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TL Premiere #2066 (2025.11.24) : C.L.A.W.S - Don't Flip The Crystal Ship [Dark Entries]

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For this 235th Premiere of 2025, we have a track by C.L.A.W.S titled ‘Don't Flip The Crystal Ship’, taken from his LP "Splat City II" on the record label based in San Francisco (California, USA) : Dark Entries.

The LP is available in 12" vinyl + digital.

▶︎ Buy : https://clawsisthebastard.bandcamp.com/album/splat-city-ii

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Release Info :

C.L.A.W.S - Splat City II [Dark Entries // DE322]

C.L.A.W.S. comes to Dark Entries with a new ripping LP, Splat City II. C.L.A.W.S. is the solo project of musical luminary Brian Hock, who has been a key figure in the Bay Area underground for over two decades via his involvement in projects like Bronze and The Vanishing, as well as helming the record labels Squirrels on Film and Immortal Sin. With C.L.A.W.S., Hock takes on the dancefloor, picking up cues from the Hague’s Giallo-dipped electro, the skewed minimalism of Chicago acid, and the mind-rending forays of San Francisco post-punk icons like Chrome and Tuxedomoon.

Following 2019’s inaugural Splat City EP, Splat City II continues to map the psychogeography of a metropolis both alien and immediately recognizable, one where life is cheap, but so are the thrills. Previously released on Squirrels on Film in digital-only format, this expanded vinyl edition of Splat City II features two new cuts.

Things kick off with “Route 505” and “One Tear,” a duo of rompers that vibe like Tom Ellard and Chip E locked in a room with a vial of liquid. Next up, Bay Area deckmaster Tyrel lends his editing chops to “Vigilant Slimy Monsters,” sculpting a moody space disco beast. Squirrels on Film co-founder Solar teams up with Hock for “Black Magic Carpet Ride III,” a cavernous downtempo banger. The slow-mo pace continues with “Wild Slugs United,” which features the no wave-esque clarinet work of Paul Costuros. Closer “Don’t Flip the Crystal Ship” pays homage to Bayview venue Bay Area 51 with melancholic strings and a quartz-solid electrofunk bassline. Splat City II comes in a sleeve with artwork by Bert Bergen, which features a vampiric cat and sci-fi cityscapes.

Tracklist : 
1. Route 505
2. One Tear
3. Vigilant Slimy Monsters (Tyrel Edit)
4. Black Magic Carpet Ride III (feat. Solar)
5. Wild Slugs United (feat. Paul Costuros)
6. Don't Flip The Crystal Ship

released November 21, 2025

Credits:
Recorded and produced by C.L.A.W.S.
Mastered by Anne-Marie Suenram
Art by Bert Bergen
Drums on Black Magik Carpet Ride III by Solar
Bass Clarinet on Wild Slugs United by Paul Costuros
Edit of Vigilant Slimy Monsters by Tyrel Williams

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Splat City II

Don't Flip The Crystal Ship

TL PREMIERE : C.L.A.W.S - Don't Flip The Crystal Ship [Dark Entries]

Spider Taylor crawls over to Dark Entries with Surge Studio Music, an album of archival gay pornographic soundtracks. James Allan Taylor was born into a working-class family in Los Angeles in 1951. Nicknamed “Spider” by his father due to his frantic energy, Taylor was a natural-born guitarist, gifted with perfect pitch and a voracious musical appetite. Throughout the 70s, he expanded his musical repertoire, playing in bands ranging from country to post-punk, like his outfit Red Wedding, while always looking for new sounds and styles to explore. During this period, Taylor also partnered with his soulmate and musical collaborator, Michael Ely. They were part of a wave of bold, young, gay couples living openly together in the years immediately following the Stonewall Riots. In the early 80s, while working at the West Hollywood gay sex club Basic Plumbing, Taylor met Al Parker, the legendary pornographic actor and director, who recruited Taylor to produce the soundtrack for a film he was working on. Parker’s partnership with Steve Scott running Surge Studios produced some of the most popular all-male films of the era. Spider’s music was a natural fit for Surge, and throughout 1985 and 1986, he composed the soundtracks for five films produced by the iconic studio. Assisted by engineer Steve Conrad and armed with a drum machine and some synths, Spider’s compositions for film veer from the expansive, reverb-drenched “Rainforest” to the Miami Vice-esque chugger “Tech.” While Spider thought of this work as little more than a gig, tangential to his real craft, enthusiasts of VHS-era nostalgia and vintage erotica will be brought to bliss. Surge Studio Music will be available on both LP and CD, the latter of which includes a 20-minute version of “Strange Places…Strange Things!” as a bonus track. The album’s cover art was designed by Gwenael Rattke, and features stylish images from Surge Studios releases. Also included is an insert featuring liner notes by Will Lewis, a longtime friend of Spider. The music is released from Spider’s estate by Michael Ely, Spider’s partner of 43 years. The shadow of AIDS lingered over Surge; Steve Scott passed from AIDS-related illness in 1987, and Al Parker succumbed in 1992. In 2014, when it became legal for same-sex couples to marry in Arizona, Spider and Michael finally became wedded. Spider would pass away from liver cancer six months later.

Spider Taylor - Surge Studio Music SNIPS

BUY VINYL: brandydalton.bandcamp.com/album/fallen-angel
Somewhere between heaven and hell…there is Fallen Angel. Dark Entries continues its mission of shining light on a generation of composers and musicians lost to AIDS with Brandy Dalton’s Fallen Angel, his soundtrack work for the award-winning Fallen Angel series. In the late 80s, Brandy teamed up with friends Robert Woods and John Munt to form the band Drance, becoming infamous for their high-energy performances and songs that tackled taboo topics like sadomasochism. While Drance explored the aggressive sounds of industrial and EBM, Dalton continued to produce a wide range of electronica, from abstract sonic textures to techno bangers. The Fallen Angel album collects 16 sweaty, sticky cuts composed for the pornographic series Fallen Angel, a trio of leather-focused films released by Titan Studios. The sounds here span from the fractured cyberpunk-rave of “Swelled” to the tabla-laced trance of “FA2,” taking listeners on a journey through hedonistic recesses, chock full of crunchy digital drum machines and wailing FM synths. This album was originally released on CD in 1999 by Titan Studios, capitalizing on the success of the film franchise. It will be reissued on LP as well as on CD, which features 6 bonus tracks. Artwork for the album, designed by Eloise Shir-Juen Leigh, features stills from the Fallen Angel film. Also included is an insert with liner notes and photographs. This album is dedicated to Brandy, who passed away from AIDS-related illness in 2006, after battling with the disease for 17 years. Fallen Angel provides a hardcore BDSM ride, in contrast to the lush, analogue sounds that Dark Entries has released on previous archival soundtracks. All proceeds from this release will go to AIDS Project Los Angeles.

Brandy Dalton - Fallen Angel SNIPS

Abuse

Recorded live at Dark Entries Records on December 7th, 2025
Celebrating our record shop’s 3 year anniversary 🎉

Selwa Abd, professionally known as Bergsonist, is a Moroccan-born, New York City–based interdisciplinary artist, composer, and design researcher specializing in time-based media, performance, and sound art. Her multimedia practice reconfigures evolving archives of field recordings, live video, and electronic sounds into immersive, intuitive environments. Informed by Deleuze’s interpretation of Bergson, Abd uses intuition to explore complex questions of post-colonial identity, techno-futurism and the psychological effects of virtuality on contemporary societiy.

Bergsonist at Dark Entries Records 12-7-25

Recorded live at Dark Entries Records on December 7th, 2025
Celebrating our record shop’s 3 year anniversary 🎉

G. ZIFCAK is a musician and audiovisual artist living in NYC. He has been a steady presence in various scenes stretching from late 90s Portland raves through 2000s Bay Area experimental club and noise shows in warehouses and basements across the US and Europe and beyond. 
A preoccupation with de- and re-contextualized music and production equipment motivates his approach to audio, video, and lighting systems. This deconstruction of mechanism led him into DIY electronics early on, and he continues to build and modify much of his gear. 


G. ZIFCAK at Dark Entries Records 12-7-25

Dark Entries reissues archival and contemporary gems that prove to be crucial to our modern idea of bodily music that exists out of time. Electro, italo, cold wave, new beat, house, techno from a one-of-a-kind digger who visits dusty basements to rescue lost tapes. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/dark-entries-record/episodes/dark-entries-record-11th-december-2025

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Echo West - Some thought us dead

Bandcamp : https://dasistvolksmusik.bandcamp.com/track/lost-paradise
Réalisé sous la forme d'un double vinyle, "Model Ego" est le premier disque de Völksmusik pour le compte du label français Black Jack Records (Sinema aka Kiko...)avec les collaborations de Karine Liebe (voix) et Thierry D. (basse). Le titre extrait, "Lost Paradise", a été composé en réaction aux attentats du 11 septembre à New York (2001). Le EP a été sold-out en 4 jours !

Released as a double vinyl, "Model Ego" is the first record of Völksmusik on the french label Black Jack Records (Sinema aka Kiko…) with Karine Liebe (voice) and Thierry D. (bass). The track was composed after the September 11th attack in New York (2001). The EP was sold-out in 4 days !

Fan video : https://youtu.be/vnpDD0Wptx8
Website : https://dasistvolksmusik.wordpress.com

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