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Gnaw Their Tongues – ‘Per Flagellum Sanguemque, Tenebras Veneramus’ 2×10”
Brutally cathartic, impossibly suffocating… doom and noise with a seriously terrifying cinematic edge. ConSouling Sounds are proud to present this 2×10″ vinyl re-issue of the 2011 album by Gnaw Their Tongues, originally unleashed into the world of the living by Crucial Blast. Finding itself among an extensive discography of pitch black ritual noise chaos, ‘Per Flagellum Sanguemque, Tenebras Veneramus’ is among some of Gnaw Their Tongues’ most affecting work – an apex of dramatic, nightmarish violence where the doomed distortion and clattering percussion intermingle with alien string squeals and hopeless, depraved shrieks.

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HELM – ‘Impossible Symmetry’ LP
Impossible Symmetry is the third full length record by Helm, the project of London based artist Luke Younger. It marks a new chapter in the artists’ canon as it’s his first to be informed by live performance rather than studio experimentation. The recording and engineering was primarily a solo venture, with some technical assistance from John Hannon on a few tracks. Most of the compositions were created out of ideas / improvisations that were conceived in a live context and then fed back into the studio work. The album was recorded over the duration of a year in London with source material culled from acoustic sound sources in a similar methodology to his previous album ‘Cryptography’, whilst also simultaneously incorporating more extensive use of electronic elements and moments of rhythmic dark ambience recalling the outputs from early Coil and Cabaret Voltaire to even Traversable Wormhole’s industrial minimalism. Helm is Luke Younger – a sound artist and experimental musician based in London, working with a vast array of revolving instrumentation and abstract sound sources. Younger’s compositions build a dense aural landscape that touches on musique concrete, uncomfortable sound poetry, noise, and hallucinatory drones. His most last LP Cryptography, presented a five-part suite of expertly rendered electro-acoustic study which uses processed piano, Casio MT-40, cymbal and broken guitar strings. Younger creates a world where these instruments morph into spectral rust, a shimmering klang swims alongside passive noise and the relationship between acoustic and electronic derived sounds forms a solid foundation. This sound is steered through a melange of fringe territories: glacial drone meditations, reconfigured gamelan clusters, and howling walls of organized feedback, all coalesced in a post-industrial fashion with a commitment to homemade exploratory zeal. For the past ten years, Younger has also performed extensively in Europe and the US with Steven Warwick as pioneering avant-drone duo Birds of Delay. The LP is mastered and cut by Rashad Becker at D&M, pressed on 140g vinyl and comes in a poly-lined inner sleeve. It is packaged in a pro-press color jacket which itself is housed in a silkscreened pvc sleeve with photos by Traianos Pakioufakis & artwork by Kathryn Politis & Bill Kouligas.

MIKA VAINIO/KEVIN DRUMM/AXEL DÖRNER/LUCIO CAPECE – ‘Venexia’ LP
The original idea of this project was to allow musicians from different scenes (but who shared common ideas) to work together. In this case, a development of two pre existent duos. Quite often musicians from different sonic languages can be seen being put together, trying to push the artists to develop unexpected works. Vainio, Drumm, Dörner and Capece have mainly strong points in common, that have been executed in different contexts. The music map is generally divided into categories that are determined by it’s most evident and often banal elements; if it has beats or not, if it is quiet or loud, if it has raw material or a carefully worked aesthetic. These four musicians have been working using all the previous elements, but these elements did not determine the music, they were used at the service of deeper ideas related to time and perception. How the sound of our environment can become music, how can music be attractive without telling a story, the work of sound in it’s extreme: noise, granular and delicate, digital, electronic, instrumental extended techniques, preparations. Kevin Drumm and Axel Dörner started working together in the late 90’s as part of a trio with Paul Lovens, As a duo they released an influential album on Erstwhile Records. Vainio and Drumm met in 2005 in Australia, both as part of the touring festival What is Music?. Even if both musicians declared to have a great time touring in Australia, they did never played together. Drumm’s and Vainio’s music is often compared by critics. Capece has released a duo CD on L’Innomable label with Axel Dörner and a trio one with Dörner and tubist Robin Hayward on Azul Discográfica label from New York. Dörner and Capece worked in several projects together, including a residence with Keith Rowe working on ” Treatise” by Cornelius Cardew. Mika Vainio and Lucio Capece have released together the album “Trahnie”. An album they worked for three years on, and also did several concerts as a duo. In May 2008 the quartet made a 6 days residency and concert at Vooruit, in Gent, followed by a 5 concert European tour, that took them to Venice. In 2011 the group played at Konfrontationen Festival in Austria. In the meanwhile Capece and Vainio have been part of the Vladislav delay Quartet. Capece has played, and toured with Kevin Drumm in a trio with Radu Malfatti and Dörner has played with Drumm in a trio with Paul Lovens, at the Meteo festival, in France. The recording in Venice is a multitrack one. It was mixed by Capece with minimal edits, basically panning and volume adjustments. The LP is mastered and cut by Rashad Becker at D&M, pressed on 140g vinyl and comes in a poly-lined inner sleeve. It is packaged in a pro-press color jacket which itself is housed in a silkscreened pvc sleeve with photos by Traianos Pakioufakis & artwork by Kathryn Politis & Bill Kouligas.

HEATSICK – ‘Déviation’ 12″
If “Dream Tennis” was any indication, Heatsick has struck a nerve with his singles that stretch preset washes of polyphony through sunset-hued landscapes of disco and house. Equipped with only a Casio keyboard, he has played alongside everyone from Omar Souleyman to DJ Harvey, Daniel Wang and Legowelt, and has demonstrated his ability not only to extend his keyboard to its limits, but to transcend its musical territory, opening up a diverse range of styles, genres and gestures to his dance-addled mimicries and musings. “Déviation” marks Heatsick’s most expansive dance release to date, featuring four tracks of kaleidoscopic house that combine a lo-fi aesthetic with clear, textured structures akin to wandering through a densely gridded, sultry urban environment. With influences ranging from Fela Kuti to Todd Terry, the EP revolves around as much of a disco aesthetic as it does a leisurely soundtrack to a casual day of hanging out. The dub-influenced title track begins with a rhythmic, Latin-oriented introduction that delicately deviates towards its shimmering second half as the pitch spirals in a locked progression. The climax refuses to come quickly, however, and a flow of excitement frames the track until it finishes in step. The EP’s subdued second track, “C’était un rendez-vous”, presents a sort of chill-out vibe with a cinematic consciousness. This track features backing by the prodigious saxophonist André Vida, whose snippets of smooth to free jazz are seamlessly interlaced within the last two tracks as well. On the B-side, the B1 track “The Stars Down to Earth” is overlaid with a vocal sample and brims with a frenetic energy that calls to mind an ebulliently bassy, Bristol mentality. The concluding track, “No Fixed Address”, takes the territory of the B1 and introduces it to a 90s Todd Terry treatment, providing a jacking conclusion to this varied, densely-packed release worthy of multiple listenings. The 12″ was recorded by Mauro Martinuz & Luca Sella at Transfert Studios and mastered and cut by Rashad Becker at D&M. It is pressed on 140g white vinyl which itself is housed in a silk screened pvc sleeve with artwork by Kathryn Politis & Bill Kouligas.

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ft024 Hakobune – ‘Cloak of Gray’ C23
Four lush and resonating pieces by Takahiro Yorifuji, which alternate between slowing shifting layered drones and softly glowing crystalline guitar tones. A warm and inviting sound that encourages meditative states. Pro-printed, pro-duplicated, edition of 60.

ft025 Bandicoot Trail – ‘Hocus Focus’ C32
Long-distance collaboration between Scott Johnson (Thoughts on Air, Organ of Species) and Carter Mullin (Reedbeds). The details emerge as the controls of the audio filtration system are set to “submerge.” Pro-printed, pro-duplicated, edition of 60.

ft026 Trailing – ‘A Silent Venture’ C69
A collection of low fidelity sketches and spontaneous recordings of guitar and effects caught on tape between summer 2010 and spring 2011. A mix of concise loop formations and open-ended pieces. Pro-printed, pro-duplicated, edition of 40.

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Hoor-paar-Kraat – ‘In Your Absence’ C20
Edition of 75. Anthony Mangicapra returns to the Robert & Leopold roster with another formless device as Hoor-paar-kraat.  This time around, HPK relents on a palette of abstract themes, using his loss as a vehicle for submissive expressionism.  Uncovered acoustics bring this release to life, employing stringed loops and unknown ideas familiar with his previous work, yet In Your Absence is far more personal than we are aware.  A disjointed memorial to someone left behind.  Artwork by Richard Vergez.

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PERISPIRIT – ‘STRUNG ARM BRIGADE’ C23 $7(US)/$7.5(CAN)/$8.5(World)
In combination as Perispirit, Luke Moldof and Ricardo Donoso amplify an uneasiness that rests between analog and digital composition technology and the attitudes that surround approaches to these technologies.   They build and inevitably subvert distinctions, if only because of the speed and spectral character of their movement through compositional modes.   The signal slips between the artists, through their instruments, and across styles.  ‘Scenic’, concrète assemblages, as much about the organization of channels of influence as it is about the organization sound.  A hybrid is more than one thing at the same time.  Signal flow, work flow, cross-injection.  In an edition of 175 copies, professionally duplicated/imprinted Type II High Bias Chrome cassettes, and cardstock covers.

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Atomizador/Prisma En Llamas 12″ 10E
Ya disponible el 12″ compartido entre Atomizador y Prisma En Llamas. Siete temas de Atomizador y cuatro de Prisma En Llamas, vinilo negro de 180 gramos a 45 rpm para mayor calidad sónica, doble portada a todo color de HAZ y Manuel Donada e insert en blanco y negro. Coedición de Afeite Al Perro, Prisma En Llamas, Chingaste La Confianza y Gssh!Gssh!. 300 copias, 75 disponibles a través de Afeite Al Perro. // Now available the 12″ split between Atomizador and Prisma En Llamas. Seven tracks by Atomizador and four by Prisma En Llamas, 180 gram black vinyl at 45rpm for increased sound quality, full color double cover by HAZ and Manuel Donada, and black and white insert.  Co-release with Prisma En Llamas, Chingaste La Confianza and Gssh!Gssh!. 300 copies, 75 available from Afeite Al Perro.

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Asva & Philippe Petite – ‘Empires Should Burn’ CD/LP
G. STUART DAHLQUIST formed ASVA in 2003 in the wake of the demise of Burning Witch. Always seeking new directions and new sounds stemming from the drone/rock roots it stemmed from, DAHLQUIST constantly reinvents ASVA, bringing in new collaborators for each project. Members have included Brad Mowen (Burning Witch), Jessika Kenney, Trey Spruance (Mr. Bungle), Toby Driver (Kayo Dot), and a host of others. DAHLQUIST has performed with SUNNO)), Burning Witch, and Goatsnake. PHILIPPE PETIT is interested in soundtracks; even if he creates original music he’d rather be introduced as a “musical travel agent” than a composer. PETIT uses an Electric Psalterion, Hackbrett Cymbalum, Guitars + computer and synths to build up electronic layers, process acoustic and field recordings. To second the machine he likes to move various glasses, or percussive objects, and take advantage of vinyl material to fondle released sounds. A journalist for various magazines and radio as well as a musical activist, PETIT has celebrated his 29th year of sharing his musical passions as the man behind the cult labels Pandemonium Rdz. and BiP_HOp. PETIT has assembled what people call a dream-team of collaborators, joining Lydia Lunch, Murcof, Cindytalk or Faust onstage, and also recording with: Eugene S. Robinson (Oxbow), Foetus, Edward Ka-Spel, Kumo, Scott McCloud (Girls Against Boys), Cosey Fanni Tutti, My Brightest Diamond, Sybarite, Pantaleimon, Graham Lewis (Wire), Barry Adamson, Scanner, Mira Calix, Kammerflimmer Kollektief, Guapo, Leafcutter John, Simon Fisher Turner, and many more… He is also the founder of Strings Of Consciousness collective.

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IF18 – ZOMES – ‘VARIATIONS’ C30
Edition of 300. A collection of minimal keyboard pieces by Baltimore, Maryland-based musician and visual artist Asa Osborne. Recorded between 2010 – 2012, Variations takes it’s lead from where the last Zomes tape “Improvisations” left off. Osborne forgoes the drum machine beats of his full-length albums to present a series of astral melodic keyboard passages imbedded in tape hiss and a cosmic-sense of wonder.

IF19 – ENDLESS TIME – ‘POWERLESS’ C13
Edition of 100.  Machine-driven oscillator drones from San Pedro, California native Kevin McEleney (Droughter, Heavy Psych). Sounding like the soundtrack to an 80’s science fiction mind-bender crossed with the dissolution of a 60’s acid western, Powerless manages to channel the distant plane crossed between the stars and the mirage in the desert. Following previous releases on 905 Tapes, Monorail Trespassing and Throne Heap this is said to be the final Endless Time release.

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ABOS3-096 – Bjerga/Iversen – ‘New Electric Morning’ C38
Hereupon, two side-long performances built from golden drones and subtle, ethereal mutant sunshine. Organic, creeping, sonically intricate. Stamped, yellow-as-dawn cassettes. Quite pleased these Norwegian legends (who’ve done releases for nearly everyone) finally turned up in the garden of the bearded snail.

ABOS3-094 – Dao De Noize/Troj C28
Blazing sci-fi beauties from the ever prolific Dao De Noize and the more under the radar (but equally intriguing) Troj. Seering sidelong sculptures of haunted analogue synthesis, rusted android whispers, lunar stormfront machinations, or so. Stamped blue tapes, thick Xeroxed j-cards.

ABOS3-090 – Derek Rogers – ‘Peripetia’ CDr
New immersive works from recent L.A. transplant (and familiar name) Derek Rogers. From mellow synth and/or guitar drift, to edgy cascades, over understated minimalist melodicism augmented by environmental recordings et al., mood and feeling are central here. One of the finest headphone-appropriate albums I’ve laid ears (and head) to recently, yes! Housed in 14×14 cm envelopes with individually “drip painted” cover bits – each one unique.

ABOS3-089 – Shalocins – ‘Another Hovering Menace’ CDr
From the Spanish spellcaster (also) known as Shalocins: new hovering, menacing, singular (de)compositions. Such a fine melding of industrial paranoia percussion, saxophony, and sinister oscillator energy. Warped hyper-reality joy! CD-R in an edition of 16, in watercolour stained, Xeroxed envelope covers.

ABOS3-085 – Twin Polygamists/Pacific Mausoleum C8
Cassingle sized exhaltations: the springy synth ‘n’ squelch stylings of TP on one side; the metal latrine music of PM on the other. Watercolour stained j-cards, stamped red cassettes. Limited to 8 huge ones.

ABOS3-073 – Strange Mountain – ‘Strange Mountain’ CDr
Hereby, five (three lengthy, two brief) unexpected rainy-day-synth tunes from Jakarta. With endless warmth in the wires, exuding nostalgia about the future, this is textured, blissful, harmonic bedsit ambient of the highest order. Artwork affixed to digipaks.

ABOS3-061 – Caligine – ‘Anomia Mediterranea’ CDr
More than simply a “freak-folk-and-beyond CD-R to end all freak-folk-and-beyond CD-Rs”, ahem, Caligine’s latest (after exceptional past appearences on Jozik, Stunned, Sturmunddrugs, and The Wool Shop Productions, as well Caligine’s own Monstres par Excès) attains absolute tour de force status, here. Revel in these tranquil, entrancing transworldly acoustic anomalies, stellar ether-songs, and roaring, electrified oceanographic pedalpushers, interspersed with archeological samples and such. Our elegant edition comes in a sleeve of different types/layers of paper/plastic. A vinyl release, with different artwork, will likely happen through Monstres par Excès later.

ABOS3-057 – Spittle Sisters – ‘These Dark Objects’ C37
Strange, all encompassing vibes on this demented/determined ritualist landmark, from the bodies, minds, and souls of Bad Orb (Leopard Leg, etc.) and Justin Wiggan (Dreams of Tall Buildings, etc.) Cavern electronics, gothic dub strains, churning black waves, trashed pocket sinfonias like abstract smoke signal soundtracks. On pro duplicated red tapes in an edition of 52.

ABOS3-051 – Pregnant Spore/nodolby one-sided LP
A single-sided split, pairing two heavy hitters/fellow label owners, “noise-and-beyond-scene” wise: Justin Marc Lloyd (Rainbow Bridge) and Mic Scariot (Dokuro), both making their solo debuts on the 12″ LP format here. We (they) proudly present thirteen lucky minutes of blown out chaos shrieks channeling manic mushroom musique; action malfunction, lo-fi riffs, all mangled marvelously. Limited pressing of 52, in painted/stencilled jackets, with various inserts (vintage book clippings, et al.

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MATTHEW SHAW – ‘There Was Never A Time When Your Life Was Not Now, Nor Will There Ever Be’ CDr £6
Beautiful new CDR from Matthew Shaw, the man behind Tex La Homa and Apollolaan Recordings, and one half of the Blue Tree (with Andrew Paine) and Fougou (with Brian Lavelle). Shaw has released some beautiful work across these various projects as well so some fantastic records on Apollolaan. This new 40 minute piece was recorded in inner city Vancouver BC (Canada), hedges in Sandbach, Cheshire (UK) Blandford Forum and surrounding Dorset countryside (UK) & Zeist and it’s woods (The Netherlands), blending field recordings and instrumentation. Colour covers featuring photography by Matthew from various locations where the recording of this album took place.

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