Space Noise Part 2

"ASTRONOMY: The Face Which the Infinite Turns Toward All Universal Bodies" is now available through our newly created bandcamp page. Part 2, and the final chapter of the  "Advanced Astro-cosmological Truths", is a much harsher journey as the cosmic code has begun to deeply seep into every ounce of our cosmic being. We begin to fall apart as if every molecule in our body has taken a step away from each other separating us from the material to the immaterial.

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Crucial Blast Loves Minotaur

I was captivated by Minotaur's Obsession as soon as I set eyes on the cover. On it, a hallucinatory collage of disembodied eyes float around an attractive young woman clad only in a bra and thong, her back to the viewer, casting a beguiling, heavy-lidded glance over her shoulder. This vaguely nightmarish night-scene evolves into something much darker as you open the album and find the high contrast images of intricate rope bondage and fetishistic modeling, juxtaposed with an older glamour shot of an unknown woman. This all ties together with the thematic influence of Anais Nin's 1977 collection Delta Of Venus; this classic piece of literary erotica provides the raw material for the lyrics on Obsession, as well as the seething eroticized energy that oozes across the ten tracks. This is the first full length album from Minotaur, the duo of James Keeler (Wilt, Hedorah) and George Proctor (Mutant Ape, Sump), and it's nowhere near as excruciating as you might think it would be. What these guys have created here is one of the creepiest power electronics albums I've heard, taking scenes of debauched sex, virulent lust, and controlled violence and setting them to a backdrop of pounding metallic rhythms, tumescent black synthesizer drones that feel as if they are eating right through your stereo speakers, and muted noise walls. The electronics are thick, malevolent, oppressive, more musical than pure noise. It's the vocals that really add that extra dose of intoxicating nastiness to Obsessions pervasive haze of black lust, morphing from deep, pitch-shifted mutterings, to heavily-delayed whispers that crawl deep under your skin, to militant barking demanding submission. You could compare this to some of the newer Prurient material as well as the pitch-black electronics of Theologian, but Minotaur's own Philosophie dans le boudoir smolders with a dark carnal violence that is uniquely it's own. A fucking phenomenal album, highly recommended to anyone into forward-thinking power electronics. Limited to two hundred copies.

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FEAR KONSTRUKTOR :: Fields of Reed
Limited Edition Art Box
Containing a 90 minute cassette, a 3" cdr and a 16 page art zine.
Drifting experimental, modern electronic compositions from Russia.
For fans of Hollydrift, Augur, Wilt and John Wiese. 
$20 US PPD / $27 WORLD PPD
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MINOTAUR:OBSESSION CD
$12 US PPD / $14 WORLD PPD
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WILT - She C73 - SOLD OUT

On most of their releases, WILT walks a fine line between dark ambient and death industrial.. this release sees them tip the scales all the way over the death industrial line. Harrowing, blackened noise comprised of synths, guitar, junk metal, vocals, etc. This tape sounds downright evil. Listen in the dark and listen loud. Includes a DISEMBOWELMENT cover. 50 copies. - Label Description

$6US PPD / $8 WORLD PPD

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DDA:05 Death Season Compilation CDr + Darker Days Ahead Zine (Issue #1) -  SOLD OUT

Death Season, a time that comes annually when everything turns pale and cold. Feeling and Emotion all die once more as the cold and dreary season inbeds deep in your soul and has no remorse for the living. The sun never shines through the short overcast days and the long dark nights conceal all light. Death Season is a soundtrack to this gloomy/lifeless time of year. Includes new 2012 WILT track.


CDr comes with the first issue of the Darker Days Ahead zine, 20 pages full of negativity, controversy, erotica and obscurity.


$10 US PPD / $12 WORLD PPD
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James P. Keeler : Deconstruction of Magnetic Tape
Blistering new recordings using raw magnetic tape samples. Horrific noise collage. Side one incorporates a different composition in the left and right ears. Side 2 is the eclipsing moment of raw harsh noise based on magnetic tape manipulation.

$10 US PPD / $12 WORLD PPD
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Best of...

It's been a very fast year. Lots of good times and good music. I'd like to thank everyone for their continued support of the label and my various projects, including Ole Hermann Melby, Sam/Phage Tapes, Joe/Small Doses, Josh Lay, Dan Hall, Andy Grant, Chris/Cipher Productions, Rick/Infirmary, Mike Palace, Mike Peck and everyone else I might be forgetting. I'm looking forward to 2012 with all kinds of new projects in the works for the label: a Minotaur CD, a JPK boxset of field recordings, the Tape Fetish Zine, new works from Rodmaker and Hedorah as well as many other art related releases. Finally, in the time honored tradition of looking back at the year in sound, I have compiled my list of top listens. This list includes releases I purchased/traded for this year which is not exclusive to being produced in 2011.

ROCK/METAL/NON-NOISE

Locrian: The Clearing
Bjork: Biophilia
Barn Owl: Lost in the Glare
Puscifer: Conditions of My Parole
Radiohead: The King of Limbs
Wolves in the Throne Room: Celestial Lineage
HTRK: Work (Work, Work)
Blut Aus Nord: 777:.....
Moon: Caduceus Chalice 

NOISE/BLACK MURK/EXPERIMENTAL

Cultus Sabbati: Descent into the Maelstrom

Neige et Noirceur: Philosophie des Arts Occultes

Harrassor: Hater of Man

Allseits: Hel

Steve Roach: Quite Music Complete Collection

Kammerheit: The Starwheel

Grouper: Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill

Visions: Summoning the Void

Jeph Jerman: For Henry F. Farny....

Northhaunt: Horizons

Subklinik: Musik for Decomposition

Sutcliffe Jugend: Archive 4

Yen Pox: Blood Music Re-issue

Thomas Koner: Nunatak/Teimo/Permafrost
SMM: Context
Swamp Horse
Glass Coffin
PHBTK 
WILT/GOOSE/MARAX...did you really miss this one???

...the return of MARAX

Cheers!

James

AUTUMNS HARVEST

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WILT was founded in 1998 by artist and designer James P. Keeler. Originally the projects focus was a sonic companion to various paintings and installations by Keeler, since that time WILT has grown into an internationally recognized dark music pioneer bridging the gaps between industrial, drone, noise and experimental.  Musically utilizing an eclectic palette of instrumentation to create their esoteric sounds. Avant mystics of the modern day WILT continue to create endless landscapes of mystery and isolation juxtaposed against depression and decay.

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HORCHATA is the name used by Michael Palace for his electronic music compositions. His music focuses on four major elements: complex beat music, dark ambient soundscapes, programmed compositional glitch music, and field recordings. Often a composition will include several of these elements. Palace has worked for a number of years as a research scientist at the University of New Hampshire's Complex System Research Center as a tropical ecologist working in Amazonia.  During his numerous field visits to the rainforest, he has recorded sounds using various microphones and minidisk recorders. Modification of many computer simulations have yielded some interesting sound generating and compositional programs which are featured in newer recordings by Palace.

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GEOMANCY is a study of the interconnection between the human consciousness and the energy of the earth. The number six represents harmony and a strong foundation for collaboration and as such 6 tracks weave this meeting of two visionaries into a “perfect” opus. 6 X 1 = 6 and 3 X 2 = 6, and 1 + 2 + 3 = 6.

Geomancy is focused on sacred geometry, the way that spirit integrates into matter - by echoing and amplifying the geometry of nature and planetary movements. The sonic resonance of body/mind/spirit with the harmonic frequencies of the cosmic above and the earthen below. Maximizing the possibility of connection to the One.

CD edition. OHM Records - Norway.

$12 US PPD / $14 WORLD PPD

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INFIRMARY / WILT : FACTORY WORKS (c95) - SOLD OUT
Raw industrial stripped down to atmosphere and emotion. Metal utilized as one of the main sound sources. Comes in special packaging screen printed by Sam/Phage Tapes and includes insert. 

Cassette Edition of 25. {OR/CO}

$10 US PPD / $12 WORLD PPD

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Coming this Fall

New Releases Fall 2011

INFIRMARY / WILT : FACTORY WORKS (c95)
Raw industrial stripped down to atmosphere and emotion.

TAPE FETISH VOL. 1 : 1966 to 1972 (Zine + Recycled Cassette)
A visual, anthropological exploration of Reel-to-Reel, 8-Track and Cassette Tape from 1966 to 1972.

ASTRONOMY : The Face Which the Infinite Turns Toward All Universal Bodies (Art Box CDR)
The Advanced Astro-Cosmological Truths Part 2 Beyond imagination lies an absolute truth. And this is its soundtrack. Harsh psychedelic space music.

MINOTAUR : OBSESSION (c?)
First full length from this duo of James P. Keeler and George Proctor. Victorian PE via 1980s VHS, shifting between male and female sexual philosophies.

Recommended Listening

One long, multi-layered black wall. Highly Recommended.
Available here: http://sensitivereceptor.blogspot.com/

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ASTRONOMY : THE CLIFFS OF NEBADON...The Advanced Astro-Cosmological Truths Part1
CDR in Special Packaging

ASTRONOMY returns with a new space music opus. This time we see a collage of space music amplified with a cinematic vibe, much less harsh than their last two outings. The astrological electronics are still present and texture does accent but with a quantum approach. Part 1 begins to unveil an epic trip. The universe opens and reveals its truths through sound and space.

For fans of Namanax, Astro, Aube and Tangerine Dream.

$10 US PPD / $12 WORLD PPD
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