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[mt3cs] Circuit Wound Disruption in Modern Progress c-30 Early recordings from this San Fernando Valley project, using primitive loops and junk metal. skyscraper slowly collapsed gridlock explosion
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[mt11cs] Pedestrian Deposit Damsel c-20 Archive recordings, April 2003; two tracks of dense and unrelenting electronic fury. Recorded live, with no editing.
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[mt15cs] Emptiness / Worthless c-10 A mysterious and isolated, depressed work of white noise and minimal rumble.
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[mt20cs] Werewolf Jerusalem Music for Mass Radio 2xc-60 Early material from this Richard Ramirez project, utilizing static noise created through the processing of vintage radios. As with most of his work, miminal means create maximal results. tenant terrorist couple pop music terrorist tenant has left
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[mt22cs] Pedestrian Deposit Live Lungmotor c-20 More live, in-studio recordings of overdriven electronics and metal abuse. stray threads despite my attempts
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[mt26cs] The Rita Flapper Influence from French Prostitutes c-40 Two sides of his trademark solid and crunchy walls of layered harsh textures, including source material from THE REV on the A-side.
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[mt32cs / CG020] Without Belonging 2xc-10 Impregnable + PD collaborative sessions; recorded in Long Beach, edited in Tulare. Pure overbearing tones -- no pretty moments.
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[mt33cs] Without Belonging Solace c-26 Fierce and unrelenting sheets of density; wall sections with occasional fast-paced fits interrupting here and there. We know where the targets are, so watch out.
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[mt35cs] Emaciator Triumph c-20 The obsession continues; two new pieces, recorded in a hotel room with the shower running. Less vocals this time, more throb.
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[mt38cs] Emaciator Failed c-30 Bleakest Monorail release to date. Complete hopelessness; no way out of it. Recorded under the blue light because it had to be done. Endless pulses of truly dismal electronics for people who want to go down with the ship.
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[mt39cs] Ferveur Noire Prey c-20 Fierce and bold; completely shredding harsh work full of longing and bitterness. Dark walls of lying, cheating, and mind games.
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[mt41cs] everyday loneliness c-12 Mournful collage work of various loops with field recording accompaniment. Minimal; evokes a deep sense of loss throughout. She lives life with only herself in mind. Also for sleeping, drifting, lamenting, mourning . . . happiness is temporary.
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[mt42cs] Emaciator Neglect c-46 Panic attacks re-interpreted through electronic (distress) signals. Wanting to give up, but sustaining, rising and falling. And failing, always. Like digging your hole and burying yourself alive in it.
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[mt43cs] CAEN The History of your Immediate Surroundings c-26 Breathtakingly gorgeous nostalgic ambient drone work to get lost in. Avoiding memories you can't forget. Best played at 4:12am in total darkness. a swell of winter memories sites
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[mt44cs] Evenings Descending Coma c-34 The sound of fire -- incendiary Michigan rumble and clatter, real slow style.
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[mt46cs] God Willing Different and Worse c-15 Filthy oscillator scuzz to make you subconsciously pour a beer on your head. Goes well with an eggsac, or a block of cheese. It's comforting to know that jerk vibe is alive and well out there.
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[mt47cs] Taiga Remains Glass Estuary c-20 No introduction needed; flawless and otherworldy resonant drift for late nights and early mornings through bold eyes. Spending all day in the park staring upward.
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[mt48cs] Without Belonging Forgiveness c-12 Eagle rock sessions, early 2007; heavy lurking and spying on the neighbor girl. Unrelenting and dense from the start, as you've come to expect; lots of alternation between fast and mid / slow pacing, never stagnant. Sleeveless top, shoulder bag, little ponytails, cutoffs.
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[mt49cs] Work / Death Our Quiet Times Together c-20 Self-realizations translated through layers of soft, crackling harsh drones and air-raid signals, vocals underneath. Working on his own, no attention to trends. For laying on the floor this winter. pearly dew drops drops self portrait ...
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[mt50cs] Jewish Uprising Desperate Prince Charming c-6 Half the deep jew crew; modern pigfuck cabal. 2007 reunion session on borrowed gear. Seven songs, six minutes, only document; recorded from at least a fourth generation master. Real life predators, nightly sleaze missions, hands together in a Triangle.
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[mt51cs] Warmth Debbie Downer and We All Follow c-40 From consumption begins a slow, quiet build up over the first side, to the inevitable and dramatic comedown on side two; the realization that it was all temporary and you must repeat again.
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[mt54cs] Rale Golden, sans noun c-34 Highly detailed modular synth work, crafted over several months. sharp, clean drones enveloped by crackling synthesis and abrasive passages, then returning. la's best secret; under-appreciated and fully deserving of your attention. One foot in academia, the other in scum crew.
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[mt55cs] Paranoid Time Pass Out or Die Trying c-20 Raw, harsh grits, beyond the trite wall followers; a distinctive sound amongst blatant, heartless poseurs. Burrowing electronics, feedback, and junk metal abuse for drinking binges into unconsciousness, plus the morning after. massive quantity of horse tranquilizers ... drain my brain vein
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[mt56cs] Aaron Dilloway Mousetrap c-20 Seeing red; swirling tape loops and throbbing synth tones, audible disposal and decay. Classic dilloway in his own zone.
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[mt57cs] Greater Saga Nascence c-34 Secret Abuse / Emaciator collaborative work. Final tulare recordings, march 2008. A-side is epic melodic power ambience; all heavy notes and distinct progressions. B-side is two subtle shifting drone tracks, deprivation. christened cold sky winter / autumn yearning
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[mt58cs] Various Project Housing c-30 Assembled one dick-spitting summer -- completely in the red zone, 'no tomorrow' style. Play this at your next stick-and-poke session, or while you're out ruining other parties. Features Trash Dog, Public Bummer, Cell Block, Snakebite, Rawar, Pukers, Jewish Uprising, Total Abuse, Deep Jew (final recording), Chameleoness, and Marine Rape. Essential l.a. scum / crew document.
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[mt59cs] Lithium Dreams Omega Prism c-34 Subconscious, deep sleep synth journeys and duck calls channeled through the high priest, omega egg -- completely improvised, yet totally fluid; such is the power of the egg. For time travel, magic spells, and webspinning. From the deserts and beaches of space to you. soon, all will bow before the egg.
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[mt60cs] Treetops Eternal Sky c-30 Big Arbor Mike makes an important step forward; his deepest, most focused and personally regarded effort yet, first of many. Slowly building tracks, with clear keyboard tones resting beneath distant background chords and textures. Submerging.
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[mt61cs] Earn Down the Well c-28 An epic achievement -- moving from layered cello (courtesy Scott 'work / death' Reber), to blissed-out post-shoegaze guitar, to gritty, dark subtlety; ending with an unsettling document of audio voyeurism. Narrative and honest, true stories.
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[mt62cs] Marble Sky Sway c-20 Winter seclusion from frozen fields. Absolutely flawless and well-paced synth / guitar work -- bursting through thick clouds and shining bright, but always near the darkness. Somewhere, something is wrong; somewhere else, dreams are coming true. standing still bell ringing softly
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[mt63lp] Infinite Body / Emaciator Split LP Saturated harsh melodicism from I.B.; two tracks bridged by a solo voice recording. Synth driven by the human voice; screaming to make beautiful tones. Emaciator side is a dense, dense drone of older / early style throb getting submerged by layers upon layers of guitar drones and keyboard melodies -- finally wearing down to an optimistic close. and will it matter butterflies
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[mt64cs] Emaciator Appease c-22 Most recent solo recordings of interweaving guitar and synth patterns. Very delicate work, mixed as such. Recorded in a storm, focused as ever; scars to prove. not knowing, but knowing may we transcend
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[mt65cs] Terrors Inequipoise c-30 A special release. Song-based bedroom folk with occasional collage and noise. Recorded to tape with a strange warmth / distance that i've never heard in anything before. Reverb chamber. Dark and dour songs from the window; perfect sunday morning bed music. inequipoise (smoke anyway) flail or rust
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[mt66cs] Robedoor Exorcist Blues c-33 Transitional release that sees the group expanding on their previous incarnation with more control and composition. A peak effort of scorched amps and raw hands, voices still wailing in a desert somewhere. magic tar pit ride natural darkness
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[mt67cs] Work / Death Contained In Proper Place Names c-24 Reber can do no wrong. synthesizer processes that reach a near-orchestral level; a rich and multi-dimensional work of pure and emotional noise rarely seen now -- or ever. Still the most unique project out there. in search of sunrise gull deep inland
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[mt68cd] Pedestrian Deposit Austere cd Five years in the making, and the first duo recordings -- a very, very calculated and controlled effort. Moving past the harsh noise cutups but not eschewing them entirely; rather, moving forward to areas of sound collage, music-concrete, field recording and electroacoustic. To be heard as one long piece. The progression continues.
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[mt69cs] Endless Time Coasting c-20 Open air amidst the float. Expertly paced, beach-influenced tonal meditations from Kevin McEleney, with each side developing into seagulls, waves, and the sound of sand beneath your feet. bed of sand warm waves wash over
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[mt70cs] Cloaked Light Creek c-31 A glimpse into the other side; only the most necessary of elements. A dim light shines; a singular focus turns. By the end, the pieces are inside out.
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[mt71cs] Sean McCann A Wind in Their Way c-35 Crisp recordings of heavily layered and processed strings, created with much attention to detail. Flawless ambient compositions; another in a seemingly endless chain of top-quality material from McCann. branch chambers pt. II cathedral of limbs
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[mt72cs] Emaciator Defeat c-35 From the archives -- an older recording from 2007 finally sees the light. Much in the style of 'reflection' and others from the era, with deep keyboard melodies buried beneath near-impenetrable layers of grit and throb; resembling a kind of warped trance-goth by the end. in a past life | righting wrongs
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[mt73cs] Vestigial Limb Now, Voyager c-30 For the past few years, Ray Shinn has slowly been developing and refining his approach to dynamic, old-school 90's style noise blast over several consistent tape releases. This is the next step, progressing from his 'katyn spring' masterpiece -- a 30 minute collage work incorporating layers of psychedelic electronics, junk-noise clatter, tape and lp manipulations, and an ever-present bass guitar undertone. A unique statement for the era.
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[mt74cs] Copper Glove Dead Space / No Power c-26 You know door. If you don't, you'll have to after this. Equal parts 60's diy electronics and post-apocalyptic industrial survival (see also: 'city limits,' future kill'), this is his penultimate work; eight tracks, no two alike. From minimal rhythms to electro-industrial-noise and back, always with an element of tension. Take this into your bunker. hull pressure | eject / frenzied
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[mt75cs] Wether Human Parka c-20 From the 905 tapes camp in Delaware comes this frozen creeper -- a subconscious current of mind / movement / action over both sides; slow burning phased tones that practically unfold themselves. Haley is in deep focus here, channeling something otherworldly into these sides. human parka the brains are a clock
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[mt76cs] Larval Hairs Aedes Flashback double c-45 Two parts form a whole ; four side-long tracks of slowly evolving, ultrasonic minimal tones intended for simultaneous play on separate systems -- only with intent listening and isolated concentration does the detail of these works really become apparent. A new project of mr. scumbag relations. ovum / transform conceal / emerge
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[mt77cs] Emuul . . . On the Origin of Motion c-28 Seattle's Kyle Iman has released a steady string of tapes in the last few months -- all for notable labels such as Digitalis, Stunned, and Blackest Rainbow. This is another great example of his evolving style; melodic, and subtle synth compositions with light guitar accompaniment. With all the right influences, each track creates it's own environment. dbux 300618 three dots (night visions part I)
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[mt78cd] Pedestrian Deposit East Fork / North Fork CD Deluxe instant reissue of the much-too-limited edition Housecraft tape, including two new and previously unreleased tracks; 32 minutes of new music. Reflective of our live sets of the past year and a half. Residing in the netherworld between various genres, as usual. a light through sediment cycle of combustion
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[mt79cs] Lithium Dreams / Starla Dust Split c-20 Final documents of omega egg worship, pre-abduction. A night on the space beach; sleep machines and synths taking everyone to a world beyond dusseldorf. Starla Dust uses synth and found tapes to great effect; conjuring a narrative landscape from some unmade documentary film score.
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[mt80cs] Phantom Pains Obelisk c-32 Eric Haney of SF has been releasing a steady string of tapes this past year on his Beach House label (as well as Accidie). Two sides of dark drift, overtaken and swarmed by distant-sounding noise roar, and even more distant chords. This is dark ambient, expanded, without the cringeworthy cultural baggage.
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[mt81cs] Josh Burke Vista c-23 Past and future meet; underwater melodies drift off between crude and abrupt tape edits. Burke has an uncanny ability to channel the subconscious in great detail -- much more so than others in his field who lack the sentimentality, skill, and / or melodicism. Inspired by the phenomenon of synchronicity.
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[mt82cs] Before, After c-24 Pollard / Borges collaborative sessions; recorded over a year's time, titled in three hours. Most representative of the late Treetops + Emaciator sides of their personalities. Delicate synth tones underneath layers of guitar and tape collage; each person's contributions bringing out the best qualities of the other's. reflection across waves separate
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[mt83cs] Kevin Greenspon Unveiling c-25 Los Angeles' hardest working man at the moment. What may appear to be all bright light soon gets covered by dark clouds. Greenspon combines elements of ambient music, drone, collage and harsh noise, all condensed into song form. Six pieces of dynamic compositions for guitar, keyboard, and tapes.
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[mt84cs] Mirror to Mirror Just Escaping c-30 Melodic synth progressions from Alex Twomey (Jugular Forest) that alternate and entangle with underwater-like tape loops; foreboding, though ultimately optimistic in the end. Recorded a year ago, and still fitting comfortably with his recent efforts (buy 'em). Late night music, like a shooting star over the Anaheim Disneyland sky. through judgment leaving the city
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[mt85cs] Brandon Nickell The World Is A Refuge From Perfection c-23 Beginning with Aemae and now working under his own name, Brandon Nickell has spent the last decade taking cues from nearly all generations of analog and digital sound development and shaping them into a unique, fully realized vocabulary all his own. The compositions here are fluid, all captured with impeccable clarity; bell-tones and intricate layers of overlapping digital and analog synthesis intertwine within the stereo field. Remarkable material by an artist to watch this year.
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[mt86cs] Skin Graft Far Worse c-28 Blocks of tense, disorienting and depraved sound sculpture from Wyatt Howland, who needs no introduction at this point. Crumbling noise, piercing tones and voyeuristic open air recordings conjure up only the bleakest thoughts. There is no way to get clean; truly unsettling work that reaches new conceptual heights for this project.
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[mt87cs] Sky Stadium Setting Vision c-24 Pensive and deliberate, New Jersey's Jeffrey Roman mines a similar approach to that of Mirror To Mirror -- slowly unfolding melodies rife with symbolism. His pieces are the early morning sibling to Alex's night meditations, all upward keys and filter sweeps. One of the more optimistic efforts in the Monorail catalogue. it's tonight skylight in dream time
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[mt88cs] Monsturo CTS14 c-19 David Rothbaum is perhaps the most remarkable composer working in the field of modular synthesis -- and also it's most minimalist. He certainly knows his equipment inside and out; opting to focus on specific sustained tones that gain intensity with a slow burn, rather than the pure showmanship of his contemporaries. Recent live sets have displayed a more chordal quality, and that is highlighted on these two brief tracks of spare, yet detailed tonal works.
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[mt89cs] Droughter Death Charm c-20 Before 'wall noise' simplified creative development for a generation of noiseheads, there were the mid-90's -- arguably the most influential period for many. Without narrowing sub-genre tags, artists created work with substance, heart and soul -- work that was at once monotonous, yet dynamic; dirty and lo-fi, yet clear; primitive, yet detailed -- physical. The spirit of that era is the main influence for Droughter here; using only crude electronics and tape loops, Kevin McEleney looks back, yet doesn't get trapped in a time capsule.
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[mt90cs] Wrong Hole Virgins Go To Hell, Fuck Your Way To Heaven c-15 A new prodigy following in the tradition of Weak Sisters, 18-year old Nial Morgan has been ruling the game in Los Angeles for the past year; consistently one-upping himself and gaining momentum at an astonishing rate. The tracks here display his ability to craft both well-paced harsh noise and dark urban-noir sound collage. An instant, shining classic of noise composition -- and hope for the future at once.
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Not Not Fun Emaciator Coveting LP Coveting collects together five exquisite Emaciator compositions (including two particularly riveting songs that were debuted live at Echo Curio last winter) for a harrowing 40 minutes of troubled solace, crisscrossing suicide guitar lines, and entranced self-reflection. Meditation is a myth; desire does not sleep.
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Hospital Productions / Hanson Records Pedestrian Deposit Fatale CD Meticulously edited harsh electronic noise. Ultra spastic and cut-up sound with passages of truly dismal piano, tape manipulations and drones.
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Inner Space Tender Love / Anemone Tube Split 7" A great split record of organic, dark-ambient / industrial noise from these U.S. and European projects.
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