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Alphabet Dust – Over Here, Asteroid (Self-Released)

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All organised noise by Kenneth Brown
except: Peter Russell, Clarinet on Euphrosyne

Recorded in the Cupboard Studio, Stirling
Pallas is an excerpt from a live performance at
The Old Hairdressers, Glasgow, 4th July 2024

© Another “Bite The Hand That Feeds” Production 2026

Robert Dallas Gray – Missals (Self-Released)

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Part of the practice of making music involves arriving at and maintaining a sort of coherence and continuity – a heuristic that defines personal rules and parameters, however loosely. These parameters can always be pushed outwards or arbitrarily compressed, but the shape of things needs to make sense, over shorter and longer spans of time and collections of work.

Missals represents something of a suspension of my own rules; it has its own internal language, although it exists in a dialogue with the other records.

There are some obvious entries in the lexicon – some technical, some iconographic. Every track uses my Dynacord tape echo; the overall shape of the record is a cycle; influences are left as pure colours, rather than elided and absorbed.

It is a (rather compact) concept album, in short, and a way both to get some musical ideas off my chest and to kick some of my personal parameters outward a little. Its conceit allows me to take the devotional aspects that seemed to emerge on The Vallum and push them as far as I can within my own worldview.

Missals is presented with heartfelt thanks to Kris Boyle for his extraordinary accompanying video works, and to LADYfingers for their beautiful artwork. Both of these feature in the attached digital booklet.

The opening track, Morning Portal, first appeared on the compilation One More Tune, and is dedicated to the memory of Keith McIvor.

Zi iacchos – Fragments (Self-Released)

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Fragments is a series of short musical pieces conceived as breaths rather than songs.

After the album Ornaments, which was built around text, voice, and symbolic articulation, Fragments moves in the opposite direction:
less language, less structure, less intention.

Each piece is limited in duration (around two minutes), not by constraint, but by necessity.
They are not meant to develop or conclude — they appear, remain briefly, and dissolve.

The voice, when present, is reduced to a single word, a syllable, or a gesture.
Sound is treated as matter: grain, air, erosion, suspension.

Fragments was composed and recorded live, without overdubs, to preserve fragility and immediacy.
It is designed for saturated minds and quiet rooms — a space to breathe, not to explain.

This EP is not a continuation of Ornaments, but its decantation.

Bi Score – Out In Front (Self-Released)

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It’s been a couple years, but we’re back with a big album, and we’re not holding anything back!

From the late ’90s era of gaming through to today, this project highlights so many of our favorites. We hope you’ll find something that resonates with you among these 15 tracks, too.


Bi Score is:
Ian Cowell: Guitars, synths
Carrie Wood: Bass, vocals, additional guitar

Additional musicians on this album:
Kev Ragone: drums/percussion on tracks 1, 4, 8, 10
Andy Wade: drums on tracks 6, 7, 9
Kyana Sun: drums on track 11
Dom Palombi: drums on track 12
Yusef Kelliebrew: drums on track 13
Angel Hernandez: drums on track 14
Chuck Salamone: guitar on track 6
Chris “angrypolarbear” Doughty: synths/keys on track 11
Logan “Biggoron” Tucker: synths/keys on track 13
Lacey Johnson: piano on track 15
Cheryl Carr & Riley Zielinski: flutes on track 8
Jacob Deaven: saxophone on track 10

Tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15 arranged by Carrie Wood
Tracks 3, 12 arranged by Ian Cowell
Arrangement on track 14 based on initial 2021 arrangement by Jonathan Shaw as commissioned and directed by Carrie Wood
Additional arranging on track 13 by Yusef Kelliebrew

Mixing and mastering by Ian Cowell.

Album art by Patricio Thielemann (Pokerus Project).

Special thanks to: Kev Ragone, Andy Wade, Kyana Sun, Dom Palombi, Yusef Kelliebrew, Angel Hernandez, V-Ron Media, Chuck Salamone, Cheryl Carr, Riley Zielinski, Jacob Deaven, Xander Plute, Chris Doughty, Logan Tucker, Lacey Johnson, Patricio Thielemann, Barry “Epoch” Topping, Drew Gibson, the entire Dwelling of Duels community, the entire GameGrooves family, Mark Schimmelbusch, Jonathan Shaw, Gene Dreyband, Veronica Tyler, Phil Wood, Diane Gunther, Enzo Cowell, Elroy Cowell, Frank Cowell, Ganon & Friday


GO!GO!STYLE, written by Barry “Epoch” Topping for Paradise Killer (2020)
Moon Mountain, written by Tsuyoshi Tanaka for Harvest Moon 64(1999)
Under the Rotting Pizza, written by Nobuo Uematsu for Final Fantasy VII (1997)
Azure Blue World… For Emerald Coast, written by Jun Senoue for Sonic Adventure (1999)
Terran 1, written by Glenn Stafford for Starcraft(1998)
That’s a Big Stick, written by Chuck Salamone for Hylics 2 (2020)
Genius of PK Love, includes elements of Genius of Love by the Tom Tom Club (1981), Fantasy by Mariah Carey (1995), Eight Melodies, written by Keiichi Suzuki for EarthBound (1994) and Pollyanna, written by Keiichi Suzuki for Mother (1989)
Korok Forest, written by Manaka Kataoka, Yasuaki Iwata and Hajime Wakai for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2018)
Title Theme, written by Jonathan Dunn for Robocop (1990)
Into the Valley, includes elements of Opening, Valley and Professor Oak’s Lab, written by Ikuko Mimori for Pokemon Snap (1999)
Smooooch, written by Kors K for Beatmania IIDX 16: Empress (2008)
Snake Man, written by Yasuaki Fujita for Mega Man III (1990)
Jenna’s Theme, written by Motoi Sakuraba for Golden Sun: The Lost Age (2003)
A Long Fall, written by Masayoshi Soken for Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers (2019)
Hope, written by dai for Umineko: When They Cry (2007)


Bonus tracks (exclusively on physical CD):
16. Psycho Killer (Talking Heads)
17. Sultana Dreaming (from Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn) – Feat. V-Ron Media
18. National Park (from Pokémon Gold/Silver/Crystal) – Feat. Xander Plute
19. Butter-Fly (from Digimon Adventure) – Feat. Angrypolarbear, Kyana Sun
Tracks 17, 18, 19 mastered by Drew Gibson.

Psycho Killer, written by David Byrne, Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth, originally by Talking Heads (1977)
Sultana Dreaming, written by Masayoshi Soken for Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn (2014)
National Park, written by Go Ichinose for Pokémon Gold & Silver (1999)
Butter-Fly, written by Hidenori Chiwata and Cher Watanabe for Digimon Adventure (1999)

snwv – music at a distance 280 (Self-Released)

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One element of creativity that’s undervalued, I think, is whim. We can make plans and restrict ourselves to certain forms, but newness and variety can enter by following a thought in the moment. Right before this performance, I thought of using some clipped string ends and the violin bow as ways of exciting the strings, and adding unintentional sounds. As a result, some of these pieces have sonic profiles that are unusual for this series.

The resulting timbres have the quality of small, distant bells, or sounds from an indeterminate instrument. The conventionally played notes often resemble low brass or wind instruments. These pieces are in line with the meditative quality of the series, though the timbral variety suggests new areas to explore.

The titles of these pieces are references to the visual and performance art of Hamish Fulton. Thank you for listening!


Maurice Rickard: Guitar, programming

Signal chain: Univox Coily in Bb F Bb F Bb C tuning > Reuss Effects Understate, Reuss Effects Repeater Fuzz, Balls Effects KWB > Vox Wah > Dunlop Stereo Uni-Vibe, Hungry Robot Wardenclyffe Deluxe > Moyo Volume > Max/MSP eight-delay patch with FFT pitch shift, tremolo, convolution reverb, AudioThing Reels. Guitar played with fingers, eBow, string ends, violin bow.

Impulses: Inchindown Oil Tanks (Matt Gray mattg.co.uk ), silent5 Biamp MR/140 (Tilt Up 2), St. Paul’s Huddersfield (near), Fort Worden Cistern

Aduanten – Apocryphal Verses (Self-Released)

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Label Description: Aduanten, the melodic death metal project featuring members of Obsequiae, Vex, Panopticon, and Horrendous, unleashes its full power on the new album, ‘Apocryphal Verse.’ Combining ferocious, intricate riffs with a profound sense of sorrow and hopelessness, Aduanten crafts a sound that is both aggressive and beautifully melancholic. This is melodic death metal at its most potent and atmospheric. As a bonus, all CD and vinyl purchases will also include the band’s acclaimed debut EP, ‘Sullen Cadence,’ as bonus tracks. For fans of Dissection, Eucharist, Sacramentum, and Obsequiae.

Ed Herbers – Tartarus (Self-Released)

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A group of space-faring scavengers are navigating a remote region of the galaxy when the ship’s sensors alert them to an unidentified object looming in the distance.

“Sensors detect a massive freighter up ahead. Looks like it was powered down and abandoned out here. Its callsign is coming through as “Tartarus,” but there’s no other data available (manifest, origin, destination). I’m sure we could salvage some useful scrap from it—let’s dock and check it out.”

Although the ghost ship appears to be empty, the crew quickly discovers that they’re not alone…and a simple salvage mission becomes a desperate fight for survival.

Inspired by media like Dead Space and Alien, Tartarus is an atmospheric and immersive dark ambient, sci-fi horror/suspense experience.


All songs produced and mixed by Ed Herbers.

Mastered by Exit Chamber (exitchamber.bandcamp.com)

Album artwork by Ed Herbers, adapted from a costume piece created by Sam Herbers.

Big thanks to Adventsong for suggesting the album title (adventsong.bandcamp.com)

Several pieces from this album previously appeared in other contexts:
– “Promise & Peril” and “Insomnia” were released as singles in early 2023. At the time, I had no plans to use them on anything else, but as Tartarus started to take shape, I realized both of these tracks were perfect for it.
– “No One Is Going To Save Us” previously appeared on the “Passed Away” compilation, from Passed Recordings, in 2022 (passedrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/passed-away-2)
– “Entropy” previously appeared on “Heavy for the Hollers” a compilation benefiting hurricane relief efforts in North Carolina following Hurricane Helene (liminaldreadproductions.bandcamp.com/album/heavy-for-the-hollers)