Mirror Thru Haze
*75 copies limited edition* Orb Tapes presents Mirror Thru Haze by Andrew Kirschner.
Animal
*75 copies limited edition* Since the 1990s, Nathan Berlinguette has been performing and releasing a prolific range of experimental music. Throughout the years, he has shared the stage with bands such as The Haters, Scott Arford, John Wiese, Geronimo, Locrian and Pharmakon. Some of Berlinguette's projects include 5/5/2000 along with Travis Ryan (Cattle Decapitation) as well as 3 different projects with his ongoing musical accomplice Ryan Unks, which includes their latest effort - a new band insp…
Uncertain Sediment
*50 copies limited edition* Orb Tapes presents Uncertain Sediments by Floralplasm. Squirgles and flimpers by Ian Franklin Ronkles, tomps and flaggelananix by Jamie Orlando. Recorded at Slimbo's Slimy Slurry Shoppe.
Split
*50 copies limited edition* NGM: "Sufferer" and "Hyperventilate" recorded by Luk Henderiks. "Turn Around" recorded by Mac Stephens. Mixed and mastered by Andrew Corl. MM: Both tracks recorded directly to tape by Matthew Jaime.
Split
*50 copies limited edition* TG: 'These tracks were recorded using a variety of source sounds and the Ciat Lonbarde Cocoquantus. "Amoebaean Personality Traits" recorded in fall 2020 / "Wig Twister" recorded in summer 2021. Thanks to Kevin Sims for the consistent musical inspiration and to Peter Blasser for the osmosis. Teuthis Galore is James Searfoss.'HB: 'You can thank Dave Petersen for this mess. Recorded live on November 20th, 2021, at The Pharmacy in Philadelphia, PA. Shout out to Zombieshar…
Ritual Protest Music / Clearing
*296 copies limited edition* dp's two 2018 vinyl releases collected on one cd, with bonus track. politically charged, hyperreal and unremitting soundscapes containing harsh social and self-criticism clad in a sense of impending doom spiced with an energizing optimism and informed by faith in the humanimal. a poignant reminder of humanity's position on this planet, the tension on this album is expressed solely through sound and 'lyrics' (as opposed to the extensive liner-notes that accompanied 'r…
Tapes 1980/1981
*200 copies limited edition* In the "Tape Network" universe of the early 1980s where everything seemed possible, Maurizio Bianchi meets Lieutenant Murnau in two obscure but historical postal collaborations, originally released in a strictly limited edition for the British tape label Flowmotion (It Should Be Used Only Once) and for the German Litanic (Techno-Logy). Two of the best known promoters of the Italian experimental scene create two surreal experiments that anticipate the mash-up vogue, h…
The Gag File
The work of noise musician Aaron Dilloway, formerly of Wolf Eyes, exudes a raw vulnerability and needling playfulness. His new album strikes a balance between dread and curiosity.
Trou Aux Rats Druuna Jaguar
*Limited edition of 50* Split tape between Trou Aux Rats (also Vomir) and Druuna Jaguar. Trou Aux Rats, live in Tokyo at Hikari-No-Uma 20 April 2018 - performed by Romain Perrot. Druuna Jaguar, máquina poema - recorded at atelier 5-7-5 studio in January 2019. Type I Red cassette with pro-printed full color cover and printed case.
Overgrown
First vinyl offering from both Kjostad, and Ligature. FFO: Crude tape manipulation, field recording, harsh noise, spoken word, sound collage. Macronympha meets Yeast Culture.
New Forces
In celebration of the 10th anniversary of New Forces we assembled a compilation CD featuring all-new tracks from 12 New Forces affiliated acts. A snapshot of the sorts of artists this label is dedicated to featuring. More than 60 minutes of tension, intensity, and reflection. Some of the best in contemporary harsh noise, heavy electronics, and industrial music. Includes Mass Marriage, Breaking the Will, Skin Graft, Gnawed, Rusalka, The Rita, Wolf Creek, Worth, Knurl, Kjostad, Treriksroset, and S…
Domaine Poétique
New Forces is proud to present the Domaine Poétique discography boxset. Domaine Poétique was the mail collaboration between Jeph Jerman (Hands To) and John Hudak, two of the most prominent artist to emerge from the 1980's "cassette culture" underground. Alongside artist like The Haters and Merzbow, they helped carved out a space for experimental sound while constructing the networks through which those sounds would circulate. Domaine Poétique released seven cassettes from 1987-1989, most of whi…
Ribbon
Tim Olive returns for his third album on Notice, a rare solo outing from this avid collaborator. “Ribbon” is a document of his highly developed relationship with amplified object manipulation, in a manner most cathartic and engaged, and yet informed by compositional sensibility. This release is constructed from multiple tracks of a variety of sound sources recorded in his studio in Kobe, Japan; these tracks have then been edited and layered, in shifting densities and evolving textures. Despite t…
Nurses
*2022 stock. 30 copies limited edition* Nurses was recorded in 1996 and was supposed to be released as a split album by the Murder Release label. The split album never materialized and was for a long time forgotten but in 2017, together with Murder Release/Moreno Daldosso, menstrualrecordings decided to finally release it. Nurses was pressed in 2017 but the pressing was faulty. Most copies and the metal plates were destroyed. We were able to save 30 fully playable copies. Those 30 copies are the…
World As Will
*2022 stock. 100 copies limited edition* "I found an old CD-R seemingly containing the first live recording that i had made with Zbigniew in Japan. Somehow i tried to mix it. So i copied the data, but what i got through Pro Tools was something different. What happened! I was always using familiar file names (World as Will.aiff) for everything. So the file that opened was another recording of same duration of 30 minutes and 26 seconds. It seems as if Zbigniew were here and said You take the wrong…
Telmegiddo / Bacterihabitat
*2022 stock. 100 copies limited edition* "LP by Maurizio Bianchi and a CDR by M.B., and that's why a book is such a great idea. Why is that? 'Telmegiddo' (CD) is 'the last cassette tape decomposition' and was previously released as 'Extreme Man 2'. The two pieces on 'Bacterihabitat' (CDR) are from May 1982 and previously released as 'Extreme Man 1' - both of the releases actually released without permission. Its hard to say what the differences would be between both works, but they (all four pie…
Mectpyo / Blut
*2022 stock. 250 copies edition* 'Mectpyo/Blut' came out in 1980 as a ninety-minute cassette and between that and this official double CD Banned Production and Bacteria Field released it on cassette, but also came out as a double LP by Marquis Records and a single LP in Japan on no particular label. This release marks the transition from using the name Sacher Pelz to M.B. and was his first official release as M.B. (or MB, whatever you prefer).Four pieces here, each about twenty-two minutes (henc…
Nekro
*2022 stock. 150 copies limited edition* The all new work released by Murder Corporation, which is the musical project of Moreno Daldosso, who started to play as Murder Corporation in 1992, 'nearly as a joke', after hearing heavy metal, punk, hardcore, EBM and then industrial music, and taking inspiration from Merzbow, Boyd Rice, William Bennett and Kevin Tomkin (and yes, I am not sure about that 'nearly as a joke' either).Murder Corporation uses tapes, noises, short waves and distorted voices, …
Neuronale
*2022 stock. 250 copies limited edition* "Ezio Albrile, a young and convinced supporter of an extreme militarism in the 80s, today renowned historian of religions of the ancient world and one of the greatest scholars in the field of gnostic religiosity. Albrile had already appeared musically with Psychopathic Blossom, an industrial/experimental project born among the school desks and composed by two other young Turinese, but that remained confined to a few tapes, without a label, and to some rad…
Splat Tv
*2022 stock. 200 copies limited edition* The DVD is made from previous VHS (1995/96) material which focuses on mutilated bodies and some Nazi film. The bodies are mostly murdered women, in one section the images have been superimposed with effects... or colored washes applied. The sound track mechanical/industrial noises. Murder Corporation obviously exploit violence, in particular sexual violence against women and Nazi violence. All works if taken seriously I suppose involve a critique of human…