THE NEW BLOCKADERS / GRINDER-WITHOUT-ORGANS / THE THEATRICAL PANOPTICON Present: 'The Stage As Antiworld'
2CD £13 Adv - OUT 21st JUNE

           

This double CD set includes an extended collaboration between The New Blockaders & Grinder-without-Organs, and two live recordings of anti-theatre premiered at Cafe OTO (London, UK) and Audio Foundation (Auckland, NZ). The set also includes a link to access a bonus film and extra, printable material.

CD1 features 'Ein Glücklicherer Zufall: Genau Zu Lang (A Happier Accident: Exactly Too Long)', an hour-long, part studio / part live collaboration between seminal anti-music stalwarts The New Blockaders, and purveyors of the absurd Grinder-without-Organs. 'Ein Glücklicherer Zufall...' shows a different side to TNB's trademark obliterating noise offensives with a more collaged, musique concrète approach and includes a pre-Cafe OTO TNB & G-w-O show soliloquy.

CD2 includes G-w-O live at London's Cafe OTO, "Showcasing a singer who has no voice, musicians who have no instruments, and a bandleader who has no direction".

CD2 concludes with The Theatrical Panopticon, "A stage play performed inside a void and infected with accidental somniloquies".

Fans of Noise music will need no introduction to the work of TNB. Ron Lessard, of legendary US Noise label RRRecords, once stated, "I'd give the nod to TNB as being the first truly devoted Noise artists". TNB served as a major influence on legendary Noise pioneers such as Merzbow and their influence on the current crop of popular crossover Noise artists such as Wolf Eyes is immeasurable.

Double CD in a 6-panel matt digipak with 8-page booklet featuring TNB and G-w-O artworks.

COIL / NINE INCH NAILS - 'Recoiled'
Ltd LP 'Heavy Gold' £22 | Ltd LP 'Solid Bone White' £22 | LP Black £19 | T-Shirt £17.50
- OUT 14th JUNE

   

"Recoiled" is a rambunctious alchemy, of magikal COIL sensibilities and hi-tech home circa 90's mixing technique, all fused in the cave-like early studios of Danny Hyde / Peter Christopherson.

These were the unrestrained PRE- BIG studio- mix downs, of four songs which long time Coil admirer / collaborator Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails) requested Coil to remix. Reznor sent over the original multi-tracks and DATs to Hyde / Christopherson, who independently mixed versions and then met to synch both creations, molding them into these master versions. 

”Recoiled” includes a fuller, more opulent version of the track 'Closer', which eventually made it onto the opening credits to the movie "SE7EN". These 5 lengthy compositions are pre-Ableton / laptop generation type priest song creations, with the use of baby alarms and numerous wires to create bespoke effects.

These legendary tracks were always rumoured to exist and, only the due diligence of a dedicated NIN forum who hunted them down, are released/unleashed for your listening pleasure. 4 of the tracks were released on the download-only "Uncoiled". A bonus, previously unheard track from the same sessions closes the album. Jhonn Balance is also manifest on this gilded constellation. Beautifully remastered.

10 Year Anniversary LP Edition!

Out of print for nearly a decade, we are proud to announce the much-demanded new vinyl edition of this legendary collaboration. Black or coloured LP in full-colour sleeve with printed inner sleeve.

• 'Pallid Amber'. Ltd x 100 copies - via COLD SPRING ONLY. Sold out!

• 'Heavy Gold' Ltd x 500 copies **LAST COPIES!** | • 'Solid Bone White' Ltd x 500 copies **LAST COPIES!** | • Black vinyl

• Black t-shirt with full-colour print.

Advance webstore prices. Also available: • CD in full colour digipak.

LTD 'HEAVY GOLD' LP £22	LTD 'SOLID BONE WHITE' LP £22	BLACK LP £19	T-SHIRT £17.50

TENHORNEDBEAST - 'Capra Hircus'
CD £9.50 Adv - OUT 24th MAY

           

Cold Spring is proud to present the brand new album from TenHornedBeast - the ritual drone project of Christopher Walton (Endvra).

The wild goats (Capra Hircus) of the Cheviot hills have lived there for millennia and are the Avatars of the wild places. If there is a heathenry left on this island, it is to be found the places where the wild goats gather, in the secret valleys and alongside nameless burns. They are the Children of Pan in an Arcadia that straddles both the imagination and the real world.

This is TenHornedBeast intentionally moving in a different direction from the cryptic doom-ambient of 2022's "The Lamp Of No Light". "Capra Hircus" is full of the glowing sunrise of hill-top psychedelia and shimmering, spiralling drones that mimic the abstract lines of the rock-art panels that mark the landscape. The music flows outwards and immerses the listener in looping, hypnotic waves of feedback.

"I dream in landscapes and this is very much an "outdoor" album. When I was recording these pieces I was hoping to capture the openness and sense of wonder that I get from the high places. I've walked these hills for many years, where earth and sky meet and I was searching for a new way to be TenHornedBeast, although it's very much the same ideas that inspired me twenty years ago - just seen in colour".

CD in 6-panel flood-printed matt digipak with photographs taken by Christopher Walton on the High Places of Pennine Horeb.

MEAT BEAT MANIFESTO & MERZBOW - 'Extinct'
CD £11.50 | Ltd LP Red £25 | LP Black £20 - OUT NOW!

          

Cold Spring is proud to present a unique collaboration between Industrial Breakbeat pioneers MEAT BEAT MANIFESTO (Jack Dangers) and the undisputed king of Japanese noise, MERZBOW (Masami Akita).

"We may not speak the same language, but in the vortex of sound, there's a raw, primal understanding that transcends words. Noise can be art, a visual representation could maybe be Jackson Pollock's No 5, a plexus of chaos redefining what music can and could be. Pushing boundaries with Masami wasn't just a musical adventure, it was a masterclass in sonic anarchy" (Jack Dangers, January 2024).

"Extinct" sees the duo take listeners on a transcendental journey, focusing on the dismantling of beat and structure and recycling the result through layers of beautifully crafted noise and feedback loops, giving birth to new rhythms buried deep in the dirt.

The 20 minute opener '!FLAKKA¡' takes constantly evolving breakbeats which are gradually broken down over time, driven through a filter of harsh noise, destroying the old to give birth to the new. Raw and unforgiving, the track is a behemoth that blends mutant forms of broken beats and hints of dub, creating rhythmic noise of the highest calibre in the process.

'Burner' takes the record to its ultimate conclusion, the initial drum beat broken down so that it is barely recognisable. Pulsating distortion and high end audio fragments bleed into each other as the track lumbers forth and destroys everything in its path before slowly unravelling, degrading and falling apart.

A harrowing yet somewhat cathartic trip through walls of harsh industrial noise and audio degradation, "Extinct" is a masterful pairing of artists who have delivered something truly unique yet totally relevant. Don't sleep on this one! (Todd Robinson / Subunit)

Composed, recorded and produced November 2023 - January 2024 by Jack Dangers and Masami Akita. Art by Abby Helasdottir (Gydja).

LTD RED LP £25	BLACK LP £20	CD £11.50

ᚾᛟᚢ ᛁᛁ // ᚦᛟᚦ ᚷᛁ (Nordvargr + Trepaneringsritualen) - 'Gamma Ænima' CD (Old Europa Cafe) - £13.50

What was intended as a one-off collaboration with 2018's "Alpha Ænigma", the duo of Henrik Nordvargr Björkk (MZ.412, Folkstorm, Pouppée Fabrikk, Anima Nostra) and Thomas Ekelund (Trepaneringsritualen, Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words) returns with their third chapter in that special trilogy. A full range of Dark, Northern, Ritual Sounds. A deep dive into spirituality and darkness, spitting more vitriol into the face of the world. Not to be confused with their main collaborative project Det Kätterska Förbund (Cold Spring), this entity performs a pure ritualistic form of music, if you could call it that. These ritual sounds are once again to be considered a living curse, one that spirals out of control and gains more momentum for every time it is recited / played. Let the atmosphere guide you to places you would never find on your own, and open up to the formulae of submission and madness, a deep and obscured abyss of unknown pleasure and pains. After Hair and Teeth, the sounds & art-work for this third chapter are devoted to Finger/Nails. As with the first two chapters, this CD also comes in a DVD-sized digipak.

AMPLEXUS - 'Melting Away - Fierce Detrunctation' CD (Karo Productions) - £12

Amplexus is Ecuadorian noise stalwart Leo Sabatto (Macronympha / Armenia). A raw, unforgiving barrage of harsh noise and heavy electronics, as one might expect from this well-known act. Five heavy, lengthy tracks (ranging from 9 and a half to a challenging 16 and a half mins). Short shifts of harsh noise blasts disrupted by ear-splitting feedback blend together to form the basis of most of Amplexus' work though something is going on in the background that causes this project to pull away from the competition. Amplexus has been creating havoc since 2019. Artwork by Ewan Aparicio (Input Error).

BVDUB - 'Asleep In Ultramarine' CD (Dronarivm) - £12

Brock Van Wey, aka bvdub, presents the monolithic, immersive ambient work "Asleep In Ultramarine", weighing in at just over 79 minutes. Continuing his quest to blur all lines of genre and definition just as the barriers between sleep and waking life - imagined and real - continue to break down and disappear further by the day. Bvdub uses reverb to create massive atmospheric textures, using synthesizers and percussion. A life of consuming madness continuing its guise as grand artistic vision. "Across an hour and twenty minutes, we're intimately drawn right into his personal space where dreams and reality merge through profoundly moving, longing and yearning soundscapes that have a hefty emotional weight. Another masterful tearjerker. Beautiful music" (Norman Records). Ltd x 200 copies in a soft touch digipak.

CORRUPTED - 'Double Headed Darkness' Long Sleeve Shirt - £40

Deluxe long sleeve shirt from cult Japanese Doomers CORRUPTED, produced by the band... sold out and unavailable outside Japan... until now. Black shirt with grey 'skull' print on the front, and white 'female' print on the back, with added white print on both sleeves. KEI SASAKI's geometric design is a new frontier.

Sizes M only.

M: 36/38

VERY FEW IN STOCK - FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED. YOU WON'T SEE THESE AGAIN.

CORRUPTED - 'Still Whispering The Taste Of Myth' Long Sleeve Shirt - £40

Deluxe long sleeve shirt from cult Japanese Doomers CORRUPTED, produced by the band... sold out and unavailable outside Japan... until now. Black shirt with black print on the front, and black print on the left sleeve. The ultimate statement of darkness, designed by KOUSUKE KAWAMURA.

Sizes M only.

M: 36/38

VERY FEW IN STOCK - FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED. YOU WON'T SEE THESE AGAIN.

CORRUPTED - 'The Purity Of The Lost And The Curse' Long Sleeve Shirt - £40

Deluxe long sleeve shirt from cult Japanese Doomers CORRUPTED, produced by the band... sold out and unavailable outside Japan... until now. Black shirt with grey print on the front, and black print on the back. A beautiful yet decadent design by KOUSUKE KAWAMURA. Gildan Ultra Cotton.

Sizes M or L only.

M: 36/38
L: 38/40

VERY FEW IN STOCK - FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED. YOU WON'T SEE THESE AGAIN.

DON BRADSHAW-LEATHER - 'Distance Between Us' 2 x LP (Distance) - £30

New reissue of this cult 1972 album. During the long, dark hangover of the Summer of Love, the classically-trained Essex prodigy approached CBS Records with demo recordings. A forward-thinking A&R executive must have seen a potential revenue stream in Don Bradshaw-Leather's avant-classical noise. The artist was given an advance to record an album. He used the funds to create a large studio in Sussex with many instruments including an actual church organ. Here, on his own, without the use of any electronic sequencing, he recorded "Distance Between Us" using simply multitrack tape, layering each part of the composition. Upon hearing the product of their financial investment - four side-long tracks of blurry organ drones, frantic piano tinkling, and ritualistic percussion - CBS got cold feet. The album was self-released on Bradshaw-Leather's own Distance imprint; a vanity label established for the sole purpose of releasing the album. The double gatefold sleeve is full of mysteries, from the misspelling of "Bradshaw" ("Bradsham", to the coal-blackened visage of the bohemian madman on the cover (DBL himself?), to the rear photo collage depicting the same madman accosting a nude woman. The music isn't any less mysterious; shapeless symphonies of smeared-out Mellotron, tribal drums, and wordless vocals. Don Bradshaw-Leather passed away in the 90's. VERY few copies in stock!

IHOR TSYMBROVSKY - 'Come, Angel' CD (Infinite Fog Productions) - £13

25th anniversary reissue of the one of most unique albums of avant-garde / neoclassical music. Recorded in 1995 in Ukraine and released in 1996 as a small run cassette (Koka Records), the album little by little became legendary and sought after. Perhaps comparable to Antony Hegarty (Antony And The Johnsons) or Benjamin Clementine, Ihor Tsymbrovsky is also totally inimitable. "A madly beguiling pearl of late-night songcraft... In a quivering, high register, androgynous trill, Ihor Tsymbrovsky beckons heavenly beings against a swirling backdrop of phasing, subtly delayed organ... Spellbinding is definitely the word... Poems are set to emphatic piano keys, placing that willowing, avian vocal at a dreamy arms reach with a sort of liturgical dark jazz feel.. This is gold-seal" (Boomkat). First time on CD since its initial release, this edition also includes an exclusive bonus song from the cult compilation "Music The World Does Not See" (Nefryt Records, 2000). Ltd x 500 copies in a 6-panel digipak.

INDUSTRIA MASOQUISTA - 'Sin Sentido' CD (Karo Productions) - £12

Industria Masoquista is Javier Riera Navas (also a member of Sleep Paralysis with Leo Sabatto of Macronympha / Armenia / Amplexus). Formed in the mid-90's, and having joined forces recording with names such as The Haters, Dissecting Table, and Pain Jerk, Industrial Masoquista will be familiar to many with a serious interest in the international Noise scene. The three brutal tracks (over 50 minutes) that make up 'Sin Sentido' ('meaningless') are filled with the kind of ear-piercing frequencies, squeals, buzzing and in-your-face harshness you'd expect from the Japanoise world.

KNURL - 'All Existences Conceived' CD (Karo Productions) - £12

Brand new album of Canadian 'junk' noiser. Knurl is the solo noise project of Alan Bloor, who also records as Level Of Existence, Pholde, and Pyrox - he was also a member of legendary industrial / experimental band Phÿcus. Knurl began in 1994 utilising found objects such as car springs, scrap metal, saw blades, and other industrial detritus to create the sounds that inspired him while working in welding shops in Windsor, Ontario. The project started as an idea to replicate the speed and intensity of grinding metal into a musical project - and "All Existences Conceived" certainly fulfills those credentials. Two punishing tracks make up this new outing (albeit around 30 mins each).

KORPSES KATATONIK - 'Subklinikal Leukotomy Aphrenia Spasmophilik Lyssophobo Asphyxia Sinister Lethal Anorex' CD (Infinite Fog Productions) - £14

40th anniversary edition of the debut album from Korpses Katatonik, a cult tape originally released by Nekrophile Rekords in 1983. Unlike Zoe DeWitt's later project Zero Kama, the work of Korpses Katatonik (1982-83) remains entirely within the realm of electronic music and shows an uncompromising experimental style comparable to that of Throbbing Gristle, SPK, or Cabaret Voltaire. Like many other exponents of industrial culture, Korpses Katatonik was inspired by dark psychiatry, pathological abnormalism, necrophilia, and other types of paraphilic aberration. These served as a metaphor for the dark side of a dehumanized society that seeks to maintain control by the suppression of anything that could be regarded as dark, sinister, deviant, or unpleasant from the viewpoint of popular mass culture. The terminology of psychopathological disorders was used by Korpses Katatonik in a subversive way for its own poetic value and many of the rare vocals and track titles were taken from writings of patients of Vienna's famous psychiatrist hospital. The final track, 'Choronzon', was originally published on the Nekrophile cassette compilation "The Beast 666". It refers to a ritual performed by Aleister Crowley and Victor Neuburg in the Saharan desert in 1909, and anticipates the strong occult implications of DeWitt's ensuing project Zero Kama. Remastered by DeWitt in 2022. Digipak.

KORPSES KATATONIK - 'Subklinikal Leukotomy Aphrenia Spasmophilik Lyssophobo Asphyxia Sinister Lethal Anorex' LP (Infinite Fog Productions) - £25

Black vinyl edition of the above release. Includes a folded A2 poster.

MERZBOW - 'Mechanization Takes Command' 2 x CD (Old Europa Cafe) - £16.50

"Mechanization Takes Command" was first released on cassette by Masami Akita on his own ZSF label back in 1983 and this, after 40 years, is the very first CD edition. A very special and historical album, with a large part made up of analogue sounds. Masami plays drums, guitar, electronics, loops, effects, drum machine, as well as sound sources from TV and vocal samples. The overall result is very strange. The first part of the album has a very freak, late 70's, psych / prog touch mixed with a sort of improvised free jazz sound. The whole album is Merzbow's signature strone Japanoise, but also very pulsating and tribal future-modern-dance muzak, always maintaining a certain freaky 70's touch. Ltd x 300 copies in a gatefold digisleeve, with artwork by Dario Pontrandolfo, who took inspiration from the original tape cover by Masami. Very few in stock!

MILITIA - 'The Black Flag Hoisted' 2 x CD (Infinite Fog Productions) - £17

Belgian tribal-power industrial sextet Militia entered the studio to re-record their landmark 2000 album "The Black Flag Hoisted", the final chapter of the 'Statement' triptych. The original 2000 sessions were 'interrupted', so the album was almost completely re-recorded anew, with several tracks completed, and additional drum sections added. The work presents the Militia's view of anarchist theories - Die Theorielosigkeit des Anarchismus, nihilism, and liberal quests of the late 19th century, expressed in such historical figures as the Russian anarchist theoreticians Bakunin and Kropotkin, the French anarchist Proudhon. Guests include: Azure Mortal, B*stard Noise, IDPA, Con-Dom, Trespassers W, and Wastematrix. The first edition of the album is long out of print and represents some of the most wanted industrial recordings of the 2000's. Conceptual industrial symphonies of hundreds of machine voices that travel through time and tell a story. Double digipak with booklet.

NEUTRAL - 'Last Tale Of Love' LP (Infinite Fog Productions) - £23

Neutral presents the album that will most probably remain their last. In their familiar inimitable style, "Last Tale Of Love" brings dark and beautiful songs with unforgettable melodies, bitter-sweet poetry, and a heady soft deep voice. Of note, this 'last' album includes two early songs of the project - "To The Endless Play" and "Last Tale Of Love" - songs that are well-known by fans through live shows but are presented here for the first time in their studio versions. "The very first chords immerse the listener in the unique ethers of melancholy, romanticism, and retrospective triumph... the melody of Neutral is flawlessly recognizable among any other neofolk... In addition to drawing on Lovecraft's poetic heritage, the album is adorned with two songs by Alena Ka Boo, noir and touching at the same time... A romantic neofolk that is not distorted by post-industrial experiments" (Vladislav Yarov). Ltd x 250 copies in a full-colour sleeve with gatefold 12" lyric booklet.

SADO VISION - 'Sado Vision' CD (Old Europa Cafe) - £12.50

Reissue of the legendary 1995 cassette, originally released on OEC & Allegorical Tapes. Sado Vision was a very obscure, S/M & fetishist industrial project from Italy. Clearly inspired by erotic transgressions they attracted the attention of admirers of the most radical and provocative industrial sound. Lead by the Milanese Luca Leuca (aka Leucon) and the unidentified Reverend K, Sado Vision transformed the concept of studio recording, giving life to real performances in which create musical compositions. Thanks to body sound artist Anjela Water, keyboardist Vibran D, vocalist C.L. Hysteria, and the technical help of Valmat, Leucon put together enough energy to create his first project. The pounding rhythms, the strident frequencies, the electronic clangs that run through and accompany the thin thread of the story were entirely produced using voice and the body, filtering and processing each sound with digital processors and reassembling everything in an anarchic, organic way. A very good example in the industrial-experimental scene of what can be produced in a studio without using traditional instruments. Ltd x 300 copies in a DVD-sized digipak.

SCOPOPHILIA - 'Violent For Being Sexually Desired' CD (Old Europa Cafe) - £12.50

Reissue of the 2021 debut album by Scopophilia - the collaborative project of Harriet Kate Morgan (aka MILITARY POSITION) and Ester Kärkkäinen (aka HIMUKALT). One cannot write about Scopophilia without discussing the female condition, as both artists sublimate their own biographies and biologies into sound. Literally, 'scopophilia' means an extreme sense of the male gaze, with the woman bearing nothing but her own sexuality. Yes, this album is a fractured autobiographical rendering on the inherently fraught situation of being a woman; but more so, it is a raw production of power electronics, industrial decadence, and provocative discipline. The two share a number of similar influences, with their respective solo work being largely industrial and quite minimal in comparison to Scopophilia. In the album's dark techno rhythms the duo create tracks which are lurid, sensual, intimate, and violent all at once, stirring visual images and narrative fragments through the noise. The album is more than a synthesis of the bruised noise from Military Position and postmortem electronics from Himukalt, through an uncanny communion of misery, mania, sexual addiction, innate trauma, the loss of self, the aftermath of abuse or controlling situations, the horror of being in a female body and the subsequent feelings of entrapment this brings. A definite vignette of female sexuality ... and a commentary on their past and their subsequent feelings of disempowerment, as well as thoughts on what it is to be a woman and industrial artist. 6-panel digipak with 12-page booklet.

SEALED IN BLOOD - '20 Years Through The Forests, Ruins And Mystical Lands' 2 x CD (Heerwegen Tod Production) - £13.50

Exactly 20 years ago, the solo project GodNeptun (joined by Funeral), underwent a rebranding as Sealed In Blood and a musical metamorphosis from synth ambient to dark ambient. A few months later, GodNeptun decided to leave from the project forever, leaving it solely in the hands of Funeral. Under this solo endeavor, Funeral recorded 7 full albums, along with various compilations, EPs, splits, and demos. This 2CD compilation marks the culmination of two decades of cold and hypnotic, dark sounds. Previously unpublished tracks and pieces from hard-to-find releases are bolstered by tracks from tapes never before released on CD. Nearly 157 minutes of dark and chilling ambient music, showcasing the project's work from lower Silesia, punctuated by sounds of nearby copper mines, forests, ruins, cemeteries, bunkers, and industrial facilities seamlessly integrated into the surroundings.

VIOLENT GRIEF - 'Better To Have Never Been' Cassette (Self-Released) - £10

Violent Grief is a Dark Ambient / Noise / Drone artist hailing from Nottingham. Conceived in 2021, the project explores the space between noise and ambient incorporating drones, pulses, synthesizers, field recordings and industrial elements. Following their debut EP, "The Age of Loss and Hunger", the project presented its debut full-length release. The album is inspired by the concepts discussed in "The Conspiracy Against The Human Race" by Thomas Ligotti. Themes such as pessimism and the curse of human existence are the driving force behind these many-layered tracks of progressive drones and textures slowly building, leaving nothing in their wake. Mastered by Thomas Garrison (Control). Limited Edition grey cassette shell.

VICE WEARS BLACK HOSE - 'Lines Of Black Nylon And Red Cut Throats' CD (Old Europa Cafe) - £12

Vice Wears Black Hose (V.W.B.H.) is a collaborative project by two monsters of the American Noise, P/E, HNW scene: Sam McKinlay aka The Rita, and Richard Ramirez aka Black Leather Jesus, Werewolf Jerusalem etc. The project name was inspired by the Italian Giallo movie "Il Vizio ha le Calze Nere" (the Italian translation of VWBH) released in 1975 by Tano Cimarosa. No need to describe sounds as YOU know exactly what to expect. If you need more words, you don't need this CD. Ltd x 300 copies in a digipak.

VARIOUS ARTISTS - 'Albion's Beautiful Barbarians - New Songs For The Kindred Spirit Of Kibbo Kift' 10" (Café Grössenwahn Grammophon) - £23

A stunning collection featuring Ulver, Sol Invictus, Tenhornedbeast, Jännerwein, Blood And Sun, and Moineau (feat. Matt Howden). Those bright stars of the scene offer neo/dark folk, ritual drone, and hypnotic acoustic tracks, celebrating the Kindred of the Kibbo Kift - an interwar scouting movement steeped in anti-militarist and utopian ideals and whose aesthetic has been described as "heathen futurism". The 10" vinyl has specially commissioned cover art by Johannes Høie, an insert with liner notes by Annebella Pollen, author of The Kindred of the Kibbo Kift: Intellectual Barbarians (2011), and art by Sverre Malling. Design, hand lettering and additional illustrations by Antumnos Studio. Ltd x 500 copies.

COIL - 'Sara Dale's Sensual Massage' CD (Infinite Fog Productions) - £14

The long-awaited complete version of "Sara Dale's Sensual Massage" OST with 8 exclusive and unheard tracks. "Sara Dale's Sensual Massage" was a delightful erotic video with a mystic soundtrack by Coil. Quite unusual for the band the music features dreamy ambient, almost spa-relaxed soft harmonies, bland tribal rhythms, chimes, and birdsong but still with dark mysterious and inimitable Coil musickal charm. However, the second part of the album explores more rhythmic structures that remind of the "Gay Man's Guide..." soundtrack. Besides the OST recordings, the edition includes bonus tracks from the "Basilisk prod''s" era: "Theme From Blue", and the grandiose "The Hills Are Alive". Remastered by Martin Bowes (The Cage Studios). Digipak with commissioned artwork by Steven Stapleton.

FABIO ORSI - 'Tre Giorni E Un Mattino D'Estate' CD (St.An.Da. / Silentes) - £9

The latest gem by Fabio Orsi is a long journey of over one hour that aptly summarizes the whole sound world that he has created during the years. 'Berlin-School' ambient textures and long electronic excursions permeate these timeless tracks in the best tradition of the Italian ambient master, using synths, effects and sequencers. "Orsi's music dwells heavily on sequencers and arpeggios and that is the rolling thunder of the four lengthy pieces... Each piece is a slow builder, with sounds being stapled upon sounds and then a rhythm kicks in... Like the mothership Tangerine Dream (or Pete Namlook come to think of it)" (Vital Weekly). Ltd x 200 copies in a digisleeve with photography by Stefano Gentile.

SPHERIC - 'Music For Laboratories' CD (St.An.Da. / Silentes) - £9

Spheric is Roman composer Orlando Lostumbo. This work is inspired by his working in the biomedical field at the Istituto Superiore di Sanitá research institute. The ongoing contact with scientists and researchers gave the artist the idea to create Ambient music for laboratories, inspired by Brian Eno's 1978 masterpiece "Music For Airports" and topics such as DNA replication, spiral waves, diffraction, bacterial reproduction. In this work Lostumbo uses electronic sounds, piano and double bass, deconstructing, superimposing and displacing the electronic and acoustic sounds, creating effects that lead to continuous processes of sound transformation within a circular and mantric music. Using overlapping loops he highlights the repetitiveness and circularity of the mechanisms of life and, through manipulation, the destruction and deconstruction of matter that leads to a new birth. Ltd x 200 copies in a digisleeve.

VARIOUS ARTISTS - 'Poison - Vol. IV' 3 x CD (New Approach Records) - £30

An incredible three-disc collection of exclusive tracks from the industrial / noise / power electronics scene, all based around the theme of poison. Features a massive line-up of participants, some big names, some lesser-known: Government Alpha, Shift, Himukalt, Umpio, Moral Order, Isomer, Offerbeest, Kadaver, Edge of Decay, Metadevice, Satanismo Calibro, Xiphoid Dementia, Cronaca Nera, Flutwacht, Naxal Protocol, Detrimental Effect, Taeter, Active Denial, Coalminer, Mademoiselle Bistouri, Spiteful Womb, Pollutant, Tube Tentacles, Stonejaw, Swollen Organs, [Code Neda], Gyakusatsu, Westendhall, and more. Listen at maximum volume! Presented in a special resealable stickered black package containing all three discs housed in a hand-printed white cardboard envelope, plus visual participation by Manuel Pereira with a 6" booklet full of collage artwork specially made for the compilation.

TUNNELS OF AH - 'The Charnel Working + The Klesha File' CD (Zoharum) - £11.50

Tunnels Of Ah's EP "The Charnel Working" - recorded as part of the "Surgical Fires" sessions for Cold Spring (2016) - is presented on CD for the first time. Now expanded with additional, previously unpublished material from the "Klesha File" session, these 10 compositions encompass almost 70 minutes of ritual music, typical of the British artist's work. The dense atmosphere accompanying "The Charnel Working" is best described by a quote used by Stephen Ah Burroughs (Head Of David) to describe the digital version, which leaves no doubt: "My charming ornaments are made from garlands of human skulls", says the Kāpālika, "I dwell in the cremation ground and eat my food from a human skull. I view the world alternately as separate from God (Isvara) and one with Him, through the eyes that are made clear with the ointment of yoga... We offer oblations of human flesh mixed with brains, entrails and marrow. We break our fast by drinking liquor from the skull of a Brahmin. At that time the god Mahābhairava should be worshipped with offerings of awe-inspiring human sacrifices from whose severed throats blood flows in currents". Ltd x 300 copies in a 6-panel ecopak.

MUSLIMGAUZE - 'Khan Younis' CD (Other Voices Records) - £13
MUSLIMGAUZE - 'Khan Younis' LP (Other Voices Records) - £23

A collection of rare material from Muslimgauze, the recording moniker of the late Bryn Jones. "Khan Younis" dips into his vast discography and features a treasure trove of rare compilation tracks dating from 1989-1996. As with the best Muslimgauze, you can expect entrancing, dub-influenced sounds influenced by Middle Eastern sounds and culture. Hypnotic tribal rhythms mixed with with eastern voices and a touch of post-Industrial. These tracks were included on the Ltd 50 only boxset edition of "Emak Bakia" (2020) and now deservedly receive their own standalone release. Remastered.
CD: Ltd x 300 copies in a gatefold mini-LP sleeve. LP: Ltd x 500 copies in a 'left-load' sleeve.

CONTRASTATE - 'Life Without Agriculture' CD (Drone Records) - £11.50

This new work by British post-Industrial / Dark Ambient trio Contrastate is inspired by cafes, clubs, cabarets, from Moscow 1918 over Tehran 1966 to Münster 1997 - and fantasised venues that could / should have existed - relating to the glorious times of the 'true' avantgarde. "The arc that links them all is the experimentation, the exchange of ideas, and the platform to perform free from the social norms of the time". Opening with a very sombre and melancholic mood, the album leads to more collagenous and experimental areas, using guitar and bass harmonics, pulsing analogue electronics, spoken word, and all kinds of samples and weird processed sounds. "Imagination is subversive, because it puts the possible against the real. That's why you should always use your wildest imagination. Imagination is the biggest gift humanity has received. Imagination makes people human, not work" (Jan Svankmajer). Ltd x 250 copies in a 6-panel digisleeve.

RAUHNÅCHT - 'Winterstille' 2 x LP ICEFROST SPLATTER (Percht / Steinklang) - £28

Rauhnåcht offer Alpine Drone from the very depths of the misty forests and snowy mountains of their native, inspiring land of Austria. A mystic journey through Alpine nature appearing in front of your inner eyes. Endlessly atmospheric and melancholic, "Winterstille" is a unique conceptual album, full of ethereal drone moments, 'dungeon' synth, and the multi-layered Black Metal instrumentation the one-man act is known for. Note: "Rauhnåcht will not become an ambient act, no worries Black Metal folks!". 'Dreamlord' Traunmüller is also to be discovered in the bands Stumpercht and Stormfågel. An incredibly beautiful three-sided double LP on icefrost transparent vinyl with heavy black and white splatters, presented in a flood-printed outer sleeve.

LAURA ALLAN With PAUL HORN - 'Reflections' CD (Fact Of Being) - £12

A long-awaited reissue of the legendary ambient / new-age 1980 album by the late Bay Area writer and songstress Laura Allan, marked by the participation of two-time Grammy Awarded jazz flutist Paul Horn. In an unlikely collaboration between folk singer Laura Allan and New Age pioneer Paul Horn, "Reflections" captures two artists in perfect harmony of their talents. Allan, in addition to being an incredibly gifted songwriter, was something of a string instrument prodigy and made instruments for other Laurel Canyon heroes including Joni Mitchell and David Crosby. Her zither playing and vocals here match perfectly with the New Age aesthetic set by Horn and the sounds are beautiful and organic, characteristic of the early more experimental days of the New Age genre before it would later be marred by "easy listening". For over 40 years, "Reflections" has captivated the minds of spiritual ambient music fans all over the world. The record was mastered by the Grammy-nominated Jessica Thompson which guarantees extraordinary sound experience. Out of print since 1984, this is also the first ever CD edition, presented in a digipak.

SA BRUXA - 'Ritual' CD (Dunkelheit Produktionen) - £11.50

The music of Italian artist Sa Bruxa (Guiseppe Novella) is dedicated to the dark sonic art of ritual industrial and ancient truths of spiritual achievement. "Ritual" displays Sa Bruxa's craftsmanship; a complex arrangement of different styles, blending ritual bells and chants with slow drones and ambient soundwaves, while also including throbs and oscillations usually found in the murky past of Death Industrial. However, it is by no means an uninspired genre mix, but an intelligent and stringent work of sonic sorcery that truly transcends genre boundaries and creates something new. Building up on past elements and blending the old with the new, "Ritual" is inflused with certain elements reminding of the most ambitious ritual Industrial projects like Shibalba, Phurpa or Halo Manash. Organic sounds of water and air mixed with ritual instruments conjure up a feeling of sincere spirituality, always with a firm eye on compositional flow. A true beast of an album. Ltd x 200 hand-numbered copies.

I.M.D.P. Feat. SCRPC - 'ACT 084 / Hyper Sprawl renaissance' CD (Abhorrent Creation Tapes) - £11.50

A joint release between two Italian Noise artists - long-running electronic noise master Il M*struo Delle P*ttane (I.M.d.P.), and electronic contraditionist act Scorpiacee (SCRPC). This album represents the return to a harsh noise framework which is a subliminal message with references to the 309 frequency. Two files, two locations and two passwords to extract an encrypted message through six pieces of electronic noise abuse straight from the sprawl. Ltd x 500 copies.

THE TAPES - 'A Touch Of Despair' CD (Unexplained Sounds) - £12

The Tapes was founded by a young Giancarlo Drago in 1982. Dating back to 1986, "A Touch of Despair" was recorded live on a standard 2-track cassette recorder, using a 4-channel Fostex mixer, a self-built analogue echo unit, a Korg MS-20, and toy instruments. It is undoubtedly the darkest and most industrial work in The Tapes' production. The cover features a photo of what the musician saw from his bedroom window: the rooftops of industrial factories, with a distant steel mill emitting smoke. Immersed in the music and industrial culture of the time (Throbbing Gristle, Cabaret Voltaire, W.S. Burroughs, J.G. Ballard, W. Gibson, B. Sterling, P.K. Dick), "A Touch of Despair" represents one of the brightest examples of the Italian "tape culture" of the 80's, as well as a significant testament to creating music that defies the passage of time by experimenting with extremely limited technical means and relying on passion, motivation, and creativity. This reissue also features three additional unreleased tracks from the same period, providing valuable material for enthusiasts of the genre. An ideal soundtrack for your darkest and most solitary nocturnal reflections. Ltd x 200 copies in a matt digipak.

STATE NORTHERN RUSSIAN FOLK CHORUS - 'Folk Singers by Kolotilova' CD + DVD (Sketis Music) - £16

An impressive double disc, with a CD containing audio recordings published in the 1950's-70's, and a DVD with unique archival recordings of the same period from the archive of the state TV and radio company GTRK. This release of the State Academic Northern Russian Folk Choir, under the leadership of Antonina Yakovlevna Kolotilova, gives an opportunity to remember her name, her great work, and gain an understanding of the importance of preserving and popularizing The Northern Song. Being a singer herself, consciously hearing the beauty of the song, gave Yakovlevna the opportunity to appreciate the traditional singing culture. Her main task was to maintain a thoroughly authentic image both in singing and in the behaviour of artists and their outfits. Masters of word and song-chanting joined the choir in the days of A.Y. Kolotilova. They retrieved from the depths of their memory what their ancestors had preserved. Over time, what was unified through the song - word, image, game - disappeared, only the outside remained, as if the soul had left the song. It is very important that in our busy, hectic lifestyles we recall these primordial chants and a special modal sound. This will remind the listeners and viewers of the beauty, vivid expressiveness and powerful spirit of The Northern Song. Comes in a 6-panel digipak with booklet (in Russian), all housed in nicely-designed left-loading outer slipbox.

CULT OF LIGHT - 'The Luminous Spiral' CD (Zazen Sounds) - £12

Cult Of Light is the new collaborative project by Italian Dark Ambient musicians Davide Del Col and Ascanio Borga. Inspired by ancient cults, folk horror tales and exploration expeditions, the music evokes long forgotten rituals and aims towards uncharted territories where mysterious ancestral forces are still alive and well. The debut album, "The Luminous Spiral", is full of mesmerizing dark electronics and an ever-evolving flux of sonic matter that represent a sonic ritual with tribal and spiritual overtones. Davide Del Col is an electronic musician and drummer with his own project Antikatechon, as well as We Promise to Betray (with Giuseppe Verticchio of Nimh), Molnija Aura (with Andrea Marutti), and Echran (with Fabio Volpi). Ascanio Borga is an electronic musician and guitarist, who has released several solo albums, and collaborated with musicians like Cristiano Luciani (Cris X), and Paolo Taballione (Carillon Del Dolore, Christian Death, Gronge). Gatefold digisleeve. Already sold out from the label!