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DMR50 Organ of Corti - Incus / Malleus 7" (10 euro)
Born out of a common interest in the repetitive, challenging and intense the three-headed dragon Organ of Corti is a new collaboration project between Swedish sound experts Joachim Nordwall (IDEAL Records, The Gagmen), Mattias Gustafsson (Altar of Flies) and Dan Johansson (Sewer Election, Enhet för Fri Musik). Inspired by tape music from the 60s, minimal music, early industrial and collective creativity their sound is unique and unheard of. Organ of Corti is about hearing, about how to be affected through sound and the power of reaching other states of consciousness through composition and deep listening.
While Gustafsson and Johansson deliver their trademark crumbling tape loops, Nordwall adds spacious analogue synth layers. Carefully mixing these bare elements into a hypnotic journey. In the slipstream of their debut cd on New Forces we're proud to return to our favorite physical format to present their first vinyl edition, containing 2 fresh injections of superior sound manipulation.
260 copies, with hand stamped labels and insert.
DMR49 Kjostad - Captive MC (10 euro)
New York City-based Kjostad is the moniker of Stefan Aune, who is also involved in Form Hunter and Breaking the Will, in addition to running the New Forces label. Capturing highly personal sounds focusing on northern Minnesota, Aune adds layers of electronics and magnetic tape, weaving an organic tapestry of man-made and natural sonics.
Captive explores the physicality of organic sound and the productive tension that arises when it is captured via analog and digital machines. Composed in 2020 and 2021 and refined through several live performances in New York City, it translates and renders audible the solitary manipulation of wood, rock, metal and other materials.
100 copies, with handmade slipcase and a numbered insert.
DMR51 Something Vile - Suicide Souvenir MC (10 euro)
After a random discovery on Bandcamp I kept returning to the dirty, rhythmic synth noise of Something Vile. An unknown project to me at the time that turned out to be the brainchild of Alex Ford, a restless soul spinning his own web in a dark corner of the noise, industrial & power electronics scene. Operating his label, Deathbed Tapes while using different monikers for his own musical output.
For his latest release he produced a mixture of primitive, distorted beats and layers of screeching noise to create an intense experience that feels like being hit in the face with a sledgehammer, leaving you knocked down on the floor begging for more. Pure bummed out lo-fi industrial using analog drum machines and FM synthesis through fuzz pedals and bit crushers. Sounds like SPK and Maurizio Bianchi going back in time to perform at a caveman ritual.
75 copies, with handmade slipcase and a numbered insert.
DMR52 N.E.R.F. – Ivinenn / Skavenn 2MC (15 euro)
N.E.R.F is a collaboration project of longtime comrades Peter Zincken (Odal) and Johnny van de Koolwijk (Zyrtax). Using vintage field recordings from the Odal vaults as a foundation, adding fragments of improvised live recordings, analog synths, loops & vocals they recorded 2 albums over the last 2 years. Drawing inspiration from nature, mystical rituals and the ancient world in general, these 16 tracks capture the struggle of survival in a modern society. A journey to the end of our world, to overcome weakness and honor forgotten fragments of the past. Regression instead of progression.
Both N.E.R.F. albums are now released for the first time in physical format as a double cassette housed in an old school thermoform box limited to 30 copies. Comes with an additional booklet.
DMR43 La Gomera MC/art-box (60 euro)
The idea for this release started years ago while listening to a tape from the Slowscan archive containing a radio broadcast about the Otto Mühl commune on La Gomera, Portugal. Later, while working with William Levy, a close friend of Mühl, on his 2016 LP on Slowscan Records the idea arose to combine forces for an Otto Mühl LP, documenting some of the stuff from the personal archive of Levy. He send me an English version of his book 'Unser Freund, Otto Mühl' to be included, but the project was abandoned as Levy's health declined and it remained unclear who was holding the copyrights for the material.
Years later I was listening to the radio broadcast again and thought it'd be nice to release this as a special edition tribute art-box. I asked renowned Dutch artist Aaron van Erp to contribute as I knew he's also a fan of Mühl's work. He gave me a series of drawings to be printed as a booklet together with 2 hand screened, numbered and signed prints. Van Erp has become a rising star of the art world since his graduation in 2001. His surreal and absurd paintings have been acquired for numerous collections in the Netherlands and abroad, including the trendsetting Saatchi collection.
Besides the tape, booklet and prints we included another booklet containing a selection from 'Unser Freund' and several small multiples and items. Housed in a silkscreened wooden box in a limited edition of 25 copies and sold as an exclusive mail-order item only.
