Boris with Merzbow - Megatone

these two have done a number of collaborations, and megatone wins for me. this put my brain back onto a different state of consciousness the first time i listened to it. let it do the same to you.

ah cama-sotz - The House of the Lordh

So, I hinted at this earlier with the comedy black metal picture. Mostly uploaded for one song, the absolutely head crushing 'Crucifixion of the Flesh', but the whole thing (and whole back catalogue of AC-S for that matter) is quality. Dark ambient weirdness at its best.

abigor - Verwüstung - Invoke The Dark Age

going back many years with this one, abigor, quite overlooked in the black metal world sometimes, and that's criminal. this has all sorts going on, grimness, niceness, melodies and vicious parts, even flutes! there's plenty of ritualistic sounding little segments too, be them ambient bits or from films.

not an easy sound to get on with at first if you're used to bigger productions, but it's worth getting into. some absolutely belting songs on it. i'll post up more abigor, as they're awesome.



i enjoyed writing that little piece so much, remembering how immense this album actually is, i had to switch off what i was listening to, and put this on! you should too.

philip glass - koyaanisqatsi

koyaanisqatsi, the film was a bit of a revelation in visuals, the music that goes along with it is just inspired. if you've never seen this film / imagery collection, get it watched. it changed my brain when i was a youngster!

polygon window - surfing on sine waves

alter ego of aphex twin, this album is quality ambient electro beaty gubbins you need to get.

philip glass - glassworks (extended)

immense classical film score style noodlings.

alarm will sound performs aphex twin

a 20 piece orchestra playing aphex twin. do i need to say any more!?

venetian snares - cavalcade of glee and dadaist happy hardcore pom poms

bonkers beats and awesome songs, this and 'detrimentalist' are my two favourite venetian snares releases.

make a change.. kill yourself - albums one and two

post number one hundred already so let's make it a good one.
in fact, let's make it absolutely magnificent!

this is all just one man, from denmark. atmospheric / depressive (but massively uplifting really) black metal, fans of xasthur, wolves and all that should have a new favourite band here! best black metal i've heard in over a decade.


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squarepusher - port rhombus ep

electro / bass / broken up beats along the lines of aphex twin (but then interviews with richard d. james reveal it was squarepusher that inspired aphex twin's change of style). utterly amazing, very old ep, super cool yo! ;-)

autechre - amber

one of the finest electro / ambient / chill / records ever. includes the godly 'piezo', which, for those into their black metal, if you listen to this followed by burzum's 'det som engang var' masterpiece, you may notice more than just a passing similarity!

whilst it was posted on lovely time's blog, this album had 500 downloads, get involved. it's a classic piece of electronica.

gigantic brain - World

The follow up 'real' album, and, whilst not as good as the discography, this is still a top release, more ambient, less raucous, but still worth it.

tarantula hawk - desert solitaire

Brilliant, epic, prog, ambient stuff. Tarantula Hawk = mint!

burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss

Yeah, we know the story, we know him, but the music speaks volumes of his genius, not least this album..
'Det som engang var', one of the best songs ever written, any style, for me! Absolute masterpiece of a song. I want it playing at my funeral.
Has anyone heard the Aborym version of it? It's worth a listen, although am pretty sure the techno disco bit at the end will anger some folk. I kinda think it works, but still a bit of a baffling re-do.

aphex twin - Classics

Favourite album of this complete genius, absolutely monster Aphex songs on this.

aphex twin - afx - Analogue Bubblebath

Some of the best Aphex Twin I've heard, and I've heard pretty much all of it!

Diascorium - Abstractions of the Absolute EP

Okay, so, here is the first EP of the new band I'm in, not going to say anything other than please have a listen and see what you think. The zipped file has all the high quality artwork as well as high quality songs in there also. Please please repost the link it's uploaded to on your blogs, myspaces, facebooks, forums, tell your friends, play on your radio playlists... Cheers to anyone who can help in the word spreading.



DIASCORIUM
Formed November 2009, based in Leeds, UK.
Ex and current members of many bands...
PAUL (Reth, Narcosis, Tangaroa),
BOND (Morkret, Ocular Fornication),
GAZ (A Forest Of Stars, Citadel, Motor City's Burning),
BERNARD (Revokation, Rakshasas).

'Abstractions of the Absolute' recorded during March and April 2010, released as a full, free, high quality download on Tuesday 4th May 2010.

Myspace page
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Split - 3 way Noise / Ambient split - Incandescence, Quenched From The Vile, The Child Molesting Fag Group

3 members of extreme metal bands have joined together to make a 3 way split of noise / dark ambient / experimental weirdness.

paul (reth / diascorium) is incandescence
tom (infected disarray / twitch of the death nerve) is quenched from the vile
sam (ingested) is the child molesting fag group

3 way split has landed.. 60+ minutes of strangeness..









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Incandescence - Discography - 11 albums.

http://www.myspace.com/incandescenceuk

incandescence
(nkn-dsns)
n.
1. The emission of visible light by a hot object.
2. The light emitted by an incandescent object.
3. A high degree of emotion, intensity, or brilliance.
One man music/remixing project based at the centre of the Universe.


So, this is my proudest post so far. Incandescence is my own ambient, electro, weird outlet. It has been for a number of years now. Essentially this music is for me. It has everything in there that I like to listen to, electronica wise anyway. For me there are huge soundscapes, noisy parts, nice parts, weird rhythms, polyrhythms, pure ambient, unsettling sections, quality samples, interesting riffs and ideas, the works. Someone else may not agree, but, generally the response has been pretty good to my work, and so I'd like to share it all a bit more with you awesome people.

This may sound like me just trying to promote it fully, but, to get the most out of Incandescence, download all of it! There's going to be something in there for you if you give it a chance. Some of the albums are shorter songs, weirder ideas, more coherent or instant. Some of the albums are just one long track, soundscapes, 60-70 minute long pieces that fluctuate and pull me in, take my brain around odd places, around nice places, those sort of tracks where you have to just listen, give it all you have, and trust it.

I am definitely very proud of the Incandescence project, even right down to the Extras EP at the end, which is a collection of a few songs that didn't make it onto previous releases, but I still feel those songs have something to offer, so check it all out.

For the meantime, Incandescence is in a coma. I've stripped back my life and projects vastly over the years, and the only musical outlet I have now is the 2010 formed Diascorium (stuff coming later), so for now, you get all the Incandescence releases in one go, aside from the 3 way split, which comes next...

I won't give full descriptions of each album, despite being sorely tempted to do so, I'm sure you can work out which ones are long track soundscape style things, or shorter, more varied song based albums, but like I say, get them all, delete what you don't like. You might as well, it's all free.

If you know anyone into electro, ambient, weird, noise, film scores, soundscapes, vaguely industrial beats, rhythmical stuff, please pass this link onto them, it would be hugely appreciated.

Anyway, on with the FREE STUFF!!! That's why you came here...

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Incandescence 1 - 2003 - Chapter One: The Second Phase (Songs and Remixes)


001 - Day one, the wanderer returns
002 - Throwing everything you have at the monster and still not being sure who won
003 - The broken hut of silence within the morning solstice
004 - The stars take shape and the patterns mean something after all
005 - Moth Eaten Sunn TANGAROA REMIXED
006 - Walking the corridors in the building that houses the final obstacle in life
007 - Pure hypnosis amongst the chaos
008 - These good people THE GATHERING REMIXED
009 - Thrown through natural hyperspace continuum

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Incandescence 2 - 2004 - Chapter Two: The Replacement Phase (52' 07")

0001 - Prelude to First Orbit
0002 - Icicles and the new Dawn
0003 - A cold announcement
0004 - Charging Robots on a dying warfield
0005 - Moldovia and Denmark notice every single sound
0006 - Making up for time lost because of others
0007 - Ten ways to alter time
0008 - Meandering through memories of war
0009 - Hopscotch, shuffle and strife
0010 - Electronic Maths
0011 - Off kilter tranquillity at 6am
0012 - Madness Reprise

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Incandescence 3 - 2005 - Chapter Three: All Sound is Synthetic (61' 47")

0001 - The swirling birds fighting to the birth
0002 - The spiders legs entangle with the sea horse
0003 - Nervous breakdown, Japanese horror film style
0004 - Winding down to a harrowing sleep
0005 - A haven, a heaven, a heathen
0006 - Moments of delerium, moments of calm
0007 - Temporary side track
0008 - Four years until the first rainbow
0009 - Burning whispers of creation INTERLOCK REMIX
0010 - Demolishing the swarm SKINFLICK REMIX
0011 - Tender caresses in the morning

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Incandescence 4 - 2006 - Sleep deprivation, disassociation and other forms of altered mental health (58' 31")

0001 - Distribution of insanity
0002 - Subdued linkway to the stars
0003 - Alcatraz, that friendly stress relief centre
0004 - The calm after the calm after the sublime
0005 - A dream tortured spine and its journey through evolution
0006 - The evil eye takes another unplanned look
0007 - The king and queen in a custody battle
0008 - Better the child killer you know
0009 - Layer 4; Another excursion into the magic of the collectives

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Incandescence 5 - 2006 - The loneliest moments of my life (58' 36")

0001 - The loneliest moments of my life

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Incandescence 6 - 2006 - All around us were the remains of buildings we shared our emotions in (71')

0001 - Outside the burning chambers, listening to those inside being taught what it feels like to repent
0002 - Persistantly knocking at the door of failure

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Incandescence 7 - 2006 - The floating spirits of the desert (78')

0001 - It became so calm as the sky turned black

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Incandescence 8 - 2007 - Interpretations Volume 1 (77' 28")
PART ONE:-

PART TWO:-


0001 - SKINFLICK - Chrysalis
0002 - NECROPHAGIST - Foul body autopsy
0003 - INTERLOCK - Skinless
0004 - KING CRIMSON - Dangerous Curves
0005 - THE RESTING BENCH - Smoking Fog, Bedroom Moss
0006 - THE REDUNDANT ROCKER - We are not afraid
0007 - KAMPFAR - Kampfar
0008 - THE RESTING BENCH - Strip down the eyeballs of the buildings
0009 - SASKIA - The One
0010 - TWIN ZERO - Monolith
0011 - KING CRIMSON - Starless

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Incandescence 9 - 2008 - Scattered journeys of the resurrection (59' 19")


01. The moments when everything was bright and twinkling, before consciousness arrived
02. The moments when the lights went out and everything shut down
03. The introduction to the beginning of the endless battle for perfect calligraphy v. 51260

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Incandescence 10 - 2008 - Purging darkness from thine own bones EP (33' 04")


0001 - Articulate hands preparing specifics
0002 - Construction of a self gratifying monument (in a barren land of the impoverished)
0003 - 'It seems apparent to me' said the professor
0004 - Laughing spectres in the distant hills
0005 - Rumbling exorcism
0006 - The babbling strains of a forlorn reminiscence

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Incandescence 11 - 2008 - Tying up loose ends - Extras EP (36' 16")


0001 - Beyond generic human understanding
0002 - Small dancing aliens with jelly in their eyes
0003 - Contortions of the fabric of life
0004 - Salivating crocodiles in a deserted world
0005 - Nothingness is still something
0006 - Springtime in Singapore
0007 - Layer 4.2 - Excursion 2 (Platform 666)
0008 - Welcome to Calculus - The Exorcism Chronicles
0009 - Travelling through disgusting lands to eventually arrive into tranquility