SEACRYPT - A Momentary Rift [review]

tides wash away at thee earthen crusts- eroding and drawing back towards thee ancient cold-dark aqueous deep.. hailng from thee Oakland bay area which tenuously awaits it's own submerging; artistes Michael Buchanan: Synth, Guitar, Rhythm, Chelsea Friedman: Synth, Voice, Bell, and Paul Sutfin: Synth, Voice, Flute, Horn; emanate from Katabatik depths with an all too limited deathly-tidal-wave cassette release which draws us dancing ecstaticly into oceanous caverns where thee filtered lights from thee surface entrance dizzyingly- depriving us ov breath whilst submerging us in warm synthesizer currents, visceral minimal sequencings, and dusky- forever so sunless beneath thee deep vocalisations; at times like thee siren's calls/ at times like Poseidon's gothik utterances about sub-aqueous bat-caves/ oceanic cemetary raves full ov mutant mer-volk with tritons [scepters & synths] clanging out thee rhythms ov thee underworld at thee end ov thee seas.. marine life & lifelessnesses tidally nod heads within primordial origin recollective subconsciouses ov tentacular deliriousnesses!!! tether yrselves fastly unto thee masts, or be drawn into thee depths ov Seacrypt!!

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G.P.U. 3 cassette productions

Not much info about this mysterious project hailing from France in the beginning of the 90s. G.P.U. released three good live tapes on the French label Cartel Experimental- all the releases of this label came with color cover sleeves and inset prints with info, and they were releseased as 50 hand numbereed copies. As for the music: this is avant-garde post-industrial mixed with noize and cool improvisations... You might like it, you might hate it... Live recordings which are pretty good indeed... Enjoy the art...fart...ruido sonoro...



G.P.U.-propulsion(C60-live-France-1992-Cartel Experimental)

Track listing:

A - Phase 1
B - Phase 2



G.P.U.-genese(C60-live-1992-Cartel Experimental)

Track listing:

a01-centrifuge
b01-revolution
b02-controle



G.P.U.-Structures-(C60-Cartel Experimental,France-1993)

Track listing:

a01-structure-phase 1
a02-structure-phase 2
b01-structure-phase 3
b02-structure-phase 4
b03-structure-phase 5

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Tem Oph Ab & The End - Split cs - Rarefazioni Uterine - 1998

another piece ov occult mesmerism here from Marco Farina's esoteric elektronikx projekt Tem Oph Ab who hailed from Italy!! cannot say that The End's material does much for me however.. neither side ov thee cs had discernable track listings.. am guessing this may be a love/hate release for some.. do as thou wilt!!

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LVNVS - Untitled - V.I.T.R.I.O.L #8

was effing elated to aquire this extremely rare cassette released upon DeViLs G's olde V.I.T.R.I.O.L cs label!! apparently with thee coupons in each ov thee twelve releases it was possible to redeem for a special 13th cs only obtainable with thee coupons from all ov thee preceding releases.. much ov this occult sonorism tis extremely shrouded in mystery as perchance such esoteric magick should be.. thee lineup for this release by LVNVS included Devis G. [Teatro Satanico], S. Bran, and L. Russolo [Therabaqud Leic]!! effing astounding Italian Crowleyan trancing magnetism!!

Track listing:

A1 Introibo
A2 Copula
B1 Perdurabo

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Vita Ignes : Corpus Lignum - Winter Solstice 2011

in this time ov greatest darkness- when thee presence ov warmth and illumination feels so absent, and the fear ov an ever-increasing void feels so incredibly near; these gifts are offered towards those few seeking their magnificent splendors as perchance tokens ov rememberance for this difficult phase that we must pass through in our journeys towards thee hopefull re-emergence ov thee source ov that which fills thee void and decreases thee cold and darkness- if only for a short bit further along these cyclical paths which perchance spiral inward or away..

tremendous thankx to all who shared their wondrous sonorism and visual art, and extra special thankx to x_one for thee cover art!! please enjoy these cherished gifts kindly offered unto thee!!

be(a)st wishes!!

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01 - Testing Vault - Ghost Cocktails Part 01

"Ghost Cocktails Are Nothing Else But Drops Of Morning Dew, Falling From Dead Flowers, In The Early Winter's Morning".

Testing Vault tis thee projekt ov Italian artiste Dani Alvo [Edgar Allan Fish Memorial Center]!! ov great note recently- tis his astonishing self released City Of The Red Nights which was by far one ov this writer's most highly anticipated releases ov 2011!!


02 - Archétypo 120 - Angel's Fall (Early Instrumental Version)

Archétypo 120 tis thee projekt from Gvimaranes, Callaecia consisting ov artists ANTÓNIO MACEDO, Luís Lisboa, and PAULO MARTINS [Oktober Black, Sangre Cavallum, and contributing writer to this blog ((we are missing thee!!))] this early instrumental version ov Angel's Fall tis a great teaser for their forthcoming album!!


03 - Schattenspiel - Thirst

Schattenspiel orginate from Frankfurt, Deutschland and consist ov members Sven Phalanx and The White Rabbit.. those who have followed their astonishing previous werkx [compared by some to TMLHBAC] know that it tis a great pleasure to have them contribute here for this compilation!!


04 - DBPIT & XXENA - Ley Lines

Italian sound and visual artists D.B.P.I.T. / Der Bekannte Post Industrielle Trompeter [Flavio Rivabella] & XXENA offer us this fantastic droning piece which tis titled for esoteric archaeologist Alfred Watkins's Ley Lines!!


05 - Kenji Siratori - Mutated Requiem

it tis highly dubious that few within thee post-industrial/ noise circles have been capable ov allowing to escape their notice thee incredibly prolific Japanese Cyberpunk author / industrial/noise artist Kenji Siratori.. his collaborative recordings within this community are much too staggering to even begin to attempt to elucidate!! ov highly worthy note as well tis textual collaboration with horror/ sci fi philosopher Eugene Thacker!! one ov thee more scathing contributions for thee comp- Mutated Requiem tis most greatly appreciated!!


06 - Barbarossa Umtrunk - Veilleur, Où en est la Nuit?

Barbarossa Umtrunk tis thee French esoteric martial-ambient projekt ov Baron Von S. who offers us here a song taken from thee forthcoming album on UFA called Der Talisman des Rozenkreuzer:
La Mission Secrete du Baron Sebottendorf. "The track is about Ultima Thule, and the sacred text is taken from a French book of Druidism and speaks in French language about the Watchers of the hyperborean golden age, The Mythic Isle of 4 Masters etc.. then the darkness time of Kali Yuga, our times, when these wanderers of Dawn are sleeping in wait for the Great Ressurection and the Last Battle of the End..." thee artwork was made and tis copyright by Sylvia Polaris!!


07 - Teatro Satanico - With A Gallon of Lysol

very few projekts elicit thee attentions ov this writer as profoundly as those ov Italian esoteric sound artist DeViLs G [Abra Had Abra/LVNVS/Teatro Satanico]!! thee track which T.S. offer here tis an alternative remix of LYSOL- a track that is not included in DISCO CIANCIULLI- one ov their latest releases!!

"the musicK is by Teatro Satanico, while the lyrics are by T.S. Eliot taken from his lesser known "Fragment of an Agon", that had been published as part of the drama-play "Sweeney Agonistes"..


08 - Enigma Astrale - Sforzi Inumani

followers ov this blog shall likely have noticed here previously copious references to thee incredible werkx ov Italian originated/ London based E.A. ghostly collective!! thee info provided for this piece tis as follows:
"recorded on 16-11-2011 in London(U.K.)
personelles=X_one: samples,creation,location and alteration. [[as well as graphix!!]]
R_AFF_;ideas,samples,sequencings and creation.
for this project E.A. means Astral Enigma"..


09 - AC Way - OE22 at the LIGHTING

Oakland, CA based artist Andrew Christian Way [AC Way/ Maleficia/Carrion, Riqis!!] has contributed his magnificent werkx in some form or another to all three ov our compilations thus far, and offers unto us here yet again another fantasticly magick droning piece ov his sonorous werkx!!


10 - United Gods - Khiddul 1 to 3 AM Mix

United Gods tis a magnificent industrial projekt from Budapest, Hungary which was founded by thee artist Peter Kecskés in thee early 90's!! for the purposes ov this recording; thee lineup was:

Drums by XX4 Ahura, premix by Attila Dóra, final mix by P.Aether

thee accompanying piece ov visual art tis entitled: Ignes!!


11 - Cydonia - Nibiru

mysteriously pseudonomynous artiste Guetteur de Lune contributes here werkx ov this new projekt Cydonia; bringing forth stellar & cosmic ambient drones utilising many sounds of space like pulsars etc added with some analog synths and samples of tibetan chants!! the song tis named NIBIRU & tis based upon Annunakis theory of Z.Sitchin and the 12th planet!!


12 - Ethna Morte - A Different Shade of Beauty, the Perfect Shade of Madness

Ethna Morte seek to create a fused style ov musique drawing from many cultural influences in an attempt to eliminate demarcations ov varying territoritialities for a music without borders.. thee piece which they provide here was taken from their self-released album: Sombra de um Mundo atras dos Vidro..


13 - Teatro Grotesco - O Sangue dos Canalhas

Teatro Grotesco tis thee incredible projekt from thee island ov Azores, Portugal's talented multi-instrumentalist Luís Couto [also ov The Joy Of Nature!!] thee effing brilliant piece which he invokes for us here tis a fantastically glitched out Callaecian neo-folk / post-industrial masterpiece!!!


14 - Vilfos - The Crystal

having released previously only unfathomably unavailable one off cs trackx and an untolerably under-circulated 05 demo cdr- thee arid deserts and icy ponderosa forests ov thee territories east ov thee Cascades have seen thee re-emergence from all too long ov hibernation ov this projekt with it's newest creation graciously provided for us: a somber mysterious film-noir reflection!!


15 - Sinyoo - Path To Three Rivers

Cascadian indigenous artist Si Matta [Gathering The Stories/ + Haven +/ elysium+obscura has produced and continues to; an incredible creative opus which has yet to even begin to see thee accolades ov praise which it deserves to see heaped upon it!! in every way possible he has shown incredible unfaltering support to this writer personally- as well as to many others residing in this bio-region.. it tis an honour again to receive his incredible contribution ov trancingly somber sonorous beatific splendor as well as thee magnificent accompanying film workx which he has provided for us this time as well!!


16 - Port of the Sun & Lore - Fever Dream

Cascadian bardic interweaver ov thee natural and mythic Port of the Sun & Lore provide for us here thee febrile somonlence ov their incredible interstition!! their live performances and recorded works stagger, and strike with awe for their timeless engendering ov thee miraculous!!


17 - Paints Of Anima - Silt

Pearson Wallace-Hoyt tis thee organiser for thee annual Seattle Occultural Music Festival, and tis thee creative genius behind thee projekts Paintings for Animals and Thee Source ov Fawnation!! he offers unto us here an incredible piece ov crackling droning experimental sonorism under thee new moniker Paints Of Anima!!


18 - Identity Theft - Shapeshifter

in Hiroshi Teshigahara's cinematic collaboration with Japanese author Kōbō Abe - The Face of Another thee theme ov pseudonomynous identities which take over thee realities ov those who engender them tis dealt with to stunning effect!! thee mysterious personage behind thee projekt Identity Theft tis believed to be known under thee moniker Djynnxx [a terminology similarly mysteriously diagrammed within supposedly Iranian horror fiction author Reza Negarestani's Cyclonopedia: Complicity with Anonymous Materials..?] and presumably may be behind thee Oakland based Katabatik Meta-communications Sound-System and such projekts as Nommo Ogo, Seacrypt, Amorphous Ossiferrous, amidst perchance others..!! Shape Shifting indeed!! if one may even be capable ov holding belief in a world ov faltering appearances..


19 - Elli Riehl - Mann und Frau

Elli Riehl tis a rather mysterious Austrian projekt who have had releases on Punch Productions, Hau Ruck!, as well as their own Wirres Geäst label!! thee piece invoked here: Mann und Frau tis a strange piece ov post-industrial metal and organ werk!!


20 - Badger my Ass Sid - Sunset For the Planetary Observer

as if it were not difficult enough to discern thee personages hiding behind thee masks ov human flesh; when one attires their visage with those ov papier mache Badgers- what are we to really beleive tis happening in our midsts?? effing on point; yet aloof minimal cascadian tekno ov course!! tis this perchance another manifestation ov Adgder Bacid??


21 - Nezzy Idy - Sacrifice

again never failing to show unfathomably appreciated consistent support- Oakland based artist Emit Idy's projekt Nezzy Idy provide us with thee magickally astonishing droning esoteric elektronikx composition entitled Sacrifice!! his most recent album Night Town has to rank as one ov thee be(A)st releases ov esoteric elektro ov 2011!!


22 - RMS - Viscous

one ov thee most sought after Bay Area sound engineers and DJ's Barrett Clark [A:.S.:. /Nuit Hadit!!] provides for us an olde piece from 2004 from his projekt RMS!! one can only hope for days ahead when thee stylus hits thee grooves ov his magnificent esoteric tekno on a vinyl format!!


23 - Yim Tzir - ya-la-re

"Yim-Tzir is a band from the mysterious nation of Dzim-Gool. They know little English, and although they are said to speak German well, I myself do not, therefore communication has proved a challenge. At any rate, they declined to provide any information about themselves, stating that "music will speak for itself... or not". However, they did give me a photograph of an altar they had made. When asked what the spiritual signifigance was, they replied that "it didn't have any"."
-taken from Sigil Media


24 - Lacedon vs. Psychotigen - Sleep the Slain White Bull

with thoughts ov The Face of Another or perchance ov South Korean Director Kim Ki-duk 's film Time and it's themes ov trust when dealing with faces which may not be at all what we perceive them to be; mysterious artists Lacedon & Psychotigen [who ironicly may be rumored to have been forced to abandon his face-mask ov living prawns due to difficulties in procuring live prawns worthy ov sewing to his face..] provide a collaborative piece here which may have drawn influence from thee novel Nightwood by author Djuna Barnes!!


25 - Premortem Rigormortis - Shallow Grave

Premortem Rigormortis tis thee projekt ov Oakland artist Amber Amnesia [Susperium/Kanopic Descent!!] here she invokes thee terminal dirt nap to which we all shall succumb!!


26 - Christmas Family Family Christmas - Gift Wrap Suicide

consisting ov artists behind Premortem Rigormortis and Shroud- this holy-daze projekt offer us this gift from their recent christ m'arse full length!!


27 - DiMenTia - La Maman Regne

magnificent esoteric elektronikx artist Sean DiMenTia [Kanopic Descent/ Cinkrillian Weight!!] offers us here a more minimal elektro piece from his incredibly multi-faceted proejkt!!!


28 - Thee Source Ov Fawnation - Untitled III

Thee Source Ov Fawnation is the vocal electronic music of Bryxan Amsterdam and Pær Svn. Bryxan Amsterdam performs solo as Technicolor Yawn/Dawn/Fawn and is an ex-member of Werewolves. Pær Svn is the creator of the ritual drone group Paintings for Animals and founded the Seattle Occultural Music Festival!!



29 - Take Down The Sun - Weltende

Take Down The Sun is the united sound force of take down UAV [dead since 2010- no one ever noticed anyways..] and Port of the Sun. thee piece which they provide here: Weltende was a one hundred year honorarium to Jakob Von Hoddis and the Neopathetisches Cabaret!! thee initial piece by Von Hoddis references Hailey's comet, the sinking ov thee Titanic, and thee flooding ov thee Paris subways.. a hundred years later after thee initial reading ov Weltende sound sources were drawn from thee 2011 Japanese tsunami, earthquake, and nuclear disaster, a hurricane tearing a freight train in half in thee eastern coast u.s., thee eruption ov Mt. Etna in Sicily, and as well as from a borrowed children's antique musique box.. inspiration was drawn as well from the writings ov Georg Heym!!



Sinyoo - First Light



Sinyoo - Sol (Immersions)

Track listing:

Disk I

01 - Testing Vault - Ghost Cocktails Part 01
02 - Archétypo 120 - Angel's Fall (Early Instrumental Version)
03 - Schattenspiel - Thirst
04 - DBPIT & XXENA - Ley Lines
05 - Kenji Siratori - Mutated Requiem
06 - Barbarossa Umtrunk - Veilleur, Où en est la Nuit?
07 - Teatro Satanico - With A Gallon of Lysol
08 - Enigma Astrale - Sforzi Inumani
09 - AC Way - OE22 at the LIGHTING
10 - United Gods - Khiddul 1 to 3 AM Mix
11 - Cydonia - Nibiru

Disk II

12 - Ethna Morte - A Different Shade of Beauty, the Perfect Shade of Madness
13 - Teatro Grotesco - O Sangue dos Canalhas
14 - Vilfos - The Crystal
15 - Sinyoo - Path To Three Rivers
16 - Port of the Sun & Lore - Fever Dream
17 - Paints Of Anima - Silt
18 - Identity Theft - Shapeshifter
19 - Elli Riehl - Mann und Frau
20 - Badger my Ass Sid - Sunset For the Planetary Observer

Disk III

21 - Nezzy Idy - Sacrifice
22 - RMS - Viscous
23 - Yim Tzir - ya-la-re
24 - Lacedon vs. Psychotigen - Sleep the Slain White Bull
25 - Premortem Rigormortis - Shallow Grave
26 - Christmas Family Family Christmas - Gift Wrap Suicide
27 - DiMenTia - La Maman Regne
28 - Thee Source Ov Fawnation - Untitled III

Disk IV

29 - Take Down The Sun - Weltende

VIDEOS:

Sinyoo - First Light
Sinyoo - Sol (Immersions)

AIN SOPH-Ars Regia(Nekrophile records-Austria-1986-c60).

I expect the followers of this blog shall know already about Ain Soph as well as Nekrophile recs. This tape came out on this amazing label in 1986; at the time Ain Soph were certanily one of the first bands/artists experimenting with magik & electronics---esoteric messages through electronic music. You`ll find here 6 tracks of pure grotesque dark ambient mixing ritualistic sounds, hypno-elements of dreams and nightmares and complex layered structures that are created to deliver magikal elements and ritualistic practice.
Definitely one tape that made history in this scene.
In 1992 Nekrophile Records re-printed it on cd and then it was reprinted again by the French label Athanor back in the 2003 as a deluxe cd which came with a 40 page booklet.
There is an aural pleasure in this tape as well as an obscure sense of dogmatic horror.
you`ll choose what side to explore...

Track listing:

A1 V.I.T.R.I.O.L.
A2 Credo (G. Kremmerz)
A3 Lapis Niger
A4 Honorii Ponteficis Evocatio
B1 Gradalis
B2 Apathanathismos

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MARGARET FREEMAN-Academy Serial(3Rio Art-Belgium-1990-c46)

The music of the project Margaret Freeman is a good mix of old-type industrial with some musical researches coming from the grey area (darkwave, no wave, electropop, etc etc)... Lots of good ideas and musical styles here. Unfortunately I have little information about this band or project that seems to have come from Belgium during the beginning of the 90s, and released this good tape called Academy Serial on the Belgian label 3Rio Art [Personal label of Hybryds] back in the year 1990. I tried using the power of internet to get some info, but Margaret Freeman remains still a mystery to me [other than the lineup having consisted of the artists Pascal Jeannet & Philippe Martineau] --- anybody out there with more info??? this tape is just great anyway...

[note: Side B was composed for a theatre play "Nymphoman" by Thomas Gerdil (14.10.89). Limited to 100 copies.]

A1 Don't Shout
A2 Brother
A3 Who's Addict
A4 Dead Fingers Talk
A5 Motion Picture
A6 Satisfaction
A7 Give You
A8 Tous Les Deux
A9 C'Est Un Piege
B1 Nymphoman No. 1
B2 Nymphoman No. 2
B3 Nymphoman No. 3
B4 Nymphoman No. 4

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