http://robertandleopold.bigcartel.com/MAURIZIO BIANCHI "ARKEOMENE" CASSETTE
Six years since Robert & Leopold's debut release of his conceptual string-based opus, Violichte, Italian noise composer Maurizio Bianchi returns to the label with a recent snapshot of where Bianchi's recent electronic works have lead him.
Arkeomene reflects back to the listener the compositions of Bianchi as a now matured sculptor of frequency and range. Almost 40 years of frantic adulation and suffering have lead Bianchi on one of experimental music's most bizarre trajectories. Given the time and revernce that Bianchi has absorbed over his lifetime, his newest works found on Arkeomene would be better suited amongst the ambient ranks of William Basinski and Andrew Chalk, rather than his past resume would suggest. Sublime ambient gestures of familiar sonic modulations give these pieces structures resembling archaic language rather than audible electronic sound works.
Listen:
https://soundcloud.com/ryandais/maurizio-bianchi-gnrh1R&L056. Edition of 100. $8.00
SUCKLING "BROAD DAYLIGHT" CASSETTE
Based in Brooklyn, NY, Suckling is the tape collage outline of Rich Samis (The Men) and Kyle Keays-Hagerman (Mercury Living) in which every moment of sound is deformed and manipulated into a cathartic response of their immediate surroundings.
Each moment of their sophomore release makes the listener increasingly uncomfortable with their control over pulsing loops and reverberation. Soundtrack of unease akin to the early works of the Broken Flag roster or early 80's M.B., Suckling have perfected the classic low end sound of authentic industrial composition.
Listen:
https://soundcloud.com/ryandais/suckling-untitledR&L060. Edition of 75. $8.00
RYAN MARTIN & JOACHIM NORDWALL "TRANCE BELOW THE STREETS" LP
The recent recordings compiled into "Trance Below the Streets" were recorded in a Brooklyn basement during a couple of cold December days in 2014, the collaboration between Ryan Martin (Dais Records / York Factory Complaint / Copley Medal / On A Clear Day) and Joachim Nordwall (iDEAL / Skull Defekts / Saturn and the Sun) became something very special, raw, intense and powerful.
There is an hypnotic feel to it, that may lead you into a wanted or unwanted state of trance. Harsh, cryptic yet meditative (and sometimes beautiful) electronic music masterfully engineered by Kyle Keays Hagerman and mastered by Kris Lapke (Alberich / Hospital Productions).
Listen to the track "Ricochet Around the Triptych":
https://soundcloud.com/ideal-recordings/ryan-martin-joachim-nordwall-ricochet-around-the-triptych-ideal145rl059-lpR&L059/iDEAL145. Edition of 300. Split release with iDeal Recordings. $16.99
MAURIZIO BIANCH & RYAN MARTIN "AS STRONG AS DEATH IS" 2XLP
For roughly the past 40 years, the cryptic tally of works by Maurizio Bianchi has formulated a somewhat religious rite of passage, a communion of tone and definition based around his various devotional phases in his life. Coming to the forefront of industrial music and noise composition in the late 1970's, just as the world was recovering from the jarring wake left behind by groups such as Throbbing Gristle and Whitehouse, Bianchi was bundled within the zeitgeist of extreme experimentation due to the use of provocative subject matter and sonic assault. Though by 1983, Maurizio Bianchi seemed to have "disappeared" after conflicting releases and disappointing acceptance amongst his peers. It was not until the mid-90's when Maurizio Bianchi resurfaced, now with a focus on spiritual guidance and restraint, that he released varied recordings of his newly sculpted ambient works and re-visitations of his now classic albums from the previous decade. Up until present day, Bianchi has enjoyed a renaissance of interest in part due to his expansive reissues of previous works and his dedication to new recordings, which state that Bianchi is still a zenith in the world of the experimental electronic music.
Around 2008, New York City based artist / musician Ryan Martin, of industrial outfit York Factory Complaint and Copley Medal, started correspondence with Bianchi about the reissue of his mechanically clinical ambient masterpiece, Endometrio, for release on Martin's co-founded imprint, Dais Records. During this time, Martin was forming his own solo label to release private edition works under the title Robert & Leopold and asked Bianchi to present his recent exploratory violin compositions as the label's debut release. Since that time, Bianchi and Martin have collaborated in various forms including the release of Bianchi's recent exploration, Arkeomene, and the featuring of Martin's artwork on the cover of Bianchi's contentious single, Amentest. Most notably however was the complex and deliberate musical collaboration between the two entitled "As Strong As Death Is".
Spanning the course of two years to create, legendary Italian noise composer Maurizio Bianchi and artist Ryan Martin (York Factory Complaint / Copley Medal / Dais Records) took on the pilgrimage of scoring the abstract concept of marriage based on the biblical Song of Solomon. Employing prepared electronics with accompanying strings and tape, this ambient religious collaboration seeks to flesh out the union, to understand the universal desire to be one. Constricted lullabies walk down the aisle to create a consortium of moving, ghost-like consolidation. Mixed ad edited by Anthony Mangicapra (Hoor-paar-Kraat) and mastered by Kris Lapke (Alberich / Hospital Productions). Recorded in both New York City and Opera, Italy between 2010 and 2012, this release was originally released in 2013 as a limited double cassette on Martin's own Robert & Leopold imprint in a edition of 100 copies, which quickly went out of print.
The release comes with a lavish jacket, double LP and limited to 400 copies on standard black vinyl.
Comes with a coupon for a free digital download. $23.99
Listen to "Place Me As A Seal Upon Your Heart (excerpt)"
https://soundcloud.com/backwards-1/maurizio-bianchi-ryan-martin
