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ZBIGNIEW KARKOWSKI/ANTIMATTER- Function Generator CD (SIRR.ecords, Portugal) $27 CAD / $24.30 USD
Limiting their sound sources to low frequencies (no higher than 100 hz), Karkowski (collaborator with The Hafler Trio, Blixa Bargeld, Merzbow...) and Antimatter (producer and mastering credits for Xenakis, Duchamp...) have created a minimal and and hypnotic work. Quiet patterns that slowly build in intensity for the deep listener.
KIRCHENKAMPF- Probe 7" EP (Cohort Records, U.S.A.) $9 CAD / $8.10 USD
Engrossing electronic music that constantly evolves. Limited edition of 300 copies with beautiful hand-painted B-side.
KIRCHENKAMPF- Lazarus Rising CD (Cohort Records, U.S.A.) $17 CAD / $15.30 USD
Back in stock! The first CD release from kirchenkampf. Carefully building layers of electronics housed in a hand-made cover.
KIRCHENKAMPF- The First Circle CDR (Cohort Records, U.S.A.) $18 CAD / $16.20 USD
Back in stock! Yet another wonderful release from this American artist. First edition of 50 numbered copies, with beautifully painted jewel box and CD surface (not the playing side, of course!).
KIRCHENKAMPF/CELESTIAL RESEARCH- self-titled enhanced-CDR (Cohort Records, U.S.A.) $17 CAD / $15.30 USD
The first half of this release presents three Mpegs of haunting visuals from Celestial Research (with soundtracks provided by kirchenkampf). The second half contains some new great recordings from the American project.
KIRCHENKAMPF/THE IMPLICIT ORDER- M103 CDR (Cohort Records, U.S.A.) $17 CAD / $15.30 USD
Back in stock! An hour long voyage into the outer limits (whether space or psyche) by these two American projects. Emphasizing constant shifts in texture, and slow motion drones, this may be the most trance-inducing release from both projects. Like The First Circle CDR, this release sports a great painted jewel box design.
KNURL- Exotosemia CDR (Cohort Records, U.S.A.) $17 CAD / $15.30 USD
Yet another new release from this prolific noisician. Harsh walls of noise, like you've come to expect from this project: a recommendation or warning, depending on your tastes. Amazing package- impossible to describe here, but it does involve nuts and bolts and sandpaper.
KNURL/KORYPHAIA- self-titled split CD (Galactique Records, Canada) $17 CAD / $15.30 USD
Two Canadian noise artists share this CD. Knurl is well-known in noise circles for his escalating pieces of metal-based (the material, not the music!) distortion. Koryphaia finish off the disc with a long drone-based (but no less harsh) piece, with many sounds swirling in and out of the mix. Numbered edition of 500 copies.
DAVID KRISTIAN- Micronymph Vs. Meganymph 12" 45 (Wikkid Records, Canada) $15 CAD / $13.50 USD
Montreal man of the moment David Kristian has produced a lot of diverse releases. This time around, he presents us with three tracks of frenetic rhythms mixed with melodic synths and pulses. Bits of harsher sounds maintain an edge that Kristian is known for, but fans of offbeat IDM will enjoy this one as well.
BRIAN LADD- The Unsubmitted Themes For Hellraiser CD (Auf Abwegen, Germany) $22 CAD / $19.80
Cheaper price! Ladd, along with Julie Frith, was the leader of the Psyclones, and the Ladd-Frith organization. On this release, he creates 24 "miniature melodies"; stark and mysterious tracks of various looped samples. While not actually having anything to do with the Barker film, we do think this beats Coil's unreleased themes . Numbered edition of 501 copies.
LENS CLEANER TRIO- C.D. + Lens Cleaner LP (The Ceiling) $16 CAD / $14.40
The Lens Cleaner Trio hail from Argentina, a country that we have discovered has a great deal of unusual experimental musical emanating from within. This LP has its genesis in an improvised session conducted in 1999 by Jose Marchi (guitar), Marcelo Aguirre (drums). and C.D. (electronics). After the initial recordings, C.D. took the recordings and disassembled them, constructing new sound shapes from the various puzzle pieces. The results are what C.D. calls "electro-acoustic rock"; we have a hard time coming up with any type of descriptive term. Always shifting, always changing; both jagged and ambient- an LP that holds up to countless listens.
LE.SEIGNEUR.DEABOLIQUE- Echoes C60 (Wreck Age, Canada) $9 CAD / $8.10 USD
Montreal's strangest home-taper is back, with an all-around more cosmic (or kosmische?) vibe. Slightly less chaotic and more hypnotic than previous efforts, yet still strange and interesting.
LE.SEIGNEUR.DEABOLIQUE- Echoes CDR (Wreck Age, Canada) $13 CAD / $11.70 USD
The final release from the Montreal maniac home-taper (now reconfigured into Adamo), with an all-around more cosmic (or kosmische?) vibe. Slightly less chaotic and more hypnotic than previous efforts, yet still strange and interesting. Digital re-issue of the cassette with bonus material.
LETHE- Sleep Digest CD (Pale-Disc, Japan) $18 CAD / $16.20 USD
Lethe are a Japanese duo, incorporating stringed instruments, percussion and electronics in very unusual combinations- pieces that jump through various moods in quick succession, with startling stereophonic shifts. Not exactly ambient, but very atmospheric sound collages.
RUNE LINDBLAD- Objekt 2 CD (Pogus Productions, U.S.A.) $20 CAD / $18 USD
Originally released on C.M. von Hausswolff's Radium 226.05 label. Rune Lindblad composed over two hundred works, yet much of it is extremely rare. This compilation collects nine pieces from the years 1962-1988. Difficult and unique electronic and concrete works.
FRANCISCO LOPEZ- Untitled (1999) CD (Subsound Records, Australia) $19 CAD /$17.10 USD
A new addition to the Spanish composer's large discography of sound exploration. Using location recordings, Lopez creates hypnotic and always fascinating sculptures of dense sound, often using dynamic extremes of volume, textures, and frequencies. The comparatively short tracks on this release make a good introduction, or addition to his work.
FRANCISCO LOPEZ/STEVE RODEN- Le Chemin Du Paradis CD (Fario, France) $22 CAD / $19.80 USD
The newest installment in Fario's split-CD series finds the two artists of environmental sound construction in fine form. One long track of building intensity from each, as well as a collaborative track between the two (a trademark of the Fario split series) makes this ideal introduction, or an essential addition for those in the know.
LOTUS- Garbage In, Lotus Out CD (Breathmint/Freedom From/Ignivomous/Sunship, U.S.A.) $20 CAD / $18 USD
How does one describe this? Crazy programming blurts of funky/heavy/chaotic speedcore, stop and start riffs, seemingly intending to confound your expectations of where the song is heading. If the music wasn't one-of-a-kind enough, it's topped off by a competing duo vocalists ranting at the top of their lungs and range. Weird disc (fun too)...
LULL/ORIGAMI ARKTIKA- Brook CD (Fario, France) $21 CAD / $18.90 USD
Lull is the more ambient side of Mick Harris' millions of projects, but this release sees him veer into a more digital, chopped-up terrain, while still retaining the reverbed soundscapes. The Origami half of the disc is extracts from Polish gigs, clattering percussion and warm drones from horns and electronics. Also a collaborative track of both groups.
MARCUS MAEDER- Solipsistic_Motion LP (Domizil, Switzerland) $21 CAD / $18.90 USD
Intriguing new release from this member of the Swiss Domizil family. Maeder shares other Domizil artists interest in very sharply edited sounds arranged into compositions that unveil many surprises. Very clean production pressed onto very high-quality vinyl.
MAEROR TRI- Hypnotikum II LP (Poeta Negra/Absurd #5, Greece) $16 CAD/ $14.40 USD
These recordings are based on loops used for live shows in 1996, and as such, are more based around repetitive rhythms, almost like a submerged dream memory of drone-rock. Slightly more harsh than much of their other output, but their trademark drones and amorphous sonic drifts are certainly present in all their glory.
MAEROR TRI- Hypnotikum I LP (Soleilmoon, U.S.A.) $18 CAD / $16.20 USD
Having had part two here for quite a while, finally we have the first installment. Like its companion, this is material based on the material prepared for live shows in 1996, with the German Tri-o showing all its faces- the deep rumbling frequencies, thunderous rhythms, thick drones, ultra-echoed guitar... Cover by Mars from the Vance Orchestra.
LASSE MARHAUG- One Eye And Watching 7" 45 (Melektronikk, Norway) $11 CAD / $9.90 USD
The second part of Melektronikk series presided over by the Safe As Milk label, the ever-prolific Marhaug gives us two tracks of strange, minimal sounds fluttering in and out of focus combined with deep resonating frequencies.
MIMETIC- Out Of Tune picture-disc LP (Moloko+, Germany) $24 CAD / $21.60 USD
This pic-disc features new remixes of Mimetic's material, situated in the intersection where post-industrial experimentalism, trip-hop, IDM, and moody string sections meet. Despite the different remixers, this flows well as an individual album. With: PHIL VON, COLUMN ONE, NORSCQ, AH CAMA-SOTZ, ELEKTROPLASMA, STOCHA.
MIND SKELP-CHER/THE INFANT CYCLE- Fractured Cassette '95 C50 (Doomsday Transmissions, Canada) $8 CAD / $7.20 USD
A few copies of this rare tape have resurfaced. 1995 caught both projects at their most collage-oriented, soaked in ambiguous atmospheres; dark yet never descending into dark ambient cliches. Spiky sonic images, obscure track titles, and substance hangovers in cassette form.
MLEHST- Another Cross To Bear CDR (The Locus of Assemblage, England) $15 CAD / $13.50 USD
The British tape-culture veteran seems to inhabit the middle ground between ambient noise and harsh noise, using various sound sources- live instrumentation, field recordings, and... that of undeterminable origin. If you are familiar with earlier work, you know to expect the unexpected. Second edition of 100 numbered copies.
THE MOGLASS- NS12 CD (Nexsound, Ukraine) $20 CAD / $18 USD
Spacey guitar and electronics excursions from this Ukraine project. Pieces range from echoey krautrock leanings to more darker post-industrial rumblings, an improvised trip through unusual areas.
MOLJEBKA PVLSE- Koan CD (Pre-Feed/Eibon, Italy) $19 CAD / $17.10 USD
Clear but dark dronework, swathed in heavy bass, and journeying through layers of rippling reverb. Needless to say, a very good late-night listen for those who like trips into sonic dreamworlds.
MORPHINE BOUTIQUE- Don't Dolby The Bedroom Composers CD (Tete-a-Tete, Germany) $23 CAD / $20.70 USD
A well-produced collection of smooth IDM, crackling noise edits, haunting jazz loops, and ambience, often mixing together, and in other times set up in jolting contrasts. A lively listen...
MURMER- .murmer CDR (Bake Records, Holland) $16 CAD / $14.40 USD
Murmer is Patrick McGinley, who previously appeared on the excellent Chaleur compilation. Given the space of an album, the manipulations of natural sounds are allowed to slowly evolve. Murmer's material walking a thin line between warm ambient moods and colder concrete sound. On Bake Records (a sublabel of Staalplaat).
MUTE LAKES- self-titled CDR (Curve Records/Aon Distribution, Bulgaria) $18 CAD / $16.20 USD
Dark recordings from this new Bulgarian group. The music ranges from string-synth melancholic songs, to more free-form and cavernous soundscapes. No easy comparisons.
NARC- Internal Use Only CDR (Deterrent Industries, Canada) $12 CAD / $10.80 USD
British Columbia-based duo who create an instrumental mixture of cutting power-noise rhythms and loops, mixed with melancholic string sounds and melodies that bring to mind Skinny Puppy and Cabaret Voltaire in their more experimental moods.
PHILL NIBLOCK- Music By Phill Niblock CD (XI Records, U.S.A.) $21 CAD / $18.90 USD
Two beautiful long pieces featuring the Soldier String Quartet. Various almost-imperceptible shifts in pitch between various elements (live and pre-recorded) result in a sense of parts of the composition moving closer and further away from a sonic center. The methods are too involved to get into in this short entry, but it is essential for drone-lovers...
99MG/L. PERNICE- Ligne Laterale CD (Fario, France) $19 CAD / $17.10 USD
Split CD between these French artists. 99mg create a chaotic and jagged style of rhythmic music, utilizing distortion and surprising sounds from their collection of guitars, synths, and found sounds. L. Pernice offers a cleaner sound based around often melodic dance loops, often with a spectral current. Included is a collaboration of both artists.
PAULINE OLIVEROS- No Mo CD (Pogus Productions, U.S.A.) $20 CAD / $18 USD
Those only familiar with Ms. Oliveros' environmental- ambient Deep Listening work may be surprised by the work contained on this collection, which were recorded in the mid '60s. Using tape delays and early tone generators, she created pieces that predicted much of the early German electronic and the harsh noise scenes.
ONQ- The Supreme Weight CDR (OuZel Records, Italy) $15 CAD / $13.50 USD
Moody psychedelic songs featuring distant vocals, oddly tuned guitars, and organ drones from this Italian duo. A little different from The Ceiling's usual offerings in that this is more song-based, but still a mesmerizing and enjoyable trip to far off worlds.
ORIGAMI REPUBLIKA & THE 1,765 ALLIED FORCES OF LIGHT- The Free 10 Year Anniversary Album 2xCDR (The Locus of Assemblage, England) $10 CAD / $9 USD
Not actually free, sorry (the title refers to the MP3 edition available on the web), but for those not online, here is a great cheap way to investigate the diverse coming and goings of the Origami collective. Disc one explores the various Origamis, while disc two spotlights the various Allied Forces: URD BARBARIAN, HORNORKESTERET, L.C.A., MEDIT, LASSE MARHAUG, REYNOLS, EXLEX, KAPTEINKALIBER, I QUIT !, MY GLASS BESIDE YOURS, KOBI, B9, DEL, BOE/KREY/JARBOE, CLOP NEPLAT and more...
ORPHX AND THE INFANT CYCLE- Interference CD (Hands Productions, Germany) $14 CAD / $12.60
New EP from these Canadian projects. One new original each, and mutual remixes equaling four tracks of skewed, rhythmic electronic overload, dynamic shifts in perspective, and interesting sounds, all within the amorphous swirl of radio interference. In four-way foldout package.