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HIMUKALT - OUT TODAY!

'Knife Through The Spine' is officially out today! Primitive, old school industrial, with an obsessive, post-mortem feel. Order CD | Bandcamp.



WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS & BRION GYSIN - OUT 16/04

We are very proud to announce the release of these rare recordings on limited edition 180g vinyl. Pre-order ASAP - this won't be round for much longer! U.S. Customers.



CONTROLLED DEATH / MAYUKO HINO - OUT 26/03

Two giants of the Japanese Noise scene present exclusive material on a special limited picture disc. Pre-order now!



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BOOTLICKER - 'Burial Practices' Cassette (Brachliegen Tapes / I Hate My Records) - £4.75

"Burial Practices" is the debut release from UK Industrial Noise / Power Electronics duo Bootlicker. 30 minutes of buzzing, droning oscillators; choking; bass pressure; juddering feedback; metal percussion; unidentified mechanical static; Hamburgerisms; digital ebb and flow. We're all trapped in the abyss - capitalism has made the world an ossuary. The landscape is haunted by ancestral modes of living that have lost meaning in the post-penicillin world. Bootlicker is George Rayner Law and Dominic O'Donoghue (Elk Blood). Nicely presented on transparent artwork with 2 inserts.

CTHULHU THROUGH AMPLIFICATION - 'Issue One' Zine - £7

A brand new 'zine out of deepest, darkest Offaly, Ireland, focusing on Doom/Black Metal, Industrial, Esoteric music etc. Features interviews with our own COLOSSLOTH, TUNNELS OF AH, and DEADWOOD (V : XII), plus: NOCTURNUS AD, HELLWITCH, PANDO, LYLE BLACKBURN, ABSOLUTE KEY, AETHYRICK, ARCANE VOIDSPLITTLER, CIRRHUS, EXIST, GOURD, and PHLEGEIN. A5, 80-pages, xeroxed.

DELIA DERBYSHIRE - 'The Dreams' LP (Fantôme Phonographique) - £27

We can't recommend this highly enough! Delia Derbyshire is one of the most innovative electronic musicians of the 20th Century. She is best known for her pioneering work for the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, and for composing the classic theme song for the original Doctor Who, believed to be the earliest "electronic" theme song in television history. A brilliant composer and one of the few women operating in the early era of electronic music, In the early '60s she collaborated with the British artist and playwright Barry Bermange for the BBC's Third Programme to produce four Inventions for Radio, a collage of people describing their dreams, set to a background of electronic sound. This is the first, simply titled "Dreams", an attempt to represent, in sound, the sensation of dreaming. Derbyshire's electronic and musique concrete soundbed is the perfect underscore to the narration, simultaneously jarring, dissonant, and terrifying. An amazing piece of work from one of the legendary pioneers of electronic music. Ltd x 500 copies on 180g purple vinyl. ACT FAST!

GHÉDALIA TAZARTÈS - 'Quoi Qu'il En Soit' Book + CD (Bisou) - £18

One of the final works of Ghédalia Tazartès, who sadly passed away in February 2021. Isabelle Magnon asked Tazartès to take pictures of his Paris apartment - a veritable "Cabinet de curiosité". This book shows 40 pictures of Tazartès' objects and small installations, with a foreword by Dominique Abensour. The accompanying CD features "La Chute de l'Ange" - the only performance of the trio formed by Ghédalia Tazartès (voice, tibetan bowl, bells), Jérôme Lorichon (member of Zombie Zombie, Berg Sans Nipple, on Buchla synth, effects, trumpet) and Quentin Rollet (member of Nurse With Wound, Mendelson, Pointe du Lac, Red Krayola, on alto and sopranino saxophones), recorded in Eglise Saint-Merry, Paris, in 2019. Ltd x 300 copies with 48-page perfect-bound A5 book, featuring 40 full-colour photographs.

KORINE - 'The Night We Raise' CD (Other Voices Records / Born Losers Records) - £13

Korine is a Philadelphia-based electronic pop duo comprised of members Morgy Ramone and Trey Frye. The pair blend new wave nostalgia with a modern pop sensibility, contrasting upbeat rhythms against sullen, emotionally evocative lyrics. Following a self-released EP in 2017, Korine debuted their first full-length record "New Arrangements" in 2018 on Born Losers Records, launching multiple nationwide tours and two sold out vinyl pressings. Following this release were two acclaimed singles 'Uncrossed' and 'To You', marking a stylistic evolution for the band - a departure from the familiar 80's era influence to incorporate a more contemporary pop awareness. "The Night We Raise" shows the band growing even further into their own, both the songwriting and musicality more assured than ever. "Shimmering Synthpop with its heart on its sleeve" (Pop Mattes). For fans of The Cure, New Order, Lust For Youth, Drab Majesty, Boy Harsher. Ltd x 300 copies in a digipak.

LEIDUNGR (ARDITI) - 'Gryning Flammar' CD (SkullLine) - £14

Leidungr is the Nordic Ritual Folk project of H. Möller (Arditi / Puissance) and P. Ståhl. Crafted by weaving ritual elements into traditional folk, Leidungr's mesmerizing work is also imbued with an indelible martial aura which reinforces the underlying heroic mood summoned on these recordings. The potent and evocative combination, which spreads across various genres, often re-creating their common formats, allows Leidungr to carve their unique brand of Nordic Ritual Folk - a term which perfectly defines the genuine atmosphere of this work, now finally available. Artwork by Swedish artist H.W. and German Sascha P., made from Nordic history of Odin's Son Thor. Ltd x 300 copies in a hand-numbered digipak with booklet.

MAURIZIO BIANCHI - 'Lastfirst' CD (St.An.Da / Silentes) - £12

"Lastfirst" is the brand new project by Maurizio Bianchi. The work is based on a reworking of his 1999 album entitled "First Day Last Day". The original work has been totally reprocessed and reworked into a darker version that reflects even more the dark times we are living in. A symphony that digs deep into our souls and lays bare all our fears. Together with "Dead Colours" (2003), "Lastfirst" represents one of the most intense and profound moments in M.B.'s discography. Mixed by Pharmakustik. Ltd x 200 copies in a 6-panel digisleeve with photography by Bianchi.

MAUTHAUSEN ORCHESTRA - 'Private Thoughts Recordings' CD (St.An.Da / Silentes) - £12

Nine years after the death of Pierpaolo Zoppo, an unforgettable artist and a forerunner of Industrial Music with his cult Mauthausen Orchestra project, this new CD of completely unreleased material (containing tracks he composed between 2009-2012) is finally realised. The album shows us Pierpaolo Zoppo at the peak of his artistic maturity. After investigating the most extreme and intransigent sounds for years with impetus, he finds a moment of reflection and some quietness, without completely abandoning its original instinctive and 'wild' nature. He knocks corners and softens forms, giving us ten tracks of music / non-music as strong as ever, but at the same time touching and poetic as never before. "Private Thoughts Recordings" (the title taken from hand-written notes by Pierpaolo on the original recordings) is perhaps the best gift that the artist could have left us before departing for his long journey, and the most intense proof of his deep sensitivity and his incredible avant-garde sound visions. A final chapter not to be missed. Ltd x 200 copies in a 6-panel digisleeve with visuals by Stefano Gentile.

MELEK-THA - 'Triumph Of Death' 2 x CD (Abhorrent Creation Tapes) - £14.50

The brand new album from French legend Melek Tha (aka "Lord Evil" / Ludo Lejeune). A double album featuring 2 hours of occult / black industrial / symphonic music. "...a black mass dedicated to Satan. Deep, possessed, freezing, incomparable!". Features guests: Lamia Culta, Deacon D., Karis, and Nicolas Horváth. Ltd x 500 copies.

NO NEW DAWN - 'Double Dream' CD (Other Voices Records) - £13

No New Dawn is a manifestation of creative force informed by the perspectives and understanding gained through the path to void consciousness by J. Czarn. No New Dawn is a post-industrial minimal synth project with a Black Metal background based in Detroit by J. Czarn. No New Dawn's illumination of modern bleakness and struggle contrasted with intervals of meditative and reflective clarity provide a fitting backdrop to the cold soundscape captured on this album. The project's music uses a mix of analogue, midi, sampling and live recording methods to achieve an often cavernous electronic and vocal sound. "Double Dream" also exhibits a shift in focus throughout the album from conventional song structures to loose and ambient instrumental compositions. J. Czarn is a multi-instrumentalist and artist affiliated with the One void art collective. A must for fans of early 80's synth scene (Gary Numan, The Human League, Clock DVA, John Foxx or Second Decay), Cold Cave, early Lust For Youth, November Növelet, late Haus Arafna, Martial Canterel. Ltd x 200 copies in a digipak.

OPYCHAM - 'Kudesa' CD (Sketis Music) - £11.50

"Kudesa" completes the cycle of 4 albums of the project Opycham, invented and recorded by the drummer of Tuvan group Yat-Kha Yugeny Tkachev. The name Opycham actually hides the name of the author, received from Tuvan shamans - Orus Ham, which means "Russian shaman". The album's title also has deep mystical roots. "Kudesa" is a term from far pre-Christian times, when sorcerers and magicians (ancient Russian pagan priests) performed their magical rites, invoking Spirits and asking them about a peaceful life for peasants. As in many other pagan rites, one of the inalienable attributes was the shamanic drum, which the ancient Slavs also called Kudes. The audio sketches for the album were recording on the snow-capped winter Altai Mountains, in the Yurt Camp "Tydtuyaryk", with famous Altai musician Bolot Bairyshev, as well as with other inhabitants of the camp. The album was completed a a year later, with sound producer Alexei Denisov at KM Studio. As well as those initial sounds of nature, and throat singing, Kudesa features a rich assortment of traditional instruments including buben, harangue, quiglis, ukelele, and vargan, Digipak.

PAUL BEAUCHAMP - 'Needs Must When The Devil Drives' CD (St.An.Da / Silentes) - £12

After two critically-acclaimed albums for Boring Machines, Paul Beauchamp (Almagest!, Blind Cave Salamander, Sikhara) has taken a new direction with his third album, "Needs Must When The Devil Drives". With this work (a single track comprising several movements), Beauchamp has moved away from the use of acoustic instruments as sound sources and has instead followed the mantra of Brian Eno of "the recording studio is an instrument in itself". Included in this new direction of using solely synthesized and sampled sounds sources, Beauchamp has also begun to explore new territory by using elementary beats and percussion while still remaining connected to his minimal roots through his dedication to drones and ambient. "Needs Must When The Devil Drives" marks a turning point in Beauchamp's solo career as a natural evolution in his unique approach to research and sound design as a creative tool. Mastered by James Plotkin. Ltd x 200 copies in a gatefold digisleeve with photography by Stefano Gentile.

RICHARD B. LEWIS - 'Introspect' CD (St.An.Da / Silentes) - £12

Italian guitarist Richard B. Lewis (Black Dolls, Anarcotici, In my June) continues his personal quest for folk and psychedelic rock, exploring new sound zones with "Introspect". With this new work he desires to take experimental sounds to the extreme and lead the listener on an introspective path, in the most hidden places of their minds. Noise-driven dark ambient with a strong depth and a deep dive into the experimental field, which is clearly different from the previous works. Ltd x 200 copies in a gatefold digisleeve with photography by Stefano Gentile.

UNITED BIBLE STUDIES - 'Divining Movements' 2 x CD (Pariah Child / Yoshiwara Collective) - £13.50

For this album, United Bible Studies was the quartet of David Colohan, Alison O'Donnell (The Owl Service), Dominic Cooper (The Owl Service, The Straw Bear Band), and Matt Leivers. "Divining Movements" is part of a trilogy which started with the "Cave Hill Ascension" LP. "Divining Movements" is firmly within the more meditative vein of the longer "Cave Hill Ascension" pieces. Divining movements are a way of accessing the numinous. The album is a literal movement through and a meditation on landscapes and starscapes, exploring them in four musical movements and divinations... Gentle, ethereal and haunting, this is an evocation both external and interior. A cyclical journey without a definite beginning and end. Presented in a 6-panel digisleeve.

VINEGAR TOM - 'The Pattern Under The Plough' Cassette (Brachliegen Tapes) - £4.75

A harsh drone cassette featuring two longform noise pieces that take as their point of departure the husks which linger on in data, haunted. A mediation on loss, grief and spectrality, the work attempts to exhume the buried sound which lives on in images of remembrance, through databending and heavy processing. The resulting dirges invite forth the voice of the phantom which scratches at the digital realm, congealed in the groan of a time that moves on without them. Swamps of harsh digital noise cascade into thick layers of tape delay and reverb, before clattering into an abyss, somewhere between the void, the astral plane and Weld Road. Missing something vital - a dream of dust, realised. Orange cassette.

VUKOVAR - 'The Colossalist' CD (Other Voices Records) - £13

For the late Simon Morris (Ceramic Hobs, Smell & Quim); His Name Means First And Last. Following the death of one of Theirselves, various failures and ever deepening reliances, Vukovar have finally emerged once more. With the disintegration of the old group, a new, stable line up - the NeuPopAct - have collided and colluded to here present "The Colossalist". Their 8th album, and part one of the Eternity Ends Here triptych, is the most ambitious thing attempted by the group and the most wrapped in turmoil. This is the first CD in a planned series of releases in collaboration with world renowned artist Andrzej Klimowski. Vukovar formed in a crumbling placefiller of a town in 2014. They were always dying and reorganized after ceasing to exist in 2019. Effete artists pretending to be northern hardcases pretending to be uniform fetishists in iconoclast drag. "Do not trust us; we are fragile stars". Features Simon Morris taken from various interviews and archive material. "One part industrial, one part post-punk synthplay, and equal parts turmoil and fear" (Rats On The Run). Ltd x 200 copies in a digipak.

HARTYGA PROJECT FEAT. ALBERT KUVEZIN - 'Agitator' CD + Poster (Sketis Music) - £14

Hartyga is the locomotive of a new wave of modern Tuvan music. Young and bright musicians with an original musical look and powerful energy, combining native Tuvan folk melodies and overtone throat singing with psych-rock. For many people, Tuvan music (a south-east Russian region, bordering on Mongolia) is represented as an ensemble consisting of musicians in beautiful national costumes, performing lingering steppe songs with throat singing... but these guys with come out on stage, create unimaginable things, turning the halls upside down. The appearance of a 'rock' band connecting unusual throat singing with guitar riffs have shaken the Tuvan music world with their fiery gigs! Special 6-panel digipak with foldout poster.

HARTYGA PROJECT FEAT. ANDREY BARDIN - 'Fugue For Steppe And Organ' CD (Sketis Music) - £11.50

Tuvan ethno-rock band Hartyga are prone to experiments, with a combination of throat singing, rock and jazz. Paying tribute to the aesthetics of the psychedelic 60's rock, this s an acoustic album of Tuvan rhythmic folk sounds, throat singing, and a classic organ, with the leading organist of the Krasnoyarsk Philharmonic Andrey Bardin. Tuvan drum kengirge and khoomei, like the mighty stream of the mountain river, drowns the loud organ pipes, only occasionally giving them the will. Digipak.

NOUVELLE PHÉNOMENÈ - 'Glory Of Romance' CD (Other Voices Records) - £13

Nouvelle Phénomène, pop noir newcomers from Budapest, Hungary found their inspiration in new romantic, early synth-pop music and minimalism. They carefully keep the true spirit of the 80's worshipping the likes of The Human League, Visage, Ultravox or Soft Cell. On their debut, Nouvelle Phénomène present eight catchy minimal synth / pop hymns filled with sweet melancholy and cold romance. Somewhere between luxury and heartache. Ltd x 500 copies.

OH MY BRETHREN AND SISTERS - 'The Old Believers Spiritual Verses Of Novgorod Region' CD (Sketis Music) - £11.50

A special kind of Russian folklore, with traditional spiritual songs, and some archaic elements. This collection contains religious chants sung by the choir of parishioners Pomor Old Believers community of Great Novgorod - the successor to the spiritual traditions of the Old Believers of North-West of Russia, which has deep historical roots. The verses were collected from 2008-2014 in districts of Novgorod region by ethnoculturological expeditions of Novgorod State University. Recording was carried out among the native inhabitants of the region, mixing oral and written tradition, with unison singing, keep the great tradition of singing spiritual poems. Digipak with booklet.

PHURPA - ''Trowo Phurnag Ceremony (Sacred Tibetan Music Of Bon Tradition)' CD (Sketis Music) - £11.50

Tibetan tantric overtone chanting in rgyud-skad style, throat singing. Phurpa was formed in the mid-1990's in Moscow, when a group of artists and musicians led by Alexei Tegin and based at the legendary Fabrique of Cardinal Art commenced their studies of traditional ritual music, drifting away from the field of contemporary electroacoustic and industrial music with the intent to delve deeper into the ancient musical cultures of the ancient Egypt, Iran and Tibet. The original 2003 lineup of the project that emerged as a result was dubbed Phurpa (one of the five tutelary deities of the Father Tantra in Bon tradition), and all the members have carried on with their research in the field of Bon and Buddhist liturgies up to the present day. The ritual Tibetan instruments as used by the ensemble include the following: dunchen, gyaling, silnyen, bub, damaru, kanling, nga, shang. The Russian ensemble adheres to the rgyud-skad tradition of Tantric overtone chanting. Recently reissued onto vinyl by Ideologic Organ / Editions Mego.

SMELL & QUIM - 'C*ntybubbles' LP (Cheeses International) - £19

40 odd minutes of new material from the UK Noise masters, venturing into unknown realms of absurdity, sex and folklore, yet still having the cohesion of the classic S&Q sound. The line-up consists of Milovan Srdenovic, Stewart Keith, Michael Gillham, Kate Fear and the late Simon Morris (R.I.P.). These recordings were only finished in 2020 with the expert hand of Milovan Srdenovic and are now available for the first time on virginal black vinyl. Ltd x 320 copies.

SOL INVICTUS / HAWTHORN / SIEBEN - 'Writ In Water' MCD (PREcordings) - £7.50

A rich journey back to the roots of romanticism, dedicated to John Keats, Lord George Gordon Byron and Percy Bisshe Shelley. The title is taken from John Keats' tombstone. Dying at just 25, in 1821, Keats told his friend Joseph Severn that he didn't want his name to appear on his tombstone, but the line "... Here lies one whose name was writ in water". The first track is by Sol Invictus, consisting of Tony Wakeford and Gary Parsons (Sleeping Pictures). A melancholic and slow piece of music, with a sad atmosphere. HaWthorn (Tony Wakeford & Matt Howden) offer two tracks: "Degenerate Leander" is a beautiful violin-led adaptation of a poem by Byron; "When The Lamp Is Shattered" is a sung poem of Shelley, with a more experimental touch. Sieben closes the CD with "Missolonghi Sky", a fantastic composition with lyrics inspired by Byron. Presented in a white digipak with 12-page booklet.

THIRDORGAN - 'Thirdorgan' CD (Abhorrent Creation Tapes) - £11.50

Brand new album from cult Japanoise act thirdorgan (aka Alienation label boss Akihiro Shimizu). "Thirdorgan has remained one of the most elusive yet constant figures in Japan's acclaimed noise and industrial movement. Despite having worked with nearly every cult label of the '90s cassette scene, Thirdorgan has scarcely been presented on vinyl and CD... challenging long form relentless feedback paths and synthesizer psycho erotic gain staging. Momentous appearances on classic labels such as Skin Crime's inimitable Self Abuse records, Harbinger Sound, and yet another on the influential "Japanese American Noise Treaty" edifice on Release Entertainment. Thirdorgan's base of synthesizer noise cemented him with a deeper connection to the European noise scene ahead of many of his peers. The emphasis on wild and insane analogue synth cacophony sets him apart from the more traditional Japanese noise palate" (Dominick Fernow). 6 tracks spanning an hour. Ltd x 350 copies with ultra-minimal artwork.

YOSHIWARA #2 Magazine (Yoshiwara Collective) - £8

A dozen features and sprawling columns of reviews. The eclectic content traverses the proggy psychedelic folk drone blackened dark ambient space rock universe through the vessels of NYTT LAND, PRIMITIVE KNOT, WELTRAUM, DEEP SPACE DESTRUCTORS, SPACE DEBRIS, ZHRINE, CARLTON MELTON, LETTERS OF UTRECHT, ROSLYN STEER, ØRESUND SPACE COLLECTIVE, plus labels Sloow Tapes, and Cryo Chamber. The warped tale continues... A5, 104 pages on 115gsm paper with a 250gsm colour card cover and 5mm spine.

VARIOUS ARTISTS - 'F/Ear This!' 2 x CD (Silentes) - £18

"F/Ear This!" was originally a double album (LP / cassette editions) released in 1987 by PEACE, a completely informal gathering of ziners, activists, musical groups and small Italian record labels. The idea for the title was born from Vittore Baroni, who also assembled a 28-page A4 booklet using some of the graphic art sent to him by some of the various musicians participating to the compilation, and adding images taken from the Trax archives. All the proceeds were destined to support "A/Rivista Anarchica" anarchist magazine. The idea behind "F/Ear This!", featuring friends musicians, graphic artists and poets scattered all around the planet, was the common theme of "fear". "Fear was something we all lived and shared, like being poisoned and [fed] black bread on a daily basis: let's do something then, let's protest, let's turn the volume up. We tried to spread the news and rally, to pass the word and share the sense of alarm". The work has been digitally reproduced, respecting its integrity as much as possible. The audio has been restored from the original reels and cassettes, and some tracks which were originally left out have been added.

Features: Nurse With Wound, Annie Anxiety Bandez (Little Annie), Die Form, Thelema, Gregorio Bardini (ex. T.A.C.), 2+2=5, Body & The Buildings, Davai'Ciass, Detonazione, Doctor Nerve, Don King, Embryo, Franti, Funkwagen, Giorgio Cantoni, History Of Unheard Music, Jane Dolman & Pete Wright (Crass), La 1919, Look De Bouk, Massimo Giacon & Mimi Colucci, Nick Didkovsky & Limpe Fuchs, Orient-Express, Paroksi-Eksta, Plasticost, Politrio, Possession, Rivolta Dell'Odio, Scott Marshall (Burden Of Friendship), The Blech, Two Tone, and Weimar Gesang.

Ltd x 300 copies, presented in a massive 48-page 8" booklet in a yellow vellum wrapped cover, reproducing original artworks from first editions, plus some new artwork for this edition.