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Kazuma Kubota & Self-Inflicted Violence 7"
Split 7" vinyl pairing Japan's Kazuma Kubota with Poland's [s.i.v.]. Kazuma approaches softly, opening with light layers of sound, before obliterating them with his increasingly dextrous atack of high-energy, volatile-spliced harsh electronics. Self-Inflicted Violence trumps the pummel of his recent CDR on Somnolent Shelter to push forward a dervish of stop-and-go electronics and junk elements, hesitant at first before riding on its own urgency. Co-released with Underground Pollution. Limited to 150 copies, of which I have far less than half.
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VipCancro & Andrea Borghi C-46
Split tape of VipCancro's organic ensemble noiseisambient and Andrea Borghi's more harrowing, angular noise constructs. VipCancro have an almost calmative effect, every tone mannered as their tightly-woven layers of sound slowly loosen. Andrea (one quarter of VipCancro) paces more forcefully, but his constructs ultimately prove more brittle, bareing glimpses of well-worn source material between cobbled processing. This is another in my line of specially packaged cassettes, this time the tape is housed in a cut, folded and stickered vinyl records, all held in place with velro. Limited to 60 copies.
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Haare A Split Second In Eternity C-40
In contrast to the recent Forward To Insanity tape, A Split Second In Eternity returns Haare to a more life-affirming sound, the lengthy tracks on this tape developing rich drones over their side-long expanses. Rich guitar plumes encircle entheogenic electronics and hazy drone material for an effortless, admittedly relaxed, expression of the far-gone psychedelia which Ilkka does so well. Tape, insert and woven patch all housed in a stickered anti-static bag. Limited to 80 copies.
There are also a few extra Haare patches available.
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