Big drop today!
https://screamandwrithe.comCASA DI CACCIA - Grand Totàl CS
MET GLAS - Moody Brooding CS
MOLENA with THE RITA - Barre CS
MO*TE - Throw a Stone CS
MURMUR / MUTTERING - Muted CS
WASAUKSING SNIPER CS
ZK - Discordia CS
AE78: CASA DI CACCIA - Grand Totàl CSFollowing a monolithic 8-tape box set on their own Second Sleep label, Casa di Caccia arrive on Absurd Exposition with two side-long pieces of heavy and dynamic harsh noise with a brightness that reflects the vibrancy of their home base in Northern Italy.
Artwork by AG
Edition of 98 C21s home dubbed in real time on clear chrome tapes with paper labels. 4-panel J-cards housed in standard cases.
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AE86: MET GLAS - Moody Brooding CSComprised of noise improvisations and highly processed contact mic recordings taken from a beehive.
"Moody Brooding" is forty minutes in the center of the hive.
Edition of 60 C40s home dubbed in real time on recycled chrome tapes. Housed in plastic bags with 4x6 double-sided insert and a piece of honeycomb.
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AE73: MOLENA with THE RITA - Barre CSMolena return to Absurd Exposition after opening the "Coastal Flood / Other Frontiers" compilation in 2021. Aided by The Rita (no stranger to AE), this study of Barre is a highly effective collaboration of unified textural harsh sound that also elevates each project's individuality.
Edition of 100 C30s pro-dubbed on prison tapes. Housed in oversized vinyl cases with double-sided trapsheet artwork and insert.
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AE53K7: MO*TE - Throw a Stone CSReissue of sold-out 2021 CD.
"Mo*Te propels forward in the year 2021 with another full-length offering of morphed noise psychedelics on "Throw A Stone". Guided by the dosed mind of Fumiyuki Nagura starting in the mid-90's, Mo*Te operated in tandem with many other Japanese noise acts such as Government Alpha, Monde Bruits, T.A.D.M., Cracksteel, Outermost, Robochanman, etc.; acts that served equally important roles in forming the wide-reaching web of Japanese noise music, despite often remaining in the shadow of gods like Merzbow, Incapacitants, Masonna, and Hijokaidan. Like many other scenes of noise scattered throughout the world for the last forty years, Japanese noise has a unique sound and feeling that is ultimately unlike any of its other regional peers, and unsurprisingly, Mo*Te is a project that can not be imitated by anyone else. Two words that come to mind when I think of Mo*Te are "JUNK" and "DRUGS", perhaps because looking through release titles and track names from his catalog will show that Nagura certainly has a proclivity for themes of damage, refuse, and a consciousness under the influence of mind-altering substances. Weaving together acid-soaked noise electronics, junk metal, delirious vocals and what sounds like field recordings from a densely-populated industrial megacity not too far into the future, Mo*Te takes curious listeners on a trip through dark and caustic alleyways, opening various doors along the way to reveal bizarre scenes of the subconscious; places where thoughts and things tossed away previously come together to create something new, strange, and stimulating."
– Luke Tandy (Skeleton Dust Records)
Edition of 150 C60s pro-dubbed on black tapes with paper labels. 4-panel J-cards housed in standard cases.
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AE83: MURMUR / MUTTERING - Muted CSMurmur (Halifax, NS) and muttering (Littleton, CO) come together in a showcase of new noise talent.
Murmur returns to AE after 2022's "Getting By". Predominantly residing in the lower end of the volume dial on "Evening Special", the ruminations are still interspersed by the project's signature piercing shrieks and in-the-red blurs.
muttering lands on AE following a string of self-releases and a tape on AAD. "Nihilistic Easy Rider" offers mechanical loops that evolve into dense, harsh crumble and a sustained period of stomach-churning low end.
A well-matched and refreshing pairing of new blood carving their paths.
Edition of 99 C31s home dubbed in real time on cobalt prison tapes. 4-panel J-cards housed in standard cases with slipcovers.
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AE81: WASAUKSING SNIPER CSB.P. returns to Absurd Exposition under the Wasuaksing Sniper moniker.
An homage to Francis Pegahmagabow, the most highly decorated Indigenous soldier in Canadian military history and the most effective sniper of the First World War.
Layers of ambient and harsh textures echo the flow of battle and the incessant rumble of artillery.
Edition of 50 veteran brown C30s pro-dubbed and housed in cardboard boxes with display windows and two inserts.
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AE84: ZK - Discordia CSPoland's ZK returns with a much appreciated followup to the 2018 debut tape on Lake Shark Harsh Noise.
Dense layers and heavy textures are perpetually scraped, creating a thick, rough, black claustrophobia.
Edition of 99 C41s home dubbed in real time on black cobalt tapes. Housed in standard J-cards with double sided artwork.
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