We Make Nihilists Smile Again
(Phage - PT152) CD $12.00 (Out-of-stock)
Starting off, Barrikad's dark ambient collaboration with Kriminaaliset Metsanhaltijat clocks in at a modest nineteen minutes. Ominous soundscapes, sparse vocals, the clang of metal objects. With Fear Konstruktor, they produce synth warble with strange vocals. The final track is a straight-up harsh noise blast collaboration with Government Alpha. With eight-page book. Edition of 500.
Felt, If Not Seen
(Phage - PT175) CD $10.50 (Out-of-stock)
A single fifty-seven-minute track of tension-building electronics and percussion, hovering in between apocalypse and rapture. For fans of ambient room-filling organic sounds. Recorded live in 2009, the music features drums, metal objects, slack-stringed de-tuned guitar, winds, and electronics. Edition of 500.
BLACK LEATHER JESUS / RICHARD RAMIREZ
Scrapyard
(Phage - PT136) CD $12.00 (Out-of-stock)
CD reissue of an LP (Praxis Dr. Bearmann 1995) plus a ten-minute bonus track. Lots of metal noises, violent distortion, porno samples and an overall assault on the senses.
BLUE SABBATH BLACK CHEER / IRR. APP. (EXT.)
Discordant Convergence
(Phage - PT197) CD $9.00 (Out-of-stock)
Four tracks of dark, brooding, atmospheric noise. Fifty-three minutes. Edition of 500.
BLUE SABBATH BLACK CHEER / PIG HEART TRANSPLANT
Blue Sabbath Black Cheer / Pig Heart Transplant
(Phage - PT184) CD $9.75 (Out-of-stock)
Five bleak-as-fuck untitled tracks of dark oppressive atmosphere with a healthy dose of vocals and some well placed drumming.
Misery Guts
(Phage - PT194) CD $9.00 (Out-of-stock)
Harsh noise as its finest, full of crunch and thick, layered distortion. Originally released on cassette (Since 1972, 2004).
Division and Combination
(Phage - PT199) CD $9.00 (Out-of-stock)
Industrial synth beats, guitar-based atmosphere and noise collage. Six new tracks and five tracks previously released on comps (Lágrimas De Miedo Nº10 – Subduction [Fear Drop 2003]; (si'ke-del'ik) Volume One [Psychform 2004]; The Walls Are Whispering... Volume III [EE Tapes 2005]; Peacemakers Inc [Invasions Wreck Chords 2009]; and Spiral Organ Of Corti [SSSM 1995]). Edition of 500.
Hapax (Legomenon)
(Phage - PT178) Used CD $9.75
Three long tracks that are re-compositions of live recordings made between 2003 and 2011 best thought of as field recordings of art instillations: sounds generated by everyday objects manipulated by electric motors or applied mechanics and then amplified.
— .-- .- -. -
(Phage - PT162) split 7-inch $10.00 (Out-of-stock)
Solo power electronics project by Margaret Chardiet on one side, thick harsh noise, synth and processed vocals by Jim Haras on the other, with a focus on degenerate fetishism of strange objects or ideas. Two-color screen-printed jacket, insert.
Combine XXIII-XXXV
(Phage - PT173) LP $16.50
Combine XXIII-XXXV brings John Wiggins, Thomas Dimuzio, and RRRon Lessard back together, whose earlier efforts Option called “serious art damage that careens from ambient industrial to the astringent squonks, bleeps and clamor of ’60s avant-garde, to the angst-ridden sonic shards and noisy electronic reflections of the post-industrial mess….” Live recordings and Zanstones’ squeezebox ditties get squeezed through the ringer and agitated, and with help from their own brand of detergents and stripping agents. Edition of 500 copies.
Switches and Knobs
(Phage - PT133) CD $10.00 (Out-of-stock)
One live and one studio track of similar theme: lots of starts and stops, blasts of sound and silence by the former Killer Bug and the younger harsh noise composer also known as Bloody Letters and Cracked Mirror. Edition of 500.
Faux Pas / Grain Belt
(Phage - PT150) 7-inch $10.00 (Out-of-stock)
Lasse Marhaug and Sten Ove Toft deliver a brutal, five-minute assault of harsh noise on the Faux Pas side, with feedback and textural changes making their way to the surface now and again. Grain Belt (Wince, Willful and Baculum) layers composed metal abuse, utilizing scraping and sputtering sounds. Edition of 300.
A History Of Obsession
(Phage - PT212) CD $9.00 (Out-of-stock)
Nine tracks of power electronics and uncomfortable atmospheres, FIFH's first material since 2011. Watch the video for "One More Delusion" here: http://youtu.be/BrFhPunmOdE
Terminal Epic
(Phage - PT195) CD $9.75 (Out-of-stock)
Minneapolis-based power electronics with a variety of vocal styles, synth work, metal junks and a healthy dose of feedback.
Wreckage
(Phage - PT206) Used CD $9.00
Phage’s CD reissue of Kollaborative Wreckage cassette (Savage Discharge 2012) adds eleven minutes of solo material by Mania and fifteen by Hutchinson to the original thirty of collaborative acoustic metal noises, synth squeals and high pitched feedback.
Compressed Happiness
(Phage - PT201) CD $9.00 (Out-of-stock)
Mad science junk noise by pathologist-by-day Kimihide Kusafuka collaborating with the famed multi-instrumentalist for heavy over-modulation and cut-ups. “Cold Pastoral,” the more lyrical of the two tracks here, is Ms. Ishibashi on synthesizers and raw sound materials by K2, while “Sweet Paranoia’s Heaven Version 3” is K2 on acoustic piano, e-violin, junk electronics, MTR, and raw sound materials by Ishibashi.
Destination: Toujinbou
(Phage - PT141) CD $12.00 (Out-of-stock)
Sascha Mandler (Mazakon Tactics and Namazu Dantai) under the influence of Japanese noise. Composed but quickly changing harshness with the occasional vocal outburst and ambient synth transition. Edition of 250.
G.X. JUPITTER-LARSEN / FRANCISCO LOPEZ
Francisco Lopez with GX Jupitter-Larsen
(Phage) 10-inch $20.00 (Out-of-stock)
Collaboration by two masters, each side by one working with source material provided by the other. Edition of 500.
Abdominal Electricity
(Phage - PT140) Used CD $10.00
Another cut up masterpiece by this influential harsh noise artist. Sixty minutes, four tracks of quickly moving screech, sure to please any fan of 90s style Japanese noise. Edition of 500. Sealed
Thiocarbamide
(Phage - PT91) CD $10.00 (Out-of-stock)
The fifty minutes on this release were composed using constructed metal objects and violin. All four tracks are pure, unrelenting harsh noise with plenty of movement, low bass rumbling, high-frequency feedback and the sound of metal being abused. One of Canada's most reliable mad dogs. Edition of 200.
Obsession
(Phage - PT160) CD $10.50 (Out-of-stock)
Power electronics by James Keeler of Wilt and George Proctor of Mutant Ape. Obsession deals with sexual themes with lyrics appropriated from Anais Nin's Delta of Venus. Edition of 200.
Hellbore — A Quiver of Arrows
(Phage - PT202) CD $10.00 (Out-of-stock)
Stephen Petrus’s six new atmospheric dark ambient tracks with obvious industrial influence, plus “Horned Beast of Golgotha,” previously released on Kirkebrennen, the split cassette with Nyodene D (Phage 2010). Vocals range from spoken word to heavily distorted, power-electronics-influenced screaming. With contributions by Amanda Howland, Wyatt Howland, Richard Pflueger, Cunting Daughters, Michael James, Tym Flemming, N. Brewer and Aaron Vilk. Edition of 500.
KK Null + Scumearth
(Phage - PT145) CD $10.50 (Out-of-stock)
One twenty-minute track from the venerable Japanese noise bad-ass, three tracks from the Spanish noiserati, and one collaboration track. A wide array of sound is covered in forty-eight minutes: Null goes for restraint and constant evolution rather than full-on harsh noise, while Scumearth tends to be more glitchy with blasts of harsh noise. Double-sided, screen-printed arigato pack. Edition of 250.
Caged Dog / Common Criminal
(Phage - PT180) 7-inch $15.00 (Out-of-stock)
Self-described in a Purestench interview as "harsh industrial project that ... falls in line with the dark ambient / death industrial / power electronics style." Inspired by the 1981 hunger strike in Ireland headed by Bobby Sands. Edition of 300.
Icon / Effigy
(Phage - PT134) 7-inch $9.00 (Out-of-stock)
Layered metal abuse and thick harsh noise by Sean Matzus, Vance Osborne and Richard Ramirez, a strong follow-up to their recent Smell & Quim collaboration (Rough Skin 2010) and their appearance on the Filth compilation with Bizarre Uproar and Nicole 12 (Urashima 2010). Screenprinted covers, sticker, double-sided insert. Edition of 200.
RIP VIP
(Phage - PT207) CD $9.00 (Out-of-stock)
Heavy synth beats, distorted vocals and dual live drumming from this Minneapolis industrial band.
Subterranean Transmigration
(Phage - PT208) CD $9.00 (Out-of-stock)
A joint exploration of remote territories and deep, cavernous tonal atmospheres. Finely tuned death-industrial synth drones blaze a harrowing journey across desolate, frozen psychological landscapes.
Wreck
(Phage - PT176) CD $9.00 (Out-of-stock)
Thirty minutes of grind and harsh noise by John Wiese, Phil Blankenship, Corydon Ronnau and Charlie Mumma. Edition of 200.
Threnody for Collapsing Suns
(Phage - PT151) CD $11.50 (Out-of-stock)
Mike Page of Fire In The Head doing the dark ambient. This 50-minute, thoughtfully composed triptych incorporates deep drones, shimmering synth work, lamenting melodic lines and layers that form a surprisingly organic, well-crafted narrative. A journey into the nebulous dusk of Kosmische Musik. Edition of 500.
Brule Mon Ame, Broie Mon Corps; Remodele-Moi A L’image D’un Chien
(Phage - PT190) CD $9.00 (Out-of-stock)
Tourette's follow-up to the crushing Jardin Du Sommeil Chant D'Amour Sur La Nuit Grandissante (Troniks 2009) delivers cut up noise at its finest. Two fifteen-minute tracks -- composed of material present on the L’Aube cassette (Lulle 2007), split cassette with PCRV (Alienated Hominid 2007), and additional recordings made in 2010 -- mix beautifully composed ambient soundscapes and blasts of harsh noise. Edition of 500.
Engines of Modern Dysfunction Vol. 1
(Phage - PT166) 7-inch $9.00 (Out-of-stock)
Cut up noise by Facialmess, John Wiese, Chrysalis + Agit8, K2, A Fail Association, Ahlzagailzehguh and Baculum – the first in Phage’s series of compilations designed for people with short attention spans. Quickly shifting layers, silent cuts, short loops and lots of hard panning. Maximum frequency abuse. Edition of 300.
Mixed Metaphor b/w Into a Bad Way
(Phage - PT110) 7-inch $9.00 (Out-of-stock)
Brutal, fast-moving, cut-up harsh noise, recorded and mixed in 2007, using Wiese and Merzbow material as source.