PLAYLIST with COMMENTS/REVIEWS

[P-K]

any word on the Anenzephalia "23" cassette ? ......

[Half Aborted]

WE GAVE THEM THE FUTURE BUT THEY WANTED THE PAST v/a tape

Tight-knit and strong compilation of modern UK power electronic/industrial acts, in the year when everybody's gloating over what happened 30 years ago. Very satisfactory, no bad tracks. The one on the A side (Caustic Qualm?) with the tubular bells was quite unsettling.

Content Nullity, which was my favourite track on the compilation. Proud to be part of it. Glad you enjoyed it.

[Levas]

Listening to Changes - Orphan in the Storm and Lament

one of those rare neofolk bands that I miss from time to time. Nice music

[sterilization]

any word on the Anenzephalia "23" cassette ? ......

Ouch... I can't believe I just paid $25 for a tape. Better be good.

[Levas]

I guess spinning new Flooded church of asmodeus cd does not sound right. so BLASTING new Flooded church of asmodeus cd. more than half an hour of perfectness!!!

[SiClark]

It's a damn good album.

[absurdexposition]

tonight:

Disgust - Time Ruins Everything
Disgust - Where Angels Fear to Tread
Jason Lescalleet - The Pilgrim

[andy vomit]

MURDEROUS VISION - black hellbore: a quiver of arrows
hellish, brooding and oppressive black ambience from one of the masters.  for my money, MV is consistently one of the best in the genre. 

CONTROL RESISTANCE - declaration 1994-2011
i knew of CR, i'd just never heard the project before.  really great stuff.  i like how the vocals aren't just randomly shouted over the music; there's a rhythmic pattern to them that makes the tracks more like actual "songs."  nice inclusion of the CON-DOM track, too.

MARTIN BLADH: - dirge: the peter sotos files
amazing industrial noise/sound collage.  possibly more unsettling than the actual "buyers market" disc.

[RyanWreck]

MARTIN BLADH: - dirge: the peter sotos files
amazing industrial noise/sound collage.  possibly more unsettling than the actual "buyers market" disc.

Yea, this is a great piece. There is one conversation in there that gave me a slightly visceral reaction the first time I really listened (I don't remember which track, I think maybe "Dirge: Marry" or "Marc"). That has never happened to me from Sotos' work itself, come to think of it, it rarely happens to me ever, with anyone's work including videos and photos. In any case, I couldn't imagine anyone doing a better job with Sotos' work, sonically, than Bladh.

[Jaakko V.]

Armon Kuilu - S/T
Tervahäät - Kalmonsäie
Tervahäät - Patria


Can't get enough of the Armon Kuilu album. So good. A mixture of zeuhl, Ultra Bra & Penderecki, hehe. I seriously hope to hear a new album by AK some day.

Side A - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6-mpMgX6S8


Tervahäät is a newish neofolk/ambient/experimental duo from Finland which just released two new albums. From ritualistic ambient and drone to straight neofolk, minimalistic unison vocal recitations, etc. Creates feelings of frozen and desolate Finnish countryside. Heavy emphasis on the 'devotional' aspects talked about in the other thread. Excellent in my opinion, but possibly a little hard to digest for some.

Some TH tracks at http://www.animaarctica.fi/index.php?pid=3 - just compare 'Virtaus' to 'Otsontanssi' to hear the wide scope of sound they're dealing with...

[en nihil]

 Right now

Albert fish is my hero - Lesopolosa 3" cdr  nerfarious activaties   this a short but very  intense little 3" cdr. Harsh noise / power electronics that gets straight to the point and leaves you wanting more. Great vocals !and clever packaging aswell with a very DIY esthetic . Well done!
       

[bitewerksMTB]

MARTIN BLADH: - dirge: the peter sotos files
amazing industrial noise/sound collage.  possibly more unsettling than the actual "buyers market" disc.

Yea, this is a great piece. There is one conversation in there that gave me a slightly visceral reaction the first time I really listened (I don't remember which track, I think maybe "Dirge: Marry" or "Marc"). That has never happened to me from Sotos' work itself, come to think of it, it rarely happens to me ever, with anyone's work including videos and photos. In any case, I couldn't imagine anyone doing a better job with Sotos' work, sonically, than Bladh.

I'm thinking that I never made it all the way through "Dirge". I don't remember anything about it that I found very engaging. Is the Sotos bits him reading? I remember one of the Creation cdr's & found listening to his voice to be boring as shit.

I do want to pick up Bladh's cd on Freak Animal with the booklet of collages. What I listened to from it was pretty good.

[RyanWreck]

MARTIN BLADH: - dirge: the peter sotos files
amazing industrial noise/sound collage.  possibly more unsettling than the actual "buyers market" disc.

Yea, this is a great piece. There is one conversation in there that gave me a slightly visceral reaction the first time I really listened (I don't remember which track, I think maybe "Dirge: Marry" or "Marc"). That has never happened to me from Sotos' work itself, come to think of it, it rarely happens to me ever, with anyone's work including videos and photos. In any case, I couldn't imagine anyone doing a better job with Sotos' work, sonically, than Bladh.

I'm thinking that I never made it all the way through "Dirge". I don't remember anything about it that I found very engaging. Is the Sotos bits him reading? I remember one of the Creation cdr's & found listening to his voice to be boring as shit.

No, it's more like Buyer's Market, samples/"victim tapes" all that good stuff, mainly mixed in but sometimes long samples strung together at the beginning of a track, pieces somewhat reminiscent of certain Taint releases even. Personally I didn't like any of the Sotos "audiobooks" either. Very drab and definitely boring. The only thing I liked about the Proxy CD was that it contained some of "Playground Sex", which up to that point I had not read yet. The sample I was thinking of on Dirge:..., which I just listened to again, isn't all that great now that I have heard it a handful of times, it had a feel like that OVER tape did that was on NVS, just a strange confessional style that kind of makes you think after you hear it.

[RyanWreck]

I can't believe I have finally located this gem and put in an offer for a mere $15.00+ shipping and actually got the fucking thing. It's Marcel Marceao, the best of version. Marcel is a mime so...I guess you can see where this is going; a record full of silence beyond the small audience movements and some clapping at the end. This was released in 1971 so this guy was ahead of his time, he was what some call a "troll" these days, way back in the early 70's. More info and some reviews:

http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/marcel_marceao/the_best_of_marcel_marceao/

[STREETMEAT]

I do want to pick up Bladh's cd on Freak Animal with the booklet of collages. What I listened to from it was pretty good.

one of the best releases of 2012.