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Декабрь December

Autarkeia



RU: Autarkeia продолжает продвигать на мировую индустриальную сцену местные коллективы. На этот раз нам предлагают новый проект известного литовского музыканта Laurynas Jukonis (Girnuų Giesmės), который называется ORO!ORO!.

EN: Lithuanian "post industrial" pioneer, mastermind of Girnuų Giesmės Laurynas Jukonis offers new project and new album ORO!ORO! Ilgesio Rubikonai" (Rubicons of Nostalgia).



PENITENT

RU: Любители PENITENT могут скачать видео фаворита. Качать здесь.



EN: Karsten Hamre (PENITENT) broadcasts his new videos on YouTube. Watch them here.


War Office Propaganda



RUKKANOR Ende digipack CDEP

RU: Новый альбом интересного польского martial-проекта. Ждем и пускаем слюни.



EN: Ende is retrospective compilation of unpublished tracks of RUKKANOR. Five tracks composed during Scontum act IV, Triumvire and Despartica sessions with supplement of live recorded track Virus Dei in new interesting arrangement. War theme, military atmosphere - this is the face of RUKKANOR on this EP.



NEUESTRASSE Introspective Black Forms digipack CD

RU: Новый подписант на польском лейбле - итальянский dark ambient проект NEUESTRASSE. Как водится, альбом итальянцев посвящен серийным убийцам, правда, начала прошлого века.



EN: Introspective Black Forms is interesting piece of Italian dark ambient act NEUESTRASSE. The intention is to recreate the anxiety vision of beginning of 20th century - desolated places of that period, fear, death, ruins... Particulary for this album, NEUESTRASSE was inspired by stories of serial killers. NEUESTRASSE is the name of street of Hannover where lived Fritz Hartmann, the Wolf of Hannover, in 1920... The idea of Introspective Black Forms is based of negative emotional states...


Stigmata



RU: C наступлением Зимы! Добавлена новая порция рецензий, а также обновлена страничка "Лейбл" - добавлена информация о выходящей в декабре компиляции про Хатынь.



EN: Happy winter! New reviews. Some news about upcoming compilation Khatyn.

TAMAS KATAI Erika Szobaja (ABM), ARTEFACTUM Chaos Elements (Athanor), ENDRAUM Zeintenlicht & Innerlichkeit (Shadowplay), NECRO STELLAR Pulsing Zero (Shadowplay), DWIGHT ASHLEY Ataxia (Nepenthe Music), KREPULEC 63 Days. Part V (Fluttering Dragon), ALLERSEELEN Cruor (Ahnstern), LORD WIND Atlantean Monument (No Colours Records), ATUM/ DEAD FACTORY Strefa/ Zona (Beast of Prey), FUNERARY CALL The Black Root (Fluttering Dragon), STURMPERCHT Geister im Waldgebirg (Ahnstern), ROME Nera (CMI), V/A All My Dead Friends (Cold Meat Industry), RITUAL FRONT Молнии над Малиновой Горой, ION Madre, Protegenos (Equilibrium), V/A Comrades in Lost (Semema), SHUNTO NIE Shunto Nie, Elvis Coffee Records Compilation The Breath Of Forgotten Places (Elvis Coffee Records), IN TORMENTATA QUIETE, MP 44 Подавление Унификация Подчинение, KARJALAN SISSIT Tanssit On Loppu Nyt (Cyclic Law).
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Le Cluricaun



RU: Представляем вам новый лейбл Эрика Роджерса из GAE BOLG и его первые 7 релизов. На наш взгляд заслуживают интереса прежде всего проекты самого Эрика - переиздание "живой" записи GAE BOLG AND THE CHURCH OF FAND Live in Ehrenstein 2000, два новых альбома SEVEN PINES - Le Cri и Histoire de l’Ours, переиздание винила GAE BOLG AND THE CHURCH OF FAND L’appel de l’Ankou. Остальные релизы лейбла - альбомы друзей музыканта.



2 WORLDS COLLIDE Sympathetic storm CD



EN: 2 WORLDS COLLIDE is the new incarnation of Clive Giblin, well known for his participation as guitarist for Alternative TV, The Cardiacs and Shock Headed Peters. He played and recorded with Terry Bickers (House of love) for his project Cradle, recorded and produced several Sol Invictus and Tony Wakeford albums like the classic The Blade, and appears episodically in Karl Blake’s British Racing Green. Sympathetic storm is his first album, 12 future hits which mix the inventively (and complexity!) of the Cardiacs and the pure energy of Killing Joke with a complete personal progressive touch.



YOLK Yolk CD



EN: YOLK is the successful 6 head band (voice, guitar, bass, violin, saxophone, drums) from Dunkerque, north of France, well known for their devastating live appearances. His leader Valentin Carette is also known as IDIOT SAINT-CRAZY, DEATH TUBE as well as a branch of other pseudonyms which resume the mad and intense inventively of the guy! Acclaimed by such people like Magma, their unique cocktail of new music, heavy experimental rock and Jewish tune-likes let imagine what could have do a doped Magma which have copulate with Snakefinger and the Canterbury scene!



GAE BOLG AND THE CHURCH OF FAND Live in Ehrenstein 2000 (limited edition of 500 copies in dvd slim box with the original cartoonesque artwork of Ars Magna 1118!)



EN: Reissue of this famous CDR (originally limited to 33 copies!) of a live recording from 2000 with a great sound, completely remastered in 2006.
11 people on stage (including members of HEKATE and of OMNE DATUM OPTIMUM!) interprets 10 great tracks of the Master like the classic Marche des morts and Gloria, some rare tracks like Alexander von Ludwig, Comte d’Oxfols and Opera pas mal (unreleased on cd) and devastating and orgiac versions of Le Jeudi Saint and Larmes de sang!



SEVEN PINES Le Cri



EN: After 3 years of silence, Le Cri mark the return of this great Eric Roger (GAE BOLG)’s project, 70 new minutes of intense music which continue where Nympholept had stopped.
Le Cri is a collection of 8 dark and psychedelic mad songs, composed by Eric during 3 years of despair and personal troubles, with guest appearances of Karl Blake, OMNE DATUM OPTIMUM, SILVER LADY, PILORI, OTHILA, the Cynfeirdd Chorus and many others!



SEVEN PINES Histoire de l’Ours



EN: Histoire de l’Ours is another completely new album of this great project but in a very different way than Le Cri. Completely instrumental, Histoire de l’Ours was originally composed for the American film Blue Fire but was finally not retained, not minimalist enough for the realisator!
Nostalgic, dark, melodic, contemplative, dreamy, sometimes rhythmic, with some passage which can evoke Yann Tiersen (Amelie Poulain) or Palo Alto, this is probably the easiest SEVEN PINES’ album since The Garden of Fand, and those with the most unforgivable tunes.



GAE BOLG AND THE CHURCH OF FAND L’appel de l’Ankou (limited edition of 500 copies in dvd slim box with the original cartoonesque artwork of Ars Magna 1118!)



EN: Another reissue of this mythic release of our great Master! Originally issued as a picture 10” limited to 141 copies, L’appel de l’Ankou contain the famous original tracks and club hits Black Sabbath, La valse de l’Ankou, La danse de l’Ankou as well as the less known Interstice plus 3 very rare tracks (Lux Aeterna, La danse du feu and Larmes de sang, live) issued from very limited and sold out compilations.
All the songs have been completely remastered by the Master himself for a much better sound than in their original appearance.



IDIOT SAINT CRAZY Dead Fluo Boy



EN: IDIOT SAINT CRAZY is the solo project of Valentin Carette, the front man of YOLK. In the same way than YOLK, always inventive and surprising, but crazier, faster and noisier! Remain Fred Frith and John Zorn, but also sometimes Henry Cow and Heldon, with a touch of Jewish music and Krautrock. An explosive cocktail!!!


Shadowplay



DOPPELGANGER Saturnian Rings CD

Saturnian Rings - пятый альбом одной из самых старых и известных gothic-rock-групп в России. Начав с современных форм готик рока, группа, запись от записи все ближе и ближе подходила к звучанию раннего gothic rock / post punk. Saturnian Rings - своего рода, пункт назначения, дом у последнего фонаря. На новом альбоме группа предстает в абсолютно некоммерческом ракурсе, пожертвовав определенной частью своей аудитории, ради возрождения традиций звучания. В основу альбома лег интерес участников группы к роли римского бога Сатурна в средневековых герметических и алхимических учениях, лирика некоторых песен во многом инспирирована произведениями известного австрийского писателя Густава Майринка. Но это не использование оккультной тематики, как загадочной приманки для слушателя - интерес носил скорее исторический характер, своего рода, попытка оценить со своей точки зрения историческое и интеллектуальное наследие культуры Западной Европы. Помимо 10 треков от самих DoppelgangeR, альбом включает 4 бонус-трэка: ремиксы от TWO WITCHES (Германия/Финляндия), REDEMPTION (США), THE WAY OF ALL FLESH (Великобритания) и SECRECY (Португалия). Также в записи альбома принял участие лидер московской группы ANTISISTERS Павел 'NWO' Громов, исполнивший вокальную партию на одном из треков.
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ATTRITION Dante's Kitchen CD

Эту группу вполне можно назвать пионерами dark electronics. ATTRITION образовались еще в далеком 1980-м году. За свою двадцатишестилетнюю историю группа выпустила 15 полноценных альбомов, шесть сборников, 14 синглов и EP, плюс участие на бесчисленных компиляциях и коллаборации с самыми разными исполнителями. Широта музыкального спектра Attrition охватывает столь различные жанры как industrial, post-punk, experimental electronics, darkwave, ambient. И этот список можно продолжать бесконечно. За время своего существования группа объехала с концертами практически всю Европу и Северную Америку, отыграла практически на всех значимых фестивалях gothic и industrial направленности. В разное время группа делила сцену с Test Department, Coil, Legendary Pink Dots, In The Nursery, Die Form, Sneaky Bat Machine, Narcissus Pool, Kirlian Camera, Black Tape For A Blue Girl, Meat Beat Manifesto, The Damage Manual, The Last Dance, VNV Nation, Thou Shalt Not, In Strict Confidence, Clan of Xymox, Cruxshadows, Wolfsheim, Peter Murphy, Voltaire, Unto Ashes, Covenant, Einsturzende Neubauten. А в 1994 их разогревали только начинавшие тогда Apoptygma Berzerk.
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MOON FAR AWAY SATOR CD

MOON FAR AWAY - группа, чей дебютный альбом Lado World был единодушно признан первым по-настоящему готическим релизом из России. За одиннадцать лет своего существования этот архангельский ritual darkwave \ neo-folk коллектив вполне заслуженно приобрел статус культового на российской "темной" сцене и стал достаточно известен за рубежом. Трэки группы присутствовали как на российских, так и на западных компиляциях исполнителей "темной" сцены, ее диски получают прекрасные отзывы в музыкальной прессе (фотографию MFA можно было лицезреть даже на развороте немецкого журнала Zillo), японским режиссером Сюсеем Ниси даже снят фильм, целиком посвященный творчеству группы. "...«Sator», являясь вторым полноформатным релизом этого культового состава, еще более расширяет границы их звукового облика, углубляясь в этно-эзотерику и используя символику раннего христианства. Эксперименты с народными инструментами и структурой самих композиций, небывалая атмосферность и ритуальность ритмических конструкций делают из «Sator» целостное музыкальное полотно, посвященное вновь и вновь переживаемой мистерии Вечного Возвращения. Moon Far Away воспевают гармонию материального космоса вне человека, - и неизведанный духовный космос внутри него…" (из пресс-релиза Brudenia Records) Переиздание на Shadowplay выходит в оформлении, отличном от первоначального, а так же помимо восхитительной музыки содержит еще и мультимедиа-секцию с эксклюзивным видео-клипом на трэк Hymn с этого альбома.
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V/A INFLUENCE CD Романтический darkwave и ethereal снискали популярность среди отечественной андеграундной аудитории практически с момента своего зарождения. Трудно сказать отчего. Быть может, благодаря романтизму, трагичности и красоте музыки, столь ценимым русскими, а может виной тому склонность родоначальников направлений к экспериментам и недоступность их музыки пониманию обывателя... Одно можно сказать точно: при всей популярности этих направлений, данная музыка всегда носила оттенок элитарности. На заре становления жанров практически все группы, относимые к ним, имели свое характерное лицо, однако, со временем появлялось все больше групп, среди которых было много подражателей, и становилось все труднее найти нечто действительно стоящее внимания. Этот сборник своего рода срез, представляющий основных и наиболее интересных представителей этих жанров на современной сцене, объединяющий как группы стоявшие у истоков, так и совсем молодые, но от этого не менее интересные проекты: ATARAXIA (It), CHIRLEISON (It), CORDE OBLIQUE (It), DAEMONIA NYMPHE / VON NYMPH (Gr), DANDELION WINE (Aus), ENDRAUM (Ger), ETHODIUS (US), JACK OR JIVE (Jp), LACKLUSTRE MIRROR (Ru), MOON FAR AWAY (Ru), THE MOON & THE NIGHT SPIRIT (Hu), SEVENTH HARMONIC (UK), TEMPUS FUGIT (Fr). Некоторые исполнители фигурируют с прежде не изданными или эксклюзивными треками.
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Ноябрь November

Stigmata



RU: Добавлен репортаж с вечеринки Urban Ecology 2.
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ВСЕМ ФЭНАМ MOON FAR AWAY!

Группа обращается к вам с просьбой поддержать ее на традиционном голосовании сайта крупнейшего в Европе готического фестиваля Wave Gotik Treffen, который состоится летом в Германии, и дать, таким образом, возможность интернациональной публике фестиваля лучше познакомиться с творчеством группы.
Для этого вам нужно всего лишь зайти по ссылке, и в произвольной форме оставить свое пожелание об участии MOON FAR AWAY в WGT 2007.

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Autarkeia proudly presents:



MEGAPTERA Extended Chaos 2CD box

RU: Литовский лейбл Autarkeya издал коробку с двумя дисками, включающими альбомы Near Death и Beautiful Chaos. Это последний релиз группы, а упомянутые диски есть ни что иное как переиздание двух ранних альбомов этого шведского death industrial проекта.



EN: MEGAPTERA's back again with yet another release to celebrate the 15 years anniversary. The new release is titled EXTENDED CHAOS and consits of two old releases, Near Death and Beautiful Chaos. Near Death is Megapteras first official release way back in 1991. It was released as a 7-track cassette on the CMI-sidelabel Sound Source. It's the first release with Peter Nystrцm as an official member of the band. Near Death is also the ONLY release with all three members!


TRINITAS MUSICA

CREDO IN UNUM DEUM (In Hoc Signo Vinces!)
62 pages Book + CD (73 min. about)
ODA RELICTA :: LONSAI MAIKOV :: ROSE ROVINE E AMANTI :: VON THRONSTAHL :: THE DAYS OF THE TRUMPET CALL
ZEBAOTH :: MILITIA :: OUR GOD WEEPS :: THORN-AGRAM :: KRIEGSFALL.U :: GREGORIO BARDINI
KAYNO YESNO SLONCE :: PARZIVAL :: HIDDEN PLACE :: VON THRONSTAHL


COLD MEAT INDUSTRY



ATARAXIA Paris Spleen digiCD



DEUTSCH NEPAL Erotikon digiCD



ORDO ROSARIUS EQUILIBRIO CCCP CD

RU: Допечатка альбома 2003 с новым оформлением - на этот раз обложка с тиснением фольгой.



EN: The grandious album from 2003 is now available in a limited and special edition of 600 copies in a silver-foilprinted jewelcase!


Stigmata

RU: В нашей дистрибьюции появился новый альбом NECRO STELLAR Pulsing Zero! Спешите, ибо первая пластинка уже распродана, а допечатка не скоро.


EIBON



NERONOIA Un mondo in me CD

RU: Как следует из пресс-релиза, NERONOIA - это совместный проект групп CANAAN и COLLOQUIO. А это значит, что нас ждет отличная музыка. На этот раз - меланхоличный dark wave с песнями на итальянском.



EN: NERONOIA is a cooperation between CANAAN & COLLOQUIO.
Neronoia is the mirror that reflects Happiness and Pain with the same, cold indifference. Neronoia is the Fear that paralyzes by its light yet relentless touch. Neronoia is all the Evil we do to ourselves. Neronoia is the palette of a blind painter, who unintentionally paints all colours with the very same shades of grey.
Italian-sung melancholic dark wave.



WHERE Wererat CD

RU: Dark ambient, записанный при помощи полевых записей, сделанных исключительно в канализационных тоннелях и тому подобных местах, в которых водятся крысы.



EN: Cavernous dark ambient, made out of field recordings taken exclusively in sewers and other rats-infested places. A frightening and immersive journey through shadows, somewhere between crepuscule and nightfall, far from the flashing rays of daylight.
They are coming to catch us.....


Октябрь October

Беспредел на Украине!

RU: На Украине в сентябре во время путешествия на юг был задержан музыкант московской группы WAVEFALL. Его задержали на украинской границе, обнаружив незадекларированные "наркотики" - таблетки, купленные в обычной аптеке по рецепту. Музыкант перенес операцию, поэтому ему необходимо медикаментозное лечение. Данные таблетки не входят в список наркосодержащих, но подлежат декларированию. Музыкант их не задекларировал по той причине, что декларация была на украинском языке, что нарушает его конституционные права.
После месяца в застенках фашистской Украины у музыканта начались приступы и резко ухудшилось здоровье.
Более подробно об инцинденте написано на сайте украинской правозащитной организации. Ссылки приведены ниже.
Призываем всех порядочных людей на Украине помочь невинно пострадавшему человеку!

http://ravnopravie.kharkov.ua/2006/2006-10-03.htm
http://ravnopravie.kharkov.ua/2006/2006-10-06.htm


Stigmata

RU: Выложены новые рецензии: LONSAI MAIKOV vs DISSONANT ELEPHANT Thee Darkening ov Powers, URE THRALL Arabian Knightmares, V/A Forseti Lebt, ANTLERS MULM Reverse, DEATH IN JUNE Burial, DANDELION WINE An Inexact Science, MORTAL LOVE Forever Will Be Gone, TRIBE OF CIRCLE Children of a Weakened God, NECROPOLIS Necrosphere, ROSE ROVINE E AMANTI Rituale Romanum, KNIFLADDER The Spectacle, H.E.R.R. Vondel’s Lucifer – First Movement, KARNNOS Undercurrents And Lost Horizons.


Steinklang



STURMPERCHT Geister im Waldgebirg CD

RU: Новый альбом австрийской фолк-группы. На этот раз работа поддержана "тяжелой" артиллерией - ALLERSEELEN, SANGRE CAVALLUM и WALDTEUFEL. Все они помогли австрийцам записать настоящий альпийский фолк.



EN: One year has passed since the Austrian / south Bavarian Alpin-Folk formation STURMPERCHT released their last 7". Geister im Waldgebirg is a journey through the deepest central-European forests and mountains with all their strange creatures, fairies, myths and legends. The sounds and lyrics on this album are engrained in old pagan rites and cults, in hunters-legends and in tales from darkest woods and the people living there. The songstyles vary from powerful Martial-Folk hymns, over fragile Folk-balads, to weird songs about strange people and creepy animals.
Several great artists supported Sturmpercht in the making of this album: first af all Axel from WERKRAUM, who is a basic STURMPERCHT-member since quite a while now. It's Axels perfect guitar- and flute playing and his skillful hands in mixing, that the Folk-songs have this brilliant late 60ies/early 70ies touch now. The close STURMPERCHT-friends ALLERSEELEN, SANGRE CAVALLUM and WALDTEUFEL have also recorded fantastic songs especially for this album. ALLERSEELEN and SANGRE CAVALLUM also contributed several sounds from their large archives and WALDTEUFEL additionally gave his voice for "Riesenbruder".



ALLERSEELEN / SANGRE CAVALLUM Barco do Vinho CD


Cold Meat Industry



ROME Nera CD

RU: Ну, все слышавшие мини-альбом Berlin, вышедший этим летом, наверняка обрадуются новости о том, что обещанный Nera, наконец-то вышел. Для те, кто ничего не знает о ROME добавлю - это люксембургский соло-проект, который играет интеллигентную разновидность military pop. Новый диск ROME уже произвел фурор в целом ряде "шварце" изданий".



EN: After a highly praised mini-CD, "Berlin", released on CMI only 3 months ago, the interest for this newcoming martial pop act has been immense. And ROME delivers! Already featured in French magazine D-Side, as well as the German magazines Sonic Seducer (2nd place in soundcheck), and in December issue of Orkus. ROME was founded in 2005 as a main output for the songs of Jerome Reuter, Luxembourg.
Long time since a debut album was so eagerly awaited as by ROME, and Nera, which is the title of this brilliant piece, is "black" indeed. The atmosphere weighs heavy on the soul - a burden of flowers. However, ROME manages to include warmth and affection in its cold world of steel. The main characters in this language of lurking are defeated men - not unschooled by pain - in seedy places. ROME songs are full of citations, abstractions and ideals. The marching and counter-marching of doubtful armies luring our love away, with licit grace, icy and bitter irony. Gentle phantasms of desire. The reversal of sympathies. The aspects of eternity, spiritual hunger, treachery and corruption, shame and honour - being more than mere traps for the unsophisticated. These are some of Nera's interlocking themes in a world scorched by the wastefulness and cruelty of war. Nera is the meticulous patience of rage. Get it now and make it your friend, before it devours you.



V/A All My Dead Friends CD

RU: Новый сборник-сэмпл CМI, продолжающий дело The Absolute Supper, Even Wolves Hide Their Teeth... и так далее. Эксклюзивные треки старых и новых "друзей" лейбла.



EN: With the past CMI-sampler successes, The Absolute Supper (now sold out) and Flowers Made Of Snow (few left!), we've presented the spine of Cold Meat Industry, each time together with a few new talents. This time we go the other way around presenting new friends and talents, together with a few oldies. The overall atmosphere and tone is dense, decadent and atmospheric. A total of 74 minutes of dark-ambient-martial-pop-industrial - a proud collection of refined decadent "funeral" songs, presented in a beautifully blackened digipak with 12-pages booklet presenting each bands with images and a last farewell.... All tracks previously unreleased.

Line-up:
ATRIUM CARCERI, :GOLGATHA:, ROME, BEYOND SENSORY EXPERIENCE, MEDUSA'S SPELL, DECADENCE, COPH NIA, HRAFN, ALL MY FAITH LOST..., STORMFAGEL, PIMENTOLA, THARMAPSAL, LETUM, FOUNDATION HOPE, FOR GREATER GOOD.



FOUNDATION HOPE The Faded Reveries CD

RU: Новая пластинка довольно новой группs. Ее дебют A Call To All Redeemers выходил на French Divine Comedy Records. Теперь вот группа переехала к Карманику. Послушаем. Вроде dark ambient.



EN: FOUNDATION HOPE was formed in 2003 by Joep Smaling. Trying to reflect the sharp contrast between religious/illusory thought and the crudeness of everyday reality and mankind musically. At the same time it is a question on what the fundaments of our hope are, in times when not only parts of the world are at war or otherwise suffering, but also wealthy individuals in western secularised civilisation seek relief in anti-depressants and are aware of the hollowness of consumerism and hedonism, living in a world gone mad without the belief in a purpose to it all.
This was the basic, albeit somewhat pretentious, idea behind the project. Luckily, music speaks no language and can induce mood and feeling directly. So listeners might as well abandon the whole idea behind Foundation Hope and interpret the drones, strings, melancholic tunes, confusing vocal-samples and cinematic moods as they wish. May the aural presence of Foundation Hope bloom in their heads and cause whatever it causes. Music is, after drugs, the strongest weapon when it comes to mood-engineering. The material has been mastered by Peter Andersson.

Coming soon : Готовятся к выходу



ATARAXIA Paris Spleen digi-CD



DEUTSCH NEPAL Erotikon digi-CD


ATARAXIA



RU: Немного новостей от одной из самых влиятельных команд андеграундной музыки нашего времени.
Во-первых. Некие The CircuZ KumP уговорили ATARAXIA принят участие в авантюре - записать концептуальный альбом Paris Spleen, посвященный cabarets macabres, парижскому декадансу начала прошлого века. В музыкальном плане это безумный фолк с аккордеоном, тромбонами, маршевыми барабанами и цимбалами. В общем, нас ждет нечто совершенно новое. Более подробно о концепции релиза Paris Spleen можно узнать на сайте группы.
Во-вторых. К февралю 2007 года обещают еще один новый альбом Kremasta Nera CD
. Он посвящен Белой Богине острова Samothrace. Триединая Богиня покровительствовала Земле, Ночи и Вечному циклу природы. Для того, чтобы стать инициированным неофит должен был пройти девять ритуалов. Девятый ритуал не имел названия и был тайной. Kremasta Nera - водопад, падающий с высокой скалы в море. Альбом обещает быть логичным продолжением традиционного звучания команды. Его выход задержался из-за того, что неожиданно концепция работы не уместилась в 9 запланированных треков.
В-третьих. Известный воронежский лейбл Shadowplay готовит к изданию двойную пластинку Sous Le Blanc Rosier с лучшими песнями команды. Два трека эксклюзивны. CD выйдет в 2007 году. Кроме того, ATARAXIA примет участие в сборнике лейбла.

EN:

ATARAXIA + MADAME BISTOURI + C i r c u Z K u m P proudly present
Paris Spleen CD
A Folksy Horror Music Show
out in November 2006 by Cold Meat Industry

Kremasta Nera CD
out in February 2007

Sous Le Blanc Rosier double best of CD
out in 2007 by Shadowplay


Heidenvolk



DARKWOOD Notwendfeuer CD

RU: Новый альбом прекрасной немецкой неофолковой команды обещают к концу года. Он будет посвящен Юности и Огню. Очень хорошая новость.



EN: The new DARKWOOD studio album will presumably be released around the turning of the year.
This CD in a very folkish vein presents 10 new tracks dedicated to Youth & Fire.


Ahnstern

ALLERSEELEN/SANGRE CAVALLUM Barco Do Vinho CD in 6-side digipack

RU: Вышла, наконец, совместная работа Герхарда и восхитительной португальской группы SANGRE CAVALLUM. Очень люблю. Осталось отслушать. Barco do Vinho означает "винный корабль". Такие перевозили бочки из виноделен Галиции (Северная Португалия) в город Порто, давший название сорту вин - портвейну. Диск содержит четыре эксклюзивных трека португальцев и четыре композиции австрийца. Все желающие могут приобрести и лимитированную версию релиза с бутылкой вина. Портвейна, очевидно.



EN: Barco do Vinho is the Portuguese word for Wine Boat - the boats that in the past brought the barrels of wine from the vineyards in Callaecia (Northern Portugal) on the river Douro to the town of Porto. The CD features four exclusive songs by the Northern-Portuguese group Sangre Cavallum and four exclusive songs by the Austrian group Allerseelen - ancient and traditional but at the same time brand-new avant-garde music, somewhere between apocalyptic folklore and psychedelic rock. Poetical songs about wine taken down rivers with crews of strong men, floating down throats with crews of sparkling spirits. Inspired by the vineyards that welcome the sun bringing character to grapes. Then a silent darkness, a timeless life inside oak barrels turn wine into flavoured blood for a toast between men and nature.
Ahnstern/Steinklang are selling this CD for the low price of Euro 8.99: Also available a very special limited edition of 100 wooden boxes containing the CD and one bottle of wine.


Punch




ELLI RIEHL
Das Brauen der Feuerwolken digipak CD
Das Brauen der Feuerwolken + Alraun - 2 CD-Set (Limited edition)

RU: В общем, дожились! Punch издает black metal... какой-то немецкий... пускай даже супер-хороший... но на Punch! Приехали.



EN: Elli Riehl, the mysterious german band, has finally come back! During the latest two years they have lived well hidden into the dark woods in silence and contemplation, in harmony with the wood's soul and its little black demons, the band decided to come out and back to us, bringing what they learnt, saw, heard, and to share (almost) everything with us.
This exoteric experience has been testified thank to two new obscure albums: Das Brauen der Feuerwolken and Alraun.
Das Brauen der Feuerwolken - A worrying travel deep inside the darkness of the woods, an emotional journey into gloomy cold soundscapes with sinister tales recited by a sinister goblin. 12 tracks of pure dark-ambient, and experimetal black-metal! Comes in beautiful digipak including a 28 pages booklet with ALL lirycs in german and english too!
Alraun is the pshychedelic result optained by Elli Riehl, mixing their spiritual experience with hallucinogen wood's mushrooms. This work is composed 99% using voices-chorus and natural sounds only, no instruments has been used here!!!! 10 tracks of real experimental dark-ambient, where the ancient wood's voices speaking directly to you. A pure ritual experience that will stifle you into a cold vortex of unknowleged energies.


6 COMM

HEADLESS Let the Moon Speak Double CD

EN: Patrick Leagas one of the original members of DEATH IN JUNE has returned to release his first album for 17 years under his solo project name 6 comm. The double album 'Headless' and 'let the moon speak' is composed of dark brooding beautiful songs, other worldly soundscapes and magical expeditions in the form of percussion and vocal breath repetition. Songs based on devils, angels, the moon, self-critical analysis and paying homage to the work of Gurdjief and elemental worship. The shy pagan multi-instrumentalist and vocalist has return with gem of lunar music, which cannot be categorized easily. With a voice that reaches both depths and heights in musical pitch and emotion.

www.hagshadow.net


Diophantine Discs

SSHE RETINA STIMULANTS Heaven 39 2xLP

EN: Thirty-nine tracks of experimental industrial noise, carefully constructed from feedback, drones, and other electrical disturbances. Though recorded in 1997 following the Heaven's Gate mass-suicide, it has been delayed due to a variety of reasons. We are pleased to present this stormy and unsettling hour-long work as a three-sided LP, limited to 139 copies and wrapped in a purple sheet with large insert.
Sshe Retina Stimulants, the project of P.NG5361.B (Paolo Bandera of Sigillum S) has been active since 1994, releasing many experimental noise albums on labels such as BloodLust!, Old Europa Cafe, Self Abuse, G.R.O.S.S., Ant-Zen, Slaughter, etc. In addition, he has collaborated with numerous artists including Aube, Mark Solotroff, Bad Sector, and I Burn.

http://discs.diophantine.net


Так проходит земная слава...

RU: Думаю, все поклонники World Serpent будут обрадованы этой новости - в сети снова появился домен www.worldserpent.com. К сожалению, он имеет мало общего со старой музыкой... время расставило точки над i.


Ant-Zen



ULTRA MILKMAIDS Pocket Station CD

RU: Известный немецкий лейбл издает новый альбом ULTRA MILKMAIDS. Как ни странно это звучит, но Ant-Zen приготовил пост-рок, и никакого шума.



EN: This new release entitled 'pocket station' is the logical sequel to 'pop pressing'. The band itself classifies the u.m. sound as 'hypnotic and melodic rock'n'roll' - which might look a bit vexing. sure the instrumentation could be used by a 'rock-and-rollband': acoustic drums, electric guitars and bass. however, the use of the sampler and gbf-moog system mentioned in the booklet stops any comparisons to the rock genre.
What we have here is a truly fine mixture of post eighties experimental rock (in all its varieties) - augmented with the sound ingredients the milkies are well-known for. 'less drem' with it's long sallow synth line followed by psychedelic backwards-guitars and irritating clicks is a perfect example of u.m.'s ability to mold 'unreasonable' styles into one. there is always a surprising continuation within their songs - 'my star' could be a velvet underground cover (with the residents' vocalist as a guest), but in the end the synth takes over - and believe me, this is not a hawkwind tune... so try this release, let it take over. it might be possible that you will discover new worlds by entering seemingly 'old' ones. file this album wherever you like...



GENEVIEVE PASQUIER Virgin Pulses CD

RU: Если вам пришелся по вкусу недавний альбом этой всбаламошенной барышни, то у меня для вас хорошая новость - на CD выпущен сборник редких вещей GENEVIEVE PASQUIER! Что-то взято с винилов, что-то с компиляций, что-то вообще не издавалось. Щастье есть, оно не можэт не есть.



EN: GENEVIEVE PASQUIER's debut cd 'soap bubble factory' introduced this outstanding artist to listeners who do not have access to a record player (having a vinyl collection isn't expected anymore). now, after countless customers' requests, both geneviйve and ant-zen are presenting g.p.'s finest vinyl tracks on compact disc (for the first time). what you will find is the complete 'virgin thoughts' lp, three 7" tracks, 'fairy tale' from the split-10" with bastards of love, g.p.'s 'in stahlgewittern II' compilation contribution - and the previously unreleased ' blitzkrieg baby' (part 1 and part 2). the style ranges from distorted noise-influenced industrial ('don't think i am...') to dark electro beats ('pulse'); also included is her take on a pop tune ('today the disco'). this retrospective shows geneviйve's artistic variety right from the beginning. the mastery of many electronic sound facets, combined with her exceptional voice - claiming, alluring, repelling, suspicious - was and will be g.p.'s trademark. all of this is perfectly displayed on this truly fine release.



S:CAGE Madness Turns To Glass CD

RU: После двух лет молчания музыкант по имени Stephen Seto возвращается. Новый альбом S:CAGE называется Madness Turns To Glass. Среди вкусностей альбома - трек Sprawling, Endless Cities..., на котором участвует Cordell Klier.



EN: It has been two years since 'remote' and now s:cage has returned with 'madness turns to glass'. with this release stephen seto has achieved the emotional response that he is known for; accomplished via his unique mixture of melody, aggression and iciness. that is, he has continued on the path he started with his debut. what's astounding in s:cage's work is the ability of mixing various moods through the assemblage of sounds. there is beauty and aggression at the same time but there is no disruption; which is perfectly exemplified by the13+ minute track, 'madness'. a kaleidoscope of melodic keyboard lines, enriched with disturbing samples and sudden broken beats - it could be the symphony of an awakening megalopolis; a million individuals living their daily lives at the same time. rhythm is ever present in s:cage's compositions, but rhythm is not just a carrier of a 'beat' - in 'collapsing breath', the structures change constantly, keeping the mind and ear busy. the manipulated voices seto collected are never overbearing, they are a part of the instrumentation. as seen by cordell klier appearance as a guest musician and vocalist in 'sprawling, endless cities'. in s:cages sound space nothing is as it seems - take 'vapour', a dreamy soundscape where voices from the real world and fast rhythmic textures interfere and affect the dream. when the record is over and 'madness' has finally turned to 'glass', you will realize that you have to take another listen right away. so that you can get a deeper understanding (and pleasure) of this work.



M2 Nyx CD

RU: Mathis Mootz, более известный как "квадратный метр" возвращается с новым альбомом. Не так уж и давно он издал прекрасную dark ambient работу, и вот - новая глава в творчестве. Сам музыкант уверяет, что Nyx - лучшее из всего, что он написал до сих пор. Альбом посвящен греческим богиням, собственно, их именами и названы треки.



EN: Following the fantasy influenced 'war of sound', the exotic 'aswad' and the haunting 'frozen spark', mathis mootz produced his latest concept work, 'nyx' (night). 'nyx' is not only the album title but it's also the ancestral name of the eight greek goddesses and gods that are the inspiration for the track titles.
mootz says that this work "is the most satisfying squaremeter release since i started the project". the name of the first five mythological statures characterize an attribute for which they stand for: vitiation (moros), death (thanatos), sleep (hypnos), discord (eris), retribution and revenge (nemesis). the last three tracks are named by the moires (goddesses of faith): klotho, spinning the thread of life, lachesis who decides this thread's length and atropos who cuts the thread relentlessly. nyx and her descendants represent the dark regions of greek mythology - self-evidently 'nyx' is the aural implementation of what these figures stand for. the deep drones, bass pulses and disturbing soundscapes seem to originate from some otherworldly region and worm their way through the listener's psyche (and into nightmares). often, releases of this genre have a cold icy mood but the spirit of 'nyx' is red-hot - even when the deathless long pauses occur within the tracks. except for 'nemesis' no rhythmic structures will be found here as an anchor. time itself seems to be invalidated, experiencing this album will be as if you slipped into a black hole for an eternity. this is like watching waves crash against rocks in slow motion: there's a sense of movement and development, but it's almost as if that development is taking place on a grander time scale than what we are able to grasp. truly epic and massive: enveloping and cleansing, the sound of tectonic plates colliding.



HYPNOSKULL Panik Mekanik CD

RU: Patrick Stevens и его HYPNOSKULL, одна из ключевых фигур андеграундной танцевальной сцены, ассоциируемой с Ant-Zen, возвращается со своим новым альбомом. Обещают, что музыкант подготовил подпрок не тольком своим старым полонникам, которые любят жесткие биты, но и тем, кто предпочитает музыку поразнообразней. Впрочем, эксперименты в звучании команды начались не вчера, поэтому каждый, кто знаком с группой, знаком и с этими трансформациями. Ждем!



EN: If HYPNOSKULL's recent work could be defined in a word then 'diversification' would be the word. he has always been an open minded human being and who collaborates with musicians of all genres. patrick stevens has moved far beyond the 'hardcore' corset he is still associated with. stevens' self-concept doesn't care about 'boundaries' of any kind. Panik Mekanik perfectly displays that there are no reservations whatsoever in p.stevens' work. on this album you will find a large variety of styles, ranging from heavy breakbeats and drum'n'bass to dark hop and even ambient and soundtrackish tunes. but in each and every note you recognize that it's the unmistakable hypnoskull. fast break-attacks like 'the self detonation device' and 'in thee air' - that's patrick as you might know him from his' high-energetic live performances. 'mekanodruggembryo' or 'basement alpha mission triggerz' show the dark, moody hypno-side - and these tracks only show a few facets... it took a long process of selections, queries and adjustments to finalize 'panik mekanik', but as always the effort was worth it - the end result being a fantastic piece of work. this is undoubtedly the best hypnoskull album so far - now it's your turn to evaluate!



NEBULO Kolia CD

RU: NEBULO - проект французского музыканта Thomas P, который поначалу учился на художника, но "обрел себя" в музыке. Обещают нечто в духе GRIDLOCK.



EN: French composer thomas p. (age 25) started as a visual artist. he studied at two art schools and as a visual artist he sees himself more as a 'graphic illustrator' than as a painter. now he has decided to work seriously as a musician. his attendance of electro acoustic composition courses at the bordeaux conservatoire radically changed his musical point of view. of course he knew of artists such as THE APHEX TWIN but the classes introduced him to the academic world of musical avant-gardism. prior to these classed he would have called this music 'just noise'. thomas received his degree in 2005 when he completed his composition, 'mecalangue'. however, he has to finish two more compositions to finally get his diploma. music is also his daytime job as he works for a sound design agency. he creates sounds for different types of media (such as radio, software or web pages). eventually he hopes to be able to compose film soundtracks - especially since his interests are still in visual arts. thomas's early musical influences range from erik satie and beethoven to serge gainsbourg and the beatles. when he was 18, he discovered aphex twin, amon tobin and squarepusher - which turned him on to electronic music. at the age of 19 he started to make own music with a 4-track recorder and later with a computer. as an open-minded listener he also likes other styles - from post-rock to triphop to breakcore. his interests in movies and literature are, as he describes it 'a dark aesthetic': david lynch, david cronenberg, stanley kubrick, h.p. lovecraft, william s. burroughs, e.a. poe, franz kafka and more. working as a musician, thomas sees himself more as a 'composer' than as a 'performer'. his aim is to create music that elicits strong feelings and makes the listener's mind travel inside imaginary landscapes. on the other hand, he wants to keep his music outside the academic ivory tower - so he uses beats or memorable melodies within his compositions. listening to nebulo should be like experiencing a story - that is, both sweet, melancholic and violent.
Kolia shows thomas's skills in the creation of moods - electronica as a skeletal structure, enriched with a large variety of rhythmic patterns; from slow downtempo beats to fast breaks. chords and harmonies make sure that the tunes are recognizable and unique. finally, the economical usage of samples in the musique concrete tradition complete nebulo's concept perfectly. this might be europe's response to well acknowledged acts like lusine icl or the late gridlock. especially if their sound was melted with the deep red flavour of an old bordeaux wine and the playfulness of french tin toys.


LOKI



HERBST9 From A Dark Chasm Below CD

RU: Переиздание классического LOKI релиза в "новой" улучшенной версии.
Кроме того, LOKI планируют устроить совместно с Cold Lands небольшой фестивальчик в Москве. Подробнее смотрите в анонсах концертов.



EN: The legendary and long deleted first album now finally available again in a remastered version!
Complex, textural ambience, consisting of layer upon layer of kinetic, luminous tones and ephemeral nuances of time. Nearly 70 minutes of finest ritual ambient music, mesmerizing rhythmic percussions with deep and sonorous dronings. Herbst9 construct sonic rituals gleaned from the ruins of minds scraped hollow and left to decay while the natural sound stands with this release and the archaic motives developing visionary sequences.


(t)reue um (t)reue



ICH WOLLTE, ICH KONNTE In Memoriam

RU: Я с большим недоверием отношусь к этому лейблу, который издает всякую ересь для коллекционеров. На этот раз вышел лимитированный винил сайд-проекта WERMUT. Вряд ли нас ожидает что-нибудь приличное.



EN: Here comes the long-awaited first album by WERMUT’s side-project ICH WOLLTE, ICH KONNTE, originally planned on the now defunct label Invasion Planete. Just as “Musique Au Metre”, “In Memorian” is a work of re-interpretation essentially based on instrumental pieces by the obscure new-wave artist Johanna Liebhart, re-arranged and put to words by Laszlo P.S & Sofia E.R.. Nine deeply melancholic cold-romantica-electro songs exploring the themes of martyrdom and sacrifice, and the fading glow of distant golden ages. So pour yourself a glass of French wine, allow your mind to drift back in time and dance in the darkest night before the mirror of your soul.



UNIDAD SASAO The Skin I’m In

RU: Еще одна коллекционная безделушка с привычным набором коллекционных участников: J. Weber, Severin Bestombes, Demian (O PARADIS) и Sofia E.R. (WERMUT).



EN: Three years after his acclaimed solo debut on Nekofutschata, Novy Svet’s long-time collaborator Tristan Sasao finally returns to show us a definitely more electronic facet of his unpredictable talent. A crystalline seance in prog-elektro disguise, “The Skin I’m in” is a truly unclassifiable album which addresses both the body and the mind, playfully swaying between post-cabaret electronica, freaked-out analogue breaks and acid chill-out ditties. A masterpiece of modern experimental electronics, expect nothing but genius! Featuring collaborations with J. Weber, Severin Bestombes, Demian (O PARADIS) and Sofia E.R. (WERMUT).



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L.White Records

RU: Известный немецкий шумовой лейбл L.White Records завершил свою знаменитую серию FREE SPEECH. В этой серии изданы альбомы всех самых влиятельных power electronics музыкантов: SEKTION B, THE GREY WOLVES, CON-DOM + ACL, IRIKARAH, SURVIVAL UNIT, STROM.EC, GRUNT, SLOGUN, RASTHOF DACHAU.



EN: FREE SPEECH complete now! New: LW27/7 SEKTION B, LW27/8 THE GREY WOLVES, LW27/9 CON-DOM + ACL.
Also awailable first 6 CD's:
LW27/1 IRIKARAH
LW27/2 SURVIVAL UNIT
LW27/3 STROM.EC
LW27/4 GRUNT
LW27/5 SLOGUN
LW27/6 RASTHOF DACHAU


Stigmata

RU: Уезжаю в Вильно на фестиваль Nordik Audio Modern, а перед этим, как и обещал, выкладываю новую порцию рецензий: WINTER DOME Weltem Dammerung, EINSAMKEITBORG Der Letzte Blick Zuruck, LETUM Broken, ROME Berlin, ORPLID Sterbender Satyr, MAJDANEK WALTZ Холод, ROSEWATER Bloodcount, HEIMATAERDE Kadavergehorsam, INADE Samadhi State, FIRST LAW Chaos Structure. Следующая порция рецензий, как и репортаж из Вильно, - в ближайшее время.
Кроме того, наш сайт приглашает к сотрудничеству людей, желающих популяризовать экспериментальную музыку. Ищем региональных представителей, которые бы освещали местные музыкальные мероприятия, писали рецензии и делали интервью с группами. Нужны представители в странах Балтии, России, Украине... везде! Даже в Беларуси. Все заинтересовавшиеся - пишите на адрес stigmata <@> tut.by.




SmallVoices



URANIUM USSR 1972 Avarie CD box-set
Angelo Bergamini (KIRLIAN CAMERA) Solo-project
Including: Avarie digi-CD, UU1972 official t-shirt, UU1972 official pin, UU1972 official sticker and UU1972 post-cards set.

RU: KIRLIAN CAMERA в представлении не нуждается, точно также как в нем не нуждается Ангело Бергамини, лидер проекта. На этот раз Small Voices издали дебютный диск сольного проекта Ангело, причем этот релиз вышел в двух вариантах: коллекционном и обычном. В коллекционный вариант входит майка, наклейки, значек и прочая ерунда, необходимая для привлечения внимания фетишистов.


EN: A chapter apart in the history of ambient-trance music to be signed by Kirlian Camera’s Angelo Bergamini: intellectual and proudly anti-intellectual at once, able to evoke strange and sometimes nervous alien urban worlds. Intimately powerful and innovative, this long awaited UU72 “opera prima” is a successful combination of new electronic horizons and retro vintage machines reaching a personal language, not paying any debt to any “experimentalists” in particular. Once again, Bergamini surprises us with a brand new idea, going to give life to a restless and rainy scenery made of extreme solitude, alienated rhythms and touching moments, all permeated by an unusual and fair sense of black humour. If one would like to listen to real “songs-of-the-machines” with no useless old-school attitude, this is the best direction to drive to!!!


Cold Meat Industry



RU: Широко разрекламированная виниловая версия последнего альбома команды снова задерживается.



EN: ORDO ROSARIUS EQUILIBRIO Apocalips DLP has been delayed again....



ROME Nera digi-CD

RU: Три месяца назад вышел сингл, предварявший дебютный альбом люксембургского проекта ROME. Думаю, немало любителей качественного мартиала нашло его достаточно вкусным для того, чтобы с интересом ожидать полноформатную работу. Итак, вот оно! Блюдо обещает быть роскошным. Да, рецензия на сингл Berlin в нашем разделе рецензий.



EN: After a highly praised mini-CD, Berlin, released on CMI only 3 months ago, the interest for this newcoming martial pop act has been immense. And ROME delivers! Already featured in French magazine D-Side, as well as the German magazines Sonic Seducer (2nd place in soundcheck), and the upcoming issue of Orkus. ROME was founded in 2005 as a main output for the songs of Jerome Reuter, Luxembourg.
Long time since a debut album was so eagerly awaited as by ROME, and Nera, which is the title of this brilliant piece, is "black" indeed. The atmosphere weighs heavy on the soul - a burden of flowers. However, ROME manages to include warmth and affection in its cold world of steel. The main characters in this language of lurking are defeated men - not unschooled by pain - in seedy places. ROME songs are full of citations, abstractions and ideals. The marching and counter-marching of doubtful armies luring our love away, with licit grace, icy and bitter irony. Gentle phantasms of desire. The reversal of sympathies. The aspects of eternity, spiritual hunger, treachery and corruption, shame and honour - being more than mere traps for the unsophisticated. These are some of Nera's interlocking themes in a world scorched by the wastefulness and cruelty of war.
Nera is the meticulous patience of rage. Get it now and make it your friend, before it devours you.
Presented in another beautifully debossed digipak!



FOUNDATION HOPE The Faded Reveries CD

RU: Проект FOUNDATION HOPE существует с 2003 года и его единственного участника зовут Joep Smaling. До сих пор музыкант был известен своим альбомом на Divine Comedy Records, который вышел в начале этого года. Кроме этого альбома у FH выходило несколько самиздатовских дисков. Насколько я понял, нас ждет нечто атмосферное типа dark ambient. Ждем.



EN:FOUNDATION HOPE was formed in 2003 by Joep Smaling. Trying to reflect the sharp contrast between religious/illusory thought and the crudeness of everyday reality and mankind musically. At the same time it is a question on what the fundaments of our hope are, in times when not only parts of the world are at war or otherwise suffering, but also wealthy individuals in western secularised civilisation seek relief in anti-depressants and are aware of the hollowness of consumerism and hedonism, living in a world gone mad without the belief in a purpose to it all.
This was the basic, albeit somewhat pretentious, idea behind the project. Luckily, music speaks no language and can induce mood and feeling directly. So listeners might as well abandon the whole idea behind FOUNDATION HOPE and interpret the drones, strings, melancholic tunes, confusing vocal-samples and cinematic moods as they wish. May the aural presence of FOUNDATION HOPE bloom in their heads and cause whatever it causes. Music is, after drugs, the strongest weapon when it comes to mood-engineering. The material has been mastered by Peter Andersson.
FOUNDATION HOPE released its debut album A Call To All Redeemers on the French Divine Comedy Records in January 2006. Recently also two tracks appeared on the Book-cd compilation Pere Lachaise (Divine Comdey/Steinklang). Before the debut, two promos were made, respectively titled Broken Sounds Set To Despairing Melodies and The Forsaken Playgrounds. Both are sold out.

Coming soon this year :: До конца года CMI планирует издать:

V/A All My Dead Friends CD, cmi160. Featuring: ATRIUM CARCERI, :GOLGATHA:, ROME, BEYOND SENSORY EXPERIENCE, MEDUSA'S SPELL, DECADENCE, COPH NIA, HRAFN, ALL MY FAITH LOST ..., STORMFAGEL, PIMENTOLA, THAR MAPSAL PROGRAM, LETUM, FOUNDATION HOPE, FOR GREATER GOOD.
ATARAXIA Paris Spleen CD, cmi165
DEUTSCH NEPAL Erotikon CD
PIMENTOLA Misantropolis CD.


Steinklang Industries



V/A The Steinklang Picture Years 1995-1996 4CD-set in 12-page booklet in 7"-size.

RU: Австрийский лейбл переиздает на компакт-дисках целую кучу своих ранних и крайне редких винилов. Полный список групп и альбомов, прошедших "переформатирование" приведен ниже. Сам релиз - 4 CD - продается по цене обычного 2-х дискового издания.



EN: This very special CD-set contains the early Steinklang picture LPs, 10" and 7"es from the years 1995-1996. On these 4 CDs you get the full power of the early, unique Steinklang-Industrial-style. Pure Power- and Rhythm-Noise and tons of clubhits, which filled the dancefloors in European Industrial clubs from the early to the late 90ies of the last century. The originals of these vinyls are impossible to get and very expensive, therefor we present this CD-edition now for a very sexy price, so that also the younger generation can get real 90ies Industrial-Club feeling for a reasonable price.
All music on these 4 CDs is taken from the original DAT- and tape-masters and is remastered to highest quality! More than 4,5 hours of pure Power (exactly 277 minutes) for the price of a regular double-CD!

SK02 ATROX - EKG 7”
SK03 RASTHOF DACHAU In der Strafkolonie 7”
SK04 ATROX Time is now LP
SK08 VIRON Rontgentopogramm 10”
SK10 DKF Schmerzgrenze LP+7”
SK11 IRIKARAH Kampf-Sequenzen LP
SK13 ANDXESION Terra-Torium LP
bonus: DKF Schmerzgrenze / Ubertragung 7” (taken from the exclusive 7" in the lim. 50 Schmerzgrenze boxset)



ALLERSEELEN Cruor 2LP in heavy foldout-cover. Lim. 600

RU: Переиздание старого классического альбома ALLERSEELEN. На этот раз он был подчищен и вышел на двух винилах.



EN: The first CD-album of ALLERSEELEN from 1993 in a brilliantly remastered version on highest-quality double-vinyl! Fascinating organic Ritual-Industrial music about the blood-rituals of the Mithras cult. This vinyl-edition also contains one LP side of early, rare tape recordings from 1989, which were not on the long soldout CD.



DRAPE EXCREMENT / SOLDNERGEIST Black rider CD

RU: Издание ранних непубликовавшихся работ. Кроме CD релиз вышел и на виниле.



EN: Dark and impressive Industrial-Electronics in classical style mixed with dronning and pulsating Power-Electronic tracks. Unreleased early recordings from these pioneers of the early 90ies! Cover-art by Fabrice Billard.
Also available as a LP limited to 100.



V/A Somehow they knew... CD / Vrihaspati Recordings

RU: Vrihaspati Recordings - это лейбл Петера из A CHALLENGE OF HONOUR. И он представляет свою новую компиляцию, на которой представлены работы как самого мастера, так и целая плеяда молодых музыкантов.



EN: Vrihaspati Recordings is the label of Peter Savelkoul, the leader of the famous Martial-/ Neoclassical formation A CHALLENGE OF HONOUR. On his new labelcompilation, Peter compiled a wide variety of all projects, where he is involved in and which are (or will be) released on Vrihaspati Recordings. the song-styles vary from Neoclassical Soundtracks over Martial Hymns and from mesmerizing Folk pieces over trippy Ambient-Tunes, to violent Power-Electronic attacks. All tracks/versions/mixes on this compilation are unreleased and most of them are exclusive for this release!

Line-up: THE ARKWOODS, LAHARIS, PRAETORIO, STRAIGHT MENTAL INSTITUTE, UN DEFI D'HONNEUR, COMTESSE DU NORD, A CHALLENGE OF HONOUR, EX.ZERO, CODE 243, A CHALLENGE OF HONOUR, COMTESSE DU NORD.


The Eastern Front




Eibon



A CROWN OF LIGHT The clearing CD


Autarkeia new releases



GIRNU GIESMES Tiems, kas budi uz slenkschio goldenCD

RU: GIRNU GIESMES, старейший литовский проект, издал свой новый альбом.



EN: Laurynas Jukonis, the author of GIRNU GIESMES project and the pioneer of the Lithuanian post-industrial, has dedicated his ninth album Tiems, kas budi uz slenkschio (For Those Who Keep Vigil Beyond the Threshold) to the next element of the archaic worldview of the Lithuanians, that is, the mythological sagas. To be more precise, it is dedicated to the weird reality functioning in accordance with specific laws in sagas that has been deeply ingrained in human mind from time immemorial. The modern rationalism has not managed to destroy this system until our days. Probably the mythological reality with all its strange creatures can relatively be called the remnant of the evolved shamanism. This is arcane, but not necessarily unapproving worldview of the supernatural world as the dark powers. The latest GIRNU GIESMES album conveys exactly these features. Each track projects a fascinating interpretation of the archaic thinking system in music. Vivacious and a bit eerie music of Tiems, kas budi uћ slenksčio album is difficult to define in terms of music style. Some tracks sound with mysterious psychedelic ambient, while the others reverberate with bizarre broken rhythms and loops. Yet, a strong and interesting mood is undoubtedly created by the rich and professionally compiled sound collages featured in the CD.



NORDIC AUDIO MODERN 2004 DVD-9 (double layer)

RU: Литовский лейбл издал ДВД с записью фестиваля Nordik Audio Modern, на котором выступали INSTITUT (SE), RAISON D`ETRE (SE), DEUTSCH NEPAL (SE), BOCKSHOLM (SE), CLAUSTRUM (LV). Двухслойный диск. Посмотрим! Хороший был фестиваль!



EN: In cooperation with Latvian industrial organisation SEMEMA INDUSTRIAL, AUTARKEIA has prepared a double-layered DVD of the first and major industrial music festival in the Baltics, NORDIC AUDIO MODERN 2004. The most contemporary medium of today contains the full performances of five following projects: INSTITUT (SE), RAISON D`ETRE (SE), DEUTSCH NEPAL (SE), BOCKSHOLM (SE), CLAUSTRUM (LV). The total of nine music projects partook in the festival, however, the rest were not included into the DVD due to a variety of reasons.
Hand numbered limited edition - 500.


Сентябрь September

Stigmata

RU: Медленно прихожу в себя после отпуска. Скоро ждите новых рецензий. А пока - репортаж из Риги с фестиваля Sturm, на котором выступали DIVE и MONOLITH.


Shadowplay



FICTION 8 FOREVER, NEVERAFTER

RU: Потрясающие аранжировки и танцевальные биты, под которые вряд ли кто-то сможет усидеть на месте. Захватывающая смесь танцевального industrial и броских synthpop-мелодий, наличие низкого эмоционального мужского вокала и не менее красивого женского, гармоничная комбинация гитарного саунда, танцевальных мелодий и потрясающих лирических оборотов сразу цепляют слушателя на крючок. Альбом "Chaotica" стал одним из нашумевших альбомов 2000 года и принес группе мировую известность. Практически сразу после выпуска альбома, трэк с него - "Let Go" - стал безусловным клубным хитом, вошедшим не в одну компиляцию.
Почти через три года группа вновь на виду. Теперь уже со своим четвертым студийным альбомом, "Forever, Neverafter", выводящим группу на новые рубежи. Долгожданный альбом может похвастаться более отточенным саундом и скрупулезным программированием. Благодаря текстам, аранжировкам и сочетанию низкого мужского и женского вокалов, этот альбом, безусловно, становится новой вехой в истории группы, при этом сохраняя ту притягательность звучания, которой группа славилась до этого.



NECRO STELLAR Pulsing Zero

RU: Альбом посвящен тайнам времени как уникального феномена, скрытого в отражении и молчании безраздельной пустоты. Абсолютное отсутствие обнаруживает тотальную и безразличную неизменчивость, сокровенность которой представляет феномен времени как игру разлагающегося промежутка, который подобно сломанной игрушке повторяет беззвучно: "NIX - NIX - NIX". Гибель времени устраняет причину и следствие, и само сознание, как выдающуюся мысль о совершенствовании. Сказочное вращение круга абсолютного нуля в концепции данного альбома, предстает как торжество освобождения сломанных часов, которые, отставая и уходя вперёд самопроизвольно и по собственному желанию, открывают невиданное постоянство, заключенное в бессмысленном и неизменном удалении стрелок в разные стороны. Таким образом, вы видите Пульсирующий Ноль, на границе времени и на закате дня. Он остается невидимым центром слияния отражений явлений и действий каждого часа и каждой минуты. Когда исчезает придуманный день и ночь, когда земля и небо свободно движутся во всех направлениях, мир обретает покой и входит в состояние единства.



ROSETTA STONE An Eye For The Main Chance

RU: В 90-х этих тощих негодяев с внешностью вампиров знал каждый уважающий себя гот в любой точке мира. Им пророчили трон, оставленный Sisters of Mercy. И на какой-то момент именно так и произошло. Не по годам талантливые, задиристые, но интеллигентные, позволяющие себе дерзкие новаторские эксперименты со звуком, возглавившие топовые позиции секс-символов готической сцены, они в течение 90-х закрепили за собой звание флагманов британской готики. Название этой группы Rosetta Stone.


Autarkeia



SABLE MOUVANT Bridge That Leads Nowhere CD

EN: SABLE MOUVANT is a music project coming from Lithuanian artist GyS.
The project may be classified as hypnotic drone ambient. The first album titled Bridge That Leads Nowhere perfectly conveys gloomy, melancholic world where the prevailing trends include reduction, extinction and impalpability. Compositions of Bridge That Leads Nowhere are very slow and solid, their monotonic vibes are the source of a weird hypnotic feeling. Here we have live and pulsatile drone ambient where the track names precisely represent their mood best described as solitude and isolation. SABLE MOUVANT music offers a full dose of Gnostic unknowability, cryptic atmosphere. It is best suited for listening in derelict wastelands, while meditating invisible, elemental and indeed pervading supernatural reality that uncompromisingly regulates the evolution of all worlds known and unknown. The album will please anyone who’s not indifferent to the music of Jarl, Troum, Moljebka Pvlse, NWW, Kammarheit.


Steinklang Industries



A CHALLENGE OF HONOUR Where no angels dare to come CD

EN: High quality recording from the very first ACOH live-concert! Here they play their early and very martial style.
The concert was well recorded and a professional post-mastering was done in the Steinklang Studios. The soundquality is 100 times better than the Russian bootleg version and the official Vrihaspati version additionally includes 2 live-versions of the ACOH-hits "Dum pater familias" and "La Legion", both recorded live at the Flammenzauber Festival in 2003.



THELEMA Eldur og Is CD

EN: The soundtrack for a incredible tour around Iceland, accompanied by the Icelandic singer Steindor Andersen, well known for his collaborations with Sigur Ros and Hilmar Orn Hilmarsson (HOH). This album carries you from the deepest vulcanos to the biggest glaciers, guided by catchy music that varies from traditional Icelandic folklore to Epic soundscapes. sometimes the music is rough and wild, sometimes it's smooth and dreamy, just like the country it tells about.



BASTARDS OF LOVE Summer destination mCD

EN: With the Summer Destination EP the electro-wave project BASTARDS OF LOVE finally makes their debut on CD. After several vinyl releases to his credit Tobi Margaux arrives with brand new songs in advance of the forthcoming album "Decadance Royale". "Summer Destination" holds 7 tracks of edgy electronic pop that spans a whole spectrum from harsher beats to emotional upbeat dance tracks. As if that wasn't exciting enough, the EP also features guest vocals by the renowned PSYCHE singer Darrin Huss as well as BPITCH CONTROL recording artist Nora Below. Here are some serious artist collaborations to enjoy combining innovative club beats and dramatic vocals that refer to classic synthesizer Pop of the early 80's while remaining current with the vibe of now. The combination of BASTARDS OF LOVE and PSYCHE on the remake of SOFT CELL's dark classic "Martin" is pure maniacal majesty! Finally after the vinyl output on We Rock Like Crazy and Electronic Corporation, Bastards Of Love has begun blasting their analogue masterpieces direct to digital, and with this EP and following album are certain to appeal to new fans around the world. This is REBEL-ELECTROPOP!



V/A Pere Lachaise CD

EN: A great compilation of dark and neoclassical music, dedicated to Pere-Lachaise cemetery, which is one of the most romantic and mysterious places in this holy world. It's also an unmissable reference in gloomy and cinematic "tragical" culture. Together, Steinklang & Divine Comedy Records are producing a tribute to this worldwide and legendary atmospheric icon. This musical journey is depicted by four top bands (with two tracks each) from the new emerging Dark-Ambiant and Neo-Symphonic scene : HOROLOGIUM; PROJECT WINTER and ARTEFACTUM from Poland completed by FOUNDATION HOPE from the Netherlands. The mood is dark, menacing and epic at time with Horologium being the most martial act. "Paradise One" symbolises a passage from life to death surrounded by fading memories from different areas and destinies. The CD is packed in a beautiful book with full pages sepia pictures by Fabrice Billard, known for his previous pictures and illustrations for DCR releases and bands such as Sonne Hagal. Art and history beyond the graves. Pere-Lachaise is a feeric and beautiful place. A place you'll need a whole existence to know "tous les coins et recoins".