Normally released exclusively on limited CD to savvy physical-format collectors, the visionary Los Angeles and Minneapolis-based label has made their latest Group Exhibition compilation available to the general public absolutely FREE via their Bandcamp.

Containing as-of-yet unreleased gems, exclusive mixes, and critically acclaimed singles from the past year, the 15 track, hour-plus compilation features luminaries such as En Esch, KK NULL and Mona Mur along with new names Scorpion Tea, HVIRESS, Apology Kink and more.

The album, dense with a boundary-pushing lineup of darkscene, deathpop, and electronic artists, will also be available free on CD with any physical order direct from the label (while supplies last).

Own, stream, and share the GIVE/TAKE Group Exhibition 004 compilation now: https://givetakelife.bandcamp.com/album/group-exhibition-004

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Design by J. Lexvold.

A GIVE/TAKE release. GTGX004 © 2024 respective artists. All rights reserved. Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws.

GIVE/TAKE Group Exhibition 004

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"Noise music remains a powerful force for a union between texture, rhythm, and the basics of melody. KK NULL has developed it into a voice of its own. Resembles Surfing With the Alien if slowed down to the pace of erosion and intensified with a Fripp/Eno sensibility of stacking melodic fragments." -Death Metal Underground

"Evokes an atmosphere full of mysticism, inviting us to introspection through a hypnotic and transcendental sound journey. An aesthetically stunning project and deeply immersive listening experience." -Electro Emotions

Japan-based KK NULL and Swiss guitarist Joel Gilardini team up to present the the third installment of their Psychic Drones series. Noise devotee KK NULL (the mastermind behind ZENI GEVA whose collaborators include the late Steve Albini, John Zorn, Sonic Youth, Merzbow, and countless others) and Gilardini, a sound researcher and experimentalist have been collaborating on their expansive and evocative series since 2020.

Clocking in at over an hour in length, for all of its foggy din, Psychic Drones 3 is exceptionally varied in tone. Noise, dark ambient, and drone are well-represented, yet as a whole, the piece is an emotional voyage in both synthetic and organic sound design, making incredible use of spatial mixing throughout.

From Psychic Drones 3's opening of intercepted menacing sub-bass transmissions to its final noise oscillation as the faint rhythm of heartbeats and EKG equipment fade out, the album is a prime example of audio as paint on canvas. Soothing arpeggios fade into screeching noise as surges of overwhelming warmth wash in and out. Amidst all of this chaos, there's a surprising, yet carefully curated mix of clarity and calm.

https://kknull.com / https://joelgilardini.wordpress.com / https://givetake.life

Performed by Joel Gilardini (Baritone Guitars, Electronics)
and Kazuyuki Kishino (Electronics, Algorithmic Drums, Noiz)
Recorded by Kazuyuki Kishino at Prima Natura Studio (Japan)
and Joel Gilardini at Nowhere Studio (Switzerland)
Produced, engineered, mixed and mastered by Kazuyuki Kishino

A GIVE/TAKE release. GT065 © 2024 KK NULL, Joel Gilardini. All rights reserved. Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws.

Psychic Drones 3

KK NULL x Joel Gilardini - Psychic Drones 3

KK NULL x Joel Gilardini - adrifting

KK NULL x Joel Gilardini - any further wishes?

KK NULL x Joel Gilardini - pandemonium

KK NULL x Joel Gilardini - the great destroyer

KK NULL x Joel Gilardini - earthy feelings of disillusion

KK NULL x Joel Gilardini - epileptic deviation

KK NULL x Joel Gilardini - chthonic ephemerals

"On Your Knees" feat. lcn1 is the second single in a forthcoming diptych of releases exploring the psychosexual and power dynamics entitled Never, Forever; Nothing, Completely.

https://officialkpt.com / https://givetake.life

On Your Knees (Lexvold/Hunter/Lexvold)
Written, performed, produced, mixed & mastered by KPT.
Additional production, synth, lyrics and vocals by lcn1.
Guitar by JQ Lexvold.

Design by J. Lexvold.

A GIVE/TAKE release. GT067s1 © 2024 KPT®. All rights reserved. Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws.

On Your Knees

KPT - On Your Knees feat. lcn1

KPT - On Your Knees feat. Lcn1

DJ Zuul interviews En Esch, covering origins, KMFDM, and a World Premiere track.

c89.5 On The Edge - En Esch Interview - 9/22/24

In collaboration with GIVE/TAKE, Avalanche Recordings, Justin K. Broadrick and Cocaine Opera we give you the exclusive premiere of "Mercury Eats Gold", taken from the forthcoming self-titled release by Tactical Pagan.

In essence his own take on the 1980's industrial music warps everything into a mesmerizing and catchy rhythmic sound that gives all the good parts of classic industrial music a new life through other genres and influences. Some are minimal, other are bombastic and with a razor sharp edge he lunges at you with this release. Cutting out all the worst parts of industrial and throwing in the good, desolate, abandoned and hopelessness that echoes throughout each track. 

"Mercury Eats Gold" is a noise-driven and minimalistic trip, through sampling and echoing guitars that bounce off the soundscape. Delving into a bleak outlook of sound that carries itself through noise-born rhythms and melodies that are created with "simplicity" in mind and turned into an ambitious and complex sound as a whole the further the track goes.  

Links: https://givetake.life / https://justinkbroadrick.com
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Releasing worldwide on Friday, November 8th via both Avalanche Recordings and GIVE/TAKE, TACTICAL PAGAN will be available on limited edition maxi-style CD and digital platforms. Pre-order now and receive the lead single, "Mercury Eats Gold," instantly.

All songs by TACTICAL PAGAN. Mastered by Justin K Broadrick. Artwork by NEGATIVEMEDITATION. Design & layout by J. Lexvold.

A GIVE/TAKE x Avalanche Recordings release. GT068 AREC074 © 2024 TACTICAL PAGAN. ℗ 2024 GIVE TAKE Group (BMI). All rights reserved. Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws. All rights reserved.


Tactical Pagan

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Exclusive Premiere: Tactical Pagan - Mercury Eats Gold

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