Les Spectres du Crépuscule
A dusty tape full of creaks, hisses and squeaks swooped down at HDK headquarters a while ago. Its author, one who calls himself "the Prince of Darkness" (sic), remains a mystery. On the tape minimal sounds, limping scores, silences full of anguished expectation, short instrumental excerpts that have the flavor of foggy and humid winter evenings, of the soil of ancient cemeteries, of loneliness, of putrefaction and decay.HDK has delighted and entertained you with orchestral soundtracks, accompani…
Байконур
In 1955, the Soviet Union completed the first spacecraft launch site in history: the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Still active today, the cosmodrome is located in Kazakhstan, about thirty kilometers from the city with the same name (until 1995 called Leninsk). The cosmodrome was the scene of grandiose events in Soviet history, such as the launch of the first sputnik (1957), but also of dramatic events such as the Nedelin catastrophe (1960), in which 78 people died due to an explosion.Baikonur was the co…
Dödsabnorm
*2022 stock* Only a year after the "Nihil Total" album Folkstorm returns stronger than ever with an album of suffocating and death-infused ortodox industrial. Recorded using only 70´s circuitry and lots of metallic percussion Nordvargr has created a dense atmosphere that is dark and threatening as well as hypnotic. A clear statement of what 2020, and possibly the future, will hold for us all; decay, darkness and suffering.
Kopk Kopa
Junk DNA is the newly christened project from Brian Pyle, a man of many ongoing pursuits including Ensemble Economique, The Starving Weirdos, and RV Paintings. Born and raised in wilds of California, Pyle has recently been splitting his time in Vilnius, Lithuania, with his Junk DNA debut Kopk Kopa contemplating his time and place within Lithuania. It is true that much of Pyle’s works is reflective about the human condition responding to a particular environment. The slow burn of Humboldt fog, in…
I Am The Dirt Under Your Fingernails
*Limited edition of 400 copies.* Since 1983, Justin K. Broadrick (Godflesh, Jesu, Council Estate Electronics, The Sidewinder, etc.) has been producing largely solo, but sometimes collaborative, work under the Final moniker. Beginning as a more obviously power electronics-inspired project it has during the past two decades or so evolved into one which still retains that sonic intensity but has a more expansive sound. 'I Am the Dirt Under Your Fingernails' is the latest album, closely following 'I…
I Dreamt We Found A Way
*Limited edition of 100 white cassettes.* I dreamt we found a way’ is a documentation of Bristol-based artist Rob Winstone’s ongoing, almost spiritual practice of music-making. Titled as an expression of a deep yearning to overcome the alienating byproducts of capitalism and the subsequent dislocation of the human soul, this collection of pieces is a crystal-clear expression of the artist’s inner-most hopes and aspirations. The album takes different paths, showcasing the artist’s various approac…
La Folie. Il Corpo Riflesso
Compilation featuring some of the best Italian industrial acts.
Phos
*In process of stocking* Electroacoustic improvisation trio Bloodmist is proud to present Phos, their second studio album, scheduled for release in summer of 2020. The group’s most focused offering to date, Phos showcases an expansive exploration of vivid hellscapes, encompassing elegiac clarinet melodies, feral noise textures, multi-layered electronic percussion, and wildly evocative electronic processing. Bloodmist is Jeremiah Cymerman (clarinet, electronics), Toby Driver (electric bass), and …
Moonlight And Sentiment
*In process of stocking* "This music does not create a song for our ears. It is a ‘state’, such as moonlight poured over the fields.” Leonard Huizinga
This is not a crafted record. The quality is often very poor and the resolution is seldom realised. The melodic lines drift into sentimentality and the production lacks focus and rigour. It is, however, the authentic sound of moonlight suicides, Christmas midnights and a representation of a certain kind of recovered memory that ruins your sleep.
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Alkaline Hydrolysis
*75 copies limited edition* Fricke's music as Bestattungsinstitut and on "Alkaline Hydrolysis" centers around dark ambient and clinical industrial compositions. Biodegraded tape loops and foreign field recordings, musique-concrète-amalgams and organic textures recorded on magnetophone. In addition to sonics, the Bestattungsinstitut alias was also active as a distributor and label in the early 1990s, releasing an eclectic range of artists such as The Grey Wolves, Maeror Tri, and David Prescott. …
The Graphic Cabinet
*In process of stocking. Limited edition of 500 copies, pressed on clear vinyl, with sleeve and innersleeve artwork by 4AD legend Chris Bigg* Downwards’ deep bonds with NYC catalyse the immense debut LP by Jim Siegel’s Vivid Oblivion, a reveberating post-industrial salvo produced by adopted Brooklynite Karl O’Connor (Regis), and co-mixed by Anthony Child (Surgeon) and Simon Shreeve, who also mastered it. It’s a super deep, highly atmospheric beast somewhere between Valentina Magaletti’s most exp…
Axis Mundi
*In process of stocking. Limited edition of 200 copies.* "According to the anthropology of religions, the axis mundi is a bridge between three dimensions: Earth, Heaven and Abyss. It is an element of verticality and transcendence as well as of fall. Often identified with towers or altars, it indicates the axis of the cosmos, which relates the center of man, his deep soul, with what exists Outside and Beyond. The axis mundi embodies its impulse towards eternity, not only as an aspiration to a shi…
Atrabile
*In process of stocking. Limited edition of 150 copies.* Black bile, in ancient Greek medicine, is one of the four humors that make up the human body and affect its existence. Specifically, black bile is the mood responsible for melancholy, anxiety and depression. “Atrabile” is an album about depression in its different stages, from despair (“Koma”) to suffocation (“Atlas”), via total discouragement (“Achlýs”), anxiogenic obsession (“Knōsós”) and deviant perception of time (“Kairos”). The work i…
Byakuya
*2022 stock.* Na-Dha is the solo project by Sandy aka Magthea, the male half of Hybryds! During centuries Japanese religion (Sjintoisme with Boeddistic influences) has been used by the ruling classes for political purpose and domination. After world war II Japan trembled, to discover that their emperor was not a God, reshaped their inner believes and left many in confusion.Japanese man had a particular need for breaking out of the excessive obedience by outbursts of violence. This mental escape …
Stairway 13
Swooping, sub-heavy sci-fi from Riz Maslen. Leda Maar is a new moniker for the established artist who’s released a crop of downtempo and electronic music as Neotropic and Small Fish With Spine, as well as collaborated with the likes of Future Sound of London, filmmaker Andrew Kötting, and featured in PSP-era Grand Theft Auto soundtracks. Mana’s long lasting love of Riz’s 1996 Laundrophonic EP, released under her Neotropic name, spurred this new release. That 12” was a deep and dark web of rhythm…
We Stay Together (2LP)
* 700 copies. Pressed on clear vinyl in a plain sleeve, sticker on the shrink-wrap * Andy Stott’s ultra-classic bout of screwed, knackered House is a shapeshifting, hardy perennial whose crushing traction and atmospheric grip has only deepened in the decade (+1) since it was first issued, as part of a now notorious one-two in 2011 beside ‘Passed Me By’. Out of print for almost a decade, it’s now finally available again in a new edition that’s still sounding unlike pretty much anything else we’ve…
Keskipäivän Hetken Sumea Vaillinaisuus
*Limited edition of 500 copies, 45 rpm, incl. download.* "Keskipäivän hetken sumea vaillinaisuus" collects new dark ambient & industrial leaning tracks by Finnish producer Ilpo Väisänen (Pan Sonic).
Murkhr
*2022 stock. Limited edition of 300 copies.* Note: All LPs have a small manufacturing defect: all delivered discs are not perfectly flat, they have a slight inclined shape which however does not prevent the perfect reproduction of the sound. We like to clarify this before your order but don't hesitate ordering such item as this small flaw is almost invisible and has no side efects.
Nordvargr makes a triumphant return to the darkambient scene after a few years of silence. Having focused more on …
Memories Compiled : Three Tapes
3CD album released in eight-panel digipack, limited to 400 copies. This publication is the second Trilogy of this project, released under the banner of Zoharum. This time it collects ambient recordings, recorded in the early period of Vidna Obmana's activity, originally published on 3 different cassettes in 1989-1991: "Gathering In Frozen Beauty", "Near The Flogging Landscapes", "Refined On The Gentle Clouds", and which have never been re-issued in any other form so far. Now fully refreshed, mas…
Tutti Quanti Sognano Porno (Compiuti I Dieci Anni)
*2022 stock. 300 copies limited edition* The celebration of 10 years Le Cose Bianche (2007-2017), this album collects all the help, support, talent of all musician and non-musician friends who have influenced and marked this LCB decade. Iincluding in the recording of this album are: Eraldo Bernocchi (Sigillum S), Paolo Bandera (Sshe Retina Stimulants / Sigillum S), Egle Sommacal (Massimo Volume) , Andrea Chiaravalli (Iugula-Thor), Francesco Perizzolo (Satanismo Calibro 9), Maurizio Bianchi (MB),…