NADJA - 'Autopergamene' CD (Essence Music)
- £14 / £15 / £16
Call
it drone-doom-dirge-shoegaze or any other in vogue nomenclature you
like. It doesn’t matter. They are simply the true originators of this
breed of blissful, seriously intense and ominously ethereal heavy
sounds. "Autopergamene" (a spell or charm wherein you write in blood, on
a fragment of skin, what you wish to happen) finds Nadja at the peak of
their sonic language of slow-blooming, heavily nuanced ambient guitar
constructions and slow motion, lush, epic heaviness. Blissful, paced and
almost orchestral strings... super distorted and fuzzed out rumbling
sludge riffages... delicate, lush acoustic guitars... hazy, sparkling,
passionate and twisted vocals from Aidan and Leah. Simply breathtaking.
Lavishly assembled in a custom 6-panel digisleeve packaging housing a 6
cards set with beautiful watercolor paintings and artwork by Portuguese
artist L Filipe dos Santos. Mastering by James Plotkin. Ltd x 800
copies.
• All Nadja Titles • All Essence Music Titles
THE NEW BLOCKADERS - 'Crincum Crancum /
Meta-Klamauk (For Jean Tinguely)' LP
(Hanson Records)
- £18 / £21 / £24
"Meta-Klamauk seems to return us to that garage of doom
featured on Changez Les Blockeurs, only by now the mechanics have
installed a noisy fan-heater device, and they are getting a lot more
work done. Crincum-Crancum is, relatively speaking, a near-musical
concoction. Perhaps twenty plus years hath mellowed their saturnine
psyche and dulled their appetite for relentless noise; this is less
urgent, and there’s almost an air of resigned weariness to this 2002
work. That said, it is no less bilious, the reservoir of hatred still
fuels the evil intent" (The Sound Projector). Originally appearing on
the ‘Gesamtnichtswerk’ 4-CD boxset (Hypnagogia), this is their first
appearance on vinyl! Ltd x 300 copies in heavy duty silk-screened covers
with the usual Hanson Droll-Flaps.
• All The New Blockaders Titles • All Hanson Records Titles • All LP/12" Vinyl
FABIO ORSI - 'Random Shades Of Day' 3 x CD
(Privileged To Fail)
- £16 / £18 / £20
Fabio Orsi has been winning
the hearts of many listeners over the past few years with both his solo
and collaboration releases. This set includes two CDs of previously
unreleased and out-of-print material spanning Fabio Orsi's career.
Drones, keyboard, guitar, distant vocals and field recordings can be
found over the first two discs. Included are Fabio Orsi's first EP "I',
Here", "1000 Days Red", "Faded On The Blowing Of Winter", six previously
unreleased tracks and more.CD3 is a brand new full length record entitled
"Random Shades of Day". This new full length continues on from "Wild
Light of the Moon" with beautiful drones and relaxing ambience. Part III
is also some of Orsi's darkest work. Ltd x 500 copies in a luxurious
6-panel digipak.
• All Fabio Orsi Titles • All Privileged To Fail Titles
MENTAT - 'Amarillo Abisal' CD (Boue Records / Odio Sonoro)
- £10.50 / £11.50 / £12.50
CD edition of "Amarillo
Abisal" - the debut album from Valencia, Spain doom-mongers Mentat. Just
under an hour of seriously heavy, epic sludge / doom / post-hardcore,
with some impressive use of a brass section and a piano, which give them
a beautiful and experimental edge. Six lengthy tracks of apocalyptic
instrumental Doom and death atmospheres! Ltd x 500 copies.
• All Mentat Titles • All Boue Records Titles • All Odio Sonoro Titles
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