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Last post by k.p.g - Today at 05:21:16 PM
Various - Two Ducks on a Truck (Hospital Productions)
This ain't your true crime, satanic Hospital Productions. This is your artsy, silly Hospital Productions! There's 2 rabbits on a rocket for an album cover (which is kind of funny, given the actual title of this compilation [note: I know the companion comp exists]). But all jokes aside, it is truly wild to hear a Hospital comp. this old and compare it to where the label is at today. Some things have improved, while some things are really more up my alley from these times. For one, I really enjoy the variety of acts across both discs here. On the music end of this set, you have weirdo, hypnogogic showtunes colliding with loner folk and noisecore blasts. Noise portion contains a lot of who I assume were friends of Dominick trying their own audio experiments alongside some heavy hitters who are still remembered to this day. You have an artist like Geraldo Made Me Kill, who made one disc outside of this compilation, stacking up against the likes of Prurient and Black Leather Jesus and making an arguably better track than either of them! Hah. Nuts!
Another strength of this release is the accompanying zine that comes with it. To see each artist get their own little half page to display their own unique visual is cool. Not an uncommon practice for noise back then, but you just do not see that all that often in today's modern noisescape. Even looking outside of that, it is a real treat to see Dominick's own aesthetic interests of the time on display, from the front cover, to the page bordering to even his cursive handwriting for the "upcoming releases" in the label catalogue. While I know the Hospital of today still has plenty of handmade, personal touches, I will always be one for the absurdist end of aesthetics.
All of this is not to say "old Hospital is better than new Hospital," or that this comp. is perfect. Trust me, I do not really think a 21 minute Mindflayer track is better than all of the new stuff coming out today. But I do appreciate how off the wall an audio document like this is when we see where Dominick has taken things since. It makes me think of where my own tastes and releases will go in that amount of time. It inspires, makes me wonder, makes me want to go create. What a terrific feeling; really fun release.
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If unexpected errors, can wait a bit or try refresh / erase former cookies etc. Seems to be working fine and little updated to be done next week. Nothing that should be visible.
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Last post by host body - Today at 02:10:00 PM
People often give more money if you put in pay what you want. Less per purchase but more people are willing to pay
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Last post by DBL - Today at 02:09:41 PM
Very short notice, but this event taking place today & tomorrow was just added in:
23.-24.10.2026 Live Ambient Festival 2026 @ Lyhytaaltoasema, Pori
23.10.: Verde, Passepartout Duo, Fruängen, Esa Ruoho
24.10.: KOTOMOKO, Kadi Vija SOOLO, Ashen Simian (Nemesis), [ówt krì], Cajaste, Aleksi Myllykoski & Tapani Rinne + Random Doctors, Kolmiotaajuus, Turun Syntetisaattoriseuran Oopperaorkesteri
Venue's event page:
https://www.lyhytaaltoasema.fi/live-ambient-festival-23-24-10-2026/Facebook event:
https://www.facebook.com/events/lyhytaaltoasema/live-ambient-festival-2026/3750837928397762/There's also an event taking place at Sibelius Museum, Turku today and at Pethaus, Tampere tomorrow. See the topic's first page for more infos.
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This is related to php updates that are related to entire servers. Lets hope all normalizes soon.
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Glad to see it's not just me having this problem. I posted a video link today but this was after getting the initial "401" message (re-loading pages seemed to help), and I used the forum's link tool. I've taken that video down now.
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Yeah, same here. For a second got scared that the whole forum ended.
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Quote from: Balor/SS1535 on Today at 06:21:05 AMThank you both for the information. I saw the post from Fringe NYC, so I am hoping to hear about shipping soon. I take it that distros/stores probably had their copies sent out first, and now they are moving on to regular customers? For an order made initially in June, I would have hoped for a bit more above-board information about this, especially given the delays.
Becka posted some updates as things were coming in or not. Best way to see any sort've Hospital related announcement it seems.
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Thank you both for the information. I saw the post from Fringe NYC, so I am hoping to hear about shipping soon. I take it that distros/stores probably had their copies sent out first, and now they are moving on to regular customers? For an order made initially in June, I would have hoped for a bit more above-board information about this, especially given the delays.
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