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ARTIST: BLACK TAPE FOR A BLUE GIRL TITLE: Remnants of a Deeper Purity (10th anniversary Edition) LABEL: PROJEKT     DESCRIPTION:  CDs for the price of a single disc. black tape for a blue girl's achingly beautiful neo-classical, ethereal, darkwave classic is given a 10th anniversary re-release with a bonus disc of additional music. Included are the ultra rare "with my sorrow" pieces, originally released on a maxi by Italy's Amplexus label; also featuring 3 live songs recorded at the 1996 Projektfest (the first time live tracks have appeared on a black tape for a blue girl release). ITEM NUMBER: 07772 FORMAT: 2 x CD PRICE: $13.99

ARTIST: CHANDEEN TITLE: Teenage Poetry LABEL: PROJEKT   DESCRIPTION: Chandeen returns with another timeless jewel. As one of the originators of the genre that came to be known as "Heavenly Voices," Harald Löwy remains as chief song-writer and instrumentalist, with a new vocalist for this incarnation of Chandeen: Julia Beyer who lends a more fragile, autumn character to the songs. These songs sound more inspired, more intimate and yes, in some respects more mature and developed then past releases. Julia Beyer's sad, but strong voice stands in sympathetic contrast and floats in concurrent harmony with Löwy's tearfully beautiful songs. ITEM NUMBER: 09463 FORMAT: CD PRICE: $13.99

ARTIST: DIE, ALIO & AMELIA CUNI TITLE: Apsaras LABEL: PROJEKT     DESCRIPTION: With 15 different collaborations to his name, Italian ambient soundscape constructor Alio Die presents his most stunning release to date. His work with Robert Rich and vidnaObmana have set the stage for the unusual beauty of this dramatic work, celebrating nature and the magic of the human voice. In Hindu mythology, the Asaras are female spirits of nature, usually water nymphs. Flowing in the waters, these celestial nymphs come out of the waves like the first seeds of the mind: desire. Talented artistically, the Apsaras are very beautiful; charming musicians and dancers for the pleasure of the Gods. “Italian singer Amelia Cuni has a voice like a drink of mountain stream water, a voice you might expect to find operatng in popular song. But her area of expertise is that most ancient and rigorous of Indian styles, dhrupad singing. Cuni’s vocal clarity and dusky sweetness sit oddly but perfectly in tis austere context.” -Clibe Bell, The Wire Magazine, April 2001 ITEM NUMBER: 03945 FORMAT: CD PRICE: $12.99

ARTIST: FEAR FALLS BURNING (VIDNA OBMANA) TITLE: He Spoke in Dead Tongues LABEL: PROJEKT   DESCRIPTION:       Herein, vidna Obmana reinvents himself under a new persona with the Fear Falls Burning debut. This double CD on Projekt/Ikon succeeds in uncovering a new language that stretches time and brings the listener to the edge multiple times, entrancing with the repetitive yet pure sonic presence of the electric guitar. The result could be compared to contemporary drone & minimal ambient acts like Growing and even Sunn o))). The sounds vary from gritty dirty guitarloops to long sonic landscapes with dense walls of sound. "Sustain" and "Loops" are keywords in the Fear Falls Burning storyboard, so are "tension" and "release." With no overdubs or post-production effects involved, the compositions progress in an organic and natural way, giving the music a special feeling and soul that is missing from many recordings these days. This is living. Breathing. Electric Guitar. ITEM NUMBER: 06856 FORMAT: 2 X CD PRICE: $17.99

ARTIST: FORREST FANG TITLE: Phantoms LABEL: PROJEKT   DESCRIPTION: Phantoms is Forrest Fang’s 9th solo album and the follow-up to his Projekt release, Gongland. Nearly eight years in the making, Phantoms builds on the gamelan-influenced soundscapes of its predecessor by weaving organic sounds of non-Western stringed and percussion instruments and filtering those sounds through a rich melodic tapestry of warm and vaporous atmospheres. Fang’s subtly layered and continually evolving textures combine his Asian influences with his love of fractal algorithms that reflect the chaotic beauty of nature. The ambiences of Phantoms evoke a state of contemplation within a world in flux. The centerpiece of the album is a 23-minute ambient suite — “The Hallucinations of Hung Tung” — inspired by the otherworldly paintings of a Taiwanese fisherman and outsider artist. ITEM NUMBER: 10495 FORMAT: CD PRICE: $13.99

ARTIST: HAMMER, LISA TITLE: Dakini LABEL: PROJEKT   DESCRIPTION: Dakini takes the celestial voice of filmmaker Lisa Hammer and layers it with drones, ragas, tribal drums and folk music to create a roller coaster of emotions: a cultural and spiritual mix of Indian, medieval and modern ambience. Dakini is a new revelation for the fans of Lisa’s previous work as vocalist for Mors Syphilitica & Requiem in White. A departure from tradition, an enlightened development in her musical path. A dakini is an elusive tantric deity that might best be described as a female embodiment of enlightened energy - "she who traverses the sky" or "she who moves in space." She is also depicted as wrathful in that she cuts through human ego and ignorance with a vengeance. Her feminine powers are very strong: generally volatile or wrathful, though also seen as a muse (or inspirational thoughtform) for spiritual practice. Dakinis are energetic beings in female form, evocative of the movement of energy in space. In this context, the sky or space indicates the insubstantiality of all phenomena, which is, at the same time, the pure potentiality for all possible manifestations. ITEM NUMBER: 10674 FORMAT: CD PRICE: $13.99

ARTIST: KHVARENA TITLE: The Spirit Rises LABEL: PROJEKT   DESCRIPTION: The Spirit Rises is released in a earth-friendly recycled chipboard DVD-sized Digi-pak, in a limited hand-numbered first edition of 1000 (they will be hand-numbered by Projekt founder Sam Rosenthal). An additional 100 (non-numbered copies) are going to press, radio and friends. When this ultra-limited edition is sold out, a 2nd edition - in an entirely different format - will be created. Khvarena is a journey across time and countries, into the ethno-heavenly voices realm from which the spirit will arise. Khvarena is a striking encounter between Europe's North and South: the Italian maestro Francesco Banchini of Gor and France's Jeanne & Fabrice Lefebvre of Rajna. Together they create The Spirit Rises, the first steps of a journey from the European continent to the countries of the Middle East; lush and majestic at times, ritual and devotional at others, and sometimes festive and cathartic. A myriad of ethnic instruments (clarinet, saz, zurna, bendir, riq, derbouka, santoor, medieval flute, tampura, udu, singing bowls, swara tampura, crotal, bouzouki...) accompany the entertwined vocals of Jeanne and Francesco, singing lyrics inspired by Firdausi, a 10th century Persian poet. This is music of brightness, color and emotion with enrapturous Arabic overtones. ITEM NUMBER: 08174 FORMAT: CD PRICE: $16.99

ARTIST: LOVE SPIRALS DOWNWARDS TITLE: ARDOR LABEL: PROJEKT   DESCRIPTION: REMASTERED 3 BONUS TRACKS Like standing under a waterfall: guitar trickles & swirls like a mist around you; as warm cascading female harmonies envelop you, washing you in beauty and melancholy. Digital remastering by Ryan Lum in 2007. Oisin and Niamh and I Could Find It (Instrumental Mix) recorded and mixed during the original 1993 sessions. Write in Water (Live) recorded at The Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA, 9/21/1995. "The second wave of aural resplendence from the duo of vocalist Suzanne Perry and guitar neoromancer Ryan Lum." - Industrialnation "To truly appreciate this album, just close your eyes and get enveloped in all its beauty. -Bizarre U.K. An album that is compelling, evocative and very, very beautiful." -Singapore Vogue ITEM NUMBER: 09067 FORMAT: CD PRICE: $14.99

ARTIST: LOVE SPIRALS DOWNWARDS TITLE: Idylls LABEL: PROJEKT   DESCRIPTION: REPRESSED!Love Spirals Downwards are the unconscious mind of ethereal music, evoking forgotten memories with subjective, alien tongues. The sounds drift dreamily through one's thoughts like incense permeates the air -- perhaps the spicy fragrance will seduce you like a lover to its heat, or else it will elude the threshold of perception and weave itself into the mind's strata of buried experiences . . . The result of this Easternish atmosphere, with delicate guitar and ebbing, oceanic female vocals is a taste of the watery, warm, and sweet elements of the earth. ITEM NUMBER: 09066 FORMAT: CD PRICE: $14.99

ARTIST: LUX INTERNA TITLE: A Lantern Carried in Bloon and Skin LABEL: PROJEKT   DESCRIPTION: [a lantern carried in blood and skin] is an anthology featuring tracks from all previous Lux Interna albums. It is their first domestic release and gives an excellent overview over their musical and mystical journey thus far. "Lux Interna trust their own muse without glancing sideways on genre conventions or commercial appeal; they create folksongs that are as catchy as they are complex and that confront the listeners with painful questions concerning the disenchantment of the world and their own fickle place in this world." – A. Diesel, Zwielicht magazine (Germany In Digipak, with 12 page booklet. ITEM NUMBER: 09708 FORMAT: CD PRICE: $13.99

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