DR-34: TARKATAK - Skärva / Oroa (Germany; atmospheric drones with a special touch from this newcomer from North-Germany) DR-39: DUAL – Klanik / 4 tH (U.K.; mighty guitar drones & massive sub bass undertones that evoke feelings of total transcendence and grandeur) DR-42: REYNOLS – 10.000 Chickens Symphony (Argentina; this obscure outfit from Buenos Aires works on the sound of – at least – 10.000 chickens – an amazing & mindblowing field recording - experiment!) DR-46: REUTOFF – Reutraum IV (Russia; vinyl-debut for this trio from Moscow – a mixture of rhythmic industrial with dark & depressed NEWSLIST DRONE RECORDS ambient tunes, made in the heart of the decay) DR-50: ULTRASOUND – Death comes from the left 23. APRIL 2006 (Netherlands/USA; very emotional guitar drones at its best, this is pure yearning transfered into sounds..) - VINYLS – CASSETTES – CDRs – DVD - CDs – PRINTMEDIA – SUBSTANTIA INNOMINATA (price € 12.00 each) THIS NEWSLIST / SUPPLEMENT SUMMARIZES ALL NEW ENTRIES SUB-01: DANIEL MENCHE - Radiant Blood 10" brown-black HAVING ARRIVED HERE IN THE LAST FOUR MONTHS SINCE THE vinyl. ed. of 500, artwork Robert Schalinski (COLUMN ONE) LATEST NEWSLIST (DEC 2005). SUB-02: ASIA NOVA - Magnamnemonicon 10" out now ! red- white / pink vinyl, artwork by Ure Thrall PLEASE STATE PRICES WITH YOUR ORDER TO AVOID DELAYS SUB-03: NOISE-MAKER'S FIFES - Zona Incerta 10" two different BITTE IMMER PREISE MIT ANGEBEN ! vinyl-colours, artwork by Mars Wellink (VANCE ORCH) ALL PRICES IN EURO !! NEW LISTED STUFF HAS A STAR ( * ) IN THE FIRST LINE 1. VINYLS 0. AVAILABLE LABEL–RELEASES DRONE RECORDS / SUBSTANTIA INNOMINATA * AALFANG MIT PFERDEKOPF – Fragment 36 7” (Drone Records DR-79, 2006) [ed. of 300] € 6.50 Hinter dem Projekt mit dem seltsamen Namen steckt MIRKO UHLIG The following DRONEs and SUBs are currently available: aus Bonn, der sich auf seiner Drone-7“ auf HERAKLITs „alles fliesst“ DRONE RECORDS 7”-SERIES FIRST EDITIONS (price € 6.50 each) bezieht und entsprechende Dronescapes mit hoher Dynamik erschaffen DR-64: EMERGE – Relativity (Germany; newcomer with processed hat.....zerfliessende-handbemalte Covers & multi-colour Vinyl ! field recordings – ultra dark, rumbling & noisy soundscapes) last copies “You never cross the same river twice! PANTA RHEI!” Behind this DR-65: SOLEILKRAAST – Choresonic Preludes to a dark Cycle project with the strange name (german for “eel-catch with horse-head”) (France; monumental objectless electro-acoustic spaces, a drone- is one Mirko Uhlig from Germany, who had few CDR-releases so far, firestorm. First EP for an exciting newcomer from Nantes) last copies most of them standing out through their weird surrealistic coloration. In DR-66: CISFINITUM – VS (Curve/Curse) (Russia; the legendary post- the meantime he also build his own label EX OVO. “Fragment 36” Industrial group from Moscow with two stirring dark ambient pieces) relates to a quote from Heraclites showing that ‘everything deliquesces” comes in handmade wool-cover !! last copies at any moment and can never be the same as one moment before. DR-69: OPION SOMNIUM – As they fly into darkness, only black According to that, AALFANG MIT PFERDEKOPFs first and last ever 7” feathers remain to wipe away our tears (USA; melancholic drones creates two drone-minimal pieces with very high dynamics, using water- based on non-elecronic instruments) last copies sounds and Glockenspiel, drenched into overtune-feedback-resonances DR-72: PAWEL GRABOWSKI Cirrs Songs (Ireland/Poland; & dark deep drones... Filed under: fleetingmelting drones processed field recording ambience of a dark nature from this amazing LIGHT GREEN / YELLOW SPRINKLED VINYL. HANDPAINTED Polish composer, once active with MIASTO NIE SPA O) last copies COVERS USING WATER-COLOURS IN GREEN, RED, VIOLET.” DR-73: SMOOTH QUALITY EXCREMENT Epitaph 3 (USA; excellent [press release] RELEASE DATE: 30. April 2006 ! esoteric & ritualistic vibes from this URE THRALL-collaborateur now living in New York City.....) * AF URSIN – Aura Legato LP (La Scie Doree SCIE 405, 2005) DR-74: TZESNE Huffduff (Spain; mysterious sounds derived from [ed. of 350] € 19.00 radio-transmissions, the imaginary soundtrack to a II.WW submarine- Der ex-NOISE-MAKER’S-FIFFES und MIRROR-Mitspieler TIMO VAN communication) LUYCK aka AF URSIN hat auf seinem eigenen kleinen Label eine DR-75: IN MEDITARIUM Mare Internum (Ukraine; esoteric inner- wunderschön altmodisch designte LP herausgegeben (gold-gelb- cosmic / mother-womb drones, pre-symbolic surroundings attracting schwarzer Siebdruck, handverklebte Label-Etiketten, etc.), die vier your unconscious) Stücke seiner fein verwebten, grösstenteils handgespielten Drone- DR-76: THO-SO-AA Dying Reveal (Germany; dark hypnotic noise Muzak enthält: Pianofetzen, sanfte Gesänge, Harmonium- & Zither(?)- drones which sucks you into something) Sounds, leichte Bass- & Perkussion-Strukturen, schwebende Analog- DR-77: LUNAR ABYSS QUARTET Brusnika (Russia; ethno ambient Elektronik, alles sehr feinfühlig und zart arrangiert... ein echtes Industrial with a shamanistic & hallucinogenic aura from this rising star Schmuckstück ! from the St. Petersburg scene!) “At the same Timo van Luyck releases a new LP as Af Ursin, if I'm not DR-78: CLOSING THE ETERNITY Northern Lights Ambience mistaken his second or third. Van Luyck produces all the sounds (Russia; siberian cosmic ambience with a drift to objectless spaces, himself on his records, which are finely woven together. He plays using northern lights sounds) electronica to process sounds from a flute, voices, glass harmonium DR-79: AALFANG MIT PFERDEKOPF Fragment 36 (Germany: and on side two even, a drum-machine and bass guitar. Here, on this experimental drone-ambience with high dynamics and philosophic side, things are jumpy, perhaps even a bit krautrock like, which doesn't approach) sound unlike old HNAS records. But for the most part this record (four DR-80: RYN Whistle and Ill Come to You (U.K.; power-drones based lengthy pieces in total) contains wonderful extended drone music, that on field recordings to flood you mind away) is alike some of the UK counterparts, but Af Ursin adds a much more musical dimension to it, through a much clearer use of instruments and DRONE RECORDS 7”-SERIES SECOND EDITIONS (price € 6.00) a likewise much clearer production. Great stuff for those who like DR-10: TAM QUAM TABULA RASA - Cotidie morimur (Italy; expand beyond the 'ordinary' drone music.” [FdW / Vital Weekly] outerworlds brain-wave-music, monotonous and hypnotizing loops & rhythms) * ANIMAL COLLECTIVE – Feels do-LP (FatCat SP11LP, 2005) DR-24: DELPHIUM – Snowhill X (U.K.; a strange and unique blend of € 15.00 ambient Industrial with sometimes even dub-rhytmical-tunes; low-fi and „ »Feels« ist das bereits siebte Album des Animal Collective. Und im very deeply frequenced...reminds on SCORN or early COIL sometimes! Gegensatz zu seinem Vorgänger »Sung Tongs« – sowie der erst vor A very own style...) kurzem erschienenen »Prospect Hummer«-EP – haben diesmal wieder DR-29: AMON – Aura (Italy; haunting & shimmering magique as alle vier Mitglieder der Gruppe zusammen an der Platte gearbeitet. coming from an ancient culture) Womit wir zum Glück auch schon den sicheren Bereich DR-33: ALIO DIE – The Way of Fire (Italy; this music tries to reveal »herunterbetbarer« Eckdaten verlassen können und uns nun durch eine the mystery that lies in nature. A deep and calmful voyage into the heart dicke Milchglastür dorthin begeben, wo es mal wieder derartig of nature) 1 wundervoll flimmert, jault, jauchzt, hallt, jodelt, hämmert und kratzt, massive cycles of minimally-repeating fuzz guitar with the brain- dass es einem angesichts einer so entgrenzten, reflexiven und mit bombing chatter of rapid-firing oscillators. Sounds somewhere between Referenzen und Zitaten vollgesogenen Musik demütig die Sprache Sunroof, Folke Rabe and Faust. Edition of 750 copies, recommended.” verschlägt. Dabei lässt sich »Feels« musikalisch grob in zwei Hälften unterteilen: So vermittelt ein Teil der Stücke durch ihre klassische [Volcanic Tongue] Band-Instrumentierung auf den ersten Blick den Eindruck, es handele sich bei ihnen tatsächlich um »Songs« – ohne dieses scheinbare * ANTENNE / CRYPTIC SCENERY – Long to Kiss / Escape 7” Versprechen jedoch dann wirklich einzulösen. Stattdessen verleihen (BSBTA Vinyl 1, 2005) [ed. of 275 copies] € 6.00 diese Punkt- und Kommalosigkeit sowie ihr komplexer bausteinartiger Hypermelancholic pop-tunes with female vocals from danish project Aufbau diesen Stücken etwas seltsam Irreales, Hypnotisches und ANTENNE, and a lovely depressive folky song from german CRYPTIC Schwereloses, während die Musik in ihrer autistischen Art und Weise, SCENERY, ending in an endless groove. den Folk der Siebziger zu zitieren, teilweise verdammt an die Hidden “BSBTA's first vinyl release has been a long time in the making, with Cameras erinnert. Die andere, weitaus berührendere Hälfte der Songs dominiert ein plenty of frustration for yours truly along the way. And yet, this split 7" stärker improvisiert anmutendes (wenn auch wohl bis ins Detail contains two artists showcasing some of their absolute best songs durchdachtes), organisches Zusammenspiel aus akustischen (according to me... well, and them). Lo-fi ether, electronic intimacy, and Elementen (Harfe, Klavier, Stimmen) und spärlich eingesetzten mindblowing guitarisms. All modesty aside, this should be a contender elektronischen Geräuschfetzen und Keyboardsounds, das sehr viel for the most essential European underground 7" release of 2005.” [label mehr