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JG Thirlwell – Music Of The Venture Bros Volume 3 (Ectopic Ents)

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Music of The Venture Bros Volume Three is the third album of musical scores that JG Thirlwell created for the hit Adult Swim cartoon The Venture Bros. It is released on Thirlwell’s Ectopic Ents label , in an arrangement with Adult Swim / Watertower Records. The music is drawn from seasons 1-7. The CD contains detailed sleeve notes by Thirlwell.

Thirlwell’s unique and influential score for The Venture Bros. television series garnered widespread critical acclaim. Thirlwell was nominated for an Annie Award (the highest honor in the field of animation) for his “outstanding achievement in music” on The Venture Bros in 2016. He created the musical score for the show since its debut in 2003 until it finished its run with Season 7 in 2019. The Venture Bros returned in 2023 with a movie for HBO, which Thirlwell also scored.

The first volume of Venture Bros soundtracks was released in 2009 and the second was released in 2016. Thirlwell also scored the Emmy-winning hit FX cartoon show Archer.

The CD version of Music of The Venture Bros Volume Three contains 34 tracks and there are 21 tracks on the vinyl LP version which is pressed on “Canyon Effect“ blue colored vinyl. The vinyl also comes with a download code so the buyer can have the full album digitally.
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released September 5, 2025

Composed, produced, arranged and performed by JG Thirlwell.
Recorded and mixed by JG Thirlwell at Self Immolation Studios Brooklyn.
Artwork designed by JG Thirlwell.
Mastered by Scott Hull at Masterdisk.

Future Children – A disorganized body (Self-Released)

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This is a soundtrack to the short film about the very strange case of a French woman in the 19th-century known only as Mme X…

“DR. JULES COTARD had to be surprised and confused by the female patient (known only as brought to his office at the Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital in Paris one afternoon in 1882. The 43-year-old described a peculiar set of symptoms: she claimed she had “no brain, no nerves, no chest, no stomach, no bowels — that there was nothing left of her but the skin and bones.
Also, she claimed she had no soul, that there was no God and no devil, and that overall she was nothing but ‘a disorganized body’ with no internal organs and because of that she claimed to not need to eat anymore. Further, she expressed her belief in her own immortality, noting that she could not die a natural death, but ‘will live forever unless she is burnt, fire being her only possible end.’ Sadly she starved herself to death…”

This soundtrack, beyond the story of Mme X is also influenced by other 19th-century eccentrics (and brilliant artists) of her time such as Marcel Proust and Erik Satie.
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released October 5, 2025

Future Children are C C Sheehan and Kevin Coral
Additional vocals by Darrian Dawnstar
Additional guitar by Malcolm X Abram
Additional Drums/Percussion by Ty Landrum

All tracks recorded and mixed at Strawberry MIDI, Kent, OH
Mastered by Adam Boose @Cauliflower Audio

Additional synthesizers recorded at Vintage Synthesizer Museum, Los Angeles, CA

Special Thanks to Josh, Jason, Ella, Bernard, Nicolas, Jessica, JED

Some of the synthesizers used on this album include: Moog Polymoog 203a
EMS Synthi AKS
Sequential Circuits Prophet 5
Oberheim 4-Voice
Roland Jupiter 8
Korg PS-3100
Korg Trident MkII
Gleeman Pentaphonic
Elka Synthex
Yamaha CS-70m
Yamaha CS-80
PPG Wave 2.2 Roland Juno 60 Korg MS-20
Jen Synthtone
SX-100…

Artwork by Nicolas Nade

Garden Gate – Canyon Of Blood (Library Of The Occult)

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“Canyon of Blood tells a story of transformation, longing, and resistance, ushering the listener through a psychological landscape that’s as lush as it is violent… feels like the baroque bloom of a cactus flower amid spikes in the arid desert night.”

— Roan Parrish, author Strange Company, The Most Unusual Haunting of Edgar Lovejoy
released June 20, 2025

featuring (in order of appearance):

Jamie Flanagan (spoken word 1)
Tom Mcdowell (vocal samples, guitar 1)
Brian Hall (bass guitar 1, 4)
Mark Saddlemire (gtr, bass, keyboards, drums, sfx 2, addl percussion, synthesizer, sound effects 9, drums, claps, shaker, synthesizer 11)
Renato Montenegro (classical, acoustic, electric guitar 3)
Claire Piazza (vocals 5)
Drew Mulholland (additional vocal processing, atmospherics 5)
Frances Castle (synthesizers, strings 15)
Violet Cutler (saxophone 15)

Spoken word co-written with Roan Parrish (1)

Mastered for vinyl by Kevin Montenegro at Elemental Zoser Sound Studio

Album art and design: Hypnotist design (Thomas Moe Ellefsrud)
Cover stars (L to R): Jackie Soro, Roan Parrish, Timmi Meskers

Recordings From the Library of the Occult and Artemis Pictures International present Canyon of Blood
Original soundtrack recording by The Garden Gate

written and recorded by The Garden Gate (Timmi Meskers) at Maison d’Octobre Studios

Heartfelt gratitude to Tom at LOTO, Kevin Fermini, Esteban Sanchez, and the brilliant collaborators who brought this album to life, with special thanks to Roan, Jasper + Hal

Chris Alexander – Body Double (Library Of The Occult)

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Celebrated Canadian filmmaker and composer Chris Alexander joins Library of the Occult records with his album ‘Body Double’

A sinister fusion of 80s horror aesthetics and cinematic electronic soundscapes, Body Double throws listeners into a shadowy world of pulsating synths, eerie melodies, and haunting atmospheres. Alexander’s signature approach to sound design captures the spirit of classic genre film scores while pushing into uncharted sonic territory.

In the words of Shawn Macomber from Decibel: “Chris Alexander is easily one of the most fearless, imaginative, and iconoclastic world-builders currently operating in the worlds of cinema, and music. And when it comes to conjuring the magic and menace just beyond the veil, the man is damn near peerless.”

With Body Double, Alexander channels the sonic legacy of icons like John Carpenter and Goblin, weaving a tapestry of sound that feels both familiar and otherworldly.

Scanner – Columns (The Vinyl Factory)

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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

INSANIA – Reverberations (Aural Films)

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Aural Films goes back to our roots for the “This Music Plants Trees” artists project. Featuring full length albums by artists who have composed music just for the trees.

INSANIA plants a suite of marvelous compositions that take us on a journey though sonic forests.

Our forests are disappearing. You can personally make a difference supporting this music. Every sale plants trees with the Plant a Billion Trees project. Simply enter the suggested amount, or more, to help restore the Earth’s forests with the power of sound.

Forests not only provide clean air and water, but they also hold vast amounts of carbon dioxide and act as a cooling system for the Earth; they stabilize the global climate and fight warming. When nearly half of the trees have been removed from the planet by humans. The home to 80% of the Earth’s land-based plants and animals. We must recognize that forests are essential to the livelihood of all people around the world.

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released August 17, 2024

Welcome to the world of INSANIA (aka Ryo Utasato). INSANIA music is a merging of experimental dark ambient cinematic, glitch and noise. It is at times hypnotic and at times soul wrenching, but it will always leave you wanting more. More at insania.bandcamp.com

The Plant a Billion Trees campaign is a large-scale restoration initiative launched by The Nature Conservancy in 2008. Our first project was to restore Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, and now we have expanded to include forest projects all across the world! By planting trees and helping forests regrow where they have been severely degraded, we’re helping to reduce the impacts of climate change, slow biodiversity loss, ensure clean water and air for everyone, and provide full, healthy forests for future generations. Read more about the project at www.plantabillion.org

Aural Films is an online record label (netlabel) that releases high-quality soundtrack albums for movies that do not exist. We cover a wide range of music styles ranging from ambient to experimental to popular to soundtrack musics. Often on the same albums. You can find our complete catalog of releases online at AuralFilms.com

Aural Films Catalog No. AF0424

JG Thirlwell – Archer Original Soundtrack Volume 1 (Iam8bit)

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Archer Volume 1 is the long-awaited soundtrack album of JG Thirlwell‘s scores for the animated FX series Archer . Thirlwell created the musical score for season 7-14 of the series , from 2015-2023.

The album comprises 27 tracks and is drawn from seasons 7-9 of the show. It is released on maraschino red vinyl. The digital version of the album comprises 30 tracks.

Thirlwell joined the show in 2015 and was able to expand and build on the Archer universe with his musical stylings. The show won an Emmy Award in the category of Outstanding Animated Program for season 7.