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| RIP John Loder 1946-2005 | 15 08 2005 | |
| Dear Stephen
I'm very sad to say that John Loder passed away in the early hours of Saturday morning. His daughter Natasha has posted a message about his death which you might want to read, along with comments from some of the people who knew him : www.johnloder.blogspot.com Arrangements are being made for his cremation and some kind of service next week, and following that we intend to have a big fuck-off rock and roll memorial party to celebrate his life. I'll let you know more as it gets confirmed. Meanwhile John's legacy lives on through our work here at Southern, which is I think the best tribute I could pay him. Love x Allison | ||
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| C&R is Stylus' album of the week | 14 08 2005 | |
| Khanate
Capture & Release Hydrahead; 2005 A Khanate vocalist Alan Dubin sometimes screams so shrilly that he goes black; passes out from the power of his own breath. Bassist James Plotkin blew four bass heads in the past year; Stephen O’Malley plumbs the darkest depths of A minor, his strings nearly disconnected from their neck. Whatever heads drummer Tim Wyskida hammers have passed the terror test; that skin company’s practically got a goldmine of an endorsement ad waiting in the wings. Significantly, the gear fails to acquiesce most of the time, beaten into the void as a beachhead by tidal torrent. Khanate’s sound is palpable textbook ratio; output over input is realized in grievous amounts of gain that shake the gonads of Gaia itself. Gong, cymbals, toms; an aluminum necked Travis Bean; three vintage Sunn Model-T 100-watt heads; a cadre of 4X12 cabinets; an Ampeg SVT head; various reverb and delay units. Muscle, breath, electricity: Sunn O))) is certainly denser, but Khanate is decidedly darker. Where Sunn crowd riffs together into pure concentrate, Khanate allow the basic elements of structure to separate; extremes are more extreme when they number; aural anvils anesthetize. Physiology has no recourse but to react to sound of this stripe. Things Viral, Khanate’s 2003 release, showed a different approach, more reactive – and interactive. Viral’s first track, “Commuted,” breaks down into call and response improvisation about three quarters of the way through: Dubin’s ribald vocals spin webbed Digitech strands; Wyskida flails his sticks like a blind swordsman. O’Malley patiently sits back, burning a slow fire. A rumbling floor tom fusillade finally seals the circle. And Plotkin’s bass drops like Goliath. Khanate refined their use of space on their first two records; they’d done everything they could do with it. Silence was practically eroticized; there was a ritualistic devotion to sonic absence. How effective it was: When sound did seize the air, it was fucking feral. With Khanate’s latest, Capture & Release, silence is cast aside; two long pieces provide point and counterpoint in a bestial din whose horror factor is increased tenfold with Dubin’s lyrics laid overtop; not a killer’s confessional, but the act itself. The first track, “Capture,” cuts clearly to the chase: Dubin’s voice rises. Even as he implores his object to “come closer,” the listener couldn’t be further from the prey; Dubin’s dwelling on commands occludes the object. Rheumy riffs flow unimpeded around Wyskida’s pounding percussion: snare presses take flight slowly, like big black buzzards indifferent to an automobile; they decide to pick at a blacktopped carcass one last time before slipping into the air. O’Malley and Plotkin work independently and as one, making good on Quantz’ assertion that A minor is most suitable for morose music. When the entire outfit comes together, “Capture” ensues its excruciatingly linear motion. Once the harmonic statement’s made, the pieces fall away, as Pathetique era Fushitsusha erected guitar totems only to tear them down. Wyskida is content with small flourishes; cymbal’d clatter that apes Tibetan rolmo – Buddhist brass reserved for ritual. “Capture” closes reluctantly, with a confusing storm of thundering low end and vocal squall. “Release” takes its time coming up. Dubin finally lets the listener in on what’s taken place. As the first 18 minutes found one floating in appositional locutions, “Release” is “performative;” a world weaved from words. Making the utterance makes it the case: I release And everything you are Is on the ground Broken open And spinning Leaves soak They drink You are blood That’s all This isn’t description, this simply is. Whereas descriptive statements drench the intellect in addled adjectives, performatives are psychoactive pliers, pulling the will into unwanted exile; there are no blinders for the brain. Like A Clockwork Orange’s Alex, the eyes are forced to feast on the will’s inclination. Cracked open like clams, they rest unprotected; silty shells provide no solace from intent. O’Malley, Plotkin, and Wyskida paint purpose in heavy handed hue behind Dubin’s recitation. Layer after layer, the sounds issue. O’Malley’s guitar relaxes into a repetitive thematic; as Slint salted song with dynamic figures, O’Malley makes better on the process, walking slowly with Wyskida’s hi-hat clicks – spurs sounding from the boots of a dead man. Dubin screams: “You are blood! Nothing more!” This isn’t material reduction; this is fucking failed metempsychosis. Dubin’s narration is gleeful; the passing is utterly incomplete. Of course what better way to enunciate the failure than with a gong; Wyskida complies with a vegetal shimmer that rots over the last few seconds of the piece. Capture & Release is evidence of a band well aware of its powers; the varying attack of Things Viral and their eponymous recording has now been reconciled. And what a grim settlement it is. Highest recommendation. www.stylusmagazine.com | ||
| why sunn0))) rules | 14 08 2005 | |
| Sunn 0))) - 01.07.2005 - Photo by: Klavs Bo Christensen/Rockphoto | ||
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| 13 08 2005 | ||
| Hails! Stephen,
I hope all is well, Oren suggested I send this picture of my cat.. My wife discovered it has some norwegian ancestry so we have been teaching it about its black metal roots. also some pics of Oren and Brendan Walls levelling the corner hotel on thursday.. a gig that prompted some fuckwit to repeat "this isn't music.. its sound effects!" about 500 times and some pissy smelling hippy to break out the tambourine in the audience. Grimmest expressions of appreciation and I cannot wait for black 1 Richard | ||
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| essential black doom | 13 08 2005 | |
| It's not often I champion a release of Relapse records... however, they finally got their wits about them and have reissued the glorious australian black doom act Disembowelment's entire output on a 2CD/3CD set. This stuff emerged originaly in the early 90s to much obscurity. In recent years they are primary name drop in the funeral doom movement, although I see little in common with the European Thergothon disciples. Rather, Disembowelment created a highly atmospheric vibe of black metal with slow parts (as cold as Dante's 9th circle) charged with somewhat southeastern asian flavor. The rather tinny and flat solid state guitar sound drops this somewhere in an area close to some Gorgoroth recordings in a way! If Infernus was heavily into Dead Can Dance and hash perhaps (maybe he is). Beautiful ceremonial drug music at its best moments, and certainly expansive beyond the labels description at its worst. Actually the demo material on this sounds like 5th grade doomdeathgrind on cheap korean made guitars, so that's the worst. Albums are great though. | ||
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| another soul lost | 12 08 2005 | |
| Original O))) design by Savx. Recipient and ink delivery by unknown parties. | ||
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| more from William | 12 08 2005 | |
| Hailing together with Markus Wolff & William in PDX, same period as below | ||
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| sunn photos | 12 08 2005 | |
| These are from August 2003: S.H.O.D. pdx, Graceland, and MARS invokation at Dune's..
Thanks to William Vitholf for evoking the past. | ||
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| Cliff & sunn0))) | 12 08 2005 | |
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| KHNT tour update | 09 08 2005 | |
| KHANATE
Touring in support of CAPTURE AND RELEASE (Hydrahead LP/CD) Sun Sept 18, Boston, MA - Great Scott Mon Sept 19, Burlington, VT - Higher Ground w/ Wolf Eyes Tues Sept 20, Montreal, QB - El Salon Wed Sept 21, Ottawa, ON - Mavericks Thurs Sept 22, Toronto, ON - The Music Gallery Fri Sept 23, Detroit, MI - Magic Stick Sat Sept 24, Madison, WI - Memorial Union Sept 25, Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle WIRE Adventure in Music Festival Tues Sept 27, Columbus, OH - High Five TBA w/ Earth Wed Sept 28, Lexington, KY - Mecca w/ Earth Thurs Sept 29, Nashville, TN - The End Fri Sept 30, Atlanta, GA - Drunken Unicorn w/Wolf Eyes Sat Oct 1, Mt Pleasant, SC - The Village Tavern, SC Sun Oct 2, Charlotte, NC - Milestone Mon Oct 03, VA - TBC Tues Oct 4, Baltimore, MD - Ottobar Wed Oct 5, New York, NY - Mercury Lounge 19th-27th November in the UK Booking Europe: Vincent/Conspiracy www.conspiracyrecords.com/bookings/ Booking States: Angela/Eclipse www.eclipsebooking.com | ||
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| [SHOP] update | 06 08 2005 | |
| We have one new item there:
boris // Soundtrack from "Mabuta No Uta" Also, there are very few copies left the following items. Act now if you want 'em, the vinyls are all out of print and I will not be able to get more: MAGIK MARKERS // I trust my guitar, etc. LP PHAROAH OVERLORD // 3 CD AARON DILLOWAY & JOHN WIESE // Total Eclipse 7" JACK ROSE // Raag Manifestos LP | ||
| Norwegian air conditioning + recent stacks | 06 08 2005 | |
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| Fahey open C notes | 05 08 2005 | |
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| PETER BESTE + DARKTHRONE Boxed set | 05 08 2005 | |
| In case any of y'all are searching for this stuff... I recieved this email today from Tsuyoshi + T.H.A./wolfsgray. Contact him at the address below in this message if you are interested. Also check out the following cool site on Beste's exhibit in Tokyo,"Norwegian Black Metal", for which these pieces were manufactured.
::::::::::: Hello, Yes, here is the list. If you are interested in other items please also see the stock list: http://www.alles.or.jp/~thadistr/stocklist.txt Peter Beste's "Norwegian Black Metal" exhibition website http://www.norwegianblackmetal.com **offical releases only for the Peter Beste's "Norwegian Black Metal" exhibition in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan. DARKTHRONE - Under Beskyt'telse Av Morke LP JPY 2,380 includes 3 rare unreleased rehearsal tracks recorded in '92 from "Under A Funeral Moon" session. comes with clear marble vinyl, liner note, sticker and obi. strictly limited to 666 numbered copies! *315 gram DARKTHRONE - Under Beskyt'telse Av Morke BOX JPY 6,476 includes the "Under Beskyt'telse Av Morke" CD (comes with black jewel case, sticker, obi), t-shirt, kubrick, button badge, 2 postcards. strictly limited to 666 numbered copies! *360 x 270 x 35 mm, 700 gram PETER BESTE - Norwegian Black Metal BOOK JPY 4,571 photograph book, strictly limited to 3000 numbered copies! *360 x 270 x 35 mm, 1000 gram Also available: DARKTHRONE - Unholy Black Metal BADGE JPY 285 PETER BESTE - Norwegian Black Metal BADGE JPY 476 PETER BESTE - True Norwegian Black Metal BADGE JPY 285 PETER BESTE - Norwegian Black Metal LIGHTER JPY 285 PETER BESTE - Norwegian Black Metal 1 POSTCARD JPY 476 PETER BESTE - Norwegian Black Metal 2 POSTCARD JPY 476 PETER BESTE - Norwegian Black Metal 1 (Frost) POSTER JPY 952 PETER BESTE - Norwegian Black Metal 2 (Nattefrost) POSTER JPY 952 PETER BESTE - Norwegian Black Metal 1 STICKER JPY 476 PETER BESTE - Norwegian Black Metal 2 STICKER JPY 476 *prices do not include shipping cost! *sample exchange rate 1 JPY = 0.007090 EUR = 0.008945 USD *If you are interested in buying 5 or more of each LP, BOX and BOOK, I can give you 20% discount. Best regards, Tsuyoshi + T.H.A./wolfsgray T. H. A. / wolfsgray Casa Triade 302 17-1 Gamokotobuki-cho Koshigaya-shi, Saitama 343-0836 JAPAN Tel/Fax : +81 (0)48 988 5243 E-mail : thadistr@alles.or.jp http://www.alles.or.jp/~thadistr http://wolfsgray.cjb.net | ||
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| Pandit Pran Nath, Infinity’s Pathfinder | 05 08 2005 | |
| Pandit Pran Nath and his students in the Himalayas, 1971. L to R: Ann Riley, Terry Riley, Pandit Pran Nath, Marian Zazeela, La Monte Young. Photo: Colleen Riley. Copyright La Monte Young & Marian Zazeela 1973.
Thanks to Jay at Magpie for this one | ||
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| threads 0705 | 05 08 2005 | |
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| KHNT vs THE HOOK | 04 08 2005 | |
| pics by Damien John Neva
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| Tony is truly the epitome of sophistication. | ||
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| another new McGrail | 04 08 2005 | |
| Excuse the 2nd (?) McGrail-related "spam" in as many weeks ... this
time it's concerning my album COLLECTING EARTHQUAKES which has today been released on the HEAD HERITAGE label. The official description from Head Heritage reads: Here at last, COLLECTING EARTHQUAKES is Holy McGrail's heavy- breathing and Yggdrasil-riding debut album. Clad in a faux-Armenian sleeve to die for, this is Doomsday's year zero for all you trudge metal outlaws. McGrail here presents us with 3 outrageously strung- out underworld rides into the dying embers of the West with the pride of Woden's Wild Hunt as his homeboys. Massive contributions by Brain Donor's Doggen, plus an all-inspiring collaboration with Sunn 0)))'s Stephen O'Malley. To celebrate the launch I have put together a 4-hour radio show for local station Totley Loft FM. The show, appropriately hosted by DJ Lofty, is being broadcast on constant rotation from 2pm BST today (4th August) for 24 hours. The show features music from COLLECTING EARTHQUAKES alongside other rare & exclusive McGrail tracks and feel- good doom classics from Earth, Sunn 0))), Boris, Thrones, Harvey Milk, Flower Travellin' Band, Ivor Cutler etc. Listen now at: http://holymcgrail.com/totleyloftfm.m3u More info: http://www.headheritage.co.uk/collectingearthquakes/ http://holymcgrail.com Thanks for your time, Love, MCG | ||
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| WALDTEUFEL NEWS | 03 08 2005 | |
| Dear Friends of Waldteufel!
This email contains information about two events of interest taking place later this month here in Portland, Oregon. First, we are pleased to announce a special concert by the legendary Folk Noir duo CHANGES, making their first West Coast appearance. Founded in the early 70s, Changes first made a name for themselves playing in the Process Church coffee house in Chicago. They reformed in the mid-90s and have since released three full-length albums. Changes website: http://www.nmia.com/~thermite/ Supported by a special WALDTEUFEL performance, all in the warm and intimate environs of a Portland pub. CHANGES • WALDTEUFEL Friday, August 26th, 2005 21+, $9 Alberta Street Public House 1036 NE Alberta, Portland, Oregon 503-284-7665 For advance tickets, contact: Changes website: http://www.nmia.com/~thermite/ _______________________________________________________________________ The night before the concert, just down the street, a month-long exhibition of distinguished "Heathen Art," curated by Markus Wolff and Amie Rautmann, will open. HEATHEN ART Group Show Madeline von Foerster Michael Moynihan Markus Wolff Robert N. Taylor Nicholas Tesluk Bobby Beausoleil Dennis Dread Scott Rautmann Jason Hovatter Craban White Hart Forge Juleigh & Dave Hobson Uwe Nolte (Germany) Roberto A. Jaras L. (Chile) Opening Thursday, August 25th, 2005, 6-10 pm. Optic Nerve Arts 1829 NE Alberta, Suite 11, Portland, Oregon. 503-287-0339 More information about the artists can be found on the Optic Nerve Arts website: http://www.opticnervearts.com | ||
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