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AESTHETIC MEAT FRONT - EMBALMER TAPES
(Old Europa Café # OECDR013, CDR - 8 tracks - lim. edition of 171 numbered copies)

An interesting endeavour by this "ritualistic noise" project and performance artist from the U.S.: the sole sound source for this album was the recording of an embalming session, nicely sliced and diced by the band. From the gurgle of body fluids to the merry whistling of the mortician (great to hear that there are still people who truly enjoy their jobs), all sounds are treated to a minimal dark and oppressive effect. Reminiscent of MB or early Atrax Morgue. mp3 mp3 mp3

10,- EUR

AESTHETIC MEAT FRONT - TEMPLE OF FLESH
(Old Europa Café / AMF # OECD087 / AMF CD 006, CD in DVD-case + 6 double-sided full-colour postcards - 13 tracks)

AESTHETIC MEAT FRONT celebrate with this new release 10 years of performance art. "Temple of Flesh" is based on a recurrent "Invocation of Rapture" which was at the core of their "Blood Sun Rising" Rituals (2003-004). This chanted invocation (in 12 different languages) has been crafted from song to song into patchworked noise loops and ritual drums and drones. Reminiscent of Premature Ejaculation in both aesthetics and sound. mp3 mp3 mp3 mp3

14,- EUR

AIN SOPH - III
(Old Europa Café / Misty Circle Records # OECD024 / MCR16, DCD - 4 tracks - second edition)

This double album is one of the very first Ain Soph outputs, dating back to the pre-"Kshatriya" era, but also one of their most obscure, having been only available on tape (lim. 100!!) for a very long time. The first CD presents a very long shamanic piece devised to be used in a Bhakti Yoga rite, the second one is the solo work of Crucifige who delivers here three dark incantaory pieces with chants / spoken words. The beginning of a legend. mp3 mp3 mp3

20,- EUR

AUDIBLE PAIN - BETWEEN THE MANIC PHASES
(Reduktive Musiken # Redukt015, 5 x 3-inch CDR box - each CDR a different colour - total of 10 tracks and 10 inserts - lim. edition of 60 copies - available in 4 different cover artworks)

Great analogue cut-up noise by the Hamburger project, who's never worn his name better than on this release. About 100 minutes of uncompromised sound that will blow your head clean off! Not for the squeamish indeed... Comes in a very nice, extra-limited box set. mp3 mp3 mp3 mp3 mp3

13,- EUR

BLACK SUN PRODUCTIONS - CHEMISM
(Old Europa Café # OECD091, CD in 3-panel digipack - 14 tracks)

Inspired by William Burrough's novel "The Wild Boys", the spacy, tribal electronica of "Chemism" takes Black Sun Productions some musical miles away from the post-industrial sound experiments of their previous work "Impossibility of Silence". Stylistically more consequent than its predecessor, this new opus proves just as convincing, with just the right amount of soft exoticism and underlying industrial influences, as the listener is once more unescapably reminded of COIL's own incursion into technoid fields in the "Windowpane" era. Recommended! mp3 mp3 mp3 mp3

14,- EUR

BLOOD OV THEE CHRIST - BEHIND THEE BARS
(Autarkeia, acd061, CD in 3-panel embossed digipak, lim. ed. of 300 copies)

Harii does his time in prison, but the curse of Blood Ov Thee Christ reaches malice adepts even from the cellars of the repressive structures. Kristian Olsson has compiled the latest album “Behind Thee Bars” from the sound recording sessions when Harii was still on the rampage, and it may just be the strongest album BOTC ever made. The tracks contain brutal vocals by both Harii and Kristian, very intense lo-fi noise, and morbid samples from trash films. Reminiscent of early SURVIVAL UNIT works. mp3 mp3 mp3 mp3

13,- EUR

CO CASPAR - EPITAPH
(Waystyx # waystyx 08, CD - in extra-thick cardboard pieces held together by metal clips - 4 tracks - lim. ed. 481)

Latest album by the Dr Frankenstein of experimental music, author, constructor, actionist and sound-alchimist Co Caspar. Made out of field recordings, corporal movements, sound vibrations and eerie spoken words (Baudelaire), the four very long, rather meditative pieces have a truly chilling quality - the ambiance is that of a Cronenberg film (whose half-organic artefacts somehow resemble Caspar's self constructed instruments). The faint-hearted will listen to this in broad daylight only... For those and the others: recommended. mp3 mp3 mp3

12,- EUR

DEATH PACT INTERNATIONAL - SIEGE - (1999-2009)
(Old Europa Café # OECD108, CD in digi-box - 9 inserts + 4-page booklet on heavy glossy paper - 9 tracks - lim. ed. 900)

Recorded and assembled between 1999 and 2009, “Siege” is the audio-documentation of the activities of the cultural terrorist multiple name entity known since the 80’s as DEATH PACT INTERNATIONAL a monicker worn as a balaklava by several notorious noisemongers to undermine certainties and spread chaos through heavy electronics tracks, slogans and art-war.
For this occasion sounds and words were collected by members of The Grey Wolves, Wertham, Con-Dom with the help of other anonymous collaborators.
Power electronics / old school industrial not too dissimilar from compositions of the afore mentioned projects mixing for this occasion studio tracks along with semi-live tracks reworked in studio empowered by further sampling and multiple vocal aggression. mp3 mp3 mp3

15,- EUR

DJINN - SUICIDE BOX
(Old Europa Café # OECDR038, 4xCDR in paper box (3x CDR + 1 mini-CDR) - 4 inserts - 1 button - 30 tracks - lim. ed. of 111)

The great Italian dark industrial project DJINN return after years of silence. "Suicide Box" collects three works relesead between 2001 and 2004, previously out on Slaughter Production, now sold out and impossible to find: "Technological Death", "Goodbye" and "Katharos". The three albums are a rare example of pure nihilistic music completely different from the classical dark-ambient productions. Also contained in this box is a mini 3" CDr of unreleased tracks. The box is dedicated to the memory of Marco Corbelli - aka ATRAX MORGUE (RIP), who discovered and gave voice to DJINN. mp3 mp3

25,- EUR

HELAAS - S/T
(autoprod, CDR in hand-made, fold-out doily sleeve - 7 tracks)

The newly formed HELAAS project is the sonic encounter of the four Berlin-based artists BEX (soon on RuR), NIEDOWIERZANIE, RATBAG (also in Last Dominion Lost) and YVAN VOLOCHINE. A psychedelic noise-drone mamouth where each of the four protagonists leaves his mark, yet achieving coherence in a first album which is at the same time harsh and subtle, grating and warm, and at times highly lyrical. Somewhere between NWW and Troum, with a post-rock touch and cool packaging. Recommended! mp3 mp3 mp3 mp3

9,50 EUR

HERMANN KOPP - UNDER A DEMON'S MASK
(Galakthorrö # GH.021, CD in digipak - with 20-page booklet - 13 tracks)

Herman Kopp is best known for the unforgettable music he wrote and performed for Jörg Buttgereit's cult slasher movies NEKROMANTIK and DER TODESKING. A music which, as is often the case, greatly contributed to the films' unique atmosphere, both macabre and so poetic. Thanks to Galakthorrö we now have the morbid pleasure to discover 13 completely new songs by the "nekrodramatist" Kopp, wrought up in a masterpiece of the grotesque and the macabre, dominated by Kopp's dissonnant violin playing and sparkled with his deliciously and poetically gruesome lyrics. Uneasy Listening at its best! mp3 mp3 mp3 mp3 mp3

15,- EUR

INCAPACITANTS - EL SHAMBARA THERMINOSIS
(Segerhuva # Seger 21, CD - in digipak - 3 tracks)

This is the Incapacitants in their most intense modes right from the beginning of the disc - albeit in a bit special way through the use of theremins instead of vocals. A total convulsive barrage of sound packed in detail and spaced out frenzy - originally released as a cassette by the legendary Japanese G.R.O.S.S. label in 1995 - a recording that has been begging for a second issue as the original is really scarce these days. Re-mastered by T. Mikawa of Incapacitants and featuring a twenty-minute bonus track from 2007. A dull day at the office cover complete the contradiction - let's roll. mp3 mp3 mp3

12,- EUR

MACHINE DE GUERRE - VANITES
(OPN Records # opncd0015, CD in 3-panel digipak - 7 tracks)

First release by this mysterious French duo, delivering an interesting melange of industrial and cold electro. Creepy atmospheres and claustrophobic loops alternate with raw, dance-floor-orientated analogue hymns served by intriguing, rather hypnotising male and female vocals. With a hint of neo-classical and clear PE tendencies... LJDLP meet Galakthorrö meet Chrom Y. mp3 mp3 mp3 mp3

13,- EUR

MERZBOW - MARMO
(Old Europa Café # oecd0131, CD - in cardboard folder - 3 tracks)

After two vinyl releases finally a digital album by the master of Japan-Noise on OEC. Entitled "Marmo" (Italian for marble), it was inspired by recurrent visits to Venice during which Masami was deeply impressed by the marbles used in Venetian buildings and paintings. The 3 tracks composing this album are entitled "Merzbotanica-parallela", a reference to "Botanica parallela" (a book by Italian author Leo Lionni, who is also the inventor of botanic science), a parallel hyper-real botanic where imagination is more reliable than reality .... Enter this new “Merzcolored-Merzbotanic-Merzpsychomuzak” full of scratching rhythms and psychoactive noises and let your brain explode. Comes in a very nice folding cover with Venetian marbled paper effect and golden letterings. mp3 mp3 mp3

13,- EUR

NOCTURNE - WORKING ECSTASY
(Old Europa Café # OECD 139 - 2x CD in a special fold-out poster-sleeve - 22 tracks)

New material from the French master of industrial in the form of a double album on OEC. The first is a nightmarisch ride in the urban hell, based on recordings of collapsing buildings on construction sites, while the second one builds on analogue manipulation of a less tortured and more atmospheric nature. A double feature to underline Nocturne's both rigourous and adventurous approach to sound exploration. mp3

18,- EUR

OFFICINA ELETTROMAGNETICA - SCARUIA
(Nedac Editions # NDCA001, CDR in fold out sleeve - 6 tracks)

Officina Elettromagnetica is the new project of Devis G. from TEATRO SATANICO and of Mauro Martinuz, who also runs the Nedac editions. Experimental electronica / rhythmic industrial based on field-recordings, somewhere between Autechre, Bad Sector and Goem. mp3 mp3 mp3 mp3

5,- EUR

RJF - GREATER SUCCESS IN APPREHENSION & CONVICTIONS
(Segerhuva # Seger 24, CD in split case + 12-page A5 booklet - 7 tracks - li. ed. of 500 copies)

The sounds on this disc drag you all the way back to the chilly gutters of early 80's fierce electronics. Menacing and mechanical noises, grating rhythms picking on your nerve endings, this is a sinister reminder that something was alive back then, something that is missing now. Once loathed for their extremism, today almost forgotten but still influential among their peers (R. Karmamik quotes them as a main inspiration for “Lille Roger”), RJF were pioneers of the Swedish power-electronics movement. This CD-reissue of their 1983 LP (once known as the first PE album from Sweden), duly re-mastered, comes with a 12-page booklet containing lots of pictures, liner notes by Kristian Olsson and original art made by Leif Thuresson. mp3 mp3 mp3

12,- EUR

SATANISMO CALIBRO 9 - SUPERNOVA
(Old Europa Café # OECDR 039, CDR in digipak - 9 tracks - li. ed. of 167 copies, hand-numbered 500 to 666)

Here comes the new Italian infernal-industrial project Satanismo Calibro 9, for the first time on Old Europa Cafe. "Supernova" is their third album. Drones, dark heavy beats, rotting and noisy, deep distorted guitars, bleak ambient, all mixed with obscure vocal lines.
"Supernova" is a morbid and cold ritual, walking through paths close to a world below, where humanity shows its worst faces. mp3 mp3

10,- EUR

STREICHER - WAR WITHOUT END
(Cold Spring # CSR41CD, CD - 11 tracks - lim. edition of 1000 copies)

Some of the finest sonic experimentations of Australia's legendary noise-terrorist Ulex Xane, for the first time on CD . Tactical electronics using all sorts of military recordings and equipment, from radars and covert intelligence tapes to shotguns through oxygen masks and metal detectors. Loud, imaginative, uncompromised: we love it! mp3 mp3 mp3 mp3

12,- EUR

STROM.EC - DIVINE LEGIONS BEYOND PSYCHE
(Malignant, TumourCD32, CD in 8-panel A5 digipak - 8 tracks)

With their 5th full length CD, Finland’s Strom.ec continue to explore the far regions of power electronics,  stretching  the boundary of the genre,  sculpting  new and innovative creations that are uniquely their own. Having been under construction for over seven years, "Divine Legions" offers 8 tracks of powerful and explosive industrial music, full of volatile frequencies, brain bending, enigmatic atmospheres, hallucinatory noise,  and  the trademark  vocal assault that few acts can rival. Presented in a luxurious 8-panel DVDigipak, designed by Jerome Nougaillon, Divine Legions Beyond  Psyche represents Strom.ec at their finest. mp3 mp3 mp3

15,- EUR

SUTCLIFFE JUGEND - WITH EXTREME PREJUDICE
(Cold Spring, # CSR143CD, CD in 6-panel digipak - 11 tracks)

Harsh extreme electronic pioneers Sutcliffe Jugend return with an album of all new material. Three years in the making, and with numerous reworkings, "With Extreme Prejudice" finds Sutcliffe Jugend at the top of their game. Forcing the listener to question their own prejudices and taboos, as modern man struggles to confront and control his inner demons. Musically and lyrically this is SJ's most varied album to date, ranging from harsh electronic onslaughts to a new kind of musical oblivion. Production and sound values are closer to industrial music than ever before, creating a very different feel to their previous filthwork "Pigdaddy". Enter if you dare, the very twisted and real world of Sutcliffe Jugend as they execute With Extreme Prejudice. mp3 mp3 mp3

14,- EUR

TZII - VUOLE MORIRE
(Trasponsonic # TR03, CD - 4-page booklet - 7 tracks - lim. ed. 300)

From mourning post-mediterranean ambient to hellish and apocalyptic neo-classical loops, the latest album of Belgian artist and filmmaker TZII (one half of SOLAR SKELETONS) on Sardinian label Trasponsonic takes us on a trip from calm humble suffering to a noisy tumbling down inferno. Reminiscent of HDG, Premature Ejaculation and Niedowierzanie. mp3 mp3 mp3

10,- EUR

V/A - THINGS THAT HAPPENED
(Reduktive Musiken # Reduk 013, 2xCDR - in silk screened LP sleeve + A4 double insert - lim. ed. 100, hand-numbered)

Featuring: Government Alpha, Audible Pain, Notstandskomitee vs. TBC, Wäldchengarten, Praying For Oblivion. This double CD compilation on Reduktive Musiken gathers the integral recordings of five concerts that took place between 2005 and 2006 at various "Gagarin" festivals and one “Unhörbar” festival in Hamburg. Recorded at the Rote Flora and Hörbar, two cult strongholds of the Hamburger avant-garde / “difficult” music scene. Uncompromised, ear-wrenching performances from rhythmic noise to Japnoise featuring three leading Hamburger projects and three well-known international acts. mp3 mp3 mp3

15,- EUR