wolfmangler - cooking with wolves - black horizons – lp - 16$
This is the vinyl edition of Wolfmangler's CD release on Digitalis Industries, minus the bonus tracks. The core tracks of the release make for a perfect LP. This has been extensively written up all over the place, so I won't go into detail, expect avant folk by way of doom metal depression. All acoustic. Packaged in a silkscreened glue pocket sleeve, red and silver on black stock, same as the CD version, but with expanded art. Includes 3 inserts, screened in the same colors with printed labels. Edition of 500, 250 on black and 250 on red.
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anakrid - crash your putrid minds - black horizons – cass - 7$
"Confused alien clockwork music on this release". Thick and strange beats fill both sides of this tape, always floating in a thick synth syrup and filled with finely crafted loops. Squeaky doors and backwards footsteps. Upcoming releases that are sure to impress. Hand made j-card in the same style as the previous Anakrid tape, color labels in an edition of 100 on hi-bias chrome tapes.
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uton- live in the center of the world - black horizons – cass - 7$
Double A-side tape, played in reverse on the B, this documents an Uton live show. More abrasive than recorded output. Acoustics, vocal mantras, and pulsating drone that leave you confused when it is all over with. Offset printed gold on platinum vellum, clear labels "touched by the golden hand" in an edition of 100 copies on hi-bias chrome tapes.
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Lngtche - leng hex - black horizons - 2xcass - 15$
references include Stockhausen, NWW, Sunn. Heavy EVIL mysterious musique concrete
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my cat is an alien / valerio cosi - stories from the vacuum- black horizons – 7" - 7$
A truly ethereal pairing from Italy. While MCIAA has already established a massive offering in all formats, this 7"is Valerio's first vinyl appearance proper. His side is dominated by free jazz sax loops and trance vocals, with moments of twinkling percussion and electronic euphoria. An amalgamation of improv styles pulled off in a way only Valerio can. On the flip is a beautiful example of the lush guitar ambiance, wordless vocals, and alien space toy sound effects that the Opalio brothers are known for. Gold ink offset printing on metallic vellum, clear vinyl with gold ink on white pro-printed labels. Edition of 500.
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tecumseh- crossings divides - black horizons – lp - 12$
Co-released between Black Horizons and Anarchymoon Recordings, this is the first release from this Portland (OR) group that creates drone metal of the heaviest variety, although with more forward movement than some of their peers, and the addition of cold space electronic hiss. Using 2 basses and electronics, the recording captures them in fine form in their less-abusive sonic range with all the power that their carefully crafted sound conveys live. Limited to 384 on black vinyl, with amazing fold-out covers printed in metallic blue ink on charcoal linen paper by the inimitable Seizure Palace, with resealable polyclear outer sleeves and poly-lined-paper inner sleeves.
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anakrid / blue sabbath black cheer - black horizons / stereonucleosis– lp - 14$
Pure refined terror with each artist manipulating source from the other. The BSBC does Anakrid side is 2 tracks, the first sounds like having the gates of hell slam shut on your head five hundred times as demons circle about. The second track has a minimal, pretty and clangy loop, over which some of the most inhuman vocals ever heard are placed. The Anakrid does BSBC side is one side-long track, filled with textures provided by BSBC, rhythmic industrial sounds, and has a strong sense of motion. First in the Mutually Assured Destruction series of collaborative LPs. 324 copies on coke bottle clear vinyl, offset vellum sleeve printed in silver and black, with a digital laser printed vellum insert, all housed in a picture disc sleeve. Co-released with Psychform and Stereonucleosis.
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wyrm - aaf - black horizons – cass - 7$
Sparse is about the best adjective one could use to sum up this release from Allan Zane's Wyrm. Much is occupied by wind sound and silence, broken up by abrupt tones, repetitive treated industrial loops, slowly swirling electronic pools, and hollow vacuums, but somewhere hidden among all of this there is a joyous kind of beauty and celebration that will bring you back for repeated listens. Deluxe packaging, comes inside a jewelery box with a white feather, all silver paper with digital black printing for the paste on, insert, and a cross-shaped tape wrap that is tied up in a black ribbon. Stamped a-side labels by the artist, with b-side abstraction. Edition of 93 on hi-bias chrome tapes.
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pulse emitter / envenomist - split - black horizons – cass - 7$
Two side-long tracks occupy this release. Both artists here move through dark immersing synthesized environments. Pulse Emitter provides a more barren yet varied track that has movement. Also of note to fans of Daryl's "Meditative Music" release, this has similar yet more ominous tones that create a slowly moving melody. Envenomist's side hits with his longest released track, an ebbing and flowing sea of organic synth waves. J-card is a 3-panel horizontal folding affair, offset printed silver on black linen paper, clear labels. Edition of 150 on hi-bias chrome tapes.
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warmth / robe - split - black horizons – 7" - 7$
Warmth offers a hollow, swaying and moody piece that is probably as heavy as he has ever gone, ending in subtle ringing. Guitar and trombone bleak ambiance from Robe., would work perfect in a horror film. Offset printed silver on black linen paper sleeves, hand-cut into a cross shape, folded and sealed with a wax stamp in an edition of 300 copies on black vinyl.
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glass organ - untitled ii - black horizons – cass - 7$
Now 3 tapes in the duo of Glass Organ continues on from previous efforts creating a sound their own. Crackling prisms of guitar drone flow forward, carried by minimal tape loops and a penchant for abrupt editing. Dreamy and dreary at the same time. These tracks were both caught live in the fall of 2006. Color cover on white gold cardstock, individualized clear color labels. Hi-bias chrome tapes in an edition of 130.
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pulse emitter - progression to desolation - black horizons – lp - 12$
Finally Pulse Emitter gets the treatment he deserves, a full 12" of vinyl to lay down two prog flavoured tracks of synth drone. Created using home-built synth modules, and meticulously contructed into a sci fi storyline, this could be a soundtrack. Suffocating layered heaviness, dry synth hiss, oscillator click terror meets equally with beauty, a quality rare among Pulse Emitter's peers. Each cover and insert is a unique paint marbled design, silkscreened / designed over by Nick of Seizure Palace. Edition of 300 copies on black vinyl.
medroxy progesterone - supplications - black horizons – cass - 7$
A reissue of a tape that was initially an edition of only 5 copies. Blending homemade synths, field recordings, and vocals, an epic recording that requires a closer listen. Buried under the tape hiss and piercing highs there is many details that could easily be overlooked, minimal beats, cryptic vocals, radio interference and insect song. Isolationist psychedelic noise. Color cover on black shimmer cardstock, with an insert containing texts / collage, on silver paper, clear labels. Hi-bias chrome tapes in an edition of 56.
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body vehicle - being being - black horizons – 2xcass - 12$
65 minutes spread out over 4 sides. Presented as a retrospective, including some previously released select tracks, and some not heard before. The style can vary from track to track, some dominated by small sounds and buzzing loops, to epic and beautiful drone pieces, and electro-acoustic improv fused with noise. Instruments that are audible include saxophone, guitar, and drum machine. Bodyvehicle manages to keep the avant garde classics in mind while still looking forward in a way that few acts can. Presented in a black vinyl album, with color art on blue/gold shimmer vellum cover and color on transparent labels. Tracks listing is printed on blue shimmer paper, which is glued to the inside. Edition of 50 hand stamp #'ed copies on hi-bias chrome tapes. Click here to see more detailed images of the packaging.
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anakrid - live july 4th - black horizons – cass - 6$ sold out
Captured live on the most patriotic of holidays, improvisations edited down into 8 pieces, quirky and mystical, clattering drums that sound from another world, saxophone, and a thick cloud of electronics. Surreal. Packaged in marbled cream art paper, with a color transparency, riveted together in three places, each looks unique, and color labels. Edition of 80 hand stamp #'ed copies on hi-bias chrome tapes
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changeling - deep reflections - black horizons – cass -
Three tracks of densely layered meditative drone from the same sessions as the split with Robedoor, engrossing to the point of losing perception of time. 3-panel J-card on gray cardstock with smoky green interior marbling. Edition of 66 hand stamp #'ed copies on hi-bias chrome tapes.
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acre - artifact - black horizons – cass - 7$ sold out
Acre presents his "most bass heavy work", live / studio material. Super dense yet minimal drone. Xerox transparency with a green metallic obi. Hi-bias chrome tapes in an edition of 80.
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my cat is an alien / valerio cosi - stories from the vacuum- black horizons – 7" - 7$ sold out
A truly ethereal pairing from Italy. While MCIAA has already established a massive offering in all formats, this 7"is Valerio's first vinyl appearance proper. His side is dominated by free jazz sax loops and trance vocals, with moments of twinkling percussion and electronic euphoria. An amalgamation of improv styles pulled off in a way only Valerio can. On the flip is a beautiful example of the lush guitar ambiance, wordless vocals, and alien space toy sound effects that the Opalio brothers are known for. Gold ink offset printing on metallic vellum, clear vinyl with gold ink on white pro-printed labels. Edition of 500.
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josh lay - asphyxiation worship - black horizons – 7" - 6$ sold out
1/3 of Cadaver in Drag gets his first shot at vinyl by way of a single. Two tracks, rather different from each other, and much of the artist's other releases. Overall a cleaner, and more realized sound. Vocals come to the front, with lyrical structure on the first track, the b-side is a journey into the darkest of swamps, yet it still retains the feeling of being a beautiful yet frightening collage of sound with a higher degree of fidelity than what is usually associated with similar efforts. Black vinyl with an offset printed 3-panel sleeve, copper ink on either black or cream stock, printed in roughly a 50/50 ratio, pick which color you like more! Edition of 350 copies.
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mlehst - he longest lie - black horizons – 3x cass - 19$ sold out
Now back in full force from an extended hibernation, Mlehst brings you 2 hours of material from prior to said absence. A sort of best of, most tracks previously released, but worked over to varying degrees, as well as some new material. The sounds wander through a desolate and cold world, occupied by snippets of voices and other field recording manipulated via reel to reel tape, sterile sheets of white noise, and silence. Offset printed silver and black on charcoal linen cardstock covers, xeroxed charcoal and black linen cardstock insert, in a black vinyl box. Hi-bias chrome tapes in an edition of 75.
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