last label update: february the 8th

from now on, label news will be posted on a brand new blog, right here: bassesfrequences.wordpress.com
main site has been updated with release pages and sound samples

last mailorder update: january 21st
* a handfull of new distro items have been added today, and really damn good ones ! + the long awaited restock of wereju's releases on idrone park !

* the Mark Bradley "absolution" CDR is back in stock. if ever you have any troubles reading your copy, feel free to contact me back at: order [at] basses frequences dot org - subjet "mark bradley". replacement copies will be send immediatly. sorry for the inconvenience.



 AIDAN BAKER : blue figures (basses frequences)
MP3: sample

[CA] after weeks of delay, the new massive live album from Aidan Baker is finally available ! it consists of two live sets (70 min +), one with "figures" and the other with an unreleased drone and "gathering blue". both sets recorded last spring during his extensive european tour, solo or with Nadja.
i have to confess that i've never been a sucker for live albums, it's pretty rare when i find them really interesting or better than the original studio versions. but of course, there are a few exceptions and Aidan Baker is one of them. his live performances are always surprising, not to say amazing. and his previous live albums are perfect exemples of what he is capable of when he's on stage. you already know the songs but it's always a bit different, there are variations, extensions, improvisations. Aidan dig in his own material to find a new vision. and you won't be disapointed here !
last but not least, the sound quality is stunning.

CD 9€

LOCRIAN : rain of ashes (basses frequences)
MP3: sample

[US] "Recorded with no overdubs and no other takes, Locrian went into WMUC studios located at College Park, Maryland to record what became much more than just a session. “Rain of Ashes” is a journey, not of complex feelings, but of realizing the decay and collapse you have just witnessed is real and will never go away. Instead of completely pummeling the listener, the piece slowly rips the listener apart until there is nothing left."
previously released on cassette on fan death records, the two tracks have been properly mastered at Chicago Mastering Service by for a more intense and definitive experience.

CD 9€


just in !

 V/A : drone poets (dead pilot)

double compilation (2 hours+ long) with some of the BF favorites such as Nicholas Szczepanik, Wereju, Apalusa and Textured Bird Transmission, as well as Andrew Weathers, Brian Grainger, Euhedra,l Royal Train, Operations, Rogaland Hot Club, Stefan Kushima and Ekca Liena.

2CDR 8€

EXPO 70 : psychic funeral (rural faune)

[US] brand new material from justin wright and friends ! 40 minutes on two 3"CDR nicely packed by french label rural faune. kozmik sounds and spacey moods !

CDR 7€

LUNAR MIASMA : monophonic ritual (rural faune)

[GR] lunar miasma is definitively becoming something, something your path will cross one day or another. so don't miss this nice release on rural faune (and check the excellent 3"CDR on small doses as well !) and prepare yourself for the deep and warm analog drones of lunar miasma.
highly recommended !

CDR 6€

MARK BRADLEY : bible black (idrone park)

[US] another release from Mark Bradley, another approch of his work. more religious and introspective than some of his other releases.

CDR 4€

MARK BRADLEY : all of my ghosts (moribund tree)

[US] more "analog synth" than the few previous releases, this one is definitively my fav one since Absolution. Mark Bradley produces a lot, but he can still surprise you.

CDR 5€

TAMAGAWA : plus tard, le même jour... (no echo)
MP3: free download of the full album with bonus tracks - support the artist and label: buy the record !

[FR] the long awaited follow up to "l'arbre aux fées" is finally available through the UK based label No Echo ! "quite varied, from warm washed out ambient dreaminess, to buzzing crumbling drones, to squiggly spaciness, to gorgeous glistening sun baked post rock, to reverb drenched guitar drift, to thick super distorted dirgedrone, and each of those allowed to shift and shimmer, change shape, and alter sound, transform from one into the other, and then back again, the drone is definitely the root of the music here,
but even that is sometimes relegated to whirring way off in the distance, while harmonics sparkle and rhythms shuffle, but just as often, the drone wipes the slate clean, and all the OTHER elements drift and
whirl in the background while the drone rumbles and buzzes."

CD 10€



from the dec 9 update:

 CULVER | FORDELL RESEARCH UNIT : split (autumn skies)

[UK] split 10", limited to 100 copies, brand new and eclusive cosmic tracks from these two UK favorites !

10" 9€

V/A : saite an saite (a string based compilation) (light-ung)

excellent compilation including Aidan Baker, Relapxych.O (Anders Peterson)and Milan Sandbleistift, offering exclusive guitar (and other string instrument) based lenthy tracks.

CD 10€

V/A : psychedelica three (nothern star)

"Northern Star Records are proud to present the third instalment in our now legendary Psychedelica series. Psychedelica Three is 2 and a half hours of the most fuzzed up, blissed out bands in existence. Its a heartstopping white knuckle rollercoaster ride from start to finish featuring an eclectic selection of the very best in contemporary psychedelia."

2CD 11€





* basses frequences releases * top

A.R.RANGER : variations over laura palmer's theme (basses frequences & TTTP)
MP3: sample

[Sw] As the title explicites, it consists of variations over Laura Palmer's theme on the David Lynch & Mark Frost famous TV show Twin Peaks, arranged by Anders Peterson (also known for his works under the RelapxychO and Elementaural Research Project monikers) for percussion, harp, 2 cello and doublebass.
Released in conjonction with the "tribute to Twin Peaks" exhibition at the Black Cat Bones Café, Puebla, Mexico in october 2009.
one sided 12", silkscreened on B-side. more pictures here, here and here.

12" 8€

ANDREAS BRANDAL : a history of labyrinths (basses frequences)
MP3: the mirror... (sample)

[No] "A History Of Labyrinths" was recorded in an old abandoned house on the west coast of Norway during easter 2009. The album was created using a lot of old equipment that was found in the house, including guitars, tapes, gramophones, mouth harp, radio, an old synth, and field recordings from inside and around the building. The idea was to hopefully capture some of the atmosphere from that place.
The calm surroundings, with vast mountains and woods, combined with a gloomy, and at times creepy feeling of being alone with all the ghosts of this huge and labyrinthic house at night.
There are elements of drone, improvisation, some kind of primitive "doom",
loops and more ambient spaces...

CDR 6€

MARK BRADLEY : absolution (basses frequences)
MP3: harmonium

[US] Mark Bradley is a solo performer, portraying emotional states of being through his audio. Once you immerse yourself in this claustrophobic and atmospheric ambient world, you become oblivious to your surroundings. High level deep listening. A man of few words and full of mystery Smoke and mirrors. Brainwave entertainment. Moonlight ambient.

CDR 6€

YUI ONODERA & THE BEAUTIFUL SCHIZOPHONIC : radiance (basses frequences)
MP3: urban form (sample)

[JP/PORT] here are some words from Will Long of Celer about radiance: "Few composers of modern music produce works that are continually awe-inspiring, captivating, and original as Yui Onodera and The
Beautiful Schizophonic. Their collaborative work 'Radiance', offers an absolute experience of tenderly-crafted, hidden elegance, audible and pure instrumentation, and field recording realism. 'Radiance' breathes
with lightness, and most importantly, majesty."

CD 9€

NICHOLAS SZCZEPANIK : the chiasmus (basses frequences & sentient recognition archive)
MP3: the silhouette of a winter's sunset (sample)

[USA] Nicholas' debut CD is much more than an impeccably constructed piece of abstract drone music: The Chiasmus undulates between waves of quiet melancholy and overwhelming beauty, with small slices of pointillistic noise. an album where the emotional response is always the central focus rather then pure aesthetic concerns, the nuances of The Chiasmus are only revealed upon multiple listens; by then, the listener is completely tuned into the world it presents.
packaged in a jewel with a 16 pages booklet of art by Avery McArthy.

CD 9€

ELEMENTAURAL RESEARCH PROJECT : elementality (basses frequences)
MP3: opening flower

[SE] this has been a very challenging release for me. Anders Peterson (also known as relapshychO and for his works with rapoon and merzbow - among others) comes from a very different world than "plain" droneland and came to me with very different records from what i'm used to. but i liked the organic sounds made from field recordings of the 4 elements mixes with the guitars, bass and female vocals he recorded. this is actually not "drone" but really worth the listen. opening flower is a good example of how the record sounds like.
the CD includes exclusive bonus tracks: the eastern winds EP and the pre-elementality demos.
check the companion CDR elementality revisited
* CDs will be send unsealed because i have to open each and every one of them to replace the missprinted parts. sorry for the inconvenience *

CD 9€

NADJA : corrasion (basses frequences)
MP3: basefluid

[CA] Basses Frequences is damn proud to finally give the vinyl treatment to what is certainly Nadja's finest full-length recording. "Corrasion" has Nadja in full doom mode; it is an extraordinary mix of slow, heavy, and layered guitar riffs and the ultra-dense-yet-melodic-drones that have become Nadja's trademark.
"Corrasion" has been re-mastered for the vinyl release and includes an exclusive, extended version of the title track as well as the outstanding "numb" to expand on the 2007 CD release. Strictly limited to 400 copies on 180 gram black vinyl ( and 100 on 180 gram blue vinyl - sold out ) packaged in a full-color gatefold sleeve.
the LPs will be send in their black inner sleeve outside of the cover and the whole stuff in a plastic sleeve. no need to ask ;)

2LP 15€

PUMMELER : soul match extraordinaire (basses frequences)
MP3: sample

[DK] after the excellent 3"CDR on small doses, pummeler is back with another deep, meditative, drony release. remains me the strenght of i am seamonster's nebulum/contellatrix CDR ! rich textures ands ounds you'd like to sink into. play it loud !

CDr 6€

NICHOLAS SZCZEPANIK : mi otra mitad (basses frequences)
MP3: sample


[US] third part of Nicholas' Nearest Series (but composed before "a stillness rarely seen") "mi otra mitad" is actually his first step into drone. and what a step ! Nicholas totally masterized the subject. made out of love as a relaxing tool, "mi otra mitad" is a quiet, beautiful, hear-breaking piece that will make you feel better.
VERY LAST COPIES !

3" CDR 4€

AIDAN BAKER : letters (basses frequences)

[CA] "letters" consists of 2 sidelong, slow motion drone pieces. meditative & introspective with haunting, ghostly vocals. subtle melodies create one of the most emotional Aidan Baker records to date. slow and quiet yet complex - each listen reveals new layers and the depth of this incredibly rich work.
'this is not just another Aidan Baker, this is - after all these years - his very first solo LP ! reissue of a long out of print cdr originally released in 2002, remastered and pressed on 180g black vinyl with full color cover; the pressing honors the quality of the compositions.
-> the LPs are sealed, without further notice from your part, they will be send that way. everything has been fine so far.

LP 11€

ALISTAIR CROSBIE : ashenground (basses frequences)
MP3: wihin the blast radius

[UK] After the great Fordell Research Unit, here another great-but-unknown-out-of-his-country artist that deserve much more attention. Alistair has a arm-long list of release, from pure drone to weird experimental. he offers here a full lenth record full of anger and frustration, his very own dark side. not an easy record, but hey ! drone is not made for elevators.
comes in the usual basses frequences tin box packaging.

CDr 6€

AIDAN BAKER : i fall into you (basses frequences)
MP3: lapse (sample)

[CA] re-issue of a long out of print CDr, this time on CD with lyrics and extended art. claustrophobic post rock, drones and spoken words form this very accomplished album Aidan wanted to see available again.

CD 9€


now sold out:
creature s/t CDR,
tamagawa l'arbre aux fées 3x3"CDR (still available @ stefan's)
culver hand of ice CDR (still available @ stefan's)
i am seamonster nebulum/constellatrix CDR,
wereju monuments CDR (still available @ slimm's),
fordell research unit repetition CDR (still available @ slimm's and joe's).
bones of seabirds divinorum CDR (still available @ dan's).
elementality revisted CDR (still available @ nicholas' and joe's)




* salvation releases * top

CHURCH OF MISERY : live in red - eurotour 2005 (salvation)
trailer here

[JP] see label discography for details
DVD9, region 0, PAL, 125 min of doom

DVD 10€

BUNDLE : salvation CD releases
pick up 3 CDs of your choice in the salvation releases list below for only 10€ !
don't forget to list your items in the order form.

bundle 10€

NITRO MEGA PRAYER : songs of hypocrisy (salvation)
MP3: shinjita sekai

[JP] one of my favorite screamo record EVER. heard a billion times and still thrill each times. powerfull, intense, desparate...30 minutes of emotional burn out.

CD 5€

CHURCH OF MISERY : the second coming (salvation)
MP3: i, motherfucker

[JP] a punch in your face. church of misery shows who's the boss. nothing less.

CD 5€

ISCARIOTE : geneèse et agonie (salvation)
MP3: inoculé

[CH] discography CD, everything they have done before "necropole trauma" + 2 live videos.

CD 5€

ISCARIOTE : necropole trauma (salvation)
MP3: des cheveux noirs sur la paleur de son visage

[CH] dark poetry, noiserock, hardcore, metal and stoner influences clash in a maelstrom of rage and despair.

CD 5€

BEIRUT 5 : a machinic exodus (salvation)
MP3: end of violence

[JP] washington DC influenced punk rock meets electro punk a la trans am / milemarker. catchy, dynamic and even dancing with political contents. european pressing contains 2 videos.

CD 3€

BLACK FILM DANCE : john's LP (salvation & fine tunning!)
MP3: i'm waltz

[JP] between r'n r, new wave and electro punk rock. think of sunshine / robocop kraus / kurt. with future members of The Sun and Discotortion ! historical !
last copies !

CD 3€

ORG. : name (salvation)
MP3: zoetrope

[JP] intimistic rock with electronica ints. somewhere between mùm and cap'n jazz. (and hey, this is a side-project of a guitarist of Envy !)

CD 3€


* worldwide favorites * top

A VIBRANT STRUGGLE : whispering bones (small doses)
MP3: sample

[NR] ""a vibrant struggle" is a collaboration between norwegians sindre bjerga and jan m. iversen and dutchman steffan de turck (aka staplerfahrer). in the fall of 2007, the trio spent a weekend putting music to tape. this is the third volume from their sessions -following fast on the heels of a release on 905 tapes. a single 31+ minute jam comprised of meditative drones, percussive acoustics, and cacaphonous bliss."

CDr 6€

AI ASO : the chamomile pool show (archive)

[JP] DVD release from Tokyo artist Ai Aso whose probably most well know outside of Japan for appearing on Michio Kurihara’s solo CD’s and handling the B side of a lavishly packaged 2007 split 7” with Wata from Boris fame. The Chamomile pool DVD documents concert footage from Ai Aso from 2007 in Tokyo. Hypnotically delicate, angelic and minimal in structure Ai, accompanied by her band, and with guest appearance by Wata and Kurihara for a portion, craft her unique blend of songwriting and psychedelic musicianship. Produced by Atsuo, of Boris, and edited and directed by Ryuta Murayama of foodunited (responsible for Boris DVD’s, Greenmachine, Stupid Babies Gone Mad).

DVD 13€

MAX ALPER : earthfamilysound EP (sentient recognition archive)
MP3: check this SRA page

[] NIcholas Szczepanik can't be wrong, definitively. this Max Alper "EP" (30 minutes +) is good, really good. that's ard to describe but that's good, i really enjoyed listening to it. that's warm, that's original, and that makes me feel good. another "highly recommended" ? damn yes.

CDr 6€

ARC : arkhangelsk (epidemie)

[CA] the "other" band from Aidan Baker, but this is something completely different from Nadja. more like a lot of tribal drums with pshychedelic drones. good stuff indeed.

CD 10€

AIDAN BAKER : the taste of summer on your skin (tâalem)
MP3: part one

[CA] "a melodic, shimmering multi-instrumental drone track" as Aidan describes it himself, release by the french label taalem back in 2004.

3"CDR 4.5€

BERGA & IVERSEN : the luminous disc in the sky (dead pilot )

[No]" Legendary experimental droners Bjerga/Iversen need no introduction. They've been on the scene for years now and have truly honed their sound to perfection. They've had releases on all the great DIY/CDr labels and have now they've contributed to Dead Pilot. Here they present a static tinged minimalism piece that ranges from deep buzzing tones to industrial wails to crippled electronics. A murky drift through a ruined future. Deep, and highly recommended if you've checked out the Hourglass Drops/Wereju and Dead Wood/Phantom Heron Seas splits".

CDR 5€

BLACK BONED ANGEL : verdun (riot season)

[NZ] "Definitely a different beast than many of the older BBA records, which blended the kitchen sink drones of Birchville Cat Motel with a sort of abstract black doom element, Verdun is more of a proper metal record, although to be sure 'proper metal record' is really relative, since as metal as this is, it's also just as much an experimental doomdronedirge record, regardless, it is maybe the most fully realized Black Boned Angel record yet, not sure if it's THAT RIFF, or because Kneale just keeps getting better and better, or because it's a concept record, so it's essentially a suite of interconnected songs. It's actually probably a little of all three, although as you might have guessed, we're definitely leaning toward THAT RIFF. " (aquarius rds)

LP 11€

MARK BRADLEY : eternal (blackest rainbow)

[US] "Six tracks across only 19 minutes, totally far out dream tone keys blending into one another pushing you into an almost nightmarish state of mind. Eternal could almost work as a 70s Italian horror soundtrack with its minimal blurred humming almost reminiscent of some kind of devil organ."

CDR 4.5€

MARK BRADLEY : luminous (moribund tree)

[US] another release of Mark's to go with the newly BF release.

CDR 6€

MARK BRADLEY : dreamstate (reverb worship)

[US] "The music has a lovely reflective feel with minimal drones (which at times sound like bagpipes or chanters) , delicate electronic flourishes, gentle industrial pulses and zen like reflective chimes which brings to mind Fuxa, Tangerine Dream and others.
The cd is available now and comes in an edition of 45 hand numbered copies with hand made lace paper covers."

CDR 6€

CELER : close proximity (SRA)

[US] "The duo of Celer is comprised of husband and wife Will Long and Danielle Baquet- Long. Using processed strings, pianos, regional field recordings, and electronics, Celer has composed a masterpiece of sentimental experiences and realism; the sound of raw emotion..."

CD 10€

CLIFFSIDES : s/t (small doses)
MP3: sample

[US] "bones of seabirds' ryan mcgill is back again, but this time with his new cliffsides project. this one is entirely synth based, very ethereal and airy. it called to mind the Vangelis score to Blade Runner at times, both in a shared aesthetic with that music, but definite similarities in its melancholic mood and tone. this is really lush, beautiful stuff."

CDr 6€

CROW FEATHERS : temple lion, pale interiors (small doses)
MP3: sample from temple lions | sample from pale interiors

[US] "you never quite know what to expect from crow feathers. brandon miller seems to take a very organic approach to the music he makes as evidenced here. temple lions consists of processed field recordings that take on a pulsating rhythm of sorts. that leads into pale interiors, one of the most beautiful drones i have ever heard. this is a pretty tough release to describe, so i highly recommend the samples."

CDr 6€

THE DOOM RIOT : slow estate dreams (dead pilot rds)
MP3: check myspace

[DK] excellent guitar work (and some keys). reminds me of some Nadja without drums, early Growing; shimmering bliss wall of sounds tracks that are actually songs. amazing !

CDr 7€

DOULEUR FANTOME : dfcd10 part 1.5 (dead pilot)
MP3: 55leviathan

[FR] douleur fantome is vincent vigier, also known around here under the creature moniker ! excellent release mixing both sensibilities (df VS creature). highly recommanded !
"The first track entitled "50Moloch" is a slow builder of dread filled static that erupts with fierce and intense walls of screaming guitars. It's like a tangled radio broadcast from a war torn future, ending with mournful yet harsh and crusty guitar clatters. The second and final track entitled "55Leviathan" is a bleak dirge through melancholic noise explosions and celestial textures. There is an underlining sadness to be heard through the layers of fuzz and sludge that is touching and unique."

CDR 6€

ENTIA NON : disinter (SRA)

[Au] "Using an arsenal of field recordings, found sounds, and other means, he conjures otherworldly and vivid rural, desolate environments for your wandering pleasure. It’s also an honor to mention that the artwork for this release was composed from some of Dani Long’s (One half of Celer) photography. A pro CD-R album limited to 100 copies packaged in a pro-printed jewel case."

CDR 7€

EXHALUS : ephemera (self release)
MP3: sound samples available here

[Ro] exhalus is some kind of down tempo / experimental metal. think of heavy drones with great drum programming and some dark vocals. and that's great stuff, really. listen to the second sample, it's a better view of how the whole thing sounds.

CDr 6€

EXPO 70 / I AM SEAMONSTER : split (small doses / short forest)


[US] "One track from each on the wax. Expo 70 offers up an amazing piece of guitar drone while IAS gives us a fuzzed out drone, with this odd sort of pop sensibility bubbling underneath the distortion."

7" 5€

FERMENTÆ : diaspora part 2 (self release)
MP3: check myspace

[US] the long-awaited follow-up to close the DIASPORA saga. A 23m30s track of spectral guitar swells and field-recordings that serves as the ultimate closer to the double-disc set.
those whom already own the previous release/packaging – this new additions packaging was specifically designed to fit snug, within the left pouch!

3"CDR 5€

FISTULA : burdened by your existence (plague island)
MP3: check label's page

[US] fistula ! new album ! metal ! heavy ! nasty !

CD 9€

FLEA APPARITIONS | LAME PREY : split (small doses)
MP3: lame prey sample | flea apparitions sample

[US] "this is the first in a small doses split personality series. lame prey and flea apparitions are both products of the same mind, that of lorne zeman. lame prey starts the disc off with a long piece that mixes up huge, harsh sounds that tend towards power electronics with feedback laced calms in the storm. the flea apparitions portion takes a similarly harsh but more relentless approach built from tape loops."

3"CDr 4€

FORDELL RESEARCH UNIT : year zero (dead pilot)

[UK] one of my favorite records lately. very different from the BF release "repetition", "year zero" sounds more warm and dense. enlighting tones and meditative drones. highly recommanded !

CDr 6€

HALO MANACH : language of red goats (aural hypnox)
MP3: track II

[Fin] more industrial shamanic drones from finland. "Language of Red Goats is a bare, primitive and sometimes raw aural landscape, and yet nonetheless achieves a rare subliminal intensity and an edge of otherwordly luminosity."

CD 11€

NILS HELSTROM : the tower of famine (idrone park)
MP3: part I

[IR] Helstrom continues to explore the dark side of ambient with this release that showes new elements, like some kind of industrial rhythms, guitars that are not hidden behind walls of effets and some "light" and "space", even if it is still very claustrophobic.

CDR out of stock

HUM : the spectral ship (substantia innominata)

[Ru] "Two great new pieces by this russian artist from the Moscow-area, most sensible & emotional drone-ambience, a graceful dance of acoustic reflections & resonances. "Spectral Ship" and "Tidal Fire" appear like universal mantras, revealing the basic HUM of the universe. These works seem to represent perfectly the concept of the SUBSTANTIA-series: Sound that exists but which is not originating from the impact of two subjects in contact. Sound that is simply "there", with no beginning or ending."

10" 12€

IN NEGATIVES : climates (small doses)
MP3: sample

[US] " alex pearson (d/a a/d, snapped in half tapes) takes a different approach with this project. using nothing more than magnetic tapes, he creates incredible, dark rumbling drones that sound fitting for being lost and alone somwhere in space. he also provided the image on the cover."

CDr 6€

INSEMINOID : beauties of beltane (small doses)
MP3: sample

[UK] "inseminoid is the collaborative project of lee stokoe (culver, skullflower, marzuraan) and george proctor (mutant ape, karst) they've been quite prolific in their relatively short time releasing music. this recording has them focused on the drone. It lingers in harsher territory somehwere between a soft drone and wall noise, while allowing some melodic synth lines to bleed through the noise"

3"CDr 4€

KARST : the blood moon lands (small doses )
MP3: sample

[UK] "george proctor is a busy man. when he isn't running his label, turgid animal, he's recording or performing as mutant ape, murder book, or with one of his many other endeavors. karst is probably my favorite. this one is really minimal, harsh drone. it's as though you're sitting in your car, waiting for a train to pass, but it doesn't. the cars keep coming. you lose track of time, zone out, and 42 minutes later, suddenly realize that you're on the train, half-asleep, heading who-knows-where. packaged in a heavy, green cardstock folder screenprinted in metallic gold ink." edition of 57 copies and i don't have much, to say the least.

CDR 6€

KHLYST : chaos live (archive)

[US] The first, and highly likely, the only live date from the Plotkin (Khanate)/ Runhild (Thorr’s Hammer)/ Wyskida (Khanate) trio. Multicamera live footage from 2006 hydrahead CMJ showcase in NYC.

DVD 13€

STEFAN KUSHIMA / JOE CHAINSAW : mouthful of ghosts (dead pilot )

[UK] "Entry number 4 in the split series sees the pairing of 2 great young talents in the noise/underground scene. Stefan Kushima, hailing from Linz/Berlin and Joey Chainsaw, who is from all over the UK. Kushima, known for his releases on Blackest Rainbow and his own label Disappearance opens the split with a 14 minute epic. Beginning with an outburst of wailing guitars, sounding like a sort of satanic cry from the depths of hell, the piece gradually picks up pace with subtle percussion and layers of synth drones, swells and sweeps. When it gets in full motion, more howls and cries dance and echo above the noise. A full on bleak assault. Joey begins the second half of the split with high pitched electronic synth gargles and guitar moans n' groans before taking us into more warm drone territory. The final track combines the above two with haunting broken vocals and organs/synths, all pushed to the red creating a twisted and eerie wall of ghostly noise"

2x3"CDR 5€

JOSH LAY : true mask (small doses)
MP3: human skin (sample)

[US] "it's hard to believe that this is the first josh lay release to find its way to the compact disc format. fittingly, josh considers this to be his best work to date, and i can't say i disagree. this is a four track, nearly 40 minute meditation on the masks people wear to make their way in the world. elements of black metal, harsh noise, power electronics and dark ambient combine to create a dark, twisted environment built from electronics, guitar, and some of the most gutteral vocals I've heard him spew. the accompanying art was hand-made by the artist. edition of 200 copies"

CD 10€

JOSH LAY : heirophant (SRA)
MP3: check this page

[US] "Josh Lay’s Heirophant is an intense listening experience. Filled with growling, regurgitating drones that tear your speakers into shards. (Also features a collaborative track between Josh and Nicholas Szczepanik)"
.

CDr 7€

LOCRIAN : drenched land (small doses & at war with false noise)
MP3: ghost repeater

[US] "Since their inception in late 2005, Locrian have been honing their sound; working and re-working material; finding the right blend of noise, power electronics, dark ambient, and black metal to work into their sound. Drenched Lands is Locrian’s first full-length studio recording of all new material, and unfolds with an almost narrative structure. It starts with a slow descent into a dark abyss, moving torturedly, gradually rediscovering the light, then leaving you where everything began - completely transformed. The hour-long disc is rounded out by an extended bonus track previously unavailable in any digital format."

CD 9€

LUMINANCE RATIO : like little garrisons besieged (boring machines & fratto9)

[IT] "LUMINANCE RATIO is a collaborative effort joining sound artists: Andrea ics Ferraris: guitars, cymbals, electronics, field recordings, brushes, contact mics, pedals Eugenio Maggi: drones, electronics, turntables, field recordings & Gianmaria Aprile: objects, editing, mix and mastering "Like Little Garrisons Besieged" brings them far from their respective discographies and finds them sailing in the apparently quiet waters of free-folk, electroacoustics and minimal drones. The music, resulting from live sessions and painstaking studio work, is meticulously thought to combine electronics with analog/traditional instruments: laptop, acoustic and electric guitars, cardiod and contact microphones, vibraphone, melodica, glockenspiel, minidisc, rimshot and cymbals, analog synth, percussion, kaoss pad and pedal effects."

CD 10€

LUNAR MIASMA : blakest haze (small doses )
MP3: sample

[FR] "panos alexiadis (heavensore, insult recordings) turns his attentions to analog synthesisers for his lunar miasma project. the two tracks on this disc may be his finest and most fully realized yet. deceptively simple, these layered prog synth recordings unfold slowly, revealing interesting complexities and textures. play it loud. packaged in heavy cardstock covers with insert. edition of 81 copies."
highly recommended !

3"CDR 4.5€

MACHINEFABRIEK : marijn (burning world)
MP3: somerset

[NL] vinyl version of his very first full lenth CD.

LP 11€

MEN SCRYFA : the sky was troubled with the dread strength of the wind (small doses)
MP3: the written stone (sample)

[UK] "Men Scryfa is Chris Naughton and Simon Lucas of Atavist. Atavist is a good starting point to envision the sound for this project, but they take the sound in different directions than the band that brought them together. It's heavy and plodding, but progressive and melodic with spoken vocals. It feels a bit like a doom metal version of something from Slint's Spiderland record. Absolutely fantastic."

3"CDr 4€

MARZURAAN : five years of fuck all (at war with false noise)

[UK] "This collection comprises demos, live stuff, rarities and rehersals from the UK's most consistantly interesting, forward-thinking, and just plain fucking great band of the last decade. Starting off from now and moving backwards through time to the early bedroom demo days, this CD shows Marzuraan's evolution from simplistic droning minimalism of the two bass lineup to the full-on rock beast of today."

CD 10€

MONARCH : mer morte (throne)

[FR] two new lenghty tracks on 180gram black vinyl

LP 11€

MONARCH : dead men tell no tales (crucial blast)
MP3: swan song (extract)

[FR] this 2 CD set includes the vinyl only releases "speak of the sea" and "die tonight" plus some extras.

2CD 11€

BRENDAN MURRAY & MIKE SHIFLET : sentimental gentlemen (SRA)
MP3: check this page

[US] "Originally released in a handmade quantity of 50 on CDr during Murray & Mike’s tour late last year, this has now gotten a proper reissue of 150 copies. Two lengthy tracks with Murray and Shiftlet merging sounds to create something wholly unique."

CDr 7€

NADJA : clinging to the edge of the sky (vendetta)

[CA] 'Clinging To The Edge Of The Sky' sees Nadja taking a new (and unexpected) direction. It is not the Nadja most people are used to. It is a more scaled down, minimalistic and naked sound. There is almost a total lack of distortion, and it is not as heavy or noisy as most of their earlier releases. One song, spanning 16 minutes, takes you on a sad and slow journey. It is hypnotic, it is soothing. It is Nadja! Comes with a laser etched B-side.

12" 10€

NADJA | ATAVIST | SATORI : infernal procession (cold spring)

[CA / UK / UK] released to celebrate their common UK tour, this split CD offers one exclusive song from each formation. nothing less than really good tracks that make that CD much more than just a tour CD !

CD 10€

NADJA : desire in uneasiness (crucial blast)
MP3: deterritorialization (sample)

[CA] "two basses and live drums" ! what a blast that record must be ! well, not exactly...you won't find here the usual powerfull wall of noise caracteristic of Nadja's sound but a brand new dynamic, very unusual from the canadian duo (here as a trio), kraut-ish with some sort of psychedelism, hypnotic, and more subtle, but still heavy and drony. good to hear them trying different things !

CD 10€

PHIL NIBLOCK : touch strings (touch)

[US] Brand new release by one of most important composer of our time. Based on various string instruments (guitar, bass, cello, violin etc) Niblock offers a new, heavy and intense experience. But you alreday know the score: massive, super immersive, multi-layered drones at its finest.

2CD 14€

PHILL NIBLOCK : music by (XI)
MP3: early winter

[US] "In 'Five More String Quartets' the musicians are tuned to specific pitches by calibrated sine tones as they play and the sound they produce is recorded, unprocessed, to multitrack tape. The piece is built up by means of multitrack recording. 'Early Winter' has a different structure: a mixing of recorded instruments, computer controlled electronic instruments, and live instruments in the studio."

CD 13€

MICHAEL NORTHAM : suhina (substantia innominata)

[Ger] "Brilliant new recordings by the prolific cosmopolitan (currently residing in Berlin) MICHAEL NORTHAM. "Suhina" is a notion for the sound of the wind moving through the trees. Instead of doing field recordings of wind MICHAEL NORTHAM tried to capture this feeling & the essence of this process through instrumental recordings from Indonesian flute & keyboard. Nature phenomena seen as the true manifestation of the Unknown."

10" 12€

OLHON : lucifugus (substantia innominata)

[It] "This shows the collab-project of BAD SECTOR & WHERE recording pure sounds from an abandoned large metal water tank located in a forest in Tuscany, Italy (originally used by miners from that region). Both tracks are based entirely on these field recordings.

10" 12€

YUI ONODERA : entropy (trumn)

[JP] brilliant second record re-release on the japanese label trumn. highly aclamed, Onodera's fan and other drone-addicts can't miss this one ! highly recommanded.

CD 10€

YUI ONODERA : synergetics (drone rds)

[JP] On "Synergetics", Onodera presents two tracks of very minimal and quiet oceanic drones, based on guitar and piano. The music shimmers like light-reflections on water in extreme slow motion, when single recognizable tunes appear. Music for full concentration and contemplation, almost feathery and warm.
low stock, last copies !

7" 6€

YUI ONODERA : le jardin (tâalem)
MP3: extract

[JP] this 3" is his release just after the lovely 7" on drone records. composed & recorded in tokyo in 2006, "le jardin" exclusively uses guitar, violin, electronics and electroanalysis sound of water as sound sources and as frans de waard says it in vital weekly, these are "soft pieces of a highly minimal movements [...] things crack, buzz in a delicate ambient way". please have a walk in the garden.

3"CDR 4.5€

OOPHOI : potala (substantia innominata )

[It] "The first ever vinyl by the italian deep ambient master! Two long contemplative tracks into the center of holy places (may it be physically or mentally), opening endless spaces with low humming & reverberating meditation-drones.
Comes in an edition of 500 copies pressed on luminous green vinyl, full-colour artwork by ex-MAEROR TRI-member HELGE SIEHL"

10" 11€

OPHIBRE: drone works for differing digital audio formats and encoding methods (SRA)
MP3: check this SRA page

[US] this album looks like an essai on drone, something very theorical (check the dedcated page on ophibre.com) but you've got hear some very hypnotical and progressive waves of drone that sound way more warm than you can expect. check the sound samples !

CDr 6€

PEASANT GRAVES | FENCES : collaborative split (small doses)
MP3: peasant graves sample | fences sample

[US] "more than a year in the works, it's a pleasure to have this one see a release. four tracks: peasant graves starts the disc with dark, brooding drone. it has an almost sinister, ritualistic feel. fences ends the disc with a tense, feedback-driven drone that rises to a slow, steady beating. the two tracks between represent a mail-collaboration. each artist started one track and finished the other. Masterfully mastered by Bob Bellerue."

3"CDr 4€

LAURENT PERRIER : as far as (sound on probation)

[FR] "Created for Alban Richard’s choreographic show of the same name, “as far as” -slightly modified for its release on CD - is a sound structure built on classical music samples, off beat loops, collages, quotations. The album starts with a long, minimal, repetitive track - organ sequences and micro events reminding one of some of Charlemagne Palestine’s pieces. “As far as” is a work where emotion prevails on abstraction, a long heady, cinematic development, a play on volumes and contrasts like hesitating between total anguish and peaceful contemplation. The musical form thus created is the prelude to an almost apocalyptic noise swoop which, in an oddly beautiful manner, finally transforms itself into a collage of orchestrated violins, illusion of infinity meeting a most abrupt end. "

CD 10€

THE PISTIL COSMOS : for trees (dead pilot)

[FR] "Fresh from a recent name change and releases on the likes of Blackest Rainbow and Peasant Magik, French artist, RuralFaune collective member and Monks of Bahill member, Vincent Caylet brings us over 30 minutes of brand new music! Over the course of this mammoth 1 track 30 minute EP, there are several distinct movements which range from dark religious chants and chimes to twisted liquid noise to hopeful melodic chamber pop. It's a really beautiful piece which flows eloquently and is full of deep mystique and charm."

CDr 6€

PVMNTSW: förintelsen elfenbensportar (small doses)
MP3: sample

[SW] "sweden's pvmntsw (read pavementsaw) gives two tracks of incredible synth (and some guitar) work. it plays like a lost lament from a john carpenter film that never got made."

3"CDr 4€

PUMMELER : troll wing (small doses)
MP3: sample

[DK] third offering by danemark's pummeler. still slow moving, meditative but pretty intense wall of sound. highly recommanded to those who already liked his previous works !

3" CDr 4.5€

PYLONE : grounded hands (sound on probation)

[FR] "After Black Grains, Pylone’s second album goes on developing micro sounds in closed environments.
Grounded Hand is a mass in disarray, a collage of cracking and clicking sounds, clinical minimal repetitive heartbeat inviting listeners to follow its author through an experience of granular meditation, a dive into crunching, vibrating sound material.
If the first part is made of harsh abstract compositions, the second part opens up to space, to cinematic, contemplative atmospheres."

CD 10€

MIKE SHIFLET : ko (small doses)
MP3: sample from white triangles | sample from black triangles

[US] "two discs, each created entirely from triangle waveforms, completing a fully realized release inspired by the ancient game of ko that pits black vs white. the white triangles disc spews enveloping harsh noise walls while the black triangles disc loses you in atmospherics and an impending sense of doom."

2x3"CDr 6€

THE SKULL DEFECTS : the drone drug (actual noise)
MP3: sample

[SE] what a perfect title, that is so true. drone is a drug, and that record is a very good fix ! this is drone, this is hypnotical, introspective but too cold to be relaxing, minimalist but dense, made with smooth or abrasive noises. between sunn O))) and Eliane Radigue.

LP 11€

SHRINE : distorted legends (drone rds)

[UK] "Behind SHRINE we find a fresh experimental drone project from Bulgaria (currently residing in England) combining the melancholia of distorted synths with odd micro noises & effects. The fusion of rough and thunderous drones with hidden melodies evokes a strong emotional impact, like the feeling of being stuck in a confusing dream. SHRINE's philosophy shows a way to realize that what we call “reality” is to be mistrusted based upon our usual perceptions. The distortion of this reality opens up a chance to better understand its true essence and confront the things that lie behind the surface. "
300 copies on black vinyl

7" 6€

SLEEP RESEARCH FACILITY : deep frieze (cold spring)

[UK] "Ultra deep, abyss-like drones, glacial Dark Ambient, based around Antarctic co-ordinates". wow ! looks cold as hell. but the band also quotes in the booklet: "...there is a certain comforting warmth in the encroaching slumber of hypothermia", and that is more how this brilliant work should be described, as a deep warm numbness. beautiful.

CD 10€

SOUISHOU NO FUNE : live and jam session (archive)

[JP] A collection of material filmed and edited by James Plotkin from 2007 US east coast dates from NYC, and Philadelphia. Also includes a short clip of a jam session from the Lemur house with Bardo Pond guys and Harmonica Dan. Total run time of about an hour.

DVD 13€

TAINT : secrets and lies (super fi)
MP3: hex breaker

[UK] The second album from this classic UK trio that fearlessly weld post-hardcore to stoner rock to create a unique rocking fusion!
Comes with a beautiful gatefold sleeve and full colour insert!

2LP 13€

TAINT : the ruins of roma nova (super fi)
MP3: drunken marksman

[UK] Taint truly have found a unique sound with their blend of heavy stoner riffing and forward-thinking post-hardcore.
Double vinyl in a gatefold sleeve.

2LP 13€

TEN HORNED BEAST : the sacred truth (cold psring)

[UK] cryptic, menacing, ultra doom drones.

CD 10€

TROUM & REUTOFF : Kreuzung Zwei: Creatura Per Creaturam Continetur (Ewers Tonkunst)

[Ger / Ru] "The second in Kreuzung collaborations series. The basic sound sources and samples made by Reutoff especially for this release have been treated, arranged and mixed with an addition of their own instrumental parts by Troum. Dark profound harsh ambient with some occasional rhythmic patterns intertwined with transcendental prepared guitar loops and perfect drone noises - a perfect blend between two project distinctive features and creative manners. The concept of this work is based on cosmology of Hildegard von Bingen. The release comes in a special “Kreuzung” series package made of brown kraft carton with a full colour stickered artwork/info cover and Reutoff logo embossed on the back, the CD is housed in the same carton die-cut inner envelope."

CD 13€

TROUM : sigqan (transgredient)

[Ger] re-issue of the long deleted album from 2003 (Desolation House), comes with new artwork feat. UV-high gloss spots, designed by Alan McClelland.

CD 13€

TROUM : eald ge streon (beta lactam ring)

[Ger] "Welcome to the Thunderdome. Troum’s bone-cracking reverberations respirate with such ferocity that all non-Troum molecules are blown away. Eald-Ge-Streon is a massive, rising beauty. It is a great becoming, and we are nothing but an ant in the afterbirth. Troum has set its controls beyond the heart of the Sunn. The pulsating inferno of these 7 drone concertos may require an insurance adjuster, but what a lovely way to burn. It is in your nature to do one thing correctly. Before Troum, you rightly tremble. But fear is not what you owe Troum. You owe Troum awe!"
single CD edition (despite the tracklist on the cover !)

CD 13€

TROUM : aiws (transgredient)

[Ger] my all time fav Troum album. the most organic and emotional Troum release.
beautiful 6 panels digipack.

CD 13€

TROUM : objectlessness (faria)

[Ger] re-issue of the deleted CDR-only release (on Mystery Sea) from 2005 , with new cover-artwork by Pete Burn (RYN). Edition of 750 copies.

CD 12€

VAKHCHAV : the relative middle (small doses)
MP3: sample

[US] "this was the first vakhchav material i'd heard, and have to say that i was blown away. nickolas mohanna takes a unique approach to making drones. with guitar and electronics he creates these pulsing, swirling sounds that hover in your ears for just the right amount of time, 5 tracks over 32 minutes."

CDR 6€

VIOLET : violet ray gas and the playbakc singer (SRA)
MP3: check this page

[US] "Whereas violet light resides at the short-wavelength end of the visible spectrum, Violet sound projects outwards beyond the audio spectrum; from Minimalism and near-silence to full-on tonal Brutalism. »Violet Ray Gas & The Playback Singers« creates a personal soundtrack to Futurist and Avant Guard cinema, filled with clipped foreign voices, the surface noise of old vinyl acetates and film projector hum. Seemingly familiar ethnic melodies decay and drone, with subtle turns of well-crafted and honed vision. Not unlike great film art, all composition leads to that awkward moment of dumbstruck awe upon completion, bathed in the deafening silence before one, then several, and finally thunderous audience applause bursts forth. That collective moment wherein the mind seeks to process the full range of aesthetic and emotional experience laid out before it: bewilderment to recognition, disruption to blissfulness, but never indifference or ambivalence. You are now changed from this experience and exposure."

CD 10€

VOICE OF EYE : substantia innominata (substantia innominata)

[US] "the legendary US-duo from New Mexico back on Drone Records! Three new tracks of NEW material ("VIRYA", "DHYANA" and "PURUSA"), highly sublime & emotional "other-dimensional" ambience using lots of vocal material, flutes and self-build string-instruments, all handplayed"

10" 12€

YOSHI WADA : earth horns and electronic drone (em)

[JP] "This is the first-ever release of "Earth Horns with Electronic Drone", recorded live in 1974. Combining four of Wada's self-made "pipehorns" (made from plumbing materials, over three meters in length), with an electronic drone tuned to the electrical current of the performance space, this is a lost masterpiece of early minimalism, placing Wada rightfully in the pantheon with La Monte Young, Phill Niblock, Maryanne Amacher and Alvin Lucier. Recorded live in Syracuse, New York, this recording captures the room-filling complex overtones generated by the ever-shifting interplay of the breathing horns and the constant electronic drone. This is a music of ritual hypnotic power, its heavy low end mass and sense of change within constancy engendering a meditative transcendency."

for all of you who have already bought the 3 previous releases, you just can't miss this one. you alreday know what this is about, but still, this is awesome. much more meditative than The Apointed Cloud, and better than Off The Wall IMO. excellent release filled with rare pictures and japanese/english liner notes.

CD 15€

WARMTH | MEDROXY PROGESTERONE ACETATE : split (small doses / phage tapes)
MP3: warmth sample on myspace / mpa sample on myspace

[US] warmth offers a very original piece of drone, something that starts very quietly and go on a non stop crescendo until a very harsh final ! awesome ! / MPA gives something i like alot too, less rrrrrr, and more douuuh.

7" 4€

WEREJU : fingerprints (idrone park)
MP3: fingerprints

[IR] brand new release ! wereju has always oscillated between dark post-industrial ambient and more enlighten drones. this one is definitively one of the second identity of wereju: shimmering drones filled with light and space. one of my fav !

CDR 4€

WEREJU : outside in (idrone park)
MP3: empty vessels

[IR] brand new release ! definitively DARKER than fingerprints. these two brand new records wouldn't have fit together as one single release. Outside In is heavier, and a lot less "positive" than Fingerprints.
for those who think that wereju always does the same thing, i have to say that finally, it is getting better and better.

CDR 4€

WEREJU & NILS HELSTROM : singularity (idrone park)

[IR] collaborative release from these two dark droners. and when i say "dark", i mean "dark" ! one of the most dark wereju release, while Nils Helstrom is more in his own element here. deeeeeep infra-bass and hopefully some lights at the end of the tunnel. excellent !

CDR out of stock

WEREJU | MARK BRADLEY : split (idrone park)
MP3: Mark Bradley "exposure"

[IR] split release, two great tracksof shimmering drones from wereju and 3 from Mark Bradley of his guitar based star of the lid vs troum drones.

CDR 4€

WEREJU : way of the cross (idrone park)

[IR] restock of this previous release, where some kind of melody showed up in the textured sounds that wereju does so well.

CDR 4€

WEREJU : through the depths of unknowing (electric requiems)
MP3: check myspace

[Ir] double CD set of the irelandish drone-scapes maker.

2CD 9€

PETER WRIGHT : snowblind (install)
MP3: apakura | follow the leader

[NZ] "Anyone familiar with Peter's music will be happy to hear lots of the layered guitar drones and textural interplay that his records have been known for, however we feel this is a totally accessible record to anyone who enjoys dense drones or ambient music. Wright coaxes otherworldly harmonies out of thick slabs of rocky chords that tower nearly endlessly like cliffs overlooking a black ocean, with some pieces keeping a calm, stately mood and others bursting with hot yellow energies. "

2CD 14€

PETER WRIGHT : air guitar (drone rds)

[NZ] "Welcome to the Dance of Overtones! New Zealand's PETER WRIGHT (residing for some time in London, UK) has raised a reputation over the last few years with his music built mainly by guitar & field recordings. This 3-piece EP #Air Guitar# consists of little fluxion-mantras, made by waving guitar-overtones & sounds of air & water, with little additional sounds of daily room-noises. Ultra-minimal & harmonic, but with a certain raw directness & concreteness that creates a unique atmosphere, these wonderful over-tonic vibrations & sounds seem to tell little stories or daydream-phantasies... "
low stock, last copies !

7" 6€

YA JI 1 (subjam)

[V/A] chinese release including an exclusive track from relapxychO (anders peterson), the loop orchestra, bai tian and shiz, plus a collaborative track. good mix of electronics a la alva noto and drony ambiant sounds.

CD 9€


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