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RECORDS: (prices in euros; 1€=1$)


AEOGA - coav CD (Aural Hypnox) ("The debut album of Aeoga, titled as 'COAV ', presents very original and haunting material based on spiralling dark drones, eerie guitar feedback textures, archaic drum and cymbal patterns, atonal / tonal vocalizations and distant / peculiar sample layers. The 8 tracks of the album offer material from organic dark ambient / archaic & ascetic horizons to dark and haunting tribal/ritual atmospheres. "To exhaust mind and body in order to obtain a condition of non-consciousness and thus receive, realize and create material based on both primal and absent vision". (total time: 65:52) Comes in a special octagon shaped cardboard covers including an 6 panel textured cardboard sleeve. Limited to 1000 copies") 10€
AEOGA - ZENITH BEYOND THE HELIX-LOCUS CD (Aural Hypnox)("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") 10€
ALIO DIE/ORA - the door of possibilities CD (His Sunt Leones) (great ambient drones) 11€
AMPS FOR CHRIST/JALOPAZ - collab. 7" (Manufracture) (collaboration single of these famous USA noisemakers) 3€
AMPS FOR CHRIST/1-EYED CYCLOPS - split 7" (Empty Chairs) (last few copies around of this split vinyl...
Former Main Is The Bastard member/Italian harsh noise inferno) 3€
AUDAX ITALIANO - vivere contro (Nail Records) (crushing power electronics in the vein of CazzoDio, Genocide Organ or Mathausen Orchestra) 9€
BIANCHI, MAURIZIO - a M.B. iehn tale - CD (Small Voices) ("The brand new release of Maurizio Bianchi (M.B.). Similar to his early experimental bionic - industrial masterpiece like "The Plain Truth", "Armaghedon", "Endometrio" and "Carcinosi", this album presents eight decomposed tracks with slow, obscure and meditative music... Cold atmospheres and reverberating piano... Really one of Maurizio Bianchi best work to date!!!") 10€
BUNKUR - bludgeon CD (Deserted Factory) ("65 minutes of scourching, nullifying ultradoom! Recorded at the Void studio with reknown producer Pieter 'Pidah' Kloos this one-track audial hell will take your throat and drag you down to the dungeons of your being. It's is not a suicidal statement, it crawls far beyond.... "Crush, pulverise, mangle, destroy... Ultra-Doom has arrived by the hands of the Dutch "crushinators" Bunkur. A one-track sonic assault that knows almost no rival is unleashed upon unsuspecting listeners. Khanate, Grief, Winter are bands that come to mind when listening to this now already cult outfit") 10€
BUNKUR/MOSS - split CDR (Foreshadow) (Bunkur covering Burzum's "Erblicket die Toechter des Firmaments", Moss covering Swan's "Cop". "Both Bunkur and Moss, although relatively new to the scene, have already gained a status and position among the most extreme doom metal bands ever. These exclusive cover songs perfectly show their destructive potential and the will to rule the scene. The Bunkur vs Moss split album, delivered on professional format, housed in DVD case with custom artwork provided by the bands themselves, is simply nothing but the essence of THE EXTREME") 8€
BURNING STAR CORE - let's play wild like wild cats do CD (Hospital) 10€
CAUL - Light From Many Lamps CD (Malignant) ("Caul returns home to Malignant where he belongs! 15 tracks of elaborate orchestral beauty and infinite sadness. Spiritual in nature, but with an omnipotent dark presence, Light From Many Lamps is not only Caul's most accomplished and mature release to date, but also the most melancholy and introspective. Intricate symphonic melodies and ominous ambient textures blend together harmoniously as a chorus of celestial voices and ornate instrumentation provide a backdrop of loneliness and lavish despair") 11€
CONTROL - Control CD (Malignant/Black Plagve) ("The nastiest, meanest, loudest slab of noise from Black Plagve yet. A rising star in the limited scope of the American p.e. scene (Taint, Slogun), Control will stand out as a bruiser among bruisers. Massive distortion, monolithic, brain rattling bass, and smasmodic frequency eruptions lead the charge, with tortured vocals bringing up the back. Add a gruesome, misogynist perspective and you've got a record that reaches a new height in sickness, slicing easily through gristle and bone to get to the proverbial heart of the matter") 11€
DEATHPILE - g.r. CD (Force of Nature/Hospital) ("Long anticipated and first actual full length in years, this cd is Deathpile's first point view of the mind that is the Green River killer. Brutal lyrics from the killers perspective on a ten page fold out booklet. Ranging from brutal power electronics to savage droning noise, this is a must for fans of American PE") 11€
DEVILLOCK - these graves CD (SNSE/Pacrec) ("It's all in stop motion. It's all real. Up, out from under all places molded and GUNKED. Slithering spool tapes sliding like thin brown snakes under, amongst, and finally overtop and around. They overtake the crumbling corpsed-up organ grinder. He, with his grin full of rot and fingers of stank, is ever so pleased to allow the decayed magnetics to engulf his skeletal frame, it is how his power is attained (maintained). Only when wrapped tightly and over his entire torso and head (a tape mummy!) will he begin to play. Quietly at first, as if from a distance - but he is there, RIGHT THERE GODDAMIT - and then the groan and the moaning howl and the static insects all begin to draw near, an orchestra of loneliness. Can you still feel your legs? As your head is slowly filled with ants, you are posed a question: "What do you make?" he is asking. "What do you make... of THESE GRAVES?" DEVILLOCK is Justin Chris Meyers on organ, tapes, and electronics. Justin also runs the record and tape label Tone Filth and has other additional musical projects including Panther Skull. Matthew St. Germain (Freedom From record label) plays bass on the first track of These Graves. Mastered by Pete Swanson (D Yellow Swans)) 8€
FAIR, JAD & JASON WILLETT - superfine CD (Public Eyesore) (former Half Japanese, great lo-fi/no-wave songwriting. 20 songs + 135 bonus mp3s!!!) 10€
FIRE IN THE HEAD - screams from the mute CDR (Deserted Factory) (top-notch US power electronics/harsh noise) 9€
GOH LEE KWANG - Innere Freuden/Internal Pleasures CD (Herbal) (Improvised no-input mixing board pieces. "Dunno whether Lee's contemplating teaming up with Toshimaru "No Input Mixing Desk" Nakamura, Sachiko "No Samples In The Sampler" M and Otomo "No Records On The Turntable" Yoshihide, but the seven tracks on offer here are every bit as austere and compelling as that trio's recent excellent Good Morning Good Night double on Erstwhile" Dan Warburton, Paristransatlantic) 8€
GOH LEE KWANG - Live Stuttgart Radio 2004 CD-R (Herbal) - 5€
GOH LEE KWANG'S DOUBLE TRIO - Lille/Stuttgart 2004 CD-R (Herbal) - 5€
HALO MANASH - par-antra I: vir CD (Aural Hypnox) ("The first part of the par-antra trilogy, titled 'VIR', consists of 9 very original, intense and multilayered tracks. The soundscape is based on various hypnotic e-bowed guitars, shamanic percussions and cymbals, windbones, chanting vocals, surreal samples and analog synthesizers, thus offering material from organic dark ambient / surreal electro-acoustics to sinister ritualistic atmospheres. (total time: 63:31). Comes in an 8 page (black/white) A5 booklet with plenty of visual material and information to assist your meditation") 10€
HAIR POLICE - s/t CD (Hospital) 10€
HELGOLAND - dust 7" (Music 'A La Coque) ("Great variety of styles and interpretations in a small format for the traditional surprise-core of this German band. From the grind-hop-hammond-beatbox-jazz of dust to the primitive rhythm bleeps of rabbit brand passing through the cartoon alpine folk music of grondi in f major") 3€
HUDAK, JOHN - Don't Worry About Anything; I'll Talk To You Tomorrow CD (Alluvial) (Completed in 1998, this is only the third full length composition from NY composer John Hudak to appear on CD. He is mostly known for his cassette work in the mid-eighties. His work is primarily built on repetition and alteration, usually from single sound sources. With this composition, he has manipulated an answering machine recording of his mother's voice. The piece is shifting and complex. It is smooth and relaxed with the contradiction of extremely high, piercing frequencies. It is undoubtedly one of his most complex works to date") 10€
INFERNO - sci-fi grind'n'roll CD (Bar La Muerte/Donna Bavosa) (modern rockin' grind/hc with electronics... Relapse/Hydra Head/GSL style) 8.5€
INSTITUT - motionstruktures 10" (Nail Records) (exclusive recordings for this Cold Meat Industry act. Crushing rhythmic power electroinics/old school industrial akin' to Genocide Organ, Grey Wolves, early SPK... Great) 9€
IOVAE - civilization CD (SNSE) ("...Here layers of brutal droning, ferocious fuzz and other various eardrum shredding devices are seamlessly soldered together to produce a work that delivers an almost hallucinatory impact. Sounds that were once identifiable as just noise slowly take on a form of their own. As Civilization really begins to slide, these begin to mutate into a more detailed (and spikier) soundtrack. At its best, Civilization is the sound of everything falling apart" - The Wire, December 2005) 10€
IOIOI - bright future!! CD (Ebria) (experimental, lo-fi female songrwriter) 8€
I/O - s/t CD (Ebria) (debut cd from this impro quartet. Featuring guitar, drums, upright bass and voice, but sounding as unconventional and anti-melodic as possible. Destructured and oblique in their approach, they reminded me of Starfuckers, Storm & Stress or even AMM. Daring and demanding) 9€
JUDAH - cool crap - CD (Small Voices) ("Cool crap" is an impressive, highly infectious, catchy and totally twisted electroclash debut album from JUDAH: cold and analogue minimal electronics plus really toxic and vicious vocal parts!!! An incredible collision between the rock'n'roll mood of the sixties and the savage punk electronic world of early Suicide!!! Yes..., the HOT rock attitude played with COLD and analogic minimal electronics plus really toxic and vicious vocal parts!!! Exciting, savage, wild... With a disturbing werewolf artcover...) 10€
KINETIX - selected e-missions - CD (Small Voices) ("Since 1999, KINETIX is the new moniker of Gianluca Becuzzi, artist active since the first half of the 80's. This CD includes material written during the first years of KINETIX artistic activity (2000/2002). It's constituted by six tracks (identified by graphic signs) presented in totally unreleased versions. This work can be considered as KINETIX official debut; the start point to approach to the KINETIX aesthetic and artistic dimension. "Selected E_Missions" presents a collection of deep and wrapping digital soundscapes, dotted by micro-noisy granular material, resonant fields where time and space humble themselves in a single perceptive continuum. The tracks are the result of a perfect organization of sound. Contemporary, abstract, cold, minimal, dense, intense and evocative drone music") 10€
KUWAYAMA-KIJIMA - 01.05.10 CD (Alluvial) (Kiyoharu Kuwayama (cello, violin) and Rina Kijima (violin, viola) have been creating rich, flowing live improvisations for some years. On previous efforts, they have recorded improvisational pieces under a highway interpass whereby the environmental sounds of the area are heard in the background of each piece. Much of this music is to be heard on the trente oiseaux, gg, and 20 City labels, to name a few. With this release, we hear a refinement of this sound as the improvisations found on this CD were recorded in the empty warehouse no.20. Gone are passing cars and other incidental sounds. This work gives us the chance to hear the beautiful interplay of these two gifted musicians that is flawlessly recorded and leaves no detail unheard or muffled. The CD is packaged between five beautiful double sided cards containing artwork from Kiyoharu that suggests alchemy and the melting of sound. An edition of 400) 10€
LABELLE, BRANDON - automatic radio CD (Fringes) 11€
LUASA RAELON - the erebus and the terror CDR (Brise-Cul) (industrial ambient) 5€
MACELLERIA MOBILE DI MEZZANOTTE/TOBY DAMMIT - split - CDR (Spatter) (Both act deliver hard and intense power electronics, perhaps the most extreme release for both, for lovers of Whitehouse. Printed disc) 9€
MEAT SHOP RAPIST - White Chapel District - CDR (Spatter) (destructive harsh noise by Richard Ramirez/BLJ. DVD case) 9€
MSBR - Final harsh work # 22 - CDR (Spatter) (ltd 120, in dvd case. "2 long harsh noise tracks (one of those recorded live in the USA) from one of the most interesting japanese noise artists") 9€
MERZBOW/NAPALMED - crash of the titans CD (Napalmed) (no need to introduce them… Japan/Czech Republic noise giants) 10€
NAVICON TORTURE TECHNOLOGIES - Scenes From the Next Millenium CD (Malignant) ("After numerous underground tape releases and live actions, the much anticipated disc of this long standing member of the NYPE crew has arrived. Navicon presents an infinitely bleak and apocalyptic vision that transcends what's normally classified as power electronics. This is the sound of a post nuclear-war society, where war machines shudder and grind in endless cycles, and the black soot of dying factory production fills the poisonous air. Structured elements of loops and samples meld with caustic textures, erupting amidst bridled chaos and pulsating waves of white hot, saturated noise and distortion. An anguished, confrontational vocal presence makes itself known, exploding in a cathartic aggression brought on by suppressed demons and festering hate") 11€
NEW BLOCKADERS, THE/THURSTON MOORE/JIM O'ROURKE - the voloptulist CD (Hospital) 10€
NIHIL EST EXCELLENCE - vizmilieu CD (DTA records) ("NEX investigates the ideas of John Cage (ie 4'33" ), but this does not mean it plays with the everyday sounds that usually the listener tends to block out or ignore. NEX processes and plays with environmental sounds revealing the music that these sounds hide within themselves. Every sound you hear here is recorded from milieu where NEX is physically, then processed and mixed into occasionally droning torrent of events") 10€
OHM - the black river 7" (release the bats) ("the latest effort on release the bats records! ohm is an instrumental four-piece (features two members from the jam session), self described as 'timeless electronica'. think heavy progressive rock from the 70´s intersecting with modern electronica. a bit like a soundtrack to a fantasymovie from the 80´s. goblin comes to mind at times. the result of those 3 songs is truly amazing") 3.5€
ONCIXO - I - CDR (Cold Current) ("A wall of oppressive sound, dark and minimal, made out of a guitar, a bass and an analog synth. The ONCIXO debut album is surely one of the darkest and depressing works that come from the underground in the last years. Try to figure out a jam session between Sunn 0))), Burzum, Raison d'Etre and Lustmord! Five very long tracks without any opening of lights, without a grain of hope, an endless black hole….use at your own risk! Mini dvd black box") 6 €
ORA - rosea CD (Hic Sunt Leones) incredible work feat. A. Chalk, D. Tate, C. Potter, L. Coxhill and J. Coleclough. My favourite Ora release - quintessential drone works! 11€
OVO - cicatrici (Bar La Muerte/Ebria) (new full-length for Bruno and Stefania. A carnal, gut-wrenching mix of no wave, noise rock and industrial) 9€
OVO/ROLLERBALL - my favourite cowboy CD (Bar La Muerte/TMR) ("The human and artistic partneship between OVO and Rollerball, sealed by 3 tours made together, goes on with this split cd featuring 9 tracks where OvO play with Rollerball mambers and 7 tracks where Rollerball duet with some hot names of NorthWestern American avantgarde, for this album coproduced with TMR from USA") 9€.
OVO - vae victis MCD (Bar La Muerte) ("Testimony of Greek, Turkish, Bulgarian, Macedonian and Italian tour made in 2001, this session was recorded the day after this tourr. OvO were in this occasion, beside hosts Stefania and Bruno, also Jacopo Andreini (Enfance Rouge, Nando Meet Corrosion, Bz Bz Ueu, etc...) and Capoccia (Concrete, Los Vaticanos, Comrades, etc...). The sum is an explosive mix of grindcore and improvisation... chaoscore?") 7€
PEDESTRIAN DEPOSIT - fatale CD (Hospital) 10€
PEDESTRIAN DEPOSIT - volatile CD (Hospital) 10
ROTHKO - 12" (Nail Records) (four exclusive tracks for this acclaimed UK artist. Wonderful mix of ambient and bass-driven post rock melodies) 9€
SIGURTA', LUCA / CECCONELLO, MANUELE - terre CD rom (Eels for Fun/Prospettiva Nevskij) ("Terre" features a video by Cecconello and two .wav tracks by Sigurtà. Oniric manipulated images of natural settings and bodies perfectly merging with Sigurtà's electroacoustic research. A brilliant piece of experimental art!) 5€
SOSTRAH TINNITUS - l'odore del ramo spezzato CD (Beyond prod) (""L'Odore del Ramo Spezzato" is a voyage moving from a silent West to a secret and magnificent East - and there, from a fixed point which we know as "the Shadow of God upon the Earth", the spiral of Cosmos takes origins. An initiatory experience, a pilgrimage, a discovery of our own mystic roots. Soft electronic sounds meet the deepest drones - music as a hieroglyph of souls. A lovely lo-fi tone poem of processed shells and other detritus mixed with unusual processed sonics. An intense work of reverence, loss, disintegration and, above all, melancholy beauty that is singularly wonderful. Subterranean sounds cluster around the drone, obscuring heaven, but always vibrating radiantly above. A ballet of a strange, catastrophic nature...") 10€
SKY BURIAL - s/t CDR (Housepig) ("SKY BURIAL is a project from Massachusetts' Michael Page, more well known for his main endeavor FIRE IN THE HEAD. His work as SKY BURIAL takes a more droning and cyclic approach, an angelic avalanche of shifting tones, drones and rythms. Reminiscent of SKULLFLOWER or VIBRACATHEDRAL ORCHESTRA, but staking a claim all it's own. Six tracks and 46 minutes, this is a silkscreened cdr in a silkscreened, hand-sewn heavy canvas pouch, strictly limited to 150 copies") 9 €
SKM-ETR - the rugged meat cleaver CD (Eibon/Stridulum) (fierce Canadian power electronics) 10€
STONE BREATH - the lost long friend: a patchwork CD (Perun) (a collection of rare singles, compilation and unreleased tracks of this American psychedelic neo-folk project) 10€
STRATVM TERROR - the only true septic whore CD (Slaughter) (structured power electronics/industrial/death ambient from this Norway duo, featuring Peter Andersson of Raison d'Etre fame. "Finally the long awaited reissue of the first official Stratvm Terror release is available! Featuring material recorded in 1993-95, remixed in 1998-99 and including some tracks taken from the Germinal Chamber tape plus an unreleased track. A massive and dangerous orgy of obscure and clinic death-industrial. Frenzied, clear and sharped sounds for an excessive journey...At last, the best release by Stratvm Terror so far!") 9€
SUCK AND SPIT - spittle CD-R (Psychotica) (more free-noise-no-rock from Zero Tolerance for Silence and La forma dell'acqua members) 3€
SVARTSINN - devouring consciousness CD (Eibon) (more quality dark ambient on Eibon with this Norway project; deep drones and buried melodies in the vein of Amon or Lustmord; digipack sleeve) 11€
THE BLUE HOUR - the windless path CD (Perun) (New full length. Melancholic noir-folk and neoclassic ambient. Featuring Matt Howden - Sol Invictus, Sieben - at string arrangements) 10€
THE BLUE HOUR - evensong CD (Perun) (intimistic, oniric noir folk in the vein of In Gowan Ring or Current 93 in their softer moments. From dark ballads to ambient/neoclassical pieces, and featuring a cover of Sol Invictus' "Lex Talionis") 10€
THE TINKLERS WITH X.X.O.O. - s/t 7" (Music 'A La Coque) (historical '84-'85 recordings from The Tinklers teaming up with a Half Japanese acoustic project - recorded and produced by Jad Fair; tender acoustic lo-fi song sketches) 3€
TROUM - tjukurrpa (part two: drones) CD (Transgredient) (This is the second release on Troum's new label TRANSGREDIENT and also the second part of the Tjukurrpa-trilogy, aiming to show the different sides of Troum's organic & archaic dreamscapes. This part two is dedicated to "drones", presenting five highly atmospheric and droning tracks ranging from minimal to monumental sounds, from dark ambient to more ritualistic areas: these are drones to loose your rational mind in. The music on Tjukurrpa II is made by loops based on metal-sounds, percussion & other more obscure sources, as well as mouth-organ, choirs, guitars, and effects. The aboriginal word "Tjukurrpa", translated as "dreamtime",should symbolize the aim to build music that creates a dreamy state of mind, music of yearning, meditation and inner movement. The "Tjukurrpa"-trilogy shows the three basic musical spheres of TROUM, "harmonies", "drones" and "pulsations": This second part presents the dark, droney & minimal side of TROUM.) 10€
TVMVLVS SERAPHIM - fortress hermetica CD (Beyond prod) ("A proud, isolationist project offering the listener a symbolic ground for decodification… a journey leading to a meditative purification and to what can be defined as "cultured hermeticism", free from any preconceived styles or ideas. Tvmvlvs Seraphim rejects every classification since it stands for hermetic poetry and for the sublimation of the "introspective thought" rather than being simply a music project. The new opus, "Fortress Ermetica", can be considered an historical document, a chronicle on the hermetic, cold emptiness hold in the events of the Second World War") 10 €
UNICORN - playing with light (Housepig) ("A field report from an outpost at the border where droning ambience, minimalist melody and pure noise share an uneasy truce. Unicorn (featuring longtime members of Bastard Noise and Sleestak) serves up seven tracks, where melodic lines skate across a surface of disturbing drones and scathing noise. CD-Rom content includes three short films by Stephanie Miller, with soundtracks by Unicorn. Presented in a gorgeous letterpressed sleeve by Thumbprint press") 10 €
VVAA - Six Doors CD (Housepig) (""Six Doors" features six fantastic tracks ranging from the single-source sorcery of AUBE, the caveman electronics of BASTARD NOISE, guitar versus electronics dronework from GUILTY CONNECTOR & TABATA, submerged synths from LUASA RAELON, lonesome Rhodes from UNICORN, and dank atmospheric creepout from OBLONG BOX") 10 €
VVAA - Songs from the darkroom - CD (Spatter) ("First Spatter compilation based on the theme of Leather culture with contributions from Italian and Usa artists: Control, Skin Crime, Sickness, Richard Ramirez, Black Leather Jesus, Taint, Mauthausen Orchestra, P.O.S.K., Toby Dammit, Wertham and N.") 10€
VVAA - Dreams and nightmares CD-R (Frammenti) (international compilation featuring sounds, writings, poems and graphics about, you guessed it, dreams and nightmares. Musically wise, dark ambient, industrial, electronics and improvisations by Ornament, 46000 Fibres, Daniele Brusaschetto, Filo Logico, Lips Vago, Eniac, Stefano Giust, Victor L.P. Young, Jacopo Andreini, Cria Cuervos, 00, Cyanosis, Pentliczek and Lava) 4€
VVAA - The Outsider CD-R (Somnambulant Corpse) ("An aural channelling of H.P. Lovecraft. An epic (80 minutes) compilation tribute to weird tales master H.P. Lovecraft, featuring exclusive tracks by: TUGEND, AXONE, MURDEROUS VISION, BESTIA CENTAURI, WHEN JOY BECOMES SADDNESS, POST SCRIPTVM, SCHLOSS TEGAL, THE HOLLOWING, and KURU. Ranging from the subtly mutating drones of Schloss Tegal, to the corrosive noise-ambience of Kuru, to the obtuse electro-acoustic manifestations of Bestia Centauri, THE OUTSIDER is a varied collection. The unifying thread that binds these divergent approaches is a sincere empathy for Lovecraft's cosmic perspective and relentlessly horrific imagination. Sounds to provoke the Old Ones to stir in their aeonic slumber...Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn...". Comes in DVD box) 6€
WANDER - s/t - CD (Small Voices) ("SmallVoices is proud to announce the release of one and only CD by Wander. Wander are Freek Kinkelaar and Frans de Waard, also known as Beequeen since changing Beequeen's musical direction in the summer of 2000 (drones out and 'popmusic' in). However, since they both love drone music, they founded Wander in 2001. In Wander they explore drone music in its widest possible form, with each new release exploring a specific concept. Wander will release their music on various formats, but every format only once. Each release is called Wander, and there is a total absence of any information on the cover. So far they have released a 10" on their own Plinkity Plonk label, a LP for En/Of, a split 7" on Plinkity Plonk (a split single with Beequeen), a CDR on XZF and a 7" on Edition... and a forthcoming split 7" recorded in collaboration with Andrew Liles. The material was recorded in the analogue studio Geluidswerkplaats Extrapool in late 2004 and early 2005, using a wide variety of vintage synthesizers (juno 60, korg MS20, roland SH 102 and Arp synthesizer) and a Philicordia organ. The four long pieces breath an atmospheric, pastoral sound of slow and deep evolving drones. The CD was mastered by Raymond Steeg of The Legendary Pink Dots' fame. The images on the cover and the disc were made with the help of Elise de Waard. Released in a special cardboard package with varnished images. Strictly limited edition of 600 copies only") 10€
THE VANISHING/SOMETHING ABOUT VAMPIRES AND SLUTS - the cure tribute 7" (Release the bats) (two post-punk/SanDiegocore acts covering early Cure tracks) 3.5€
VIKKKINGS - huts - 3"CDR (Friendly Biceps) (harsh noise, ltd 23!) 3€
YEN POX - New Dark Age CD (Malignant) ("Surely the most highly anticipated release in the history of Malignant. Five years after the release of their acclaimed debut CD (Blood Music), Yen Pox returns with their second dark ambient masterpiece. Moving beyond the suffocating claustrophia of Blood Music, New Dark Age expands out to infinite distances and vast, blood red horizons. Swirling, poisonous clouds spread across the sky, while on a more dimly lit terrain below, the landscape melts and dissolves into milky, indefinable mutations and oppressive gaseous vapors. Dark ambient in the most pure and absolute sense. "everything about this album is perfect to me… this is the album of the year 2000, and maybe THE dark drone album of all time" S. Knappe (Troum/Drone Records) - Vital Weekly") 11€
YEN POX/TROUM - Mnemonic Induction CD (Malignant) ("Given their separate history as masters of droning atmospherics, and their mutual admiration for each others work, a collaboration seemed only natural. Now, after years of discussion, Mnemonic Induction has finally materialized, resulting (not surprisingly) in one of the greatest, most mind bending works of dark ambient ever. A 60 plus minute exploration through nebulous, grey areas of the mind…expansive drones and spiraling vortex' of sound that hover near the shadowy, distorted zones of a nightmare before ascending to mountainous heights and dense, billowing climaxes. This has a remarkable, liquidous feel that unfolds in a fluid, intense nature…patterns converge and meld seamlessly as layers of sound are added and subtracted; thundering lows rise up from the abyss, and spiral into the stratosphere, only to dissipate into a vacuumous black hole. The effect is something that plays on the mind, recalling moments before complete wakefulness exists…a tattered and restless dream state where images & thoughts flicker and appear from a fog. Designed by Stephen O'Malley, housed in an attractive eight panel digipak with thoughtful text") 11€
ZERO TOLERANCE FOR SILENCE - s/t CD-R (Psychotica) (instrumental quartet between free-form noise-rock, jazzy atmospheres and no-wave degenerations; featuring the manipulation of a John Cage song) 3€
Z'EV - rhythmajik - CD (Small Voices) ("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!") 10€
ZOÄT·AON - STAR AUTOPSY CD (Aural Hypnox) ("'Star Autopsy' presents nine multi-dimensional dark ambient tracks which range from radiant textures, mesmerizing / swirling soundscapes to dense / crushing walls of sound and hidden abstract melodies. By using conventional instruments, various sound generating devices (such as analog synthesizers and samplers), vocals and other carefully chosen sonic objects Zoät·Aon manages to create an unique, dynamic and truly enigmatic / expansive atmosphere that continuously spirals further towards the unknown areas of consciousness") 10€

TAPES:
Huginn - from the wind (neoclassical dark folk from Italy) 2€
Lasse Marhaug/Japanese Torture Comedy Hour - split (View Beyond) (excellent harsh/ambient noise done with taste by LM - also in Jazzkammer - vs. harsh noise assault from the US; 60 min. tape, pro-printed cover) 3€
Mendes - clips (interesting experimental stuff from Sicily. It's mostly kraut electronic with synths and flutes, but it also has noisy moments) 2€
Nave - (Italian noise ensamble, 2 drums + harsh electronics + sick humour…) 2€
Pozilga/Gestorte Nachbarn - drowned… in your wc (Spanish 7MON/Gerogerigegege noisecore grind vs. harsh lo-fi ambient noise) 2€
Protesi - (great ambient industrial project from Italy. Desolate dark soundscapes + utter machinery noise on the b-side. Printed colour cover) 3€
Ruth Veln Kiss - undemo (cross post-punk/wave with guitar noise, a mix of early Cure+"Confusion is sex"-era Sonic Youth, good stuff from this one-man project) 1€
Spawn - for the blood is the life (well-done instrumental neoclassical/ethereal/medieval stuff) 2€
Tem Oph Ab - mcmxcvi (I guess this is the first tape released by this prolific noisemaker. Abstract & minimalistic noise electronics) 2€
Tem Oph Ab - mcmxcvi psychika et mystika pt.II (more of the above) 2€
Youthful - (tape manipulations and improvised noise-rock from this Italian trio) 2€
Zeroeightalpha - postcard fx (new one from Z8A, sound source were bitmap postcard images turned to wave files… the result, anyway, is brutal harsh-noise at its best!) 2€
Zeroeightalpha - stripped-down beautiful (rhythmic, trance inducing slow-motion techno/electronica) 2€
Zeroeightalpha - today's dream… (this time more in a hyper-techno version, but still noisy and powerful as hell!) 2€
Zeroeightalpha/Anni Hilate - audiosnuff (two Swiss performers, excellent harsh noise/digital terrorism assault) 2€

MAGAZINES:
OutArt 1 (interviste ad Ornament, Tem Oph Ab, Eniac, Angelica Rosenthal, Neandertal, messaggi dal mondocorpo, copy art, collages, racconti cut-up…) 0.5€
Terra selvaggia 1 (ottimo giornale di ecologia radicale, con articoli su manipolazione genetica, sabotaggio alla Nestlè e repressione, WWF e potere, articoli, notizie, ecc.) 1€
Terra selvaggia 2 (OGM, Thoreau, nuovi spunti per l'eliminazione della vivisezione, ALF-un'organizzazione?, Rod Coronado, salute e abolizione della medicina, notizie, ecc.) 1€
Terra Selvaggia 5 (Tebio report, lotta a OGM e biotecnologie, sabotaggi e liberazioni, lotte carcerarie, eliminare l'AIDS, lo stato ci spia ecc.) 1€
Terra Selvaggia 6 (contributi sulla liberazione animale, dossier Aventis, 2 giorni anti-biotech a Firenze, Rod Coronado…) 1€
Terra Selvaggia 7 (John Zerzan sull'agricoltura, AIDS, antipsichiatria, educazione libertaria, il progresso dei veleni, bioindustria etc.) 1€
Thunder 3 (32 pag. stampate in A4 con interviste ad Audax Italiano, Sceptic, Ensoph, No Festival of Light, Mira, Exotoendo ecc. più varie recensioni noise/ambient/industrial/metal estremo…) + Drastic - thieves of kisses CD (avantgarde extreme metal) 4€

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