Cold
Spring Bi-Weekly Newsletter - 23rd April 2015
NEW RELEASES - OUT 11th MAY
TONIGHT / TOMORROW
THE GREAT AND GLORIOUS WORLD OF F*CK
• 9 May 15, Bethnal Green Working Men's Club
Live: Cindytalk, Splintered, Andrew Liles, Contrastate, Theme, The Cravats and more
We are unfortunately unable to attend with our planned stall
COLD SPRING PRESENTS:
SKULLFLOWER / IRON FIST OF THE SUN /
KHOST /
TUNNELS OF AH
23rd JULY, THE DEAF INSTITUTE, MANCHESTER. BUY TICKETS.
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| MOLOCH - 'Die Isolation' CD (CSR210CD) - £8 |
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Shipping: 11th May
A new opus comes from the woods of Carpathia. It is a despairing portrayal of the souls that are lost in the winter woods. Hypnotic sounds, like a thousand blades in a dance of a winter blizzard, leaving thousands of cuts digging into the body. Heart-rending screams of freezing flesh, summoning death, dissolving within echoes on the mountains. This album delivers cold, misanthropic and desolate mid-tempo, Nordic-influenced Black Metal, alongside melancholic Dark Ambient tracks. Crunchy distorted guitar minimalism, primal thrashing beats, and an overall raw necroish execution are reinforced by howling, tortured, grim vocals that recall the old Burzum era.
For fans of Burzum, Striborg, Xasthur, Trist, Darkthrone.
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| KEROVNIAN - 'Far Beyond, Before The Time' CD (CSR24CD) - £8 |
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Shipping: 11th May
"Far Beyond, Before The Time" was the first genius offering of Kerovnian, spewing forth the bleakest, Blackest Ambient ever released. This music comes from the deep abyss, the bottomless wells, the blackest pits. Coupled with ultra low sonics, is the deep language of Kerovnian - words of a 1000 year old mixture of Persian and Greek. First released in 1999, "Far Beyond..." has received wide critical acclaim as an essential album of the genre. We're very proud to finally reissue this masterpiece! The album was m astered by Denis Blackham. The 2015 edition comes with 4 bonus, previously unreleased tracks, recorded during the same sessions.
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| MZ. 412 - 'Hekatomb' CD (CSR172CD) - £10.50 |
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Shipping: Now
Hekatomb is the manifestation of MZ. 412's monumental performance @ Cold Spring's 21st Anniversary at The Garage, London, March 2011. The fortuitous congregation on that curse'd evening bore witness to the band's first EVER complete live line-up: Nordvargr, Drakh, and Ulvtharm. Powerful, pounding Industrial, desolate drones, dense electronics, grim nefarious rituals, reigned over by the malevolent intonations of Nordvargr. This satanic, blackened ritual from the creators of Black Industrial will evolve from memory, to history, and into legend. “Hekatomb” features different versions and interpretations of MZ. 412 material spanning 23 years. Presented in a 6-panel digipak featuring images from the ceremony.
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| TUNNELS OF AH - 'Thus Avici' CD (CSR206CD) - £10 |
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“Firstly, the punishment is meted out day and night, kalpa after kalpa, without a moment's interruption or relief. Thus Avici”. ‘Thus Avici' is the second album from Tunnels Of Ah (Stephen Ah Burroughs / Head Of David ). The title references ‘the sutra of bodhisattva Ksitigarbha's fundamental vows', a section of which Burroughs reads daily in homage to Ksitigarbha whom Burroughs pledged ‘entreaty and supplication' under solemn tantric oath 20 years ago. Tantric buddhism, christian mysticism and personal magick make up the subject matter for ‘Thus Avici'. Where traces of 2013's ‘Lost Corridors' album can be heard, ‘Thus Avici' is a harder, more focused offering. Shards of distorted noise, ritual drums, caustic drones and haunted vocals make ‘Thus Avici' a dark hallucinatory swoon into the hinterland of the Tunnels Of Ah. The dull blue light of brute-world calls.
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| SOL - 'Where Suns Come To Die' CD (CSR186CD) - £10 |
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Where Suns Come To Die is an exploration of growing older; the disappointment that follows and the omnipresent dissociation from the world and life as such. In a mixture of sampled classical songs from the beginning of the last century and recorded instruments such as reed organ, horns and strings the music reflects on a nostalgia and a feeling of disconnection to the modern world. Holding on to what last shreds of beauty still lingers Where suns come to die is a reminder that life is with end and we all must offer ourselves to the soil. Where Suns Come To Die consists of four tracks featuring Thomas Bøjden of Die Weisse Rose on vocals.
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| TREPANERINGSRITUALEN - 'Veil The World' CD (CSR205CD) - £10 |
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On Veil The World, T x R x P veers from crepuscular ritual moods to rabid death chants. The album marks the half-way point between earlier, more atmospheric works, and the visceral aggression of the later material. Remastered and presented in a 6 panel digipak. The true masters of Swedish Ritual Industrial. Ltd x 1000 copies only. |
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| LAIBACH - 'Neu Konservatiw' Picture Disc LP (CSR38P) - £15 |
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Official release of the legendary vinyl from 1985. Laibach at their most powerful, orchestral and anthemic! We released the CD version (2003, rp 2006) and are now proud to release this gem on a stunning picture disc with new artwork, based on the traditional German ehrenscheibe style. Ltd x 1000 copies on full colour picture disc. |
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| MERZBOW - 'Nezumimochi' Picture Disc LP & CD (CSR200P) - £18 |
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New studio album from the King of Japanoise. Stunning picture disc vinyl and CD pack (not available separately). Both formats contain exclusive and completely different tracks. 90 minutes of crunchy, intense noise, complex structures, and hypnotic samples. Ltd x 500 copies. |
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| SUTEKH HEXEN - 'Become' CD (CSR199CD) - £10 |
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CD edition of Sutekh Hexen's critically acclaimed 12" "Become", with an exclusive bonus track, serving as an extraordinary junction in the listening experience. Vortex, repetition, and inducing trance-like states. Artwork and layout by Kevin Gan Yuen. Mastered by James Plotkin. 40 mins. Digipak. |
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RELEASES:
IRON FIST OF THE SUN - ‘Yield' CD/LP (CSR204CD/LP)
HIJOKAIDAN - ‘Emergency Stairway To Heaven' CD/LP (CSR208CD/LP)
SUTCLIFFE JUGEND - ‘Offal' CD/2LP (CSR209CD/LP)
VA 'Decoder' LP / CD (CSR207CD/LP) - Einsturzende Neubauten, Genesis P-Orridge, The The, Dave Ball
VA 'Sound Of Progress' DVD (CSR194DVD) - Foetus, Test Dept., Coil, Current 93 |
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COLD SPRING PRESENTS:
SKULLFLOWER / IRON FIST OF THE SUN / KHOST / TUNNELS OF AH
• 23 Jul 15, The Deaf Institute, Manchester (UK)
+ Cold Spring stall
COLD SPRING STALL:
INDUSTRIAL SOUNDTRACK FOR THE URBAN DECAY PREMIERE
• 9 May 15, Band On The Wall, Manchester (UK)
KHOST
• 11 May 15, The Chameleon, Nottingham (UK) - with Moss
IRON FIST OF THE SUN / SHIFT
• 23 May 15, The Star & Garter, Manchester (UK) - with STAB Electronics, Am Not, Needle Factory
• 24 May 15, Nice N Sleazy, Glasgow (UK) - with STAB Electronics, Kevlar, Am Not
KHOST (supporting CONAN)
• 5 Jun 15, Bannermans, Edinburgh (UK)
- with The Moth, Of Spire & Throne
• 6 Jun 15, Oobleck, The Custard Factory, Birmingham (UK)
- with KI, The Moth
• 7 Jun 15, The Moon, Cardiff (UK)
- with The Moth
• 8 Jun 15, Tiki Bar, Plymouth (UK)
- with Warcrab
• 9 Jun 15, The Exchange, Bristol (UK)
• 10 Jun 15, The Green Door Store, Brighton (UK)
• 11 Jun 15, Colchester Arts Centre, Colchester (UK)
- with Jotnarr
• 12 Jun 15, The Music Hall, Ramsgate (UK)
- with Ohhms
• 13 Jun 15, Brudenell Social Club, Leeds (UK)
- with Bong Cauldron, Clenstch
• 14 Jun 15, Roadhouse, Manchester (UK)
• 15 Jun 15, Audio, Glasgow (UK)
- with Atragon, Skeleton Gong
TREPANERINGSRITUALEN / BURIAL HEX / SUTEKH HEXEN / KARJALAN SISSIT
• 5-6 Jun 15, Apex Fest VI, New York (US)
- with The Body, Gnaw Their Tongues, IRM, Northaunt, Svartsinn, Sophia, Funerary Call, Havan, Barren Harvest, Jarl, Menace Ruine.
SUTCLIFFE JUGEND
• 6 Jun 15, NK Project, Berlin (DE)
- with Human Larvae, Krube
TREPANERINGSRITUALEN / PRURIENT
• 26-27 Jun 15, Heavy Electronics III, TBA, Mannheim (DE)
- with Brighter Death Now, Propergol, Tho-So-Aa, Pain Nail, Alfarmania, Ke/Hil
COLD SPRING STALL:
WOODLAND GATHERING
• 3 Jul 15, Fell Foot Wood, Ulverston (UK)
Live: Skullflower, Roly Porter, Gazelle Twin, Freida Abtan, Colossloth
SAGITTARIUS
• 18-19 Sep 15, The Villa Festival, Magione (IT)
- with Ain Soph, Allerseelen, Desiderii Marginis, RosaRubea, Jännerwein
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ASEPTIC VOID - 'Carnal' CD (Naked Lunch Records) - £11 |
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Italian multi-instrumentalist Aseptic Void, has followed up their previous album "Psychosis" (Cryo Chamber) with an impressive continuation of dark themes and masterful use of static, haunting spaces in their music, including silence. The theme of the album is the flesh and abominations of the concepts of limit. A black hole of anti-identity in which to get pleasantly lost. The truth of the flesh is multifaceted. Ltd x 500 copies in a digipak.
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ASOLAAR - 'Obliterate' LP (Metaphysik) - £12 |
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Debut album from Argentina's Dario Pinto Calvis. Asolaar offers a hybrid of drone, power electronics and industrial, interlaced with tone patterns and subtle voices, creating a rebellious state under a blanket of electric noise.
His powerful electronics sound is intense, dense, at points vicious even - but fantastically produced throughout. This is the sound of a producer who knows his equipment and signal creation. Mastered by Rashad Becker. Ltd x 300 copies in a screen-printed sleeve.
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BARDOSENETICCUBE & LIEUTENANT CARAMEL - 'Silence Submarine' CD (Studio Forum) - £9 |
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The first collaboration of the St. Petersburg project Bardoseneticcube and French musician Philip Blanchard, known as Lieutenant Caramel, who met in St Petersburg and communicated remotely thereafter. All tracks are built according to the traditional principle: one of the musicians provide the source material, the other processes it. Connoisseurs of creativity, both projects are easily able to trace the origin of most of the tracks, and this process is quite a fascinating pastime. Ltd x 500 copies in a card slip.
• All Bardoseneticcube Titles • All Lieutenant Caramel Titles |
EMERGE - 'Frown' CD (Attenuation Circuit)
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Three lengthy tracks (50 minutes) showcasing different aspects of Emerge’s musical personality, from contemplative to unrelenting. With a minimum of timbres, he creates varied and well-paced compositions that stand up to comparison with masters like Asmus Tietchens. Utilising a minimalist palette, Emerge treats and edits found sounds to create his compositions. Musique concrète, drone, dark ambient, lowercase, or sometimes even noise, "Frown" is an electroacoustic symphony of austere sparseness which reveals a surprising wealth of beautiful sonic detail to the careful listener, like patterns of colourful pebbles in an endless stretch of grey industrial dust. Card slip.
• All Emerge Titles |
EMERGE - 'Oneirism' 10" + CDR (Attenuation Circuit) - £9 |
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Both tracks here showcase the "dark ambient" aspects of Emerge's work in its purest form to date. "Oneirism" hints at the world of dreams, and while one side can be considered a cinematic rendering of a nightmare set in dark and glacial surroundings, the other is replete with immersive drones that are mysterious yet beautiful in an otherworldly way, making this release the dream of every dark ambient fan.
While deep, dark drones have always been an important feature of his compositions - as on their debut vinyl, released on Drone Records in 2003 - they have always been contrasted with other timbres. Here, Emerge goes more minimal and more bass-heavy , letting deep microtones envelop the listener, sucking them into a dream world. Ltd x 300 numbered copies, with CDR version included.
• All Emerge Titles • All 10" Vinyl |
EMPUSAE & SHINKIRO - 'Organic.Aural.Ornaments' 2 x LP (La Esencia) - £20 |
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Originally released on CD in 2011 (ant-zen), organic.aural.ornaments is based mostly on track-sources from Manabu (Shinkiro / Kotodama) supplemented by Sal-ocin (Empusae / This Morn' Omina / Tzolk'In). Both artists' aural characteristics merge perfectly:
Shinkiro's cinematic dark soundscapes with a meditative touch blend with Empusae's haunting ritualistic ambience and enthralling melodies, varied rhythmic structures ranging from tribal to minimalistic sequences loom out of the vast, lamenting synth sounds - a kaleidoscope of ethereal atmospheres, both enthralling and enchanting. This work contains 2 bonus tracks (ornaments) is totally remastered.
Artwork by S.alt. Ltd x 250 hand-numbered copies in a gatefold sleeve with insert.
• All Empusae Titles • All Shinkiro Titles • All LP / 12" Vinyl |
HOLZKOPF & EMERGE - 'Craft' CD (Attenuation Circuit)
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Canadian artist Holzkopf is mainly known for his leftfield take on drum ’n’ bass and improvised vocals, while Emerge is often labelled a “drone ambient” artist. Here, they combine their respective mastery of synths and the processed sampled ambient sounds to create two textural, yet highly suspenseful half-hour pieces. Y-Ton-G, a long-standing presence in the German underground experimental music scene, supplied some of the source material for Emerge, with a predilection for the sounds of metal. The great achievement of the album is in the way it manages to combine seemingly concrete, referential sounds with abstract, brooding frequencies. The mixture of found and sythesised sounds creates a kind of cinema for the ear which conjures emotionally compelling atmospheres while never forcing any obvious visual associations on the listener. Card slip. |
K2 / ALLAN ZANE - 'K2 / Allan Zane' LP (Attenuation Circuit) - £14 |
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Each 21-minute side of this
trans-Pacific noise album is dedicated to an artist from Japan and California, respectively. While certainly harsh, the music of K2 and Allan Zane offers a great richness of detail, which makes it less of a harsh noise wall than a noise mosaic. Each artist offers a different take on what it means to make noise: while Japanoise guru K2 maxes out anything there is on his electronic equipment, Allan Zane takes to his power tools. K2 credits junk electronics as sound
sources, next to the legendary TR-808 drum machine, used here for something decidedly un-pop and undanceable. After all, isn’t noise about destroying the official signal and creating something from the remains? Zane uses metal objects, power tools, effects devices, and overdrive on the recording, creating a piece that does not sound simply like ‘destroyed music’ as the title claims, but quite psychedelic in its textural, ambient quality. Ltd x 300 hand-numbered copies.
• All K2 Titles • All LP / 12" Vinyl |
KARJALAN SISSIT - '... Want You Dead' CD (Cyclic Law)
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Now 6 years since their last opus, we present to you the new masterpiece from one of Sweden’s most notorious act. So, Karjalan Sissit wants you dead, and after going through these new tracks you might not cease to exist but will definitely feel the blow and sheer brutality these new tracks exude. Intense, bitter and heavier than ever, this new work is to us the epitome of the Karjalan Sissit sound. It’s all still there, the pounding metallic percussion, deep angst ridden atmospheric passages and all is held together by Make Pesonen’s angrier than ever vocals. Karjalan Sissit is back, and more pissed off then ever, and we wouldn't want it any other way. Ltd x 1000 copies in a digisleeve.
• All Karjalan Sissit Titles |
KHEM - 'Nessua Redenzione' CD (Naked Lunch Records) - £11 |
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A mix between sonic poetry and industrial ritualistic music, the beat-driven new album from Khem offers a powerful sensorial experience, lead by the sharp recital of Collettivo's vocalist Cosimo, aided by his fellow knob-twister Lunus (aka Devis Granziera) of the renowned italian act Teatro Satanico . Ltd x 500 copies in a digipak.
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KRIEGSFALL-U - 'Kriegsfall-U' CD (UFA Muzk) - £11 |
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Long awaited repress of Kriegsfall-U's very rare second album of Sacral martial industrial. The cult Hungarian project executes harsh militaristic holy roar, with a very interesting release issued by the musicians themselves in the distant year of 2009 (Ltd x 49 copies on CDR). An essential release for fans of early and Der Blutharsh and Wappenbund. Includes material from Kriegsfall-U's live performance at our 15 year anniversary in London. Ltd x 200 copies in a 6-panel digipak.
• All Kriegsfall-U Titles |
LE COSE BIANCHE - 'P*rnography Should Not Be An Illusion' CD (Naked Lunch Records) - £11 |
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A die-hard package for really perverted listeners. Previously available only on MC, Aesthetics Of A Good Pornographer is a distrubing journey into the mind of a talented pornographer. Take part in this record, co-playing many of the tracks on the album, are some of the most significant exponents of the Italian and international scene and that have made the history (past and recent) of Industrial and Power Electronics: Wertham, Sshe Retina Stimulants, Macelleria Mobile Di Mezzanotte. Ltd x 500 copies in a digipak. |
MUSLIMGAUZE - 'Silknoose' CD (Aquarellist) - £11 |
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Russian reissue of Muslimgauze's long sold out 1995 release (Daft Records, Ltd 800). Ambient-industrial with Arabian tribal dance influences. According to some, one of Muslimgauze's most impressive works. 15 relatively short tracks in a fast, aggressive album. The overall feel emphasises industrial rhythms and harsh loops. These are combined with vocal loops, percussion (tabla, drums, cymbals), occasional harmonium or strings at various points, and some electronic effects. This is an album where variety is the main driving force: interspersed between the fast paced majority are some slower, lazy paced tracks. A very enjoyable album edging towards the harsher sounds of some later albums. Ltd x 400 copies in a 6-panel digipak.
• All Muslimgauze Titles |
NOROESTE - 'Respiration Etang' CD (Aquarellist) - £10.50 |
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Noroeste is the side-project of Gael Loison (?Dale Cooper Quartet). The debut album is an incredibly rough and scandalously powerful record - a pile of skinned and macerated electronics. This is a celebration of adventure, of accident and of the incredible voice of Zalie Bellaccico. Loison has already made a name for himself with projects TF, Maman Kusters, and the Moregeometrico geocaching sound experiences. |
ORDER OF VICTORY - 'Lost December' CD (Casus Belli Musica)
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Order Of Victory made the decision to celebrate their 10th anniversary by releasing this album, and finish any creative activity of their old project Cold Design. The CD includes some unreleased tracks not used in any of Cold Design’s albums, and includes songs united with military themes. The album is released as an outsized 6-panel card-sleeve with insert, and a newspaper leaflet with the song lyrics in Russian and English. Ltd x 410 hand-numbered copies.
• All Order Of Victory Titles |
RAPOON - 'A Long View Across' CD (Aquarellist) - £11 |
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Beautiful new album from Robin Storey's legendary ethno-ambient project. "The album title refers to the feeling you get when touching an artefact that was made more than 7,000 years ago, in this case stone rock carvings in the Cheviot hills in Northumberland. Spread out across the top of the hills lie huge stone tables carved with many petroglyphs weaving in and out of each other. The sites where you find the carvings are all places with fantastic views across the hillsides and lowlands. Places of great beauty and serenity. There is a sense of "being out of time" at these sites. You are separated from yourself and instead feel a sense of being part of a greater whole. A spirituallity, if you will. The sense of a connection with our ancestors and being part of a continuity. looking backwards and forwards ..a long view across" (Robin Storey).
• All Muslimgauze Titles |
SIJ - 'Way To Dream' CD (None) - £10.50 |
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CD reissue of SiJ's 2014 limited CDR release (Ltd x 12).
SiJ is Ambient / Industrial artist Vladislav Sikach. His music incorporates field recordings made in different places - from the mundane city streets to abandoned military and industrial facilities. SiJ uses a variety of instruments such as acoustic guitar, drums, synthesizers, electric guitars - plus a variety of mechanical and electromechanical instruments of his own making. Includes guest appearances from Robert Rich, Telepherique, Claudio Rocchetti, AMK (Big City Orchestra / The Haters), amongst others. Dedicated to artist Anna Korolkova.
• All SiJ Titles |
STURQEN - 'Zebu' LP (Metaphysik) - £12 |
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Portuguese duo Sturqen create Industrial-leaning, purist electronics. Sturqen transforms raw, layered sounds into pure energy, leaving sound trails that resonate and make you go further and explore dimensions. Their compositions, difficult to classify, vary from mechanical post-industrial to anarchic landscapes where improvisation leaves no room for monotonous moments. For followers of Pan Sonic, Roly Porter, and Dominick Fernow's musical endeavours. Mastered by Frederic Arbour. Ltd x 300 copies in a screen-printed and stained sleeve.
• All LP / 12" Vinyl |
THEORY - 'Global Electrification' CD (Electrica Caelestis / Casus Belli Musica)
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Theory is a conceptual ambient / industrial project from Voronezh. Antuan Graftio (also of Sacris Tandem, Conjuncture) dedicated this album to his famous great-great-grandfather, Genrikh Osipovich Graftio. Graftio was an eminent Russian engineer and constructor, who designed and built railways and hydroelectric power plants, and took the most active part in the realisation of the Goelro plan for 1920's Russian Industrialisation. Ltd x 300 copies in a gatefold mini-LP sleeve. |
VICHY - 'Paris' CD (Nomos Dei) - £10.50 |
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Vichy is a project from members of French ritual drone / doom act Mhönos. Crippling metal percussion and a sticky, suffocating atmosphere of martial black metal, with harsh power electronics elements. Oppression for the oppressed. Cruel music world for cruel world. Ltd x 300 copies in a 6-panel digipak. |
WRIST - 'Down To The Cellar' CD (Aquarellist) - £10.50 |
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The second album of Moscow droners Wrist shows a versatile approach to drone jazz matters. With iridescent paints from jazz, noise, electronic, ambient and even shoegaze pallettes, the sound of Wrist stepping down to the cellar remains authentic and recognizable. Ltd x 300 copies in a digisleeve.
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VARIOUS ARTISTS - 'Estigmas' CD & DVD (Twilight Records / Gradual Hate Records) - £15 |
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The short film "Estigmas" is by Jose Brave & J. Luis Martinez. "During World War II, German scientists and occultists, in their quest for perfection, developed a substance capable of creating a mystical metamorphosis in men and enhance their human condition. A key to get in tune with the gods and achieve a higher level of existence. With the fall of Germany after an atomic bomb that razed the entire country and its empire, the substance called Futhark 5 fell in the hands of a secret society. This sect used the substance and its effects as an instrument of extinction. After one of these experiments, one of his guinea pigs escaped, developing the original effects of the substance, passing to another dimensional plane and posing a threat to the organized chaos". The CD features: The Protagonist, Puissance, Der Blutharsch, In Slaughter Natives, Mayhem, Kazeria, Turnavel, Suveräna Vanguard, Silent Love of Death, and Hyperborei.
• All Twilight Records Titles • All Gradual Hate Records Titles • All Compilations • All DVDs |
VARIOUS ARTISTS - 'Luigi Russolo Contest 2014' CD (Studio Forum) - £9 |
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The Luigi Russolo competition is one of the most prestigious contests for electro-acoustic composition. It began in 1979 as homage to the painter and composer Luigi Russolo, the founder of noise music. Initially and over 30 years, the Concorso Internazionale Luigi Rusolo, was organised by Gian Franco Maffina and Rossana Maggia. This CD features the winning entries: John Nichols III, Loise Bulot, Sunjin Lee, Franco Alberto Pellini, Pietro Dossena, Wen Bihe, Rocio Cano Valino, SiJ. Gatefold digisleeve with booklet.
• All Studio Forum Titles • All Compilations |
VARIOUS ARTISTS - 'Tincture Of Japanoise' CD (Attenuation Circuit)
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This compilation proves that the underground, counter-cultural Japanese noise scene is still very much alive and kicking! This album assembled a range of younger artists from Japan whose pieces display an exhilarating freshness and showcase the great variety of approaches that is covered by the umbrella term ‘noise.’ Features: Abisyeikah, Zr3a, Naoki Nomoto, Ememe, Elma, Hedoromeruhen, Zpore Zpawn, Jah Excretion. A fine introduction to a slew of new Japanoise names to watch out for! Card slip with artwork by Government Alpha.
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AUBE - 'Imagery Resonance' CD (Aquarellist) - £10.50
Recorded in 2007 in Kyoto, and released at Aube's Moscow concert late that year, the album shows the great sound manipulations talent of this Japanese artist at his best. "Imagery Resonance" is one of the most atmospheric and at the same time diverse works of the project to date - drone ambient and subtle noise morphing in harmony with rhythmic parts and electronics. Just short of 1 hour of music. Ltd x 1000 copies in an outsized folder. Russian import. |
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CYCLOBE - 'Wounded Galaxies Tap At The Window' CD (Phantom Code) - £14
Essentially a duo comprising Ossian Brown and Stephen Thrower, Cyclobe have created a thrilling and compelling collection of music, which moves effortlessly from realms of cavernous cacophony to moments of blissful delicacy. The first new Cyclobe music to surface since their ‘death-concrét' missile ‘Paraparaparallelogrammatica' (an album made in collaboration with Nurse With Wound), “Wounded Galaxies” showcases major new developments, with contributions from Thighpaulsandra, John Contreras, Cliff Stapleton and Michael J. York . Together, they've created an immersive pan-psychedelic dream warren, rich in detail and surprise. “Wounded Galaxies” front cover features a stunning artwork by the renowned American artist Fred Tomaselli. Thrower and Brown are well known for their work in the legendary group COIL, as well as UnicaZürn, The Amal Gamal Ensemble and Current 93 . With ‘Wounded Galaxies', the group has not only produced their finest and most ambitious work to date, they've created an album which can stand tall with the year's most innovative and exciting releases. Presented in a deluxe gatefold wallet with foldout poster and insert.
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LIEUTENANT CARAMEL - 'Early Tape Works' 2 x CD (Monochrome Vision) - £12
Despite its evident correlations with French electroacoustic school, Lieutenant Caramel's music finds much more common issues with approach of such artists as Brume and Nurse With Wound - surrealistic and humorous, breaking the rhythm of everyday life, using household inventory instead of real instruments. All tracks are specially remastered for this album. All this breathes, moves, obtains the voice and gradually becomes meaningful. Theatrical view of musique concrète, humorous and surrealistic collection of masterpieces recorded over ten years. Ltd x 500 copies. |
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MICHAEL GIRA - 'Songs For A Dog' LP (Lumberton Trading Company) - £17
Over the years, Michael Gira (Swans, Angels Of Light) has honed his craft into something more sophisticated without actually having lost sight of the power, emotional tugs, or even the simplicity of his earlier works. On ‘Songs for a Dog’, he has collected ten tracks (mostly culled from releases only available via his website, plus three unreleased tracks), that catch him in his purest form. Mostly built around his guitar and voice in a home studio environment, the songs here expose perfectly how he can function without the layers of sound he’s also often fond of exploring. These songs capture an artist who seems forever capable of pushing himself into new avenues. Ltd x 2000 copies in textured packaging, complete with insert and pressed on heavy vinyl.
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NIKITA GOLYSHEV - 'Solaris' CD (Monochrome Vision)
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The debut CD album of one of the most promising Russian underground musicians, presenting his own unique vision of ambient music. Combining deep layers of machine-like hum and minimal melodic keys, Nikita creates a highly emotional and dramatic journey to the netherworld. Dense drones live in strange harmony with micronoises, clicks and glitches, and delicate acoustic melodies. An hour-long electronic suite in 2 parts. Highly recommended to fans of Necropolis. Ltd x 500 copies. |
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RAPOON - 'Media Studies' CD (Aquarellist) - £10.50
This album from Robin Storey's ethno-ambient project is dedicated to the research of mass media's manipulation of people's minds. "These recordings include the voice of David Icke. They reflect on the role of the media in shaping and informing opinions (the war in Iraq for example showed the shameless use of the media by a government intent on war whatever the real facts were), and in furthering prejudices and persecution of those who have differing views and dare to express them. Any similarity to any one living or dead is entirely due to Quantum Physics, string theory and parallel universes". Ltd x 500 copies in a digipak with two cards. |
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RAPOON - 'Messianicghosts' CD (Aquarellist) - £10.50
Reissue of a long time lost classic Rapoon album, previously published in 2002 by Klanggalerie. This is the remastered and extended re-release of Rapoon's 1997 CDR only release "Messianic Ghosts" (Syntactic), featuring the bonus hard-to-find tracks 'Birethen' and 'Amüz', plus two brand new tracks. Ltd x 430 copies in a digipak with two inserts. |
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UMPIO + IRR. AP. (EXT.) - 'Observation Affects The Outcome' CD (Monochrome Vision) - £10.50
First ever collaboration between these Finnish and American sound artists. The album incorporates both of their styles, interwined a kind of disorienting and intricated attitude. Electro-acoustic treatments are applied to harsh noise and atonal ambient parts, producing a tapestry of disturbing and psychedelic soundscapes. Ltd x 500 copies.
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Over n` out!!
THE COLD SPRING TEAM
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