Bleak Bliss

Incapacitants / Torturing Nurse ‎- Father Eggplant / Bomb Fixers

7" on Viva Angel released last year.

Q: Is it the dog's bollocks?

A: What do you think?

Hint: Yes!

Cory Strand - The Bling Ring: A Reinterpretation

I don't know much about the prolific Cory Strand and the releases tend to be extremely limited so they are usually gone before I know they exist. However, the Altar Of Waste blogspot is as good a place as any should you want to play the catching game. Even so, the new three cdr set has only been available for a few days and is gone! Mind you, there were only ever five copies. He also has a bandcamp page where he kicks the twerking emptyheads in their pretty little arses just for fun.

This is a seven cdr set that reinterprets a film that I know nothing about (I tend to focus on European and South East Asian cinema) but you can check the full motivation here.

There were only ever five copies of this set for sale. I think that it is a truly magnificent thing! Cory can tell you what to expect:

"In working with the soundtrack I have tried to mirror the film's pacing, with the first three discs being the more aggressive and flashy of the set. Massive psychedelic walls of screaming noise combine with washed out club bangers and crushing percussion loops, creating a numbing repetitive sort of "dance noise" that crumbles and glitters simultaneously. The last three discs retreat into psychic oblivion, with frigid washes of empty graying ambient mirrored by caustic HNW of the emptiest sort, all struggling to eradicate a sort of sickly sweet loveliness stinking of illusory nostalgia and connection. I feel i have done a successful job in interpreting Coppola's thematics and this set stands as a personal favorite amongst my works, reveling in a mass of new sounds and techniques while existing well within the defined confines of my projects."

You need this!

Ring 1

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Ring 3

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Ring 5

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Ring 7

Burn Ward, Internal Empty, Xiphoid Dementia - Split

Three-way split of harsh noise and dark-ambient sound.

Burn Ward, Internal Empty, Xiphoid Dementia - Split

Burn Ward & Xiphoid Dimentia - Xiphoid Burn

Terrific little 3"CDr of harsh dark-ambient electronics, a collaboration between two bands from Boston.

Burn Ward & Xiphoid Dimentia - Xiphoid Burn

BRN - Five Pieces for Winter

Benjamin Nelson currently records cold analog-synth minimalism under his given name, but in the mid 00's he made harsh noise as BRN and Burn Ward. "Five Pieces..." is one of his earliest CDRs, probably from 2005 or 2006. It came out on Anxiety Attack in a red textured paper envelope that looks like a wedding invitation.

BRN - Five Pieces for Winter

Burn Ward, Jenny Haniver, 2673 - Crocs and Socks

Recorded live on the radio in June 2007.

Burn Ward, Jenny Haniver, 2673 - Crocs and Socks

JGrzinich - Equal and Distant Lines

John Grzinich, an American sound and installation artist living in Estonia, makes immersive ambient drone that I could bathe in all day long. This album came out on Cloud of Statics in 2005.

JGrzinich - Equal and Distant Lines

Sophie Durand & Manu Holterbach - Verres Enharmoniques: Un

"Composed from an experimental, self-made instrument constructed by Manu Holterbach". This came out as a 3"CD on Michael Northam's short-lived (but rather high quality) Cloud of Statics label in 2004.

Sophie Durand & Manu Holterbach - Verres Enharmoniques: Un

Wandering Eyes - Achievements

One-off solo project of Luke Moldof (Stillbirth, Craniopagus, Perispirit) on Razors and Medicine, sold as a cassette in an edition of 20 copies on the Perispirit/Cowards summer 2010 tour.

Wandering Eyes - Achievements

Arthur Doyle, Takashi Mizutani And Sabu Toyozumi - Live In Japan 1997

Double LP released in 2003 on Qbico.

In a different kind of trio, Arthur is joined by Sabu Toyozumi on drums and Takashi Mizutani (of Les Rallizes Denudes) on guitar.

I only found out today that Arthur passed away in his hometown of Birmingham, Alabama on January the 25th this year. These posts are my clumsy way of bowing my head and saying thank you for all of the beautiful music.

Live In Japan 1997

Arthur Doyle Trio - Live At The Alterknit

The trio is completed by Rashid Bakr (aka Charles Downs) on drums and Wilber Morris on bass.

Single-sided LP released on Qbico in 2008. Recorded Live in New York in 1997.

Live At The Alterknit

Arthur Doyle Trio & The Orkustra - Split

Excellent picture disc LP which fittingly marked the 100th release on Qbico in 2010.

The Arthur Doyle Trio on this occasion is Arthur with Rashid Sinan on drums and Charles Stephens on trombone. Charles spent over a decade playing with the Sun Ra Arkestra so you know this is going deep. Their side is a live recording in New York from 1972.

The Orkustra were a San Franciscan psych rock collective that featured Bobby Beausoleil (of the "infamous" Lucifer Rising soundtrack) on guitar. This side is recorded live in San Francisco in 1966.

Split

Syllyk ‎– O Comme Icare

Eric La Casa and Sylvie Larouche's first album of lush, cinematic ambience and unsettling atmosphere from 1992. La Casa's sense of drama and timing might sound familiar to those who know his (entirely excellent) later work with field recordings.

Syllyk ‎– O Comme Icare

Syllyk - Ascendre À L'ombre Du Vent

Syllyk was a French duo of Sylvie Larouche and Eric La Casa, who would go on to compose dramatic albums of abstract sound made from field recordings. This mysterious piece of deep, evocative musique concrete was released in 1996 in a breathtaking handmade-paper package with a band that holds it closed.

Syllyk - Ascendre À L'ombre Du Vent

Nurse Unit ‎- Detox

Texan wall noise featuring Alison Rowe and Richard Ramirez.

This four taper was released on Phage Tapes in 2009 and gathers otherwise lost Nurse Unit tapes that were originally sent out into the world between 1996 and 2000.

The label's wares are also available directly on Discogs.

A to D

E to H

Virgin Spring - Untitled

An untitled tape from 2010 (?) by Virgin Spring, aka Max Gudmunson of K.P., Virile Games, and Dust Belt.

Virgin Spring - Untitled

Fever Spoor + Filthy Turd + NxFxTxEx - Split

Three-way split by Fever Spoor, Filthy Turd, and NxFxTxEx, aka Eli Gudnason, also the man behind the Legion Sudan label that released this ugliness into the world back in 2003.

Fever Spoor + Filthy Turd + NxFxTxEx - Split

Proiekt Hat / Agres Zion‎ - Make Believe 1994-97

Again, this is a single sided C90 released on Hatband. This time it is from 1997. Agres Zion is Proiekt Hat and vice versa. I wish I could tell you more about the history but these are mysterious fuckers. This and the previous post were released in a maximum of 10 copies but resurfaced in an edition of who knows how many copies.

Make Believe 1994-97

Proiekt Hat/Agres Zion‎ - Make Do 1994-99 Vol. 2

Single sided C90 released on Hatband in 1999.

Make Do 1994-99 Vol. 2

Proiekt Hat - HB XII

C44 released on his/her/their own Hatband label in 2004.

HB XII

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