(sic 29) TADM & Timisoara I Am Not Dying In A Nightmare CDR + 3"CDR
This release started as an intention to release some long-lost material, but upon revisiting it every track bar one was ditched in favour of new material. So here we have it, brand new obnoxious digital crunch and laptop hurling from TADM as excitable as ever, but with a sense of the harsh noise purpose which is inescapable and one extended new track from Timisoara of guitar and electronics - which is the most blissed-out piece of meditative noise/drone ever from Keiko paired with an older track of exquisite beauty and which I refused to let die. Gotta love those contrasts.
Scenically packaged in full-colour disc and A5 sleeve artwork from Mike Shiflet (Gameboy) and NASA. Edition of 150 copies.
$16au/$14us airmail postage paid
(sic 31) Cloama In The State Of Unbelief boxset
Limited boxset version of the new 7" which finds Cloama at its most vehement, a savage exposition of raw power electronics which has never been quite so overt in Cloama's sound until this project. Notwithstanding the clear '80s PE influences the production and composition are distinct, discreet layers and the usual attention to detail giving this work flair.
This boxset version is limited to 50 copies and is available only from Cipher Productions or direct from Cloama. The set features the standard 7 an additional 10 minute cassette (each piece the complement to the two pieces from the 7"), an embroidered patch, buttons and additional artwork inserts, all housed in a 7 reel box.
$25au/$24us airmail postage paid
(sic 31) Cloama In The State Of Unbelief 7"
The 7" without any of the additions or extra material. Two new pieces from Cloama, mining that vein of uncompromising power electronics the project has previously only stared at.
Standard 7" cover and plastic sleeve. Edition of 130 copies.
$9au/$8us airmail postage paid
(sic 32) T. Mikawa & Cracksteel Fuck My Ass: Live At BinSpark C-46
On 8 January 2006 about 20 or so people witnessed one of the pre-eminent gatherings of Japanese noise of recent years, and which included the rare live appearances of Cracksteel and a solo Toshiji Mikawa. I'm incredibly pleased to now present those two sets for eternal audio consumption.
Mikawa's solo set is an exercise in tension and dynamic, an uneasy drone yielding to cautious sheet metal rustling, extended feedback manipulation and the inevitable embracing storm. Unlike any work I've ever heard from Mikawa, and at some distance from the unstoppable Incapacitants fury, this live set was and is a lesson in self-composure and intense study.
Cracksteel's set is exuberance set to 11, crumbling walls of distortion mortared together by a skilled layer - and all with a smile on his face. Cracksteel's rare output is significantly expanded by this live document, which also marks the first newly recorded Cracksteel material in at least half a decade.
Packaged with an oversized booklet featuring photos taken by my wife and extensive liner notes from Mr 'Fuck My Ass' Soddy himself, and a black on black aesthetic for the tape labels. Edition of 123 copies.
$12au/$10us airmail postage paid
(sic 33) Origami Synergika & Origami Subtropika & Origami Bondepraktika fan-CDR
Split/collaborative release from Karl Midholm (Ovum), Jorge Castro (Cornucopia, Clon) and Lasse Marhaug (Jazkamer, Testicle Hazard, Origami Replika) whereby the artists created and shared source material before each creating a track from the process.
The outcome varies, but the quality is consistent; each of these guys know their craft, and each produces an assured composition from the ticks, twitches and oddities which were shared. Not 'noise' in the strict sense, but an incredible odyssey of experimental creation, and a must for anyone at all interested in any of the artists respective projects.
Handsomely packaged in screenprinted plywood and felt packaging, all sandwiched by metal bolts. Screenprinted 'fan' discs show off the articulated ouroborous while giving you a good 16 minutes of playing time. Edition of 100 copies.
Packaging is kinda heavy hence the postage cost.
$12au/$10us airmail postage paid
(sic 34) Schimpfluch-Commune Int. For The Tasmanian Devils lathe-cut 9"
This 9" record (lathe-cut by Peter King) is a suite of new tracks from Schimpfluch artists Dave Phillips, Runzelstirn & Gurgelstøck and Sudden Infant, all inspired by and evocating (each in their own way) Tasmania's unique and endangered wildlife. 'For The Tasmanian Devils' is an unnerving reality of discordant voices, treated found sound and obtuse referencing.
This record was originally released for the Dave Phillips/Runzelstirn & Gurgelstøck tour of Australia in an edition of 50 copies, and was sold at shows throughout the tour. 25 copies now remain, which are being made available direct from Cipher Productions - there are insufficient copies to farm out to distributors, sorry. Handmade glue pocket sleeve.
$25au/$24us airmail postage paid
(sic 35) The Fortieth Day Pelusium: 540 AD C-62
The Fortieth Day have managed to build up a heady wash of particled, crusted tape releases on the Bloodlust! label, the project's clogged airways and dusted corridors of sound one of the most perfect fits for the cassette format one could hope to imagine. 'Pelusium: 540 AD' is The Fortieth Day in supreme form, the guitar/bass duo of Isidro Reyes and Mark Solotroff (Bloodyminded) churning out an obtrusive cloud of sound but this time with a little more detail glaring through the asthmatic machinations.
Black and white artwork and tape labels all housed in a Norelco case; a slight twist on the classic Bloodlust! aesthetic linked to this project. Edition of 100 copies.
$10au/$9us airmail postage paid
(sic 40) Government Alpha The Day Of The Light Crimson C-20
20 minutes of brand new ferocity from Yasutoshi Yoshida. 'The Day Of The Light Crimson' in part harkens back to Government Alpha's late 1990s cassette output on Xerxes, its extended opening and closing tracks offering a more primal, wall-ish shove of noise than has been the usual case over the last few years. The middle tracks bend in the alternate direction, each an exaggerated hit of psychedelic electronics screech. It all adds up to another excess of flavoured harshness from one of Japan's top current noise exponents.
Full colour A5 sleeve and tape labels, all designed by Yasutoshi, housed in a ziplock bag, complete the effect. Edition of 100 copies.
$10au/$9us airmail postage paid
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Up next: Fire In The Head/Hum Of The Druid split 12", Taiga Remains/Glass Organ split lathe-cut 12", The Rita/Wilt collaboration CD reissue, Astro 'Shell Star/Spica' CD reissue, Stegm 'Harm Reduction' lathe-cut 12"/C-40, 2673 CDR and plenty more...
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