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New arrivals from Ferns Recordings, Gallows Fruit, Khthon, Lupara Bianca, Narcolepsia, New Approach, Rural Isolation Project, Vialka, and various others
- AE58: THE NAUSEA – Requiem is out now on vinyl and CD.
- The next Absurd Exposition batch containing tapes from Arthur Canterbury, Death Glaze, and the Slacking / Jute / Systems / Toanche Dwelling 4-way double tape will be ready for Initial Shock weekend.
- Advanced tickets for Initial Shock II are now available! Highlighting four more of the performing artists below.
- THE RITA returns to Montreal on June 20th, after 6 years away. Support from HIGH GROVE, JUTE, AXIOM and EYDEN ZHAO. Tickets are available here.
New Arrivals
| K. MIZUTANI – Cemetery LP | Ferns Recordings |
| VARIOUS – Et si c’était le vent qui avait raison CD | Ferns Recordings |
| VARIOUS – Et si c’était le vent qui avait raison LP | Ferns Recordings |
| HEAT DEATH – Issue 1: Artefact Insulam (New Juche) Book | Gallows Fruit |
| ANDRÉ COELHO & MANUEL JOÃO NETO – “On Disaster” Zine | Khthon |
| KATABASIS Zine | Khthon |
| SLOW EXIT – Wet Discipline CS | Lupara Bianca |
| CIRCLE OF SHIT – RuRawrl Industrial CS | Narcolepsia |
| EDGE OF DECAY & KITU – Nocturnal Dolours CS | Narcolepsia |
| JUTE – Nerve Graft CS | Narcolepsia |
| LASSE MARHAUG – The White Inferno CD | Narcolepsia |
| ROUGH SEX QUARTET / TERMINAL ERECTION CS | Narcolepsia |
| HUMAN VIRUS BISTOURI – Raw Meat, Warm Tears CD | New Approach Records |
| INSOLÊNCIA – Relativismo Infiel CS | New Approach Records |
| THE RITA – Thousands of Dead Gods CD | New Approach Records |
| BLACK LEATHER JESUS – Eurosleaze Tour 2023 CD | Rural Isolation Project |
| EN NIHIL – Lost Ground CD | Rural Isolation Project |
| RIVAL PROSTITUTE – Snitch CD | Rural Isolation Project |
| THE BOHMAN BROTHERS – Room Service LP | Rural Isolation Project |
| AMES SANGLANTES / AUTOEROTICHRIST / HERMIT – Worldwide D.I.Y. Underground CS | Vialka / related |
| ERIC BOROS – Comrades! Solo Travel-Guitar CD-R | Vialka / related |
| ERIC BOROS – Works 2006-2007 CD-R | Vialka / related |
| ERIC BOROS – エリック・ボロシュ 7” (sealed) | Vialka / related |
| ERIC BOROS & KIKO C. ESSEIVA – Improvisations/Bricolages CD-R | Vialka / related |
| HERMIT – Live at Lot 8 CS | Vialka / related |
| COSMIC SURVEILLANCE – Private (2023) CS | Glorious Times |
| JUTE – Nothing Beats Reality CD | AAD |
| GOTHENBURG SOUND WORKSHOP 2CD | Discreet Music |
| GREEN TEA – Children of the Wisteria CD | Satatuhatta |
| H.O.H. – Tukkeutunut uniperajnen mania CS | Satatuhatta |
| GOD PUSSY – Semeando Esperanca, Colhendo Ilusao CS | White Centipede Noise |
| MOOZZHEAD – The Doors of Perfection CS | White Centipede Noise |
| MOT / MURMUR CS | White Centipede Noise |
Second Hand Arrivals
The next batch of second hand arrivals is being worked on. A drop can likely be anticipated early July.
Upcoming Events
The Rita + High Grove + Jute + Axiom + Eyden Zhao – June 20, 2024
Initial Shock II – July 6 & 7, 2024
HEAT SIGNATURE and COME AND SEE at Initial Shock
Heat Signature is an American harsh noise duo formed in 2016 by Brad Griggs and Luke Tandy. They have released tapes and CDs on labels such as Dada Drumming, Oxen, Found Remains, and more, and have toured throughout the US and Europe.
Come and See is a one man (Yannis Panos) noise project from Montréal, Canada. Through heavy processed found sounds, field recordings, movie samples, Come and See aims to explore and illustrate the skewed perspectives of an anxious mind.
Click here for advanced tickets to the main night of Initial Shock.
ERIN ALTOMARE and RHODA & DANG. at After Shock
ERIN ALTOMARE is a harsh noise performer from Vancouver, BC. 15 years ago she began taking photos at noise shows in Vancouver, later becoming half of the noise project MOLENA. She now performs as a solo act. She enjoys pushing sounds into disintegrating, repeating, grinding patterns from whatever sources she is currently obsessed with.
DANG. is Danielle Jakubiak, a sound artist and therapist from Halifax, NS. Her current work has been focused on field recording and translating that into something compositional and intentional. She uses various processing techniques, and each procedure is a way for her to show to the listener how her own listening frames the world. She has released tapes on the label Buried in slag and debris and played at the Everyseeker Convention and Upstream Halifax.
RHODA is Chris Gibson. A sound and visual artist from Halifax, NS who works with field recordings, found sounds, tape machines and various electronics. He runs the label Buried in slag and debris, and is the editor for Untitled Zine. Chris is also an active member in Bleep in the Dark, an experimental collective who organize shows in Halifax.
The After Shock matinee is $10 PWYC at the door.
Scream & Writhe and Disaster Sources are pleased to announce Initial Shock II! The second edition of the Montreal noise fest will take place Saturday, July 6th at La Sotterenea.
Full lineup: Richard Ramirez (PA) / The Nausea (BC) / Heat Signature (OH) / Thin Mountan (PA) / Slime Street (SK/OR) / Flatgrey (BC) / Skin / Parasite Nurse (NY) / Echthros (AB) / Deep Grey (MB) / Death Glaze (ON) / Murmur (ON) / Fowl / Paxillus Succubus / Come and See / Splinter Assembly
The After Shock matinee will take place the following day (Sunday, July 7th) at MAI/SON.
Featuring: Molena (BC) / Erin Altomare (BC) / Green Mist (OR) / Jon Vaughn (SK) / Rhoda and dang. (NS)
Click here for advanced tickets to the main event.
Poster designs by Chris Gibson.
Follow @initialshockmtl on Instagram for frequent updates.
Playlist
Bastard Noise – Descent To Mimas
Black Air – Phoenix / Albuquerque
Brighter Death Now – Very Little Fun
The Cherry Point – Death Screams
Con-Dom – Colour of a Man’s Skin / Dragged Into the Gutter / How Welcome is Death…
Consumer Electronics – Surge
Paranoid Time – Ankle Grabbers / Tape, Metal and Glass
The Rita – Womankind
Blood Axis, R.L. Burnside, Current 93, BD, Fire + Ice, Lou Reed, Neil Young
Absurd Exposition
absurdexposition.bandcamp.com
Available
BARSTOOL MOUNTAIN – III CD
BARSTOOL MOUNTAIN – Tightrope Walker LP
CASA DI CACCIA – Grand Totàl CS
DODGE JONES RAGE – West Coast Power Outage V CD
KNURL – H2T CD
MATRIARCH – Visible Paint CD
MERZBOW – Aqua Necromancer (Expanded) 2LP
MO*TE – Throw a Stone CS
MURMUR / MUTTERING – Muted CS
THE NAUSEA – Requiem LP / CD
PHOLDE – To Favour the Occurrence CD
RUSALKA – Base Waters CD
UMPIO – Sin Memoria CD
UN REGARD FROID – Exophilie CD
ZENTA SUSTAINED – Serpent Track Patterns 12″
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Forthcoming
ARTHUR CANTERBURY – Talking To Dead People CS
DEATH GLAZE – Collapse CS
JUTE CD
KOBEUK / UMPIO CS
MASS MARRIAGE CS
NECROPSY HANGOVER CD
OF THE SKULL CD
ROTMANS / FOWL CS
SLACKING / JUTE / SYSTEMS / TOANCHE DWELLING – Quadrist 2CS
SPRING OF LIFE CS
WINCE & ALTAR OF FLIES LP
