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This albumย Mere Mortals is composer-producer Floating Pointsโs (Sam Shepherd) first full-length ballet score. Shepherd, who is known for mesmeric live sets that often combine acoustic and electronic instruments, wrote the work in response to a commission from Tamara Rojo, Artistic Director of San Francisco Ballet. ย
Inspired by the myth of Pandora and laced with metatextual poetry, Mere Mortals was premiered at San Franciscoโs War Memorial Opera House in January 2024, directed by Rojo, with chorโฆ
The Scholars did what they had to do. I knew too much, and it was too risky to keep me within the Walls. The Sacred Cycle cannot be touched, even by thought.ย But I had to know. I could not stop myselfโฆ
They cast me out into the desert. After two days of walking, I found a small cave where I could rest for a while. I feel strange, as if my mind has been corrupted by the Sacred Cycle. The road through the desert seems to repeat itself in an endless loop.ย I was relieved to find this cave. Maybe it โฆ
In the centuries long past, the people of the province of Culhaver used to celebrate their successful harvest of the crops by travelling across Yarrowdale moor to the mountains to give thanks to their god who had sent them rain when needed and sunshine to follow the rain. It was on this day of celebration in the mountains, one year long ago, that a fearful dragon appeared, swooping down from the sky and attacking the defenceless gathering villagers. He became known as โDagmor the Terribleโ. Spitโฆ
Oh yes! The Japanese fantasy-chiptune maniac in Turbografx-16 and SuperNes style called Black Tiger is back with a new, psychedelic album that will unleash your imagination! One of HDK clandestine (and unpaid) collaborator, the fantasy blast-beat author called Gian Spazz (sic), after smoking a too big spliff, wrote a weird story, full of plot holes, incongruous events and grammatical errors called "Spawn of the Changing Raven".ย The guy called Black Tiger has obtained the difficult task of writinโฆ
Near a remote village with a not-so-important name lies the entrance to a dungeon, sadly notorious among the local inhabitants. Legend has it that no one has ever come out of it alive. This is the only certain truth; all the rumors about what awaits you inside are wildly different and often contradictory. This peculiar dungeon is actually a magical dungeon, the foolish (or perhaps amusing?) experiment of a diabolical 36th-level wizard: the dungeon is constantly changing, or perhaps it does not eโฆ
Arriving from the island of Cyprus to the HDK catalog is the Mediterranean dungeon-synth of "Idylls of the Last King." The prolific artist continues his tale of suspended narratives, ancient stones, and echoes of bygone splendor.ย "A Year at the End of Time" comprises ten tracks recounting the fall of empires through the metaphor of the changing seasons, from the frost of winter to the fading of autumn. Included with the cassette is a handy tool for creating the perfect decadent settings for yourโฆ
Somber, damp, and tactile, the sound emerges slowlyโlike water timidly seeping through rock, swelling drop by drop into a steady flow: stern drones, buried melodies, and musique concrรจte chase one another, transforming a sparse landscape into an increasingly dense, unstoppable mass. It is music that smells of rotting leaves, pine needles and wet earth after a storm โ of something ancient breathing underground...We were captivated by the sound of this dungeon-synth foray by Blood Resignation; we โฆ
Welcome to the second chapter of โGlimpse into Horror,โ a journey into the most twisted and bizarre corners of pulp horror.ย We return to the United States of the early 1950sโthe brief but glorious era of horror comics that predated the Comics Codeโa frenetic time when newsstands were overrun by walking corpses, vampires, severed heads, mad scientists, and outlandish monsters.Between 1950 and 1954, before the advent of the Comics Code Authority, American horror comics enjoyed a period of extraordโฆ
Seven electroacoustic pieces curated by Michael Hoeldke for Edition DEGEM, with Robert Henke, Ralf Hoyer, Julia Mihรกly, Denise Ritter, Stefan Schulzki and Brian Smith. CD, 2014.
Ten tracks of dark, slow-motion dub by Ravenna photographer and field recordist Adriano Zanni, built from delays, reverb and recordings of abandoned places, from Pripyat to Craco. Limited grey vinyl on Bronson Recordings.
Telmegiddo, recorded in February 1983 at the Mectpyo Studio, was Maurizio Bianchi's last tape decomposition before his long hiatus. Mercium reissues it on CD, remastered: two parts of about 25 minutes.
Maurizio Bianchi with P.U.M.A. (Luca Valisi and Monica Calanni Rindina): ten pieces of drones, synths, field recordings and voice titled after THX 1138, Eraserhead, Stalker and other dystopian films. CDr, 100 copies.
Maurizio Bianchi's Carcimetrio, first issued by Simple Logic in 2006, back on CDr: four long pieces named after tumours and growths, over seventy minutes, mastered by Siegmar Fricke. 30 copies.
F.J. Ossang's MKB Fraction Provisoire, recorded in ten days in 1993 with Jac Berrocal: machine loops, typewriter-speed poetry and noise'n'roll. Remastered 2023, deluxe CD with lyrics booklet.
Synapscape, the German duo of Philipp Mรผnch and Tim Kniep, return with eleven tracks of heavy technoid industrial: glitching electronics, dense rhythmic machinery and dark atmospheres rooted in early EBM, with singing saw by Babsi Teichner.
Debut by My Face Is Dancing, the family collective led by drummer and producer Federico Ughi with his young sons: avant-soul and abstract hip hop built from recordings made across the children's early years. Black vinyl, 100 copies.
Second album by Giuseppe Fantini as Zerogroove: eight short songs on obsessive drum-machine beats, dirty and minimal guitars, keyboards and synths, and a voice soaked in reverb. Retro-futurist pop from Italy, in a glass-mastered CD of 150 copies.