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ARTIST: DEATH IN JUNE
TITLE: A l'ombre des runes (softcover)
LABEL: CAMION BLANC
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Mené par Douglas Pearce depuis trente ans, Death In June explore inlassablement les chemins de traverse musicaux et esthétiques avec une indépendance farouche. Né sur les cendres du groupe de punk Crisis qui trôna aux côtés de The Clash et de Crass dans le registre d'un engagement politique radical, Death In June a connu des changements profonds sur tous les plans. Passant d'un post-punk radical aux champs électroniques mutants avant d'accompagner l'émergence d'un folk apocalyptique post-industriel, la formation a vu passer en son sein de multiples collaborateurs, ayant influé de diverses façons sur la destinée du groupe, le tout sous la houlette de l'esthète Douglas P. Source d'incompréhension voire de rejet total et d'opprobre pour certains, fascination sans réserve pour d'autres, la Mort en Juin a depuis toujours suivi sa destinée en faisant fi des obstacles. Aldo Chimenti livre ici le fruit d'un travail passionné courant sur une décennie, offrant un panorama de l'évolution de Death In June, plongeant dans les racines punk de Crisis avant de dérouler le fil de l'histoire d'un destin contemporain des plus singuliers. ============================== [ENGLISH TRANSLATION] Led by Douglas Pearce for thirty years, Death In June tirelessly explores the byways and musical aesthetic with a fierce independence. Born from the ashes of punk band Crisis trona which alongside The Clash and Crass in the register of a radical political commitment, Death In June has undergone profound changes on all levels. From a radical post-punk to electronic fields mutants before accompanying the emergence of an apocalyptic post-industrial folk, training has seen in it many collaborators, have influenced in various ways over the destiny of the group , all under the leadership of the esthete Douglas P. Source of misunderstanding or even outright rejection and shame for some, fascinating to others without reservation, Death in June has always followed its destiny in its disregard for obstacles. Aldo Chimenti book by the product of a passionate current over a decade, offering a panorama of the evolution of Death In June, dipping into the roots of punk Crisis before rolling the thread of the story of a destiny of contemporary most singular.========================THIS THE FRENCH LANGUAGE EDITION OF ALDO CHIMENTI'S BIOGRAPHY, ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN ITALIAN IN 2010. |
| ITEM NUMBER: 11576 |
FORMAT: BOOK |
PRICE: $72.89 |
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ARTIST: MERZBOW
TITLE: Merzbient [red vinyl]
LABEL: SOLEILMOON
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| DESCRIPTION: SPECIAL NOTICE: A NON-REFUNDABLE DEPOSIT OF $25.00 MUST BE PAID IN ADVANCE TO RESERVE A RED VINYL BOX SET.
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TO BE RELEASED SEPTEMBER 10. PRE-ORDER TODAY. Any regular in-stock items ordered at the same time (in the same shopping cart) will be held aside and sent with your pre-ordered goods as one shipment. Orders with multiple pre-orders will be sent as one order, when all of the items in the order are available. If you want an order to ship immediately, or want your pre-ordered items to be sent out as soon as they arrive here, rather than in a group, you must order them separately. We won't charge your credit card until we ship the order. Please make sure your card number and expiration date are up to date when before you complete the check-out process. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- "Merzbient" was originally released in 2010 as a box set of twelve compact discs. The edition of 555 numbered copies, which sold out within weeks of its release, was hailed by fans as some of Merzbow's best work, and it has since become a highly desirable collector's item.
Now an expanded edition of eighteen albums is being released in an edition of 222 numbered and signed copies. The music from the original CD release is presented on albums 1 to 15. Some of the tracks have been edited to conform with the limitations of the medium. Albums 16, 17 and 18 contain exclusive bonus material never released until today. This vinyl release of "Merzbient" is presented in utterly lavish packaging, starting with a pair of custom-made foil-blocked boxes that look like large versions of the boxes made for the original CD edition. Each box holds nine LPs. Each record has full-color center labels, and comes in a full-color sleeve. Three inserts printed on textured paper complete the package. The records in the first 44 sets are pressed on translucent dark red vinyl, and are reserved for Soleilmoon's direct mailorder customers. The remaining 178 copies are pressed in black vinyl.
"Merzbient" is a collection of Merzbow's previously unreleased ambient recordings. The music was recorded in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, at a time when Masami Akita (Merzbow) was becoming famous for his live performances. The records he released at the time mirrored the harsh electronic wall-of-sound style that characterized his peformances, and helped establish his reputation as the prime mover in the Japanese noise scene. Out of necessity he toured with gear that was small, simple and portable. The electronics he used for his recordings were the same ones he used for live shows.
But at the same time he was also recording quieter, more atmospheric music at home, and using a wide variety of acoustic instruments including an impractical monstrosity he describes as a "big handmade junk instrument made from a metal box with piano wires", which he played with a violin bow. He made hours and hours of recordings, but kept them private and never released them, until eventually they were set aside and forgotten. After rediscovering them years later he remastered the music and named the collection "Merzbient". The music on these albums represent a side of Merzbow never before heard. The music bears many of the signature styles expected from Merzbow – think of the theme of long-form drones pierced by random bursts of sound, for example – but it's enticingly different from what we've heard before, with spacious sounds evoking prehistoric misty landscapes, desolate abandoned industrial sites, and sci-fi/horror film soundtracks. If the familiar and traditional Merzbow is like a jet plane taking off at full-throttle then "Merzbient" is the hanger where the plane was built. Not a violent assault on the ears, but something more interior, more personal, and more gentle.
"Merzbient" is Merzbow's third release for Soleilmoon, following "Ouroboros" (May 2010) and "Eucalypse" (July 2008).
Masami Akita, recording under the name Merzbow, with more than 200 albums to his credit, is considered one of the preeminent artists in the field of noise music. In recent years his output has centered on animal themes, following his concern for the protection of animal rights. Albums for chickens, whales, seals and dolphins have been released on a variety of labels.
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| ITEM NUMBER: 11584 |
FORMAT: 18XLP BOX |
PRICE: $349.99 |
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ARTIST: ELECTRIC SEWER AGE (COIL, DANNY HYDE)
TITLE: Moon's Milk In Final Phase
LABEL: DIVINE FREQUENCY
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| DESCRIPTION: Electric Sewer Age originally began only as a brief, cryptic announcement in 2009, followed by a few rough tracks floating about the internet and one obscure promo cd-r. Announced with nothing more than the tagline “an Infinity of Sewers thrown open beneath the Threshold House”, little was known about this upcoming project other than it likely featured some involvement by the Christopherson/Hyde circle of sound sculptors, perhaps, it was rumored, with the posthumous contributions of Jhonn Balance. As this project was intended as an anonymous aural experiment meant to free the listeners mind of any preconceptions about who or what created it, little more was ever planned to be publicly revealed about the project, even after its first release. However, with the subsequent, untimely loss of Christopherson, this first, self titled Electric Sewer Age Ep has become an epitaph to the loss of this peerless musician, consisting of three ambient instrumentals, the last tracks he and his decades long collaborator and friend Danny Hyde ever completed together. Released in a luxurious, hand numbered gatefold sleeve, this release is strictly limited to 999 copies and will never be re-released in this, or likely any other form. (originally the music was to complete the moons milk series of releases) |
| ITEM NUMBER: 11588 |
FORMAT: CDEP |
PRICE: $29.59 |
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ARTIST: DEATH IN JUNE
TITLE: Verborgen Unter Runen [hardcover]
LABEL: PLOTTNER VERLAG
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Limitierte Auflage. 666 nummerierte und gestempelte Exemplare mit beiliegendem Fotodruck
Der profilierte italienische Musikjournalist Aldo Chimenti verfolgt die Karriere dieser ungewöhnlichen Gruppe, die wie kaum eine andere europäische und (welt-) geschichtliche Themen aufarbeitet, und legt in diesem Buch die erste umfassende Darstellung des Schaffens von Death In June vor. Die 1981 gegründete Band Death In June hat durch die Verarbeitung nationalsozialistischer Themen nicht nur in Deutschland Kontroversen ausgelöst: Ob der ästhetizistischen Musik und den poetischen Texten in Verbindung mit Themen wie Liebe, Loyalität und Verrat, aber auch Runenmagie sowie dem "3. Reich", wurde der Gruppe vorgeworfen, die Schreckensherrschaft der Nazis zu ästhetisieren. In Deutschland gilt sie inzwischen weithin als "rechte" Band, doch wer genauer hinsieht, wird entdecken, dass im Bedeutungskosmos von Death In June nichts eindeutig ist und sich hinter jedem Symbol mehr versteckt, als der oberflächliche Blick vermuten lässt.
Der Kulturwissenschaftler Alexander Nym besorgte gab im Frühjahr 2012 die Übersetzung, der 2010 im italienischen Verlag Tsunami Edizioni erschienenen Ausgabe, heraus und versah sie mit zahlreichen Kommentaren, einem Vorwort und Nachwort.
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The hardback version is a limited edition of 666 copies numbered and stamped with an enclosed photo print . The high profile Italian music journalist Aldo Chimenti followed the career of this extraordinary group, which works like no other European and (global) historical themes, and places in this book, the first comprehensive presentation of the work of Death In June. Founded in 1981, band Death in June has the processing of Nazi themes not only in Germany triggered controversy: whether the aesthetic music and poetic lyrics combined with themes such as love, loyalty and betrayal, but also runic magic and the "3rd Reich" The group was accused of aestheticizing the horrors of Nazi rule. In Germany it is now widely acknowledged as the "right" band, but if you look closely, will discover that the meaning of the cosmos by Death In June, nothing is clear and hidden behind each symbol more than suggested by the superficial looks.
The cultural scientist Alexander Nym was worried in the spring of 2012, the translation of 2010 in the Italian publisher Edizioni tsunami published issue out, and provided them with numerous commentaries, a foreword and afterword.
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THIS IS THE GERMAN LANGUAGE EDITION OF ALDO CHIMENTI'S BIOGRAPHY, ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN ITALIAN IN 2010. |
| ITEM NUMBER: 11578 |
FORMAT: BOOK |
PRICE: $36.89 |
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