Out on September 8th is a brand new label sampler from the fine Cold Spring label. “Arise – A Cold Spring Sampler” is being released as a 2CD in gatefold ecopak and holds 33 tracks.

“Arise” is the first sampler in this 20+ years old label sampler series since the “Earthen”, which was released in November 2018. Included is material from Cold Spring’s current and forthcoming releases covering industrial, esoteric, dark ambient, noise, ritual, drone, doom metal, experimental, electronica, or yet dark soundtracks.

Included is work from Kollaps, Llyn Y Cwn, Khost, Jagath, Trepaneringsritualen, Coil, Merzbow, She Spread Sorrow, Frank Hall, Dead Voices On Air feat. Cevin Key, Lull, Mz.412 , The Circular Ruins And Mystified, Common Eider, King Eider, Colossloth, We Be Echo, George Fenton, Kristian Eidnes Andersen / Lars Von Trier, , Himukalt, Sonologyst, Satøri , 400 Lonely Things, Tunnels Of Ah, Sleep Research Facility, Burial Hex, Tenhornedbeast, Fm Einheit / Lee Ranaldo, Spk, Oleg Karpachov, Drew Daniel / John Wiese, La Breiche,
Neil Chaney, Gp-Orridge & Dave Ball.

Check out the tracks below. Warmly recommended!

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Out via Old Europa Café in 2 weeks from now is the debut album from the collaborative electro industrial project Scopophilia. The album “Violent for being sexually desired” comes in a 6-panel digipak and 12 pages booklet.

Behind this project we find Harriet Kate Morgan (aka Military Position) and Ester Kärkkäinen (aka Himukalt). Although leading different lives in separate countries, the two share a number of similar influences: S.P.K., Atrax Morgue, Brainbombs, Lustmord, Vatican Shadow and so on.

Both Morgan and Kärkkäinen have a past experiences as sex workers, and they believe this album could be their own private soundtrack to a strip club or a dungeon.

Below is a NSFW video for the track “I Would Die For You”.

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Genre/Influences: Noise-Ambient, Experimental.

Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl.

Background/Info: Nevada (USA) based female artist Ester Kärkkäinen is now active for a couple of years under the Himukalt moniker. She released a considerable number of productions over a rather short lapse of time. This album is a re-release of the original album released in 2018 on Malignant Records. The songs have been remastered and there’s one extra song featured. The album is now for the very first time available on CD.

Content: Himukalt transposes music into terror! This album is a heavy piece of manipulated noises, taking off as an imaginary noise-generator. Quite progressively the tracks become more accessible, but it remains an extreme sensation in sound, perverting ‘music’ into a hardcore dimension. On top of the Noise basis there also is a strong Ambient sphere. Ester Kärkkäinen is also using her voice as an extra sonic input while on one of the tracks you’ll notice hot sensual panting.

+ + + : Some elements of the work remind me of early 80s experiments, a time where artists were really creative in the way of using their instruments and voice or simply crafting their own instruments. Even if this work sounds extreme in sound, Himukalt took care to polish it with a darker, ambient touch. There also is a kind of dynamic emerging from the repetitive Noise loops. Last, but not least, the digipak format looks great and matches its content.

– – – : If you’re not into heavy sonic experiences dealing with Noise you better avoid this work.

Conclusion: We have to salute this album, composed by one of the rare female artists dealing with Noise, but it also is an accomplished production in its genre. 

Best songs: “Nude On Beach”, “Want You To See Me – The Voyeur Tapes #10”, “Staggered, Crush”.

Rate: (7½).

Label: www.coldspring.co.uk / www.facebook.com/coldspringhq

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