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Various Artists – Noise Forest (Cold Spring)

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Label Description:

A classic compilation that emanated out of Osaka, “Noise Forest” brings together a powerhouse of early 90’s Japanese noise stalwarts: MERZBOW, C.C.C.C., SOLMANIA, DISLOCATION, MONDE BRUITS, MASONNA, VIOLENT ONSEN GEISHA, and INCAPACITANTS.

The ultimate Japanoise collection, originally released in 1992 on the cult Les Disques Du Soleil label / record store on CD-only, and now impossible to find. Remastered and presented here on deluxe 2LP in matt-laminate gatefold sleeve (first time on vinyl) and new CD edition, all with new artwork.

A forest isn’t something normally associated with noise; it brings to mind silence and solitude. However, the ominous cover art here – and the artists within – bring to mind the notorious suicide forest Aokigahara. Despite all tracks falling into the Japanoise genre, the tracks are very diverse, yet every track is so distinct it could only be by that artist.

Notes on each track taken from Noisextra’s ‘Noise Forest’ special: www.noisextra.com/2024/01/10/various-artists-noise-forest

• CD in matt-laminate digipak.

• 2LP Black in matt-laminate gatefold sleeve.

• 2LP Forest Green in matt-laminate gatefold sleeve. Ltd 250 copies.

releases December 6, 2024

1. recorded at ZSF Produkt Studio, 11/07/91
2. recorded at Telecom Studio 06/07/91
3. recorded & mixed at works Fatagaga 07/91
4. edited by Dislocation 1991. Includes live recordings at Freebird (03/02/91) and Bubble (21/02/91). F.Kimura (guitars), K.Kiyokawa (performance), Y.Yanagawa (sax), T.Osaki (electronics)
7. recorded in 1989
8. T.Mikawa + F.Kosakai

Mastered by Martin Bowes
Layout by Abby Helasdottir

Anatoly Grinberg & Andreas Davids – Emergency Landing (Ant-Zen)

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Label Description:

EMERGENCY LANDING – a remix mini album & addendum to the album INSPIRED BY A TRAGEDY by anatoly grinberg (aka tokee) and andreas davids (mainly known from xotox).

remixes by room of wires, autoclav1.1, flint glass, loss, empusae, ah cama-sotz and spherical disrupted

released November 4, 2024

layout by stefan alt

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INSPIRED BY A TRAGEDY:
ant-zen.bandcamp.com/album/inspired-by-a-tragedy

Phelios – Obsidian Forest (Loki-Found)

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Label Description: With his latest release, Martin Stürtzer, the mastermind behind Phelios, continues to carve out a unique space in the dark ambient genre. He blends expansive soundscapes with slowly evolving tribal rhythms to create a truly immersive experience. Obsidian Forest captures the essence of deep, shadowy woods where ancient, unseen forces seem to dwell. The album feels like a ritualistic journey into nature’s darker realms, with each track evoking a vivid, sometimes haunting, landscape of sound.

Phelios’ trademark monumental melodies are omnipresent throughout the album, merging with somber, swelling drones that pull listeners into a dense sonic fog. As the album progresses, these melodies evolve like distant, otherworldly chants reverberating through the trees. The layering is intricate, and the atmosphere is thick, yet there’s always a sense of space—an invitation to explore these shadowy woods further.

The addition of tribal percussion is a defining feature of the album, grounding the otherwise ethereal soundscapes with a primal energy. These rhythms emerge slowly, almost as if they are the footsteps of an unseen figure moving deeper into the wilderness. Phelios seamlessly blends ancient and futuristic elements, balancing tension and tranquility to craft a meditative yet eerie soundscape.

Phelios’ latest work is both a sonic journey and an imaginative exploration of nature’s darker side — a plunge into the heart of deep woods, where every echo and shadow holds an untold story.

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Scanner – Columns (The Vinyl Factory)

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Label Descriptions:

This digital release accompanies the very limited, hand-made vinyl production released on Vinyl Factory 2024. Available exclusively here:

thevinylfactory.com/product/columns-falling-columns/

* Two electronic soundtracks composed by Robin Rimbaud aka Scanner
* Music produced to accompany Ben Kelly installations commissioned by 180 Studios for the exhibition Future Shock (2022)
* Pressed on 180-gram white vinyl
* Gatefold sleeve printed International Orange (RAL2004) on Mirror board
* Hand signed and numbered by Ben Kelly and Robin Rimbaud aka Scanner
* Limited edition of 300 copies

Ben Kelly is one of the UK’s most influential designers. Kelly is best known for his interior design of the legendary nightclub, The Haçienda in Manchester. His practice has produced influential work for 180 Studios, Virgil Abloh, The Sex Pistols, The V&A, Vivienne Westwood, Malcolm McLaren and Factory Records.

The Vinyl Factory first collaborated with Kelly to commission and stage his installation RUIN, produced in collaboration with Virgil Abloh, at 180 Studios in 2017. 180 Studios subsequently staged Kelly’s Columns installation as part of the exhibition Future Shock (2022), the soundtrack to which, composed by electronic musician Robin Rimbaud aka Scanner, is released here.

An organic shaped die cut peephole is cut into the front of the sleeve as a homage to Marcel Duchamp’s final work Étant donnés (1946-1966) – a gateway to another world. The peephole reveals one of Ben’s orange columns and plinth with a gloss varnish on a black background. On removing the inner sleeve the statement: “CONCERNING THE BUILDING OF THESE COLUMNS WE HAVE NO CERTAIN NEWS” is revealed, printed on a Pigeon Blue background.

The rear of the inner sleeve contains a printed transcription of a conversation surreptitiously recorded via dictation, complete with mistakes and mishearing’s, between Kelly and Scanner. The transcription has produced a mashup version of the true conversation which has been printed in full. Across the two sides of the inner sides of the gatefold, a vertical full colour printed collage of columns, taken from the FALLING COLUMNS digital installation.

The rear of the sleeve contains a printed essay by Brian Dillon, beginning with a quote from Francesco Colonna, Hypnerotomachia (1499). This essay was originally commissioned by Ben to accompany his COLUMNS installation in 2022. A Chocolate Grinder is printed on the silver mirror board on the rear of the gatefold above the VF logo.

Scanner’s work traverses the experimental terrain between sound, space, and image. His diverse body of work includes soundtracks for films, performances, radio, dance, theatre and site-specific intermedia installations. Committed to working with cutting edge practitioners he has collaborated with Carsten Nicolai, Wayne MacGregor, Laurie Anderson, Hussein Chalayan, and Mike Kelley.

released October 28, 2024

Music composed and performed by Robin Rimbaud / Scanner Commissioned by Ben Kelly / The Photo Kid and VF on the occasion of: COLUMNS for the exhibition ‘FUTURE SHOCK and FALLING COLUMNS digitally exhibited in the Atrium, both at 180 The Strand.

Released by The Vinyl Factory, 2024. VF392
Sleeve Design by Ben Kelly
Layout Artwork by BPD
Essay by Brian Dillon

Photos of vinyl by Feiyang Xue

Various Artists – paisajes en tundra

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Label Description:

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Glacier retreat, while a natural phenomenon in some cases, has been exacerbated by various human activities such as burning fossil fuels, deforestation and intensive agriculture. The accelerated melting of ice leads to a series of catastrophic consequences and irreversible effects that are impacting both natural ecosystems and human life.

This album was created as an initiative to raise awareness of this phenomenon, as well as to raise funds to support Glaciares Chilenos (www.glaciareschilenos.org), a Chilean NGO founded with the aim of educating and protecting the more than 26 thousand glaciers located in the national territory, through the development of educational programs and visibility of scientific content on glaciers.

In keeping the editorial line of the previous benefit compilation “migraciones”, Bahía Mansa decides to expand the previous sound palette and invites 10 other global artists to participate in this collaborative instance as part of the annual support for ecological causes.

All proceeds will be donated directly to Glaciares Chilenos (NGO).

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(SPA)

El retroceso de los glaciares, si bien es un fenómeno natural en algunos casos, se ha visto exacerbado por varias actividades humanas como quema de combustibles fósiles, deforestación y agricultura intensiva. Los hielos comienzan a derretirse más rápidamente, lo que conlleva a una serie de consecuencias catastróficas y efectos irreversibles que están afectando la vida natural y humana.

Este álbum nace como iniciativa para concientizar de este fenómeno, así también como para reunir fondos y donar a Glaciares Chilenos (www.glaciareschilenos.org), ONG chilena fundado con el objeto de educar y proteger los más de 26 mil glaciares ubicados en el territorio nacional, a través del desarrollo de programas educativos y visibilización de contenido científico sobre glaciares.

En esta línea, y continuando en la línea editorial del anterior compilado a beneficio “migraciones”, bahía mansa decide ampliar la paleta sonora anterior e invita a otros 10 artistas globales a participar en esta instancia colaborativa como parte del apoyo anual a causas ecológicas.

Todo lo donado va en directo beneficio de Glaciares Chilenos (ONG).

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Thank you infinitely to all the artists who contributed their talents and passion to this project, making it possible to extend this important message!

credits

released October 25, 2024

curated by bahía mansa
mastered by Nico Rosenberg at Alt-Köpenick Studio
artwork by shesoundvisual.

THANKS TO:
Nico Rosenberg (CL) – nicorosenberg.bandcamp.com
Anto Little (CL) – antolittle.bandcamp.com
David Cordero (ES) – davidcordero.bandcamp.com
shesoundvisual (CL) – shesoundvisual.bandcamp.com
Ryan J. Raffa (US) – rjraffa.bandcamp.com/music
Carlos Ferreira (BR) – carlosferreira.bandcamp.com
M. Linnen (US) – mlinnen.bandcamp.com
Yumi Iwaki (JP) – soundcloud.com/iwakiyumi
El Encanto de Lo Discreto (UY) – elencantodelodiscreto.bandcamp.com
emho (FR) – emho.bandcamp.com

JK Flesh – Echo Chamber Music 01 (Avalanche Recordings)

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Label Description:

In the spirit of the intention of ‘dubs’, comes a new series, Echo Chamber Music, consisting of open ended manipulations of minimal JK FLESH 4/4 ‘techno’ tracks, loosely traversing the ‘industrial dub techno’ concept (some vague meeting point between early industrial music e.g Throbbing Gristle, etc, and dub techno pioneers Basic Channel); gritty dub techno tracks reduced and inverted, indulging in the endless possibilities of the application of the processes of dub through dirt…

The series was intended to begin in 2021 with this first volume, but due to clashes with other project releases around the period, the series was put on hold until now – Nov 2024….

released November 5, 2024

Justin K Broadrick – Electronics @ Avalanche studio, UK. 2021

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Atsushi Izumi – Observable (Opal)

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Label Description:

The initial information the observer has about the system comes from a set of measurements. The operator is a specific instruction or set of instructions. Every observable is associated with its own operator.

credits

released October 31, 2024

Written and Produced by Atsushi Izumi
Painting by Linnmaru
Mastered by Bishop

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