LITTLE ANNIE 'With' CD / LP / Ltd LP

This collection features the cream of Little Annie's collaborations with some of the greatest names in the 'alternative' music world: MARC ALMOND (Soft Cell), COIL, SWANS, BONNIE "PRINCE" BILLY, BABY DEE, KID CONGO POWERS (Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, The Gun Club, The Cramps), PAUL WALLFISCH (The Ministry Of Wolves, ex-Swans), and LARSEN. 

A common atmosphere brings these tracks together; lamenting torch songs, esoteric electronics, melancholic pianos, avant-garde chanson. Introduced by Marc Almond (the only live track on this album), this is a collection for dark, candle-lit corners of smoky cabaret bars and secret speakeasy clubs.

Anne Bandez (known as Little Annie / Annie Anxiety), is an American songstress, painter, and performance artist renowned for her extensive collaborations across various music genres since the late 1970s. Her artistic journey has seen her work with a diverse array of avant-garde musicians, contributing significantly to the experimental music scene. Annie's career is a testament to her adaptability and innovative spirit, seamlessly blending music, visual arts, and literature to create a unique and enduring artistic legacy.

Mastered by Martin Siewert (known for his incredible mastering for the likes of Hermann Nitsch, Thurston Moore, Lydia Lunch, Mika Vainio, Keiji Haino, and more).

Cover paintings by Little Annie.

Out 18th April 2025.
 
• CD in matt-laminate digipak
https://coldspring.co.uk/csr348cd

• Black LP on 180gm heavyweight vinyl in a matt-laminate sleeve
https://coldspring.co.uk/csr348lp

• Ltd x 250 copies on green 180gm heavyweight vinyl in a matt-laminate sleeve
https://coldspring.co.uk/csr348lp-green

https://coldspring.bandcamp.com/album/with-csr348cd-lp

Listen: https://soundcloud.com/coldspring/sets/little-annie-with

LITTLE ANNIE:

https://www.littleanniebandez.com
https://littleannieanxiety.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/littleanniesings
https://www.instagram.com/littleanniebandez1
https://www.youtube.com/littleannie8460

Little Annie & Paul Wallfisch - The Soul Of August

Andrew Ostler continues his artistic evolution towards choral beauty, orchestral textures, ambient drones and low woodwind, into the realms of Jóhann Jóhannsson, Arvo Pärt or Stars Of The Lid. 

Building on the string arrangements of his previous LP "Dots On A Disk Of Snow", and taking a heavy dose of sax drone from an earlier album still, this record also adds a full choir, taking the music to another level of spiritual intensity.

"This is music of transcendence, and perhaps transformation... A glimpse of something profound: not merely music, but a reflection of the sublime itself - blind, unknowable, and utterly captivating" (Chain D.L.K.).

On the first three compositions the drones are, for the most part, relatively gentle, while chant-like choral arrangements drift and weave around and above them. 'Affirmation' is quietly confident, with a surge of intensity around the midpoint; 'Confession' is perhaps more tentative, the shifting canon of the voices threatened by a distant storm of distorted synth shredding; 'Adoration' restores the straightforward choral beauty, building to an unashamed cadence.

The immense final track 'Meditation' is a quite different affair. Here the drones are more intense slabs, the choir is more demonstrative in its emotion, and the ultimate climax the more devastating for it. The journey is longer, but the rewards are greater for the committed.

Originally released on  Andrew Ostler's own Expert Sleepers label on limited edition blue vinyl last year, Cold Spring are very proud to press this gem onto CD for the first time.

Out 9th May 2025: CD in matt-laminate digipak with sleeve design by Carl Glover.

https://coldspring.co.uk/csr352cd

https://coldspring.bandcamp.com/album/the-blind-sublime-csr352cd

Listen: https://soundcloud.com/coldspring/sets/andrew-ostler-the-blind-sublime

https://andrew-ostler.bandcamp.com

Adoration (Edit)

[Single] 2025

Composed, performed & recorded by Myllerr.

released February 28, 2025
Released by: M-sgn

Myllerr - Outsider

SONOLOGYST - 'Planetarium' 2CD

An aural exploration of the solar system by Sonologyst, using data from NASA's probes. 

On the latest album by Sonologyst, raw data from radio waves, electromagnetic fields, and plasma fluctuations, utilising data sonification files provided by NASA, are transformed into a haunting soundscape, unveiling the ambient music of planets, solar winds, and the cosmic beyond. 

As the newest addition to Sonologyst's series of sonic documentaries, this work deepens his exploration of the sonic spectrum, converting cosmic phenomena into immersive auditory experiences.

Double CD in a matt-finish gatefold ecopak, with a bonus disc of the raw source material from NASA's probes.

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NASA and other space agencies have captured "sounds" from the cosmos by recording non-audible signals like radio waves, electromagnetic waves, and plasma (ionized gas that’s prevalent in space) wave fluctuations. These are converted into audio frequencies we can hear using a process called data sonification. Spacecraft like Voyager, Cassini, and Juno are equipped with special instruments (e.g., plasma wave antennas, magnetometers, radio wave receivers) to detect radio waves, plasma waves, and electromagnetic fields. 

These signals can provide data on phenomena like solar wind, planetary magnetospheres, and charged particles. Since many of these signals are outside our hearing range (radio waves might have frequencies far below the audible range (20 Hz to 20 kHz) or far above it, while magnetic and plasma waves are often in the range of milliHertz (mHz) to kilohertz (kHz), also outside human hearing.), they are converted using various techniques, including frequency scaling, sampling, filtering, and amplitude modulation. Some events, like plasma wave bursts, happen over long periods. Scientists may speed up the playback so we can hear the changes in a shorter time frame. 

After conversion, the resulting sounds are often enhanced to make certain patterns, pitches, or changes in intensity more noticeable. This may involve amplifying certain frequencies or adding layers to represent multi-dimensional data. This processing helps bring out subtle differences that might otherwise be hard to discern.

Out 27 June.

Order 2CD: https://coldspring.co.uk/csr359cd

https://coldspring.bandcamp.com/album/planetarium-csr359cd

Listen: https://soundcloud.com/coldspring/sets/planetarium

Album teaser by Abby Helasdottir (YouTube) https://bit.ly/Sonologyst-Planetarium

Digital: https://orcd.co/csr359cd


SONOLOGYST:

https://sonologyst.com
https://sonologyst.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/sonologyst
https://soundcloud.com/sonologyst
https://twitter.com/sonologyst
https://coldspring.co.uk/Sonologyst

SONOLOGYST 67p-Churyumov-Gerasimenko Comet

Unavailable for almost 30 years in its own right, this collection from the Cold Spring archive has been repackaged and remastered with new art. This classic album exists as a document of the soundtrack work PSYCHIC TV created for the many films and videos of Derek Jarman. Another demonstration of why PSYCHIC TV were one of the most important groups in the world.

The titular track, 'Prayer For Derek', is intended as an invocationary prayer, based on Tibetan rituals; a collage of sounds including field recordings of the lulling waves running aground on the shingle beach opposite Jarman's Prospect Cottage in Dungeness, Kent alongside bird song, crying babies, and massed ritualised chants to aid the late film director in his after-life journeys.

Other tracks feature elongated drones, washes of dissonance, melancholic guitar chime, evocative piano scoring, Burroughs cut-ups, gothic chants, and familiar snarling gods.

Out 23rd June 2025: CD in matt digipak with 8-page fold-out booklet, with detailed liner notes by Genesis P-Orridge (1997); Astorical anecdotes and background facts for completeness.

https://coldspring.co.uk/csr351cd

https://coldspring.bandcamp.com/album/a-prayer-for-derek-jarman-csr351cd

Listen: https://soundcloud.com/coldspring/sets/psychic-tv-prayer-derek-jarman

Digital: https://orcd.co/csr351cd

PSYCHIC TV Prayer For Derek (excerpt)

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