The Upload 12-3-2019

Preorder: https://www.rushhour.nl/record/vinyl/collage-001

Eye of the Minotaur - collage 001 is a collection of artists working in varying musical practices that are channeling the solitude of mutantess, strolling through the familiar yet unfamiliar halls of the uncanny, refusing ordinary structures of the mundane, grasping the cold humor of cynicism, basking in the dichotomy of cosmos and chaos, and invoking the energies of Eris and Eros. 

Setting the ground is Ciarra Black, a Berlin based New Yorker who makes no apologies for her bare knuckled soundscapes. DuPont Street is a ritualistic unification of discordant entities that summons visions of Pazuzu (lord of the demons) and Inanna (goddess of love) fornicating beneath The Tree of Life. Razor edged synthesizers slice through the atmosphere with the precision of an avenging angel’s flaming sword, while a psychedelic drum code activates ritual movement of the body. 

As the needle passes beyond the next threshold it is met by a towering totem, bristling within the illuminated light of the sonic astral plane. Erected from the foundational matter that birthed the Detroit electro punk sound, Eyes Up continues to add to the narrative that is drenched in deranged electronics intuitively mangled in a post punk tradition. Dystopian percussive rhythms generate an unorthodox domain where muffled utterances present an aural Rorschach exam. Could this be the riddle of the Sphinx, or an ancient spectral being that possesses secret knowledge. Only its creator, Stallone the Reducer, holds the key. 

Fixed at the axis of the journey, Perfect Headache Forever, a mystic operating within the DIY spaces of Chicago, levitates on a transcendental mass that is equally melancholic and optimistic. Her voice hosts a strength equal to a pantheon of titans. Armed with a magical electronic musical box, she weaves narratives that are prophetic in their delivery. Itself Ecstatic is a voyage through a misty atmospheric soundscape that begins at one point, but ends in a distant other, in accordance with a system of divination. 

Gazing into the murky waters of the oracle’s cauldron, Circling Vultures, (a collaborative effort by Justin Aulis Long and Kenneth Zawacki) channel and evoke the spirits of Antonin Artaud and Geroges Bataille. The poet’s voice, engaged in an act of mutilation and self cannibalization, howls while projecting visions of sacred conspiracies, sensations of vertigo while peaking over the edge of the abyss, and the looming weight acquired from the solitude of mutantness (the minotaur alone, sitting silently at the center of the labyrinth). Accompanying the mystical bard’s verbal declaration is a triggered mechanized synth that roars with the vitality of Cold War era Wave music, which is then juxtaposed against applications of  loose and improved keyboard playing. The artist’s hand is revealed against the calculated actions of the machines. 


Bringing the document to its finale, Libby Del Barrio, a multi disciplinary artist based in San Antonio, performs a closing ritual in a manner that only she knows how. Setting fire to the Elysium Fields while personified as Moze Pray, Del Barrio rejects plastic narratives that aim to pacify. No Tears, is an unapologetic account of life’s feedback loop around the Wheel of Fortune. Sacrificial actions through ceremonial performance reveals a gateway founded on truth and torment. Moze Pray’s ability to combine musical production, poetic vocalization and ritualistic body performance is charged by chaos and amalgamates into a product of pure expression that defies the rose colored filters that aim to conceal the harsh realities.

Eye Of The Minotaur - Collage 001

DOQ XX4
Excell — Procesió

A1 · Procesió 
A2 · Perfusion
B1 · Pénibilité

"Мужик Cказал — Mужик Cделал"
"Después del grito - Se escuchó romper cristal - Mezclando el ruido"

12" Out April 2nd 2019
www.doq.xxx

Excell - Procesió Previews

Tunnel Vision brings back to life a forgotten masterpiece from French producer Bernard Otot aka A Gethsémani.  Produced and self-released in 1987, ‘Âme Triste’ gathers his early obscure synth-pop and dark wave works, using a Yamaha DX7 and his own material.  First track of this re-issue, ‘Real Life’ is fueled by beautiful melancholic synth soundscapes, fantomatic voices and experimental dub rythmics and whole album together is a real find for gourmet. 12" out March 29th.

PREMIERE | A Gethsémani - Real Life [Tunnel Vision] 2019

Strictly Confidential Files

strictly confidential files #013_Natascha Kann

BAR Radio #90 with Jeff Solo ( @jeffsolo )
Tune in every Friday from 8 to 10 pm on Operator.

Recorded on March 1st 2019.

BAR Radio #90 - Jeff Solo

All forthcoming material.
Also ft. YouTube legend 'Our' Wes 
+ Puddle Country field recordings by @best_available_technology

12th Isle 2019-2020.

Prophetic Taxonomy of Island Moss

Pre-order here: https://italianolympics.bandcamp.com/album/esc-chame-cabr-n-v-a

..........Italian Olympics 3.......... 

¡Escúchame, Cabrón! is a limited-edition C50 cassette announced for pre-order on International Women's Day and made up exclusively of female artists or groups and collaborations featuring a strong female presence. 

The purpose of the release is to bring to light, in our own small way, the systemic violence and oppression of women in Spain and around the world and to highlight the incredible female voices present in industrial and synthwave music today. 

Spain is a country close to our hearts. It's a beautiful, historic, energetic and culturally-rich nation. Today, the problems women have to face in a society that is generally a privileged population are completely unnecessary. Problems such as being cross-examined in rape trials, gang rape cases being downgraded to sexual assault and an abundance of domestic violence. An average of one woman in killed by her partner per week.

In 2017 Spanish courts received more than 166,000 gender violence complaints against woman - a 16% increased on the year before. Spain is certainly not an exception. Some national studies show that up to 70 per cent of women have experienced physical and/or sexual violence from an intimate partner in their lifetime.

NO ES NO.

On ¡Escúchame, Cabrón!, Side A's cold and synthwave vibes contrast with Side B's raw industrial atmospheres to produce a devastatingly excellent release.

Featuring...

Leere
Cadena Nacional
Slow Glass
Synths Versus Me
Sopoorific
Sun Dogs
Morgane Metal
Egzotikka feat. Trikse
Golpe Erotico
Baglover

No digital-only sales, digital files provided upon request after purchase.

¡Escúchame, Cabrón!

V/A - ¡Escúchame, Cabrón!

Veter

Dietroiter DR1033

Recorded at მტკვარზე • Mtkvarze ''Small Room'' 
from 01:30am 
Enjoy 🔮

The Upload 12-3-2019

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