Written, Performed, Engineered and Produced by Kurt Eckardt. 
Mixed and Mastered by Mikey Young.

Light Noises is last hurrah for a solo incarnation of Astral Skulls - the next releases will be in full band mode. I had this one ready to go and decided I wanted to make sure it got a release. 

You might notice it's a bit less subtle than my usual stuff. At the end of 2016 my Dad died in hospital due to cancer-related illness. There were long periods that he was in hospital over the years leading up to his passing. One of the major battles that I faced personally were feelings that, while I wanted him to live forever, I wanted his pain (and ours) to end. I'm still finding it hard to come to terms with these feelings and to move past the guilt surrounding them. There were times that I avoided visiting him because I couldn't face it again, and times that I missed that I wish I was there for, especially the moment that he passed away.

Light Noises

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~ Sydney based bedroom label // small run tape, cdr & vinyl releases // AU+NZ "experimental" sounds // est. 2015 ~
**get in contact: chemicalimbalance@hotmail.com
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  2022 releases;
- Rory Storm : 'Underwater' C22 EP
- L.$.D. Fundraiser : 'Beware the Bourgeoise Masquerading as Precariat Artist' C60 album
- V.A : 'label sampler no.16' promo CD-R compilation
- Utility Structures : ‘Recovery Position’ C90 album
- New Primitive Error : ‘the End is Nil’ C60 album
- Tell Me Strangely : ‘figure/ground’ CD-R album
- MORAINE : ‘L’improvisation’ C49 album
- the Ladder is Part of the Pit : 'Blood of the Horseshoe' C49 album

 **FORTHCOMING TITLES;
JACKDAW CS. EP RE. / Rei Compact : 'Breadbath' C62 album / Anthony Guerra : 'Rain' vinyl 7" single / This Imperial Can | Greebo : 'Split' C90 / V.A : 'I.T.O.R. - Akemi years, mid 00's recordings, Meadow Baths, NSW' archival comp. 3xCDR set / Spectrical : 'Emergent Forms' C60 RE. / The Mermaids : 'Calming Shit' 2xC90 set RE. / BLEAK : ‘Live @ the Pharmacy’ archival C92 & plenty more TBC ......
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/ 2021 releases;
- The SHA : 'Lost Recordings, vol.II' comp, 2xC90 set
- Nick Dan : 'yZyLSTNyNjZZ' C60 album
- Anonymous : 'Untitled' collection, digital D/L
- Ophelia, Wits, Reid : 'We Live In A Hole' collab. EP, 7" lathe cut
- the End Projekt : 'Dematerialism' C22 EP
- V/A : 'label sampler no.15' CDR promo comp.
- FRAKreactor : 'Spring 2016' session C90
- Utility Structures : '(Restricted Sounds)' C39 
- Cosmic Drag : 'Jungle Bag' s/sided C90 album [incl. bonus prev. unreleased closer track “Solar Drag"]
- Gary the Farmer & the Hallucinatory Cattle Skullz : 'S/T' C39 concept* album
- Judgedreadlock : 'JDL' s/sided C90 album [incl. bonus Frosty Fruits 'Sticky Sleigh' Xmas EP RE.]
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/ 2020 releases:
- WILLIAM HENRY MEUNG : 'FMerror' LP, C29
- M L D V R : 'Four Months' EP, s/sided C49
- M L D V R : 'Thirteen Years' EP, C39
- THE PLAINS : 'The Plains' s/sided C59
- THIS IMPERIAL CAN : 'Sir Tumbleweed Mana' LP, C90
- MittaBong : 'Least Worst Of...' collection, digital D/L
- MAXINE FUNKE & P WITS : 'Forest Photographer' collab. EP, 7" vinyl 
- OV PAIN // QUELL : 'Delusions' split C15 cassingle
- V/A : 'label Sampler no.13' CD-R, promo compilation
- Red Kangaroo : 'Symphony' CD-R
- GHOSTINGS : 'horror/nature' C49 album RE.
- LAURENCE WILLIAMS : 'Frozen Words' C19
- RERUNS : 'III' s/sided upcycled* C60 album
- THE STRANGE GIRLS : 'S.G.F.S.' C100 retrospective album
- SUBESPAI : 'City Circles' CD-R 
- NICK ASHWOOD : ‘Strings’ s/sided C100 album
- STELZER / WRIGHT : 'Utsuro-bune' C68 collab. album
- MUURA : 'old strainz.. still blazed' C41 album SC RE.
- V/A : ‘label Sampler no.14’ CDR, promo compilation
- WILLIAM HENRY MEUNG : 'the silhouettes of trees & explosions' s/sided C39 album RE.
- WOLFSKULL : 'Wolf in a City of Jackals' C90, live album
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/ 2019 releases;
- EDO + ARNOLD 'Faversham' C41, collab. album
- REBEL SCUM 'The Descent' s/sided C90, album
- V/A: 'label sampler no.11' CD-R, promo compilation
- STEAM VENT 'Take It Easy' C41 album
- K P G  'Dire Consequences' live in OZ, C45 tour tape
- L.$.D. FUNDRAISER 'Urgent Action, Positive Results!' C39 album
- ROSS MANNING 'Smooth Orb On Milky Halo' CD-R, EP
- Club Sound Witches 'Bleeps from the 'Gong' s/sided C90
- AMATEUR CHILDBIRTH 'Final Dust' vinyl 7" single
- P WITS 'Desire & Pursuit of the Whole' C45 album
- ∑GG√E|N 'Tiny Pianist (It's In Your Hands)' C60, LP outtakes
- QUARTER MIRRORS 'Map Exotic' C39 EP
- FFEHRO 'FFE III' C100 exhibition soundtrack* RE.
- V/A: 'label sampler no.12' promo CD-R compilation
- GRUBBAGE 'Pie-Eyed & Mulish' C60 album RE. [standard + deluxe version]*
- evilHEAT 'Cats Cry' s/sided C30 EP
- TIM PANARETOS 'Submergence' CD-R album
- POWER STEERING ‘S/T’ s-sided C49 EP
[click on the links to chem imbal's Discogs &/or B'camp page to see a FULL listing of releases/back catalogue/special output, from 2015 to now!] x

Rock/alt/psyche band from Melbourne. Age of Iguana are Ben George (Guitar and Vox), Bernard Hickey (Bass and backing Vox), Chris Taranto (Guitar, Vox) and Aidan Smith (Drums). Thanks for listening ✌

Better to burn out than smolder all your life.