The Voice of Harmony: the word of the Sisterhood of the Syren
You are not alone. Know now, that you who read these words, and them do truly understand, are not alone in this world. You are a child of the dark light, a light which illuminates but does not blind. There are many others like you. Like us. Scattered, scarred, and torn. By your differences, you find yourself adrift in a sea of indifference, but yet, you are not alone. We are here with you, in the dark. How many of our kind have damned ourselves to the hopeless tedium of a world we feel so distant from? How many of us yearn for a place we can truly call home, but never seem to find, no matter where we lay our heads or our hearts? A place where we can prosper, collaborate, learn, experience, and conspire. A place where we can make our dreams become reality.
Our yearnings are much different than those of the masses we walk among, who dream only of the earthly pleasures fed to us like sweet hemlock, by those that wish to use us for their ends, who see us only as gears in their machine. Alone as you may be made to feel by this poisonous and numbing hegemony, which perpetuates itself with a timeless and unrelenting tedium, you are in fact a part of something greater and more wondrous than any one man could ever imagine or than any one machine could ever build.
Time is a river, a wondrous web of infinite experience , the waves of which echo throughout the halls of the cosmos, throughout all eternity. Within all of us, there is the energy of the divine. This divine energy radiates from each of us, and is expressed, and is channeled differently in every group, every gathering, every era, and even in different ways within the space of a single mind. Art and war, pain and pleasure, laughter and misery, birth and death, are all various facets and manifestations of this divine energy. Good and evil, like other painful limits of our perception, such as the very notion of a "present" separating the future from the past, are an illusion, a necessary paradox which comforts us, and shelters our minds from the impossibility of all that must come to pass. In truth, there is only positive and negative, growth and decay. All must be held in balance, all must be liberated. All must be restrained, and all must be made to prosper. We must learn to see that in everything there is duality. And we must send signals to those like us, if we are ever to realize our dreams. No one is alone in their dreams, and neither is there one who can build them alone.
We of the Sisterhood have declared and decided that our signal, our beacon to those like ourselves, adrift in the night, in search of harbor, shall be the divine and infinite energy of sound. No other force, no power, no sight or spectacle is so universal in its pervasiveness, so personal and unique in its manifestation, or so capable of expressing, quantifying, and capturing the breadth and density of the infinite spectrum of emotions that lie within the human soul. The Sisterhood seeks to carve pillars of bliss from the unhewn stones of sound, to build great watch-towers from the infinite harmonies of the universe, and to create sonic temples which can change perception with a clarity that transcends other forms of altered thought. Sound is our voice. Sound is our seduction, our succor, and our signal to our Sisters who are lost, like us, in the darkness.
Black Sun Productions
OperettAmorale (2005)
1 Black Sun Productions Brothel Tango (5:18)
2 Black Sun Productions The Ballad Of Sexual Tendency (2:43)
Vocals - Lydia Lunch
3 Black Sun Productions Pimp Ballad (4:23)
4 Black Sun Productions Ratschläge Einer Älteren Fose An Eine Jüngere (4:53)
5 Black Sun Productions Seeräuber-Jenny (5:38)
Vocals [Guest] - HR Giger
6 Black Sun Productions Johnny Over The Sea (7:06)
7 Black Sun Productions La Canzone Dei Pendagli Da Forca (3:08)
8 Coil A List Of Wishes (7:37)
9 Black Sun Productions Ballade Von Der Höllenlili (2:58)
10 Black Sun Productions Über Die Verführung Von Engeln (3:11)
11 Black Sun Productions What Keeps Mankind Alive? (6:18)
Words by Bertolt Brecht.
Artwork By [Cover] - HR Giger
Tactile /
Rosa Mundi -
Grief 7" (2005)
A
TactileGrief
Photography [Lamentation Angel] - Scot Vandergriff
Written By - John Everall / Jhonn Balance
Written By [Text] - William Hope Hodgson
Written-By -
Jhonn Balance* ,
John EverallB
Rosa MundiThe Snowman
Photography [Shrouded Guardian] - Simon Marshall
Written By - Rose McDowall / Jhonn Balance
Written-By -
Jhonn Balance* ,
Rose McDowallSide B "The Snowman" is a cover version of "Walking In The Air", the theme song to the animated film "The Snowman", which in turn was based on an illustrated book by Raymond Briggs.
Limited to 777 copies.
Released in honour of the late Jhonn Balance (aka Geff Rushton) of Coil who died in November 2004.
Sinsemilla Dreams (2006)
Techno, Experimental from
Danny Hyde1 Hippy Cult Leader (Intro) (4:14)
2 Why Not Sell Your Young (Shanghai Soap Opera Mix) (5:27)
Remix - DJ Poltergeist
3 Whacked Right Out (Static Surgery Mix) (7:06)
Remix - M.C. Ramification
4 I Don’t Do Deviant Sex (Calm Before The Porn Edit) (3:00)
5 Fj Nettlefold (Radar Angels Mix) (5:24)
Remix - Andrew Sega
6 Argento Meets The Skinheads (Black Zodiac Mix) (2:08)
Remix - DJ Poltergeist
7 Why Not Sell Your Young (Transient Telephone Edit) (4:30)
Remix - M.C. Ramification
8 A Nutter At Radio Three (Novoxia Edit) (5:58)
9 Fj Nettlefold (Mothman Mix) (5:46)
Remix - Andreas Meyer
10 Ode To The Deadzone (Dyslexic Messiah Mix) (7:08)
Remix - M.C. Ramification
11 A Nutter At Radio Null (5:13)
Remix - Andreas Meyer
12 No One Needs To Notice (Lavender + Roses Mix) (4:48)
Remix - DJ Poltergeist
13 Chorus To The Disbeliver (Military Temples Mix) (6:31)
Remix - DJ Poltergeist
14 Sinsemilla Dreams (Honey Hashish Mix) (6:08)
Remix - DJ Poltergeist
Divine Frequency is very proud to present the “Sinsemilla Dreams” Ep by Aural Rage, a carefully chosen collection of remixes, reconstructions, and unreleased material from former Coil collaborator and Nine Inch Nails remixer Danny Hyde.
The Sinsemilla Dreams Ep showcases the lighter side of Danny Hyde’s twisted psyche, bringing you over an hour of dark mystic disco with ambient interludes and orchestral intermissions. This is music for Daliesque discoteques and Cthulian chill out lounges. The tracks on this CD were arranged and edited after consultation with several underground DJs in an attempt to give the release a consistent track to track flow. But this is more than just demented dancefloor fodder, it's also a cathartic mental voyage of primal electric rhthyms separated from one another by glistening ambient soundscapes.
In addition to the vocal talents of the late Jhonn Balance and Joanna DeSyne, several other musicans have lent their remixing talents to this disc, including Andrew Sega, who has remixed bands such as Delerium, as well as Andreas Meyer, whose groundbreaking electro industrial project Forma Tadre turned many heads over a decade ago with his Lovecraftian inspired “Navigator” album. All remixes were made using technology that was available at the time the track was originally recorded, giving some of the earlier tracks a decidedly nostalgic feel..
Mathias Grassow
Ambience (2005)1 Dreamland (5:57)
2 Siddharta (10:03)
3 Kenosis (21:19)
4 Nightveil (9:20)
5 Selina (5:49)
6 The Old Park (16:05)
7 (Famine Road To)Port (5:10)
This is the remastered and repackaged version of the 1995 release.
Divine Frequency Records is proud to present the reissue of Mathias Grassow’s classic and hard to find “Ambience” album, an hour-long voyage into hypnotic tranquility and minimalist bliss. This release flitters and ebbs at the edges of perception, neither growing too intense nor becoming too distant. With the assistance of Klaus Weise (ex Popul Vuh) on Tibetan singing bowls, Mathias weaves a luminous web of sound which promises to bring the weary travelers of the world a little closer to their journey’s end.
More information about Mathias Grassow and his extensive discography can be found at
http://www.mathias-grassow.deAndrew Deutsch -
Loops Over Land (2006)
Parts 1-12.
Loops Over Land consists of about 50 min. of loops
produced using an analog reel to reel tape deck and an
analog tape delay system (provided by Neil Rolnick). The
loops were constructed using random "scissors clips" of
Mahler's 5th Symphony and thus reflect the pastoral feel of
his original composition. Some of what sound like drum
beats in the loops are actually sloppy splices bathed in
reverb. Production of the loops happened over the course
of 2 days while I was confined to my apartment dodging an
enormous snow storm.
During these days of looping and confinement, I listened as deeply as possible to the sounds and envisioned large circular loops of light slowly turning over the landscape. The landscapes themselves were of lush green fields and hills dripping in recent rain while the loops shimmered gold each holding their own shape. Loops Over Land continues what I have been calling since 1987 "image drones", Image drones are drones that are meant to evoke a very specific image for the listener. Not specific in terms of what I want to communicate, but specific in the action of triggering the imagination of the listener. The image produced by an image drone can be any image, but the drone itself should trigger mental images. I also consider these recordings to reflect my interest in "romantic structuralism", a term coined by filmmaker Ken Jacobs. It seems illogical to bring the theories of structuralism and romanticism together (this was the seed of the split between Boulez and Stockhausen). However, the power of the "structuralist activity"(see Barthes) lies in the possibility of revealing hidden functions existing structures. The function of tonal materials in the works of Mahler were intended to induce emotive states in the listener. What I have done is isolated "tonal moments" and made manifest their explicit function.
The loops of Loops Over Land are loops of emotion embodied in the traditional form of minimalist composition. Will the loops always evoke the same feeling in every listener? I believe they will come close, at least to the Western ear.
Centrozoon
Angel Liquor (2006) 1 Fear (12:58)
2 Distress (13:23)
3 Vertigo (11:22)
4 Decoy (9:03)
5 Cruciform (11:22)
Featuring over 50 minutes of foreboding electric ambience, Centrozoon’s “Angel Liquor” creates dark atmospheres which pulse and glisten like the ominous calm before a shimmering electronic storm.
The term, Angel Liquor, refers to the spiritual nature of music: the muse, the good fairy, the angelic, the spirits. It's minimal yet spacey ambient music for open minds, featuring subtle multi-channel guitar treatments and quirky, warbling synths. This recording was created in real-time, with only minor editing and post-processing. Audiophile analogue signal paths were used during mixdown and mastering to further enhance the organic and complex fractal nature of the compositions.
Angel Liquor is the fifth album by the eclectic pop duo of Markus Reuter and Bernhard Wöstheinrich. Markus has recently collaborated with King Crimson drummer Pat Mastelotto, both on stage and in the studio. This recording shows Markus and Bernhard in a more experimental yet no less compelling light, and features artwork by the painter Francesco Lauretta.
Carter Tutti
Feral Vapours Of The Silver Ether (2008)
01 - So Slow the Knife
02 - Lowlands
03 - Torn Window
04 - Woven Clouds
05 - It Was
06 - Breathless Endings
07 - Forest Floor
08 - Acid Tongue
09 - The Sun Shone That Day
10 - Black Dust
11 - Feral Vapours
Conspiracy International are pleased to announce the much-anticipated new album by Carter Tutti, entitled Feral Vapours of the Silver Ether. Almost three years in the making, the eleven tracks on Feral Vapours mark an exciting and fecund sonic development for the influential electronic duo, as always with a glance to the past and a hard stare to the future. With their previous album Cabal (Conspiracy International 2004), Carter and Tutti initiated their new phase with a gentler and strikingly emotional collection of songs, and on Feral Vapours this renewed vision takes centre stage: the album is awash with echoes of the sea, the moon, the open road, and flatlands. Nature oozes through songs such as 'Torn Window' and 'Forest Floor', and the electronic and the acoustic are merged in a seamless, crafted, dense electronic masterpiece that is sure to become an important milestone in their already vast, eclectic body of work.
Their renowned classic heartbeat dance grooves have become more subtle, the rhythmic, orchestral beats and massive bass undercurrents that have made Chris Carter one of the UK's foremost electronic composers are made fleshly and womb-like; Cosey's elemental vocals glide over these songs, occasionally mediated by her virtuoso slide-guitar glissandos and striations and a splash of gutsy, raunchy cornet. Feral Vapours stands as one of Carter Tutti's most important releases to date - a rich and accessible collection of electronic torch songs that is sure to appeal to any fan of intelligent, sensitive and innovative music.
