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Terrarium
Presenting a brand new CD from Hugo Esquinca and Russell Haswell. After several years of collaboration, “Terrarium” is the first in a series of full lengths from these two proper legends. A split release sequenced together as an album, Haswell and Esquinca alternate in their delivery of equally savage sonic material. If you’re here for another tabletop pedal noise CD - this ain’t it. Playback with headphones at a high volume recommended.
Jackson-Pratt & Shredded Nerve
In this split two masters of their craft each make a sonic homage to a different painter. The sounds from both Shredded Nerve and Jackson Pratt capture varying degrees of reflected light. Jackson Pratt places us inside what feels like a painter’s studio, spacious and sun soaked with large northeast facing windows. Every sound flits in the sunlight with room to expand and contract. Stark forms emerge from a sparseness which defies titles. Seany’s compositions evoke a sense of endless variation mu…
Neuter
Reissue of the Spate CD-R originally released in 2021 on Robert Fuchs: The runt sibling of Cray-2, riddled with innate faults and inbred incompatibles. Forced to perform, pulling off tragic and frenzied handstands like the bear on the barrel. While the Health and Happiness in the 21st Century release on Robert Fuchs two months prior could be said to reflect the sound of fine equipment of its day far past its prime, this cd from the project Spate presents an early, impassioned bid at serious tech…
Swarm Structure
*In process of stocking.* Swarm Structure is the fifth LP since Thought Broadcast began over a decade ago in New York City. This release is the first LP in several years after a steady stream of instantly gone tapes such as Extinction Circle, released just at the start of the pandemic. Swarm Structure is the next step for project's vision of urban nocturne and apocalyptic concrète; it is a raw demonstration in covert and lysergic minimal electronics and industrial rhythm, all rendered in TB's si…
Pavonine
*In process of stocking.* "Pavonine" is the second offering from the collaborative duo of Dominic Coppola and Angelo Harmsworth, following the 2017 "Cordial" release on Strange Rules. The album was conceived in late 2020 and completed in spring of 2021, which requires no further explanation when it comes to recording and living conditions.
The duo deploys an array of minimalist structures, steady in span and measured in concept. Each track is executed with a precision focus on antithetical compo…
G.I.L.
A collaboration between Ted Byrnes and Sam McKinlay (The Rita), G.I.L. is the debut full length from Cackle Car. Solo percussion tracks from Ted Byrnes emulate drag racer engines idling on nitro. Sam McKinlay then takes each track and translates them even further into a distorted cackling texture. A call and response divided into 10 parts, G.I.L. reaches points of near mania, and constantly shifts into a new direction as soon as it becomes comfortable.
Photography by Sam McKinlay.
Mastered by Gr…
Deformation Of Tone
Joe Colley’s skeleton key is an intra-dimensional sense of humor. It exists in a place between and beyond dry, deadpan, and defeatist, and is not actually funny. He has a knack for unlocking the essence of the absurdly uncomplicated, elevating it to a place of near-iconic significance and leaving it there. Hovering in a void. Or mashed in the jowl of an insect getting doused with regurgitated chyme and rumen bacteria. Consistent with his past efforts, Deformation Of Tone contains no sturm und dr…
Involuntary Response (Tragic Outcomes) - tape
* Presented in A5 sleeve, real time 1:1 dubbed cassettes * Label mainstays Moss Harvest + Death Kneel document traces and relics of trauma. Post-catastrophic behaviours, tragic scuba fatalities, the great herald of death!
Peinheil
"Peinheil" is the fourth full-length from German power electronics act Femeheim. Following in the footsteps of Anenzephalia, Dagda Mor, Advokat Ihrer Hoheit, etc. "Peinheil" alternates between extreme noise, heavy electronics, and atmospheric industrial passages, bringing a classic sound into the new generation of European industrial music. Mastered by Grant Richardson.
Oculus
Over an hour of new material from American noise artist Worth. Spread over 8 widely varied pieces, "Oculus" is a symphony for incarceration and mental illness. Some of his strongest work to date. Packaged in A5 6 panel digipak sleeve.
Static Fuzz Drill
Lingula was a Texas based harsh noise collaboration between David Gilden and Richard Ramirez that existed from 1994-1996. The aptly titled 'Static Fuzz Drill' is a non-stop 72 minute long sonic assault from these two legends of American noise. Originally released in an extremely limited quantity in white painted cassette cases, given out at a show at Harvey's Club Deluxe in Houston. Static Fuzz Drill is now presented in an unbroken format on CD. Uncompromising monolithic noise from a now classic…
Gamzatti
* Reissue on CD with 8 panel digipak, booklet, includes new material * CD reissue of the long sold-out The Rita LP 'Gamzatti'. Includes an extra 27 minute long reworking of original source material entitled "Gamzatti Stripped". 'Gamzatti' marked the first The Rita recordings utilizing sound sources from pointe shoe work. Pointe shoe preparation and technique by Hannah Sarah Myrberg. This CD reissue is dedicated to her memory. Gamzatti is arguably Sam McKinlay's favourite classical ballet female …
Disappear
* Edition of 300 * Disappear was born of something that ceased to be, suddenly, unexpectedly, painfully. like two mirrors that reflected too strongly and burst. the shards that were left tell a story. of a trance meeting of an insect and a flower in a self-made paradise and the resulting journey that took them towards new dimensions but was brutally cut short before these could be explored. the sun disappeared. the resulting daze looked back and saw... mirrors don’t reflect what we want to see.
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Adaptive Emotional Use
**In process of stocking. 250 copies** After multiple lauded album-length cassettes, ‘Adaptive Emotional Use’ is the first true album from Toronto-based Death Kneel. Several years in development, ‘Adaptive Emotional Use’ is a maturation of the project. Exhibiting a markedly harsher sonic palette, Death Kneel takes a turn towards violence and tragedy. Presented in heavyweight 350gsm printed sleeve.
“Death hides the angels it makes in blue skies”
The Colony
**300 copies** The Colony is the debut LP from Los Angeles based Oil Thief. After a string of releases on Total Black & Chondritic Sound, 'The Colony' represents a diverse suite of sonic intention. Straddling the barrier between rhythm and noise, 'The Colony' remains beneath the umbrella of industrial music. A culmination of the first 5 years of the project.
Sixth Mass Extinction
**In process of stocking. Black vinyl lp in embossed sleeve, edition of 300.** Things falling apart - composition for three PA’s (stereo version): the original 6 channel piece was commissioned by bad bonn kilbi festival düdingen switzerland 2018.
Radical hope - live action (studio version): this incarnation of live action was initiated in january 2016 and has developed since. triggered by a broken heart, it’s a critical analysis of subjective behaviourisms, self-reflections, self-criticisms and …