New & Used Arrivals #293

New Arrivals 293: Amek Collective, Attic Shrines, Belief Recordings, Fusty, Life of Sensation, New Forces, Nostilevo, Pube Provisional Society, Satatuhatta, Vast Field Magnetism, more

Today is my birthday. Be kind and enjoy some noise.

Initial Shock is back for a third edition. Lots of artist bios to come, here’s another crop of them. Tickets are on sale now!

GRKZGL is Alex Scarfone, a fixture of the Montreal electronic music and noise scenes for the better part of two decades, whether a solo artist or a member of the trio CHANSONS D’AMOUR (with Cabral Jacobs and John Brennan). While GRKZGL’s output has vacillated somewhat unpredictably between various poles (improvised/sequenced, clean/distorted, tonal/atonal), the performance at Initial Shock will be one of unrestrained, ecstatic noise.

Rather than force intent or mirror accomplices, inspiration comes to WINDSHEAR through routine sensory curiosity and the realized functions of unwanted modules. Paired with petty technical skills and an unsparing yet charitable desire to maintain fidelity and commitment, WINDSHEAR shifts currents intentionally yet unknowingly in directions neither rational nor candid. WINDSHEAR is from Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Rocker Magazine (sponsor): A bimonthly digest printed and published in the great city of Philadelphia, USA by the folks at @no_rent_records. Its focus is on harsh noise, ambient, musique concrète, electroacoustic, drone, tape music, wall noise, experimental, unclassifiable, concept works, computer music, field recording, indeterminate electronic, narrative, ecological, text-based, religious, song, acoustic ensemble, gorenoise, power electronics, and sound design. Each issue contains lengthy artist interviews delving into unusual subjects for the genre, several recurring columns, art page(s), how to’s, histories of and guest columns.

Advanced tickets available now!

Recently
2025-06-01 Toronto: John Wiese / The Rita – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3o33_MG1d4
2025-06-02 MTL: John Wiese / Lana Del Rabies / Grkzgl / Stan K. – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBby5EvDwJ8

Upcoming Events
6/13 – JHK / Valise / VOSP / Universal Cell Unlock (Rocket Science Room) – location change from Error 403
6/24 – Anju Singh: A Page of Madness (La Sala Rossa) – tickets available now!
7/5-7/6 – Initial Shock III (La Sotterenea / P’Tit Ours)

New Arrivals

Amek Collective

• Comfort Club #5
• Comfort Club #6

Attic Shrines

• A Symbol Used In Black Magic – ⛧​⛧​⛧​⛧​⛧​⛧​⛧​⛧ CS
• Fairy Ring – Dimensional Ouroboros CS
• Magic Find – Then Thou Scarest Me With Dreams And Terrifiest Me Through Visions. CS

Belief Recordings

• Hardcore Country and Western, Issue Two

Fusty

• Gnawed – Dweller LP
• Sarin Snow – Death Numerology LP
• Solar Yolk – Molecular Ecstasy CD
• Xiphoid Dementia – Spiral Rapture Holy War LP

Life of Sensation

• Death Kneel – Demystifier CS
• Death Kneel – Living Water Assembly CS
• Nimmie Amee – Lullabies CS

New Forces / related

• Action/Discipline – Out of Stasis CS
• Green Tea – Bending Your Sauna CD
• Shredded Nerve / Form Hunter CD

Nostilevo / related

• Church Shuttle – Boxer​’s Fracture 7” Lathe
• Dalibor Cruz – Evorsus 001 7” Lathe
• OAA – A​.​Neutral CS
• Palais Intrige – Assassin Szn. CD-R
• Palais Intrige – Stacks 7” Lathe
• Siobhan – Reward Points 7” Lathe

Pube Provisional Society

• Mallard Theory – Duckrage CS
• Outdoor Horse Shrine – Mind-Stress Bias Reduction CS

Satatuhatta

• Disconnected Underground CS
• Flamingo Base Jumpers – Wet Past CS
• Junkyard Shaman – The Hermit And The Sea CS
• TAC & Max Julian Eastman CS

self-released

• Spallmaker – Workbench Poetics CS

Vast Field Magnetism

• Broken Time CS

Second Hand Arrivals

A Lizard In A Woman’s Skin – Schizoid CS Are The Volcanoes Still Active? CS Death Carries A Cane – The Tormentor CS Emmanuelle – III 2CS Four Flies / Wallkeeper / My Black Gloves – Giallo Duro Muro Rumore E Sadomasochismo Elettronica 2CS Nightmare Castle – Apparitions / Doomsday Machine CS One Dark Eye – Brave New World CS One Dark Eye – Sad Echoes From A Dying Planet CS One Dark Eye – Someone Is Watching CS One Dark Eye – The Road Well Traveled CS Ruine / Werewolf Jerusalem – Shelter CS Sette Orchidee Macchiate Di Rosso CS Smell & Quim – Pro Celebrity Mutual Masturbation 2021 CS Smell & Quim – Quim De La Quim CS Smell & Quim – Snizz Guzzlers CS The Girl In The Wooden Horse Torture – Music To Listen To While Being Tortured By An English Dandy CS The Rita / Caligula031 – Self Shop CS Thewhitehorse – Mrs. Tremond CS Thewhitehorse – Secret Diary Vol. 1 2CS (NM/VG+) Tutti I Colori Del Buio CS

Upcoming Events

Playlist

Black Sabbath, Nick Cave, Guy Clark, Ora Cogan, Crisis, Dead Kennedys, Fire + Ice, Flamingo Base Jumpers, Myriam Gendron, Grails, The Gun Club, Judas Priest, One Leg One Eye, Strawberry Switchblade, Swans, Jerry Jeff Walker, Townes Van Zandt