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GENERAL SOUND DISCUSSION / Re: K2 appreciation
Last post by k.p.g - Today at 05:08:17 AM
Tonight, I listened to Three Phenomena, the collaboration with AMK & The Haters.  I know that K2 pairs off really well with The Haters, but I'll be damned if I didn't think it's the AMK collab here that steals the show.  The turntable madness of that project fits perfectly with Kimihide's weirder and more playful side.
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Quote from: Kayandah on January 12, 2026, 11:42:21 PMSome Bizarre records have reissued Coil's Scatology but I haven't seen it listed anywhere outside their band camp and you would think a reissue of this magnitude would be everywhere. Am I missing something?

It seems to be having a mixed reception with Coil fans.  I see quite a few people online suggesting that it is a bootleg because of some past challenges between the band and the label?
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GENERAL SOUND DISCUSSION / Re: New interesting releases o...
Last post by Kayandah - January 12, 2026, 11:42:21 PM
Some Bizarre records have reissued Coil's Scatology but I haven't seen it listed anywhere outside their band camp and you would think a reissue of this magnitude would be everywhere. Am I missing something?
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NEW RELEASES ANNOUNCEMENTS / KOBEUK / UTON - Maanalaisia Tu...
Last post by mag-maa - January 12, 2026, 08:25:15 PM


A meetup free noise improvisation sessions by two Finnish artists. True underground music, recorded in Turku, Finland, December 2022 & May 2023.

More preview sounds: uton.bandcamp.com/album/maanalaisia-tulkintoja

Sounds and images from the cassette & cdr box set (total over 160 minutes of experimental and adventurous primordial sound). Self-released in January 2026. Recorded on December 2022 and May 2023, Turku, Finland.

Limited edition box set (only 30 copies made) - available directly from the artists or from Satatuhatta distro: https://satatuhatta.net/
Comes with C90 cassette, CDR, matches, 8-page booklet and a download code (for the cassette material)

Digital version (CS + CDR material) available at:
https://ko-fi.com/uton_/shop

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https://kobeuk.bandcamp.com/
https://utonspace.blogspot.com/
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GENERAL SOUND DISCUSSION / Re: WHITE CENTIPEDE NOISE PODC...
Last post by WCN - January 12, 2026, 07:06:52 PM
OUT NOW - AWENYDD on WCN Podcast!!!

AWENYDD is a Netherlands-based project that has established a reputation for high quality and commitment over the past few years through a prolific run of intimate, self-released tapes, filled with organic and atmospheric noise. His new CD, Caressing the Avalanche of Time, is now available for pre-order from Cloister Recordings.

Part 1:
Full episode: https://www.patreon.com/posts/awenydd-wcn-full-147841981
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GENERAL VISUAL ART / LITERATURE DISCUSSION / Re: Deaths / RIP
Last post by Balor/SS1535 - January 12, 2026, 07:04:55 PM
Quote from: SSRI on January 12, 2026, 12:16:38 PM
Quote from: Balor/SS1535 on January 12, 2026, 04:36:31 AM
Quote from: Heppakirjat on January 12, 2026, 12:26:32 AMRIP Erich von Däniken

RIP He will be missed.

RIP. Loved his books as a kid.

I must say I thought he had been picked up by the chariots of the gods years ago already. Seems he was published steadily well into 2020s.

A similar experience for me (though I didn't think he was dead!).  He was a constant presence as a kid thanks to Ancient Aliens and Chariots of the Gods.
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CLASSIFIED ADS / Re: SCREAM & WRITHE New & Arri...
Last post by absurdexposition - January 12, 2026, 06:29:16 PM
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New Arrivals 315: Belief Recordings, Coherent States, No Rent Records, Old Europa Cafe, SSSM

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  • Not much to report this week. Just this moment finally feeling caught up after some weeks of chaos. Awaiting the next onslaught.

  • Distros that will have copies of the latest Absurd Exposition batch: Input Error (UK), Satatuhatta (FI), Tobira Records (JP), Tribe Tapes (US), White Centipede Noise (DE). More are likely to be sorted soon. The Kobeuk / Umpio split is sold out, however. Check the distros if you need a copy.


New Arrivals

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Belief Recordings

  • Hardcore Country & Western, Issue 3


Browse all titles from Belief Recordings (2 in stock)

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Coherent States

  • Jon Wesseltoft & Niklas Adam - Signs and Accuracy 2CS

  • Lorenzo Abattoir & Simon Whetham - Macchina Che Respira CS

  • Territorial Gobbing - How To Do Things With Words CD-R

  • Will Guthrie - Lampo CS

  • Yeast Culture - Graft CS


Browse all titles from Coherent States (12 in stock)

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No Rent Records

  • Rocker #12


Browse all titles from No Rent Records (14 in stock)

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Old Europa Cafe

  • Folkstorm - For the Love of Hate / Noisient CD

  • Himukalt - Sex Worker: The Complete Recordings 4CD Box

  • Merzbow / The Haters - Milanese Bestiality / Drunk On Decay CD

  • Murder Corporation - Sick Thoughts CD

  • Oswald Resurrection - Blood Is Cheap 10''

  • SPK - Information Overload Unit CD


Browse all titles from Old Europa Cafe (46 in stock)

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SSSM

  • Contagious Orgasm - Misora CS

  • Contagious Orgasm - Offers Flexibility And Power CS

  • Contagious Orgasm vs Government Alpha - Resurrection From The End Of The Sequence CS

  • Dissecting Table - Contaminated Area CS

  • GC - Lingering Images In The Mirror CS

  • Government Alpha - ObliVision CS

  • Richard Ramirez + Contagious Orgasm - Different Substances CS

  • Shinkiro - Five Elements CS


Browse all titles from SSSM (18 in stock)



Second Hand Arrivals

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More second hand books added Dec. 19! - Have a look.

Upcoming Events

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#8
GENERAL SOUND DISCUSSION / Re: PLAYLIST with COMMENTS/REV...
Last post by k.p.g - January 12, 2026, 06:09:32 PM
Burning Star Core - Challenger (Hospital Productions)
Thanks to all who responded to my question about this project the other day.  Decided to check this disc out, as I recognized the art pretty much immediately.  It's a short one but a good one.  It was very pretty, with maybe just a few moments of unnerving sounds to be had.  Excited to dig into more, especially the more "acoustic" side of the group that the Recycled tape displayed.

Korea Undok Group - All Are Punished (VAAGNER)
It's really unfair how hard this release flew under the radar last year.  Had no idea it even existed until a YouTube channel posted it on their page.  Tried to follow the Bandcamp link provided, only to see that there is no trace of a tape or digital stream to be had.  One Instagram post alludes to the label making physical copies but that's it.  One comment on said post asks what happened to the tape.  One minute it was there, the next it was gone.  It's not even listed on Discogs.  A lot of mystery surrounding one YouTube link...
All of that aside, the material is great.  Piano sadly churns along with some room recorded sounds to accompany it.  Spurts of tape occasionally splatter across the mix.  It has that kind of sonic palette that makes you nostalgic for days you never had.  Had I known this came out in the last year, it would have ended up in my favorites of 2025.  But as it stands, it seems to be a release that exists outside of time...
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GENERAL SOUND DISCUSSION / Re: K2 appreciation
Last post by BatteredStatesofEuphoria - January 12, 2026, 05:33:17 PM
Quote from: Fistfuck Masonanie on January 11, 2026, 09:12:45 PMSexencyclopedia - Perfection. This is one of the most perfect releases in my collection, and it's astonishing how good every track is across such a large release. Would love to hear more in this vein.

The Rust and Metal Dysplasia are widely considered to be some of his two best from that era. A couple other underappreciated ones imo from that period are Schizophereniak Signal Transduction and the Iron Kulture 7".

Another good one is the recently reissued (and thus easily obtainable) Steel Desert Around Tokyo on OEC. Its the junk, cut-up era sound, but a bit less rapid cut-ups, allowing the metal tones to generate a sustained presence that borders on an almost otherwordly ambience at times (kind of as if he was recreating Autopsy Soundtracks with his metal junks instead). I've never heard it until the reissue, and its become one of my favorites since.

On the "oddball" side, besides what's already been brought up, Hepatopolitika is a good one as well, stradding that side and what was (at that time) his new metal focused sound, along with inspired sampling throughout. Did you ever want to hear Vin Scully calling a baseball game on a noise record? Well, here's your chance!
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GENERAL SOUND DISCUSSION / Re: K2 appreciation
Last post by k.p.g - January 12, 2026, 03:11:08 PM
Decades upon decades of fascinating work.  As echoed in this thread already, he's mastered many different styles and set ups.  Demise Symphonika and N.G. Musik are favorites of the 80s era.  The 90s has the scrap metal attack, but also releases like Tekhnodrug also are hardcore stand outs.

My favorite of the K2 discography (and an all-time favorite noise release of mine) is In the Monotonous Flowers.  Was listening to the Awenydd interview with WCN before and he mentions a noise release where he has "memorized every part."  That would probably apply to me with Monotonous Flowers.  To start to finish, it pulls out so many fascinating sound choices that stick with you on a deeper level.  Not his harshest work, but is perhaps the perfect summation of his more oddball side, which is the side I tend to lean more towards in the end.