mercredi 28 novembre 2007

Dark Demos

Hi, everybody...

No, the blog isn't dead, just caught up in a tangled mass of irl issues. Anyways, I should be able to upload some new material real soon. In the meantime, I invite you all to check another blog i created, Dark Demos, which is dedicated to the demos and sel-released material i received over the years...

vendredi 14 septembre 2007

Silk Saw : 8 Reports [Ant-Zen 2006]

OK, last one of my Silk Saw themed posts, with an album more in the line of their early Ant-Zen records... I hope you liked these records, and go buy them (it it was just for the wonderful packaging, they still worth it) and the other projects of the members of Silk Saw too (Jardin d'Usure, Rob (U) Rang, Individual...)
  • Conductor
  • Faceless
  • Faggoted
  • Failure
  • Barrel, Inside
  • Sleep will come
  • Relegation
  • Defeated
8 Reports

SIlk Saw : Empty Rooms [Ant-Zen 2005]


After a short break, let's ontinue our (re) discovery of Silk Saw's discography shall we ? This time with the more conceptual Empty Rooms, used in theatrics performances...
  • Konservatorium
  • Tyrann
  • Machine de Mémoire
  • Chor
  • Commedia
  • Hölderlin und Zimmer
  • Vorzimmer
  • Palladium
  • Catharsis
  • Accademia
  • Sphinge
  • 2500 Jahre
  • Einaktiges Stück
Empty Rooms

mercredi 5 septembre 2007

Silk Saw : 4th Dividers [Ant-Zen 2000]


  • Angledozer
  • Safe Area
  • Empty Plug
  • No Twists no Turns
  • Pave the Way
  • Secretive Carillon
  • Hinterland
  • Ratchet Mechanism
  • Contre-Porte
  • Division
  • Parapet Walk
  • Wrong Door
4th Dividers

Silk Saw : Preparing Wars [Ant-Zen 1998]

By joining the german industrial label, Silk Saw undergo a musical change : more rhythmic, more agressive, Preparing Wars is not quite industrial but still... In the future these two tendencies will balance again in Silk Saw, but for now on, enjoy their fighting side...

  • Blank Clank
  • Smooth as Silk
  • Sunk Fence
  • This Machine kills
  • Antechamber
  • Accu / Ammo
  • Cut the King (Jumbled Vers)
Preparing Wars

samedi 1 septembre 2007

Silk Saw : Dystopia [Sub Rosa 1997]


In the same vein as Come freely, go safely, this second album of Silk Saw may be considered as the last of their first phase...
  • Bride of Gor
  • You & I
  • The Name of Rhum is
  • This is the Bomb (Bomb 1)
  • Grenade (Bomb 2)
  • Use it, throw it !
  • A perfect Human Brain

Dystopia

Silk Saw : Come freely, go safely [Sub Rosa 1996]

First album by the belgian duo Silk Saw, which, in the late 90's began to merge together idm and illbient moods to the more "musique concrête" approach they had with their previous project Jardin d'Usure... A real gem...
  • Flesh of my Flesh, Blood of my Blood
  • Broadcast Trouble
  • My Body is the Treasure
  • The Treasure ?
  • A degenerate Form of drowned Atlantis
  • Calling N.Y / Booze-up mix
  • Hard to believe

Come freely, go safely

jeudi 30 août 2007

Sielwolf : V - the Remixes [KK Records 1996]


A few months after IV, the collaboration between Sielwolf and Mick Harris goes one step further, when the german band offers all the material of its last rtecord for Harris to remix it. Unsurprisingly, he goes deeper into ambient-dub territory, but more in the way he worked with Lull as the specific sound signature of Scorn. Anyway, it's a great remix album.
  • Mole
  • Darkfall
  • Wrowd
  • Egypt Chamb
  • Spiral Dub
  • Soft Division
  • Bushound
  • Starless
  • Ground
V - the Remixes

Sielwolf : IV [KK Records 1996]


In 1996, Sielwolf formed an unexpectad alliance with Mick Harris (Scorn), who produced their fourth album, simply labelled IV. The result is a strange mixture of Sielwolf's dark sound and "dubby" production techniques...
  • Neubell
  • Spiral Flute
  • Darksnow
  • Kubick
  • Mort Egypt
  • Wrongcrowd
  • Mole
  • Amine S
  • Wound
IV

Sielwolf : Nachstrom [Cashbeat 1993]


One of the most impressive albums of all the german electro-industrial scene, Nachstrom is probably the best record you'll hear from SielwolF. Formed in 1989 by Petra Tausendpfund and Peter Prochir (previously a drummer in various freejazz projects) in Frankfurt, Germany, Silewolf soon developed a very moody and scary music based on percussive metal, harsh guitars and blasting samples. Produced by the legendary Carlos Peron, Nachstrom is a ride in Hell, without even a light to guide your path !
  • Korrosion
  • Verstärker Zerstört
  • Embryo
  • Nautilus # 1
  • Nachstrom
  • Nautilus # 2 / Vergessen (version)
  • Wüste Europe
  • Nihilon
  • Brushed Steel
  • Nautilus # 3
  • Freitag (1:54)
  • Embryonal
Nachstrom

mercredi 29 août 2007

The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath a Cloud : The Smell of Blood but Victory [Arthur's Round Table 1997]


The Smell of Blood but Victory
Bonus CD

The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath a Cloud : Were you of Silver, were you of Gold [Arthur's Round Table 1996]


Were you of Silver, were you of Gold

The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath a Cloud : A New Soldier follows the Path of a New King [Arthur's Round Table 1995]


A New Soldier follows the Path of a New King

The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath a Cloud : Amara Tanta Tyri [Arthur's Round Table 1994]


Amara Tanta Tyri

The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath a Cloud : S/T [Arthur's Round Table 1993]


First album of the austrian duo The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath a Cloud, this one already have all the elements that will make their sound so peculiar : a real medieval dimension added with some martial flavour, cinematic feeling and scary ambiences. Expect a witches sabbat coming up... After the disband of the couple, hence the band, Alzbeth almost disappear from the radar, and Albin Julius created the infamous (and only martial this time) project Der Blutharsch. Enjoy, this first release, the next ones will be uploaded soon.

TMLHBAC

vendredi 24 août 2007

V/A Sonic Visions [Geska Records 2003]


And yet...another compilation (the more i listen to them, the more i find gems in their tracklisting, so i'll continue to share them with you). This one is quite unknown, which is a shame, because it holds several really strong tracks.
  • Westerndream : Permutations on Toth-Poth Fanatika (Avodah Zarah remix)
  • Mimetic Fake : Feeling Lies
  • Firnwald : Liebeswegen (dead & rotten mix by Photophob)
  • Milligramme : Foie
  • Mlada Fronta : Hf> amalgam <
  • Oil 10 : Happy Mondays (Megatron mix)
  • Pedro Alexandre : Shiny_Pink_Towels (Beauty mix)
  • Flint Glass : Neuroscan / Sonic mix
  • HIV+ vs Wired Brain : Havoc 2027 (exclusive mix)
  • Haiku : Imola
Sonic Visions

V/A Dissonant Structures [Cranial Fracture Rec 2002]


And another one... (i warn you, there's some more waiting to be added). This one is a really good compilation, more electro than the previous ones, with some exclusives and some well-known tracks... anyway... here it goes...

Disc 1
  • Radial : Tamper
  • .dai : Huncop
  • Detritus : Detritus
  • Defused Fusion : Evil Express
  • Andraculoid : Kontrol.Ingest
  • Dive : Sidewalk Sinner
  • Dioxyde : Scent of Flesh
  • Stark : Lifestyle
  • IWR : Victimized
  • Tankt : Bruises (Body ripped)
  • Mystral Tide : Hoxian Parallel
  • Reality : Fusion
  • Analogue Tribe : Desert of the Real
  • C/A/T : Noizemaker
  • Delta of Venus : Pierre et Martha
  • Diverje : Disconnect (Converter mix)
Disc 2
  • Navicon Torture Technologies : Shatter my spinal Cord
  • Suture F: Polar Lights
  • Isomer : Oriflamme
  • Mantichora : Bones on Fire
  • Screening : Alone suffering and screaming
  • Narc : Multi-variant
  • Lux Mammoth : On killing
  • Suspicion Breeds Confidence : Uniform of a Female Mythology
  • Cordell Klier : Violet Heresies riding aloof
  • Wilt : Day 4
  • Bloodflowers : Lantern waste
  • Vespertine : Cracklings
  • Savak : The Taliban Pistol
  • DVT : Ammunition (exit)
Disc 1
Disc 2

V/A 2005 Hands [Hands 2005]

Another one in my upcoming series of industrial compilation posts. As the title of this one implies, there's an overview of Hands artists roster in 2005, each with three unreleased tracks. Expect a lot of (sometimes really good, sometimes less original) rhythmic noise in here...

Disc 1
  • Orphx : Cracktest
  • Orphx : The Distancing
  • Orphx : Your Blood, my Blood
  • Winterkälte : Feel, think and respond
  • Winterkälte : Riot green Elves
  • Winterkälte : Genetic Imperialism (Monsanto version)
  • Punch Inc. : Kick Ass
  • Punch Inc. : Break it
  • Punch Inc. : The Punisher
  • Proyecto Mirage : Carles Mistake
  • Proyecto Mirage : Cut up
  • Proyecto Mirage : Uncommon
  • S.K.E.T.: Buran
  • S.K.E.T.: The most important Part
  • S.K.E.T.: TGL 200 1750
Disc 2
  • Adjacency Pair : Tibefam
  • Adjacency Pair : Oijiur
  • Adjacency Pair : Pheriq
  • Shorai : Crossover (the unexpected Error)
  • Shorai : Demolition Time again
  • Shorai : Getting faster
  • Edgey : Fear
  • Edgey : Leech
  • Edgey : Collapse (Falling mix)
  • Greyhound : Collapser
  • Greyhound : Cut back
  • Greyhound : Enbdless Narcotize
  • Norm : Gespräch mit Cindy
  • Norm : Regusal
  • Norm : Nuth
Disc 1
Disc 2

jeudi 23 août 2007

V/A Tonal Destruction II [DTA Records 2003]


Once in a while, appears a really huge industrial compilation, with quantity AND quality (which is rare). This massive one released in 2003 is one of them. So, enjoy this first in a line of compilation posts...

Disc 1
  • Pneumatic Detach : Domination
  • CH District : Pressing
  • CTRLer : Ztnezarper Natas
  • Detritus : Grace
  • Larvae : Blunt Force Trauma
  • Scrapedx : Multioscillator mb12 Isorhythm 080902
  • Exclipsect : Off Track
  • Proyecto Mirage : Negative Heaven
  • Hypnoskull : Random Critical
  • Lament Configuration : Setting Sun
  • Cdatakill : La Sinistra
  • Mlada Fronta : Ax
  • I:Gor : Deathwish
  • Defragmentation : Phetal3i2-904
Disc 2
  • Chaos as Shelter / Igor Krutogolov : Tengri
  • Cell Auto Mata : Le Ciel ouvert
  • Conscientia Peccati : Ritual VI - Transition
  • Deadlink : Dream State
  • Emulsion : Ilnis
  • Gacky : Mektig
  • Dither : d63
  • Metanemfrost : Ethereal
  • Nihil est Excellence : Corpuscular
  • LAN Formatique : Blind Hand
  • Wilt : The Room reforming itself
  • Encomiast : Fledgling
  • Magwheels : Stormlost
Disc 3
  • Griefer : Ripper is a Gangster
  • Aural Blasphemy (feat. Leech of NTT) : The Dirt behind the Daydream
  • Norm : Richtmaschine 2
  • Duuster : Node Step
  • Combat Astronomy : Sulphur
  • Conure : Pachyderm
  • G-Nox : Ventre part IV
  • Navicon Torture Technologies : Mvtatis Mvtandis
  • Stelladrine : Condition Zebra Alert
  • Mago : Today is a good Day
  • M Slagle : Isogon
  • Know : Decimals
  • Uniform : Jeckyll & Hyde Situations (instrumental)
  • Cordell Klier : Stillness
Disc 1
Disc 2
Disc 3

samedi 21 juillet 2007

Militant Cheerleaders on the Move - Strike One [Infacted 2006]


The new-wave of EBM is really a fecund one. Proof is given by this excellent swedish duo that offers here a modern sound influenced by Nitzer Ebb, Poupee Fabrik & Front 242...
  • Neuropa
  • Absolute
  • Big Guns
  • I want more Life, Fucker
  • First Base
  • Mask
  • Metropolis
  • Black Flag
  • Second Base
  • War
  • Compop
  • Third Base
  • Lover
Militant Cheerleaders on the Move

Scandy - Thirteen Ways to Masturbate [Masterhit Records 2006]


Andy LaPlegua is an hyperactive man. When he's not working in Icon of Coil, or under the aliases of Combichrist or Panzer AG, this norvegian guy offers his own take on modern electro-tech, with his new project Scandy which has released one album so far.
  • Crush on a Robot
  • Puppy Love
  • Just Human
  • U N me
  • Me so horny
  • Woofer Excursion Test
  • Soul Free
  • Iron Pitbull
  • One naked Nation
  • I saw God on TV
  • Touch it
  • We are celebrating
  • Down
Scandy

Bipol - Ritual [Ant-Zen 2007]

New sideproject from Punch Inc, Bipol is one of the most interesting projects in the rhythm industrial scene in quite a while...
  • Decision
  • Ritual Murder
  • Reproduction I
  • Invocation
  • Stay
  • Sweet Bombs
  • Reproduction II
  • Destruction
  • Oh, no
  • Psychonoia
  • Painkiller
  • Nomansland
  • Invocation / More Pain rmx by Moctan
Ritual

Esplendor Geométrico - Moscu esta helado [Geométrik 2004]


The first track ever published in 1980 by the spanish pioneers on electro-industrial Esplendor Geométrico, remixed and remodeled in 2004 by the new generation.
  • Esplendor Geométrico
  • GD Luxxe
  • Alex Stark
  • Neonwerk
  • Moiselle
  • Max Durante feat. Key
  • The Hacker
  • Robert Calvin
  • Victor Sol
  • Most Significant Beat
Moscu esta helado

jeudi 19 juillet 2007

Absolute Body Control - Figures [Body Records 1983]


An old tape from Absolute Body Control, the first minimal-synth-wave project of Dirk Ivens & Eric Wonterghem, later best known as members of Klinik, Dive, Monolith & Sonar
  • The Man I wanna be
  • Automatic I
  • Love at first Sight
  • Melting away
  • 5 Minutes
  • Figures
  • Give me your Hands
  • Terminus
  • Automatic II
Figures

Synth-Etik - Phantom [Hands 2007]


Another nice one, from the american project Synth-Etik. Rhythmic industrial with a touch of modern techno beats...

  • Otodama
  • Phantom
  • Morphalyne
  • Exobiological
  • Requiem
  • Mekongscape
  • Frequency Degradation
  • Experimental Transition
  • Somnolence
  • Nonsequitor
  • Four More Points
  • Monote
  • Entity
Synth-etik

V/A Forms of Hands 07


As an appetizer, here's the last compilation Forms of Hands. Not their best shot but still worth the try.


01. Norm : Freunde
02. S.K.E.T : Free Nations do not export Violence
03. Punch Inc. : Falling Browler
04. Mimetic : Alive
05. 5F-X : Coordinates E6°59'0"- N51°34'0"
06. WInterkälte : CO2 Kills
07 : Nullvektor : Endloessschleife
08 : Wai Pi Wai : Le Rythme sombre
09 : Xabec : Beyond the Borders
10 : Edgey : Bloon Groove
11 : MS Mono : Gnorp
12 : Orphx : In Flames

Forms of Hands 07