Slave To Society's latest LP for BANK NYC, Terror Corporation, follows the projects' dystopian concepts and themes and continues to build the intense sound and vision of Andrew Bowens aural scheme. Known for exploring the extremities of the hardcore sound, tempo unrelated this is about the amalgamation of industrial and experimental noise music, mixed with cinematic atmospheres, technoid rhythms, mechanical breaks and raw low frequency distortion.

releases June 24, 2022

Written Produced and Recorded by Andrew Bowen
Mastered and cut by Dietrich Schoenemann
Published by BANK Records NYC Ltd

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Terror Corporation

Slave To Society - Terror Corporation (BNK-038 snippets)

David James Drume EP

David James Drume

David James Drume - David James Drume EP (BNK-039 snippets)

Deeply entrenched in the ambitious production work of Italian producer Mystics is an aching sense of the forlorn. On his debut for Bank, “Absent Heart Raze”, a floating cough syrup laced voice haunts broken beats and pummeling breaks over the course of six emotionally engaged listens. Often with maximalist makers, the perspective of the producer can get lost in the olympic techniques of the day. Here Mystics pushes past those egoistic constraints to balance an emotive underpinning amidst a rich palette of blown drums, glitched gestures, and crisp jungle breaks. “Absent Heart Raze” is a concise output, but does not lack in density and depth. Mystics contemporary vocabulary does not burden the listener, each track leaving the listener hungry for both another listen and an eagerness to consume the next chapter in this EP. “Absent Heart Raze” sits as comfortably in a dim smoke-filled bedroom as it does on a sound system, allowing one to get lost in the absent hearted realm of Mystics mind.

Mystics - I'm Gone (BNK-041)

Club music culture necessarily shifted gears in many ways during and after the course of the pandemic. Older participants found their way into other interests and younger participants took new reigns to orient spaces they felt good inside of. The agenda for the music, and the cultural industry surrounding it at large, took a more frivolous and “fun” turn. Clubs needed to recoup lost money, people needed more refreshing catharsis for their nightlife escape, and in some pockets scattered around the globe a newer and younger cadre of producers/promoters/DJ’s pulled optical cues from a scattering of “darker” influences to give an alternate aesthetic to the aforementioned “vibes” culture. In the midst of this, a large polarization of conceptual energy shifted within the compositional and utilitarian machinations of the club music culture leaving behind the brooding and cerebral placeholders for a different kind of enjoyable hedonism. Terrestrial Paradise’ “Artificial Hell” harkens to another prescient time before that shift occurred. “Artificial Hell’ might just be an illustration of what all of this fun escapism encapsulates.

Terrestrial Paradise is the latest moniker from Montreal come Los Angeles based producer Jaclyn Kendal. Having developed and cemented her sonic positionality with releases on North American labels like Ascetic House and Summer isle over the years, as well as a series of monolithic live sets, Bank is pleased to announce Kendal’s Terrestrial Paradise first full length album “Artificial Hell”. Over the course of nine recordings, “Artificial Hell” gives a master class in pressurized industrial techno of the slower variety. Fitting with the legacy of Bank’s output since it’s inception, Terrestrial Paradise’s aesthetic sensibilities sit within the canon of a certain tinge of club music imbued with a sense of natural grit, sans pretense.

“Artificial Hell” nods to artists like Scorn, Regis, and 400 PPM while maintaining it’s own territory in the landscape of cerebral and brooding rhythmic techno. Ominous, mechanistic drones sit above succinctly exacted percussion composition and sound design. Throughout “Artificial Hell”, Kendal shows her proficiency with the push and pull of building and releasing tension. On tracks like “Salvation” and “Relativity” she melds her synth wash wallscapes with driving percussion, serving as both a hint and counterpoint to the the entirety of the latter part of the album taking on spartan ambient compositions as a way to keep the listener in a subdued stasis. This album is a statement piece from a long time participant in the North American underground music sectors. It reminds the listener through perilous, considered rhythms and darker drone impositions to cement themselves back into a place where not everything is always a good time.

Terrestrial Paradise - Western Ave (BNK-042)

Bank NYC is very excited to present the definitive statement of Collector, "No Prospects". Collector is the solo guise of Jason Campbell, resident of Newcastle, Australia. Since 2014, Campbell has been channelling the industrial malaise of his hometown through his unique take on heavy electronics. After a series of releases on global-spanning labels such Steel City Dance Discs (UK), Nice Music (AUS), Clan Destine (SCO) & Night People (US), the debut long-player for Bank NYC finds Collector embracing true album form for the first time in his discography. Across eight pieces, Collector delivers a bleak sonic narrative via a hardware-only approach to production: Analog drum machine patterns are intricately intertwined with menacing synth lines, and driving bass is met with the unrelenting clatter of tightly-sequenced field recordings taken straight from the heart of local industry.

Thematically, "No Prospects" navigates the downfall of Newcastle's BHP Steelworks at the end of the 20th century. Acknowledged widely as the largest de-industrialisation event in Australian history, the closure of the Steelworks in 1999 marked a dramatic cultural shift where blue-collar vocations were vanquished due to an economic slump, and were consumed by the trending cosmopolitanism seen in adjacent cities. "No Prospects" draws on Campbell's family lineage in the Newcastle's steelworks, providing a rich, personal context to an industry that both gives and takes away. The sharp intensity of the album is sustained by dramatic shifts in pace: the devestating slow burners of 'Two From Five' and 'Ricochet' are instinctually offset by the frenetic 'CFT' and 'Workers Club Collapse', which showcase Campbell's no-nonsense approach to shaping an almost club-ready breed of modern industrial techno. Although diverse across both sides, cohesion is found in Campbell's toolkit of samples that are unmistakably Collector. The album's eponymous track, 'No Prospects', serves as an introspective centrepoint - a largely arrhythmic excursion shrouded in familiar brooding, textural drones, and underpinned by the chug of machinery on the brink of collapse.

Although forever indebted to the spirit of local electronic outcasts, Bloody Fist Records, Collector's "No Prospects" is a remarkably distinct statement straight from the heart of Australia's Steel City. The complexity of arrangements speak to Campbell's long association in experimental music communities, whilst the persistent feeling of dread conveys a uniquely regional story of decay and futility. Pure Novocastrian industrial electronics.

No Prospects

Collector - Gauze (BNK-040)

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Enrique - Please Shut The Door (snippets) BNK001

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BNK-011
Wetware - Salpinx
Track - Fuck Them All

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Salpinx

Fuck Them All

Wetware - Fuck Them All (BNK-011)

Mar A Lago

Negantropy

Sapphogeist - Negentropy BNK-014 (LTD, Cass)

Bright Kiss Of Fire from the forth coming record ' The Ghost Of Georges Bataille" By Drew McDowall & Hiro Kone

Drew McDowall and Hiro Kone’s collaborative record "The Ghost of Georges Bataille" induces a state of suspense via sonic seance. Conjuring the sentiment of death as productive force, the artists join their analog paradigms to open a door elsewhere, or perhaps, inside - sublimating personal struggles into ritualistic offerings. Churning, cinematic, and pulsating with an organic sentience - The Ghost of Georges Bataille invites an undeniable presence into the consciousness and lulls both collectors and the newly inducted alike into catharsis - with the hairs on their arms standing up. Not for the casual listener.

Artwork by Tauba Auerbach
Written Produced and Recorded by Drew McDowall & Hiro Kone
Mixed by Hiro Kone
Mastered by Josh Bonati
Published by BANK Records NYC

The Ghost Of Georges Bataille

Drew McDowall X Hiro Kone - Bright Kiss Of Fire (BNK-013)

Two new cuts from Enrique for the BANK 7" series.  Following up BNK-001 Enrique is back showcasing his one of a kinda style of techno.  These downtempo syncopated tracks constructed on his modular also echo the bleak industrial zone where we reside in BK.  Particularly surrounded by waste treatment centers and garbage dumps.  Enrique lives in a zone once flooded in a massive oil spill years ago and you can hear it in his music today.  Say a prayer for the club.  Coors tall boys to the sky!

Gag Me

Enrique - Concrete Shoes (BNK-007-3)

Striving for Action/Lounge Experience

Lounge Experience

E-Saggila - Lounge Experience (BNK-015-PROMO)

Picking up from where she left off with last years successful Tools of My Purpose, E-Saggila has returned to BANK employing a more sublime and immersive electronic document.  Previously leaning toward noisier and distorted rhythms, she has incorporated more sophisticated elements into writing and production.  Dedicated to Sublimity is a product of growth and progression but still reflects the raw elements we’ve heard in her early recordings.  Lush and atmospheric elements coincide with the brutality of her live sets and play off one another as a cohesive representation of the E-Saggila project.

Dedicated to Sublimity

Dedicate to Sublimity

E-Saggila - Viper (BNK-015)

Picking up from where she left off with last years successful Tools of My Purpose, E-Saggila has returned to BANK employing a more sublime and immersive electronic document. Previously leaning toward noisier and distorted rhythms, she has incorporated more sophisticated elements into writing and production. Dedicated to Sublimity is a product of growth and progression but still reflects the raw elements we’ve heard in her early recordings. Lush and atmospheric elements coincide with the brutality of her live sets and play off one another as a cohesive representation of the E-Saggila project.

Glass Wing

E-Saggila - Glass Wing (BNK-015)

Subway Series Vol.1

Hontos - Subway Series Vol.1 snippets (BNK-020)

for the first release 2019 we have a cassette by Midwest madman DJ SPEEDSICK • heavy tunes for life in the fast lane 🏁 • preorder "Nothing Lasts" @ 🏦bank.bandcamp.com 🏦

nothing lasts

DJ SPEEDSICK - NOTHING LASTS (BNK-019)

Written Produced Recorded and mixed by Entro Senestre
Mastered by Dietrich Schoenemann
Contains excerpt from Cienfuegos - Slipping Venus off Lost In God's Country --> find it here --->  https://bank.bandcamp.com/album/lost-in-gods-country

Cienfuegos - Slipping Venus (ENTRO Remix) BNK-RMX-01

Nothing Lasts

DJ SPEEDSICK - Head Full of Hate and Acid (BNK-019)

Live Acid at BNCC

Entro Senestre - LIVE ACID at B.N.C.C. 4-14-18 Side A (BNK-012)

Written Produced Recorded and Mixed by Entro Senestre
Contains excerpt from Julien Andreas - I Close My Eyes And Watch It All Burn -- CHECK IT ----> https://soundcloud.com/julien000000000/i-close-my-eyes-and-watch-it-all-burn

Julien Andreas - I Close My Eyes And Watch It All Burn (ENTRO Remix) BNK-RMX-02

written produced recored mixed by Entro Senestre
Unmastered club edit
BNK-036-S

Thirty Six

Entro - Thirty Six (BNK-036-S)

Classic Enrique tracks for the Enrique heads and beyond
We present you with our official follow-up to his debut on BANK in 2016 - that was BNK-001, I might add.
Miguel Alvarino has been a source of inspiration to the label and many others since the jump.  His style is completely his own.  His over the top textures and minimal sequencing leaves you itching for more...of what, I can't call it.  These hard hitting beats produced with restraint are a reflection his personality.  If you've had the chance to meet him you'll understand what makes his music so unique.  Like I said, This is a classic Enrique record for the Enrique heads and future fans. 
EP, Cassette, Digital all available for pre-order.
shipping out the week of June 3

Self Loathing

Enrique - Self Loathing (BNK-025)

written produced recored mixed by Entro Senestre
Mastered by Dietrich Schoenemann
Digital single from forthcoming EP on BANK

Entro - Dipped In Black (BNK-022)

Dance With The Devil

DJ SPEEDSICK - DANCE WITH THE DEVIL (BNK-027)

Hopefucker

Soren Roi - Hopefucker (BNK-028)

BUY -- DOWNLOAD

Entro Senestre - The Youth I Used to Be (BNK-022)

We are proud to announce TV.OUT's debut on BANK, "Insufficient Funds"

After stellar releases on Dark Entries and L.I.E.S. TV.OUT has submitted a stripped down, heavy, techno electro club tool to follow for March 13th 2020. The tracks are live takes packed with nuanced FX dubbing and knob tweaking with emphasis on the drum kit. Delay pedals and weed smoke, baby.

Limited hand stamped white label LPs 
Produced, Written, Recorded by TV.OUT
Mastered and Cut by Dietrich Schoenemann
Pressed in Detroit
Stamps by the legend geezer John Casey
Art, Design, and labor by Jon B
comes with insert
available for pre order on bank.bandcamp.com

TV.OUT - INSUFFICIENT FUNDS (BNK-032)

Club Crisis

Primavera

PREMIERE : Cienfuegos - Primavera (BNK-034)

I Close My Eyes And Watch It All Burn

Julien Andreas - I Close My Eyes And Watch It All Burn (BNK-023)

Liquid Soap - Spaceghost Loop (free download)

Juneteenth 2020 we have put together our first compilation. Bandcamp is donating shared revenue to The NAACP Legal Defense Fund and we chose to match that donation as well as donate the rest of all sales to The McHale Rose Family Support Fund...read about McHale Rose Family Support Fund here-----> www.gofundme.com/f/mchale-rose-family-support-fund

The sales from this record will be donated from here through eternity, either annually or biannually.
We've started a new tradition, you can expect more projects like this in the future and we're excited to build on this new foundation. Thank you for standing by us. We stand by you. Lets keep this energy movin.

Artists:
Big Up Menace X
Bookworms
Cienfuegos
Dreams
E-Saggila
Drew McDowall
Soren Roi
Via App
Nick Klein
Max Watts
DJ Sledgehammer
Entro Senestre

Image courtesy of Michael Whalen
Design and layout by Jesse Pimenta aka Dreams aka bossman at Private Selection Records

released June 19, 2020

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V/A - Don't Turn Your Back On Love (BNK-COMP-01 snippets)

Hontos - Subway Series Vol.3 - A2 (BNK-033)

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