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Skincage - Things Fall Apart (Spectre)
"Things Fall Apart" is the much awaited second CD by Jon Ray's Skincage, almost seven years after his highly impressive debut album, "Axon". Mainly created using an array of self-made and broken instruments, circuit-bent electronics and concrete sounds, the album does come across as much more somber than its predecessor, while thankfully letting that certain luminous touch still gleam through the haze. Along with Hollydrift and Brutum Fulmen, Skincage is part of those relatively rare craftsmen capable of truly bringing out the extraordinary from the mundane, of making objects "sing" if you will. A rewarding experience in isolationist sound.
(CD, gatefold digisleeve, $16.00)
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[ abstract electronics ] [ field recordings ]
SKM-ETR - The Rugged Meat Cleaver (Eibon Records / Stridulum)
Debut CD release from this Canadian project, firmly focussing on the ups and (mostly) downs of street trash. This translates into 9 tracks of spite-filled rants set over a background of blistering noise and faint melodic loops. One track features Slogun on vocals.
(CD, digisleeve, $14.00)
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Skullflower - Orange Canyon Mind (Crucial Blast)
Label info: "The new full length from the legendary UK free/drone/psych outfit Skullflower, featuring some of the most searing, synapse scorching droneworks that Matthew Bower (the man behind Skullflower, as well as Sunroof!, Total, and The Hototogisu) has unleashed to date, in our humble opinion. Orange Canyon Mind is the follow up to 2002's awesome Exquisite Fucking Boredom (Tumult Records), and continues that albums utter mutation of stoned out riffs pulled taffy-like into eternity/oblivion and star-rupturing blasts of sonic white light. Over the 8 tracks/60 minute running time, Bower and cohorts build massive horizontal drones and melodic supernovas. Superb, beautiful, brain melting stuff."
(CD, clear jewel case, $12.00, last copy)
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Sleep Research Facility - Nostromo (Cold Spring)
An audio exploration of the Nostromo, the imposing spaceship of Ridley Scott's "Alien". Minimal black ambient with technological overtones. This re-release has the original four tracks along with with a new piece named after the Narcissus, the escape shuttle in which the finale takes place.
(CD, clear jewel case, $16.00, last copy)
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Solomon Schwartz - Et Son Orchestra (Solnze Records)
Traditional Jewish folk songs performed as twist tunes, supposedly by the enigmatic Solomon Schwartz back in 1963. If this is indeed the real background story or a cleverly concealed side-project involving Solnze staff we'll never know, but this album is a gem of positively euphoric, joyous and catchy music. Mazel Tov!
(CD, cardboard sleeve, $18.50)
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Somniorum - Anabiosis (Chimaera / Fight Muzik)
One last copy found in our stock. Guitar drone project based in St. Petersburg. Slow-paced and gentle harmonic material that will appeal to those into Aidan Baker, Maeror Tri, Troum and related artists.
(CD, paper sleeve, $16.00, last copy)
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[ guitar drones ]
Somnivore - Clergy Of Oneiros (Anima Arctica)
After coming across his collaboration CD-R with Kivelä, the search was on for more material from this new project from Finland. Clergy of Oneiros is the debut CD from Somnivore and has the same ethereal yet richly detailed sound as the above mentioned CD-R, with its meditative drones, ghostly vocals and slightly noisier percussive loops co-existing in a dim and distant state.
(CD, jewel case, $15.00)
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[ dark ambient ] [ ritual ]
Somnivore & Kivelä - Maelström (New Old Sentinel)
Free-form dark ambient from Finland that wouldn't be out of place on the Aural Hypnox roster, even if this does have slightly more industrial than purely ambient undertones.
The mid-range frequencies require a decent pair of headphones to be fully appreciated and the lack of track markers might initially put one off from sitting down for the full 47 minutes, but Maelström is a finely crafted piece of work that renews its sound palette regularly enough to keep your attention throughout its duration. A great pick for those late-night listening sessions.
(CD-R, oversized color sleeve, $13.00)
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[ dark ambient ] [ drones ]
Souvenir's Young America - An Ocean Without Water (Crucial Blast)
Label info: "Lush, shimmering guitar ambience and hypnotic, propulsive instrumental heaviness wind through the dusty highways and burnt twilight skies of "An Ocean Without Water," the sophomore album from Richmond's Souvenir's Young America. Divided into six flowing movements, "An Ocean Without Water" is filled with intensely beautiful melodies that drift on lonesome harmonica strains and sparkling, celestial electronics, shot through with mystic, western slide guitar, passages of crushing angular riffage, rolling tribal drumming, and transcendent blues. Through their intricate song arrangements and moody textures, Souvenir's Young America has created an epic, emotional narrative. The sound draws from the collected DNA of forebears like Popul Vuh, Earth, Labradford, and Neurosis, yet they form a powerfully evocative instrumental language all of their own. [...]"
(CD, multi-paneled digipak, $12.00)
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Spark - The Robotic Girl Next Door (n5md)
Cute little release with crisp 8-bit melodies and bit-quantized drum patterns. Arguably not the most original recipe out there, but nicely done with enough hooks to keep you tuned in.
(CD, digipak, $12.00, last copy)
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