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SHAPEDNOISE – ‘the day of revenge’ CS
After a series of abstract pounding EPs shapednoise release the first full length of harsh distorted rhythmic electronics from the industrial slums. like acid rain burning holes through dump sites while scavengers pick through trash. edition of 100.

LAUREATE – ‘Minute detail’ CS
Distorted cavernous rhythmic electronic industrial music. focused on physics and atomic particle research. sounds hang and clash somewhere between militia and P.A.L. edition of 100.

VIOLET POISON – ‘Voices from the hell’ CS
After a series of obscure thunderous EPs violet poison release the first full length of rhythmic atmospheric dark cinematic industrial techno from italy. like cold rain on new cars driving down ancient streets. edition of 100.

AMES SANGLANTES/ALBERICH CS
Split tape of rhythmic heavy electronics and harsh industrial noise. edition of 100.

JOACHIM NORDWALL – ‘Psychic Propaganda’ CS
Known for his work in alvars orkester and as the idealist joachim nordwall comes forth with his most claustrophobic recordings yet. heavy blackhole sub bass electronic noise. unstable and shifting beneath the foundations of scrambled information while other x-rays shine through with plotting explosions of light. rhythmic x-ray electronic industrial. edition of 100.

SILENT SERVANT – ‘Negative Fascination’ CS
Tape version of the album. mutations for modern dystopia. edition of 100

AKITSA/ASH POOL – ‘RIPPED FROM DEATH, FORCED TO LIVE AND DIE AGAIN’ LP
Strictly limited split LP of esoteric and violent North American Black Metal co-released by Tour De Garde and Hospital Productions. Four years in the making. Edition of 500.

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Bronze age – ‘Antiquated Futurism’ CS
Tape version of the 12″. epic hard techno. edition of 100.

Christian Cosmos – ‘The sharp lines that delineate his robes’ CS
Tape version of the 12″. soundtrack for judgement of souls. edition of 100.

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PAK – ‘Habibi’ C40
Cover artwork realised by Lauren Pakradooni.
 Sound mastering and text layout by Eric Frye.
 Arabic translation by Hissa Al-Mohannadi.
 Professionally duplicated and imprinted cro2 cassettes.
 Edition of 100 (silver ink on black shells).
 Professionally printed, double-sided, full-color j-card. Lauren Pakradooni’s interdisciplinary work incorporates drawing, printmaking, painting, sculpture, installation, performance and sound. She gravitates towards exploring space, making use of the graphic qualities of print, enveloping character of sound and the literal space of sculpture and performance. Lauren spent 2011 teaching printmaking in Doha, Qatar and in 2013 will be an artist in residence at the Wassaic Project in Wassaic, NY. She received her MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2011. “This tape began as a collection of found tape from the streets of Doha, Qatar. These whole cassette fragments of mostly unlabeled material were edited into handmade loop tapes. The first stage of this project was in an abandoned girls academy in downtown Doha, where the tapes were played through a relic of a PA system. This recording is a compiling of these found sounds with some additions of other cassette loops. It was recorded in Doha, Qatar and briefly in USA.” – Pak

SILK DUNE – ‘Comb’ C30
Cover artwork realised and designed by Eric Frye.
 Professionally duplicated and imprinted cro2 cassettes.
 Edition of 100 (silver ink on black shells).
 Professionally printed, double-sided, black & white j-card. All sound and image by Eric Frye.
 Sketches for modular synthesis.
 Recorded 12.2011 – 12.2012 in stereo, no overdubs.
 “The onto-vectorial matrix of photo-fiction contains (alongside the moment of the ascender or insurrection) a moment of the Trans-, of the transversing of reality or passage via a certain tunnel to the other side, a moment that must be isolated in order to understand the passage of the object (strictly speaking) to transcendence. The Trans- is a specific dimension of transcendence that prolongs the simple vector and makes the object appear. This moment is fundamental in order to give a status to the photographic becoming of ecstasy constitutive to the effective perception of an object. One must make a very particular fate of this ecstatic depth within the phenomenology of the photo, alongside forms and colors, and attribute it to a different destiny than that which it occupies within perception. The perceptual flickering [battement] of before/behind within ecstatic or objectivating experience disappears in the photo, but not completely. It remains virtual as an image of depth or an image of frozen ecstasy, ecstatically-fixed. This flickering of the perception of depth is reduced or condensed rather to the surface itself. The sensation of a relief that the photo still possesses comes from that which, in the completion of the vector, exceeds the vector within a fluttering that is virtualized or crashes into itself. The ecstatic depth or the Trans- becomes a fixed fluttering and is reanimated by the imagination (as soon as it is obviously given an object) and the corresponding photographic capture. Perceptual depth is deprived in-itself in regards to the photo of any depth whatsoever. It is a generic ecstasy of the surface, or an ecstasy-without-ecstasy.” – François Laruelle (Photo-Fiction, a Non-Standard Aesthetics)

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9DW/Smooth Tutors split 12″
4 Song 12inch EP featuring 2 songs each from Tokyo, Japan multi-instrumentalist 9DW and Pittsburgh, PA band The Smooth Tutors.
9DW continues to evolve his sound from the club-jazz-fusion style of his album on Wax Poetics into straight-up disco boogie & house. Smooth
Tutors, on the other hand, are upping their improv quotient from their post-rock influenced beginnings and the precision hard-funk of their
7inch into an extended, soulful jazz-funk session approach. Limited hand-numbered pressing of 350 copies worldwide comes in individually-unique 3-colored hand-stencilled disco jackets. TRY

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Canzana – ‘Santa Catana’ CS/CDr €12/€6
Portuguese duo of electric guitar and baritone saxophone. Music tightly connected with Free Jazz and Noise Rock in their most abrasive tradition. Wild streams of visceral guitar playing combined with saxophone madness. Bruno Silva – Electric guitar, Pedro Sousa – Baritone Saxophone. Santa Catana was recorded at the Kitchen in Trem Azul Jazz Store, Lisbon, February 2013. Special edition (CM011(S)). Cassette housed in a sprayed and hand-painted aluminum foil card box. All hand-made. Package by Tiago Jerónimo. Limited to 15 copies! Regular edition (CM011(R)) CD-R packed in slim CD case. Cover artwork by Manuel Pereira. Package by Tiago Jerónimo. First pressing limited to 28 copies!

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The Darkening Machine – ‘Isolated’
A promenade through the dark creations of the Darkening Machine. A dense wall of vibrant frequencies sprinkled with distant bells that seem to call us for a primitive ceremony.

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various artists – ‘INGWAZ‘
[EN] Split compilation of what can be described as shoegaze, post new wave or experimental indie pop. Tracks by Kacey Explosion, Politesse, Deadbeat Synesthete, Blablarism and White. Curated and compiled by Jari Pitkanen. Artwork photography by Meire Todao. [PT] Compilação do que pode ser descrito como shoegaze, post new wave ou indie pop experimental. Temas de Kacey Explosion, Politesse, Deadbeat Synesthete, Blablarism e White. Curadoria de Jari Pitkanen. Fotografia de Meire Todao.

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STREET GNAR – ‘KENNWICKED’
Gnar Tapes favorite and Lexington, KY’s own Street Gnar returns! Last year’s “Study Wall” was quite possibly one of the most addictive releases we’ve ever issued and we’re immensely honored to offer another top shelf release from this musical mastermind, known by his friends and family as Case Mahan. With crucial past releases on heavy hitter labels like Eggy and Night People, Gnar Tapes couldn’t be more proud to be a part of Case’s essential catalog. While every past release of his has been excellent in its own way, “Kenwicked” (pronounced ‘Ken-wick-ed’; named after the Kenwick neighborhood in Lexington, KY where he records and resides) is quite possibly the most soothing and gentle so far. Soft guitar waves laced over shadowy electronic drum snaps, with Case’s charmingly Southern-tinged and silvery voice, bring to mind the more intimate sounds of 80s Flying Nun records. A few breathtaking and hypnotizing instrumentals provide for deep introspection and mellow mind surfing. Grade A+ songs from a truly mesmerizing songbird.

LOVE COP – ‘EAT YR HEART OUT’
Gnarnia VIPs and dark pop geniuses, Love Cop, return with a flat out essential cassette. Taking everything magical from their first cassette and amplifying it’s appeal by 1000%, this is a true masterpiece. Recalling the best moments of Television Personalities, The Clean, and Factory Records bands like Joy Division and New Order, perfect pop goodness awaits. Fuzzy guitars, jangly guitars, crunchy guitars, dance beats, rock beats, witchy vibes, stoner vibes, it’s all here.These songs were written to stay in your head. No bullshit, just devilish, delightful, delicious pop magic. Pop magic is real. Want proof? Listen to this cassette. The album also features Rikky Gage aka Free Weed, lead crooner in The Memories & White Fang in a guest spot on the dark party groove “Witch of Webs”! Signed copies will be available at their performance at Gnar Tapes SXSW Showcase on March 15th, 2013.

LOVE COP – ‘LOVE/COP’
Gnar Tapes is beyond thrilled to introduce to the world a new Portland duo for the new year. Love Cop are two stoner romantics transplanted from New York some years ago and have been friends of Gnar for awhile now. We knew they were working on a “new project” but had no idea that something of this pop caliber would come so soon. Truly on par with any of the best lo-fi cassettes we’ve issued but totally its own dream. What really strikes you is the feeling and personality that gushes from this exceptional piece of music. Blending classic pop motifs with gothy gazed-out atmospherics and 50’s teen dreaminess; lovely dark magic. This is the real deal!

EMOTIONAL – ‘ICE SCULPTOR III’
Current Gnartist-in-Residence at Gnarnia, member of dream pop trio Melted Toys, and all-around charmer Brian Wakefield aka Emotional returns to Gnar with another cassette of handcrafted lounge-pop nuggets of the sweetest caliber. If you are familiar with the drum machine driven guitar pop of the truly beautiful sound of Meted Toys you will have a faint idea of what to expect. While similar to the new wave digital-age lushness of his main band, Emotional is more tripped out and stripped down, recalling soft and melancholic pop sounds of 80s UK softies Recorded to 4-track cassette while living at the Gnar Tapes house of Gnarnia and released while Melted Toys were on their opening North American tour for Christopher Owens “Lysandre”, “Ice Sculptor III” is the perfect sequel to last year’s critically acclaimed debut cassette, “Feeling”. For anyone down with the now pop sound, this cassette will get you through the Winter to Spring in the way only Emotional can.

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BLOODYMINDED – ‘Gift Givers’ CD
What was the best day of your life? “Gift Givers” is the third full-length release from BLOODYMINDED, and it follows their late-2003 single, “Mothercare,” and their previous album, “True Crime” (2002). Moving on from “crime,” this time the group has placed its focus on numerous other types of obsessive behaviors. A recurring theme, initiated on “Mothercare” (if not hinted at on their first CD, “Trophy”), is self-destructive behavior – particular, but certainly not exclusive to – teenage girls. As the album title hints, such dangerous behavior cuts across both sexes and all ages. “Gift Givers” takes some of its cues from “True Crime,” such as that album’s deep layering of vocals. This time, however, the band takes things a step further by utilizing its international depth – creating a multi-lingual recording with English, French, and Spanish vocals. Hearkening back to “Trophy,” this album mixes 10 songs in the four- to six-minute range with several of the band’s trademark blast songs. An likely unexpected introductory track starts things off, while a middle passage, based on new recordings by special guest Pierpaolo Zoppo (of the pioneering Italian project Mauthausen Orchestra), acts as a curious segue between the central “Pro-Ana”/”Pro-Mia” suite. Another special guest, Michael D. Williams (Eyehategod/Outlaw Order/TEN SUICIDES/Corrections House), adds lead vocals to the key track, “Ten Suicides,” which incorporates a number of true successes and near misses, and which carries the album’s prevalent theme/question. Brian Gaynor, who has worked on numerous BloodLust! recording projects, engineered the majority of the recording sessions and the ultramaximized master, and he co-produced the album with Mark Solotroff, at Alien Soundscapes, Inc., Chicago. Additional recording was completed by the band, as well as by Amadou Sall (Collapse/Treponem Pal), in Paris, France. Veteran BloodLust! designer and former BLOODYMINDED member Megan Emish executed the exquisite packaging — a beautifully re-designed eight panel digipak; Originally released in 2005; Re-released in 2013.

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