Synth, Noise, Experimental, Wolf Eyes, Nate Young; Limited Edition Vinyl LP (500 copies) - Ex Used condition
This split LP is, fittingly enough, a co-release between the CIP label and Vertonen's own CIP imprint. Demons is the all-synth-playing duo of Wolf Eyes man Nate Young and Steven Kenney of Isis and Werewolves, and their side comes in the form of a live recording of a Chicago show from earlier this year. The sounds are brutal but highly sculpted oscillator articulations very much in keeping with the Merzbow/Carlos Giffoni analogue material that was circulating a month or so back. It's a hybrid of ferocious noise assaults and sci-fi LFO experiments. Very nice indeed. Over on the flipside Vertonen pushes the volume levels upward for some grittier sounds, which flail about the place admirably until the whole thing settles down into a solid drone signal, which reluctantly ebbs out to a close.....
Abstract, Industrial, Experimental, Electronic; Vinyl LP (1988)
Track A1 from the first Sleep Chamber album. (1984).
Track A2 from the first Sleep Chamber album. (1984).
Track A3 from the first Sleep Chamber album. (1984).
Track A4 unreleased Version rekorded for, but left off the first Sleep Chamber album. (1983).
Track B1 from "Musick For Mennequins". (1983).
Track B2 unreleased demo from "Submit To Desire". (1985).
Track B3 from "Musick For Mannequins". (1983).
Doom, Drone, Metal, Heavy, SunnO))), Pita, Stephen O'Malley, Peter Rehberg, Mego; 12" Vinyl EP (2007)
Peter Rehberg (aka Pita) and Stephen O'Malley (better known as one half of doom overlords Sunn O)))) have been pretty busy over the last couple of years. Not content with throwing down music for Giselle Vienne and Dennis Cooper's theatrical work 'Kindertotenlieder' they have managed to notch up two full albums and now this, the third in the series of blackened doom masterpieces. For me this is possibly the finest yet, moving ever closer to Rehberg's patented computer manipulations and further away from any comparisons that could be made to the rest of the scene. While '2' was an experiment into the annals of the black metal genre, with the howling spirit of Varg Vikernes somewhere in the mix, '3' edges closer to the doomy soundscapes of Svarte Greiner or the bass-heavy electronic compositions of Murcof. However where their contemporaries never manage to wrench themselves from a definite sense of structure Rehberg and O'Malley effortlessly create a soundtrack to pure hell which bears ever less relation to modern music as we know it. Sure there are synthesized blips and there's thick, pounding bass but this is closer to the wall-scraping soundtrack to The Ring, or the foley sound from Hostel... it's a frightening glorification of all things dark, all things evil, and in that is an absolute triumph. Computer music shouldn't be allowed to sound this menacing, this terrifying, but this duo rise to the challenge as if it was never an issue in the first place and have created a work that sounds like the future while paying close attention to gloomy times past. Coming with a stunning etching on the B-side and limited to only 2000 copies for the world this isn't going to last long, so doom fans hurry up, trust me this is an absolute classic release. Essential purchase!
Horror, Soundtrack, Film Score, John Carpenter, Death Waltz, Limited; Deluxe Edition Colour Vinyl LP - Ex Used condition
Remastered Orange Vinyl Deluxe Re-issue with fold out poster.
Industrial, Noise, Ambient, Drone, Electronic, Experimental, EBM, Techno; 12" EP - Ex Used condition
White Marbled Vinyl
Violet Poison is the dark/esoteric side-project of Francesco Baudazzi, already known as Obtane, co-owner with Giorgio Gigli of the defunct techno label ZOOLOFT.
Electronic, Experimental, Industrial, Techno, Noise; Limited Edition (500 copies) Vinyl LP - Ex Used condition
With 'Referèndum' Exoteric Continent draws us into the awkward spaces and styles around techno and noise's shifting, jagged borders, using drums, percussion, magnetic tape and synthesisers to outline nine atonal and enigmatic silhouettes. Ranging from the creeping slow techno misshape of 'Percentages' thru the sagging chamber feeling of 'Posicions', to the Soisong-like gamelan tones of 'Transició', and over to the kinky industrial swing instincts of 'La Mirada Llarga', he mixes rugged structures with stranger, keening electronics in the insectoid logic of 'Autoritat', and the rubbled electro-acoustic texturhythm of 'Agrupació Civil' to forge a fractious, unstable brace of noise techno that sits somewhere between classic Pan Sonic and his Hospital lablemate Alberich.
Punk, Oi!, Street Punk, UK; Various Artists Compilation Vinyl LP (1982) - VG Used condition
Pretty cool label compilation by Beat the System/Lightbeat Records with their house bands and in 1982 they have published of those their first 7Inches and pressed some here plus a few rare tracks I think. The result can be compared with other UK slabs of that time and that were some. Fourteen, two from each band, spiky short goodies which will not die out. Let's see what else I pack today at the buffet!
Industrial, Techno, Electronic, Experimental, Noise, Remixes; 12" Clear Vinyl 3 track Single - Ex Used condition
Violetshaped is a collaboration between Violet Poison and Berlin-based artist Shapednoise. This first installment in this series features remixes from Roly Porter (formerly of Vex'd), who electrocutes "The Lord Won't Forget" with spasmodic concrète jolts, Vatican Shadow aka Dominick Fernow tattooing your ear drum on "Delusory Parasitosis" with drum work almost approaching Cut Hands levels of focused ferocity, and Kangding Ray who rounds it all out with a grungy, pendulous re-carve of "The Oven."
Industrial, Ambient, Experimental, Noise, Michael Gira, Jarboe, Swans; Vinyl LP + poster and flier - Ex Used condition ('87 pressing)
Blood, Women, Roses (1987) was Michael Gira and Jarboe's SWANS side project's first release and featured vocals entirely by Jarboe, who had previously mainly been performing backing vocals. Many of the tracks on this album were covers of show tunes and other popular songs (for example "Cry Me a River" and "The Man I Love").
Experimental, Noise, Electronic, Guitar, Dark, Sweden; Limited Numbered edition (300 copies) Vinyl LP
Malign trades in a sense of depression and negativity that draws strength from the vacuum behind hope, vacillating forlorn, Loren Connors-like guitar melodies and rubbled shellac samples that recall The Caretaker with passages of fierce distortion and slurried atmospheric textures that project hellish images of waterboarding and abject terror on the mind. The guitar pieces are almost Jandek-like in their awkwardness, often morphing mid sentence into the kind of shuddering knots that Aaron Dilloway would be proud of, steadily toeing away hope in favour of full depressive immersion and feelings from the brink. Ultimately, though, the record wouldn’t be so convincing without its severe sense of sincerity, honestly conveying that pall of darkness without any ironic distance. It’s a proper downer in the best way.
Soundtrack, Film Score, Limited Edition, Coloured Vinyl, Death Waltz, Horror, Cult; Limited Edition (400 copies)
Jay Chattaway’s score to the sleazy 1980 horror flick Maniac is a great listen, with a certain amount of big dramatic arpeggiations, but also with plenty of rarer elements in the mix. Think eerie strings, flutes and discordant synth-stabs, arranged in an unpredictable and unsettling way. Limited edition of 400 transparent blue vinyl LPs, via Death Waltz.
