6majik9- the space between- cut hands - cdr - 11$
Sucking up fluids from middle earth and releasing them through weirded out psych jams, 6majik9 represent a blossoming Australian underground centred around the ever incredible Musicyourmindwillloveyou label, Brothers Of The Occult Sisterhood, Terracid, etc. Enough loner vibes on this one to loose yourself in for a couple of days on end. Rural murmur, entrancing drones, minimalist percussion trails, baby’s crying, uknown magickal devices emitting electronic incense, the smell of wet leafs, the moon bigger and brighter than usual. 69 copies in square dvd cases with b/w artwerk and inlay.
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sachiko - hverfanda hvél - cut hands - cdr - 11$
Hverfanda Hvél is Sachiko’s (Overhang Party, ex-Kousukoya) third solo album, after the purple vocal haze of You Never Atone For and the equally breathtaking Kunado, released last year on Utech. This one contains two, gutwrenching live performances at Tokyo’s Loopline. First track features Reiko.A of former Merzbow fame and travels through a thick, hazy fog of shimmering wordless vocals before collapsing face down in a pool of electronic voodoo damage. On the second, shorter piece Sachiko breathes out her zoned out mantra’s and washes of cosmic vocal beauty as if she’s honouring Yoshi Wada’s monumental spirit. A mesmerizing mayhem for real. 100 copies in the usual square dvd cases. Spi-fi art by Witchbeam,
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suishou no fune - mystic atmosphere - cut hands - cdr - 11$
Mystic Atmosphere welcomes back the unpolished, raw around the edges side of these interstellar psychonauts. Slightly reminiscent of their first Holy Mountain album, Where the Spirits Are. Tail’s drums splashing like mossy boulders into the Pacific, primitive pounding Moe Tucker style. Mystic Atmosphere contains four tracks blessed with psych guitar panorama’s soaked in holy reverb, a slowed down monster jam sounding like a drone version of a Mainliner or High Rise track and their ever mournful, lost in life wailing. Second track is one of the heaviest Suishou No Fune tracks I have ever heard. 3 minutes of Fushitsusha-like venom, a concrete reinforced mini-jam while tracks 3 and 4 dive deep into the cosmic psych oceans previously explored by Les Rallizes Denudes. Rawest Suisho No Fune record to date, no doubt.
125 copies in the usual slimline dvd cases. Artwerk and insert by Jason Rohm
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hunting rituals - red spectre - cut hands - 3" cdr - 9$
We all know Canada’s sick underground deserves more than the putrid mud it crawls in everyday but give these guys a nice and warm bath and chances are they’ll turn it down. They just love the dirt so much, can’t help it. Here’s Scott ‘Cloud Valley’ Johnson (ex-Fossils) getting down and dirty. Like a big pile of decaying noise coming back to life again. Deep trenches filled with junknoise and some seriously sinister reeds blowing it all into pieces. Canada’s sick underground has never smelled so bad.
50 copies in mini dvd cases. Artwerk by fartjerk.
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korperschwache- the healing power of paranoia - cut hands - cdr - 11$
New round of Korperschwache blackness, cranking out a grimy version of a hot Texan night. Industrial black metal, suicidal drone-noise. Every hint of light/humanity severed by heavily buzzing riffs, sludge drums and sickening cries from the most desolate of netherworlds. Just corpses, no paint. 70 copies in slimline dvd cases with cover art and insert by Korperschwache’s RKF.
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phosphene form - decayed inferno - cut hands - 3" cdr - 9$
Sick collection of mangled Industrial soundscapes by this new Canadian cat with ties to the Hamilton, Fossils crew. There’s a sense of downright eerie frustration running through this album, twisted electronics mixed with thick, thudding blurts of frontal noise. Like a stack of heavy labour machines on the verge of breaking down. 40 copies in mini dvd cases. Artwerk by fartjerk.
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andrew coltrane - symphony of black holes - cut hands - 3" cdr - 9$
New entry into the vastly expanding discography of this Michigan basement wrecker. Check out his brutal burners on American Tapes, RRR and Middle James Co., come right back if you’re man enough and try this one right here. Symphony of Black Holes delivers crude streams of skullcracking sewer noise. Not a ray of light to be found in this putrid dirthole, all black, no joy. 50 copies in mini dvd cases. Artwerk by fartjerk.
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rob funkhouser- he is a lost soul as ever there was - cut hands - cdr - 11$
66 minute long tonal excercise that works the fringes of the current free-drone underground up to the cosmic paradise shaped by astral travellers Ash Ra Tempel and the minimalist magic of Steve Reich’s Drumming. Funkhouser has that focus of a determined soul, never rushing, calmly pushing Cosmos to desolate plains where the dark purple mood of the album cover lingers across the horizon. Music for the breaking of a gloomy autumn dawn, coming down from whatever trip you’ve been on, weedsmoke still curling up from the bong…not a jacker in sight. Break in and zone out. Edition of 50 in polyvinyl sleeves with moody artwerk.
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skull defekts - dfx - cut hands - cdr - 11$
Crushing two piece thick new album by some of the fiercest electronic damagers to come out of Sweden. On DFX Joachim Nordwall, Henrik Rylander and Jean-Louis Huhta channel two twenty minute bolts of post-industrial sonics. First piece puts up a fog of hazy electronics reminiscent of early Broken Flag tapes by the likes of Maurizio Bianchi and Giancarlo Tonutti whilst gradually morphing into harsher ground. The second piece starts like a lost Wolf Eyes side with a multitude of sinister effects and Industrial beats. Crazy energy building, a whirl of voices lost in a bottomless well, Skull Defekts seem to do it for no less than the most impressive of dystopian soundworlds. 100 copies inside cardstock covers by Gio/Canedicoda and an inlay with photo by Lisa Nordwall.
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ezra jacobs- krkkl - cut hands - 3" cdr - 8$
Another Dutch talent in the Cut Hands stable that I’m very proud of. Dude built a synth into an old Soviet geiger counter, check this picture, I wouldn’t mind having that on my coffee table! Krkkl moves like a thick mudslide stuffed with mutated synths, sheets of metal being stroked, brushes of cello, shortwave transmissions that get massively interrupted by swirling effects and even some algorhythmic programming type stuff. Serious mindfuck potential. Jacobs manages to piece it all together into a cohesive and extremely overwhelming 24 minutes. A definite highlight in the current Dutch noise scene. Edition of 40 copies, in tiny polyvinyl sleeves with shady artwerk by Bas van Huizen.
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dragonfrynd - smoke ring mandala - cut hands - cdr - 11$
Terrific new project by Adam Kriney (La Otracina, Owl Xounds et al) on keyboard and effects and Clinton Wilkins on electric guitar. It’s actually the first Kriney release that doesn’t feature him on drums, in fact, there’s no drums at all here. Just the thrill of entrancing guitarfeedback, kosmische tone workouts, touches of swirling Japanese psychrock and amplified Ash Ra Tempel meditations. A new and exciting direction for one of the most busy and promising talents in the NYC underground. Full colour covers, in slimline dvd cases, edition of 75.
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drenches - holy dread - cut hands - cdr - 11$
Holy Dread, man, holy SHIT. This record is fierce. Heavy nature. Electronic bullying, raining down and piercing right through your balding scalp. The title track opens this monster and when I said raining down I meant it literally like that. Amazing effects that sound like you’re in the midst of heavy heavy rainstorms….inside a tent. Ever been there? It ain’t nice! This might just be the toughest harsh noise rec you have yet to hear this year. Stay proud, play loud. Black and white cover art by Branden Divens himself, in slimline dvd cases. Edition of 60.
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burial hex - menstrual hoax- cut hands - cdr - 11$
Super bleak slab of muddy graveyard electronics by the man who helms the Skulls of Heaven label as well as rock his cock out with the likes of Zodiac Mountain, Hintergedanken and Jex Thoth. Clay Ruby finds the path that leads through the frostbitten trails of early Industrial pioneers but with a bit more of a sickening feel throughout. As if he’s purposely trying to nauseate the listener with geysers of bubbly noise. On Menstrual Hoax, Clay Ruby aka Wyrdskull hooks us up with two tracks, one is a studio recording and two live jammers packed in one thunderous caveman electronics track. The collaboration with Mumber Toes is extra sick, feels like drowning in blackened quicksand. End life. 80 copies in square dvd cases with b&w artwerk and insert.
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tusco terror - mapping a burial - cut hands - cdr - 11$
Much needed new slab of blunt stabs in the ear by these Midwest dirt junkies. The Terror squad bring the post-New Blockaders junknoise with the swagger of a couple of kids at their first coked up punkshow. They mean no harm, yet they bolster fear. If you take the most frantic parts of Wolf Eyes circa Dog Jaw, the intensity of Metgumbernone and a load of heavy machinery falling apart at the same you’re getting somewhere. Mapping a Burial brims with metallic clang, anxious screams, the throbbing of broken effects and a load of shit you can’t even begin to dissect. Brutal.
75 handnumbered copies in slimline dvd cases with black and white coverart and awesome b&w insert drawn by the band’s own Nathan Bowers.
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maggoted– 1000 shutdowns– cut hands - 3" cdr - 8$
At long last, a brand new burner by Pete Swanson (Yellow Swans, Badgerlore) and Robert Mayson (Grey Daturas) in their down low Maggoted guise. The moonlit shadow that looms over their more known outlets. 1000 Shutdowns enfolds the dark side of the duo through wailing walls of uncomprimising feedback backed up by gorgeous guitar noise evoking some kind of zombie choir style chanting affair. Beyond deep. Edition of 80 copies, squashed maggot artwerk by Jason Rohm.
starving weirdos sudden fear cut hands - dvdr - 12$
First dvd release by this bunch of freakzone jammers and it’s definately one that stands out from the pack of music dvd’s released nowadays. Sudden Fear comprises slowed down footage from the 1952 film noir by the same name, starring the mighty Joan Crawford and Jack Palance as they get stuck in a web of crazy paranoid romance. The Weirdos soundtrack the black and white scenes with one of their most elegant pieces to date. Entrancing, psychedelic swamp magick, you know how they do. All with amazing eye and ear for the visual aspect of this multimedia performance. Originally performed for the Experimental Film & Music Night in cooperation with the Humboldt International Film Fest.
150 handnumbered copies, in slimline dvd cases with drawn cover art by Jason Rohm, an insert and a medium sized poster.
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people’s parties -cut hands - cdr - 11$
Solo outing by Mark McGuire who, as one of the Emeralds boyz, is causing a righteous fuss in the minds of many stoned headz in the worldwide underground. People’s Parties offers 4 space huffin’ guitartrips through hostile ground, thorny fields and fuzz solo’s buried underneath thick layers of kosmische drone. The real scorcher though is the gorgeous 5th track, floating back down to earth with some of the most delicate guitarplaying I’ve heard this year, alongside melancholic spoken word samples which makes these 90 kgs al woozy and sentimental. Like watching an aged slideshow from some deceased family and feeling it, totally.
75 handnumbered copies in slimline dvd cases with colour art and insert.
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droughter – beast growth – cut hands - cdr - 10$
From the dark side of San Francisco, Droughter serves up a plate of harsh noise phantasies. Inspired by cheap ass horror flicks and burnt meat, Beast Growth manages to shape harsh electronics, brutal vokills and terrifying lo-fi scuzz into engaging storylined tracks. These tunes go somewhere and they all add up to something grim and tormenting in the end. Droughter knows how to combine brutal and engaging. Sooo psyched to have this beast released, you’ll be hearing more from this guy soon, for real. Edition of 50 in polyvinyl sleeves, bleak artwerkkkk.
cahier –höyryveturi – cut hands - cdr - 10$
Cahier is shaping up to be a grandmaster of contrast, dude’s got a thorough vision of how to soundtrack his growingly fucked up mind. This new joint collects some of his most extremely damaged psycho thoughts. Broken guitar amps singing through layers and layers of grey noise, piercing feedback symphonies which he actually manages to shape into melodic weirdo jams and a cold and wasted feeling throughout the whole thing. A fucked up fairytale for society’s lepers. We all know we’ll end up dead anyway. Edition of 50, black and white photo art, tragic.
jazzfinger– listen and vanish –cut hands - cdr - 10$
Hasan Gaylani and Ben Jones been at it for a while now as the high priests of the murky fog and with this rugged new set of primitive drone sorcery they prove their status once more. Zombie piano style, hardcore tape hiss worship, snare scraping, decaying flutes, drones so damn rusty you’ll cut your eardrums listening to them. Feels like walking through forests of dead trees with your eyes sewn shut, it’s all in your head, man. Edition of 60 numbered copies, comes in a square dvd box with full colour, pro printed covers, designed by Jason Rohm.
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poor school –voor niets in zijn –cut hands - cdr - 10$
Brand new improvised trash from Killertree label boss/guitarist Bryan Ramirez (also known as one half of Ex-Cocaine) with his peers Nathan Hoyme on sax and John Niekrasz on drums. Poor School got that mean mug fistfight thing going on. With Hoyme’s sax skronking deeply and uncomforting throughout the trio unleash a uncompromising wave of freerock/freejazz/no wave/impro sludge. Last Exit style. Comes in a square dvd box with black and white cover art and glossy insert, all by Jason Rohm. 62 made.
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oprhax– proof of conspiracy – cut hands - 3" cdr - 9$
Orphax is another awesome drone zone player hailing from the weed drenched Dutch soil. Unlike Machinefabriek’s Fenneszian qualities, Orphax seems to take cues from Tony Conrad’s Fantastic Glissando, but in a more restrained, melancholic way. This 3” consists of one traumatised jet blast that builts up to some of the most glacial sounding beauty I’ve come across this year. Heavy stuff but with an ear for subtle detail. 40 copies in plastic sleeves with pro printed art, design by Orphax himself.
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sword heaven – live at little brothers –cut hands - cdr - 11$
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slow listener - he is a lost soul as ever there was - cut hands - cdr - 11$ sold out
Evil karma drones by up and coming hypno-bruiser Slow Listener aka Robin Dickinson. You might think of drone as soothing, meditative, maybe even sleepy but that’s not what makes this record, at all. Much in the vein of Birchville Cat Motel and Jazzfinger, Slow Listener takes out the soothing parts and injects his dronescapes with prickly venom and surges of white noise. Carnivorous bliss in full effect. Grey/black artwerk by Jason Rohm, in slimline dvd cases, edition of 70.
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women in tragedy – constellations – cut hands - cdr - 10$ sold out
Twilight drone damage to rock out to from one of the most promising dudes to come out of Canada. Some of these pieces stretch from ecstatic Mouthus junk to drugged out Skaters vibes. Beautiful slowmo build ups with Klaus Schulze like organ tones, drifting vocal bliss and even some textured harshness to highlight this guy’s versatility. Limited to 40 numbered copies in plastic vinyl sleeves with paint splattered covers.
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heavy winged – enough rope –cut hands - cdr - 10$ sold out
Straight up uncompromising set of psychedelic mayhem by this wasted power trio. Alongside Julie Mittens, Heavy Winged are the truest of heirs to the most brutal chapters in the PSF catalog. Imagine Fushitsusha, High Rise and Mainliner erupting from the worlds most primitive volcano as a crusty stream of scorching tonal lava. Including a fucked up drone blast that sounds like ten jet planes stuck in a cave. Comes in square dvd box with bleak cover art and insert by Jason Rohm. 76 made.
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evenings – mute deviation – cut hands - cdr - 10$ sold out
Boiling hot slab of low-end frequency nightmares courtesy of Kalamazoo’s finest. Gotta play this one LOUD to drill the worms right out of your ears and get them to make some badass stoner type moves on your carpet. Totally grimey and buried under streams of sticky icky syrup. 72 copies in slimline, squared dvd cases with grainy ass black and white photo.
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tunnels –radiant bodies of scorched light – cut hands - cdr - 10$ sold out
Simply brilliant new collection of heady jammers by Tunnels aka Nicholas Bindeman (Eternal Tapestry, Jackie O Motherfucker, Heavy Winged’s Jed Bindeman’s bro). Tunnels encapsulates the psygrrdelic space between rock and noise, head and body, stardust and gravelpit. Total all OUT experience that moves from Taj Mahal Travellers like spirituality to the vox vs. guitar/bells/chime hypnosis of Grouper/Fursaxa and the pastoral synth styled drone panorama’s of Tangerine Dream/Popol Vuh/Klaus Schulze. Heavy delay style. 50 copies in square dvd cases with full colour, pro printed cover magick by Matt Lock.
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maggoted– 1000 shutdowns– cut hands - 3" cdr - 8$ sold out
At long last, a brand new burner by Pete Swanson (Yellow Swans, Badgerlore) and Robert Mayson (Grey Daturas) in their down low Maggoted guise. The moonlit shadow that looms over their more known outlets. 1000 Shutdowns enfolds the dark side of the duo through wailing walls of uncomprimising feedback backed up by gorgeous guitar noise evoking some kind of zombie choir style chanting affair. Beyond deep. Edition of 80 copies, squashed maggot artwerk by Jason Rohm.
fossils– uhl –cut hands - cdr - 10$ sold out
Dust choked new collection of zoned out weirdo jamz by Canadian swamp dwellers Fossils. Creepy lo-fi murk sounding like the aftermath of one bad fucking LSD trip. You died that day, here's the sound of it. Edition of 40 something, sick silkscreened cover magic by Jelle Crama.
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century plants - accidental visitor- cut hands - cdr - 11$ sold out
Massive inferno style guitar destruction by this new crew outta Albany, NY. Part raging metallic clang by way of the holy Shred, part meditative feedbacking in total Zen style. Escaping melodies get trashed like Blue Humans digging on a Loren Mazzacane Connors riff. You can just hear the pleasure in the trashing and bashing. Century Plants mitglieds Eric Hardiman and Ray Hare (also making a mark as a part of Burnt Hills) have shared bills with Dead Machines recently and are bound to shake things up wherever they plug in their tools. 3rd ‘official’ release, 50 copies in polyvinyl sleeves with bah-boom artwerk.
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family battle snake – demented mind amputation –cut hands - cdr - 11$ sold out
Sleak Greek Bill Kouligas and his buddy Harry Astras are back with this new ultra scuzzy platter of psyched out drone. When I first played this joint it reminded me of Double Leopards’ Savage Summer Sun but completely buried under a pile of rotten murk. Traces of saxophone in there too, like fading smoke vanishing into a sweet Nothing. 65 copies in slimline, squared dvd cases with black and white photo art.
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