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ARTIST: NYMPHOMATRIARCH TITLE:  LABEL: HYMEN   DESCRIPTION: All pieces were assembled in winnipeg, canada by aaron funk and rachael kozak. may 1st - may 13th 2002. every sound was synthesized from their privately recorded debaucharies committed while on tour in london [england], paris [france], basel [switzerland], antwerp [belgium] and winnipeg [canada] hecate’s rachael kozak has a thing with collaborations. she paired up earlier this year with lustmord’s brian williams on law of the battle of conquest, a visceral, percussive revision of lustmord’s drone aesthetic. now she’s shacking up with venetian snares’ aaron funk. literally. nymphomatriarch, a joint project between venetian snares and hecate, is 100% composed of sounds the duo made having sex together. but it’s not porno music. nymphomatriarch is cutting-edge drill beats and raucous noise that puts your ears in a vice. the tempestuous breaks venetian snares is known for spiral down to the very pits of hell and back thanks to hecate’s visceral atmospheric treatments, returning as mordant sound meant to corrode the soul. nymphomatriarch bristles with the crisp signature of traditional breakcore dynamics, yet unlike many albums in the genre, nymphomatriarch retains a sense of complex ambient sound and depth throughout its six tracks - this isn’t just another manic break record composed entirely on a hard drive. in other words, it’s everything you’d expect from a collaboration between venetian snares and hecate. nymphomatriarch just happens to be made from sex sounds. like matmos or ming + fs, nymphomatriarch manipulates conventional found sound into musical themes. but unlike matmos, who recorded plastic surgery sounds for their album a chance to cut is a chance to cure, or ming + fs sampling car doors, windshield wipers, and slamming trunks to produce music for a nissan commercial, nymphomatriarch employs the noise of anal and oral sex, straightforward copulation, “microphone insertion” and other privately recorded debaucheries committed while venetian snares and hecate were on tour together in europe and canada last year. those snapping high-hats running throughout “blood on the rope?” ass slaps torqued and looped like madness. the whizzing black noise of “input” and “outlet?” zippers ripping open and clothes flying off. the fiendish cries and murky ambience overshadowing “amaurophilia” and “hymen tramp choir?” just think about it for a second…or maybe not, suggests kozak when asked about the inevitable hype building up around nymphomatriarch. “at this point i don't care how or what people think of the album, we made it for ourselves really, a kind of personal investigation,” she says. “obviously people get hung up on the idea of it, but i think when they actually listen to the record it will be another story.” ITEM NUMBER: 05107 FORMAT: CD PRICE: $13.99

ARTIST: ARC TITLE: Arcturus LABEL: DIN   DESCRIPTION: an Boddy & Mark Shreeve once again combine forces for their fourth outing as the duo ARC. As with their first release on the DiN label, Radio Sputnik ( DiN 7 ), Arcturus is a recording from one of their rare live performances. Indeed their appearance at the Hampshire Jam III festival in October 2004 was only their second venture onto stage performing together as ARC. This festival held in Liphook, Hampshire has a cult following amongst fans of “Berlin school” style electronic music and always attracts a very enthusiastic audience. In these days of laptops & virtual synths it’s quite a sight to see musicians from across Europe assembling to play music using classic synths and struggling to tame large modular systems through a hefty PA and with a mesmerising light show. Apart from the ARC releases Shreeve has been busy establishing his Redshift group as one of the premier UK electronic music groups with a string of very well recieved releases as well as five concert appearances both in the UK and The Netherlands. For the last decade his music has been built around his massive custom Moog IIIC modular system and his increasing virtuosity with real time sequencing performances. Boddy of course has been building up his DiN label with a string of highly acclaimed albums that have spanned many areas of both retro and modern electronica. It is this combination of styles that have made ARC such an interesting act in their combinations of classic analogue sequencer textures with more modern forms of ambient electronica. Arcturus captures the duo in full flight with it’s combination of full on analogue sequencing, electronic loops, dark atmospherics and haunting keyboard work. The main set which was played as one continuous piece is split into two sections with the encore, Helicon taking the total playing time of the disc up to the 61 minute mark. The music was recorded onto multi-track allowing Boddy & Shreeve to fine tune the production quality of the performance to the highest standard and should ensure Arcturus goes down as one of THE legendary electronic music concert albums. ITEM NUMBER: 06519 FORMAT: CD PRICE: $14.99

ARTIST: ARC TITLE: Blaze LABEL: DIN   DESCRIPTION: "Blaze" is the third CD release by ARC and their second CD on the DiN label. The duo is comprised of DiN founder Ian Boddy and Mark Shreeve and the pair are joined on the album by guest musician Carl Brooker who plays drums on four of the discs eight tracks.Blaze" has a running time of almost 55 minutes spread over eight tracks with a split of five rhythmic and three atmospheric pieces. Their signature sound of muscular Moog sequencer riffs overlaid with layers of ambient keyboard is still very much in evidence. However the addition of acoustic drums played by Carl Brooker on four of the five rhythmic tracks gives an added dimension and subtlety to the sound of ARC. Their music has a great sense of organic development and the drumming of Brooker further adds to the sense of dynamics. Once again ARC have compiled an evocative mix of the early Teutonic synth pioneers with modern ambient electronica. ITEM NUMBER: 05313 FORMAT: CD PRICE: $14.99

ARTIST: PEARCE, JEFF TITLE: Bleed LABEL: HYPNOS   DESCRIPTION: Many ambient musicians strive to attain an affect of pure atmosphere and tone color, and in that sense many avoid personalizing their music. Jeff Pearce has taken a different approach this time, and openly admits that the material on BLEED, inspired by recently-revisited entries to his teen-age journal, is an emotional journey, representing at once a remembrance, an exploration, and a catharsis. As with previous Pearce recordings, all sounds are made by electric guitar. The sound, too, has evolved from previous Pearce works. The tone has a rich and mature quality, reminding one of the cello recordings of David Darling even as the playing, here, is more recognizably guitar-like than is usual for Pearce. The music on Bleed reveals a growth and embracing of melody which is rare in ambient music circles, and exhibits an originally musical and structured approach to composition . There are still a few examples on BLEED of Jeff Pearce's mastery at creating slow moving ambient drifts, but these are now informed with a new asthetic, one of artistic miniatures carefully brought to life over time. Early indications are that BLEED may well surpass TO THE SHORES OF HEAVEN as the summit of Pearce's work in the estimatation of his many listeners. BLEED was first offered for sale at The Gathering concert series performance by Pearce (supported by Hypnos artists Mike Griffin & Dave Fulton), and Pearce's Gathering performance prominently featured material from BLEED. Audience reaction to Pearce's BLEED material was incredibly positive. ITEM NUMBER: 04754 FORMAT: CD PRICE: $11.99

ARTIST: ARCANA TITLE: Body Of Sin LABEL: COLD MEAT INDUSTRY     DESCRIPTION: Special Price We who thought we saw the last breath of Arcana with "Last Embrace" were all wrong. The title did NOT indicate that we got a last embrace, it indicated the last embrace of an era that had to end sooner or later. The two new songs on "Body of Sin" are more consequential and mature than ever before, with an acoustic approach and years of experience giving result in a diverse and professional sound and performance. "We rise above" gives us an intimate view into Peter's thoughts and ways of working with real tympanis, acoustic guitars and hammered dulcimer. "Body of sin" is probably the most different song we have heard in the history of Arcana. With this new single we see Arcana evolving from a child into a grown individual and the sound has never before been this honest or more brilliant. ITEM NUMBER: 04347 FORMAT: 3” CD PRICE: $4.99

ARTIST: ATRIUM CARCERI TITLE: Cellblock LABEL: COLD MEAT INDUSTRY   DESCRIPTION: With Atrium Carceri, composer Simon Heath releases his debut Cold Meat album with a theme from deep within isolated prison walls, haunted chambers and the cerebral cortex. With Cellblock, Simon Heath takes us on a journey through what darkwave should have been, filled with details and complex mixing techniques. With a classical music background and as a member in Za Frûmi (Waerloga Records), Simon decided to make something new of the darkwave genre he always listened to in younger years, thus the project Atrium Carceri was born. Part of the idea behind it was to reinvent the genre of darkwave and inject it with intellect and atmosphere and remove the monotonous feeling. With the debut album, Atrium Carceri position themselves somewhere inbetween the exuberant sounds of CMI labelmate Sephiroth, and the subterranean rumblings of Loki Foundation stalwarts Inade and Predominance. ITEM NUMBER: 05255 FORMAT: CD PRICE: $14.99

ARTIST: ARCHITECT TITLE: Consume Adapt Create LABEL: HYMEN   DESCRIPTION: for years he has made a name for himself in the modern electronic music scene but the most outstanding of daniel myer's (countless) projects is architect. three years after lower lip interface hymen records presents the long awaited fifth album: consume adapt create. the difference between the true creative artist and the impersonator is the way they deal with influences. myer's inspirations range from drum and bass wizards enduser and current value up to breakcore warlords venetian snares and otto von schirach - but it is unmistakably architect you hear in every note of each track. consume adapt create: a unique blend of atmospheric idm, cinematic samples, powerfully distorted sequences, ramming electro grooves, razor-sharp breakbeats, and haunting ambiance. music to move the dancefloor while still creating enough depth and texture for heavy listening through your headphones. once again, d.myer demonstrates astounding compositions. well-placed sounds and complex arrangements of synthetic noise. as heard on this record: "i see things..." - listen up and see for yourself! ITEM NUMBER: 10935 FORMAT: CD PRICE: $16.49

ARTIST: SLEEP RESEARCH FACILITY TITLE: Dead Weather Machine LABEL: COLD SPRING / MANIFOLD   DESCRIPTION: Dark exquisite ambient, simply perfect The titanic waves of impenetrable sonics slowly swing from out of the far-away darkness like the tentacles of some galaxy-sized beast, moving through clouds with the power of a silk-covered sledgehammer, thudding at the other side of the world. Several tracks of slightly differing technique are just chilling, huge and deep...scary deep. Like the electrically-charged shade of Lustmord's 'Place Where The Black Stars Hang'. Monstrous. Somehow threatening. The previous SRF record, 'Nostromo' (CSR34CD) used the first few seconds of the film 'Alien' to create an expansive, chilling work of ambient. Here, the artist was living in a small flat in the UK with a heating/ac unit that was slowly breaking down, clogged with dust, slowly choking on it's own decay. Dead Weather Machine tells monstrous tales of things and places and feelings that it's common beginnings would never seem to suggest. But then imagine being as small as a piece of dust, trekking through some enormous, dying mechanical landscape, the sounds of world-sized storms swirling all around you. A microscopic entity, floating for ages through the channels and chambers of an enormous, dying machine, a machine that makes the weather for an entire world. A machine that is slowly dying. ITEM NUMBER: 09947 FORMAT: CD PRICE: $13.99

ARTIST: SLEEP RESEARCH FACILITY TITLE: Deep Frieze LABEL: COLD SPRING   DESCRIPTION: Ultra deep, glacial Dark Ambient, based around Antarctic co-ordinates. The polar regions are awe-inspiring environments of inhospitable minimalism, and at the same time there's a beautiful serenity to be found in their uncharted bleakness. There's a powerful purity and a timelessness to be found there; snow which has lain un-trampled for millennia and ice which formed eons ago; mountain ranges and deserts and rivers to be found if you look. 'Deep Frieze' is SRF's second album for Cold Spring and here deep, resonant, abyss-like drones shine forth from icy chasms below. ITEM NUMBER: 08623 FORMAT: CD PRICE: $13.99

ARTIST: SLEEP RESEARCH FACILITY TITLE: DWM RE:Heat LABEL: COLD SPRING / MANIFOLD   DESCRIPTION: Stunning dark drift, imagine an hour of uninterrupted material in the vein of Koner's Permafrost. A remix/rework of the base material from Dead Weather Mahcine. But not an ep, simply because it's too unique and too resolute, a focused work that stands on its own in a huge way. This disc is better described as a companion disc to the Dead Weather Machine work, it's a nearly hour-long, total dark-ambient retreatment of the Dead Weather Machine material. The ensuing sound is dense, textural and yet minimal in its execution. We were originally going to issue this as a 100 copy ltd ed cdr to go with the regular release but when we heard the material we decided it would be a crime to limit this work to only 100 copies. It had to be heard. In a slim sleeve with mylar/plastic jacket ITEM NUMBER: 09948 FORMAT: CD PRICE: $11.69

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