Indian Weapons - Parousia

Indian Weapons
Parousia (Digitalis Limited ltd#138)
C30 edition of 80 copies

Brad and Nathan may have changed names, but they have kept the indian spirit. Indian Weapons is Ajilvsga, and this tape is proof that when those too create music together, the result is way more than the sum of its parts.

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Ajilvsga - Silver Crow

Ajilvsga
Silver Crow (Digitalis Limited / Peyote Tapes)
C38 edition of 100?

Last (?) in the Coloured Crow series on Digitalis Limited and Peyote Tapes (White Crow was released by Blackest Rainbow around the same time)
I doubt there ever was 100 copies done, given the difficulty to get one (especially considering that White Crow, also an edition of 100, is still relatively easily available). Anyway, once again a great release with a nice silver cover (and technically the crow itself is black/dark grey...)


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Andrew Liles - Miscellany Deluxe

Andrew Liles
Miscellany Deluxe (Pipkin CDR001-014)
14 x CDR boxset

By request, here is a monstrous release in the monstrous Andrew Liles catalogue. Miscellany Deluxe is 14 CDR crammed with music (more than 15 hours in total!). All the early self-released CDRs, with outtakes and bonus live tracks. Intimidating but realy rewarding. There is really something for every taste in here (one of my favourite, on the drone-side of things is 'The Hennaed Hand Of Glory', glorious indeed, and in need of a proper release in my opinion).



It can still be purchased directly from Andrew, and worth every penny of the £50 it costs.

Here are the links, 1 for the first 2 CDRs, and 1 for each CDR after that :

- 2xCDr compilation 'Miscellany'
- RC (1997) + 4 bonus tracks
- Robot (1997) + 1 bonus track
- My Pink Derrière (1998)
- Birthday (1998) + 1 bonus track
- The Mob Rules (1999) + 1 bonus track
- The Hennaed Hand Of Glory (2000)
- Aviatophobia (2000) + 3 bonus tracks
- Viva! Raudive! (2000) + 1 bonus track
- I Curse All Those Who Ever Wronged Us (2000) + 1 bonus track
- The Bulbs Of The Vestibule (2000) + 1 bonus track
- Prelude To An Un World (2001) + 5 bonus tracks
- Love Song (2001) + 1 bonus track

Ajilvsga - Purple Crow

Ajilvsga
Purple Crow (Digitalis Limited / Peyote Tapes)
C46 edition of 23

Yet another Coloured Crow after Red, Green and Blue and still co-released by Digitalis Limited and Peyote Tapes.
This was supposed to be sold at a show that never happened, and I managed to get a copy direct from Nathan (bless him!), long after I thought I'd never get my dirty hands on this (together with Silver Crow, soon to come, and other goodies...). Lenghtier than previous Crows it is essential as always.


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Sorc'henn - Gula Guten

Sorc'henn
Gula Guten (Snapped In Half siht22)
CDr edition of 40 hand-numbered copies

Quite different from Silvestrig, Gula Guten is equally impressive. It includes what seems to be dialogs from an old Swedish movie, but it could be anything else for that matter. Once again the overall mood is dark but we have left the woods for more industrial landscapes.

Sorc'henn continues with his obsession for goats on both titles, and the great title for track 2 is 'Drunk With The Old Goat On The Mountain' : Nurse With Wound fans will appreciate! (And they'll surely dig the music too!).

A perfect soundtrack for a movie by David Lynch yet to be made (and probably one of his scariest...)

Released on Snapped In Half, it seems that it is still available at the source : you know what to do...


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Sorc'henn - Silvestrig

Sorc'henn
Silvestrig (Tavarn Keben bes44)
CDr edition of 71

My first in a series of Sorc'henn posts, Silvestrig is one long track (actually not called Silvestrig but Grand Goat-Heads Processing Choir and it makes more sense). It reminds me of some William Basinski's work, quite minimal and repetitive but carrying a lot of feeling and conjuring vivid images. You can easily imagine you're lost in some strange forest and you chance upon a equally strange ritual performed by goat-headed individuals... if you get my meaning.

Plainly said, it's really darn good music, buy a copy if you find one, you won't be disappointed!

Sorc'henn is Laurent B. main project, and Silvestrig was released on his own Tavarn Keben label in 2008. More to follow.


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Ajilvsga / Pine Smoke Lodge - Lighting The Qulliq vol. 2

Ajilvsga / Pine Smoke Lodge
Lighting The Qulliq vol. 2 (Existential Cloth Recordings, 2009)
CDr edition of 25

Did I say that I really don't like split releases...? Well, for a change, this one is great! It just flows nicely from Pine Smoke Lodge titles to Ajilsga : you can make the difference obviously, but everything fits in place and stays in the same mood.
This release sure makes me want to listen to more Pine Smoke Lodge (Lighting The Qulliq Vol. 1 & 3 are available). Nice black digipack with gloomy insert (can't get enough of mummified Indian corpses, or can I?...)

Existential Cloth Recordings only have a myspace page, here it is.


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