From ANT-ZEN

PROYECTO MIRAGE - Turn It On

proyecto mirage was founded in 1990 by alicia h. willen and francisco planellas. they were initially influenced by the classic electro-pop of the early nineties (a sound which is still present in their side project bubble gum) but the duo was also attracted to industrial-music projects like s.p.k., whitehouse and - of course - esplendor geometrico. their first release saw the light of day after nine years, and their creative output since then has evolved into more complexity. the hard-floor oriented aggressiveness was enriched with electronic ingredients of all kinds - ranging from electro and electronic body music to techno, drum'n'bass, or even sounds similar to those of experimental 'bridging artists' like aphex twin and pan sonic. artists who share p.m.'s taste for alarming atmospheres, broken melodies and distorted rhythms.
'turn it on' is the conclusion of more then ten years of progression. lashing high-speed dance floor blasts ('cannibal party'), distorted eighties nostalgia (6 6 5, 9), straight breakbeat excursions ('welcome to life'), pounding four-to-the-floor industrial anthems ('salvation', a collaboration with italian experimental/folk mastermind spiritual front), disturbing experimental-core ('darker bex') - this album is a perfect amalgamation of all facets of the electronic assault culture - all of which is welded together to form a powerful statement that encompasses severity as well as humorous wickedness - nobody expects the spanish inquisition!
this is what they are, this is where the project is today - take it or leave it.
always keep in mind: proyecto mirage is not just an illusion but a concrete reality!

From ANT-ZEN

EXOCET - Violation

rene klimaczewski a.k.a. klima is well-known for his collaborations with artists like converter and architect; he also made well-approved remixes (for displacer, for example) along with supporting young upcoming performers like demian, rdr a.k.a. raw state and denizchador on his label kellermusik, which started seven years ago. by chance, on a trip to new york city in 2007, he became acquainted with dave kean - an inspirational character and a non-musician with a twisted mind, who left klima stunned with a multiplicity of ideas and extraordinary creative urges. kean became the muse for a new-born named exocet and this album is the first result of this artistic insemination. violation holds a perfect balance between technoid complexity and industrial roughness, spliced into a single unit by accomplished usage of well-structured rhythmic work. fortifying bass pulses and diversified synth chords are enriched with scattered sounds and voices, generating powerful undertones of anxiety and threat. turning kean's guidelines into music, klima developed a one-of-a-kind style of digital sequences and human sentiment, defining an almost unreal post-industrial atmosphere. exocet is a crucible of sounds resonating with power and motion, completed with a pounding, merciless remix by u.s. electro-industrial legend manufactura - a truly fine conclusion to a landmark in the neutral zone between electronica and industrial.
available: 16april2k8

From machineKUNT RECORDS

EXPERIMENT HAYWIRE - Annihilation Chic

After a year in the making the follow-up to the controversial "Cooler Than Genocide" is ready for a new round of total destruction. "Annihilation Chic" is the first full length Experiment Haywire album.
Including new songs such as "Occult Casualty" and "Mean Enough Hot Enough" with remixes of "A Game Called Life" by XP8, "People Killing People" by kAlte fArben and "Decapitation" by Ambassador21, this first machineKUNT Records release is ready to chop off the dicks of your audio expectations. Returning to a more avant-garde style that was originally explored in "World War 23" with a dance-floor sensibility that is sure to cause even-more-scenester-drama-than-ever, your minds and subcultural-comfort-zones will never be the same again.

From RUSTBLADE RECORDS

DIVE - Are You Real? (3CD)

DIVE is back! In 1990, Dirk Ivens (member of Klinik, Sonar, ABC) released a self-titled solo album under the name DIVE. It was very primitive, harsh and experimental, with lyrics about hope, death, love and fear, and spawned the hit like '10000 Volts'. This was the start of a fruitful endeavour with most early releases written and produced with Ivan Iusco (Nightmare Lodge / Minus Habens label owner ), then later with Eric Van Wonterghem (Vomito Negro / Insekt / Monolith / Sonar). In this all new album Dirk adds to his collaborators the talented musician Rafael M. Espinosa from the Spanish project GEISTFORM : with a minimum of equipment, Dirk Ivens creates a maximum of power. His sound has been copied by a lot of newcomers in the last couple of years and he has proven on many stages that less can mean more. This commemorative box is to celebrate 18 years of work under the DIVE name and contains 3 CD's: 'BEHIND THE SUN' the latest DIVE album in collaboration with Rafael M. Espinosa, 'NO PAIN NO GAME' originally released in 1994 only in Germany ( this album is full of outtakes, live recordings, and demos and It has not been available for a decade) and 'LIVE AT DIE RЦHRE - STUTTGART - GERMANY - 20/05/93' a previously unreleased live album available ONLY in this box set.

Inside the box you will also find:
2 POSTCARDS, ONE PIN, ONE STICKER.
ULTRA LIMITED EDITION ONLY 118 HAND-NUMBERED COPIES!!!

From RUSTBLADE RECORDS

CONDANNA - …E I Vermi Ameranno…

CONDANNA is an original experiment through alchemical audio activities characterized by an obsessive and introspective research of sound. 50 minutes to discover the circular subconscious, the dark soul, there finding a deep penetration in the wound of silence: this is “....e i vermi ameranno la mia carne”, the new CONDANNA release. Everything has been programmed with an old 'Roland' sequencer and all sounds come from synth and samplers, without additional pc editing or mastering. This work is an attempt to create a personal manifesto able to transmit a complete lack of expression. A coma of the soul, a coma of the soul born from a hidden anger in the flesh, existential bruising eternally present. In 2005 the live performance began, outlined by a sound complex and eclectic : at the heart of the live performance is a component of improvisation with the use of instruments that allow CONDANNA to interact with his state of mind and his instinct at the same time, creating a greater sense of truth to the sounds played live. From these live experiments some of the recorded material in this new release emerged.

From BETON KOPF MEDIA

:WUMPSCUT: - Dwarf Craving (4CD box-set)







Gathering together all 8 (Eight!) of Wumpscut's legendary DJ Dwarf Maxi EP's, the highly collectable "Dwarf Craving" complete set comes with 42 tracks spread over 4 CD's with the whole thing presented in a special laminated 6-paged DV Starpac (around DVD-sized) with 2 double fliptrays!

From VENDETTA MUSIC

OBJECT - The Ethane Asylum

Dark, atmospheric and complex electro-industrial music in the vein of classic Skinny Puppy and Front Line Assembly.
Object is the solo dark elektro project of Andreas Malik. Heavily influenced by Skinny Puppy, Frontline Assembly and Mentallo & The Fixer, Andreas embarked on his musical career in late 1994. After three demo tapes and a highly-regarded CDR titled "Self-Designed Eden", Object got signed to the now defunct German indie label Broken Seal, and released two critically-acclaimed albums "Part Time Paranoia"(2001) and "The Reflecting Skin" (2002). New "The Ethane Asylum" delivers over 75 minutes of authentic dark elektro pleasure and sets a new benchmark for intricate, complex and multi-layered programming. Gems such as the title track, Dreamer Without Dreams and Colliding thoughts will most definitely leave listeners speechless. The album concludes with a crafty remix of "The ethane Asylum" by dark elektro wizard, Brain Leisure.

From ANT-ZEN

PUNCH INC. - Fightclub

the bielefeld based live / studio project punch inc. was founded in august 2000. both protagonists, a. brinkert and a. glockner are equally responsible for synthesizer, sampling and programming (both have played in various projects since 1992). a. glockner (aka moctan) experimented with electronic dance music and supported local industrial projects like ars moriendi, asche, morgenstern and monokrom, while a. brinkert (aka bipol) achived recognition as an innovative bass player and sound constructor with klang, womp and templegarden's. during various sessions both generated the idea to merge these musical outputs into a collective venture. since the beginning the name punch inc. has stood for hard, intransigent and propulsive industrial that is supported by tribalistic and technoid beats. the mercilessness of an industrial civilization is punch inc's main influence, and they always place an emphasis on the rhythmic overkill. fightclub: a visualization of the fate of most everyday humans: struggle for assertiveness, combat the inner and outer predator, fight - not for the chance of winning but for survival. fightclub: machines designed for personal wars, emitting dense, grinding soundwalls that are wedged into never ending beat pulses. fightclub: mankind's biggest enemy is shutdown and here are eleven arms to make you move onward... if this album doesn't make you roll up your sleeves and get your hands dirty then you need to check your pulse!

From ANT-ZEN

TZOLK'IN - Haab'

tzolk'in is a collaboration between empusae and flint glass - artists who are known in the fields of dark ambient, contemporary ritualistic tribal music and experimental electronica. this project is a conceptual creation inspired by mayan mythology and the ancient mayan astrological calendar of the same name. from the beginning their approach to sound resulted in quite a few novel musical perspectives: the merging of empusae's distinct dark, oppressive and brooding soundscapes and flint glass's characteristic rhythmic and ambient compositions (which are seemingly subject to an almost alien purpose and theme). the final product is majestic and epic, often martial and bellicose, with a sense of tragedy that at times is even quite meditative. tzolk'in can easily be viewed as an exotic soundtrack to the phantoms of a dead civilization or more simply put, music that is inspired by a doomed mayan divination system. on their first self-titled release, empusae and flint glass chose eight periods of the tzolk'in calendar and on haab' they describe eight periods of the mayan solar year. ceremonious, deep tones merge with the power and strength of industrial music - kept together by elaborate impulsive ritual rhythms that enhance the atmosphere of a flourishing culture. an abyssal, haunting cycle of tribal sound, constructed so that the listener can dive into a bygone era. packaging: gatefold-sleeve special black cardboard w/ golden print.

From NEXIALIST

NEXICON - Life Emmiting Diode

nexicon is the inevitable clash of members of navicon torture technologies and fragment king, joining forces for a series of session recordings and live events. the brutal metallic quality of the now legendary nexicon performance in new york city sparked the further development of the combine project, which released 2 disintegrating pieces on the nex010 12” [simple things are often monstrous] and a compilation piece for the infamous belorussian industrial punk label invasion wreck chords.
“life emitting diode” is an experimental stomping ground between the atonal relentlessness of ntt and the low-end beat rumbling of fragment king - ranging from introspective, mysterious, threatening to bludgeoning, exploding and harsh: “we are nexicon.”

From AUDIOTRAUMA

F.Y.D. - Attrition (Chapter III)



2 years after “defied”, F.Y.D. comes back with a dirty, harsh, traumatic, subversive, forbidden piece of hell. Between dark ambient and ultra violence, this experience hits rock the bottom.
Comme over here…if you dare! Probably, the hardest release of Audiotrauma. A true “snuff music”!

From AD NOISEAM

RAOUL SINIER - Huge Samurai Radish

Ad Noiseam is proud to present the new CD by RA (now known as Raoul Sinier, his real name), "Huge Samurai Radish" an extended ep + remixes served as an appetizer to this musician's upcoming third album ("Brain Kitchen", coming on Ad Noiseam in 2008).
An appetizer to Raoul Sinier's third studio album “Brain Kitchen” (to come on Ad Noiseam in 2008), “Huge Samurai Radish” sees this multi talented artist present a new menu of his gritty, catchy and personal electronic hip hop, as well as lend the knife to La Caution, Vast Aire (of Cannibal Ox fame), Wisp, Datach'I and Lynx & Ram for five spicy remixes. Tasty and highly addictive.

From PFLICHTKAUF

CATHOLIC BOYS IN HEAVY LEATHER - Nobody Urged You To Be Canonised



Praise this release ! New on the Pflichtkauf label comes the unholy and instant salvation for all heathens worldwide, concerning the two most important topics in western civilization : sex and religion ! A holy mass of sampling and industrial preaching - "Nobody Urged You To Be Canonised" comes presented in a digipak printed silver on black cardboard with an embossed logo!
- not to mention what all was included on special box edition of this cd, wanna see - take a look!

From PFLICHTKAUF

CONFIG.SYS - Back And Forth (2CD)



Config.Sys have their roots firmly in the Industrial / Noize sector - however, breaking with cliches and bridging gaps to Techno, EBM, Minimal Electro and other styles makes "Back And Forth" a very special release indeed... Presented as a double digipak ( with copper / black embellishment ) this release includes a Bonus second disc which includes Remixes from P.A.L. S:Cage, Synapscape, 100Blumen, Ah Cama-Sotz, Monolith, Geistform, Contaminant and more..

From PFLICHTKAUF

DAZZLING MALICIOUS - Psycoanalyse




New on the Pflichtkauf label : more brooding darkness, more intense rhythms - the second strike from the mighty Dazzling Malicious is here to kick unholy a**. No compromise industrial electronics with real power ! Presented in special digipak packaging printed on special silver cardboard !

From PFLICHTKAUF

AHNST ANDERS - Dialog



New signing on the Pflichtkauf label, AHNST ANDERS present their first, aptly titled album "Dialog" : Representing a dialogue between organic and electronic sounds, merged with a slice of industrial strength drum n' bass and infiltrating ambient textures, the results are a pure, undiluted aural expierience. The CD comes presented in a special matt varnish digipak and comes complete with five unique and exclusive cards printed on both sides with a pictorial accompaniment to each song.

From BAZOOKA JOE

RASPUTEEN - Die Segnungen Der Neuzeit




A mixture of minimal electro pop and 80's-style sequences, with a slight splash of industrial and humour, Rasputeen take their influences from acts such as Der Plan and Cabaret Voltaire with a smattering of sexy DAF style beats on top for good measure. And.. you don't have to take it too seriously.

From SPECTRE

THE (LAW-RAH) COLLECTIVE - As It Is...


Presented in a Limited Edition of 323 copies only and presented with beautifully designed 7'' artwork ( in which the 2 cd's are packed ) which contains three photo's in 7'' x 7'' format by the Dutch photographer Mareli Huizenga. On their sixth release the [law-rah] collective deliver more darkly poetic views spread across 2 CD's that guide the listener through soundscapes built from deep ambience, harsh analogue sounds and haunting narration. Vast themes carefully downsized to fit your skull and keep ringing in your head long after the last track has ended.

From SPECTRE

KRAKEN - Drift




A layering of dark ambience and deep opressive drones, spoken word in various languages and a pinch of noise are the aural ingredients to new Kraken album "Drift". Inhospitable and threatening this is a trip through the deepest layers of hopelessness....

From QUAI LOH RECORDS

LEECH WOMAN - The Burning Of Animals (12")

The new EP has new LEECH WOMAN song "The Burning Of Animals" which is a dark and nasty slab of industrial punk/black metal vileness to raise the hairs on yer neck.
The rest of the EP is given over to three remixes from AMBASSADOR 21, NOIZE PUNISHMENT and PETER FILE.
The A21 77 rmx takes the original and cuts a digital hardcore path with it.
NOIZE PUNISHMENT delivers one of the best and most fearful cuts they have ever produced. Taking the song and turning out a monstrous industrial breakcore vision.
PETER FILE give TBOA a good old gabba kicking and amps the bpm to over 200 and lets all hell break loose.

From BATS & CATS

AH CAMA-SOTZ - Dead Cities

Tales of Dead Cities as described by the Master of Darkness, the Bat Himself. For this new akbum Ah Cama-Sotz created no less than ten descriptive aural landsacapes from all over the world. From solitude of the empty streets of "Enuma Elsih" to the concrete structures which are nothing less than the remains of reactor meltdown "Thermonuclear". There are many stories, myths and legends about the origin of civilization and many of them have their roots in the Middle-East. The ritual and Arabic influences on Dead Cities are welcome diversion in the current era of straightforward and emotionless thinking. And as with so many other releases from Ah Cama-Sotz - Dead Cities is also a lesson in history and philosophy.

From INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH RECORDS

DELTA 9 - No Regrets (2CD)


This CD has Delta 9's hits from ISR, Ruffbeats & Drop Bass Network, a bonus Mix CD, Delta 9's uncensored Music Video of 'No More Regrets' & the clip 'Lenny Dee presents More Regrets'. Delta 9 has had over 40 12 inch releases since 1994 and has remixed for bands such as 'Corrosion of Conformity', 'Napalm Death', 'Soil' and Agoraphobic Nosebleed's 'Altered States of America.

From ANT-ZEN

TWINKLE - Le Jouet

what is twinkle? better ask what are twinkle, because this is a two members project: yves cornu & j.-b. leduc from france. so far only one ep has been released on the label/collective audiotrauma. after many concert appearances which caused reactions that were beyond enthusiasm/ecstasy and two years after 'processing industry' the time has come for their first full length album. le jouet (the toy) explores the different aspects of 'toys': the pretend innocence of a real toy like barbie, human beings who use toys for specific role playing and deadly weapons used like toys by grown ups who can never negate the children they once were. le jouet's music is a unique blend of hard hitting ultra distorted rhythms/beats constructed to stir up your brain and (probably) force you to dance. psychotic, twisted & tribal rhythmic noise is overlayed with unpretentious melodies and enriched with pushing vocals (complimented by a tremendous selection of samples). music that is complex, challenging and body oriented all at the same time. twinkle has established a style that is between contemporary industrial, experimental soundscapes and intelligent usage of metric varieties. let the game begin...

From ANT-ZEN

100 BLUMEN - In Floriculture There Is No Law!

100blumen's roots are in guitar (punk, grindcore and metal). from the beginning his political stance was anti-fascist and he still characterizes himself as an anarchist. he discovered industrial music in 1997 after debuting as a vocalist in a punk band and a few years later he started experimenting with electronic equipment. in 2005 he founded the 'le petit machiniste' label and the project that became 100blumen... although the project's name was taken from the mao zedong quote, (which sounds harmless at first but culminated in terribly oppressed freedom of expression) 100blumen's musical aim is not necessarily political. in his own words, music is an articulation of emotions: 'not exactly the adequate means to express myself, but so far there is no better one available'. what you are about to hear is a sheer outburst of distorted noise, chopped sequences and hard driving beats. an edgy fusion of energy and aggression, rooted in the roughness of punk without any stylish teenage riot nostalgia. essentially the sound is the power of innocent machines forced to run amok. this is the continuation of what started with the no-fi industrial movement way back in the eighties. music that keeps you awake. music that forces you to think. music to make you move. let a hundred flowers bloom. feat. remixes by asche vs. morgenstern, twinkle and nin kuji!

From HANDS PRODUCTIONS

5F-X - The Xenomorphians - Your Friendly Invasion


The second 5F-X album ( and the fourth album of 5F_55/5F-X if you count those albums together ). On "The Xenomorphians - Your Friendly Invasion" the enigmatic 5F-X continue their Robotic / Tribal / Industrial beat invasion with an amazing upgrade to new levels of perfected machine operation... Tracklist is a bit complicated to type here! but there's 11 tracks on the album and if they're performing nearby - NEVER miss it!!

From HANDS PRODUCTIONS

KLINIK - Nineties (2CD)

This 2CD album features long deleted treasures from KLINIK which were released between 1992 and 1998. All tracks on "Nineties" have been unavailable / deleted for a very long time, but this selection also presents a sort of Klinik 'Best Of' release, covering a whole decade of this influential Electro project ! Disc 1 of this Double Set contains the complete 1992 released album "Contrast" and the Exclusive tracks from the limited 1993 "Live" album. Disc 2 includes a selection of the best tracks taken from the Zoth Ommog and Off Beat albums "To The Knife", "Stitch", "Awake" and "Blanket Of Fog". In total this double album includes 27 Electro Tracks which testify the great sound of KLINIK in the 90's...

From HANDS PRODUCTIONS

GREYHOUND - Noisewhisperer


Following after their explosive albums "Electroiz" and "Minimal Communication" here is the third strike from one of the hardest and most aggressive rhythm’n’noise projects around these days. On "Noisewhisperer" Greyhound show two distinct faces : the ultra-hard, merciless and rhythmical industrial noise tracks they are renown for alongside a selection of more minimal, kicking and groovy Electro / Industrial tracks.

From HANDS PRODUCTIONS

HEIMSTATT YIPOTASH - Perpetual Beta

"Perpetual beta" is a buzzword from the it sector. It means something like "continuing beta version" and expresses the ambition to vary internet pages by involving a community. Some well known examples who represent this in a distinct way are flickr.com, del.icio.us or myspace.com. Whenever you visit one of these pages - they'll always look a bit different and give you more or slightly different information. New technologies are being tested while the pages are still online, well functioning parts are copied or reworked from other sites and parts who do not work as expected will be removed again. This continuing variation is reflected in our own lives in two ways: every being is influenced by its environment and other beings. We act, we react and we re-arrange things around us by doing so. And this specifically applies to the music of Heimstatt Yipotash, too. If we listen to music that impresses us it will influence our work. This external process naturally continues to the inside: we vary samples, ideas and song fragments until we are happy with the result. And if our music probably makes you acting, thinking, dancing are reacting in any other ways we finally handed over the process of continuing beta versions over to you.

From HANDS PRODUCTIONS

NULLVEKTOR - Electrophrenique




After the first Nullvektor album "Stromaufwarts", Stefan Bohm ( S.I.N.A and ex- Mono No Aware ) continues his work with a mixture of rhythm’n’noise and Technoid / Industrial soundscapes. Nullvektor’s harsh groovy beats meet sharp noise peaks and clear Electro sounds.