After two 12 inches, the legendary Mick Harris (Scorn, Napalm Death,Lull) steps up with his first full length double lp for L.I.E.S. under his FRET moniker.

Over 10 tracks, "Because of the Weak" displays Harris in his most intense sonic form to date, blasting through the red with reckless abandon and destroying all weakeners and sound systems in his path. 

This is the definition of black hole industrial techno and while it's completely pulverizing, Harris' heavy trademark dubstyle elements are strongly present, coupled with deeply psychedelic textures swirling within the deadly onslaught of this album. While others have softened up through the years, Mick has upped the ante, staying true to the unrelenting intensity he pioneered behind the drum kit back in the 80s. 

Turn on the TV, witness the demise of humanity, put this album on and watch it all fall to pieces minute by minute. Never more could music of this magnitude be more relevant. Not recommended for those with medical conditions!

Because of the Weak

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FRET-Rhino Patch (LIES-172)

Acid Camp: 10 Year Anniversary

Slide Slide Pumpkin Pie

Premiere of the track "You Don't Say" by Barking (Gareth Psaltis), taken from his upcoming release on XCPT label.
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Artist: @barkingmusic
Track: "You Don't Say"
Title: "Asylum"
Label: @xcptmusic
Format: CompactDisc + DL
Mixed by Nothus
Mastered by Daniele Antezza at Dadub Mastering Studio
Artwork by Linkin Bios  
Release date: October 18, 2024
Pre-order: https://xcptmusic.bandcamp.com/album/asylum

Premiere: Barking - You Don't Say [XM011]

PLIB-031 KEVIN DRUMM & JOACHIM NORDWALL -  OLD PAIN
RELEASES FEBRUARY 1, 2025

Kevin Drumm & Joachim Nordwall have, respectively, spent collective decades carving out new pathways in the realms of electroacoustic, drone, ambient, noise, and improvised experimental music. Their variably multiplied ripple effect across the sonorous waters of disruptive sound cultures are indellibly marked by the touch of these two artists. Neither being strangers to intensive collaborations, the two stalwarts of meditative sonic practice convene to offer Psychic Liberation the eight song album Old Pain. At just under an hour, the pair shine in a complementary fashion across perfectly constructed chapters pulling from their signature tool kits of atmospheric field recordings, tape loops, and pensive oscillations. Cautiously sharing space, the album is at times as brooding as it is transcendent. 

Old Pain is an album nearly two decades in the making. Beginning in 2006, Drumm and Nordwall endeavored to record together in Chicago, a session ultimately abandoned purportedly due to the influence of “Listening to Finnish Black Metal and drinking good brews”. In 2007, Drumm released the cassette Purge on Nordwalls iconic label IDEAL Recordings. Later ,in 2013, Purge was reissued on CD for IDEAL and a subsequent performance together in New York City found the two still in each other's orbit. Later, Kevin would make an appearance in collaboration with Nordwall on his Communication Is The Key Album for Entr’acte in 2019. Whereas previous in-person sessions faltered, Old Pain was the result of the two artists working in their respective winter-heavy geographies of Chicago and Gothenburg, trading files until completion.

Today, Drumm and Nordwall are totems of an era of true advancement in tonal despair. Drumm’s output has been that of mythology, creating some of the most singular works in the canon of experimental music. Nordwall, an equally notable peer as maker, has maintained the global standards and operations of challenging art through his IDEAL Recordings project while performing in solo and collaborative contexts globally. Between the two, it would be a near impossible task to find an iteration of any peer or generation following not touched by the massive cultural imprint they’ve cemented. Finally, with Old Pain, we have a document of two masters of their form able to stretch their legs and pronounce a cohesive gesture of sonic material that will stand to long linger below the surface of comfort.


PLIB-031 KEVIN DRUMM & JOACHIM NORDWALL - 2

4 cassette box set of new Nick Klein album "RATHAUS" for Total Black.

https://totalblack.bandcamp.com/

B1.IF YOU CHASE THEN IT RUNS

Chaosy returns with a brutal sonic assault on Gravitational Waves. This latest release fuses raw noise textures, relentless electro rhythms, and dark acid lines, creating a dystopian soundscape that pushes the boundaries of underground electronic music. With distorted beats and hypnotic synth sequences, Chaosy captures the tension between chaos and control.

Chaosy - Underlive 24.08.24 (GRTW016)

Coffee and a Shruthi

The debut compilation from the freshly launched label dissontiya blends raw and shadowy soundscapes. 16 tracks, 16 artists — channeling new energy into the breakbeat and electronic scenes.

Each track is a weave of backgrounds, emotions, and personal quests. The compilation unfolds a story of raw feeling — revealed through sound that's at times harsh, at times mystical, but always alive.

Autocannibal is a self-taught multi-instrumentalist who is “sculpted from scorched circuits and broken beats”.

Working from the abyss of dark electro, Autocannibal stitches together tormented drum machines with warped synths and battered samples. The music draws influences from witchcore, dungeon synth, and experimental IDM, the sound is haunted and unrepentantly bleak - a ritual of decay fed through wires and noise.

Format: Digital + CD
Release date: 4.07

Mastered by Therror Phoenix
Cover Layout by DISSONTIYA

TOJ Premiere 01: Autocannibal - Post Glaucoma

This is my debut as a producer - the first time I let something move through me and take form as sound.

I didn’t set out to write a dance track. I set out to open a space.
Something between ritual and release. Something physical, but not entirely human.
The beat came first - raw, steady, hypnotic - and then it started to build.
With each layer, I felt like I was summoning something ancient, something that had no name, just weight and presence.

mixing: @leagagrazi
mastering: @alexeyflint

Coffee and a Shruthi

Cepheid