Ink Runs Recordings is the new label ran by Julien Skrobek (formerly from Ghost, The Sandman Wears A Mask, Ruine, Figures Of Solitude and more).
Whereas previous label Slow Death Records was dealing with Harsh Noise Walll, the purpose of Ink Runs Recordings is to release 'Static Noise' works in the broadest sense, putting the emphasis on textures without excluding construction and atmosphere.
The main influence behind the Ink Runs Recordings sound is Russian painter Kazimir Malevitch and the Suprematist movement he founded in 1913. The intent is to paint sonic canvases relying on geometry and a limited range of sounds.
The fact that Kazimir Malevitch had to rely on traditional painting tools ensured that his work retained the “bruit” of paper and brushes. Ink Runs Recordings aims to provide the same kind of imperfection, through the use of purely analogue gear and live recordings when possible.
Each release comes in the Cdr format, in carefully hand-made packagings re-thought for each batch.
All artwork by Charlotte and Julien Skrobek.
The first batch comprises three releases :
Flesh Clocks - Columns Of Blood (For Adriana Varejão) – IRR01
The Girl With The Stanley Knife - Cradle Of Blades – IRR02
Serpent Sex - Abased & Sloughing - IRR03
The first batch from Ink Runs Recordings is available:
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Flesh Clocks - Columns Of Blood (For Adriana Varejão) – IRR01
Flesh Clocks is a project by Charlotte Skrobek (formerly from Gyokusai) and Julien Skrobek. The piece was recorded live at their appartment in front of an invited audience. They each take care of a frequency range with analogue synthesizers processed through an array of pedals. The result is a deep, nocturnal bass drone, joined in after a while by a carefully sculpted layer of static to make the hypnosis complete. Dedicated to the Brazilian artist Adriana Varejão for her exploration of the live flesh motif.
Limited to 15 copies.
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The Girl With The Stanley Knife – Cradle Of Blades – IRR02
The Girl With The Stanley Knife is a solo project by Charlotte Skrobek (formerly of Gyokusai), the name and title a reference to both her graphist activities and her love of slasher movies. This is the most "Harsh Noise" release of this batch, if not always in sound at least in modus operandi. The whole piece is played live, Charlotte rupturing the drones and walls of static generated by analogue synthesizer with bursts of amplified paper, wrapped, teared and contact-mic'ed. There is still plenty of static noise to be enjoyed here, through Charlotte's subtly violent approach.
Limited to 10 Copies.
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Serpent Sex - Abased & Sloughing – IRR03
Serpent Sex is a new solo project by Julien Skrobek (formerly from Ghost, The Sandman Wears A Mask, Ruine and Figures Of Solitude). On this release the unchanging wall-making of previous projects is put aside in favor of a stripped-down narrative approach. The 'processed white noise' mentioned on the cover is static altered by a variety of distortion pedals and heavily equalized to produce various sounds, from high pitched sinewaves buried in the mix to dark drones full of undertones, the elements of this paradoxical trip through static.
Limited to 15 copies.
All releases are 8 euros + 1.50 Europe / 2.50 World. Trades Welcome.
http://inkrunsrecordings.blogspot.fr/ (http://inkrunsrecordings.blogspot.fr/)
Thanks for the orders and trades so far. It feels good to be back to the post-office ;-)
Update:
Flesh Clocks - Columns Of Blood (For Adriana Varejão) – IRR01 - 3 Left
The Girl With The Stanley Knife – Cradle Of Blades – IRR02 - Sold Out
Serpent Sex - Abased & Sloughing – IRR03 - 3 Left
I have set up a Bandcamp page for Ink Runs Recordings where I'll upload sold-out as well as digital-only releases.
The first of these is Casting by my solo HNW project Artigli Su Un Suolo Di Marmo.
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2 tracks, sub bass, processed white noise.
You can buy or listen to the release at: http://inkrunsrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/artigli-su-un-suolo-di-marmo-casting (http://inkrunsrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/artigli-su-un-suolo-di-marmo-casting)
Also, Bad Rip (3'' CDr) by ASUSDM available with Ink Runs Recordings' next batch.
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A.A.A. - Pink House Transmission - IRRDL02
Tribute to Ray Johnson HNW project.
http://inkrunsrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/a-a-a-pink-house-transmission (http://inkrunsrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/a-a-a-pink-house-transmission)
The 2nd batch from IRR is available. It is half HNW and half experimental/noise so I'll just post it here.
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Artigli Su Un Suolo Di Marmo - Bad Rip - IRR04
This is Artigli Su Un Suolo Di Marmo's second release after Casting (IRRDL01 available on Bandcamp). This project is dedicated to static sculpted as to evoke the sound of "claws on a marble floor" while the low-end is reduced to a throbbing sub-bass.
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Butch Bag – Bump - IRR05
Butch Bag is dedicated to unchanging, mid-range filthy sound. No distortion pedals but a focus on slow, wet sounds processing.
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Dead Palace Clique - Fingers Dreeping With Blood - IRR06
Dead Palace Clique is a Noise/Drone project. Mangled voices from the past, chaotic bass tones and lots of filtered static noise.
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Fear Of Mirrors - Criminal Reflections – IRR07
Fear Of Mirrors is dedicated to white noise processed and layered to create a dense, horrific drone.
All releases are 3'' Cdr and limited to 10 copies.
Each is 8 euros + 1.50 Europe / 2.50 World. Paypal address at the blog.
Trades welcome.
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Soundtrack - Four Girls In A Villa - IRRDL03
Fantasised Static Noise Soundtracks to genre movies from the 70's/80's.
Four Girls In A Villa is inspired by Sergio Martino's movie Torso from 1973.
http://inkrunsrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/soundtrack-four-girls-in-a-villa (http://inkrunsrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/soundtrack-four-girls-in-a-villa)
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Butch Bag - Night Gym Brawlers - IRRDL04
New HNW download release. Mid-range filth.
Buy/stream here: http://inkrunsrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/butch-bag-night-gym-brawlers (http://inkrunsrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/butch-bag-night-gym-brawlers)
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DEF - 110111101111 - IRR08
DEF is a new audio-visual project by Lorenzo Abattoir (Nascitari). With this project Lorenzo explores Digital static noise and adds visuals to his creation. It is not just a movie with a HNW soundtrack but rather a beautiful Static Noise installation piece. When Lorenzo showed me 110111101111 I knew right away I had to release it as it is not only the best Digital Noise & abstract visual experiment I have seen in a long while, but a magnificient work of art in and of itself.
Please note: This is a data-CDr.
Cdr limited to 20 copies.
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Velfaerd – Alt Er Vel - IRR09
Velfaerd is a young Static Noise artist from Denmark. This is his first release. There are traces of The Rita influence in the use of 'liquid' sounds and moving sources, but Velfaerd shows he has developped a style of his own. Long stretches of abstract soundscapes, bordering on harshness but never fully giving into it, hints at rhythmic elements buried in the wall that never really reveal themselves, Velfaerd's artful Static Noise composition is a perfect journey through elemental forces and I hope we'll have many more releases from him in the future.
Cdr limited to 20 Copies.
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Sadistic Fall – The Ruined Castle - IRR10
After a split with Shiftreghor on T.R.U.P. Records earlier this year, this is Sadistic Fall's second physical release. Sadistic Fall is a HNW project by Julien Skrobek dedicated to filthy, crackling HNW. This project focuses on crumbling walls of static to evoke the state of Sade's 'Château de Lacoste' after the French Revolution and his inspired by Annie Le Brun's books about the subject.
Cdr limited to 15 copies.
Each is 8 euros including postage worldwide.
Trades welcome.
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Vice Row - Self-Titled - IRRDL05
HNW project. 1st digital release available to stream/buy at: http://inkrunsrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/vice-row (http://inkrunsrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/vice-row)
Two new releases up on IRR Bandcamp to stream/buy:
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Dead Palace Clique - Fingers Dreeping With Blood - IRR06
Dead Palace Clique is a Noise/Drone project. Mangled voices from the past, chaotic bass tones and lots of filtered static noise.
Link: http://inkrunsrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/dead-palace-clique-fingers-dripping-with-blood (http://inkrunsrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/dead-palace-clique-fingers-dripping-with-blood)
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Fear Of Mirrors - Criminal Reflections – IRR07
Fear Of Mirrors is dedicated to white noise processed and layered to create a dense, horrific drone.
Link: http://inkrunsrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/fear-of-mirrors-criminal-reflections (http://inkrunsrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/fear-of-mirrors-criminal-reflections)
Still available:
Ink Runs Recordings:
DEF - 110111101111 - IRR08 - 2014 (audiovisual project by Lorenzo Abba/Nascitari)
Velfaerd - Alt Er Vel - IRR09 - 2014 (HNW/wet drones from Denmark)
Sadistic Fall - The Ruined Castle - IRR10 - 2014 (HNW from France)
IRR Bad Rip Series:
Gasp -In Hiding - Bad Rip Series 01 - 2014 (HNW from France)
Lurid Hallway - Door Two - Bad Rip Series 02 - 2014 (US HNW)
The Killer Came From The Bronx - Perspective - Bad Rip Series 03 - 2014 (Old School HNW project)
Coming Soon:
Where is This - Stumbling Lips - IRR11 (3'' CDr)
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Artigli Su Un Suolo Di Marmo - Death Prepares Its Claws - IRRDL06
New HNW download release: http://inkrunsrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/artigli-su-un-suolo-di-marmo-death-prepares-its-claws (http://inkrunsrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/artigli-su-un-suolo-di-marmo-death-prepares-its-claws)
Two new releases on IRR, one split and one collab:
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Cuttings - Scar Tissue Frequencies - IRR12
Cuttings is a HNW collaborative project between Clive Henry, Charlotte Skrobek and Julien Skrobek. Three 15'00'' sonic collages.
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Light Collapse & The Killer Came From The Bronx - Split - IRR13
Split between Light Collapse from Russia and old-school, brutal HNW project The Killer Came From The Bronx by Julien Skrobek.
Each release is CDr Ltd to 20 copies, 8 euros each postage included ww.
Paypal / Contact: inkrunsrecordings-AT-gmail-DOT-com
Trades are welcome.
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Butch Bag - Lung - IRRDL07
Buy/Stream here: http://inkrunsrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/butch-bag-lung (http://inkrunsrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/butch-bag-lung)
NEWS: 1 HNW Fest exclusive, 3 new releases and 1 reprint
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Butch Bag - Grab - IRR14
Butch Bag is filthy, wet mid frequencies HNW. This new release will be exclusively available to buy or trade at the HNW Fest III which will will take place on May the 16th in Montreuil, FR at Les Instants Chavirés venue for the first live appearance of the Butch Bag project.[3''CDr]
Line-up:
Black Leather Jesus (Static Noise Set)
Werewolf Jerusalem/Vomir
Tissa Mawartyssari
TheNightProduct/Å
Svartvit
Butch Bag
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The Killer Came From The Bronx - Purgatoried Torso - IRR15
4th release for this old-school HNW project, 2 tracks representing an implosion and an explosion of sound.
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The Girl With The Stanley Knife - Dark Feed - IRR16
2nd release for this project by Charlotte Skrobek after last year's Cradle Of Blades (IRR02) which was reviewed in Memory Wave Transmission (http://memorywavetransmission.wordpress.com/2014/03/22/the-girl-with-the-stanley-knife-cradle-of-blades-cd-r-ink-runs-recordings/ (http://memorywavetransmission.wordpress.com/2014/03/22/the-girl-with-the-stanley-knife-cradle-of-blades-cd-r-ink-runs-recordings/)) and Musique [Machine] (http://www.musiquemachine.com/reviews/reviews_template.php?id=4800 (http://www.musiquemachine.com/reviews/reviews_template.php?id=4800)). This time this project offers a slice of noise freakout, using its tradeamrk contact-mics to create a wall with hints of controlled feedback. [3''CDr]
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La Goccia D'Acqua - Tradere - IRR17
1st release by this HNW project themed upon the 3rd chapter of Mario Bava's classic movie I Tre Volti Della Paura. After a brief sample of the movie La Goccia D'Acqua presents a multi-layered wall of carefully crafted, almost tonal static and drones, aiming for to provide an alternate soundtrack to the movie and attain the same degree of subtlety in the construction. [3''CDr]
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Where Is This - Stumbling Lips - IRR11 - 2nd Printing
This is the 2nd printing of Where is This' 1st release for IRR/BRS. Stumbling Lips was reviewd recently on Musique [Machine] (http://www.musiquemachine.com/reviews/reviews_template.php?id=4846 (http://www.musiquemachine.com/reviews/reviews_template.php?id=4846)) and here is what we wrote at the time of its release:
Where is This aka Mark Ward, who runs the great Bored Bear Recordings label, is known to release extremely well tought-out recordings, covering a large spectre of what can be done with static noise. Stumbling Lips, his first for Ink Runs Recordings, is no exception. In 20 minutes time, Where is This goes from overdriven bass to washes of white noise and shows that static noise elements, when used well, can be used for brutal yet rewarding story-telling. To sum it up, I'm very proud to release Stumbling Lips. Don't miss out ! [3'' CDr]
Each release is 8 euros including postage.
Contact/Paypal: inkrunsrecordings-AT-gmail-DOT-com