Black Ships is out. I once again thank you all for your patience and I know this book will be worth the wait. Anyone may cancel their order at any time for this item and receive a refund. In the meanwhile: Thank You!
Thank you all again for your long and kind support.
OUEIREENEE NaMMEETaN: Peace be with you all
PMEPE PNOUTE: God is Love
David Tibet, Sussex, 22 March 2006
www.durtro.com
Enfant terrible
Press release 2-04-2006. Out soon: LP Various artists 'Electronic Renaissance' (enfant04)
The future looks bright...
A new light is shinning. Enfant Terrible shows the world that not all that is good about elektro is from the past or retro. 'Electronic Renaissance' features twelve contemporary artists with different styles and flavors in electronic music. All the sounds on this new release are within the tradition of the 80's new wave, but are still very clear a product of today's world.
You will not find disco or other deformed elektro sounds on 'Electronic Renaissance'. Only the true authentic and independent artists were asked to collaborate. The result doesn't need any further explanation, the sounds are all you need. Enjoy!
Tracklisting Enfant04: V/A Electronic Renaissance
A1 Porn.Darsteller - L'Ingénue
A2 Jeunesse Fantôme - Ksiezyc
A3 Wermut - Media In Vita In Morte Sumus
A4 Solitairen Effekten - Zeitgeist Overkill
A5 After The Snow - Oktober
A6 Echo West - Luck To come
B1 Konform - Nachts
B2 The Soft Rider - The Pool
B3 It & My Computer feat. Rollinka - La Danse Des Âmes
B4 La Comtesse Morte - No No Never
B5 Black Spider Clan - Far Behind
B6 Kompleta - Theme Of The Insecure Sailor
Soundclips of all tracks: www.enfant-terrible.nl/enfant04.html
Release date: april 2006
Cat. nr: Enfant04
Format: LP (limited edition of 500 copies + booket)
File under: elektro / wave / minimal
www.enfant-terrible.nl
Hagal 3 'Neofolk'
Hagal 3 "Neofolk - Dekadent-nihilistische Subkultur oder neue Avantgarde?"
Interviews with Josef Klumb (Von Thronstahl), Michael Moynihan (Blood Axis), Lonsai Maikov, Gregorio Bardini, Forresta Di Ferro, Parzival.
Euro 3,00 Euro + Porto
www.regin-verlag.de/shop
The Joy of Nature
The second edition of "The Fog That Life Is Haunted By" is now available through the polish label Bunkier Productions (www.bunkier.end.pl). The new edition has three new tracks, a new package and artwork, and it is limited to 213 numbered copies. Some are available through The Joy of Nature's shop at joyofnature.221design.com/shop.htm.
The Joy of Nature is now on myspace. The URL is www.myspace.com/thejoyofnature. One of the tracks included in the second edition of "The Fog That Life Is Haunted By" - "As the river flows" - can be listened there.
In the meantime, new tracks are being composed and recorded, using mostly acoustic instruments: acoustic guitar, recorder, indian flute and tin whistle.
joyofnature.221design.com
Punch Records
Punch is glad to announce out soon!
1997EV - "dead.ends.sinful"- Digipak CD (PUNCH 014)
"A visionary ritualist and psychedelic post-atomic voyage among the ruins of technology , an exploration journey-report in the frost of existential sand .
Subliminal melodies and thorny distortions, spread over hammering cadenzas and iridescent drones, wave hypnotical within the out-of-time heart-rending and lashed outer limits of the desert .
Futurist premonitions and turmoils of abstract noises, instrumental trances guided by galley rythms over a claustrophobic non-oxygen soundscape filtered by surrealist lyrics thrown-wards about a cathatonic void .
Fresco-mosaic of a degenerated waste land... haze more than landscape." (press release)
Tracklist:
1. wetSun 7
2. lucifile eins
3. g-rays violet
4. eerie
5. a dark sides miracle
6. alder sides epsylons part I
Running time: 47:08
soundclips available on our web-page!
Release Date: Mid-April
Dustmuffin & The Aluminum Cans - "Essential Recordings 1984-2001" - Digipak CD-EXTRA (PUNCH 015)
"Somewhere around the end of the 1990's, I was forced against my will to listen to a second generation mix-tape of a group called Dustmuffin & the Aluminum Cans. For some reason, I expected very little with such a name, but what I heard changed my life. The swirling Moogs, the prepubescent choir boys, the gothic accordion waltzes - they touched me in ways I had never thought possible... ways I've yet to be touched since. Dance floor sensations such as the undeniable 'Feelings' and 'Diagnostics' stood alongside the cabaret hit 'Beat Me' and the cosmic epic 'Symbiote 4774'. No genre was safe! Later hits such as the mournful folk-rock 'Mr. Revere' or the perverse hip-hop of 'Niceboy' show this to be the case.
The group's mystique, often shrouded in myth or intentional misrepresentation, included the irritable lead singer Dustmuffin and his ever changing backing band of mad scientists, robots and female vocalists/witches. The recurring lyrical subplot of an extraterrestrial, predatory race of 'crumbs' did little to clarify the situation. I could only listen on and hope to decipher the truth from the lie. To this day, I have not.
It was with all of this in mind that I found myself with the incredible honor of not only directing their videos, but also joining the group on the power duet 'U.S.A.', a new national anthem oddly recorded on September 9th, 2001. Even if by only 48 hours, Dustmuffin & the Aluminum Cans stand ahead of their time.
This group stands as one of a scant handful of my favorites to date. With this indispensable collection of truly 'Essential Recordings', they will soon be one of yours as well!
- Thomas Nöla" (press release)
Tracklist:
1. Feelings
2. Hate is a Shape
3. Beat Me
4. Mr. Greedy Chef
5. We'll See Santa
6. Mr. Revere
7. The Crumbs Are the Cure
8. Diagnostics
9. Mr. Crumb
10. I Don't Care, Witch
11. Just An Old Fashioned Hate Song
12. Knock on Wood
13. Accordion Song
14. Mr. Crumb (reprise)
15. U.S.A.
16. Untitled
17. Niceboy
18. Take the Cake
19. Symbiote 4774
+
Videos:
1. Hate is a Shape
2. U.S.A.
3. Feelings
4. Mr. Revere
5. We'll See Santa
Sound & Video clips available on our web-page !
Release-Date: Mid-April
www.punchrecords.it

19th March 2006

We've added a review of Ianva "Disobbedisco!".
Allerseelen
Allerseelen 2006 Releases:
* CD Walking on the Rain on the Ostrow Tumski (Ars Benevola Mater)
This CD compilation features the apokalyptic krautfolk song MIT DER SONNE by Allerseelen. Contributiors: Leiche Rustikal, Oxyd, Troum, Job Karma, Sol Invictus, Lagowski, Tabor Radosti, Herbst9, Hati vs. Z´ev.
www.arsbenevolamater.com
* Allerseelen/Changes Split CD Men among the Ruins (Indiestate):
Allerseelen and Changes are preparing exclusive songs for a split cd on the Russian label Indiestate. The Allerseelen song Tropfen schöner Zeit (Drops of Beautiful Time), based on words from a novel by Yukio Mishima, was recorded on 13.1.2006. The Allerseelen song Svyatoe Vino (Sacred Wine) was recorded on 5.3.2006. This is the first Allerseelen song with female Russian vocals by Drynwhyl, a close associate of the groups Svarrogh and Katatonia. Allerseelen are currently recording the third song which very probably will also have Russian vocals by Drynwhyl.
* Allerseelen/Sangre Cavallum Split CD Barco do Vinho (Ahnstern):
Allerseelen and Sangre Cavallum of Callaecia/Portugal are preparing exclusive songs for a split cd on the Austrian label Ahnstern. A very limited edition will be released in a wooden box with two wine-bottles. The Allerseelen recordings have already been finished.
* Sturmpercht LP Geister im Waldgebirg:
The forthcoming Sturmpercht LP will feature a song recorded by Gerhard in his Upper Austrian idiom: i bin da woid.
* Allerseelen DoLP Cruor:
Allerseelen and Ahnstern will work on the artwork for this DoLP. It should come out at summer solstice. This DoLP contains not only the music of the sold out Allerseelen CD Cruor but also one LP side with ancient recordings from 1989.
* Allerseelen DoLP Neuschwabenland:
Allerseelen and Ahnstern will work on a completely new artwork for this DoLP. This DoLP contains not only the music of the Allerseelen CD Neuschwabenland but also one lp side with exclusive unreleased songs recorded in 2006.
* Allerseelen Digipack Neuschwabenland:
The third edition of the Allerseelen CD Neuschwabenland will be published with completely new artwork. It won´t contain the exclusive unreleased songs which will be on the Allerseelen DoLP Neuschwabenland.
allerseelen.blogspot.com
Ataraxia
Hello to everybody,
here are some info about Ataraxia's forthcoming projects. In the coming days/weeks, much more will be added in the 'news' and 'discography' sections of our website. Stay tuned!
At the end of March 2006 Ataraxia will start touring with the new performances 'Kremasta Nera' (tribal, ritual and mantric music) and 'Paris Spleen' ( a crazy cabaret show).
'Arcana Eco' book + CD is out and available since August 2005.
Chivalrous regards
ATARAXIA
* 'K r e m a s t a N e r a'
In a far past where both the olympic and monotheistic religions were not flourishing yet, a primordial cult, inspired by the White Goddess's power, was practised. In the island of Samothrace, the triple Goddess devoted to the earth, night and everflowing cycle of nature was reigning. In order to be initiated into her mysteries, men and women, Greeks and foreigners, free people and slaves had to submit to nine rituals. The last ritual had no name, the ninth ritual couldn't be revealed. Fascinated by the mistery surrounding the island and feeling the urge to portray in music an age and a place where the balance between the feminine and manly powers and their deep link with the nature rhythms were as natural as life itself, we started the adventurous creation of this album. The music will be made by archaic mantras, ritual movements, tribal rhythms, eastern litanies and gloomy tunes inspired by Samothrace's full of energies sites. A mix of electronic and acoustic sounds (classic, and electric guitars, drum-pads, keyboards and eastern percussions like manjira, daf, caxixi, darabouka, zills, ghaval) and deep evocative vocals will become the door to enter the purple reign of the Goddess. "My cassock is red all over, a million of angels stand on the point of my knife".
* Ataraxia + Madame Bistouri + CircuZ KumP proudly present: 'P a r i s S p l e e n'
At the end of November 2005, Madame Joséphine Corelli, a medium from Toulon, got in touch with Ataraxia after having been persecuted night and day by a group of cabaret artists disappeared at the beginning of the XXth century. They wanted Ataraxia to bring back to life, take part and record the unique performance they gave at the Cabaret de L'Enfer at the very beginning of 1906. The odd ensemble was headed by a gloomy, enigmatic figure owning several identities all leading to the name of Madame Bistouri. Ataraxia accepted both to play and record the music belonging to "Paris Spleen" and narrate the history of that peculiar company known as CircuZ KumP. "Paris Spleen" album will be the testimony of that bloody forgotten evening in far January 1906, "Paris Spleen" is the first concert recorded by alive and dead musicians, "Paris Spleen" is a crazy music show featuring Ataraxia & CircuZ KumP with the extraordinary participation of Madame Bistouri. In the eccentric frame of the Cabaret of Hell you can enjoy airs played by accordéon, guitar, trombone, big drum and cymbals, bandonéon, bass-guitar, glockenspiel, violin, percussions + several recited acts.
Buon diverrrrrrrrrtimento!
'Paris Spleen' will be also a peculiar live show!
* Concerts dates: see the Concert pages.
www.ataraxia.net
Black Sun Productions
* the impossibility of silence
black sun productions' new studio album. produced by massimo & pierce.
23 tracks proudly & unsilently featuring
massimo & pierce
lydia lunch
val denham
sudden infant
sonne hagal
testing vault
and widely illustrated by val denham's enchanted visions
the impossibility of silence incorporates reworked versions of material originally featured in the toilet chant and once in a full moon CD EPs (both now out of print) as well as new and unreleased material. scheduled for release as a limited edition double CD in fall 2006
Subscriber's edition:
through this website only we offer a subscriber's edition for those purchasing the album in advance. on the release of the album, everyone who has subscribed will receive:
a limited art edition package containing
- the impossibility of silence standard double CD album;
- a bonus CD featuring the 33 minutes full length remastered version of once in a full moon;
- a signed unique element from still, in dreams: a dismembered polaroid artifact by massimo & pierce (only available to subscribers of this edition).
price: 69.- Euro (incl. S&H worldwide)
please, contact ariot f. to subscribe
* Black Sun Productions - Live in Amsterdam
On Saturday 1 April as part of Sugar Factory's one-year anniversary weekend Electronation in co-operation with KinkFM proudly presents: "Darkness Is Enlightening" - An evening dedicated to your other side. The evening will be separated into two parts. The first part of the evening is a 'Tribute To Balance', and incorporates a release party of the latest edition of the CD 'X rated: The dark files', released by SteamSounds and dedicated to and inspired by the late Balance.
* Massimo & Pierce
musick for porn volume 2 ANACDR02 out now
second and final installation of the 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.
1. baby got a mohawk part 2
2. boot boys
3. the hole
4. sweat and smoke
5. a ride
6. loaded
7. another ride
8. the bathtub
9. final coum / another mohawk
"What really comes across is that no matter how extreme the practice or how peripheral it is to many people, there is no denying the potency of the male sexual urge expressed between two men. Within the musick there is an obvious, strong current of near tantric fucking but more than that there is a celebration of the sacred, the touching of the holy within while getting deep down and dirty.
It's musick for the Church Of Body. There is a powerful technotic, entrancing pulse that runs through the session dancing between the sacred and the profane. Sometimes there is a strong tribalistic rhythm, at others a granular flicker of the taste of electrickery."
Darius Akashic, Crooked Stylus
reviews of musick for porn volume 1:
Scott McKeating for stylusmagazine.com
Amadeo for [In_tensioN] (in french)
* Black Sun Productions
Im Gegenteil
4 tracks CD EP
1. a well hung monk
2. clear skies & dark skies
3. god?
4. das gegenteil
composed, performed & recorded by draZen, Pierce & Massimo
sheela moon cd1 (P) by Sheela-Na-Gig Sha-Na Penisring Ning 2006
release date: april 1st 2006
www.black-sun-productions.com
www.anarcocks.com
Cyclic Law / Northaunt
Greetings,
At last the long awaited Northaunt "Horizons" Enhanced CD is now available!
"3rd full lenght album from one of Norway's most renowned Ambient Atmospheric act. Horizons is a collection of 7 long ambient landscapes, lonely sceneries on the verge of night, places we long for, places we have been, sanctuaries from mankind, devoid of human elements. This is desolation made audible, carefully constructed and layered with deep drones, melancholic tonalities and outdoor field recordings which makes this Northaunt's most haunting release so far. Includes a bonus Video file with an alternate version of the track "The Wilderness". First 2000 copies in a 6 panel Digipack 7 Tracks + Video. Running time; 60.00 Track list: Until Dawn Do Us Part / Night Came To Us / Horizons / The Autumn Sky / Night Alone With The Stars As Witness / The Wilderness. Bonus Video File: The Wilderness (Alternate Version)" (press release)
Upcoming: Karjalan Sissit "Tanssit On Loppu Nyt" CD (17th Cycle) May '06
www.cycliclaw.com
Durtro
5 March 2006
Dear All:
A very brief update.
* Black Ships subscribers' name list now online:
The list of all those who have ordered the Subscribers' Edition of Black Ships Ate The Sky is now online at www.durtro.com/bssubs.html. We would be grateful if those who have subscribed could check this as soon as possible as the artwork for the booklet needs to be finished in 2 weeks in order for us to make the release deadline of 17 May.
(Please note that the HTML page contaning the subscribers' names is around 400k in size so may take a short while to load, especially on slower dial-up internet connections. Please be patient.)
Those with corrections to make to their names, please email us here. The corrections will not appear on the online list, but an email to confirm that we have corrected your entry will be sent to you.
Thank you all again for your patience and, even more, for your support. We hope you will find the album worth the wait.
* Directions to reach the C93/Om/Six Organs show at Nantes on 9 April:
Nantes has its own international airport: www.nantes.aeroport.fr. There are direct flights from Gatwick on the Thursday 6 and Friday 7. There are also flights from Heathrow or London City airports to Nantes, changing at Paris Charles de Gaulle. There are also numerous daily flights to Nantes from Amsterdam via Paris, and several daily flights from Berlin Tegel via Paris. It may be cheaper to take the plane to Paris then take a city train into the centre of Paris and then a train to Nantes (the train from Paris to Nantes takes 3 hours) rather than take a flight from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Nantes. There are buses (¤6) from the airport of Nantes to the centre of town (Le Lieu Unique is close to the railway station).
Many thanks to Gilles Lesventes for sending us this information.
Thank you and love to all.
Happy Birthday to me.
David Tibet, 5 March, 2006
www.durtro.com
:Of The Wand And The Moon:
* Live:
:Of The Wand & The Moon: will not be playing at the Sunna Festival in Göteborg Sweden as previously announced!
April 2006:
13.04.2006 Leipzig - BPM Club - Germany with Seelenthron
doors open 08:30 the concert is going to start at 9pm, because it must be finished at midnight
tickets: 14,- Euro
Info: sonnenheim@arcor.de
www.bpm-club.de/lpz/wahl.html
15.04.2006 Bochum - Zwiscenfall - Germany
+ Neonwelt meets Krankpop-party
Info: www.krankpop.de
16.04.2006 Triumvirat Festival - Switzerland
info: www.soleilnoir.ch - s.obscures.free.fr - www.schwarzesonne.ch
29.04.2006 Rüsselsheim - Germany
(cancelled due to personal circumstances of the organizers, gig is postponed to a later date)
* New Available Items:
- Valknutr Pin (Knot of the chosen/fallen). Limited 50 copies (...very few left...) 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
Shayo
* Neither/Neither World - 'Invisible Angel' (Shayo 007) out on March 17th.
* In Gowan Ring (+Carole (cello alto) and a percussionist) tour in May/June:
Fr 05.05 Italy - somewhere in / around Milano (tbc)
Sa 06.05 Greece - Athens (Small Music Theatre) confirmed !
Su 07.05 Greece - Athens (Small Music Theatre) confirmed !
Th 11.05 Austria - Wien (Monastery) confirmed !
Fr 12.05 Germany - Leipzig (Old Theatre) confirmed !
Sa 13.05 Germany - Rosenheim (tbc)
Su 14.05 Italy - Torino confirmed !
We 17.05 France - Paris (Le Klubb + Esthesie) confirmed !
Fr 19.05 Scotland - Edinburgh confirmed !
Sa 20.05 UK - London (Slimelight +Allerseelen & Sieben) confirmed !
Su 21.05 Belgium - Bruxelles (tbc)
We 24.05 Belgium - Gent confirmed !
Sa 27.05 Poland - Wroclaw (with Sieben) confirmed !
Fr 02.06 Suisse - Geneve (l'Usine, festival with The Evpatoria Report + Esthesie + Julia Kent) confirmed !
Su 04.06 Russia - Moscow tbc
www.shayo.ch
Steven Stapleton / Kinkfm
This Sunday March 19th, there will be an interview with Steven Stapleton on X-rated, radio Kinkfm. The program is broadcasted from 21:00 to 0:00 Dutch time (CET). It is uncertain whether he will be live in the studio, or just being interviewed by phone. You can hear the live broadcast via www.kinkfm.com, and from Monday or Tuesday the broadcast should be downloadable for podcast. The interview may mainly be about the new X-rated CD on which he also contributes.
www.brainwashed.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4768&Itemid=1
Stigmata
To all our readers, buddies, fans, partners, friends, enemies and victims: after a year of silence we introduce the new issue of the leading Russian-written publication about industrial music - Stigmata magazine. The new issue includes exclusive in-depth interviews with Grendel, Lahka Muza, Sektion B, Changes, Necro Stellar, Assemblage 23, Cawatana, Salt/Ant-Zen, Skyforger, Der Blutharsch, Wumpscut, Slogun, Actus, First Law, Gaë Bolg, Sephiroth, Derniere Volonte, Vishudha Kali, Shadowplay label. 96 professionally printed pages, full-color cover. The issue equipped with a limited edition CD Vishudha Kali One not with U.S.
More info about our activities and new reviews on www.stigmata.name
English versions of the interviews come in a month.
... more news:
Stigmata magazine presents an ethno and neo-folk festival Crivia Aeterna.
Date - March 29, the day of solar eclipse. Place: Belarus, Minsk, Molodezhny
teatr estrady (Moskovskaya 18). Price - 7 Euros. Live: Moon Far Away (Ru), Vishudha Kali (Ru), Osimira vs Pragnavit (By), Essa (By), Guda (By). Doors open - 19.00.
www.stigmata.name
Tor Lundvall
Strange Fortune
"strange & exquisite sounds"
New England USA
presents
Tor Lundvall's Empty City
March 2006
file under: ghost ambient
"In 2005, New York based painter & musician Tor Lundvall (ex-World Serpent UK) unveiled Last Light, his latest album of curiously listenable, ghostly ambient music, and his first to feature proper "songs" with vocals. Last Light proved to be Tor's best seller, and has accumulated critical praise from e/i to Gothic Beauty to Terrorizer.
This month, Strange Fortune opens the gates to what we believe to be the first essential release of 2006, Tor Lundvall's Empty City.
Every Tor Lundvall release is distinct, and while Empty City may in some ways be considered a companion to Last Light, sharing its deep resonating sonic character, in other ways it's an opposite release. Where Last Light was about looking inward, Empty City ventures out to a fantastic, frightening new world, a decayed urban setting much different than anything Tor ever explored in the past. Where Last Light was centered around words, on Empty City the music takes over once again. There are vocals but used exclusively in an instrumental manner, no lyrics needed this time.
While countless electronic music makers regularly deliver new recordings to fit in the ambient music category, with Tor Lundvall what you get is a new category to discover. The subtle underlying melodic structure of this music means it may be the most listenable "ambient" music you've ever heard, while it's all drenched in a singularly moody, haunted atmosphere that is Tor's real trademark. We believe what Tor is doing is the best and most exciting thing happening in the ambient electronic music world. File under: "ghost ambient."
For maximum listener enjoyment, the music of Tor Lundvall is best taken together with Tor's phantasmagoric visuals (see the online gallery at torlundvall.com), for a total aesthetic experience so striking you'll never forget it.
Hear a one minute preview of Tor Lundvall's Empty City at Strange Fortune: strangefortune.com/cd.php?id=2700
More info: www.strangefortune.com
Visions / .Angle Rec.
Visions - 'Celestial Sphere' 10" vinyl/2 tracks/250 copies/gatefold sleeve/design and mastering by Frédéric Arbour/to be released on .Angle REc. towards the end of March, at the pressing plant right now!
"Frédéric Arbour, with his Visions project, released the "Lapse" cd in 2005 on his own label Cyclic Law, and this album stands out as one of our faves of that year in terms of ambient music. So it's not surprising that we were enchanted by the 2 unreleased tracks Visions submitted to us towards the end of that same year, and that we decided to make a 10" maxi with those tracks. The sound themes and perspectives proposed within the 2 tracks are numerous, and they harmonize in a sublimely complex and thoughtful way. The main backdrop is composed of dark synthetic layers which stretch towards the infinite, and which welcome gradually, among others, sound motifs that are acoustically generated and that echo each other, reinforcing the effect of sound vortex into which the listener is dragged. Ethereal melodies accentuate the epic character of this odyssey into the unfathomable interstellar immensity. A release which will appeal to fans of dark-ambient, of course, but which will also delight fans of atmospheric music in general!!" (press release)
More info, mp3 excerpts: www.angle-rec.net
War Office Propaganda
WOP XXVII Stahlwerk IX / Cold Fusion / Rukkanor - "Triumvire" CD MMVI
"Beware the Ides of March!
Dark and poetical musical vision of stormy times of ancient Roman Republic, civil wars, Triumviratus and Empire. Triumvire is an alliance of three martial industrial projects - Stahlwerk 9, Cold Fusion and Rukkanor. Beautiful wooden box with gold embroidered velour, gold printings and golden CD - 660 copies in three colors (black, red and grey) - only 220 of each! Full handmade, hand numbered unique limited release. Almost 1/3 of the issue has been sold in pre-orders !!!" (press release)
upcoming:
WOP 24 Belborn & Rose Rovine e Amanti - "Grain" - digipack CD 2oo6.
WOP 26 Mushroom's Patience & Out Of Sight - digipack CD 2oo6.
www.waroffice.org

5th March 2006

We've added a review of Corde Oblique "Respiri".
ACTUS
ACTUS will present the platinum version of 'The Essence of Mandala', a two-hour audiovisual performance, on Friday 24th of March in Artus Theatre, Budapest. This is an exclusive performance, the only one chance to see and hear ACTUS this season. Unfortunately the other concerts planned in Leipzig, Nurnberg and Antwerpen are cancelled.
www.actus.hu
Presale tickets for foreign visitors are now available from Autre Que for 10 euros.
www.autre-que.com
Bunkier Productions
The Joy Of Nature And Discipline ' The Fog that Life is Haunted By' available now.
The Joy of Nature And Discipline Is a musical project from Azores (Portugal), exploring musically its own concept of purity. Musically The Joy of Nature and Discipline is like a live force, like a serpent always renewing itself - never resting on one shape, changing the form but keeping the same essence... Sometimes folk, others ambiental, traditional and experimental. Musically it draws inspiration from Ethnic, Dark/Folk and Industrial music. Thirteen tracks, over 40 min of music. Limited, hand numbered edition. 213 copies. Real powerfull music! Professional printing." (press release)
Info, mp3 samples: www.bunkier.end.pl - bunkier.darknation.pl
Der Blutharsch
Available now: Der Blutharsch: Der Sieg des Lichtes.... WKN 3 LP - rerelease of this classic album on 12" vinyl.
www.derblutharsch.com
WKN / HauRuck!
WKN 3 LP - re-release of the clasic album by DB - Der Sieg des Lichtes... will be delivered at WKN HQ early next week - so we can send out all orders then.
The tour increases.....we are working on the final dates to be confirmed - I put them online with all information in a couple of days, till now we seam to have 11 dates fixed, which is not too bad. We are rehearsing every day to get a real rock N`roll monster show together.
HauRucK! will see a few new releases as well soon. Graumahd - Cheru CD is in the pipe and will be ready for the tour, as will be Bain Wolfkinds new EP (which is, as expected - mindblowing) - we will bring both of these titles onto tour together with WKN 26 which will be the compulsive tour 7".
New HauRucK! releases to be expected for this year are the new album by Tribe of Circle, which nearly is recorded, a new album by Derniere Volonte (which is in the process of beeing recorded - but as you know that Geoffroy is a perfectionist - it can take a few months longer than expected..=), a vinyl of a side project of DV - which I by myself haven`t heard yet, but IF Geoffroy goes "electro" expect something really groovy. Forresta di Ferro told me he is working on a new album as well, which could see daylight this year as well, and besides I am sure there will be a few little things happening unexpected either. Maybe we even manage to get more songs recorded on the common project of Geoffroy and Albin Julius - two songs since 3 years are finished..and they are not too bad, belief me..but we want to do a few more to get an album together. But you know...Time is thee enemy! - and as Geoffroy now is father and I bought a big house Time is even more kind of an enemy! Somehow.
Nevertheless - maybe see a few of you from this list in April when we tour, if - do not hesitate to come and say Hello! - or even better buy me a drink!
Yours,
Albin Julius
www.hauruck.org
groups.yahoo.com/group/wknhauruck
Eibon Records
To all friends, partners & supporters out there....
time for a new dose of the Eibon medicines...... This time in the form of Canaan and Beyond Dawn so you've nothing to complain about..... good tasting medicines..... rare and precious.......
* Canaan "The unsaid words" cd Jewel box (Can060) 16 tracks - Length: 71'19
Release date: 10/02/2006
"4 long years have passed since "A calling to weakness". But finally Canaan are back...... stronger than ever....... If ACTW was a moan of pain, "The unsaid words" is a chant of knowledge. Of the knowledge of an unstoppable physical and psychical withering. Dark, profound, sinister music. No other bands sounds like this........" (press release)
* Beyond Dawn "In reverie" cd Jewel box (Byd011/Duplo011) 10 tracks - Length: 54'
Release date: 10/02/2006
"Much needed & longed for repressing of the band's acoustic masterpiece "In reverie" - originally issued in 1999. 10 pieces of magic music from Norway's best kept "secret". Melancholy under a brand new sun...... Contains 2 previously unreleased tracks and comes with re-designed artwork." (press release)
Orders, info, mp3s: www.eibonrecords.com
Reue Um Reue / His Divine Grace
Out now: His Divine Grace - "Le Grand Secret"
CD in 3-panel-digipak. lim. edition of 500 copies
"Inspired by the works of the Traditionalists and the lives and deaths of Sekens Murdock and Leontin V. Abilgaard, Moonchild Erik's fourth CD album "Le Grand Secret" (The Great Secret) takes the shape of a metaphysical reflection on the deceptions of human language, in which Murdock and Abilgaard saw the main cause for the world of confusion we live in.
Musically more accessible than "Eurydice" or "Reverse Aleph", this very diverse new opus is the worthy successor of "Die Schlangenkönigin", hovering from emotional soundscapes and spacey dub rhythms into gloomy, awe-inspiring drones with even noisy elements. An initiation through pure sound." (press release)
More information and soundclips on the label-page: eys.online.fr/tutrur
Sol Invictus / Tursa - Dark Vinyl
Sol Invictus 'Sol Veritas Lux' CD
This re-release comes in deluxe Digipak with 16 page booklet plus Bonusmaterial (new versions of Angels Fall, Against the modern world and Summer ends).
All songs were digitally re-mastered by Denis Blackham. Sol Veritas Lux was released for the first time in 1990 and is a CD that combines the first Sol Invictus release, the mini-LP 'Against the Modern World' (1987) with the second release, the live-album 'In the Jaws of the Serpent' (1989), assembled onto one CD. At that time, Sol Invictus were Tony Wakeford (formerly of Death in June) with Karl Blake and Ian Read (formerly of Current 93, then to become the sole permanent member of FIRE & ICE).
Release date: 10.April 2006
www.tursa.com
www.darkvinyl.com
Zhelezobeton
zhb.radionoise.ru
Attention!
Creative group "Sixth Sun" and Space of Joy Community invite friends to meet the spring and celebrate the Shrovetide in the territory of an old Factory located in Ilyin Pogost (Moscow region, Egoryevsk direction). 3-stage festival will last from March 3 to 5 and between others there will perform: Architheatre, Eae, Gz, Gora, Neizvestnost, Cisfinitum, Tanuki, Bardoseneticcube, Maroon, Hladna, Kryptogen Rundfunk, Ritualnaya Bioingeneria, Id Molotov, 1G0G. Full list of participants and all the necessary information (only in Russian) can be found on this website - www.6sun.ru.

26th February 2006

ACTUS
ACTUS will present the 'platinum version' of the 'Essence of Mandala' performance in a special location in Budapest on 24th March. The performance will include the complete 'Mandala' and many remade versions of tracks from previous albums since 1990. ACTUS encourage all fans from abroad to come to Budapest and celebrate together the Day of the Light on this bright Spring day.
www.actus.hu
Presale tickets for foreign visitors are now available from Autre Que for 10 euros.
www.autre-que.com
Beta-lactam Ring Records
Volcano the Bear "Classic Erasmus Fusion" 2CD set now available!
www.blrrecords.com/prod/846/classic_erasmus_fusion.html
"2CD set in a gatefold boardstock 5 color sleeve. The CD and Vinyl have slightly different mixes. VTB have crafted a strange geometry in their musique concrete between celestial duck honks and what sounds like a flood in the living room, there are more than a few occasions of heads cocked at the speaker in mundus caninus. Of course, this bodes well for humans, too. Augmented by all the dog friendly moments is a double album of sprawling musical invention. Record one births gently into a lo-fi-adelic Comus-like saline that even might even win over the Devendra crowd, if the Devendra crowd had ingested just a little too much mushroom tea on that day and left their ironic trucker hats at the door. Song becomes fever dream and then pitches into a barren place of low estate and low chanting whose Residents might well be Eskimos. With typical minimalist pageantry, VTB mutate from piece to piece, punctuating along the way with surprise sounds that the aforementioned dogs love so well; the kinds of quirks that make Nurse With Wound and P16.D4 records such fun listens. VTB spin some very melodious tales, which are subliminally hooky, after a fashion. Spiritual and surreal are sisters. Quiet ritualism queues with dadaistic and with progressive harmonies, together on the same fractured, out world, sing-along journey. And that's just record one. Record two crawls slowly from the echoey ooze, grows legs and then presents as a different and, in many ways, more dramatic creature. A long, shifting organ drone becomes a deeply psychedelic statement that bleats loud and strong like an acid bleached Spiral Insana or a sneaky This Heat." (press release)
www.blrrecords.com
Cold Spring
New releases for 2006. Out late February. Available for pre-order now, all at special pre-release prices!
* Laibach | Neu Konservatiw (CSR38CD)
"Repress due to demand! The official release of the semi-official, legendary 1000 only vinyl from 1985, now a highly sought-after collectors piece! Lovingly remastered, with an 8 page book of new text about Laibach and NSK of the time by Alexei Monroe (commissioned exclusively for this release by Laibach), plus never before seen images from the NSK archive. This album finds Laibach at their most powerful, orchestral and anthemic!!" (press release)
***We are extremely pleased to announce that 'Neu Konservatiw' is available right now! We are extending the special pre-order price until the release of Goatvargr at the end of the month.***
* Goatvargr | Goatvargr (CSR65CD)
"A harsh journey of sound structures summoned from the deepest caverns of Hell by the scene's most prolific madmen, Nordvargr (SE) and Goat (USA). Working with each other's source material, they offer up a brutal and violent masterpiece. Not just a head on noise album, but a refined symphony of bestial lust, worship and violence. Goatvargr is an assault on the senses, appealing to both the metal and noise scenes (for fans of MZ.412). Ltd x 1000 in gloss digipak." (press release)
www.coldspring.co.uk
Durtro
21 February 2006
* Current 93, Six Organs of Admittance, Om live in Nantes, France, 9 April 2006:
C93, Om and Six Organs play on Sunday 9 April at Le Lieu Unique Festival in Nantes. We are the only three acts that will play on the 9th. Other acts playing the festival on other days include the wonderful Mark Stewart and the Maffia, Jayne County, Alexander Hacke and Pan Sonic. This really will be an amazing event.
Please notice that the 9 April show starts in the late afternoon at 17:00 to enable people to get back to Paris on the last train. Paris airports are also, we are told, the closest for Nantes.
For more details go to: www.lelieuunique.com/festivals/festival.html
The programme is downloadable at: www.lelieuunique.com/festivals/ideal2006.pdf
And tickets can be bought here: www.fnacspectacles.com/recherche/rechercheRapide.do?search=festival+ideal&categorie=-7
* Scribble Seven play Preston, Lancashire, UK on 3 March 2006: Intergration 5
Scribble Seven are for this one-off performance:
Steven Stapleton (Nurse With Wound)
Andrew Liles
Matt Waldron (irr.app.(ext))
Maja Elliott (Current 93)
Colin Potter
Freida Abtan
There will also be the first ever appearance by Monos (Darren Tate, Paul Bradley & Colin Potter)
Visuals by Transience, video screenings and installations by John Lacy and live video manipulation & projections by Hollowsphere.
20.00 at St. Peter's Arts Centre, University of Central Lancashire, Preston on 3 March.
Entrance £8, or £5 with student ID.
Further details and tickets are available from www.icrdistribution.com
* Pitchfork website error:
On our last update we mentioned a Pitchfork notice on Black Ships we found amusing. But we gave the wrong website. It is pitchforkmedia.com/news/06-02/13.shtml
* Sleep Has His House:
This has just arrived at our base and will be sent out next week. Thank you for your patience.
* Without Borders compilation:
This has just arrived at our base and has been sent out over the last week. Thank you for your patience.
* The Passing to Christ of Squiggy:
Thank you to all of you who sent such beautiful and kind words about our beloved Squoo. It means more than we can say.
In the love of Christ to you all,
David Michael Tibet
www.durtro.com
Elitpop
Out soon will be the first release on the new label Elitepop. Pop02 is a 7", which consist of 3 tracks, with library music tracks reinterpreted by Ich Wollte, Ich Könnte (side project of Wermut). This thematic piece of work will be entitled Musique au mètre: A tribute to the electronic library music of the early 80's. Ich Wollte, Ich Könnte uses the form of library music, which originally was intended for mere consumption, and turns it into something special, something totally opposed to mainstream entertainment. The artist appropriates this originally empty art form (which by many is even denied the name of art) and infuses it with meaning and purpose and turns it into an elitist form of expression. Musically this release is where minimal wave and krautrock come together and are brought to you with a dark folk mood. Tracklisting: Höher als die Wolken, Sternenrechteck, Des Traumes Sanfte Tasten. This piece of Elitist Popculture will be available as a 7" limited to 158 copies. The record comes in hand printed (silk screen printed) and hand numbered sleeves.
Upcoming releases:
Pop01: The Perils of Paradise by Vektor, Echo West, ICK and Terroritmo (powerful and minimal industrial 12").
Pop03: Lokasenna (debut 12" by new post-industrial project).
For pre-orders, information on wholesale prices or other questions contact us at elitepop@yahoo.com
Klanggalerie
Hello,
we have finally received a decent pressing of the Sand Tangled Women 7" and are shipping all pre-ordered copies this week. Apologies again for all the hassle and thanks for your patience with this item.
Kind regards
Walter / Klanggalerie
www.klanggalerie.com
Reue Um Reue
* Out soon: His Divine Grace - "Le Grand Secret"
CD in 3-panel-digipak. lim. edition of 500 copies
"Inspired by the works of the Traditionalists and the lives and deaths of Sekens Murdock and Leontin V. Abilgaard, Moonchild Erik's fourth CD album "Le Grand Secret" (The Great Secret) takes the shape of a metaphysical reflection on the deceptions of human language, in which Murdock and Abilgaard saw the main cause for the world of confusion we live in.
Musically more accessible than "Eurydice" or "Reverse Aleph", this very diverse new opus is the worthy successor of "Die Schlangenkönigin", hovering from emotional soundscapes and spacey dub rhythms into gloomy, awe-inspiring drones with even noisy elements. An initiation through pure sound." (press release)
More information and soundclips on the label-page: eys.online.fr/tutrur
Pre-order now!
* Out soon on Gigabrosaurus Recs:
Due to the success of the Gigabrother Collection, we have decided to turn from home-made to high-quality professional CDRs for the re-edition of the complete series. The first 12 re-editions will be out shortly (in a new packaging) and available through the TuT/RuR Shop - including all of HDG's early works and other popular titles.
More details soon on the shop-page!
eys.online.fr/tutrur
War Office Propaganda
WOP XXVII Stahlwerk IX / Cold Fusion / Rukkanor - "Triumvire" CD MMVI
"Beware the Ides of March!
On the Ides of March ( March, 15th ), 44 B.C., Julius Caesar was assassinated, at the foot of a statue of Pompey where the senate was meeting. The phrase "Beware the ides of March!" is one of the most remembered lines of Shakespeare's play "Jules Caesar". We hope "Triumvire" - dark and poetical musical vision of stormy times of ancient Roman Republic, civil wars, Triumviratus and Empire will be remembered as well. Triumvire is an alliance of three martial industrial projects - Stahlwerk 9, Cold Fusion and Rukkanor. Beautiful wooden box with gold embroidered velour, gold printings and golden CD - 660 copies in three colors (black, red and grey) - only 220 of each! This handmade, hand numbered unique limited issue comes 15th of March - Ides of March. The day. Don't miss it..." (press release)
upcoming:
WOP 24 Belborn & Rose Rovine e Amanti - "Grain" - digipack CD 2oo6.
WOP 26 Mushroom's Patience & Out Of Sight - digipack CD 2oo6.
www.waroffice.org

19th February 2006

We've added a review of AmberAsylum "GardenofLoveAutonomySuiteStillPoint".
ACTUS
Our friends from FilthForge have just put online an interesting interview in English of the cult Hungarian project ACTUS.
www.filthforge.net
www.actus.hu
Aghiatrias
New (4th) Aghiatrias Album "Ethos" will be released next month by Czech label Epidemie Records
www.epidemie.cz/d3fault.phtml?load=news&ln=cz Contact: info@epidemie.cz
Album contains 9 compositions (total time 54 min.).
1 Cognitive Trap. 2 Situs Inversus. 3 Les Coeurs Du Mal. 4 Autodivine. 5 Hedonist Hymn. 6 Strict Observance. 7 Poison Of God. 8 Le Sang Des Autres. 9 Translucidum
Aghiatrias:
Vladimír Hirsch - composition, all instruments, samplers, vocals, mix, mastering
Tom Saivon - ideological concept, samples, mix
Recording participation: Martina Sanollová-vocals
Production: Ars Morta Universum
Cover artwork: Vladimír Hirsch
www.vladimirhirsch.cz
Death In June
I have been told that the appeal against the decision to put the Death In June album 'Rose Clouds Of Holocaust' on the German 'Index' of banned music, literature etc. has recently been filed with the appropriate German law court by the manufacturer and distributer of this work, Tesco Organisation, Germany.
As part of the appeal I was asked to elaborate on my previous statement which has already appeared on this and other internet groups/newslists. As an artist whose work is publically available world-wide and whose work is now becoming censored by a German government agency, thus effecting that availability, I feel that this new additional statement is now also made public:
"Dear Sir,
As I have said in my previous statement I believe that any form of art worth it's salt is open to interpretation, reinterpretation and misinterpretation and should not necessarily be explained in any way, shape or form by the artist himself. Even if it could be!
But, there are limits to being misinterpreted especially when the interpretors become accusers, stone throwers and are from a government agency!!
"Holocaust" as a word is used often in the English language to describe something catatrophic and of a final nature. It is derived from the original Greek meaning "burnt offerings". As I have also previously stated the title of the song 'Rose Clouds Of Holocaust' was inspired by 2 trips to the volcanic island of Iceland in mid-Winter and mid-Summer 1989/1990 where I experienced a spiritual epiphany/revelation. In conversation with a close colleague of mine in the healing thermal waters of The Blue Lagoon situated near the town of Keflavik near the capital Rejkavik we spoke of Life and its disappointments. I realised as we swam in the naturally heated waters surrounded by a howling blizzard with temperatures 17 degrees below zero, that much of my adult Life had been led by lies about a particular relationship I had been in since 1980. It was a relationship that would also inspire the songs '13 Years Of Carrion' and 'Accidental Protege' which are also on the 'Rose Clouds Of Holocaust' album which is the work by my group in question. The steam rising from the heated waters of the Lagoon in the middle of this freezing cold landscape, coupled with the strange rose/purple colour of the sky gave the whole scenario a 'holocaustic' atmosphere. Most of the island in this area is afteral just moss-covered lava fields. 'Rose Clouds Of Holocaust' ably describes that scenario. At least in English!
As in almost all of my writings the remainder of the text have many reference points;
"Festivals End As Festivals Must" - an old newspaper heading commemorating the 10th anniversary of the death by suicide of one of my favourite gay authors Yukio Mishima.
"From the Hooded Crows of Rome" - I used to live in Rome in the early 1990s and these were the first birds I would see upon arrival at the airport
"To The Falcons Of Zagreb" - a city I have often visited and from my hotel window I have a good view of the family of falcons that live in and fly and hunt between the twin towers of the city's Cathedral
"Mother Victim Of Jesus lie down in Sydney's dust" - a line on a tombstone I noticed while taking a walk in Rookwood Cemetary in Australia, the largest cemetary in the World.
I do not write in a straight forward fashion. I pull a word from here or a line from there that I may have written today of several years ago. I only know it looks 'correct' when I place them together on paper. What it means after that,...????? I can only say where some were inspired from.
The same applies to the song 'Lifebooks' which was based around a conversation I had with a very close colleague in a pub near Leicester Square, London about Magick and the Occult and how a mutual friend of ours, who subsequently died, was destroying himself with these dark arts. The colleague I had the conversation with also co-writes some of the text.
"The Swirling Sound Of Swastikas
Like Rotor-blades Of Thought
Threshing The wheat
Out from The Chaff -
All this is a Dream,..."
demonstrates a perfect use of alliteration ( "S,S,S....Th, Th, Th,...") as it symbolically refers to the fans in the pub ceiling turning as we spoke that long afternoon about the pros and cons of dabbling with the Occult. But, naturally I could have said;
'The fans in the pub ceiling turned around like propellor blades as we spoke of the advantages and disadvantages of dealing with the Occult'
For me I know what sounds better poetry in English!
But, evidently others in Germany really know what these words mean! I am in awe at their expertise and talent. However, I am confused why this album which has sold 10s of thousands and has been freely available via different distributers Worldwide for 10 years without any problems, including in Israel where I recently performed, has only now become the subject of the scrutiny of censorship? For that I have no answers.
In a nutshell, I do not deny the existence of The Holocaust. The Holocaust is and was a completely different experience to 'Rose Clouds Of Holocaust' as I'm sure any inmate of an extermination camp would testify. The people who claim the 2 are one and the same should be ashamed of their disgusting conceit.
Yours Sincerely,
Douglas P.
(DEATH IN JUNE)"
14/02/06
Durtro
14 February 2006
* Your prayers requested for our beloved cat Squiggy who has gone beyond the Blue Gates of Death:
Please keep our beloved CAT Squiggy in your prayers as she has passed to God. She had lymphoma for many months and has struggled bravely with it and the resultant chemotherapy she continued to undergo, and then kidney failure set in. She has been a very very dear friend to muse for over 12 years, and was in many ways my drinking partner. She would sit on my desk licking the top of my beer bottle, so I would keep a small glass full of organic lager for her and a special bottle that I would constantly dip in for her. As almost all of you will know, it is heartbreaking for us when those we love approach the Blue Gates of Death in God's Sky. That Dri and I will meet her again, I have no doubt. We will all be reunited in the majesty and mystery of Christ, in those celestial paradisiacal worlds so luminously and ecstatically portrayed by Louis Wain, friend of Cats and Kindnesses. We will miss her always, her kindness and softness and humour. I don't know what else to say at this point as I feel so sad and broken by this, so forgive the peremptory tone of the rest of this update.
* Current 93: Black Ships Ate the Sky (Durtro Jnana 2112):
The tracklisting is hereby announced, and the 76 minute long album will be released on Durtro Jnana through Revolver in the USA and on Durtro Jnana through Southern in the UK and Europe. Any differences between the two editions will be announced later as we continue working on the artwork and mastering. The list of subscribers will be posted and emailed out later this week/early next week so everyone can check we have the details correct. Thank you to all for your patience.
1 - Idumea (Vocals: Marc Almond)
2 - Sunset (The Death Of Thumbelina)
3 - Black Ships In The Sky
4 - Then Kill Cæsar
5 - Idumea (Vocals: Bonnie 'Prince' Billy)
6 - This Autistic Imperium Is Nihil Reich
7 - The Dissolution Of The Boat "Millions Of Years"
8 - Idumea (Vocals: Baby Dee)
9 - Bind Your Tortoise Mouth
10 - Idumea (Vocals: Antony)
11 - Black Ships Seen Last Year South Of Heaven
12 - Abba Amma (Babylon Destroyer)
13 - Idumea (Vocals: Clodagh Simonds)
14 - Black Ships Were Sinking / Idumea (Vocals: Cosey Fanni Tutti)
15 - The Beautiful Dancing Dust (Vocals: Antony)
16 - Idumea (Vocals: Pantaleimon)
17 - Vauvauvau (Black Ships In Their Harbour)
18 - Idumea (Vocals: David Tibet)
19 - Black Ships Ate The Sky
20 - Why Cæsar Is Burning Part II
21 - Idumea (Vocals: Shirley Collins)
A very funny preview piece appears on Pitchfork at: pitchforkmedia.com/06-02/13.shtml
* Nurse With Wound live in San Francisco 16 & 17 June 2006:
Nurse With Wound play two shows at San Francisco's Great American Music (GAMH) Hall in June on Friday 16 and Saturday 17. One night will consist of a live performance of their classic album 'Salt Marie Celeste'; the other night will be a totally different event. Special guests/opening acts will be confirmed later.
This will be NWW's debut show in the USA and the first time they have played since two shows in the mid-1980s.
Tickets are on sale from this Sunday 12 February and cost $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).
* Current 93 and Nurse With Wound on iTunes:
C93 and NWW are now available as legitimate downloads from iTunes. However, as I haven't a clue as to how iTunes works, or even as to how I download a track from it, I will leave it to those interested in getting these legally from us as opposed to buying it in a mono 8-track cartridge download courtesy of the Russian Mafia to access iTunes and sort it out for themselves. Eventually all C93 & NWW will be available from iTunes. Many thanks to Gary Held and all those at Revolver for organising this for us.
* Pantaleimon new recordings and live performances:
Thursday 20th April (confirmed)
Pantaleimon and Baby Dee play at Slak, Cheltenham, UK
Go to: www.calmermusic.co.uk for details.
Saturday 3rd June (tbc)
Pantaleimon play at the Venn Festival, Bristol, UK
www.vennfestival.com
Pantaleimon have completed recordings of some instrumental and vocal pieces for Susan Stenger's 'Soundtrack for an Exhibition'. Other artists who have made contributions are: Robert Poss (Band of Susans), Alan Vega (Suicide), Alexander Hacke (Einstürzende Neubauten), Will Oldham, Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth), Warren Ellis (Dirty Three, The Bad Seeds) and Jim White (The Dirty Three). 'Soundtrack for an Exhibition' will be held at Musée d'art Contemporain de Lyon, France, from 8th March. Details can be found at:
www.forma.org.uk/current_productions/currentprod_soundtrack.htm
An unreleased and untitled new instrumental track by them can be heard at Pantaleimon/Andria Degens' MySpace at: www.myspace.com/pantaleimon
* Current 93 and Nurse With Wound booking agents:
Current 93 and Nurse With Wound now have exclusive booking agents for the USA and Europe. Those interested in arranging shows by C93 and/or NWW, please contact:
For the USA:
David T Viecelli at:
THE BILLIONS CORPORATION
833 W. Chicago Ave., Ste. 101
Chicago, IL 60622
USA
Tel: 312-997-9999 x8237
Fax: 312-997-2287
Web: www.billions.com
For Europe:
Fabrizio Modonese Palumbo at: c93booking@hotmail.it
Thankyou all for your eyes and ears and hearts and the prayers that stream from them.
Love from David.
www.durtro.com
Infrastition / Optical Sound / Godsandbeasts
New DVD "RVB-Transfert" / French Independant Scene 1979-1991
Infrastition, Optical Sound and Godsandbeasts presents "RVB-TRANSFERT", a huge DVD about the french independant scene of the eighties ; this DVD gathers for the first time a lot of archives mostly unseen or rare. Without falling into nostalgia or commercial revival, this project can be considered as a witness of this musical period in France ; between post-punk, cold-wave, avant-garde pop, industrial and experimental music.
DVD PAL All Zones / More than 3h30 of video / 48 bands:
Achwgha Ney Wodeï - Art & Technique - Asylum Party - Babel 17 - Bernard Szajner - Clair Obscur - Collection D'arnell Andrea - Complot Bronswick - Costes - Dazibao - Deficit Des Annees Anterieures - End Of Data - Etant Donnes - Exces Nocturne - In Aeternam Vale - Jad Wio - Kas Product - Kni Crik - La Nomenklatur - Le Syndicat - Lefdup & Lefdup - Les Maitres - Les Tetines Noires - Little Nemo - Lucrate Milk - Marquis De Sade - Martin Dupont - Mary Goes Round - Minamata - Mkb Fraction Provisoire - Neva - New Mixage - Nini Raviolette - Norma Loy - Nox - Opera Multi Steel - Pacific 231 - Passion Fodder - Palo Alto - Ptose - Resistance - Rosa Crux - The Grief - Un Departement - Visible - Vox Populi! - X Ray Pop
"With this DVD, the re-discovery of the underground french scene takes a new turn. It¹s probably the most important view we have never seen, upon a specific musical scene during a specific period. With more than forty videos from the eighties, "RVB-TRANSFERT" allows remembering to the most interesting independant french groups, from the famous to the more obscur ones. Surely some images are dated, with a low-fi minimalism which smells good the first half of the eighties, between art video, experimental work or more classical stuffs. But the hugest interest of this DVD is probably not having established a hierarchy between the groups and the different musical styles ; this project is a great work on memory. " (D-SIDE magazine / www.d-side.org)
DVD available for 19 euros, by french check or paypal.
Shipping : France (2 euros) & Europe (3,50 euros)
Contact : www.infrastition.com - www.optical-sound.com - www.godsandbeasts.net
Punch Records
Severin Bestombes vom Horse Gore Club (J.Weber's solo project) - "Auszug & Abgesang" - out now!
12" vinyl Glow In The Dark! Limited hand numbered edition of 333 copies 110 copies in Blue vinyl & 223 copies in Green vinyl. Silk-screened plastic sleeve.
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." (press release)
www.punchrecords.it
Sol Invictus / Tursa
Sol Veritas Lux: Tursa re-issue. Digipak with 16 page booklet. Digitally re-mastered by Denis Blackham. Available in April.
Pre-orders through the Tursa shop will be signed.
Available in Europe through Dark Vinyl. Available in North America through Strange Fortune
www.tursa.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_music_info&cPath=67&products_id=239

12th February 2006

Allerseelen
T-Shirts
The brand new Allerseelen Gotos=Kalanda T-Shirt is already available in the sizes M, L, XL. Print black/white on chestnut-brown cloth - Euro 10
Aorta still have some copies of the Wir rufen Deine Wölfe T-Shirt in XL, L. There is only one in M left. Print black/white on black cloth - Euro 10
Aorta still have some copies of the Allerseelen Edelweiss T-Shirt in L and 152cm. There is only one in M left. Print olive-green/white on black cloth - Euro 10
Other sizes may still be available from the newly opened Steinklang online shop www.steinklang-records.at
Other available releases: www.geocities.com/ahnstern
Beta-lactam Ring Records
Greetings all! A quick update on two new BlRR releases. BlRR is very excited to announce two new releases. La STPO "Slices of Thrown Time" and Ariel Kalma "Osmose". The new album by La STPO is the first all new studio album since 1999 and continues their prog-psych-avant rock journey. Highly recommended! In addition, we have rescued from obscurity one of the greatest drone-ambient records: Ariel Kalma's "Osmose". Originally released in a tiny ed. in 1977 it is now on CD with bonus tracks from the same sessions.
The new albums by george&caplin "Things Past" and Soriah "Chao Organica in A minor" are now available and shipping. Tons of mp3s so please check out these albums.
We also have two new great titles we are distributing. One of the weirdest gore movies of all time: "Nekromantik I & II" soundtrack now on LP featuring Hermann Kopp and John Boy Walton! A fantastic LP by Guaranteed Katch "in a sumptous brown gravy" -imagine if Zappa - Dr. Nerve and Cheetah Chrome Motherfukcers did an album together. Just insane - but insane in a good way! Listen to the mp3's.
We have redone our website with a new design and added BlRR radio! Yes, hours and hours and days and months of streaming audio. We will be broadcasting BlRR releases and some label artists will be broadcasting their very own program. www.blrrecords.com:8000/listen.pls
More info: www.blrrecords.com
Black Sun Productions
* 23 february 2006
To celebrate the 4th birthday of black-sun- productions.com we'll be giving away two copies of Musick for Porn Volume 1 signed by Massimo & Pierce. To be in with a chance of winning, enter the contest here
* musick for porn volume 2
ANACDR02
release date: 1st march 2006
second and final installation of the musick for the soundtrack of the pirate tapes.
limited edition of 100 copies numbered on disc housed in a hardpaper wallet. commercially manufactured CDRs with printed disc and artwork.
now available for pre- order
* Black Sun Productions - Live in Amsterdam
On Saturday 1 April as part of Sugar Factory's one-year anniversary weekend Electronation in co-operation with KinkFM proudly presents: "Darkness Is Enlightening" - An evening dedicated to your other side. The evening will be separated into two parts. The first part of the evening is a 'Tribute To Balance', and incorporates a release party of the latest edition of the fabulous X-rated CD's. From the great collection of artists that are included in the X rated CD, "Edward Ka-Spel of the Legendary Pink Dots" will perform live. Also performing will be the highly acclaimed children of darkness Black Sun Productions, best known for their collaboration with Coil in some of the band's most iconoclastic live installations and for their Plastic Spider Thing, a cycle of 23 extreme performances.
* Full length samples from Musick for Porn Volumes 1 & 2 can be heard at myspace.com/anarcocks
Full length samples from operettAmorale can be heard at myspace.com/blacksunproductions
* A film by Black Sun Productions' friend, Canadian artist and filmaker Scott Treleaven, starring Massimo & Pierce and Ariot Fleischmann will be part of Scott's solo exhibition 'The Best Kind Of Friends Are Like Iron Sharpening Iron' opening on February 18th at the John Connelly Presents, 625 West 27th Street Ground Floor, NYC.
www.black-sun-productions.com
www.anarcocks.com
Cold Spring
Available for pre-order now. All at special pre-release prices!
* Laibach - Neu Konservatiw (CSR38CD)
"Repress due to demand! The official release of the semi-official, legendary 1000 only vinyl from 1985, now a highly sought-after collectors piece! Lovingly remastered, with an 8 page book of new text about Laibach and NSK of the time by Alexei Monroe (commissioned exclusively for this release by Laibach), plus never before seen images from the NSK archive. This album finds Laibach at their most powerful, orchestral and anthemic!!" (press release)
* Goatvargr - Goatvargr (CSR65CD)
"A harsh journey of sound structures summoned from the deepest caverns of Hell by the scene's most prolific madmen, Nordvargr (SE) and Goat (USA). Working with each other's source material, they offer up a brutal and violent masterpiece. Not just a head on noise album, but a refined symphony of bestial lust, worship and violence. Goatvargr is an assault on the senses, appealing to both the metal and noise scenes (for fans of MZ.412). Ltd x 1000 in gloss digipak." (press release)
More info, mp3s, pre-order: www.coldspring.co.uk
Death In June / Tesco USA
store.tesco-distro.com/cgi-bin/shopper.cgi?preadd=action&key=VIDSNATO001
Tesco USA is pleased to finally announce pre-orders for Death In June: Live In New York DVD, scheduled for release on March 10, 2006!
This beautiful and unique documentary piece, recorded at the Walker Stage in New York City on November 10, 2002, is a career-spanning collection of 30 tracks [29 if you live in ein Polizei Staat], each receiving definitive a live performance in DIJ's more recent stripped-down acoustic arrangements.
88 minutes long - will be available in NTSC and PAL formats. Pre-order now for a ship date of 3/13-3/20 - the first 300 pre-orders will receive a limited edition poster.
MP3 Samples: Come Before Christ And Murder Love store.tesco-distro.com/mp3/nato001_01.mp3
Regular distribution via Tesco USA and Tesco Germany - other dealers/distributors please get in touch directly ASAP.
store.tesco-distro.com
Der Blutharsch
Der Sieg des Lichtes ist des Lebens Heil!
8 years after the release of this classic album the first time available as 12" LP.
Mission fullfilled.
12" LP - release date: March 15th
Preorders are taken now!
www.derblutharsch.com
www.hauruck.org
Equilibrium Music
Arditi (Sweden) "Destiny of Iron" 7"EP 2006, Equilibrium Music
"Destiny of Iron" presents 2 new tracks by Arditi, exclusive to this release, in their unique brand of obscure and suffocating Militaristic ambiance. Limited edition of 500 copies, pressed in high-quality heavy vinyl.
The title track brings sluggish humming horns and ominous strings, crushed under heavy pounding percussions, all building into an hypnotic orchestral march that serves as backdrop to obscure speeches and inflamed combat commands.
"Struggle for Victory" on the other hand, draws into the music a hazier ambiance, as if spawned out of a waking dream filled with turgid battlefield memories haunted by orchestrations washing over faraway chants.
www.equilibriummusic.com
Fluttering Dragon
Gale Grand Central 'The 1944 Samartian Manual' CD out now!
'Harsh Swedish industrial with dirty rhythms techno massive bits and sad melodies'
Tracklist: 1. Moonfloor / 2. Stealth Inside / 3. Confront Me / 4. Return My Soul / 5. Lovers / 6. You Made Your Point / 7. Don't You Care / 8. Vindictive / 9. Noone / 10. Until 4
www.serpent.com.pl
HauRuck!
HR!78 - Graumahd - Cheru CD
Finally the debut album of Graumahd:Wolf L., Georg O. and Jörg B. created an album with ten anthems of psychoactive folklore. Fiery sounds merge into mellow moods. Folkloristic acoustic guitar music partly inspired by the psychedelic sounds of the 60ies/70ies.
Assisted by Albin Julius (Harmonium), Martin T. (Drums), Iris F. (Cello), Christine K. (Clarinet), Karin St. (Flute) and Thomas R. (Piano, Guitar).
Release date: Mid March
HR!79 - Bain Wolfkind - Confidential Report 7"EP
A new strike by the master of doom cocktail lounge music. 4 songs about lust and alcoho..and all the other dark little things in life
Release date: April o6 - ready for the tour
HR!8o Tribe of Circle - Children of a Weakened God CD
After a long silence, Tribe of Circle is finaly back anger as never, with an emotional and powerfull third album, more percussive and stronger than before with disturbing soundscapes, personal texts and mystical voices. This 3rd act close the chapter started with "The Advent of Redemption", and speak about the place of God in the world of today (but where it is hidden ?)...The album include a track adapted from the french provocative singer Léo Ferré and some collaborations (Simone Salvatori from Spiritual Front, ...). A dual and evocative leap into mind, spirituality, and human nature !
Release date: April/May o6
www.hauruck.org
Institution D.O.L.
* Steinklang Industries presents ... Institution D.O.L. DVD "This Is My Life"
Here comes the long-awaited DVD! - Details here: www.barbie.gmxhome.de/idol/releases/dvd/index.html
On this professionally made DVD are all the brutal facts which never should have been released, ever. Bain Wolfkind (Novo Homo) breaks with secrets and beats M. the shit out of his bowels, Mr. Fuckhead analyzes subject and scene, a truely horrible horror clip (don´t watch it alone), M. totally drunk on stage, a studio session on how studio sessions should not be, live clips, video clips ... and much more! Order your copy/copies here: barbie.blutig@gmx.at
* Steinklang Ind. will release the coming Institution D.O.L. CD "Instructions For Modern Weakniks" on 1st of June 2006. This piece promises one of the harshest and at the same time most spherical tracks Institution D.O.L. ever did. With great vocals and additional sounds of M. Presch (Rasthof Dachau) it will take you with a journey through heaven and hell!
* Institution D.O.L. website update! Now more mp3s, movies, pictures, reviews, etc. were added.
www.herzschmerz.tk
Klanggalerie
Hello,
we are now accepting orders for three new vinyl 7"s which are all highly recommended:
* gg86 Sprung aus den Wolken vs Film 2 - Lion 7"
Sprung aus den Wolken is the rhythmical and noisy project by Kiddy Citny. They released albums on Zick Zack and What's so Funny About and were (and are) often compared to Einstürzende Neubauten. On this 7", they present you a couple of brand new tracks that were recorded specifically for this project.
* gg103 Noid - Ausflug ins Grüne 7"
Noid is an Austrian cello player who is taking his instrument into regions it has never been taken to before. Both sides sound like anything but a cello, side one is a noisy almost rhythmic composition, side two a more mellow and ambient sounding piece. Music like 21st century musique concrete played by one of the masters of this wonderful instrument.
* gg105 Non Toxique Lost - Lachen Eins 7"
Non Toxique Lost is the legendary German band that released one impossible-to-find album in the 1980s and impressed everybody with their track on the QED compilation. Members include Achim Wollscheid and Sea Wanton. Their music is a stunning mix of noisy sounds and harsh rhythms. All their vinyl releases are very limited and sell out quickly.
Prices are as usual - EUR 13,-/copy excl VAT-wholesale please ask.
As for the Nurse With Wound 7" - Sand Tangled Women - please send back your copies if you are unhappy with the pressing. There was a huge pecentage badly pressed, the we asked for a second pressing but this came back as bad as the first one! We are now working on pressing no 3 and will send out your returned discs as soon as possible. Apologies again for the delay and hassle!
Kind regards
Walter
www.klanggalerie.com
David E. Williams
D.E.W. contributes a Bauhausian Arabesque guitar solo (played on keyboard, of course) and a 5/4 rhythm track (run through distortion, so it's not progressive rock!) to "Mercer is My Name" on Strange Monasteries, the debut release of NAZI UFO COMMANDER on the world's greatest record label, Old Europa Café.
If that's not enough to encourage your immediate online purchase, read on from the official press release:
"Strange Monasteries is the initial communication to the fractured hive mind extant on this planet. This is Stage 1: Putrefaction. Only a small percentage of the population is capable of being hardlinked into the Greater Vision and Voice, because only they have had the Eruption of the Unconscious into the Sphere of Consciousness. Transmitting from Neuschwabenland South, Nazi UFO Commander is conjuring out of the chaos of space, radio waves and electronics a catalyst that will reunify the dissociated conscious by re-encoding imprints through sustained and attentive listening. In order to affect this reunification, the CD must be listened to in its entirety. To hear it is to know it. A very strange mix of space-industrial, UFO-radio-communication, beating & noisy alien soundtracks… Professionally printed CDR. Limited and on CD label numbered to 150 copies." For detailed track by track descriptions, go to www.naziufocommander.com
More info: www.davidewilliams.com/news.html

7th February 2006

Beta-lactam Ring Records
The new albums by george&caplin "Things Past" and Soriah "Chao Organica in A minor" are now available and shipping. Record release parties for george&caplin Feb. 3, 2006 in Denver, CO and Soriah Feb. 2, 2006 in Portland, OR.
La STPO "Slices of Thrown Time" CD and Ariel Kalma "Osmose" CD will be available and shipping on Feb. 12, 2006. La STPO "Slices of Thrown Time" LP will be shipping Feb. 28, 2006.
More info: blrrecords.com
Death In June
This was the reply sent several months ago in response to a variety of accusations from certain parties that eventually resulted in the Death In June album 'Rose Clouds Of Holocaust' being placed at the end of 2005 (10 years after its release) on Germany's 'Index' of forbidden fruit that must not be consumed by impressionable Deutsche Jugend! Perhaps some of you will find it of interest? I think my response is quite reasonable but obviously those who know better did not!
Heilige,....
Douglas P.
groups.yahoo.com/group/deathinjune
"I have been told by my music distributer Tesco Organisation, Germany that I must provide a statement clarifying my work with my group Death In June to a German government agency responsible for censorship in Germany.
In the 24 years of Death In June's existence I have never explained my work. I feel that would make my art ordinary and stillborn and panders to elements within society that seek to control freedom of expression and thought, abstract or otherwise. All art, whether it be in the form of music, literature, painting etc. worth a grain of salt should be open to interpretation. In turn, this also makes it open to misinterpretation; sometimes good, sometimes bad. It is in the nature of art that 'challenges' or 'confronts' the consumer, or potential consumer, to be misunderstood.
But here are some facts:
Death In June was named after I thought I heard a colleague say those words during our first recording session in 1981. It was an accident of mishearing. I have said this in countless interviews over the years since. It is merely post-rationalization to assume it refers to any one particular event, historic or otherwise. A common interpretation was that it referred to the assassination of Arch Duke Ferdinand in Sarajevo in June 1914. It didn't, and doesn't refer to anything else than 'Death In June!'
Before becoming a musician I was a student of 20th century history, as is clearly stated in the whole interview with Zillo magazine in 1992. Apparently a small quote is taken out of context from this interview referring to my interest in Ernst Roehm. I cannot see how one cannot be interested in events and personalities that led directly, or indirectly, to the biggest tragedy of the 20th century - World War II. The fact that I am homosexual as was Ernst Roehm was another point of interest that led to a song 'Brown Book' written in 1986, before German unification, which uses the Horst Wessel Lied to create the atmosphere to a narration juxtaposing the homophobia of a Nazi stormtrooper to the suicidal fatalism of his sexual partner; a Jewish grandmother. The song evokes Germany, 1936. The title comes from the name of the book the Communist authorities of former East Germany kept listing ex-members of the N.S.D.A.P. and S.S. etc. and their positions held in government and other work places in West Germany. A thought provoking song with many contradictory themes which is typical of Death In June.
This leads to the song 'Rose Clouds Of Holocaust' issued in 1995. This work was inspired by Mid-Winter and Mid-Summer visits to Iceland where the days during these times of year can be either almost totally dark or either almost totally light. Never completely one thing, nor the other. I experienced a spiritual epiphany during these visits in 1989/1990. The word "holocaust" is Greek for 'burnt offerings' (normally of a religious kind) and Iceland is full of extinct volcanoes as well as active ones. Its volcanic landscape is the holocaust in question symbolizing death and rebirth. It has nothing to do with the persecution and extermination of Jews, Homosexuals, Gypsies etc. by Germany during the years of the IIIrd Reich.
I am a musician and I do not involve myself in politics and I refuse to be forced into becoming involved in politics. When the German Goth group Das Ich suddenly attempted to politicize a Christmas Festival in Hamburg, Germany in 1992, Death In June, along with another English group and Projekt Pitchfork from Germany, decided to drop out and not to become involved in what was after all local politics. We wrote, signed and distributed a joint statement explaining our decision, abhorring all forms of violence directed at anyone regardless of race, religion or sexuality (apparently there had been some trouble in Hamburg?) and relocated our performances to a club in Bochum. This became a 3 night residency where anyone with tickets to the Festival who still wanted to celebrate Christmas could do so with Death In June etc. All 3 nights were sold out. The Dark Xmas Festival was not and fell to bits with the highest political arguments between the remaining Goth groups being as to who should headline! It has been a source of resentment from the Goth 'rock stars' of Das Ich ever since. The music business is filled with jealousy and envy and I attempt to keep my distance from it.
Death In June has always been fascinated by symbols and their effects. There is even an album entitled 'But, What Ends When The Symbols Shatter?' The 'Totenkopf 6' is a simple one conveying Death In June (the 6th month!) but since 1984 a fist holding a whip and 6 has also been extensively used to symbolize Death In June. In English we have an expression "to hold the whiphand" which means to take control. In 1997 Death In June issued an album called 'Take Care And Control'. Everything is connected, everything is symbolic and everything that on a surface level is mutually contradictory is important in the world of Death In June.
The 2 words "Rose clouds…" are beautifully juxtaposed to each other and with "…of holocaust" added the contradictory imagery is complete. The joy of sadness recognized and a life filled with lies abandoned. In 'Lifebooks' "The swirling sound of swastikas like rotor blades of thought…" brings this conversation piece between 2 close friends to an end. The Sanskrit word for sun-wheel brings perfect closure to a night filled with bad dreams. Dawn has arrived. And, surely if the word "swastika" in itself is justification for a German government investigation into any work of art then I hope the more famous Iggy Pop and David Bowie's 'China Girl" ("visions of swastikas in my head…") and Primal Scream's 'Swastikas Eyes' plus many others deserve equal investigation.
In June, 2004 I was invited to perform in Tel Aviv, the capital of Israel. Death In June did so to an enthusiastic audience of over 500 and there are even pictures of me on stage waving a 'Totenkopf 6' flag alongside an Israeli one. I did numerous interviews with both Israeli magazines and radio stations. Death In June LPs/CDs are freely available in Israel. T-shirts are even licensed for manufacture there.
I find it ironic that I am so welcomed in Israel yet I am suspiciously viewed by the German authorities for censorship. But, I suppose that fits well with the contradictory nature of Death In June.
I am also unsettled by the fact that in Germany, a modern Western democracy and civilization government censorship of the arts should even be entertained. That, along with the organizations or individuals that have brought me to your attention, smell more of Germany's past than any of Death In June's recordings. My father was a career officer in the British Royal Air Force, fought as a pilot against Hitler's Luftwaffe during World War II and was shot down twice but survived. His first wife was not so lucky and was killed in the London blitz. I have a step-sister as a result of that death. His 3 brothers, my uncles, were all front-line soldiers and the youngest was one of the first troops in the British Royal Artillery to enter Bergen-Belsen KZ and drove bulldozers shoveling the dead inmates into mass graves. All of them thought the only good German was a dead German.
Coming from such an anti-German family background I have always considered myself part of a generation that was responsible for the reconciliation between our 2 countries. I feel that reconciliation has been achieved. We live in 2005 not 1945.
I trust that any review of my work is based upon official releases all obtainable from but, not necessarily distributed by Tesco Organisation, Germany. I cannot be held responsible for unofficial releases which have nothing to do with Death In June but falsely claim to be.
Douglas P. (Death In June)"
www.deathinjune.net
Der Blutharsch
Farewell
yes - for those who need it histrionic - indeed -it now should be official - this tour is the "farewell" tour....take it, or leave it...but never complain you missed it!
www.derblutharsch.com
Eternal Soul
Phelios "Images and Spheres" (ESCD04) CD, jewelcase, factory sealed
7 tracks / 66 min / Dark Ambient / 5oo copies
Release date: o1.o2.2oo6
Tracklist: 1 Before the creation / 2 Through the mirror / 3 You cannot see the dragons eyes / 4 The funeral of the wizard / 5 Sleeping sphere / 6 Isle of the dead / 7 There is no light without you
www.eternal-soul.de
HauRuck!
HR!78 - Graumahd - Cheru : CD - out around early March
HR!79 - Bain Wolfkind - Confidental Report 7" EP - out in April for the tour
HR! 8o - Tribe of Circle - Children of a weakened god - CD - out April/May
www.hauruck.org
Hermetique
Various Artists 'A Reassuring Voice On The Television' (with Radiodrama, Post Scriptvm, Dusk Of Hope, Propergol, Sea-Green Series, Old Iron Fence, Negapadres.3.3.)
More info: www.hermetique.net
Ianva
New tracks in streaming:
MySpace: www.myspace.com/ianva - Last.Fm: www.last.fm/music/Ianva
Kaos Kontrol
After a several months' hiatus and slow activity after that, Kaos Kontrol will finally re-activate this spring. A few new releases are in the works, the website will go under complete reconstruction soon and hopefully some other projects will see the light of day this spring also.
About future releases, Kaos Kontrol is proud to release Megaptera's "Staring Back at You" CD, compiling rare and hard-to-find tracks as well as previously unreleased tracks, unheard versions etc. This CD is next up in our release schedule and should be out around February-March if everything goes as planned. Next up will be a CD from another legend, Maurizio Bianchi's "The Industrious Tubal-Cain" which combines the old, harsh sound of M.B. to his newer, more experimental and often more minimal approach.
There are already plans for other releases after these CDs, showing the new direction of Kaos Kontrol more clearly, but it's too early to reveal too much at this point. Stay tuned!
Nihil Market will release a 3"CDr by Anon Plus around February-March. This release was completed months ago already, but has been delayed for several reasons. Nonetheless it will be out soon, containing two tracks of post-industrial sound with hints of power electronics.
More info: www.kaos-kontrol.org
The Joy Of Nature
Salute!
The Joy of Nature has dropped the "and discipline" from the name: if it did make some sense by the time the project was created, now we feel that the concept doesn't really apply to the music.
We have a new site (on joyofnature.221design.com), and mainly because of two of reasons:
- First of all, the other one was specifically designed to promote the album "The Fog That Life Is Haunted By", and with its navigation structure we weren't able to add other records.
- The second reason was because we wanted to move away from square shapes and give a brighter look to the site. The circle is the primordial form, infinite spirit that surrounds and permeates all forms; in the opposite side is the square, which is associated with the material world of forms. Also, the colors are brighter now: we don't want to make "dark" music, only profound music. Well, concerning the figures on the top of the menus... Hobgoblins represent certain forces of nature, a certain reality beyond what normally is visible. Hey, and who can say that we don't have a certain sense of humour?
"The Fog That Life Is Haunted By" will be reissued, very soon, by the polish label Bunkier Productions, with two extra tracks and a new artwork. We'll have some to sale through the shop in our site.
We sold our electric instruments and bought acoustic ones (acoustic guitar, tin whistle, recorder, kantele - finnish traditional instrument that sounds close to a harp), so the sound, from now on, will go through considerable changes. We expect to release some new works this year (some self-released with very special and unique packages); more info soon.
joyofnature.221design.com
Prophecy Productions
* Tenhi: The new album "Maaäet" will be available at February 10th, 2006.
* Orplid's third album "Sterbender Satyr" is scheduled for release on March 24, 2006. The trademark of the band from Halle is a successful mosaic of language, music, and representing images. Apart from almost purely acoustic songs, however, the new album sees the artists increasingly aiming for more ethereal soundscapes.
www.prophecy.cd
www.auerbach.cd
Shayo
* Website active again: www.shayo.ch
* Martyn Bates 'Mystery Seas' out now.
"Originaly released in 1995 and now remastered, it is the second of Martyn Bates' "Letters written" series. On this album he sets his songs into organ based backings, going right back to the drones of traditional song and more than this, to church music. It's an intensive sound which would appeal to fans of traditional folk and electronic music fans all at once, which has to be some achievement. There is a dream state built up from these songs of drifting minimal chords and layers of vocals. What could sound sparse, sounds full and balances. Songs like "Everywhere there's Rain" rang as amongst his best with his vocals particulary well delivered." (press release)
* In Gowan Ring (+ guest musicians) will be playing around Europa in May and June.
Th.11.05: Austria - Wien (Monastery)
Fr.12.05: Germany - Leipzig
Sa.13.05: ?
Su.14.05: Italy - Torino
Tu.16.05: ?
We.17.05: France - Paris (+Esthesie)
Th.18.05: ?
Fr19.05: Scotland - Edinburgh
Sa.20.05: England - London (+Allerseelen)
Su.21.05: Belgium - Gent
We.24.05: ?
Th.25.05: ?
Fr.26.05: Poland - Wroclaw (tbc)
Sa.27.05: ?
Su.28.05: Hungary - Budapest
We.31.05: ?
Tu.01.06: ?
Fr.02.06: Switzerland - Geneve (L'Usine festival with The Evpatoria Report + Esthesie) ... tbc
much more infos and dates will be added very soon!!!
www.shayo.ch
War Office Propaganda
WOP 21 Harvest Rain - "Night's Glow" digipack CD 2oo6.
"Masters of American dark folk in theirs newest full lenght album. 11 beautiful songs, 42 minutes of haunting, atmospheric and melancholic music. No need to say more, as in case of Harvest Rain's music no special recommendation is needed! Simply great CD! Glossy varnished digipack with original cover designed by Michal Karcz and reproduction of Tor Lundvall's paintings inside." (press release)
WOP 23 Lingua Fungi - "Flowery Dreams" digipack CD 2oo6.
"Magical journey through the strange dreams in beautiful flowery scenery, drifting and melting. No sharp line between sorrow and joy, dark and bright moments. Lingua Fungi takes us along on the trip to the land of subconscious. Real instruments - flutes, guitars, bass, mandolin and different kind of ethnic percussions mixed with ambient soundscapes. Glossy varnished digipack designed by Michal Karcz. First 222 copies comes with additional handnumbered CDR EP "Spore Prints" which gives 25 minutes more of this amazing music. The price is the same as normal version, so hurry up and get your copy!" (press release)
Upcoming:
WOP 24 Belborn & Rose Rovine e Amanti - "Grain" - digipack CD 2oo6.
WOP 26 Mushroom's Patience & Out Of Sight - digipack CD 2oo6.
WOP 27 Stahlwerk 9 / Cold Fusion / Rukkanor - "Triumvire" CD - ltd. 660 special box
www.waroffice.org

22nd January 2006

The 'Europa Aeterna' compilation is finally available. More info and orders: www.autre-que.com
We have added a review of H.E.R.R. 'The Winter of Constantinople'.
D.B.P.I.T.
New release on white rabbit records: d.b.p.i.t./f.t.b.p.d. "Toads And Bugs"
double - 3" cd split in special packaging (7" size, foldable, special paper and print)
Available through DBPIT, white rabbit and tesco.
www.derbekannte.com
www.white-rabbit-records.org
Durtro
20 January 2006
* Current 93, Six Organs of Admittance, Om play Nantes, France, 9 April:
C93 and my heroes Six Organs of Admittance and OM play Le Lieu Unique at Nantes on 9 April. More details on the next update.
* Sleep Has His House CD released in two formats in February:
Sleep Has His House, the last C93 album before Black Ships Ate The Sky, is released on CD in mid February and will be available from Durtro and Jnana Records. This is a reissue of the original CD album of 2000, with several corrections to the artwork. This will be generally available, both from Durtro Mail Order, Jnana Records and from regular shops and mail order outlets. The album comes in a digipak with full colour 12 page booklet featuring all lyrics, a photograph of David's father (whose "death" was the inspiration for the album), and a painting by David entitled "Death Overshadows My Father".
Also available exclusively from durtro.com and Jnana is a set comprising three separate items. Included in this set is:
- The standard CD edition described above.
- A CD reissue of the original double-vinyl version of the album, which featured several different mixes to the CD edition above. This comes in an identical digipak, but has a different coloured CD label (powder blue, as opposed to the paper-brown of the standard CD version of the album). A sticker on the CD cover makes clear which is the 'double-vinyl' version.
- A 51 minute long CD of harmonium drones created by David Tibet whilst working on ideas and melodies and faces prior to recording Sleep Has His House. This CD comprises 5 pieces, which are all instrumental, except for an 11 minute 38 seconds alternate take of "The God Of Sleep Has Made His House", a song which features on Sleep Has His House. This comes in a black clam-shell case with a sticker on the front.
This has always been one of my favourite C93 albums--and certainly the most personal lyrically. We have had many requests for its reissue since it went out of print some years ago.
These have now been added to the shop and will be posted out when they come in mid-February. The standard CD costs £10; and the 3CD set £25 (plus postage and packing and VAT where applicable).
* New Nurse With Wound album cover added to the site:
Artwork by Johan Chiron for the forthcoming NWW album, BITCHIN' 'N' BITIN' 'N' PIMPIN' (Goatheard) (United Jnana Summer 2006) has been posted on the images page.
* Black Ships subscription edition removed 23 January:
The subscription edition of Black Ships Ate The Sky will be removed from the shop for good on 23 January. We will then post a list of all the subscribers' names so people can check they are present and make any corrections/notify us of any omissions. The album is released early May 2006.
* Shop closure during our next house move:
The shop will be closed from Monday 23 January until the middle of February, when we have finished our relocation. Mail will still be replied to, but may take some time due to our move.
* Current 93 mailing address remains the same:
Although we are moving, the SUITE 93 mailing address remains valid for the time being. This will be changing in a couple of months, but for the moment it is still valid. We will notify you when we have a new address.
Thank you all and happiness and rest. Sleep Has His House. I am Black Ship.
Love David to you all xxx
www.durtro.com
Scott Ferry
Starting next Friday the 20th of January through the 28th of February, the Galerie Alternance with be presenting an exhibition of several selected Quebecois artists.
Scott Ferry will be participating in this exhibition, come and see the latest creations from the series "Charnel Ground & Sickly Playthings".
Each drawing is an original, hand created artwork using archival pigment ink, gel ink and Copic markers on Arches acid free paper. Frames are hand painted, antique finish, with little skeleton heads and other "playtime" symbols.
Scott was born and raised in Los Angeles, growing up in the gothic and chaos orientated 80's. He has exhibited in solo and group shows in California, Arizona, Washington, and Quebec, Canada. His artwork traverses both the traditional drawing and also the digital realm.
You Can visit his website at www.scottferry.com for more information on history, exhibitions, and current artwork.
Galerie Alternance
450 582-2709/514 576-0946
Open : Monday to Saturday 1pm to 5pm and Sunday 2pm to 5pm.
Opening Night : Sunday January 21, 2pm to 5pm.
Klanggalerie / Nurse With Wound
Hello,
Apologies for the long delay in getting back to you about the bad Nurse With Wound 7" pressing. We have finally received confirmation from the pressing plant that the singles will be redone; IF YOU ARE UNHAPPY WITH THE QUALITY OF YOUR DISC(S), PLEASE SEND IT(THEM) BACK ***WITHOUT SLEEVE*** AND WE WILL SEND YOU A FREE REPLACEMENT. Distributors: Please send back all records without sleeves and we will send the new copies. If you haven´t received your copy yet, expect it around the beginning of February. Any more questions, please get in touch. Sorry about all the hassle, but we are glad that we'll be able to correct the first edition.
Kind regards
Walter / Klanggalerie
www.klanggalerie.com

17th January 2006

We've added reviews of Angel Of Decay "Covered In Scars", Grundik + Slava "Frogs", V/A "Eisiges Licht 2" and Lovespell "short white shot".
ACTUS
After 7 years of silence ACTUS returned with a new studio album on 14th of May 2005 at the Wave Gothic Treffen as a headliner of the neofolk stage. Many people purchased the album and all the pressed copies were sold out after three months but many people didn't see this performance because the organisers of WGT officialy communicated this news only three days before the concert.
ACTUS have worked on a much longer and sophisticated multimedia performance which they plan to perform in several European cities in March. The planned concerts: 03.03.2006. Leipzig, 04.03.2006. Nurnberg, 05.03.2006. Antwerpen and 24.03.2006. Budapest. The latter is the only performance confirmed to date. ACTUS will present the 'platinum version' of the 'Essence of Mandala' performance only at this special event in Budapest. The performance will include the complete 'Mandala' and many remade versions of tracks from previous albums since 1990. ACTUS hope to meet the German and Benelux audience at the foreign concerts but encourage the others to come to Budapest and celebrate together the Day of the Light on this bright Spring day. Tickets will available online for EUR 12 soon.
Allerseelen
* The first two beautiful Allerseelen pins/badges are available via Aorta and Steinklang. Some other pins/badges of an Allerseelen series are in preparation.
Pin/Badge Euro 1.50 + postage
Allerseelen Gotos=Kalanda Pin/Badge (chestnut-brown + white)
Allerseelen Edelweiss Pin/Badge (chestnut-brown + white)
* Aorta also have some copies available of: Looking for Europe book + Looking for Europe 4cdbox
* Allerseelen are preparing some concerts for spring 2006. Allerseelen recently recorded the song Tropfen schöner Zeit (Drops of Beautiful Time), based on words by Yukio Mishima from his book Todesmale eines Engels (Tennin Gosui) for the Allerseelen-Changes split-CD Men among the Ruins which will be released in late spring/early summer 2006 on the Russian label Der Angriff which also published the Heilige Feuer IV CD and DVD.
www.geocities.com/ahnstern
allerseelen.blogspot.com
Beta-lactam Ring Records
13 January 2006
New releases from Edward Ka-Spel, Silverman, irr. app. (ext.) Wander/Andrew Liles, Current 93, george&caplin available and now shipping out. A couple of the Ka-Spel "A Long Red Ladder..." 3LP set is available. Preorders available for new albums with: Andrew Liles, george&caplin, Volcano the Bear, La STPO, Soriah and Brunnen.
* Andrew Liles - The Dying Submariner (Amalgamation, Codicil and Appendix) LP
Preorder. Price: $30.00. Lp edition of 150 numbered and signed copies. Available April 2, 2006. This vinyl edition features a very different reworking of the CD edition with new artwork. Leviathan low end growls belch a hazy pitch into the sea, rendering daylight useless to...
* Andrew Liles - The Dying Submariner (A Concerto for Piano and Reverberation in Four Movements) CD.
Preorder. Price: $13.00. Available April 3, 2006. Leviathan low end growls belch a hazy pitch into the sea, rendering daylight useless to penetrate the unknown depths. Andrew's concerto for piano and reverb conjures many spirits, including that of...
* Andrew Liles - The Dying Submariner (A Concerto for Piano and Reverberation in Four Movements) Deluxe. 2xCD
Preorder. Price: $25.00. Available April 3, 2006. First 300 copies include a bonus CD (not a CDR) album entitled "The Dead Submariner (A Concerto for Bowed Guitar and Reverberation in Three Movements)" with a numbered and signed insert. Leviathan low...
* Andrew Liles/Wander - The Astronomical Entomologist - 7" Picture Disk
In stock. Price: $11.00. A gorgeous 7" picture disk ed. of 150 copies each with an original art insert. Side by Wander represents more ambient drones while the Wander/Liles B side goes all out...
* Andrew Liles/Wander - The Astronomical Entomologist Boxset - 10"+7"
In stock. Price: $100.00. A special boxed ed. of the 7" picture disk with a bonus 10", numbered insert and original artwork. Ed. of 23...
* Ariel Kalma - Osmose - CD
Preorder. Price: $15.00. This CD will be shipping January 25, 2006. Packaged in a 5 color heavy duty miniature gatefold sleeve replicating the original LP sleeve. Ariel Kalma's magical and weird Osmose originally released in 1978 masterfully matches Richard...
* Brunnen - LP
Preorder. Price: $16.00. Available Feb. 21, 2006. Brunnen reveals that part of Beequeen's Freek Kinkelaar which is the strange wandering minstrel/alchemist (half-orc cleric with a +2 mace). If only more records were so cogently perplexing. A slightly cinematically arranged...
* Brunnen - CD
Preorder. Price: $13.00. Available Feb. 21, 2006.
* Current 93 - How He Loved the Moon (Moonsongs for Jhonn Balance) 2xCD
In stock. Price: $16.00. Now available and shipping! It consists of new mixes of the 'In Menstrual Night' album by Steven Stapleton and produced by David Tibet. This 2CD set comes in a beautiful five colour deluxe gatefold sleeve with insert...
* Edward Ka-Spel - A Long Red Ladder to the Moon CD
In stock. Price: $15.00. Available! 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. The first slithering modulations on "A Long Red Ladder to the Moon" declares...
* Edward Ka-Spel - A Long Red Ladder to the Moon 3xLP
In stock. Price: $30.00. 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...
* Edward Ka-Spel - A Long Red Ladder to the Moon CD 2xLP. In stock. Price: $20.00.
* Edward Ka-Spel - Laugh China Doll CD
In stock. Price: $15.00. Available! 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...
* george&caplin - Electronic Eulogy LP+7"
In stock. Price: $15.00. LP and bonus 7". Ed. of 300 copies. 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...
* george&caplin - Things Past CD
Preorder. Price: $13.00. Available Feb 7, 2006 in a deluxe 5 color gatefold sleeve. george&caplin are like that oddly gorgeous bush growing in the backyard. No sooner does it seem that its sweet bloom has died back for the season, when suddenly a new sprout opens with a...
* george&caplin - Things Past LP
Preorder. Price: $15.00. Ed. of 200 numbered copies. The first 50 include a signed photomount by the band. Available Feb. 28, 2006. Available Feb 7, 2006 in a deluxe 5 color gatefold sleeve. george&caplin are like that oddly gorgeous bush growing in the backyard...
* irr. app. (ext.) - Perekluchenie CD
In stock. Price: $13.00. Behind every ambiguously pronounced name lies an ambiguously pronounced sense of purpose. In other words: who can say what is really going on here? Whatever it is, it is delightfully dada. irr. app. (ext.) remain more concrete (i.e. musique) than a...
* irr. app. (ext.) - Perekluchenie LP
In stock. Price: $15.00. 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...
* La STPO - Slices of Thrown Time CD
Preorder. Price: $13.00. This CD will start shipping Feb 07, 2006. 5 color 8 panel digipack with some of the most morbid artwork of all time. In the midst of the world's fascination with so-called Electroclash, leave it to the old school to really show what post-punk is really...
* La STPO - Slices of Thrown Time LP
Preorder. Price: $15.00. This item will start shipping Feb. 14, 2006. Ed. of 325 copies. Vol. 3 of 'Records are not for Baking'
* Legendary Pink Dots - A Dream is a Dream is a Dream DVD
In stock. Price: $18.00. Region free NTSC DVD recorded live at De Vrije Vloer in Utrecht, Holland,on January 21,1987 featuring the orginal 6 piece line up. First 1000 DVD's are in a 6 color gatefold wallet. Band Line-Up: Edward Ka-Spel - Vocals, Stret Majest - Guitar, Jason...
* Silverman - Nature of Illusion 2xCD
In stock. Price: $16.00. Available! A 5 color boardstock gatefold wallet. The first 700 copies include the bonus CD 'Woodland Calling'. 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...
* Silverman - Nature of Illusion LP + bonus CD
In stock. Price: $20.00. The first 200 copies include the bonus CD 'Woodland Calling'. 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...
* Soriah - Chao Organica in A Minor CD
Preorder. Price: $13.00. This CD will start shipping Feb. 7, 2006. A 5 color deluxe gatefold sleeve. The first 50 come with cardstock artwork, numbered and signed by Soriah and Markus Wolff (Waldteufel) who did the cover artwork. Like a bolt from the...
* Volcano the Bear - Classic Erasmus Fusion 2xLP + 7"
Preorder. Price: $25.00. Available March 7, 2006. Edition of 300 numbered copies. The CD and Vinyl have slightly different mixes. 2XLP and bonus mailorder only 7". VTB have crafted a strange geometry in their musique concrete between...
* Volcano the Bear - Classic Erasmus Fusion 2xCD
Preorder. Price: $15.00. Available Feb. 28, 2006 in a five color gatefold wallet. The CD and Vinyl have slightly different mixes. VTB have crafted a strange geometry in their musique concrete between celestial duck honks and what sounds like a...
* Volcano the Bear - Classic Erasmus Fusion (deluxe) 3xLP+7"
Preorder. Price: $150.00. Available March 7, 2006. A limited vinyl edition of 15 numbered copies with a bonus LP and original piece of art by the band. A deluxe 3LP set, bonus 7" and artwork. VTB have crafted a strange geometry in their musique concrete between...
More info, mp3s: www.blrrecords.com
Durtro
13 January 2006
* Steven Stapleton, Colin Potter, Diana Rogerson, Andrew Liles: 'Salt Marie Celeste' show in Barcelona cancelled:
Unfortunately the Barcelona live performance of Salt Marie Celeste has been cancelled due to ongoing recording commitments.
* Om/Current 93 split 10": 'Inerrant Rays of Infallible Sun (Blackship Shrinebuilder)':
The split 10" featuring Current 93 and Om is entitled Inerrant Rays Of Infallible Sun (Blackship Shrinebuilder). The track by C93 is titled 'Inerrant Infallible (Black Ships At Nineveh and Edom)' and is just under 9 minutes long, and that by Om 'Rays of the Sun/To the Shrinebuilder', which is 8 minutes long. The cover photographs have been taken by Andria Degens and Tina Gordon. It will be released early May 2006 on Neurot Records (catalogue number NR 043), around the same time as Black Ships Ate The Sky, and will be available in several different coloured vinyl editions throughout the USA and UK/EU.
'Inerrant Infallible' was recorded during the endless Black Ships Ate The Sky sessions and is thematically linked with that album. The Om track is absolutely stunning, and was recorded during the recording of their magisterial new album Conference Of The Birds. Neurot Records are at www.neurotrecordings.com.
* 'How He Loved the Moon' CD now almost in!
We have been informed this CD has finally arrived at Beta-lactam Ring's offices in the USA and has been sent on to Durtro. We should be sending copies out in the next week or so. Apologies for the delay on this.
* David Tibet on myspace.com:
As I mentioned on my last update, I have joined myspace.com. But I have been inundated with messages and friend-requests. It just isn't possible for me, unfortunately, to be able to respond to letters personally.
* 'Wild Tigers I Have Known': a film by Cam Archer:
Cam Archer's first feature film, Wild Tigers I Have Known, co-produced by Gus van Sant, will be making its world premiere at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. The trailer for the film has narration by David Tibet. The film itself has music from two tracks by C93, 'A Beginning' (from Thunder Perfect Mind) and 'A Soft Voice Whispers Nothing' (from C93/Thomas Ligotti collaboration In A Foreign Town, In A Foreign Land), and one song by Pantaleimon, 'Crater Full of Goldfish' (from Trees Hold Time). Andria Degens of Pantaleimon also contributes a voiceover in the film. More details, including the trailer itself, can be found on www.wildtigersfilm.com
* 'Black Ships Ate the Sky':
This will be released, as previously stated, in the first half of May. The Subscription Edition will be removed from the shop for good on Monday 23 January, in the morning UK time. I know we have said this before and previously set a date for removal, but this is the final date. Black Ships will only then be added once more to the shop when the album's release is imminent. When the album is finally released I will return to working on the lyric book, Under The Rain And Teeth Of Gods.
* Pantaleimon news update:
There have been several new developments with Pantaleimon. Go to www.pantaleimon.com for details.
* 'Not Alone': 5CD benefit compilation with all profits to Médicins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) for their work with HIV and AIDS in Africa:
People have been writing in to Durtro asking for the full tracklisting and artist details of this release on Durtro Jnana curated by Mark Logan and myself, so it may be seen below.
Please remember: This is not available from Durtro, but only from Jnana Records.
Tracklisting:
Disc 1: irr.app.ext - Fly Away and Then What? (4:12) * Damon and Naomi - A Song For You (4:09) * John Contreras - Brian (3:48) * Mirror - Forgotten Language of Light (4:58) * Fursaxa - In Lieu Of (2:33) * Baby Dee - When You Found Me (4:04) * Howie B - Yesterday I Was a Cow (4:24) * Tom Recchion - Sea World (3:09) * Matmos - A Song for the Appeal (3:39) * Blue Eyed Black - Sweet Shadow Heart (2:45) * Eric Lanzilotta - An Exploration of a Spacious Yet Enclosed Domain (excerpt) (7:04) * Little Annie - Freddy and Me (4:19) * Colin Potter - It's Coming (5:06) * Keiji Haino - fleeing panic-stricken shriveled equal temperament (6:04) * Allen Ginsberg - On Another's Sorrow (4:04) * Devendra Banhart - A Sight to Behold (3:02) * David Surkamp - With Out Borders (4:52)
Disc 2: Jarboe - Mantra (7:10) * L - The First Flower People (6:51) * Richard Buckner - Do You Want to Go Somewhere (2:42) * Cyclobe - Indulge Yourselves With Our Delicious Monster (3:30) * Six Organs of Admittance - You Will Be the Sun (2:46) * Dolly Collins - Poor Sally Sits a Weeping (1:53) * William Basinski - Because (2:43) * Edward Ka-Spel - Sticks & Stones (version) (6:49) * Larsen - Il Sogno Di Momi (4:10) * Vashti Bunyan - The Same But Different (3:20) * Angels of Light - Song For My Father (3:43) * Thighpaulsandra - Star Malloy (6:11) * Suishou no Fune- In the Clouds (4:06) * Pantaleimon - Change My World (Alternative Mix) (5:12) * Aube - Movement (5:03) * Mr Durt - Denial (5:33) * Michael Yonkers - Somebody (3:20)
Disc 3: Bevis Frond - Someone Always Talks (2:40) * Sarah Hallman - Snowballin' (3:04) * Faun Fables - The Transit Rider (4:21) * Luke Doucet - Unbelievable (3:39) * Jad Fair - Right on the Line (2:17) * Unveiled - Endless (3:19) * Antony - Hole In My Soul (6:38) * Charlemagne Palestine - Espoir Guerison (8:26) * Alex Neilson & Richard Youngs - House of Constant Song (3:42) * Anomoanon - Hit the Road (4:00) * James William Hindle - Back Home Again (3:52) * Isobel Campbell - The Beat Goes On (3:04) * The Bricoleur - Prah Pip Ta (5:01) * Sorrow - Long Dark Shadow (4:32) * Teenage Fanclub - I Need Direction (Alternative Version) (3:40) * Mary 5E - Therapy (4:59) * Sundial - Crazy Horses (2:56)
Disc 4: Jeremy Reed - Helioqabalus (1:54) * NQ Arbuckle - Huntsville Affair (5:06) * Shannon Lyon - No Thing (1:40) * The Hafler Trio - The Work of Washing (5:04) * Marissa Nadler - Judgement Day (4:33) * Max Richter - Flowers for Yulia (6:29) * Bill Fay - It's the Small Things Now (2:52) * Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Song for Doctors Without Borders (3:17) * Lynn Jackson - Waiting for the Sky to Fall (4:32) * Nurse With Wound - Ubu Noir (3:59) * Clodagh Simonds - The Glacial Lake (3:48) * Shirley Collins - Come My Love (2:49) * 7 Year Rabbit Cycle - Pirates (3:47) * John Terrill - Stoney Mansion (3:39) * Brett Smiley - Our Lady of the Barren Tree (3:38) * Linda Perhacs - Parallelograms (4:35) * Current 93 - Sunset (3:34) * Pearls Before Swine - Our Lady (3:11) * Thurston Moore - Sex Addiction (5:17)
Disc 5: Marc Almond - Our Love My Love (2:46) * Simon Finn - Crow Flies (2:01) * Stephanie Volkmar - The Gate of Polished Horn (3:23) * Small Creatures - City of Dreams (3:54) * Thee Majesty - Thee Seeding Ship (4:42) * Jim O'Rourke - Naoru (2:07) * Scott Stapleton - Shadow Makes a Snow Angel (2:43) * John Maslen - Everything Was Handed Down (3:44) * Jooel - Over the Sea (2:42) * Ghostigital - Bump (4:39) * Amy Curl - The Robin's Tiny Throat (6:57) * srmeixner - Wild Spaces (excerpt) (4:02) * Mount Vernon Arts Lab - (0:47) * Coil - Broccoli (6:54) * Shock Headed Peters - Aaron's Rod (Spared) (4:12) * Ghost - Daggma (8:28)
* Steven Stapleton is looking for:
- BUS 75: Any CDs/records/other music by this American hip-hop group.
- APANI B. FLY MC: Any CDs/records/other music by this American rapper.
If you have anything for trade/sale please email info@durtro.com with details of your terms. Thank you from Steven.
* David Tibet is looking for:
ASBESTOS DEATH: Unclean (USA/7" single/self-released)
If you have this for trade/sale please email info@durtro.com with details of your terms. Thank you from David.
Love to you all and peace and stars,
David 12.I.2112
www.durtro.com
EE Tapes
EE07: The Walls Are Whispering III ... (Various) CD-2005 (525 copies)
"Final part of this compilation trilogy, and maybe the most adventurous one of the series, digging further into the experimental worlds of minimal | weird | field-recordings | drones | noise | whatever… Did anyone say "dark ambient" ? Again we managed to gather a superb international-artistic crew: Af Ursin (BE) - Oren Ambarchi (AUS - published by Touch Music) - Contagious Orgasm (JP) - Yannick Dauby (FR) - Fear Falls Burning (BE - aka vidnaObmana) - Felix Kubin (DE - aka Felix Knoth) - Eric Lanzillotta (USA - ex-Anomalous Records) - Mnortham (USA) - Seth Nehil (USA) - Shifts (NL - aka Frans de Waard) and absolute newcomers Acid_Soma (GR) and Azymbol (BE)
Worth a very special mention is Yannick Dauby's track "Sanguine" that won the second price on an international festival for unpublished music in Taipei (Taiwan)!
The full metallised CD comes housed in a heavy cardboard 7" cover (colour : shiste) with gold and black offset-print. Again it features the awesome photo art of Alan McClelland (www.eyelyft.com)
Let art speak for itself !" (press release)
www.eetapes.be
:Golgatha:
News from German neofolk/martial-ritual newcomers :Golgatha:
* Out January 2006:
:GOLGATHA: - Icarus e.p.
(:Ikonen: media 2006) featuring Herbst9 and Patrick Leagas (Ex-Death in June)
As a companion piece to the recent CD "Kydos" (Athanor) :Ikonen: media will offer the "Icarus e.p." very soon. This CD contains 6 new and alternative ritual and folk tracks circling around the myth of Icarus running around 30 mins. and being sold at a special price.
Soundsample from this e.p.: www.ikonenmagazin.de/golgatha/IcarusSample.mp3
This CD will be available via Tesco Distribution and other industrial merchants.
www.ikonenmagazin.de/golgatha
Klanggalerie / Nurse With Wound
Hello,
after having excellent test pressings and after shipping out a lot of Nurse with Wound 7"s, we had to find out that quite some discs are pressed badly. They are noisy and sound like they´ve been played 200 times before. We apologize for this and are currently working out a solution. We will either re-press the whole edition and/or offer a refund if anyone is completely unhappy with his/her disc.
Please watch this space for furhter news about the matter.
Best wishes,
Walter
www.klanggalerie.com
Treue Um Treue
Out now: V.A. - "Todesblei salonfähig gemacht" (TuT003)
"Featuring: A2 / Ad Absurdum / Ait! / Bastards of Love / Echo West / His Divine Grace / Taciturne / Tyrkisk Pebber / Unidad Sasao / Wermut.
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!
Regular edition: 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) (The Thelema edition is sold out at TUT/RUR, please check our partner-shops)" (press release)
Further details and sound clips: eys.online.fr/tutrur

8th January 2006

We've added reviews of Axon Neuron / Vagwa ":Documents 1995 - 2005:", Of The Wand & the Moon "Sonnenheim", Wermut "Anna" and Terroritmo "Premonitions".
After more than six years of activity, we've decided to put an end to Heimdallr.
In the coming weeks we will add reviews of all the promos we have received lately and then the site will be turned into an archive. Please do not send us any more promotional material for review.
Ars Benevola Mater
New releases:
* Our God Weeps : Prodromus
(ABM14) 2005 - 7 LTD. 479 numbered copies in deluxe package.
"Melancholic black&white atmospheres accompanied by distant echoes of battles already forgotten. Epic neoclassic aria cross elegant musical ornaments of Mitteuropean source for an opera characterized by sounds which are marble-like in their form and brave in their spirit." (press release)
* Oxyd meets Sumad : Mysterious Places Of Dead Souls
(ABM16) 2005 - CD LTD. 545 numbered copies in deluxe package.
"Dark soundscapes of onyric ambient, accompanied by the restless breath of drones and samples overwhelmed with typical scandinavian distressing atmospheres. Mysterious places of dead souls opens gloomy horizons upon dead landscapes where all the shades of grey are reflected into a magma of sombre uneasiness. The ideal soundtrack to open a passage upon new and unknown dimensions." (press release)
* S. Biasin Trio : Untitled
(ABM17) 2005 - CDr Ltd. 333 numbered copies in deluxe package.
"Use and abuse of an obsessive electronic music tied to gloomy esoteric invectives for a cathartic sound assault which doesn't seem to want us for prisoners. The chronicles of the world's end are commented thorugh the magnifying glass of this historic project of violent-coloured electronic where the occult and sulphureous mark of the friends from Teatro Satanico is well alive." (press release)
* Nostalgia : The House On The Borderland
(ABM18) 2005 - CD Ltd. 535 numbered copies in a5 deluxe package.
"Based on the fantasy tale (which bears the same title) written by the clever William Hope Hodgson, The House On The Borderland carries symbolically the listener through pages of real terror where it's told about the gloomy presences infesting an old house. Echoes of Lovecraft's style for a thrilling soundtrack precariously and perpetually poised between suggestive melancholy and abysmal fear of the unknown." (press release)
* G.S. : Metafizyka
(ABM19) 2005 - CD Ltd. 545 Numbered Copies In Deluxe Package.
"GS's sound evokes the elemental completion of the symbol together with the mechanical and almost unconscious gesture of the ritual. This is the ideal place for a music which is obsessive in its forms, rarified and nebulous in its emanations. The six tracks which coldly paint the soundpath evoked by GS offer a series of industrial soundscapes in a sacred and tormented key, where the inviolable dark of an ancient nave meet the grieving silence of an abandoned industrial area." (press release)
* Radio Kuolema : 10050 Cielo Drive
(ABM20) 2005 - CD Ltd. 545 numbered copies in deluxe package.
"With this new release Radio Kuolema attempts with closed eyes a real documentary, where the tragic events linked to the Manson family offer the black humus on which the music ideally sticks the obsessions of homicide mysticism which marked out an enduring trail of blood in the american collective unconscious. 10050 Cielo Drive is the sound, the image, the memory. In these atmospheres the innocence and the frenzy of a world already on the edge of the abyss find shelter: an abyss where the children stare silent at whole cities devoured by flames, while they are still holding tight long knives in their hands." (press release)
www.arsbenevolamater.com
Gaë Bolg - Le 1er Chantier Musical
Dear Friends and Supporters,
Important news for this new year:
* Music festival in Paris:
Impossible to miss it!!!!!
The nice people of the association "Le Chantier", with the help of Cynfeirdd as well as the Gaë Bolg crew, are happy to announce their first independent and friendly music festival called "Le 1er Chantier Musical". This festival will take place the 5-6-7-8th of may 2006 at the nice venue "Le Chantier", 24 rue Hénard, 75012 Paris, FRANCE.
This festival will invite during 4 days many bands (for many of them, their first time in Paris!), players and music lovers and will mix a large variety of style, music and people.
Friday the 5th of may will be a classical music day only with, amongst others (the complete program is to come later), the interpretation of the opera "Der Freischütz" of Carl Maria von Weber, with the ONCF orchestra conducted by... the maestro Gaë Bolg!
For the Friday the 6th, Saturday the 7th and Monday the 8th, the bands invited are:
- Gaë Bolg for 2 different sets on 2 different days!!! The first set will be a "normal" set (with video and dances, as usual!), the second one will be a completely different megalomaniac set interpreted by the band, soloists, choir and orchestra, around 100 people on stage!!!
- Clair Obscur with orchestra!!! The famous French cult band is back with the orchestra of "Le Chantier"!!!
- Von Magnet with a wind orchestra!!! A special creation for this occasion from this also famous French cult band!!!
- Danielle Dax, the famous underground diva for the first time solo in France!!!
- Shock Headed Peters, the return of this famous English cult band after some years of silence
- Evil Twin (ftg Karl Blake!), for the first time in France
- The Amal Gamal Ensemble, the new band of Steven Thrower of Coil!!!
- Seven Pines, for a new acoustic set
- Hekate, the great German live band (who play sometimes with Gaë Bolg), for the first time in France
- Leisur Hive, the band of Maria Wellansz (who play violin in Sol Invictus)
- Davaid Mellor, the return of this major English artist after many years of silence
- Richard Moult, this multi-talented artist (he's also painter) have been discovered by David Tibet (Current 93) who consider him as one of the major artist of our time!
- Der Bekannte Post-Industrielle Trumpeter, this project of Flavio Rivabella (Mushroom's Patience) is certainly one of the most excited post-industrial project from Italy
- Arkkon, the solo project of David Knight (Lydia Lunch, Shock Headed Peters...), also for the first time in France
- Hide And Seek, the French romantic pop-folk from Paris
- Oraison, the neo-folk band form the south
- Pilori, the well-known romantic neo-folk band from Germany
- 2 Worlds Collide, the new and enthusiastic project of Clive Giblin (Alternative TV, Sol Invictus...)
- Le Chiendent, the dance company who have accompanied the Gaë Bolg Live Band during our last dates. They will do 3 creations (1 each day!) with friends and guests!!!
In addition to those bands, the chill out room will also received during the 3 days many chamber and vocal (classical) music recitals. And of course, good food, wine, and beer will be available during all the festival!!!
The complete program with all the details will be edited soon (expect around 7 bands each day). Of course, we'll inform you.
If you buy your ticket in advance, the price for the 4 days of the festival will be 58 Euros.
(Or, if you prefer to come only 1 or 2 days, the prices will be:
- Friday 5th of May: 10 Euros
- Saturday 6th of May: 24 Euros
- Sunday 7th of May: 24 Euros
- Monday 8th of May: 24 Euros)
Complete infos on the web soon.
You can reserve your places now (just send me an email!). Payment on line through paypal will be possible when the website page will be operative.
From around the 1st of February, for those who live in France, it'll be also possible to buy your tickets directly in all the Fnac and at Dysphorie shop in Paris.
* And the new Gaë Bolg album...:
The new Gaë Bolg album called "Requiem" will be released early may for the festival and of course, will be available there. Like for "Aucassin et Nicolette", it'll be released by Auerbach/Prophecy.
Well, that's all for now!!! We wish you a happy new year, with a lot of joy and love!!!
All the very best,
Eric
sevenpines@free.fr

3rd January 2006

Happy New Year to all our readers.
We've added reviews of Death In June "Abandon Tracks!", Der Blutharsch "When did wonderland end ?", Galerie Schallschutz "Montauk Project", Janitor "Qoumran 4-ever", Bain Wolfkind "Music for Lovers & Gangsters", Deadwood "8 19", Kostnice "Finsterfelden", Kutna Hora "Obsession Faith Perseverance" and Orso Nero "Parte Del Mio Gelo #1".
Cyclic Law
Available now: Gustaf Hildebrand "Primordial Resonance" CD (15th Cycle)
"Gustaf's second 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 Hollow Structures / Omnivoid / Ruins of a Failed Utopia / Wanderer of Strange Spheres
www.cycliclaw.com
Drone Records
New Drones EPs out in December 2005.
These 7" EPs (33 rpm) are the first pressing of a limited edition of 300 copies for each title
DR-75 In Meditarium - Mare Internum
"In Meditarium is maybe Ukraine's finest dark ambient-project at this time consisting of "Lord Gorgoroth" (who also runs the Ukrainian Dark Syndicate label and is also musically active under Filivs Macrocosm). Oleg Kolyada of First Human Ferrum (F.H.F) and Oda Relicta joins him for this project. Their first vinyl-release, Mare Internum, is a perfect example for "esoteric-organic-drones" that impresses the listener with the density and fullness found in their music. Gentle waving drones added with sub-bass pulses, all is in a suspension state while hidden harmonies appear in the background: soft ringing-tones giving the impression as if we were in this huge organic cathedral. Listening to In Meditarium might give you the impression of touching something "unknown". Something unclear or unconsciously forgotten in the length of time...like us being slowly created in the warm walls of mother's womb. The cover art shows an interesting designed symbol representing a combination of Yantra (meditation), Rosa (woman) and OM (the absolute) showing us the way from the Uterus to the Universe. Filed under: inner-cosmic-drones. White Vinyl. Silkscreened Symbol-Covers." (press release)
DR-76 Tho-So-Aa - Dying Reveal
"This German one-man project has impressed many with his very few dark-cold-ambient albums over the last years and we are now very proud to present the very first vinyl release!
Dying Reveal is a surprisingly enjoyable noisy EP including some mixing of voice-samples, from children and other voices, blended with distorted drony-synths, long-waving deep tone-pulsations and electronic bell-like sounds. Become embedded into a great nostalgic melody at the end of track B (The Undefined). A sombre, pulsating ambience with many repetitive audio patterns makes this EP an excellent soundtrack for a trip into the darkest realms. Filed under: dark hypnotic noise-drones. Red Vinyl. White Covers With Black/Red Stickers And Black Inlay." (press release)
DR-77 Lunar Abyss Deus Organum - Brusnika
"Lunar Abyss (ext.) is the child of Evgueny Savenko from St. Petersburg who did some excellent releases (Vinyl, CDR, CD) over the past years with his own peculiar touch of doing this hypnotic-ethno-ambient industrial music mostly under the name Lunar Abyss Quartet. This very first 7" EP for L.A.D.O. is a pure aural-shamanistic-journey where heard and felt are Earth's elements and life itself such as fire, voice-murmurs, strange animals noises, wind's force and whistles, the enchanting voice of a woman singing, various softly looped voices are perceptible throughout this sound journey. All these natural sound-ingredients are merged into a deeply etched vibrating rhythm of raw and deepest rumbling analogue sounds. These are the kind of electro-acoustic drone-pieces that breathes spiritual strength and build shamanistic atmospheres full of intensity. Each cover is hand-painted with very colourful Mandala-like forms!!! Filed under: ethno-organic otherworld-drones. Red Vinyl. Colourful Handpainted Covers, Each One Unique!" (press release)
www.dronerecords.de
Durtro
A Happy, Peaceful, Joyous And Shining New Year To You All
godislove
3 January 2006
* Durtro/C93 on the move again; temporary shop closure:
We are again moving house. The shop will be closed around the last week of January and the first two weeks of February, more or less, and we will then reopen with Sleep Has His House (see below). And we will see the sea.
* Sleep Has His House CD reissue:
What was, in effect, the last C93 album release before the forthcoming Black Ships Ate The Sky will be reissued on CD by Durtro Jnana in February 2006. This CD will be available when the shop reopens.
Those ordering the CD directly from durtro.com will obtain a special CD double pack edition of Sleep Has His House. The first, in full colour digipak, contains the original CD release of this album. The second CD, which will only be available from durtro.com as part of the special pack, is a single CD containing the material used on the double vinyl version of Sleep Has His House, which featured several different mixes to the CD release. This comes in a black gatefold digipak with single page insert and stickered front. This special pack will be offered for a limited period only by Durtro, after which time only the standard 'CD version' CD will be available.
We envisage that all future releases of Durtro material purchased by mail order will have bonus CDs of extra or rare material which will be available only from durtro.com.
This title will also be available from Jnana Records: www.jnanarecords.com
* Current 93/Om/Six Organs of Admittance live in Nantes, France, 9 April, 2006:
Current 93, Six Organs of Admittance and Om are scheduled to play a concert in Nantes, France on 9 April. Tickets will not be available from Durtro. More details as soon as we receive them.
* David Tibet on myspace.com:
I have registered with www.myspace.com and can be found there under the name David Tibet. I will occasionally be adding C93 tracks and making comments there. There are presently 3 songs up by Current 93: "Lucifer Over London", "Vau Vau Vau/Black Ship Time" (which was released as part of Dark Holler's www.somedarkholler.com/moon.html 'Folklore of the Moon' series in an edition of 100 CDs under the group name Black Ships), and "At Sunset Black Ships Ate The Sky".
profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=44942775
There is also a C93 profile on myspace.com which is not run by myself, but which is very sweet; I have been in touch with the woman who runs it.
profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=37110957
* Black Ships Ate the Sky:
Steven and myself go to the studio for a week on Wednesday 4 January for the final mixing and sequencing of this album. It will be released on 1 May and will be followed by a tour of Europe in the second half of May.
'Not Alone': 5CD benefit compilation with all profits to Médicins Sans Frontierès (Doctors Without Borders) for their work with HIV and AIDS in Africa
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 86 artists.
All the proceeds from the sale of this project will be donated to Médecins Sans Frontierès (Doctors Without Borders) specifically to target their work on the AIDS epidemic in Africa. MSF/DWB have officially recognised and approved this project and their logo appears on the CD packaging.
Pre-orders are now being taken by Jnana Records. The cost is US $24.99, with postage and packing charges being US $7.50 for North American orders and US $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, but only from Jnana Records.
Please see durtro.com for full tracklisting.
* USA domestic releases of Current 93 'Judas as Black Moth' and Nurse With Wound 'Livin' Fear of James Last':
Both the C93 and NWW compilations have now received domestic releases in the USA on Sanctuary. The respective catalogue numbers are as follows. They are not available from Durtro, but can be obtained from Sanctuary USA or ordered through US record shops:
Current 93: Judas As Black Moth (02182-36227-2)
Nurse With Wound: Livin' Fear Of James Last (02182-36228-2)
* Nurse With Wound: absinthe box with NWW CD and label designed by Steven Stapleton:
Steven has also now designed a label for a bottle of absinthe manufactured by Absinthvertrieb in Germany. As with the David Late Tibet/Current 93 edition, there is a special edition as well as a standard edition.
The special edition box set is limited to 100 copies and contains 1 bottle of Absinthe Duplais 'blanche', two glasses, two spoons and an exclusive 2 track NWW CD. Price for the box is €100. The standard bottle with the Stapleton label is €29.
These are not available from Durtro, but only from:
Absinthvertrieb Lion
Neudorfstrasse 6c
D-79331 Teningen
Germany
Telephone +49 7641 9359476
Fax +49 7641 9359477
www.absinthvertrieb.de
mail@absinthvertrieb.de
* Richard Moult: The Secret Joy:
My friend Richard Moult, who has worked with me on the re-recorded orchestral version of Soft Black Stars, has had his first solo album released. It is available from the record label Cynfeirdd at: www.cynfeirdd.com/infos.php?id_cat=70&lg=uk
Further details are on Richard's site: www.gazetree.com
* New images added:
New images of David, C93 and pieces of David's original artwork which are for sale have been added to the images page of durtro.com.
* Favourite records and films and books of the now:
Lichens: The Psychic Nature Of Being (Holy Mountain)
Om: Conference Of The Birds (Holy Mountain; released in March 2006)
Grails: The Burden Of Hope (Neurot)
Grails: Redlight (Neurot)
Alice Cooper: Easy Action (Straight)
Alice Cooper: Pretties For You (Straight)
Nurse With Wound: Bitchin' 'N' Bitin' 'N' Pimpin' (GOATHEARD) (United Jnana; released Summer 2006)
Sandy Posey: A Single Girl (RPM)
William Basinski: The Garden Of Brokenness (2062)
A Tale Of Two Sisters (director: Kim Jee-Woon)
The Exorcism Of Emily Rose (director: Scott Derrickson)
Hot Chick Stoner Bbq (director: Tina Tankdog)
Hot Chick Hot Rod Stoner Bbq (director: Tina Tankdog)
Me And You And Everyone We Know (director: Miranda July)
John Irving: All his books, but especially "A PRAYER FOR OWEN MEANY"
Count Stenbock: Collected Poems (Durtro)
The Bhagavad Gita (translated by Juan Mascaró)
Thank You All And I Hope To See And Meet Many Of You In 2006. Peace/Love/Joy To You All.
+++ David Tibet +++
3/I/2006
www.durtro.com
Karnnos
Released in December on Cynfeirdd:
Karnnos "Undercurrents and lost Horizons" - CD (Cyn 041)
www.reapinghorde.org
www.cynfeirdd.com
Richard Moult
Released in December on Cynfeirdd: Richard Moult "The Secret Joy" CD
www.gazetree.com
www.cynfeirdd.com
Old Europa Cafe
New releases:
* Naevus / Spiritual Front - Bedtime / Badtime 10"
"3 exclusive unreleased studio tracks by each band! Best neo pop'n'folk sounds, Spiritual Front is also going for a hit TANGO ! no needs to tell much more... picture-disc with very coloured & captivating design! limited & numbered edition of 500 copies..." (press release)
* Dev. (Lvnvs) - Lvnsd Selbstmond CDR
"Rumbling & beating subliminal & poisoned hell sounds by this deviated & primer italo-industrial mind! high tension beats with a cotineous terrorizing feeling & a touch of good old industrial! a mix of "no mercy" industrial-club muzac & real evil sounds... Professionally printed CDR. Limited and on CD label numbered to 113 copies." (press release)
* Nazi Ufo Commander - Strange Monasteries CDR
"Strange Monasteries is the initial communication to the fractured hive mind extant on this planet. This is Stage 1: Putrefaction. Only a small percentage of the population is capable of being hardlinked into the Greater Vision and Voice, because only they have had the Eruption of the Unconscious into the Sphere of Consciousness. Transmitting from Neuschwabenland South, Nazi UFO Commander is conjuring out of the chaos of space, radio waves and electronics a catalyst that will reunify the dissociated conscious by re-encoding imprints through sustained and attentive listening. In order to affect this reunification, the CD must be listened to in its entirety. To hear it is to know it. a very strange mix of space-industrial, UFO-radio-comunication, beating & noisy alien soundtracks.... Includes guest synthesizer by David E. Williams on one track. Professionally printed CDR. Limited and on CD label numbered to 150 copies." (press release)
* ClauD.E.D.I - V.I.T.R.I.O.L. Square shaped mcdr
"Re-edition of a very limited & long time sold out tape! Legendary side project by ClauDeDi of Ain Soph dealing with magic & esoterism! close to the first Ain Soph age but more extreme! Real pre industrial-esoterims .... For purists & adepts only! Professionally printed CDR with special square shaped disc. Limited and on CD label numbered to 200 copies." (press release)
* Aesthetic Meat Front - Embalmer CDR
"a masterpiece by this extreme US artist known for his S/M blood & hooks exebitions... The sound sources was recorded during an embalming session, those sounds were dissected, sliced and reconstructed in 2000 with the help of R|A|A|N... rumbling & droning industrial sounds combined with strange melodies to form the perfect embalmer soundtrack, a real post-mortem sludge! "There is only hope in oblivion, oblivion, oblivion..." Professionally printed CDR with full color covers in standard Jewel-box. Limited and on CD label numbered to 171 copies." (press release)
* Artefactum & Horologium - Sangreal Heart shaped print on oversized mcdr
"Sangreal = Royalblood. Devoted to the "Holy Grail", the legendary chalice! A great and incessant inspiration for numerous artists and philosophers, a great mystery. This collaboration between two Polish projects is an effort to depict the mystery and magic that surround The Chalice. A mini album with many references to Le Mort d'Arthur by Thomas Malory, Rossetti painting, Wagner's Parsifal... Even the III Reich's tried to capture this treasure of all nations. Two very impressive tracks! Magical rythms & dark neo-classic athmospheres, very far matrial & ethnic sounds, acoustic & industrial... deep male & female voices, gregorian chants... Professionally printed CDR with special heart shaped print on oversized mini CD! Limited and on CD label numbered to 200 copies, comes in oversized 8 pannels full-color cover..." (press release)
Foreseen for 2006:
on CD format :
Sleeping Pictures - Many Hands Should Throw Stones
Panzar - Prototypen
Negru Voda - Dark Territory 2
Nocturne - Vertex
Troum - new release in special metal box
on vinyl :
Folkstorm 10" Picture Disc
Death Pact International - Siege 2X10" Box
Grey Wolves / Wertham - Ramraiding the Abyss 2x12"
on DVD-r :
the re-edition of a legendary triloguy previously out only as VHS:
VA - Macrocephalous Compost I
VA - Macrocephalous Compost II
VA - Macrocephalous Compost III
and a very snuff / homo footage :
Richard Ramirez - Nature Afterbirth
plus some other very intriguing surprises!!!!
www.oldeuropacafe.com
Prophecy Productions
Upcoming release: Tenhi - Maaäet - Digipak CD out on 10.02.2006 as "Pro 081"
"There have been comfortingly few changes in Tenhi since their last album "Väre"; this Finnish band is still performing its unique brand of nature music, music that is above all atmospheric and touching. But there's a lot more to it: for years now, the musicians have been stressing the meaning of the aesthetics beyond their compositions, as Tenhi is meant to be a reflection of their sensitive perception of nature, not only in sound, but also in lyrics and pictures. Maybe a pictorial comparison can help to understand Tenhi's development. "Our new songs are run through by our perception of the Earth," multi-instrumentalist Tyko Saarikko tells us. "Our gaze isn't directed towards the horizon anymore, but towards the soil beneath our feet and the nature in our immediate surroundings." Musically, vocals, piano, and violin are clearly mixed to the fore, giving "Maaäet" a more immediate expression. This picturesque character is mirrored in symbolic images that have been specifically created for the twelve new tracks, adding a fairy-tale quality to the whole work of art. "This album is much more personal, much darker than its predecessors," says the versatile musician who associates "Maaäet" with "the smell of a forest ground covered in autumn leaves". The band allows single melodies enough space to unfold a deep capacity for fascination, dismissing all superficial questions of styles or genres. The Finnish lyrics are also very profound, weaving around motifs such as retreat, vulnerability, esoteric moods, and nature mysticism. Whatever name you'd like to put on Tenhi's manifold creative undertakings -- the band members themselves describe it as Folk-influenced progressive music --, with "Maaäet", they succeeded in crafting a warm-hearted deepening of their music." (press release)
Release schedule:
* Of The Wand And The Moon - emptiness:emptiness:emptiness (re-release, new artwork, 3 bonus tracks) (Auerbach Tonträger - 24.2.2006)
* Orplid - Sterbender Satyr (Auerbach Tonträger - 24.3.2006)
* Sub-Audition - The Scope (Auerbach Tonträger - 21.4.2006)
* Noekk - The Grimalkin (Prophecy Productions - 19.5.2006)
www.prophecy.cd - www.auerbach.cd
Shayo
The Shayo email addresses are no more working actually... and this since mid-December, so please : send your e-mail again to the provisory adress yannc@tiscali.ch - thank you !
Planned next years: re-issue and new CDs from In Gowan Ring, Martyn Bates, Neither Neither World, Esthesie, Sally Doherty.
Re-issue of Martyn Bates will be in the shops very very soon.
The Shayo website will probably be hosted by Geneva's www.darksite.ch.
Shayo Music
C/o Courtiau Yann
21, pl. du bourg-de-four
1204 Geneva

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
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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")
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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

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