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SRMeixner - The Dictatorship of The Viewer (Fin de Siècle Media)
SRMeixner is the new self-named solo project of Stephen Meixner, half of the now defunct Contrastate. This second full-length release under this name could be succinctly described as thoughtfully composed experimental music and the logical continuation from where Contrastate left off.
Written for the 2003 Venice Biennale, the 18 sub-sections presented here form one flowing piece which was initially composed and structured as a live performance. That, however, shouldn't stop you from imposing your own permutation on the tracklist as the title suggests, creating a new configuration that toys with the relationship between the way information is ordered and its resulting perception.
(CD, digipak, $18.50)
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[ experimental ]
Sshe Retina Stimulants - Ketsueki No Eiga (Self Abuse)
Brain-frying frequencies manipulated with savage precision by Paolo Bandera, also known for his works as Sigillum S. Where others merely content themselves with always-in-the-red walls of noise, Sshe Retina Stimulants have mastered the capacity of building tension and delivering the way it matters.
(CD, jewel case, out of stock)
[ experimental ] [ harsh noise ]
Stalnoy Pakt - Russia's Awakening (ALF Produkt)
First full-length CD from Alexander Lebedev-Frontov's other main project. While Linija Mass takes its aesthetic inspirations from Futurism and Soviet socialist realism, here the focus is shifted to militarism and nationalism, possibly in a manner related to the kind that is re-surfacing in Russia these days.
The sound is closer to ambient / martial industrial, but whereas most Western European projects in this field aim to infuse themselves with a sense of often overblown heroic bombast, Stalnoy Pakt's take on the genre turns marches into dehumanized machine-like processions and hymns into oppressive drones. Utterly bleak and captivating.
(CD, oversized sleeve with silver-inked artwork, $18.50)
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[ futurism ] [ martial industrial ] [ old-school industrial ]
Stalnoy Pakt / Anthesteria / Mikhail Vavich - Dedicated To The Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905 (Der Angriff / Indiestate Distribution)
Label info: "This split release is a commemoration of one of the most tragic pages of Russian history in the 20th century - the Russo-Japanese War. This lost war became a deep scar in the national consciousness of that period and turned out to be among the most painful and powerful incentives for the following first Russian revolution (1905) and the further eventual decline of the Russian monarchy. This CD is an attempt to revive the deep anxiety and the premonition of the upcoming relentless social shock which had overwhelmed the Russian nation in those times. Stalnoy Pakt presents maybe its most melodic tracks to date here, the distinctive band's multi-layered dark ambient fused with old military Japanese song samples and old Russian lyrical narrations, sometimes adorned with piano chords or martial drums. Anthesteria's cold gloomy tunes are combined with choir chants and gramophone record samples that aggravate the atmosphere of the dull waiting for the imminent disaster. The album is concluded with an authentic historical recording of the classic track of the period called "Na Sopkakh Manchzhurii" performed by a very famous singer of that time, Mikhail Vavich. This funeral waltz dedicated to the victims of this war drives the overall feel of despair and grief up to the highest limit. The album could be compared to the best examples of historically inspired works but with its own very special and purely Russian depressive mood. An absolute must!"
(CD, A5 sleeve with inserts, $22.50)
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[ martial industrial ] [ neoclassical ]
Stelladrine - Le Rire des Etoiles [mn015] (Mechanoise Labs)
Somewhere between the clouds of minimal bleeps and screeches and the constellations of sonic constructions with various sources (acoustic guitars, forks, bottles...) lurks "Le Rire des Etoiles".
(CD-R in cardboard A5 sleeve, 100 copies, 9.00 € - to be repriced in USD)
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Stelladrine - You'll Never See Your World Again [mn027] (Mechanoise Labs)
Journey to a world where monsters, martians and death rays lurk in every corner. Hear the wailing theremins, the bleeps of space-age technology and the roars of soaring rockets! Experience the terror of a thousand alien invasions, the shock of cosmic travel and the spectacular sights of the unknown! Features stunning artwork by STPo.
(CD, clear jewel case, 550 copies, $12.00)
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Still - Remains (Public Guilt)
Dark ambient by Dälek's former turntablist (Hsi-Chang Lin), made exclusively with his Technics 1200's and an array of effects pedals. If Magwheels traded in his guitar for turntables, you'd get something not too dissimilar from the sort of melancholic swelling drones here.
(CD, jewel case in silk-screened slipcase, $8.00, on sale)
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[ drones ] [ guitar drones ]
Storm of Capricorn / Paranoia Inducta - Jama (Beast of Prey)
Label info: "Jama is a poem written by the Croatian poet, resistance member and revolutionary Ivan Goran Kovacic, who was murdered in 1943 by opportunists and readers upset with his poems full of shocking scenes of Croatian perpetrations.
Jama is a story and CD devoted to the tragedy of the Balkan world, the dark history enriched by the beauty of its folklore. French project Storm of Capricorn presents dark martial ambient and Polish project Paranoia Inducta contribute music full of folklore."
(CD, A5 sleeve with inserts, $17.00)
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[ martial industrial ] [ neofolk ]
Stratvm Terror - Fixation (Old Europa Cafe)
Brand new album from what is most likely the best of all Raison D'Etre side-projects. Locomotive-like looped noises, screamed vocals and even two tracks that blend in some doom metal elements with the factory sounds which this project is known for. All this is masterfully produced with a full crunchy sound.
(CD, jewel case, out of stock)
[ death industrial ]
Stratvm Terror - Pariah Demise (Old Europa Cafe)
Label info: "Second official album by this Raison D'Etre side project devoted to cold Scandinavian-style power electronics. Originally released in 1996, Pariah Demise has been re-mastered with additional extra material from the Germinal Chamber tape out at the same time on OEC and now deleted, plus one previously unreleased bonus track from 1996. [...]"
(CD, clear jewel case, $17.00, last copy)
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[ death industrial ]
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