A quickly composed & performed piece, live on July 4th 2014, to be submitted to the Angela Jane late July 2014 contest "The 5 minute End Credit Song Thingie" contest. The original piece was yet another re-interpretation of the FIRST NIGHT main thematic soundtrack with a different tongue-in-cheek approach but quickly became this brand new piece, to be added to the upcoming live ARCHangel release. 

ARCHangel : "5 Minute Credits Thingie"

Inspired by Lx W's June 29th 2014 "Barcelona" special daytime event at the Montreal Pik Nik Electronic event(s), this piece was recorded live in one take on July 4th 2014 in the Montreal Metro (Subway), and will be one of the final morcels ever recorded for the soon to be released full-length album "More from Planet Skaro". 

D.F.S. : "PikNik Elektronik"

From the upcoming album "Drone Therapy", an extremelly rare live performance by ARCHangel, improvising without rehearsal using reverberating gong crystals of various shapes, in the middle of a busy room where people weren't expecting a sound performance at all, hence all the spoken word happening throughout the poorly captured recording (no set-up was established). 

ARCHangel - "Sound Therapy part 1"

Frank Zen manages to create yet another modernized remix of ReCyClor's first ever recorded track from 1999: "Master Bastard". This is his "All Of Them Things Remixxx" using a variety of techniques and sources which may not be suitable for all ears. LISTEN AT YOUR OWN RISK! ("Master Bastard" in its original version appears on ReCyClor's debut album "The Sinking Process"). Thank you Frank!

ReCyClor - Master Bastard (All Of Them Things Remixxx by Frank Zen)

Simon Sinistar RIP (1971-2015): A live noise-oriented improvisation culled from one of his various legacy tapes and recordings to be released as part of the ever-growing "Post·Hu·Mous" series of CD releases from Wreck Age Recordings. As the title suggests, this was an unrehearsed live recording in one take, without any touch-ups or over-dubs.

SimonSinistar - "No Plan,No Editing, One Take"

"Phlegmed Phame" (a working title that stayed) from the ReCyClor album "Aborted Before Baptism" (wrk46 from Wreck Age Recordings: https://www.discogs.com/ReCyClor-Aborted-Before-Baptism/release/9611425). Produced by Alexander Wheill.

Aborted Before Baptism

Phlegmed Phame

ReCyClor - "Phlegmed Phame"

"Aviation Oak Pi Mi" is the fourth piece from the 2017 album "M. Tapio V." by Alexander Wheill, the tribute/homage album to the musical and sound design genius of Mika Vainio (1963-2017). "Aviation Oak Pi Mi" was chosen as the pinultimate piece on the album due to its minimal but reverberating tones, slowly building up to a rhythmic structure, sometime spliced with by semi-random sound juxtapositions. While not being a "single", it does capture the general mood and feel for the album "M. Tapio V.".  https://www.discogs.com/Alexander-Wheill-M-Tapio-V/release/10167492

M. Tapio V.

Aviation Oak Pi Mi

Lx W. "Aviation Oak Pi Mi" (from "M. Tapio V.")

Special "single" re-mix & re-recording of the full-length "Phrenic Nerve" (42:50 length!). How do you condense a 42+ minute in such a small streaming-friendly format? Canadian project Phraenyq decided to take bits and pieces of their official debut full-length album, add some re-recorded sounds/electronics and offer this "single" which simply can not adequately describe the original piece. I was honored to be asked to be part of the re-editing and co-production.

Phraenyq "Phrenic Nerve (Single Re-Recording)"

band: The Impromptu Noise Theater Project (Silvia Sanguine, Timothy Sprawl, Luca Segreti, Alexander Wheill) song: "Mid-Afternoon Crisis Averted" - to coincide with the release of their first album "Inherently Meaningless And Chaotic" on Wreck Age Recordings (catalogue wrk70)
. A strange blend of minimal simplistic rhythm devices, sound art and noise manipulaion, found objects and of course a bit of theatrics.

Mid-Afternoon Crisis Averted

ImpromptuNoiseTheaterProject "MidAfternoonCrisisAverted"

Here is a short excerpt of the 40+ minute mamoth opus "Installation 1", released by Wreck Age Recordings (details:https://www.discogs.com/Alexander-Wheill-Simon-Sinistar-Installation/release/10721412). It was recorded between 1999 and 2018. This short excerpt is uploaded strictly to offer a very small morcel of what this very expansive is. This excerpt does not do the piece justice!

Installation

2018

excerpt: LxW & SimonSinistar "Installation 1" (excerpt)

Rejected (it was deemed too "noise") from the Cian Orbe netlabel compilation "Sonorus Haiku" (link below) for which this track was specifically comissioned, Silvia Sanguine offers a quiet outer-spacial introspection for a minute, both evocative and self-enclosed. To be enjoyed at any hours of the day! Check out the rest of the compilation for which this piece was recorded but ultimately rejected: https://cianorbenetlabel.bandcamp.com/album/sonorous-haiku-cior-262?fbclid=IwAR2zvKVjoQcc5gtA0u3oiKyzoc_Eg7y8xCvbRSwpGUCXZLW8mhIrN2f_pZY

Lecture Solaire La Nuit

Silvia Sanguine "Lecture Solaire La Nuit"

Rejected (it was deemed too "noise") from the Cian Orbe netlabel compilation "Sonorus Haiku" (link below) for which this track was specifically comissioned, Alexander Wheill continues his sonic excursions in uncommon and generally unclassifiable abstract experimentalism with this one-minute sniplet entitled “Excavationary”. Check out the rest of the compilation for which this piece was recorded, but ultimately rejected: https://cianorbenetlabel.bandcamp.com/album/sonorous-haiku-cior-262?fbclid=IwAR2zvKVjoQcc5gtA0u3oiKyzoc_Eg7y8xCvbRSwpGUCXZLW8mhIrN2f_pZY

Excavationary

LxWheill "Excavationary"

Rejected (it was deemed too "noise") from the Cian Orbe netlabel compilation "Sonorus Haiku" (link below) for which this track was specifically comissioned, The Impromptu Theater Noise Project crafted and generally improvised via a chaotic Skype session this little niblet of a fun track. Featuring: Luca Segreti (objects, effects), Silvia Sanguine (voice, manipulations), Jean-Marc Niemans (percussion), Alex Wheill (tape). . Check out the rest of the compilation for which this piece was recorded, but ultimately rejected: https://cianorbenetlabel.bandcamp.com/album/sonorous-haiku-cior-262?fbclid=IwAR2zvKVjoQcc5gtA0u3oiKyzoc_Eg7y8xCvbRSwpGUCXZLW8mhIrN2f_pZY

The Brain In The Jar

ImpromptuNoiseTheaterProject "TheBrainInTheJar"

Archangel's final (aptly titled) piece from the 2-volumed "Ze MisroCoft Zound" (volumes 1 & 2) CD(s), is the first ever computer-based attempt from the project, but also improvised and recorded live. NOT representative of the project's usual sound, but quite interesting in terms of classic references, tongue firmly planted in cheek!

Archangel : "Conclusion"

D.F.S. vs Atmospheh-Rhycxx, from the album "Spawned From Apathy" from 1997. "Stealing The Spirit" was originally recorded by DFS in 1996 for the Wreck Age "A Cosmic Noise Compilation volume 1" as a TECHNOISE piece. Here, re-mixed by Atmospheh-rhycxx as the "War Against The Machine Mhycxx" is one of three different re-interpretations of piece. Recorded LIVE and SPONTANEOUSLY without overdubs in January 1997.

DFS vs ATMS :"Stealing The Spirit (War Against The Machine Mhycxx)"

The piece "Atmos.Sphere" is presented here in an edited version from the full-length 46 minute piece, available on the Atmospheh-rhycxx K7 & CD "Atmos.Sphere". Recorded live at the Grey Base in January 1997 (also available as a bonus track on "Spawned From Apathy" by DFS vs ATMS)

Atmospheh-rhycxx: "Atmos.Sphere (edit)"

This is the "offbeat" bonus track from the 2002 "Music For Blizzards volume 1" from Archangel. It was included on the CD version of the album but not on the K7, which in turn featured more more cover art and notes. "Blair's Little Project" is not quite representative of the rest of the pieces off of "Music For Blizzards", but offers a hint of a taste. 

Archangel: "Blair's Little Project"

The final piece from the upcoming DFS album "Live From Planet Skaro", another live and improvised jam, recorded in October 2012. More details to come later!

D.F.S. : "Rise of Planet Skaro" (live)

Random excerpts of the 2-piece 44+ minute full length album released end of may 2020 "ASTRALMAPS", by Luca Segreti (of A.N.S.) and Alexander Wheill (of ARCHangel). Listen and download full length album here:https://wrk69.bandcamp.com/album/astralmaps                     More info here:https://www.discogs.com/Luca-Segreti-Alexander-Wheill-Astralmaps/release/15231310                     Watch one of the two tracks on UToob: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Mj9kOzRg8o&list=UU_AsWFEUlzM5iNp-9DfbV3g&index=1

PREVIEW - "AstralMaps" album by Luca Segreti & Lx Wheill

A D.F.S. out-take/blooper/test/reject test piece based in minimal sound compression, recorded live on Thursday March 28, 2013 in the Montreal Subway system (Metro), with "remix" (for what it is worth) by Archangel. Dedicated to the spirits of Pan Sonic and Kraftwerk, as always!

D.F.S. : "SymetrikoRejekto" (minimal Archangel mix)

From the 2013 album "Imaginary Soundtracks" from Minimal Frank, "He Came Riding A Pale Horse" is one of the more representative pieces of the new Minimal Frank material: dark, brooding, ambient evolving, and slightly experimental, all in the electronic vein. For more Minimal Frank, contact Wreck Age Recordings for information on all his official releases!

Minimal Frank : "He Came Riding A Pale Horse"

go to BANDCAMP for all recent releases! ! https://wrk69.bandcamp.com/
(OLDER):
2019: Vineo Enricone "Trompe L'Oreille" wrk75
2019: A.N.S. "Solyaris" wrk74
2019: A.W. Solo Quartet "/to͞o ən ˈfrō/" wrk73
2019: Simon Sinistar & Lx Wheill "Installation 2" wrk72
2019: "Return Of The Impromptu Noise Theater Project" wrk71
2018: The Impromptu Noise Theater Project "Inherently Meaningless And Chaotic" wrk70
2018: Simon Sinistar & Alex Wheill "Installation" wrk69
2018: The Coleoids "Indecipherable " wrk68
2018: Silvia Sanguine & Alex Wheill "The Monotron Sessions" wrk67
2018: A.N.S. " Autonomici Systematis Nervosi " wrk66
2018: The Coleoids " Promachoteuthis" wrk65
2018: Silvia Sanguine "Cretes De Pression" wrk64
2018: Phraenyq "Nerve" wrk63
2017: Lx Wheill "M. Tapio V." wrk62
2017: Simon Sinistar "Post·Hu·Mous Part 2" wrk61
2017: ARCHangel "Iceothermic" wrk60
2017: Lx Wheill " Hypnagogia, daytime parahypnagogia and..." re-issue wrk59
2017: Lx Wheill "Episodic Neocortical Apparitions..." re-issue wrk58
2017: D.F.S. "Skaro's Last Stand" wrk57
2017: ReCyClor "Aborted Before Baptism" wrk56
2016: Simon Sinistar "Post·Hu·Mous Part 1" wrk55
2016: LPR CLLCTV "The Final Chapter" wrk54
2014: D.F.S. "More From Planet Skaro" wrk53
2016: ARCHangel "Live From Planet Skaro" wrk52
2014: D.F.S. "Live From Planet Skaro" wrk51
2014: LPR CLLCTV "Dinosaur Noisers" wrk50
2014: ReCyClor "The Sinking Process" wrk49
2013: ARCHangel "First Night (Soundtrack)" wrk46
2013: MINIMAL FRANK "Imaginary Soundtracks" wrk47
2013: TECTONIC PLATES "Tectonic Plates" 2xCDr wrk48

Wreck Age Recordings began from the ashes of Half-Trak Cassettes in the early-mid 90s, specializing in underground, DIY, unknown, electronic experimentalism, with hints of noise and electro-technoid mutations. Releasing dozens of cassettes before finally converting to digital (CDs) before the rise of the MP3 and free download piracy online, coinciding with a growing lack of interest. Wreck Age fell into the cracks of the forgotten and obsolete, toying with the ideas of a comeback under an online format. Long-time Wreck Age "musical" projects ARCHANGEL (ambient/experimental/noise/illbient/etc) and D.F.S. (technoid-mutations/technoise/rhythmblasts) planning a return soon with upcoming albums. Past projects featured in the Wreck Age roster included Le.Seigneur.Déabolique, Adamo, Zam.Fear, Mikhail Atom, Endich Vis Sat, Holoskanks, Atmospheh-rhycxx, and Mindf*ck to name but a few.

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