Bis Aufs Messer Weekly News 03 Jan 2025
Hi, another newsletter for January .. a bunch of cool stuff arrived like restock of Electric Wizards s/t LP, ANTARCTICA - 23:03 LP re issue, the new BONNIE 'PRINCE' BILLY - The Purple Bird LP, BRIGID MAE POWER - Songs For You LP, HARRIET THE SPY - Unfuckwithable LP re issue, a couple THE ORB re issues, PEEL DREAM MAGAZINE - Rose Main Reading Room LP, VASHTI BUNYAN - Lookaftering – Expanded Edition DLP, ANSIS BETINS & ARTURS CUKURS - Slavic Folk Songs LP, BOILERMAKER - Not Enough Time To Get Anything Halfway Done 4xLP BOXSET, MATS ERLANDSSON & YAIR ELAZAR GLOTMAN - Glory Fades LP, NECKS restock and more
We also added (adding) a few more second hand LPs and 7“s to our discogs
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Thank you as usual
Til then thank you for all your orders & support.
Robert & Norman
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LP
ANSIS BETINS & ARTURS CUKURS - Slavic Folk Songs LP (Xkatedral - Slavic Folk Songs is a collection of songs and sacred chants from diverse Slavic regions performed by Ansis Betins & Arturs Cukurs, based on oral traditions and melodies often without authors or composers. The songs have been arranged by the duo for two voices and are performed a cappella, in various techniques, characteristic to the specific Slavic singing traditions. A path of perils, struggles and misfortunes of the world, yet full of longing, respites, fleeting moments of joy and relentless hope and love throughout.) 37.00
ANTARCTICA - 23:03 LP (solid brass - COKE BOTTLE CLEAR VINYL. 23:03 is the first recording from NYC band Antarctica. Originally released on CD by File 13 Records in 1998, this 3-song EP was the precursor to their 1999 debut album 81:03 and combines the band's love of shoegaze, space rock, and electronica.) 27.00
BOILERMAKER - Not Enough Time To Get Anything Halfway Done 4xLP BOXSET (numero -
BONNIE 'PRINCE' BILLY - The Purple Bird LP (The Purple Bird finds Bonnie "Prince" Billy working with a "producer" for only the second time in his illustrious catalog. This time it's David "Ferg" Ferguson (Johnny Cash, Sturgill Simpson) who guides the songs backed by "the best band you can get in Nashville right now", country singer John Anderson and Bluegrass legend Tim O'Brien. The Purple Bird is simultaneously like and unlike other BPB records. Many of the songs are a product of multiple composers’ voices, making the shape-shifting aspect of the BPB persona more fluid than ever before.) 27.00
BRIGID MAE POWER - Songs For You LP (Brigid Mae Power’s latest release, Songs for You, is a heartfelt collection of cover songs dedicated to her father. This album features her unique interpretations of tracks written by legendary artists like Roy Orbison, Tom Verlaine, Neil Young, and Cass McCombs, among others. With a minimalist yet emotionally resonant sound, Songs for You offers a fresh take on these timeless songs while remaining deeply personal. Brigid Mae Power’s ethereal vocals and atmospheric arrangements bring a sense of nostalgia, reflection, and heartfelt tribute, making this album a powerful bridge between memory and music. While many of the songs are performed solo, Brigid is joined by Ryan Jewell on drums and Shahzad Ismaily on bass, with Brigid herself playing vocals, guitar, electric guitar, organ, and accordion. ) 27.00
FIDLAR - Surviving The Dream LP (SURVIVING THE DREAM is FIDLAR’s long-awaited fourth studio LP and first in over five years. Previewing the 13-song album’s arrival on September 20th, the group has released their brand new double-single “GET OFF MY WAVE” and “FIX ME” – a pair of red-hot tracks bristling with frenzied, cranked-to-the-max sonics. Self-produced and self-recorded at Balboa Recording Studio in East LA, SURVIVING THE DREAM is many things for the Southern California trio comprised of Zac Carper, Max Kuehn, and Brandon Schwartzel. An embrace of their DIY roots. A reaction to the youthful kinetic energy packed into rooms at their recent live shows. A reckoning with aging and evolving.) 34.00
HARRIET THE SPY - Unfuckwithable LP (solid brass - Originally released in 1997 on Troubleman Unlimited Records, “Unfuckwithable” by Kent, OH’s basement noise art punks is a mid-90s classic. The recordings have been lightly remixed and remastered from the original tapes and are now available to stream for the first time. The limited edition vinyl repress comes with enhanced artwork and a new 12” x 36” insert.) 30.00
IQ 55 - Kristaller LP (From the ashes of Linköping's first punk band, Tings of London, IQ 55 arose in 1978. Their ground-breaking live performances quickly made them the most sought-after band in their hometown. In 1979, IQ 55 recorded their first and only single, "Livet Är En Bluff (Balladen)/ Bara Svårigheter," in Gothenburg. After their contribution on the compilation album Arnes Korvbar and several attempts to catch the attention of the major record companies, the band disbanded in October 1983.Now for the first time ever, the full-length album "Kristaller" consisting of IQ 55's timeless, original and raw sound is being released.) 28.00
ISAK EDBERG - Belt Of Orion LP (xKatedral - Limited edition of 300 copies - Belt of Orion by Stockholm-based Isak Edberg is the composer's second solo release on XKatedral, and his first to focus solely on instrumental music in the form of two pieces of extended duration for solo piano. Isak Edberg is a composer of electronic and acoustic music as exemplified by Ondulations from 2017 and Lamé written in 2010 and released in 2022, both on XKatedral. Edberg was also a member of Golden Offense Orchestra, active from 2012 to 2014. Edberg writes that his music is informed by an enchantment of being and a search for holiness, rapture and transcendence through stillness, contemplation, dreaming and an attempt to uphold the present. Edberg regards his music to be an adornment of time. The two works presented here were composed in the south of France and in Stockholm during a period spanning the years 2016-2018. The music was inspired by the cold winds, starry nights and desolate, palely bright landscape of the provençal autumn, as well as reflections during a time of escapism and isolation in the life of the composer. More concretely, this music grew out of hours of improvised playing on an old piano while living alone on the countryside, during which harmonic structures and gestures were slowly worked out by means of performing and listening, assessing and balancing sounds and silences. Stylistically, the music draws on a range of sources, such as Feldman's use of space and resonance as projected through both harmonic and temporal distance, the ritualistic gestural repetitions of Satie, as well as Messiaen's resonant harmony, together with some of the harmonic lushness of Scriabin's late work) 30.00
JON COLLIN - The Other Dead Sea LP (early music - 2nd Pressing with new artwork - Gold riso-printed paste-on cover on reverse board white sleeves with handwritten titles, black-and-white insert and obi strip - Colour risograph-printed paste-on cover on reverse-board white sleeves with handwritten titles, with black-and-white insert 2022 Jon Collin's LP release on Laboratorio Palestro. Repressed this year on Early Music. Typically transportative new Jon Collin LP, recorded in Stockholm a few years ago. The JC vaults appear close to endless at this point - how much music is that in the past ten years or so now? - and more impressive still the quality of output, always rotating around similar themes and interests but somehow finding new intriguing modes of expression to draw you back in. The Other Dead Sea in part recalls the performances Collin delivered at our fifth birthday events last year, a compelling hybridisation of wordless Celtic folk song, fervoured blues and hypnotic drones that seems almost rapturous at times. Jon Collin as religious experience? Probably a bit OTT that, but since I'm no praying man I'll settle for the version of the eternal and the divine existent in 'The Lowering's' 19 minute medley (a medley! Just how infinite is the full thing?!) and the stately arcs of 'The Honour and Glory of Whaling' and hope that guarantees absolution. Amidst such uncertainty, Jon Collin proves himself a sure thing.
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LOW - exit Papers LP (temporary - Metallic Gold Colored Vinyl, edition of 1000. At the turn of the 21st Century, sandwiched between two of their most iconic albums - Secret Name and Things We Lost In The Fire - Low released The Exit Papers as part of Temporary Residence Ltd.'s long-running CD subscription series, Travels In Constants. A sparse suite of six mostly instrumental pieces composed for a film that never existed, The Exit Papers still stands as Low's most haunting and experimental work. Originally released exclusively on CD in a scarce edition of only 1,000 copies, pressed on vinyl for the first time in 2016. A rare Low album finally back in print and now pressed on colored vinyl.) 30.00
MARINA HERLOP - Nekkuja LP (PAN - While she was waiting for her last album 'Pripyat' to be released, Catalan composer and producer Marina Herlop was restless. She was concerned about her (by then) uncertain music career, and felt emotionally unmoored. "Some days I used to sit on the balcony of my flat to catch some sun," she explains, "I would close my eyes and start visualizing myself as a gardener, pulling out purple weeds from the soil, every bad memory or emotion I wanted to expulse being one of the plants." As the days dragged on, the fantasy deepened, and Herlop discovered that parts of the garden was withering; the energy she had been putting into the non-musical side of her life had seeped into her creative pasture and poisoned it. She knew what she needed to do to overcome the blight: plant some seeds and tend to her art to help it blossom and bloom once again. 'Nekkuja' is a place for Herlop's warmest, sweetest sentiments to rise to the surface and crack through the topsoil. She describes the record as a way for her to seek and affirm inner light, and it's undoubtedly her brightest, poppiest statement to date. The forward-thinking, experimental touches that nourished 'Pripyat' are still present, but blessed with a level of positivity that's rare to find in a scene so entranced by darkness and melancholy. Skittering fragments of ornate acoustic instrumentation provide a serene welcome to 'Busa', punctuated by precise electronic processes that shuttle the sound towards abstraction and fantasy. Herlop's voice grows over the tangle of sounds from a childish giggle into a layered, matted mantra, sounding passionate, hopeful and full of energy. The vitality spills over into 'Cosset', where she wraps powerful motifs around ricocheting beats and dramatic piano rolls. ) 30.00
MATS ERLANDSSON & YAIR ELAZAR GLOTMAN - Glory Fades LP (xKatedral - Glory Fades is a song book written using a common collaborative musical language developed by Yair Elazar Glotman and Mats Erlandsson, building intimate musical spaces, primarily focused on acoustic instrumentation with electronic counterparts contributing light and shade. Throughout the eight songs on the record, each piece unfolds according to its own logic while simultaneously reflecting the overarching tonality of the song book as a whole. The music focuses on the topography outlined by a melodic and harmonic modal framework and the exploration of the negative space found in the decay and in between the notes. There is a tension in this music caused by a reduced and stark emotional expression on the surface and the complex structures hidden underneath, where the harmonic material shimmers and shifts, and tempo and time signature modulates imperceptibly. The instrumentation forms a non-traditional chamber ensemble consisting of plucked and bowed acoustic guitars, zithers, bells, double bass, violin and percussion with additional treatments through manipulated tape and reamplification techniques. Mats Erlandsson is part of the vibrantly re-emerging field of drone music in Stockholm, Sweden, and is associated with practices characterized by the extensive use of sustained sound. Utilizing synthesized and recorded analog and digital sound, contaminated field-recordings and extensive tape processing his music slowly unfolds sets of precisely tuned harmonic material while textural properties of the imaginary rooms where the music takes form shifts, shimmers and moves from sparse and open to dense and claustrophobic. In addition to his own artistic practice, Erlandsson holds a position as studio technician at the world-renowned Elektronmusikstudion (EMS) in Stockholm and has frequently presented electroacoustic music and new music from Sweden in concert. Yair Elazar Glotman is a composer and a musician based in Berlin. Glotman trained in classical music as an orchestral contrabass player and in electroacoustic composition. His work for film as well as his independent musical releases are informed by both classical and electroacoustic traditions, and employs a range of improvisation, extended contrabass techniques, and a special interest in textural and spatial compositions and in combining analog and digital processing.) 30.00
OLGA ANNA MARKOWSKA - Iskra LP (miasma - ISKRA is the debut album by Polish multi-instrumentalist and composer Olga Anna Markowska. Starting at “Dawn” and ending at “Dusk”, it is a journey of melancholic depth and true beauty filled with warm memories from what was & what could be. Using zither, cello, electronics and occasional wordless voice, Olga weaves together something so affecting and under the skin beautiful that it is hard to shake, bringing to mind classics from artists like Jacaszek and William Basinski, or the films of Kieslowski. However, there’s a personal touch in her playing and compositions that stands out. Olga explains: “the cello pieces, in particular, were born from a desire to reconnect with the instrument I’ve known intimately since childhood. However, I had to step away from it for two years to gain perspective and find a fresh approach when I returned.” She continues : “ISKRA is an album about "ignition" — a gradual shift in how I think about music and a search for new values. It also marks the closing of a chapter, blending archival recordings with the dawn of new ideas.” ) 32.00
THE ORB - COW / Chill Out World! LP (kompakt - Being pioneers with a new album created in no more than 6 months, THE ORB are bound to be exposed to fan expectations running high, while quizzical questions about little fluffy clouds and the good old times take over. It's especially jarring as the duo of accomplished soundsmiths Alex Paterson and Thomas Fehlmann has become known for its genre-bending curiosity and surprising sonic detours, exploring experimental soundscapes as well as club-friendly beats. The funny thing is, though, that whatever the context, you know a track from THE ORB when you hear it. Case in point: COW / CHILL OUT, WORLD!, their latest full-length offering - a masterful ambient album that branches out in many directions, but unmistakably sounds like THE ORB in either ear (and probably to your third ear, too).) 30.00
THE ORB - Okie Dokie It's The Orb On Kompakt DLP (kompakt - "Okie Dokie It's the Orb on Kompakt" is the seventh studio album by English electronic music group the Orb, released on 8 November 2005 by Kompakt. It features new material in addition to new versions of their previous Kompakt releases.) 33.00
THE ORB - Moonbuilding 2703 AD DLP (kompakt - Veritable pioneers of electronic music, iconic act THE ORB returns to Kompakt with the new full-length MOONBUILDING 2703 AD - another major slice of psychedelic synth bliss, obscure loops and deep ambient textures tossed in swinging breakbeats and powerful basslines. Installing a forward momentum rather unusual for a genre-defying project like this, the latest effort from masterminds Alex Paterson and Thomas Fehlmann follows their 2005 album success on Kompakt, the cheekily named "Okie Dokie It's The Orb On Kompakt" (KOMPAKT CD 45), as well as several contributions to our Speicher and Pop Ambient series - but more importantly, it finds the legendary duo at the peak of its creativity, ringing in another essential phase in what can only be called a ground-breaking career.) 35.00
PANOPTICON - ...On The Subject Of Mortality LP (nordvis - Panopticons “…on the Subject of Mortality” is a poignant exploration of grief, written in the aftermath of the loss of one of Austin Lunn’s parents. Originally released in 2009 and remixed in 2016, it delves into the emotional depths of human existence, processing death, and the fleeting nature of life. With atmospheric black metal and post-rock influences, the album reflects Lunn’s personal journey through loss, deeply inspired by the existential themes of The Seventh Seal.) 30.00
PARTY DOZEN - Crime In Australia LP (The fourth album from Sydney duo Party Dozen, consisting of saxophonist Kirsty Tickle and percussionist Jonathan Boulet. Crime In Australia follows 2022's The Real Work, the first Party Dozen record that (some) people were actually waiting for; the record that Nick Cave sang on; the record that Billy Woods jumped on for a rework; the record that took them to the US, Europe (twice), Japan, China and New Zealand; the record that got Party Dozen signed to a cool US label (Temporary Residence Ltd.); the album that prompted Bandcamp, Stereogum, Brooklyn Vegan and a whole host of Australian radio stations to declare it album of the day/week/era; the album that prompted KEXP to invite the band to a live session and that prompted Sub Pop to induct the band into their hallowed Singles Club. 'The Real Work' wasn't the first Party Dozen album, but it was, in many ways, the first where Party Dozen really put it all together. 'Crime In Australia' continues the arc and furthers their ascent with a set of new songs that are simultaneously more focused and wilder than anything they've done before. And there are no guests on this album. Crime In Australia follows 2022's The Real Work, the first Party Dozen record that (some) people were actually waiting for; the one that Nick Cave sang on; the one that had a track that billy woods jumped on for a rework; the one that took them to the USA, Europe (twice), Japan, China and New Zealand; the one that saw Party Dozen hook up with a cool US label (Temporary Residence Ltd.); the one that made Bandcamp, Stereogum, Brooklyn Vegan and a whole swathe of Australian radio stations declare it their Album of the Day/Week/Epoch; and the one that made KEXP invite the band in for a live session, and made Sub Pop add to their hallowed Singles Club.) 30.00
PEEL DREAM MAGAZINE - Rose Main Reading Room LP (top shelf - Rose Main Reading Room, the fourth full length by Peel Dream Magazine, is a lush, inviting headphones record; the kind of album made to accompany city bus rides and rainy-day solo trips to accidental destinations. The band, whose name nods to the BBC Radio 1 legend John Peel — arbiter of all things underground, quality, and (it must be said) "cool" — has since its inception been a genre-hopping experiment, jumping from motorik krautrock to shoegaze and space age pop, and their newest work is a perfect starting point for the uninitiated, beckoning toward a newfound romance and nostalgia with their catchiest collection of songs to date. ) 30.00
PETER REHBERG - Liminal States LP (mego - Peter Rehberg is known for his pioneering electronic work with computer software which over time evolved into a modular set up alongside running MEGO and then Editions Mego labels. Rehberg was a prolific collaborator, with other musicians and with contemporary dance and theatre productions, most notably with French artist and choreographer, Gisèle Vienne with whom he created a series of soundtracks from Showroomdummies, released under the name DACM in 2002 (Showroomdummies MEGO 056), to Crowd in 2017. A collection of Rehberg’s solo works for Vienne was released in 2008 (Work for GV 2004-2008 EMEGO 092). The outfit KTL, with Stephen O’Malley, was initiated by Gisèle Vienne for her work Kindertotenlieder and subsequently made a series of soundtracks for Vienne’s works branching off into a prolific series of live shows. The work Rehberg did for theatre and performance teased out aspects of his practice one may not have encountered in his own solo work as PITA or that of collaborations with other musicians. ) 30.00
ROB MAZUREK - Nestor's Nest LP (Nestor’s Nest is yet another addition to Mazurek’s mammoth catalogue of cosmic unity, coming like a spur of the moment whilst staying at Nestor and Pura’s house in Tenerife during the Keroxen Festival edition of 2023. Dead time doesn’t exist for the American cornetist and whilst hanging at the organisers house Mazurek decided to record and interact with his colourful tropical surroundings. Mangos, Papayas and Star Fruits all make an appearance here as does the quietness of an idyllic garden juxtaposed with Mazurek's stormy interferences, unleashing his modular synths and other acoustic paraphernalia into an ecstatic mix of pure celestial energy. As he beautifully states on the albums back cover: Fruit from the trees of life, Stop All War. Stop the Killing, Open the senses, Breath. Listen . Feel! ) 27.00
SCREAMING FEMALES - Rose Mountain LP (don gionavnn - Turquoise Tie-Dye Vinyl. Finally repressed. Rose Mountain was produced by Matt Bayles (Mastodon, the Sword). After self-producing their earliest records, they worked with Steve Albini on their 2012 album Ugly and 2014’s Live at the Hideout.) 30.00
SUSSAN DEYHIM & RICHARD HOROWITZ - The Invisible Road: Original Recordings, 1985–1990 LP (rvng . The Invisible Road: Original Recordings, 1985–1990 compiles an unheard, previously unreleased body of recordings by Sussan Deyhim and Richard Horowitz, dissidents from diametric backgrounds who met during the heady days of Downtown New York in the 1980s. This collection reveals the creative and life partners’ radical shared vision of avant-garde pop in all of its boundary pushing freedom, combining Deyhim’s singular approach to vocalization, Horowitz’s invention of new musical languages, and touchstones of traditional music from around the world, creating a new music that ultimately retains a voice entirely its own.) 29.00
SURYA BOTOFASINA - Ashram Sun DLP (Ashram Sun is a transcendent journey toward the inner source of Surya Botofasina’s musical being. Returning to the places and spaces of his spiritual and musical upbringing, the keyboardist and vocalist’s second LP for Spiritmuse after 2022’s acclaimed Everyone’s Children delivers an inspiring meditation on the works and message of his mentor, Swamini Turiyasangitananda, better known as Alice Coltrane, and takes us back to his grounding in the Sai Anantam Ashram – a Vedic ashram built and founded by Coltrane in Santa Monica, California, in 1983. By this time, the spiritual jazz colossus had already taken the name Turiyasangitananda, dedicating Her remaining decades living, teaching, and seeking spiritual enlightenment through prayer, meditation and music. Ashram Sun rises in the light of Her spirit.) 46.00
TOE - Now I See The Light LP (top shelf - Since forming in 2000, toe have synthesized everything from pop, post- and math-rock, jazz, R&B, and electronic into one of the most distinct sounds in rock music. Their debut LP the book about my idle plot on a vague anxiety (2005) left an unmistakable imprint across the splintered worlds of instrumental and experimental music, exploding the tenets of post-rock with writing and performances that channel the intensity of hardcore. toe have kept the same lineup since their inception. Yamazaki Hirokazu’s acoustic and Mino Takaaki’s electric guitars often juxtapose one another against the backdrop of drummer Kashikura Takashi’s unmatched sense of feel and rhythm, specializing in phrases that trick the listener with unanticipated backbeats and climactic gasps. Bassist Yamane Satoshi lends depth to the staccato, explorative melodies, gluing them to, and making sense of Takashi’s unique style.) 34.00
VASHTI BUNYAN - Lookaftering – Expanded Edition DLP (Vashti Bunyan’s ‘Lookaftering’ is 20 years old. To mark the occasion, and also Vashti’s 80th birthday, an expanded 2xLp edition is to be released. As well as the original studio album itself the second LP features demo versions, an alternate take, and a live performance of one of the original album tracks. This edition also comes with reflective sleeve notes from Vashti, producer Max Richter, Devendra Banhart and Dave Howell, and a 16-page lyric booklet featuring a collection of paintings by Vashti's daughter Whyn Lewis – paintings that they both say have closely, and coincidentally, reflected the lyrics of the album at times. Vashti says “the beautiful photograph of Max in the studio playing wine glasses with his young daughter’s violin bow, brings it all back to me - how very fortunate I have been.”
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TAPES
FAMILY RAVINE - Rude Dusk TAPE (early music - Family Ravine is one of a few solo projects of Kevin Cahill, a musician, artist, writer and publisher from Toronto. I first encountered his music in the duo East of the Valley Blues (with his brother Patrick), and he is also active in several more solo and collaborative music projects, as well as running the label and publishing house Power Moves Library. Rude Dusk is a collection of pieces for strings and percussion, juxtaposing close-mic'd e-bowed acoustic guitar and thumb piano with echoing amplified lap steel to create a sound world where beauty and terror exist on top of one another; where the drifting-clouds loveliness of a descending lap steel guitar figure is offset by the urgency of one then several single long insistent tones, a symphony of alarms warning us that the clouds are actually on fire, get out of the sky) 12.00
DIE HÜHNERFICKER KOMBO - Pro Chicken TAPE (phantom - Recorded in 2022, got the mix at the "Open Air Bitte Sehr" in 2023 (they need donations right now!!) and finally launched in 2024. Now up to 15-strong, punning Eastneck country punk trash troupe with trucker, DIY repair, anti-antibiotic anthems and Jonny "Legende" Kurt.) 8.00
JON COLLIN - High Peak Selections TAPE (early music - C40 cassette in homemade board-backed kraft brown box, with wraparound risograph printed cover, insert and obi strip. Edition of 75 - Cassette version of Jon Collin's early self-release 'High Peak Selections'. Lyrical blues guitar improvisation of the highest quality.. ) 12.00
UBALDO - moment temporalment heretat [I] TAPE (early music - C38 tape in homemade board-back brown paper box, with two-colour risograph-printed paste-on wraparound cover and insert. Numbered edition of 80 copies. Cool new release by this solo project from Spain's Andreu Serra, who I believe is based in Brussels these days. The pieces are fragmentary. Some are done with skittery acoustic guitar, others have a murky electronic feel, and much of it has a rough (though not harsh) sonic surface. The electric guitar segments (with lots of random knob twisting) may be my fave passages. THE WIRE n.474 - August 2023) 12.00
V/A - Premonitions: Underground Cassette Network 1989-90 TAPE (Superb ferric foraging on London’s Infinite Expanse, charting lesser-explored recesses of Slough’s Sound Image label with ambient industrial doings from Downwards-related Antonym and TAL’s Konrad Kraft plus cult shade dwellers M. Nomized, Jack Hurwitz, Omega Ensemble, and many names new to us, at least. RIYL Spencer Clark, Discrepant, MAAT, Enno Velthuys “Birthed through the space provided by the Enterprise Allowance Scheme, a UK government initiative introduced in the mid-80s which assisted unemployed people who set up their own business, SoundImage set out to uncover and present new electronic music which captured a certain sense of magic and mystery.) 16.00
CD
PAINKILLER - Samsara CD (Originally formed in 1991, PainKiller is a legendary trio that forged a completely unique language blending jazz, metal, grindcore, ambient, dub, and so much more. Recording again for the first time in over a quarter century, these three master musicians have come up with an intense new musical direction. Mick Harris, performing on his trademark electronics, has created a rich tapestry of beats and sounds that have inspired Laswell and Zorn to some exciting new heights. Samsarapresents three old friends exploring some bold new sounds.) 27.00
TUHKA - Havuportaali CD (nordvis - “Havuportaali” blurs the boundaries between genres. Tuhka draws not only from black metal darkness but also from the hypnotic, pulsating rhythms of electronic music, crafting a sound where primal chaos and brooding calm coexist in harmony. Tuhka, ‘ash’ in Finnish, is a most apt moniker – music that rises from smouldering depths, only to drift into the cold northern night. “Havuportaali”, the project’s last demo, evokes a profound sense of desolation, driven by the hypnotic repetition of riffs and minimalist, machine-like beats. At the core of Tuhka’s sound is an affinity for the atmospheric and obscure, inspired by select pioneers of Scandinavian black metal – yet it’s clear that Tuhka’s creator forges his own path.) 18.00
