Label Description: Another batch of new stuff with a selection of reworked solo tracks (by each other) as ‘bonus’ material.
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Monthly Archives: September 2024
Filmmaker – The Iconoclast EP (Self Released)
plateau – Kushbush + Music for Grassbars (Artoffact Records)
Label Description:
PlatEAU’s 2007 release, Kushbush, is a psychedelic, dub-infused electronic album that blends ambient soundscapes with heavy, bass-driven grooves. The project, spearheaded by cEvin Key of Skinny Puppy and Phil Western, delves into themes of altered states and introspection, combining lush synth textures, hypnotic rhythms, and distorted samples to create a trippy, immersive listening experience. With its laid-back, smoked-out vibes, Kushbush is a sonic journey through hazy atmospheres and experimental beats, reflecting the duo’s unique fusion of industrial influences and chillout music aesthetics.
Music for Grassbars, released by platEAU in 1997, serves as the debut album for the duo, laying the groundwork for their distinctive sound that would evolve in later works like Kushbush. This album explores a more minimalistic and experimental approach, characterized by downtempo rhythms, ambient textures, and an eclectic mix of organic and synthetic sounds. With its playful track titles and dub-inspired grooves, Music for Grassbars captures a sense of curiosity and exploration, offering a lo-fi, laid-back soundscape that’s equally suitable for contemplative listening or background ambiance. It’s an early testament to platEAU’s ability to blend electronic innovation with a relaxed, hazy atmosphere.
Various Artists – radical/love/DRUM Vol. 1 (Flux ov Time)
Label Description:
radical/love/DRUM Vol. 1 is the debut release from Flux ov Time Netlabel, which focuses on percussion-forward experimental, noise, contemporary classical, absurdist, unlistenable, avant-garde.
credits
released September 6, 2024
sounds by:
{An} Eel (panpanpanaviandistresscall.bandcamp.com)
John Notaro (johnnotaro.bandcamp.com)
Mathieu Bec (mathieubec.bandcamp.com)
Persefone
Jo Bled (jobled.bandcamp.com)
nd dentico (nddentico.bandcamp.com)
the professors of mystery (theprofessorsofmystery.bandcamp.com/album/sad-emotions)
rj myato (jeudemarseille.home.blog)
Jim Storch (burnoutwarcry.bandcamp.com/music)
Art by:
Neal Retke
F(ov)T001
{AN} EeL – Glitter & Brimstone & Gold (Pan Pan Pan Avian Distress Call)
Label Description:
It’s A Hell of a thing ,
A Lingering sting
A Diamond Ring
Dropped right down a sink
A Bubble
And Bubble
And Toile & Trubble
Witches Brooms & Warlocks Wobble
A Kiss in the Graveyard and
The dust of bones in churches
Lurches forwards, Shudders
and Halts
Bring it up to the earth,
Earth straight from the vaults ~
It’s all your fault
Kevin Drumm – Syncope (Self Released)
Label Description: Syncope made August 2024, during a stay at the E.R. on Division and Leavitt, Chicago Il.
Probably back tomorrow.
Exit Electronics – Body Builder (Avalanche Recordings)
Label Description:
JUSTIN K BROADRICK – ELECTRONICS.
2023/24.
2023/24.
credits
released September 3, 2024
AVALANCHE RECORDINGS /
AREC080 /
black_ops – Exeunt (Self Released)
Label Description:
exeunt /ĕk′sē-ənt, -oo͝nt″/
A stage direction for more than one actor to leave the stage.
A stage direction for more than one actor to leave the stage.
credits
released August 27, 2024
black_ops – Field recs, manipulations
Recorded and Mastered in the Attic June- August 2024
Samples
Josephine Massarella – No.5 Reversal
Chris Petit – Dead TV
Sanne Sannes – Dirty Girls
Orphan Parapet – Time Lapse Of Wet Fire (Self Released)
Label Description: Nick Podgurski and Colin Marston: synthesizers, acoustic and electronic percussion, production
recorded and mixed at Menegroth, the Thousand Caves, NYC 2022 – 2024
finished at the Milman Observatory, Northampton MA
audio engineering by Colin
artwork and titles by Nick
collaboratively mixed
album also available here:
newfirmament.bandcamp.com/album/time-lapse-of-wet-fire
Nails – Every Bridge Burning (Nuclear Blast)
Label Description:
For the first time in over 8 years, the blistering assault on our nervous system that can only be described as the sound of NAILS, has reemerged. With Carlos Cruz on drums, Andrew Solis on Bass, Shelby Lermo on Guitars, and Todd Jones on guitar & vocals, the upcoming studio album, EVERY BRIDGE BURNING, will be revealed August 30th, 2024 via Nuclear Blast Records.
For this 4th full length album, NAILS have channeled raw emotion into tracks like “Imposing Will”, a seismic event in the realm of sonic aggression; igniting the pulse, and fueling a fire of hostility. “[This track is] special to the record in that I knew we wanted it to be the opener,” explains founder Todd Jones. “We wanted it to have the effect of an urgency; an immediacy in the music itself. When you push play, you get smacked in the face.”
Similarly, “Give Me the Painkiller” hints at an intricate groove while simultaneously causing the urge to peel your skin off. There exists a wild energy that according to Jones is the band’s “most expressive guitar playing” in their history. Plunge into “Punishment Map”, and confront the decades of misery brought about by Golden State serial killer Joe D’Angelo—a relentless descent into the abyss of human suffering. The guitar work on EVERY BRIDGE BURNING is an expansive force in its own right, epitomized in tracks like, No More Rivers to Cross. Here, NAILS masterfully navigates
a spectrum of moods, showcasing fluidity and intensity that is quintessentially NAILS yet profoundly evolved.
The album artwork, a creation by Jeff Whitehead, serves as a visual prelude to the auditory chaos—a stark representation of the aural brutality that NAILS delivers. “I really wanted to work with Whitehead again,” explains Jones. “I wanted the artwork to represent the sound of NAILS visually, and to reference the same figure from our last
album cover.”
The writing process for this album was no different than in record cycles of the past. The foundations of songs are born from riffs, and it is around these riffs that entire tracks are eventually composed. “Our writing process is about building songs,”
explains Jones, “not just sitting down and writing them straight through all at once.”
Recording for the album commenced in Massachusetts at God City Studio with Kurt Ballou (of CONVERGE), whose contribution is integral to the NAILS sound, as elucidated by Jones: “we’ve recorded every album with Kurt. He’s such an important ingredient as to how we present our music. When our fans want to hear NAILS, they
want to hear something that is through the filter of Kurt’s engineering.”
Most importantly, EVERY BRIDGE BURNING was born out of unwavering dedication to NAILS fans and the underground music scene. It echoes their commitment to authenticity and raw power. NAILS remains a beacon of rebellion and resilience in a
world hungry for genuine expression. With no shortage of effort or meticulous song
arrangement, the time has arrived to become engulfed in the ferocity of NAILS once again as EVERY BRIDGE BURNING unveils a new, but familiar chapter in extreme music.
“This band was modeled after some of my favorite bands; the type of bands where, when they put out an album, you know what it’s going to sound like,” describes Jones, “it’s the delivery of the expectation.” The sensory destroying musical onslaught that we’ve all been missing is back. NAILS is Todd Jones, Carlos Cruz, Andrew Solis, and
Shelby Lermo.
Music For The Rest Of Us 