The quality of Hanzo Hasashi’s discography is evident to all those who have waded into it, and it’s gratifying to finally bring ‘The Ceremony’ to Cipher Productions. Constructed with care and a unique sense of auditory space, ‘The Ceremony’ churns fragments of snatched sound and treated noise molecules into uncomfortable, and unstable and disrupted loops – to then weave and layer those lines into the project’s typically dynamic compositions. A study of beauty in disruption, of stability in impermanence.
Mastered by Grant Richardson, art by HH. Jewel case, pro-pressed CD in an edition of only 100 copies.
Seedy, disgusting Italian power electronics filled to the brim with diegeses of abuse, public humiliation, drugs, flesh wallets, compulsive masturbation, self deprecation, decay and spite. Road to ruin, total fucking annihilation. Caligula031 and Taeter share vocals and sound duties.
Co-release between Turgid Animal and Cipher Productions, digipack CD, 300 copies, art by Nicola Vinciguerra/Tisbor. The first 20 or so direct orders come with an additional ‘zine created by Nicola. You’ll want to wash yourself after this one.
Wash Your Brains ‘1977 – 1987’ is a collection of the project’s earliest 2 or 4 track cassette recordings made with membranes removed from public telephones, cheapest lo-fi pickups mounted on window glass, elementary school flutes, rental violins, old office chairs, mechanically manipulated speakers, broken turntables and cassette recorders or simple tone oscillators.
De-/composed through rudimentary cut-up techniques and with an archaic but exploratory sense of new music, this bruit-collection documents Rudolf Eb.er’s early and unique approach to sound art. Pre-Schimpfluch cassette recordings found in the long lost Swiss archives. Collected, selected and compiled by Rudolf Eb.er at Om Kult Osaka, Japan, 2022.
CD mastering by Grant Richardson. Jewel case CD with art and liner notes by Rudolf, edition of 300 copies.
If you’re not listening to Fleshcarver, then you’re not listening to the nastiest and most savage project of Chester Masangya: the force behind White Widow, Fossa Magna, Jaw Surgery and more. Fleshcarver masticates sinews of raw black metal and formative power electronics, spitting out a blood-soaked genre saturation topped with ghastly vocals. This may be the most satisfyingly nasty release I’ve disseminated on tape, yet.
Edition of 70 copies in an oversized ziplock bag with artwork by Paul van Trigt.
(sic 163) Impur Cançó d'Amor i Venjança one-sided C-54
Impur return with a single track of unapologetic tumult; a Caligula-ic morass of noise revelry which balances sonic detail with proud unrestraint. ‘Cançó d'Amor i Venjança’ is the duo’s third release in three years, after visiting their sonic abuse on Rural Isolation Project and Marbre Negre in the previous ‘20s, and ups the ante yet again. Mastered by Grant Richardson to ensure the capture of every last drop.
40 copies in a standard cassette case, 10 copies only in special packaging made from industrial waste, corflute and wire.
Emerging from an impressive roster of underground projects – including personal favourite Circle Of Ouroborus – Antti Klemi continues to expand possibilities and find new pathways of experimental noise in the restless, exploratory possibilities of Absolute Key. In Absolute Key, Antti finds resolution and beauty in crude electronics, found sound and decrepit machinery, and ‘Corridors’ is the project at its contemplative, resonant best.
‘Corridors’ is available in an edition of 75 copies, with oversized artwork in a ziplock bag with a banderole.
(sic 168) Michael Ellingford Night Musick C-30
When Michael Ellingford asks you to listen to his first recorded noise work in over half a decade, there’s only one answer. ‘Night Musik’ is an immediate return to Mike’s immense skill as a crafter and composer of sound which those familiar with his previous work (including as Deafault and The Nikita Division) will recognise, but fitted with a darker lens shaded by hints of death industrial and Arctic minimalism.
This cassette was originally released for a handful of shows in Japan, and the remaining copies are now rightfully disseminated further. Edition of 50 copies, artwork by Kiki Thanou.
I have also published a second edition of the Embrace Dekay/Contravention split cassette, mostly in brown covers. There is also another run of the special edition packaging.
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