(VxPxC) - chinatown nose-cut - dead sea liner – cdr – 6$
damno te - red rain - dead sea liner – cdr – 4$
mutant ape - worlds collide - dead sea liner – cdr – 4$
r.s.r - black box - dead sea liner – 3" cdr – 4$
another enough chairs - bring that voice to state - dead sea liner – cdr – 4$
- past -
textured bird transmission - purple weighted pellets of despair - dead sea liner – cdr –4 $ sold out
this is some of the best ambient noise you will hear. You ever listen to the Bladerunner soundtrack or something from Tangerine Dream, well; this should be included in that list and put in a movie somehow. It’s that good. I have never heard of the band to be honest but I will perform a seek and hunt now because of this release. It takes about 4 minutes for the sounds to start to pick up and then the greatness begins. Within the tonal musical bliss there is this low synth held down in the background that I just love to death. It sounds much like those creepy 80’s horror movies that used those synths a lot. Listening to this put me in a fucking trance and it was in large part to the held down tone. About half way through it varies a bit and picks up in intensity, still perfect. Holy shit, my head is going to explode. Like massive waves crashing on my head, but viewed in 100 times slow motion. The splashes and water drops twinkle from the crash and spread through the air to create the fog that blankets my mind. Yeah, I’ll say anything, I’m fucking in a trance and this is my new favorite release of 2006. I am such a lucky guy to have gotten this for free, seriously. You now must by it. I can’t recommend it enough over anything else. It cost 2 pounds which is about $4 American so it’s yours for that cheap. The artwork is simply a red paper slipped in a plastic sleeve. It’s printed nice and I think it suits this release perfectly. If you can’t dream at nights, this release well help. Get it!
- noisear
cel -fugitive angle - dead sea liner – cdr – 4$ sold out
More whole-grain goodness from this new drone-oriented label. Cel presents six tracks of electronic frippery enshrouded in brooding mechanical drones, and while the tracks are capable of standing alone, listening to the cd-r without stopping is sure to leave you enveloped in a mist of drone and muted feedback. The sound calls to mind giant robots gathering in a place long-forgotten by men, to sit around in a mechanical chill-out room drinking motor oil and tripping. This is eerie, mysterious stuff, well worth the time and attention of hardcore drone fans. At times the sound reminds me a lot of the more subdued moments from Cold Electric Fire, which is definitely a good thing
- the one true dead angel
bjerga / iversen -in broken dream the world will keep turning - dead sea liner – cdr – 4$ sold out
Bjerga/Iversen is the name I'm kinda familiar with because they (Sindre Bjerga and Jan Iversen) run two Norwegian record labels themselves, those being Goldsoundz and TIBProd. After doing some research it turns out they also have a shitload of releases done under their duo moniker, much of them put out in the last couple of years. This particular release is dubbed "In Broken Dreams the World Still Keeps Turning", and was recorded from a concert they performed in the Netherlands this past March. Like most new-drone groups of the day, their instruments vary wildly but I think they rely heavily on keyboards, synths, guitars and a multitude of effects pedals (which doesn't really narrow anything down, does it?). Anyway "In Broken Dreams..." is an eternally slow, almost glacial slide through ambient sounds conjured up by whatever they can get their hands on. Sometimes I'm reminded of the fantastic sounds of nature from Ariel Kalma's "Osmose", the more subdued moments of My Cat is an Alien, or Growing. Later in the set they get a bunch noisier only to drop into moments of near silence, later to be punctuated by grotesquely warped sounds coming off like alien howls. It's kinda like flipping the dial around on Planet X, hitting all sorts of gobstoppingly bizarre Conet Project-esque stations. Almost makes me wish the lengthy ambient intro was eschewed entirely for this.
- outer space gamelan
black sparrow - legs heavy with pollen - dead sea liner – cdr –6$ sold out