NEW DRAWINGS, APRIL

Good stuff: Oranssi Pazuzu "Kosmonument", Aaron Dilloway "Modern Jester", Ilsa "Tutti Il Colori...", Vaura "Selenelion", Menace Ruine "The Die Is Cast", Ides of Gemini "Constantinople", Ambarchi/Brinkmann "The Mortimer Trap", Circle "Manner", Daniel Menche "Quanta of Light", Corrupted "Garten der Unbewusstheit", etc...

More news soon....

OLD MAN GLOOM, STORE UPDATES, ETC

Old Man Gloom are going to be touring the East Coast in May. Dates are listed below. More info to follow... RESUME THE GLOOM....

The SIGE Records webstore has been replenished with a number items that have recently sold out or been out of stock for some time: Mamiffer & Locrian 2xLP/CD, Merzbow/Mamiffer/House of Low Culture "Lou Lou.." 2xLP/CD, v/a Utech Records Fest 2xCD, etc. The ISIS webstore has also recently added the new ISIS "Live VI" 2xLP and a bunch of older CD titles. Additionally, the Feral Pig store will have some new titles later in the week.

Today marks the "official" release date of the Split Cranium debut album on CD and LP formats, as well as the Mamiffer & Locrian "Bless Them that Curse You" 2xLP. That means you can find them in actual record shops as of now.

Lastly, friend and current collaborator Daniel Menche has a new interview up on ATTN: magazine in which he discusses the upcoming Mamiffer/Menche collaboration and a bunch of other good stuff. You can read that here.

Thank you.

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Currently enjoying: Cindytalk "The Poetry of Decay", Cloaks "Versions Grain", Daniel Menche & KK Null "Raijin", Esoteric "Paragon of Dissonance", "Habibi" - Craig Thompson, Oakeater/Yellow Swans - split LP, "The Emigrants" - WG Sebald, Mournful Congregation "Book of Kings", Nihill -III, Cleared "Breaking Day", etc....

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OLD MAN GLOOM - EAST COAST TOUR 2012:

05/03 - Boston, MA - Great Scott
05/04 - Philidelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church
05/05 - Richmond, VA - Strange Matter
05/06 - Balitmore, MD - Otto Bar
05/07 - Hamden, CT - The Space
05/08 - New York, NY - Europa

NEW RELEASES TODAY...

Available today via the SIGE Records webstore:

- Mamiffer & Locrian "Bless Them That Curse You" 2xLP, CD and cassette.
Clear and brown/grey versions of the 2xLP are available.

- Jussi Lehtisalo "Interludes for Prepared Beast" cassette.
Limited to 100 copies. Jussi also plays in Circle, Split Cranium, Pharaoh Overlord and runs the formidable Ektro Records.

- v/a Utech Records Fest 2xCD
Full live sets from Mamiffer and House of Low Culture with drawings by A. Turner. Also features live tracks from Locrian, Horseback, James Plotkin w/Jon Mueller, etc.

Also up today is an interview with Mamiffer and Locrian on Tiny Mix Tapes. Read it here.

Thank you for your support...

SPLIT CRANIUM TRACK, PRE-ORDER, ETC

The Split Cranium s/t album is now available for pre-order from Hydra Head Records - LP/CD/digital. Interested parties please go here. I will also be selling a few test pressings of the LP coupled with original drawings made for the layout - if you are interested in this please leave a comment with your name and email address (these comments will be kept private/unpublished). Lastly, another preview track from the album is herein provided. Thank you.

MAMIFFER & LOCRIAN ARTWORK, etc.

Cvlt Nation has published a post today which previews all of Faith Coloccia's artwork for the Mamiffer & Locrian collaborative album. Go here if you'd like to investigate further.

In related news, the 2xLP, CD and cassette versions of that album will all be available for mailorder starting next week direct from the SIGE Records store, or from the other entities involved in this release: Profound Lore, Land of Decay and Utech Records. Also available from the SIGE store starting next week will be the new solo album from Jussi Lehtisalo "Interludes for Prepared Beast" on cassette, and the Utech Records Fest/KFJC 2xCD with full live sets from Mamiffer, House of Low Culture, Horseback, Locrian, William Fowler Collins, etc. Below is a clip from the Lehtisalo solo album. Thank you.

SELF-TITLED MIX

Self-Titled Magazine kindly asked me to compile a mix for them, which is now streaming here. The track selection is focused around the feelings and inspiration related to House of Low Culture, though it isn't totally comprehensive. There were a good many things I would have included were the length of the mix limitless (and if I had mp3s of many albums I only have on vinyl)... Lull, Nurse With Wound, Pita, Everlovely Lightningheart, Daniel Menche, James Plotkin (solo and duo work), William Fowler Collins, Loren Connors, Lustmord, Nortt, Coil, Pan Sonic, Earth - all of these (and many more), have had an impact on the music of HOLC, or somehow evoke similar feelings for me with their music. Thanks to ST for hosting this, and I hope anyone who listens will enjoy what they hear and hear something new.

SPLIT CRANIUM TRACK + 7"

The Split Cranium debut 7" is now available here, and also from Vacation Vinyl in Los Angeles. More info and a download of the single can be found here. Full length coming next month... Larger versions of the artwork can be viewed here.
Thank you!