Here are the latest releases from
ZHELEZOBETON label camp:
VARIOUS ARTISTS "Now It's Dark: David Lynch Tribute" CD
https://zhbd.bandcamp.com/album/now-its-dark-david-lynch-tribute"Now It's Dark: David Lynch Tribute" is an album made by Russian experimental sound artists dedicated to the famous film director and musician David Lynch, and produced by the
kultFRONT label with the support of
Zhelezobeton Distribution Division.
The idea of a tribute to Lynch first appeared when
Sal Solaris recorded the track "With Me" for
"The Black Square" compilation (KF-VI, 2006), using samples from the movie "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me". The digital EP
"Lynch" featuring compositions by
Tsaraas,
DMT and
Bardoseneticcube (KF-XVII, 2012) followed several years later but only now the time has come for a full-length album.
Eleven projects from the Russian dark underground scene have presented their own visions of the mysterious and meditative atmospheres pervading the works of the American tenebrous genius:
Reutoff, Light Collapse, Dvory, Skripp, Wunderblock, Relic Radiation, Kryptogen Rundfunk, Sal Solaris, Arcuation, Povarovo and
DMT.
Overall sound mastering was done by
Arnold_pR (
Reutoff). Artwork of the 6-panel digipak features a fragment of the painting "Special Agent Gorgon Cole" by
Chris Mars. The edition is limited to two hundred copies.
MIRA DREVO "Sledy na Snegu" CD-R / MC
https://zhelezobeton.bandcamp.com/album/sledy-na-snegu"Sledy na Snegu" ("Footprints in the Snow") is a live recording of
Mira Drevo made on December 25th, 2015 in the St. Petersburg Sound Museum (former Experimental Sound Gallery, ESG-21) during one of the nights of the "Alchemy of Noise" party series. This time the project performed as a duo: the permanent leader
Dmitriy "Skald" who uses synthesizers, a sampler and authentic field and ethnographic recordings along with acoustic instruments (flutes, mouth harp, percussion) was joined by
Pavel from the post-rock / doom metal band
Sequoian Aequison, and the mild sound of his guitar brought a special charm to the overall musical fabric...
Mira Drevo stay true to their folk ambient sound, their music is a journey through snowy Russian villages and vast spaces which separate them by many miles... Beautiful melancholic melodies and wavy textures pierced by meditative motifs - this is the music of a long winter, the music of the North.
Physical release available in two versions: 77 copies on pro-CDR in a sleeve made of designer's cardboard, and 55 copies on cassette (even numbers on white cassettes, odd numbers on black) with full-colour stickers. The artwork features a handmade runic card with a download code.
ZINC ROOM "Window of Erich Zann" CD
https://zhbd.bandcamp.com/album/window-of-erich-zann"Window of Erich Zann" is currently the latest album by
Zinc Room from Ekaterinburg, Russia, led by
Alexander "I" (also head of the
Evil Dead Productions label and member of
Prognostic Zero) and
Kein (
Sol Mortuus, Church Of Howling Dog, ex-
Thy Repentance, etc.). This is a blend of raw noisy industrial and dark ambient with the project's trademark sound: roaring bass guitar, steel sheets and spiral springs are combined with thematic samples, powerful synth pads and slightly unexpected cello intrusions.
The album symbolically marks the past 10-year anniversary of the project's activity and contains several reworked compositions from the debut
Zinc Room disc
"Cold Corridors of Fear" (2004,
Evil Dead Productions). "
Window of Erich Zann" was originally released by
EDP as a limited edition CD-R in 2015 and now re-issued on a factory pressed CD with the support of
Zhelezobeton Distribution Division featuring two exclusive bonus tracks.
