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A radiant return to the project's Blackgaze origins, trading the heavier detours of recent years for shimmering, uplifting melodies. Ethereal vocals float over cascading tremolo and luminous Post-Rock crescendos, evoking a blissful, auroral rebirth.
The quintessence of the group's creative work to date, uniting everything that characterises Alcest in terms of concept and music, holding a predominant feeling of euphoria and bliss, always subtly overshadowed by melancholia and yearning.
A dreamy and emotional return. Neige reverts to the sound of Black Metal that once shaped him: a picture of heart-rending, otherworldly screams, collages filled with passion and sadness, and the characteristic clean vocals.
With his application of Slowdive and Yann Tiersen to Burzum, Neige has created a musical concept that is nothing less than revolutionary, evoking a spring-like atmosphere full of beauty, intense joy and light, but also filled with yearning and nostalgia.
Cascadian Black Metal. Deluxe re-release of Alda's debut album, first published in 2009. It keeps the new the cover artwork from the LP edition (courtesy of David Csicsely) but with improved layout, and liner notes added.
Alda demonstrates a keen sense for engaging songwriting and a use of melody that is sure to enthrall new and old listeners alike, with epic compositions, both in length and musical development, which hold unique immersive quality. Lim. 600x.
Alda demonstrates a keen sense for engaging songwriting and a use of melody that is sure to enthrall new and old listeners alike, with epic compositions, both in length and musical development, which hold unique immersive quality. Lim. 300x.
8 tracks of deftly arranged synthesizers saturated with sonic artefacts and luscious Pop sensibilities. Cortini's music weaves an intricately rendered vortex of emotive dynamics, where he maximises the boundaries of contemporary electronica.
8 tracks of deftly arranged synthesizers saturated with sonic artefacts and luscious Pop sensibilities. Cortini's music weaves an intricately rendered vortex of emotive dynamics, where he maximises the boundaries of contemporary electronica.
Solo album from Alessandro Cortini, following recent collaboration with Daniel Avery. "Scuro Chiaro" means 'dark light', and the album shares themes with his highly acclaimed previous solo LP, "Volume Massimo".
A 40-minute piece split into five movements, based on an immersive audio installation that Cortini originally created for the Sónar Lisboa festival in 2022 where it was presented across four floors of the Museu de Lisboa’s Moagem.
A 40-minute piece split into five movements, based on an immersive audio installation that Cortini originally created for the Sónar Lisboa festival in 2022 where it was presented across four floors of the Museu de Lisboa’s Moagem.
For his debut, Daughter's frontman wanted to push the sense of chaos that looms over his main band further, crafting an album around moments of spontaneity and sonic detritus with the help of Jon Syverson (Daughters) and Kristin Hayter (Lingua Ignota).
Algiers is haunted by promises of the past: the rapturous call and response of millenarian gospel, the bellowing urgency of 60s protest soul, the scene-searching intensity of DC hardcore and the smeared viscosity of Post-Punk and No Wave.
Poke at the seasoned members’ bruised flesh, and out come wafting touchpoints as disparate and intriguing as Big Black, Wendy Carlos, John Carpenter, Cybotron, The Four Tops, Portishead, Public Image Limited, Steve Reich, and Nina Simone, among others.
"There is No Year" solidifies and expands upon the doom-laden soul of their foundation, toward an even more epic, genre-reformatting sound, one somehow suspended in the amber of “a different era,” as described by guitarist Lee Tesche.
Stacked with guests spanning icons through to future stars, "Shook" is a lightning rod for an elusive yet universal energy and feeling. A plurality of voices; a spiritual and geographical homecoming; a strategy of communion in a burning world.
From the iconic waves of Velvet Condom to the rhythmic beats of Liste Noire, Alice Gift has always been a name synonymous with avant-garde Post-Punk music. He is now back with a style that effortlessly marries Shoegaze, Darkwave, and Synthpop! Lim. 300x.
A poignet journey through dreams and moonlight forests, profoundly inspired by art where each song takes inspiration from paintings of some their favorite artists related to the Surrealism movement.
AIDB combines a striking sonic aesthetic with a strong visual identity. Their sound universe is inspired by Neue Deutsche Welle, 90's Electronica and modern Pop, while addressing heavy themes such as addiction, mental illness and the rise of fascism.
AIDB combines a striking sonic aesthetic with a strong visual identity. Their sound universe is inspired by Neue Deutsche Welle, 90's Electronica and modern Pop, while addressing heavy themes such as addiction, mental illness and the rise of fascism.
Inspired by a documentary about the opioid crisis, the Pop singer and songwriter dreams up a fictionalized shoreline town where decadence is fueled by deep-rooted melancholia set to gothy Synth Pop and dramatic ballads.
Like a thespian Transylvanian vampire in leathery gay bars, Allie X careens through ghoulish ‘80s Glam Rock, weaving together sounds of the analogue, the synthetic and the theatrical.
Debut release by this one-man project. Icelandic Black Metal, with a cosmic-inspired tone. Black solid-colored and structured cartonstock, with silver print, lim. 700 copies.
An intriguing new project by Toby Driver, of Maudlin of the Well and Kayo Dot. A self-described tribute to Toby's early love of New Age music, in his own interpretation of the genre.
Emerging once more from the endlessly creative genius of Toby Driver, Alora Crucible presents its latest offering. This otherworldly creation further elevates the artistic journey begun in 2021 with the stunning "Thymiamatascension".
6 songs of profound introspection and honesty, unbridled by norms or trends, adhering to tenents of belief that should resonate with the seeker, the curious, the outsider. This is timeless Black Metal as it was understood from it’s nascent core.
Duncan Patterson's latest brainchild takes its name from the eponymous Anathema album from 1998. Solid Rock enriched with painful piano and string arrangements, verge on Ambient music or the darker side of Pink Floyd. Lim. ed. w/bonus CD + DVD.
Eight hypnotic tracks of timeless and unclassifiable instrumental music, in an opus which recounts the alchemical transformation of the primordial vibration into matter, through all its elemental phases. An organic and tetanizing trance ritual.
Dry, spare percussion grievously mines the scrapes, shrieks and shimmer of mutated guitar and bass. Part okkult Black Metal fiend and part snide Kraut menace, entangled in a dangerous, noxious coil of all things black.
Howling distortion, bass-mantras, chanting drums... "Voix" consists of one piece, divided in six parts, totalling 45 minutes, composed as a multi-directional labyrinth with a constantly changing map.
Howling distortion, bass-mantras, chanting drums... "Voix" consists of one piece, divided in six parts, totalling 45 minutes, composed as a multi-directional labyrinth with a constantly changing map.
Six tracks of mesmerizing occult rock music. Prismatic drum patterns entwined to gyrating bass lines and kaleidoscopic guitar ostinatos embodies in matter the numinous shimmers of light in extension. An equation of Sacred Geometry!
An instrumental cover version, made by the electronic music pioneers together with the Depeche Mode's musician, of the famous song from David Bowie's album "Low", originally realised in 1977 for RCA.
Music composed for the score of the theater piece Komplizen, based in the 1905 Russian Revolution. A sonic journey of emotional tension and release, revealing a particular kind of sci-fi lust fused with a suite of modern, minimalist Ambient Classical.
Alva Noto’s award winning score for the 2022 documentary directed by German filmmaker Marc Wiese features nineteen compositions. The music exposes and holds back when the images and statements of the protagonists speak for themselves.
A glacial Ambient study built from degraded digital samples and looping software errors. Warm, melancholy tones emerge from crystalline static and processed noise, mapping a fragile, emotional landscape of pristine sound and decay.
A delicate final dialogue between two masters of Electroacoustic Minimalism. Sustained piano tones, breathy textures, and precise digital detailing drift through spacious, meditative soundscapes, capturing their partnership in its most intimate form.
A delicate final dialogue between two masters of Electroacoustic Minimalism. Sustained piano tones, breathy textures, and precise digital detailing drift through spacious, meditative soundscapes, capturing their partnership in its most intimate form.
The CD re-release of the 1st AM NOT MC from 2012. Early evidence of the project's brilliant talent and potential that would come to materialize as one of the most exciting Power Electronics / Industrial acts.
11 new songs about dispossession, disembodiment and dissolution for another ice age, delving further into Power Electronics territory with an old-school mood. The prudent and sovereign unchain themselves from the social zombie and head for the exit.
A French super-group, which features members of the brilliant Rajna and Les Secrets de Morphée, bringing to live one of the most impressive Ethno/Ambient projects heard in a long while. Absolutely essential for any Dead Can Dance fan.
Being the third album of the French all star ethno-ambient project, "Elefteria" carries on the tradition of its predecessors by merging the far-eastern mysticism and ambience with ecclesiastical themes drawn from ancient Europe.
Their first album in 6 years. Amber Asylum plumbs the crevasse between noise and beauty. Lyrical, confessional, dark yet aspirant. A filmic fusion of modern classical and post-rock, where arias and Art Songs meet in a pale field of electronic disturbance.
Their first album in 6 years. Amber Asylum plumbs the crevasse between noise and beauty. Lyrical, confessional, dark yet aspirant. A filmic fusion of modern classical and post-rock, where arias and Art Songs meet in a pale field of electronic disturbance.
6th album by this Avantgarde Neo-Classical ensemble. An unearthing of the magic of such classic works as “Natural Philosophy...” and “Songs Of Sex...”, and updating the immaculate vibe with Amber Asylum’s current carnation. Inc. bonus track.
"Frozen In Amber" was not only Amber Asylum's debut, but also the first release on Elfenblut, a sublabel of U.K.'s cult label Misanthropy Records. An essential release that crosses Neo-Classical, Ambient and Post-Rock, now available with 8 bonus tracks.
One of the most polarizing works within the Amber Asylum repertoire, the journey that the listener will undertake in such a pilgrimage will be one where somber and lush cinematic orchestrations parallel with voices of darkly angelic wonder.
Driven by the common vision of creating dark and heavy music built around the use of strings, Doom experimentalists Völur from Toronto and SF's ever-mercurial neo-classical ambient collective Amber Asylum team up for this split release. Lim. 300x.
A haunting reflection on turbulent eras which blends instrumental passages with evocative lyrics. "Ruby Red" combines dirges, introspective laments, and powerful songwriting that evoke both despair and hope. CD in hardcover book, lim. 500x.
A haunting reflection on turbulent eras which blends instrumental passages with evocative lyrics. "Ruby Red" combines dirges, introspective laments, and powerful songwriting that evoke both despair and hope.
A haunting reflection on turbulent eras which blends instrumental passages with evocative lyrics. "Ruby Red" combines dirges, introspective laments, and powerful songwriting that evoke both despair and hope. Lim. 200x.
Originally issued on 2011, "Sonic Mass" saw the first new material from this seminal British Punk band in over 20 years. Silver vinyl, in deluxe gatefold sleeve with spot varnish finish on the outer cover plus full colour two-sided insert. Lim. 600x.
Their first sung entirely in Flemish, "De Doorn" imparts a universal power by digging deep into local customs. An act of observance that recognises the path travelled by fully experiencing the moment, as a rite of consummation, reckoning and deliverance.
The third volume of the series started in 2012 and which features various artists covering Townes Van Zandt songs. "Songs of Townes Van Zandt Vol. III" features Amenra, Cave In and Marissa Nadler. CD version includes 2 bonus tracks.
The third volume of the series "Songs of Townes Van Zandt", that was started in 2012 and features various artists covering Townes Van Zandt songs. "Songs of Townes Van Zandt Vol. III" features Amenra, Cave In and Marissa Nadler.
With "De Toorn", Amenra carry forward the spirit of "De Doorn", delving deeper into the raw emotions of grief, wrath, and transformation. It is a continuation of the ritual, a step further into the fire.
With "De Toorn", Amenra carry forward the spirit of "De Doorn", delving deeper into the raw emotions of grief, wrath, and transformation. It is a continuation of the ritual, a step further into the fire.
"With Fang And Claw" harks back to the essence of Mass I, embracing the primal force that defined Amenra's beginnings, recalling its unfiltered intensity.
"With Fang And Claw" harks back to the essence of Mass I, embracing the primal force that defined Amenra's beginnings, recalling its unfiltered intensity.
The cult debut album by this Post-Punk meets Black Metal project formed by Neige of Alcest and Tursy of Les Discrets in 2004. A bleak, violent, melancholic, suffocating and desolate vision, one brimming with despair.
"Mysterious Realms" features material from the 1996 split with Angizia and the ltd. EP "Remembering Ancient Origins", originally released in 2000 and featuring Silenius (of Abigor and Summoning).
A collaboration between Iraqi-American trumpeter, santur player, vocalist, and composer Amir ElSaffar and electronics virtuoso Lorenzo Bianchi Hoesch which explores the intersections of Maqam modes of the Middle East, jazz improvisation, and electronics.
A thunderous Viking Metal saga of marching rhythms, heroic twin-guitar harmonies, and guttural battle cries. A lone acoustic breather aside, it's a familiar yet fist-raising voyage through Norse myth and war, built for festival singalongs.
Mandatory BBC Sessions from the one and only contemporary soul heroine, compiled from performances at festivals and recordings specifically for TV and radio dating from 2004 to 2009.
A definitive Doom Metal milestone, "Serenades" managed to blend fragility with raging aggression to stunning effect and heralded the dawn of one of the best Metal bands in the world.
"The Optimist" contains the band's darkest, most challenging and unexpected material. Producer Tony Doogan's influence is instantly tangible as for the first time in years Anathema recorded as a live band for an album, capturing their unique stage energy.
In recognition of their 40th anniversary, AATT are re-issuing their debut album with various bonus material. Considered by many now as a Post-Punk classic, the album is excellently recorded and whilst the production is polished and meticulously executed.
And Also The Trees' second album "Virus Meadow", regarded by many as their classic album, saw the band find their own unique style. Now restored and remastered for the first time since its release in 1986, and including their first 2 EPs!
The Jones brothers and drummer Paul Hill are joined for the first time by Grant Gordon on bass guitar and Colin Ozanne on clarinet, whose inclusion brings a twist to this band’s subtle yet intriguing evolution from their early 80s Post Punk roots.
The Jones brothers and drummer Paul Hill are joined for the first time by Grant Gordon on bass guitar and Colin Ozanne on clarinet, whose inclusion brings a twist to this band’s subtle yet intriguing evolution from their early 80s Post Punk roots.
Originally released in 1987, this is a re-mixed and remastered version of the live album recorded in 1986 at La Dolce Vita club in Lausanne, Switzerland.
"Mother-of-Pearl Moon" was born from a series of extraordinary electric guitar improvisations which then developed in its own way. The music is often filmic, reminiscent of various film genres from the '50s to the '70s.
"Mother-of-Pearl Moon" was born from a series of extraordinary electric guitar improvisations which then developed in its own way. The music is often filmic, reminiscent of various film genres from the '50s to the '70s.
A dreamlike journey through dark landscapes populated by stray nursery rhyme characters, mysterious women who peer into the psyche and pools of light that appear like reflections of their pastoral upbringing... This re-issue includes 6 bonus tracks!
A dreamlike journey through dark landscapes populated by stray nursery rhyme characters, mysterious women who peer into the psyche and pools of light that appear like reflections of their pastoral upbringing... This re-issue includes 6 bonus tracks!
AATT present a quiet storm of an album, stocked with poetic lyrics, orchestral guitar and soundtrack influenced songs inspired by newsreel, oil paintings and folklore. Filmic, poetic and intense with an undercurrent of dark psychedelia.
AATT present a quiet storm of an album, stocked with poetic lyrics, orchestral guitar and soundtrack influenced songs inspired by newsreel, oil paintings and folklore. Filmic, poetic and intense with an undercurrent of dark psychedelia.
A comprehensive and non-dogmatic coverage of the blackest chapter of the music underground. All relevant bands of the genre are portrayed in exclusive interviews and photos. Third edition with new preface, in hardcover. 540+ pages, English version.
A mix of Electronic, Experimental and surreal tracks by this regular Nurse With Wound / Current 93 collaborator. “LIAEP” comes in a fantastic cover made by Steven Stapleton / Babs Santini / Nurse With Wound. Lim. 100x copies.
A compilation of 14 tracks, previously issued between 1991 and 2008 on 7" and 10" inch vinyl releases. Songs to support your personal pursuit of happiness!
"Magenta" collects all the tracks that Anenzephalia has been playing live for over two decades but never released them. This album of hellish agent was in hellfire for many years and reads like a continuing journey through the abyss of Anenzephalia.
Draining power from a sinister information grid, hiding in the shadows of antennas and lies, Anenzephalia provides 10 new tracks riddled with crying synths, rhythmic noise, distorted samples and agonized loops of indefinite sources.
Draining power from a sinister information grid, hiding in the shadows of antennas and lies, Anenzephalia provides 10 new tracks riddled with crying synths, rhythmic noise, distorted samples and agonized loops of indefinite sources.
Draining power from a sinister information grid, hiding in the shadows of antennas and lies, Anenzephalia provides 10 new tracks riddled with crying synths, rhythmic noise, distorted samples and agonized loops of indefinite sources. Lim. 250x.
An album of delicate beauty; like the earliest springtime blooms, it needs much nurturing, much attention, to attain full potential. These songs are uncomplicated, their delivery simple and charming, stripped bare - the closest Gira has ever been to Pop.
Two noble brothers offer a repertoire of instrumental, cardboard-like anti-arena Rock that, in the manner of Techno music, revolves around a dynamic interplay of adding and subtracting constantly metamorphosing sonic motifs.
Two noble brothers offer a repertoire of instrumental, cardboard-like anti-arena Rock that, in the manner of Techno music, revolves around a dynamic interplay of adding and subtracting constantly metamorphosing sonic motifs.
"Magna Lua Ordem Mística" stands at the crossroads of tradition and modernity, blending esoteric lore with the intricacies of composition. It represents a sincere and powerful display of everything that makes Black Metal an obscure and sinister art form.
"Magna Lua Ordem Mística" stands at the crossroads of tradition and modernity, blending esoteric lore with the intricacies of composition. It represents a sincere and powerful display of everything that makes Black Metal an obscure and sinister art form.
Anika channels frustration, anger, and confusion into "Abyss". Recorded live to tape at the legendary Hansa Studios, the album captures raw energy with minimal overdubs, resulting in a visceral and urgent 10-track journey fueled by intense emotions.
Anika channels frustration, anger, and confusion into "Abyss". Recorded live to tape at the legendary Hansa Studios, the album captures raw energy with minimal overdubs, resulting in a visceral and urgent 10-track journey fueled by intense emotions.
Anika channels frustration, anger, and confusion into "Abyss". Recorded live to tape at the legendary Hansa Studios, the album captures raw energy with minimal overdubs, resulting in a visceral and urgent 10-track journey fueled by intense emotions.
Unexpected but long overdue, "Codes" is that missing page from Post-Punk’s history books, the freshly splayed paint across the decades-old canvas - it is the product of the tireless will to survive as determined by the voice of Xmal Deutschland.
Brendan Perry 
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