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Dylan Houser – This Is Not Your Domain (Self-Released)

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I was in this large fancy house. I guess it was a tourist attraction, but I was allowed access to this back pool area, which had an indoor swimming pool. I went in, and it looked dilapidated and abandoned, and I saw at least four dead bodies scattered about in it. There was no water in the pool, and it looked like it had caved in. The bodies looked recently deceased and were real, but were considered still “part of the exhibit.”

I proceeded to another door in the back, which led me to this small, brown/red room with water rising and separating the door I came in from and the door on the other side. I had to wait to board this platform to get to the other side. Through that door was a giant clean fancy room, nothing sketchy this time, but it was all water-themed. There was a giant bathtub, two big jacuzzis side by side, a view of the lakefront outside, and even a painting of water. I don’t remember how, but I eventually made my way back to where I started.

Later, I was in this dark wooded area, following a group of people in front of me. We’re walking down this trail when suddenly a tree falls over, causing a giant sandstorm. Then another tree falls over, then another, so I turn around only to find more trees on the other side of me individually falling over.

And the other day, there was this creepy dummy/mannequin sitting in the box in the laundry room of my house between the washer and dryer, and it was telepathically sending me threats. I left the room, went back but it was now sitting on the heater. I noticed my wife wasn’t home and so I called her phone, but this creepy guy answered and said that she “maybe should have been more careful” in a sly manner. I thought it was odd how he didn’t try to cover his tracks.

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released October 31, 2024

Collector Of Dust – Entropic Tapestries (Argali Records Netlabel)

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Ten years in the making, Reon Moebius’s long awaited and threatened project Collector Of Dust makes it’s recording debut via Argali Records having retired his older venture The Jesus Fish Experience in 2019 and his short lived solo live project Seagull Died On Impact in 2024.

Lush yet minimal, spacious but dense, sweeping and intimate: Collector Of Dust’s orchestral ambitions betray the sparse instrumentation and lonely isolation that was employed to create what Reon has dubbed ‘chambergaze’. Music meant to invoke vulnerable romanticism set against the vastness of ancient, decaying hyper objects and indifference of the natural world. To lovers, dreamers, and survivors this one’s for you.

Dedicated to the memory of Peter & Ursula Megert, Dominick Pfefferkorn, Hasan Abdur-Razzaq, & J Guy Laughlin

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released October 30, 2024

Reon Moebius: All instruments (Ebowed bass guitar, bowed guitar, mellotron, drum machine programming), arrangements, lyrics, vocals.

Keith Hanlon: Mixing, mastering, and additional production.

Recorded at Home from 2021-2024.
Mixed & Mastered At Secret Studios 2024.

This is ARGREC61.

Various Artists – radical​/​love​/​DRUM Vol. 1 (Flux ov Time)

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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.

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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

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Yellow Swans – Out Of Practice I (Self-Released)

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Getting back to playing was a whole thing. Neither of us had been playing much music and weren’t sure how we’d get back to it since we live pretty far apart and had opted in to playing shows. We always leaned on improvisation in our sets and our last few years were entirely improvisational, so we decided we’d create a few frameworks for playing our live gigs to give us something to lean on. In a sense, “songs” but VERRRRY loose. So here’s a tape documenting two very different versions of one of those pieces, which was based around some vague ideas and tape loops of early music fragments. We are old now, history and we wanted to play with history. L O L. Anyway, I think the music is pretty good. Not bad for a band that hasn’t recorded anything or played out in 15 years.

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releases July 5, 2024

Side A recorded at Glob 11/14/23
Side B recorded at Oblivion Access 6/16/23

Two takes on the same piece

GMS Guitar, Electronics
Pete Swanson Electronics, Tapes

Art by Paul McDevitt
Layout by Britt Brown

Thanks to everyone who helped with OA, Luke and LPR.

Ulvtharm – 7 Uthras (Cyclic Law)

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Label Description: Second opus from MZ 412 co-founder Jouni Ollila. Ulvtharm is painting his world as a sprawling, post-apocalyptic industrial wasteland, where humanity clings to survival in the shadows of monolithic factories and decaying cities. Skies choked with ash, and a sun that seldom breaks through the omnipresent smog. Within this landscape, the Seven Uthras exist not as beings of benevolence, but as ancient, god-like entities that emanate from the darkest depths of the earth, commanding forces beyond human comprehension. 7Uthras serves as a sonic gateway to otherworldly realms, offering a glimpse into the abyss that challenges and expands the listener’s perception of the known universe. Ulvtharm masterfully blends the essence of dark industrial soundscapes with layers of mystical ambiance, creating an immersive experience that is both deeply unsettling and profoundly enlightening. This new album is not just an exploration of sound but a journey into the soul of its creator, exploring the chaos and darkness within his imagination. Ulvtharm’s deeper vocal experimentations are weaving a narrative that is both personal and universal. The album’s blend of dark, martial, pulsating rhythms and ambient organic soundscapes invites us to confront the death and ruins of our world. As each track unfolds, we will be drawn deeper into a narrative of chaos and transformation, where the end of one world signifies the birth of another. 7UTHRAS is not just an album; it is a ritualistic journey that seeks to unlock the ancient doors of perception and embrace the darkness as a path to enlightenment. All hail the Serpents, all hail the Seven Uthras!