Mirror - Live In Bern

Mirror
Live In Bern (Three Poplars 3P16 - 2003)
CDR, 2nd edition of 150 in handmade and numbered covers

More Mirror, in the same vein as In To The Wood. In fact, both CDrs were later released in a gorgeous 2xLP set with handmade covers : Figures In A Landscape.

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Mirror - In To The Wood

Mirror
In To The Wood (Three Poplars 3P007 - 2002)
CDR, edition of 200 in handmade covers

Mirror is just my favourite drone band. And In To The Wood is just my favourite piece of music by them. It happens to be named after a short story by Robert Aickman, who is just my favourite writer of "strange tales" (on-par with Thomas Ligotti). And this particular short story Into The Wood is just one of my favourite by Aickman. 70 minutes of pure bliss with more than a tinge of unease. Enough said.

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Indigenous Capsule - Indigenous Capsule

Indigenous Capsule
Indigenous Capsule (Peyote Tapes 06 / Object In Hand 4)
CDr handnumbered edition of 50

Indigenous Capsule is Nathan Young and Sound Pressings a.k.a. Danford Mitchell. Probably a one-shot alias, but who knows? The CDr comes in a cardboard "jewel" box, with hand-made artwork by Sound Pressings, and comes with an insert and a set of 4 prints from a total of 50 different designs. No box is the same (obviously as it is hand-drawn the box itself is unique, but the content is also unique. I got #10, the artwork included is from #13, and yes, there's only one print in common with my set). As for the music, here is what Peyote Tapes says about it : "Amplifier worship, synth noise and field recordings".

Unexpectedly, it seems it is still available from Peyote Tapes here at the ridiculously low price of $7 in the US and $9 everywhere else in the Galaxy : run for it!!

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Sorc'henn - Shadow Is Ov Silver Phantom Is Ov Gold

Sorc'henn
Shadow Is Ov Silver Phantom Is Ov Gold (Digitalis Limited ltd#136)
C56 edition of 72 copies

New Sorc'henn tape on the ever-excellent Digitalis Limited label. The short intro track made me think of Mirror a lot, and then the rest of the tape got me back to Sorc'henn in all its strange derelict beauty. Haunting music with really scary bits. I love it.

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Sorc'henn - Kebenn Hag Agripa

Sorc'henn
Kebenn Hag Agripa (Bone Structure bone82)
CDr edition of 100

More Sorc'henn. This is a reissue on CDr of "old" tracks (1996-97) previously released on tape. A direct reference to Davis Lynch this time : "And now, it's dark!", and what seems to be a reference to H.P. Lovecraft : "The Whisperer in Shadow" is almost the title of one of his best short stories if I'm not mistaken... That should be enough to imagine what you can hear on this album.

I had some trouble ripping the CDr which is quite scratched on the surface. Hope the quality is OK, though.

Released on Bone Structure, which seems quite an interesting label, unfortunately their blog seems to be down.


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Godseye - Book Of Lies Vol. 1

Godseye
Book Of Lies Vol. 1 (Peyote Tapes 05)
C40 edition of 75

Godseye is Brad Rose, his wife Eden Hemming Rose and Nathan Young. But it's not Ajilvsga with a woman voice on top. It's very different in fact. Very synth-driven, with Eden reading some great texts (occult poetry indeed). I wasn't expecting that at all when I first heard it. Hope you'll be as pleasently surprised as I was then.

If anybody had their eponymous tape on Dial Square Tapes to share I'd be delighted!


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Ajilvsga - Little Earth

Ajilvsga
Little Earth (Peyote Tapes 01)
C20 edition of 100

A tape on Nathan's label, Little Earth is once more a great Ajilvsga tape (damn! I really like this duo!). Side B is Side A played backwards. Yes. And stangely, the result is not ridiculous. It just works. Fortunately, unlike some Black Metal records played backwards, it won't open a portal to Hell or conjure malevolent spirits. It will only make you drown in bliss. It sure made me...


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