The Rita - "Recycled Music" (2004 RRR)

we all know the look of the rrrecycled tapes at this point.
and surely we all love them and rrr.
here is the one version of the rita's rrrecycled tape (because they're all a little different..added charm of the series format-or drawback..personal taste)
two sides--a little over 60 min.

various artists - "AWAITING THE DAWN" (1998 Velvet Empire/Flaming Fish)

this compilation, like nearly everything released on Velvet Empire, was a real quality treat.

the track selection here was overwhelmingly fantastic.
the artwork was stellar (provided by brett smith of Caul), the music was excellent as well, most tracks being exclusive to this compilation. also of note: this is one of two compilations which inspired the birth of the ambient cult of jester side project Skotoma, the author of which now recognizes this track as a Skotoma piece.
additionally, cadence makes an appearance here with an edited track (back then cds could only hold 74 minutes) which later became A Hymn for Her. i have included the original track in its entirety here as well, in the way in which it was intended, from the only cadence release on cdr from 1997 which was limited to just 25 copies. there are plans to remix and otherwise treat those old recordings for re-release with new tracks in 2009 by a hymn for her.

AWAITING THE DAWN offers a wide array of ambient and its alternate forms.
please do enjoy.


1 Caul -Silver Shining, Brightly Gleaming (3:19)

2 EnGrave -Deep Cavern Unit (7:20)

3 Cradle->Grave -You Are Of The Broadest Skies (6:14)

4 Bonescan -Doctrine Of Vanities (4:08)

5 Firmament -Forgiven Frost (7:00)

6 Thymikon -The Mystic Mother (4:29)

7 Cadence(a Hymn for Her) -...Nothing (I Am Lowly)[velvet empire edit] (6:02)

8 The Reclusive Cypher -Love Of Discoveries (3:00)

9 In A Lonely Place -This Pain (3:56)

10 Steve Scott -Nervous System (4:10)

11 True Colour Of Blood -Hovering Under The Deep (5:26)

12 Caul -The Abyss Of The Infinite Light Divine (6:04)

13 Cult Of Jester(Skotoma)-John Carpenter (7:37)

14 Frolic -Skin (5:00)

*bonus- Cadence - ...NOTHING(i am lowly version)*

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Frolic + Firmament discographies

i found the debut Frolic(who later would end up on the Projekt label) cd the other day, immediately remembered how great it was and decided to post.

i figured it would be nearly impossible to find on cd now days as the label which released it, Velvet Empire, crashed and burned years and years ago.
However, i found the whole frolic discography as well as the firmament discography (side project)
RIGHT HERE for stream or dl.
soooo, lap it up. great ambient and ethereal stuff.

watch and watch often

i know this seems like a strange post, but hey...sometimes you just gotta..

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blackhouse - "stairway to heaven +" (1989-1994)

blackhouse's "STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN" cassette was released in 1989 on the Ladd-Frith label.

its a dark industrial ambient flavoured soundscape (for the most part) with some spoken lyrics and noise tossed in.  side 2 of this cassette is a reverse edit of the songs on side a.  here i have ripped the cassette and cut the tracks accordingly.

in 1994 these tracks were rereleased and remixed for the 'stairway to the gospel word' cd on the Discordia label(see text in image at top).  here i've taken the "s.t.h." tracks and bundled them with the original cassette to make up one complete "stairway" package.  the differences in many of the tracks is quite noticable.   

in the zip dl:

"stairway to heaven"

Side 7:

A1 Nightmare Vision
A2 Ground
A3 Stairway To Heaven (Deluxe Dub Mix)
Side 77
B Bonus Reverse Edit

"Stairway To Heaven segment" from "stairway to the gospel word" cd:

1 Nightmare Vision (6:20)
2 Ground (2:22)
3 Stairway To Heaven (5:36)
4 Heaven's Stairway (5:34)
5 Ground Zero (2:17)
6 Vision (6:29)

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Internal Empty - "Phrenitis" (2004 alOne)

recorded during a VERY bad period personally for I.E. yet a very good period sound-wise. this download includes the 4-panel artwork and the 3 tracks comprising this harsh noise with ambient touches beast.  interesting listen. you might need to use your dictionary to get the full effect however.

1. water fever

2. sleeping with the enemy

3. surrounded by stertorous spirits

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Aube - "throb in manic red" (1997 Praxis Dr. Bearmann)

(this is NOT the cover art, i just whipped this up, the actual stuff is in a box somewhere and i don't feel like looking for it, i gave up on physical media to a large extent long ago, its just so much easier. my apologies)

single sound source= heart beat

tracks:

A1 Red Throb (16:59)
A2 Spiritual Uplift (4:15)
B1 Self Stimulus (12:20)
B2 Red Throb Reminded (8:01)

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Cornucopia - "disease industry (2001 ataxie disques)

Cornucopia presents somewhat of a dilemma.

in the beginning there was just jorge castro.

he made harsh noise.

and lo, it was good.

then claudio chea joined and cornucopia became more experimental, ambient industrial drone and included found sound. 

here's the problem...

both are wonderful. i know...how terrible.

anyway, here's an early Cornucopia release, a 7" released  in a limited edition of 200 copies in 2001 by ataxie disques.  much love to the C-crew.

enjoy the lovely wash of noise.

tracks:

A1 Disease Industry A (3:01)
A2 El Tercer Cielo (Disease Industry B) (2:12)
B Disease Industry C (5:43)

{14 mb mp3}

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Aube - "Data-X" (2002 g.r.o.s.s.)

originally limited to 150 copies, on cdr, packaged inside a 5" floppy on aube's own g.r.o.s.s. in 2002.

the single source for the recording is also a 5" floppy disc, and the entire cd reeks of pre-computer boom digital sound wankery.

conceptual to be sure, every track is 12 minutes long and also named 12.00.

one could justifiably consider this disc uberglitch, as it literally is just that...but with the Aube touch.  it revels in the oft-used techniques that Aube employs- very structured rise and fall of sound, layers, near-silence building into a painful swell, and definite patterned manipulation of the single source used.  you will, no doubt, repeatedly doubt the integrity of your speakers or headphones when listening to this disc though the use of stereomanipulation will likely tip you off that this was intended to sound exactly as it does.  it is definitely uncomfortable sound, quite noisy, but it takes an ambient approach.

certainly, this is not one of my favorite aube releases (and my god, do i have a load of them) but its interesting, quite rare and worth an exploration. 

somewhere inbetween the birth and apocalyptic demise of computer chips....enjoy...or think...or satisfy curiosity...or...whatever. here you go, but be warned, it may just drive you mad.

{82 mb mp3}

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prototype earthborne - "repopulating dead continents" (1999 f.d.r./publiceyesore)

this time around prototype earthborne consists of the creators of the labels "PUBLIC EYESORE" and "FDR TAPES". they got together and made this lovely thing...nasty lovely.

1.  geekin at the acartoid autoguam
2.  spread the lice bitch

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buy other prototype earthborne and a ton of other stuff over at public eyesore, here.

Cold Electric Fire - "self titled" [sacred sound 200?]

COLD ELECTRIC FIRE create a deeply personal and unique style of organic Dark Ambient. Using atypical sources and instrumentation to compose provocative excursions of contemplation and smoldering atmosphere. Sobering emotions writhe amid a well of black textures and delicate melodies, congealing into a monumental release of truly original dark electronics.

01 in passing
02 process one
03 wild fire
04 cultivate your growl (v2)
05 process two
06 tailor
07 sightless
08 alchemist

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WORLDHATE-"XATYA" (a.i.m.version 1999)

released in a ltd ed of 50 on cd-r just as a.i.musick went under.

very unfortunate timing, considering what an excellent release this is.
luckily it was released on cassette in a seemingly different version with different artwork in 2000 on black orchid. this is the info from black orchid:

*
024 WORLDHATE_"xatya" Indonesia cassette

borneo burning_abandoned edges_xatya 2k [I. land of confusion_II. desire to wake]_selamat malam sayang_

dark ambient/industrial from Indonesia. probably the most darkest release on black orchid.

[pro printed b&w cover] 4 euro [europe] / 5 usd [rest] *

this is an entirely different worldhate here...just as crazy as the change was from the techno/industrial experiments of "WOUND" to the harsh noise mind flaying of "self destruction art" as the change is one again here with a beautiful yet dark ambient album.
there's a little twitch remix added just because...

01 bornio burning.mp3
02 abandoned edges.mp3
03 xatya.mp3
04 selamat malam sayang.mp3

*bonus* borneo burning (short stairway to the reverserie remix by twitch)

{92 mb}

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Knotsoul - "Empty Moments for Circular Space" (2006 alOne)

knotsoul=jason hevener(signalbleed,iluvu,blisstrigger) + a.w.powell(a hymn for her, lackthrow, internal empty)

this is NOT noise and sounds nothing like any other KNOTSOUL work.

composed from source and mixing spanning 1997-2006,

this is a very atmospheric ambient minimal cd as  done for installation.  very quiet headphone experience, meditation.

guitars, found sound elements, under a white wash of white washed wash.

the trick is to find what you can't hear.

1. wash/white (79:43)

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various artists- "cataclystic fracture volume 2" (deadline recordings 2005)

74 tracks on one pro pressed cd with a plastic sleeve and b/w poster fold-out insert.

this disc is diverse, but it does carry a more NOISE harsh flavor.

look up deadline recordings and see if you can still buy one, good luck.

note from discogs.com: "mk9 track is incomplete and cut short with another track continuing in the middle to the end. "

Tracklisting:
1 Reallovedestroys -Diagram For Measurements
2 Crawling Iris -Fait Accompli
3 XV Parówek -Untitled
4 Diagram: A -Voters
5 Pop Culture Rape Victim -Enamel
6 Circuit Wound -Another Dead Planet
7 Khan Guil -Collateral Damage
8 Concrete Violin -Lockdown
9 Cock E.S.P. -The Best Band On This Compilation
10 Bran (Another Plight Of Medic's...) Pos, The* -Most Ordinary
11 Prurient -The Ruins Of My Life
12 T.E.F. -Untitled
13 Eugenics Council -Deseree
14 III -Fractal
15 Xome -Shitugyou
16 Human Is Filth -Decency
17 Antibody -Prelude To Colonoscopy
18 Emulsion -Genrecide
19 Astrogenic Hallucinauting -The Attack
20 Steel Hook Prostheses -Sterile
21 NxFxTxEx  -XZ64-24
22 DCLXVI -Scream Of The Mechanical Rabbit
23 Secret Geography, The -Some Obsessions Are Worth More Than A Liftime Of Hopes And Dreams
24 A Pink Cloud -Feel Scan 2
25 Crash At Every Speed -Strawberry And Dogflies
26 Disturbios -Death Knell
27 Human Bone Bicycle Sciences Industries -Radiopaque Barium Sulfate
28 Foutredieu!!!  -Black Sade-Bath
29 Puking Concrete Gardens -Abscessed Rebel Moon
30 Monoid -Untitled
31 Robert Warner -Red Knots
32 Praying Gods -Teeter Totter
33 Purple Rinse Paradise Parade -Bologna Paisley With Eek
34 Architectura -Sonitus Vidor, TX
35 Inhalant -Genocide Pill
36 Black Sand Desert -Rip Pigs
37 Stolen Light -Once Again
38 Ruthless Homogenizer -Zut
39 Guilty Connector -Fraud Rebirth
40 Noisebitch -I Don't Trust Smiling Faces Anymore
41 Spit+Smudge -Fumbling My Words WIth A Razorblade
42 In The Land Of Archers -Slice Of The Sun
43 Stegm -Shutter
44 Muzak -Theme Song
45 Battery Suspects -In The Corner Of The Room
46 Lysogeny -You've Fucked With Me For The Last Time
47 Immaculate:Grotesque -Walk
48 Crank Sturgeon -One Hun & 20
49 Metrocide -Cattle Rattle
50 Baptist Skin Communiti -Set It Off
51 MK9 -Pretense
52 Metax II -My God Has A Bigger Dick Than Your God
53 Lackthrow -Weaker
54 Viodre -Cataclastic Fractures
55 Filthy Turd -Be A Winning Turd
56 Sickness -Disintegrate
57 Stimbox -That's It
58 Two Assistant Deputy Ministers -Taken To The Cleaners
59 Dee Gee Min Og Dog -Misnomer
60 Yung Lee -Not Yet
61 Chrysalis -Guinea Pig
62 Are The Volcanoes Still Active? -Reef
63 Bull Anus -Baby Shit
64 Facialmess -England 1 0 Argentina
65 Mitchell -Untitled
66 R.H.Y. Yau -Hazard
67 Frybrain -My 2.5 Inches
68 Murex -Who
69 Ice Pornette -Bodily Functions
70 ze'rØ-sum -The Cradle Downstairs
71 Nautilus Deconstruction, The -Untitled
72 Big City Orchestra -Dead Powerfull
73 Anatomy Of A Blackout -Metachromaticism
74 Tearing The Wings Off Flies -Halo Made

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exsanguinate-inhuman treatment (3" cd 2002 misanthrope studio)

short(only runs about 17 min.) but sweet grindy little ambient noise number with plenty going on to keep you interested. "dark" is an overused term, but it applies here. its industrial like an old factory, reminds me in some places of the world of david lynch's film "ERASERHEAD".


1.Essorillement (6:02)
2.The Picquet (5:51)
3.Inhuman Treatment (5:39)

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WORLDHATE-"Self-Destruction Art" + "transformation Impact" (1998 tht underground)

a 60 min cassette of 'rip you apart' harsh noise and a cass.ep of  just as well done but somewhat tamer noise by indonesian WORLDHATE. also included in a twitch remix of "pure corrupted suckers will be destroyed soon" also done in 98.

both of the original cassettes were limited. "self destruction art' was on thtunderground, "transformation impact" was released on flaming fish's sublabel for crazier noise experimental ambient projects Ballistic Test.

-[arrogant dust]- still gets to me. this is all some great stuff though.

massive shame that worldhate stuff is so hard to find.

notes from a tht website:


WORLDHATE
"Self-Destruction Art"
(release date: April 1998, status: SOLD OUT)
Totally brutal & insane feedback-based Harsh-Noise. A 100% pure exhibition of total musical destruction!! This will make bands like CANNIBAL CORPSE to sound like SPICE GIRLS..!!!

Produced by WORLDHATE
Recorded at The Primitive Audiowork

1. enough

2.acts of vanities

3.the demand of reformation (reversed mix)

4.rejected efforts of mankind

5.pure corrupted suckers will be destroyed soon

6.wound (distorted mix)

7.sick bureaucrat bastards will be destroyed soon

8.kill the ego

9.after decades of being fooled

10.on the way to total self-destruction

11.->[arrogant dust]<-

"all angers erupted by worldhate, recorded at the primitive audio work, jakarta indonesia.

CAUTION:please be careful when playing this cassette at high volume leve. THT Underground and WORLDHATE will hold no responsibility for any possible failure/damage of speakers, power amps, and/or audio playback system."

and here's a review of "transformation impact" from a webzine at the time:

"World Hate - Transformation Impact
Ballistic Test/Flaming Fish Music, 1997
track listing:
Blurred Visions (release 2.0) // EB II (vocularized) // Transformation Impact Part I - Sanity Reconstruction // Tranquilized by Chaos // Transformation Impact Part II - The Renewal
Worldhate, from Indonesia, sounds like a cross between Blackhouse and Gadget with a smidge of Joy Electric thrown in for good measure. The opening track "Blurred Visions" starts out fun as campy synths mix with mechanical percussion and static noises. After a few minutes an unwelcome, grating ending rears its ugly head. The second track is pure experimental noise with sequencing of loud machine sounds and little variation. According to the lyrics on the tape cover, this track is supposed to have vocals (the only one) but I can't seem to uncover them anywhere in the thick wall of sound. "Tranquilized by Chaos" is an appropriate name for the fourth song as tranquil ambient synths are disrupted and overtaken by chaotic mechancial noises. It reminds me a lot of "The Insane Creatures of My Mind" by Twitch on Escape the Furnace. And like that song, the serenity was nice while it lasted. At the end of the tape, the band redeems itself with a strong performance of danceable industrial noise in "The Renewal". This is my favourite song on the tape. Although, there are some great moments within these five songs, there aren't enough of them and they don't last through an entire song. Nonetheless, this band deserves a look by fans of Blackhouse and other similar noise bands.
--Richard Maaranen

i believe this was limited to 50 copies and was super lucky to get one of them from j:a (also famously of progressive black band Kekal, excision, inner warfare and a few other projects)

notes from "transformation impact" cassette insert:

"all sonic manifestations & lyrics by WORLDHATE

WORLDHATE used NO sampler on this album

recorded by j:a at the primitive audiowork

ED II:

should i put myself on a throne

to be a god of my hedonistic desires

with all the failures after all choices

destruction is clearly estimated

history could bring a witness

of weaknesses within my existence 

ego must be kill, self must be terminated

because someone before me had paved the path

of the great escape ~ help me to overcome

my destructive nihilistic tendencies

1.blurred visions (release 2.0)

2.ED II (vocularized)

3.transformation impact part 1-sanity reconstruction

4.tranquilized by chaos

5.transformation impact part II-the renewal

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DISMAL XXII

DISMAL XXII:


a hymn for her -intro (live)
hakobune-melting reminiscence
him-song or suicide(live)
cranes-la ceremonie(remix)
paramaecium-sogno di morti
virgin black-and the kiss of gods mouth(remix)
dahlia's tear-can't go on another moment
sopor aeturnus-...and bringer of sad (remix)
a hymn for her-mourning hope
black seas of infinity-lucitathan
the ruins of beverast-god sent no sign
intaglio-wind of autumn
towards darkness-alone
towards darkness-nine faces


Unfortunately, the tracklisting for the remaining 16 minutes was lost...
BUT i believe some of these are included. my apologies for the mix up.

rot in despair-Laughing All The Way To The Crematorium (remix)
nightsky bequest-bequest (remix)
worship-zorn a rust-red scythe
and a couple more unidentified tracks. again, technology and the human both messed up this time 'round.

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