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Any easy one for this thread is Howard Stelzer - some of the most immersive and interesting tape music and drones, been doing it forever... great stuff.

Now viewing / now playing: 2 video poems by Katy Mongeau with soundtrack from Shredded Nerve's new full length Third Sign. Awesome work with an awesome sonic accompaniment; indeed, the best Shredded Nerve in my entirely biased opinion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77cYcxc-fM4 Check out Katy's wri...

Green Tea - Children of the Wisteria (Satatuhatta) CD Fantastic second effort from Green Tea. Pursues a somewhat more overt new age vibe amidst the psychedelic harsh noise than the first CD I released on New Forces earlier this year. Particularly on the last track you can hear echoes of mid-2000s g...

SS1535 wrote: ↑Sat Sep 02, 2023 8:58 pm What Mass Marriage material is the best? I was variously fascinated and underwhelmed when I was digging through live clips/samples from her.

“Secrets” is my favorite

Mass Marriage. People like her stuff but I'm convinced she's a genius and underappreciated as a unique voice in heavy electronics, from sound to visuals to overall aesthetic and vibe. I LOVE Mel's work. I interviewed her recently and she was such a lovely person to chat with. I have a few wants fro...

BREAKING THE WILL - Mortal Terrain Incendiary CD (New Forces, 2020) Stuck my hand in the towering pile of unlistened CDs and randomly picked this out. Now, besides maybe a compilation track, the only BTW I had heard prior to this was the Choosing Death CD (Terror & NArcolepsia, 2015). My memory...

Mass Marriage. People like her stuff but I'm convinced she's a genius and underappreciated as a unique voice in heavy electronics, from sound to visuals to overall aesthetic and vibe.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/997477935055376496/1128064436452724756/IMG_1762.jpg Emeralds - A Real Clean Gang (Together Tapes) 2xCS My Emeralds tapes continue to survive all purges, what a great band to scratch an itch for that particular flavor of drone from that era. Solar Bridge is one...

Yes, Shredded Nerve: https://newforces.bandcamp.com/album/third-sign

The Skeleton Dust "Contemporary Harsh Noise" series had a really nice run (also RIP to the ubiquity of the big vinyl case): https://www.discogs.com/search/?q=contemporary+harsh+noise+skeleton+dust&type=all&type=all A Gift for the One You Hate and A Gift for the One You Love on Betl...

I hope that buyer habits change and in person sales escalate, but I already have lots of people who are local, and somehow prefer to pay the fees, AND shipping on an item that they could just grab in person easily. Maybe now that i’m moving to a more easily accessible location this will change, but...

You were in MPLS in a nice window of time. I moved just before that and I've always been bummed to miss that Tourniquet era.

Now available from New Forces: "Pleasure Pressure," the phenomenal new LP by Joe Colley. Blue Can Crossing, the New Forces lathe-cut record sublabel, also has new lathes from Leila Bordreuil and John Collins McCormick. Sounds for the curious listener. The website has also been updated with...

Jute - Contempt c30-ish (Detachment Programs) Bought this after the WCN interview and very happy to have found the artist. I was intrigued by his knowledge and education with audio engineering. He applies it in a different way than you would expect though. Tape saturation, feedback-ridden, old-scho...

Apparently forgot to make a post back in December, but relatively new on New Forces are: new CDs from Kjostad, Kyle Flanagan, Shanked (Skin Graft & Plague Mother), and American industrial legends Hunting Lodge. I also just released a lathe-cut record by John Collins McCormick on Blue Can Crossin...

Sewer Election - Skärvor Av LP This one is so good but I think it came out in 2021 <I cannot believe I just took the time to look that up and type that out>. <As a fellow of the anal retentive cloth, I can believe it very well.> Had to look that up too to confirm and then to confirm a couple on my ...

+hp+ wrote: ↑Fri Sep 16, 2022 9:11 pm i love that new warthog

someone told me the singer also has a noise project but i didnt hear what it was or check it out

Singer is Ligature and also is in Lila Engel

Now available from New Forces: The Rita "Magazine" 2xCD, fully remastered with bonus tracks from Treriksröset and Werewolf Jerusalem along with a booklet that features extensive liners notes from Sam McKinlay and Tommy Carlsson with additional imagery. In addition, two new tapes are availa...

Trophy rules. For me Bloodyminded is one of those classic "live bands" that you have to see in person to fully experience.

A recent one and a favorite; Rodger Stella and Scant did a superb collaboration cassette entitled Third Phalanx , on New Forces a few years ago. A single massive piece that builds and stretches over bith sides. Well worth tracking down! It's possible we'll be bringing you more from these sessions i...

The Rita - Magazine 2xCD edition coming later this fall...

Now available from New Forces: Hands To - Bio Electric 5-CD boxset, one of the more exciting releases I've had the privilege to work on. The webstore has a large amount of new items, including a double-sided Form Hunter shirt, the recent Kjostad tape on Dead Mind Records, distro titles from Old Euro...

Robedoor - Closer to the Cliff (Interregnum Records) CD

Drone perfection, maybe the highlight of their discography.

One I think is really interesting is when HNW made this really interesting shift from “dark and scary” to artists being obsessed with stuff like Katy Perry and a really “bright” and “pink” aesthetic - I want to say this was really “2013” if you had to date it. I know there was the Love Katy project...

RICHARD RAMIREZ The Volume 1 five CD box set on New Forces No clue where to start with WJ,but I'm pretty sure there are some experts on the board. For Werewolf Jerusalem my go-to is The Flies of our Tragic Dear CD on Breathing Problem. That boxset is on par with any of the other classic 1990's &quo...