PARADE GROUND
WORDS SWORD WORDS
&
ORA ET LABORA
NEWS
NEW
RELEASE ON VUZ RECORDS!
PARADE
GROUND
WORDS SWORD WORDS
&
ORA ET LABORA
VUZ
Records is proud to announce the upcoming release of Parade Grounds book "Words
Sword Words"!
A book filled with insights, anecdotes, lyrics, pictures (promo, live, poster,
art).
Plus a CD with a recording of a live-rehearsal from the "Rosary" area.
more
info about the book and how to (pre-)order:
http://www.vuzrecords.de/words.htm
NEW
RELEASE ON VUZ RECORDS!
PORTION CONTROL
DISSOLVE PLUS
Always
on the cutting edge of technology, Portion Control released the "Dissolve" CD-Rom
in 2004. This was insofar a special release as it was a software that, 66 days
after its installation, stopped working.
With the release of "Dissolve Plus", these tracks are finally available again.
Also added are some tracks from various releases, all out of print for quite
some time.
21 rare and hard to get tracks conveniently collected on one CD (or cassette).
Taken from:
Dissolve (CD-Rom)
Solar Enemy vs. Portion Control (split CD-R)
Belgian Independent Music Compilation 3 (compilation CD)
Stansted (CD EP)
Continued Violence Download (download only)
Mastering
was done in the renowned House Of Wax Studio, NRW.
"Dissolve Plus" will be available on CD, cassette (same tracks on both - cassette
has different track order) and download.
CD in digipack
21 tracks
Get
it here:
https://vuzrecordsmegastore.bandcamp.com/album/dissolve-plus-vuz-024
NEW
RELEASES ON MANEKI NEKO TAPES!
A massive wave of tapes for your pleasure!
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NEW
RELEASE ON VUZ RECORDS!
Finally available on CD!
PARADE GROUND
THE 15th FLOOR
After their impressive debut album (which was preceded by a row of critically acclaimed 12" releases), Parade Ground recorded material for their follow up album in 1989. But this album was shelved and only a few tracks of these recordings showed up until 2012 when the main album "The 15th Floor" was finally released on vinyl. In the same year "A Room With A View" was released (on vinyl, tape and CD), which contained 4 tracks from these sessions, which were not included on the "The 15th Floor" vinyl. With the release of the "The 15th Floor" CD finally all tracks of the main album are available on CD (most for the first time), including one unreleased mix of "A Day At The Park".
CD in digipack
15 tracks - 12 on CD for the first time, incl. 1 unreleased mix
Get
it here:
https://paradeground-official.bandcamp.com/music
or
here:
http://vuzrecordsmegastore.bandcamp.com/
shipping starts end of march 2021
NEW
RELEASES ON VUZ RECORDS!
Finally available on CD!
Expanded re-release of Nao Katafuchis first solo album which left quite an impact
in 2015 and impressed the audiences in not only the cold wave circles but also
found its listeners amongst the minimal electro, EBM and dark synth pop. Impressed
by his live performance Nao was invited by Psyche to open on their last tour
with Rational Youth.
... will be shipped in late May...
Follow this link
VUZ
Records Megastore for
some music and a pre-order special
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TWO NEW RELEASES ON VUZ RECORDS!
Life by Parade Ground is available and Under
The Radar 2 by Psyche will be shipped in early April.
Follow the links below for more info and a Psyche pre-order special
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PARADE
GROUND MERCHANDISE
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THREE NEW RELEASES IN DECEMBER!
Under The Radar and Sanctuary mark the return
of VUZ Records, 14 years after their last CD release. And what a return this
is! The Psyche CD compiles rare and unreleased tracks, while the Parade Ground
CD reveales the more experimental side of the band.
META 1977-2017 is the second part in our "The Many Names Of ..." tape
series and covers 40(!) years and several bands of Alex Novak.
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ATTRITION
SECOND ONSLAUGHT
Maneki Neko Tapes - MN010T
tape limited to 72 copies
t-shirt limited to 15 copies
SOLD OUT!
PSYCHE
Unveiling The Secret & Insomnia Theatre
t-shirt s
Nocturnal Passenger
tape
SOLD OUT!
Attrition
... a touch of Attrition
t-shirt
more info here
Batz Without Flesh
Initial Stages
t-shirt
more info here
SHIFTS
Fade (in)
C-46 tape on Maneki Neko Tapes (MN007T)
lost music from 1997 rediscovered . all acoustic guitar and devices . remastered
november 2013 . these ten pieces are untitled
"Somewhere in the mid-90s there was a lot of noise played by solo guitarists.
I thought it would be nice to do a bit of ambient music on a solo guitar, but
as I can't play the guitar (still can't) I had a mechanical device to play the
strings, plus a few sound effects. Retroactively i can say it was a tribute
to Remko Scha, but then the poor man's version of guitars played by ropes and
strings? I recorded a whole bunch of music, and as it turns out not all as ambient
I had planned. In 2005 I recorded by final three pieces using a four string
guitar I bought for 1 euro on the flea market. The mission, if it was such a
thing, had run it's course and it's time to move on. I thought pretty much everything
I ever recorded as Shifts was released, save a few try-out pieces and rehearsals
for the few concerts I did, but a couple of years ago Maneki Neko approached
me about a demo I sent them with some music I had recorded in 1997, also using
acoustic guitar and devices. I had forgotten all about it, as it was labelled
as 'session 1997' on my hard drive when I made a back-up of all my old tapes.
Oh well. Now is a good time as any other to release these ten untitled pieces.
It's not always possible to recognize the acoustic guitar but it is surely the
classic Shifts approach to minimalist sound treatments, sometimes loud and most
of the times soft." - Frans de Waard, 2015
mailorder
6,00 Euro (plus postage)
place your order at mailorder@vuzrecords.de
listen here
SPECIAL
OFFER!
get it here
out now:
MODELBAU
Do Without
C-30 tape on Maneki Neko Tapes (MN002T)
the "D" album of Modelbau, layers of more or less manipulated sounds blend into
a soundtrack for hyperrelaxed
Modelbau is the latest of the many names used by Frans de Waard, using a much
more dynamic approach to sound, through very low end electronics, walkmans,
sound effects and the high end such as Ipad and laptop (although the latter
more for recording than anything else). As Modelbau he has played concerts in
The Netherlands and Germany and released cassettes for Barreuh, Maneki Neko
and Bookend Recordings as well as KormDigitaal. In concert he reaches for the
superloud and the super quiet.
mailorder
6,00 Euro (plus postage)
place your order at mailorder@vuzrecords.de
listen here
ENHÄNTA BÖDLAR
Altar Besmircher
C-60 tape on Maneki Neko Tapes (MN008T)
The latest aural onslaught by the swedish answer to Righeira. 12 tracks aimed
to destroy Italo-Disco before its revival. Be the first in your 'hood or psychiatric
facility to own this gem. 60 minutes that will change your life forever.
mailorder
6,00 Euro (plus postage)
place your order at mailorder@vuzrecords.de
listen here
Astral
Kampfmagie
... and while frolicking to the sounds of Altar Besmircher, why not wear the
highly tasteful Astral Kampfmagie T-Shirt, a captivating piece of fashion in
cheerful black, printed in cheeky white. A compelling complement to your straitjacket!
mailorder
15,00 Euro (plus postage)
place your order at mailorder@vuzrecords.de
EPOCH
capitalism is the new fascism
white print on dark grey T-Shirt
exclusive design by our American comrads Epoch
for more info and a bigger picture click here
scroll down that page for info about the free EPOCH download compilation
with two exclusive remixes that comes with each shirt sold through our bandcamp
shop.
Michael Idehall – Sol (expanded)
SOL
is the work of swedish occultist and sound artist Michael Idehall.
A journey into the depths of the esoteric foundations, mixing dark ambient with
death industrial and adding relaxed rhythms and conjuring vocals. Ritual music
for the techno trance pilgrim. Often compared to big names like Coil, Psychic
TV, Hybryds and Haus Arafna, Michael Idehall found his own style and continues
to evolve it.
Originally released on tape, this remastered version features two additional
unreleased tracks and a booklet with accompanying texts for all tracks. "This
music should be engaged with caution and it should be regarded as a series of
conditioned technomantical experiments."
Michael Idehall – Sol (expanded)
CD-R on Bastet Recordings (BR023)
more details
mailorder 10,00 Euro (plus postage)
place your order at mailorder@vuzrecords.de
download
5,00 Euro (via Bandcamp)
Michael
Idehall – Sol (expanded)
PORTION
CONTROL T-SHIRTS
SOLD OUT!
Look
what we found in the garage:
Four still sealed MOTHER DESTRUCTION T-Shirts that we released back in 1994!
They are like new (except that they might smell a bit of age or as Patrick said:
"... the smell of rock'n'roll"). We have three XL sized and one XXL sized available.
Feel free to contact us to place an offer.
THE JEREMY BAMBER TAPES ARCHIVE FINALLY ONLINE!
Founded in 1990 as an outlet for the various projects of Georg Sieger
and Mik@: The Heisenberg Experiment, Dachau Lustknaben, Georg Sieger and Sheba
Wore No Nylons. Later other artists were added. The JBT Archive releases include
re-releases of tapes (often with bonus tracks) and until now unreleased material
from the vault. All tracks have been carefully demastered to preserve the tape
feeling.
At jeremybambertapes.bandcamp.com/
you can hear the complete recordings of Sheba Wore No Nylons, a highly experimental
project, influenced by Krautrock, Musique Concrete, Dada and early Industrial.
All four tape-albums have been expanded with bonus tracks. JBT main artists,
Dachau Lustknaben, a clearly Whitehouse influenced band with a pop appeal, are
featured with several re-releases (all with bonus tracks) plus full-length recordings
of their four live aktions (all unreleased). Georg Sieger's "Ora et Labora"
trilogy is finally completed and The Heisenberg Experiment sees more than 10
unreleased albums, including the complete "4 Elemente" and "Natura Pertubata"
works.
The legendary "Contacts" compilation series will be featured in the second wave
of the archival flood. All in all more than 40 hours of unreleased material.
Free download sampler: jeremybambertapes.bandcamp.com/album/greese2-v-zweispaltig-jbt-070
A series of T-Shirts will be released to celebrate the launch of the Jeremy
Bamber Tapes Archive. First one features the coverartof Dachau Lustknaben's
cultrelease "Brandenburgische Halsgerichtsordnung". Bloodred print on black
shirt.
picture shows a dummy, not the actual shirt
SOLD OUT!
EPOCH ÜBER DEM DEUTSCHLAND
Time
has come to hit back, so we teamed up with Carbon 12 Records to complete the
trinity of the [R]eVOLUTIOn!
In the global state, economies, politics and peoples combine in transnationalism
and what occurs in one country’s system ripples through the rest of the world,
often with tragic consequences. The audacity of those in power, coupled with
the desire to control and manipulate, has led to the chain of events currently
striking across the globe.
But this came as no surprise to Epoch, which chronicled the path to today’s
crisis with the 2013 album “Purity & Revolution,” featuring the power hungry
and those who warned in their own historical words, set to the backdrop of industrial
militaristic machine music. An anthem to the corrupt nature of politics and
economics, “Purity” displayed a range of style and instrumentation from subtle
neo-folk acoustic guitar, to powerful symphonic martial arrangements, to driving
and distorted guitars.
From this album, a ripple effect has been generated, first with Carbon 12 Records
releasing the remix Limited Edition CDr, “[R]evolution,” featuring a diverse
and global range of artists to remix tracks from “Purity & Revolution.” And
if this was not enough, German troublemaker VUZ Records, thru it’s imprint Basket’s
Kitten, immersed even deeper into the abysses of sonic warfare and commissioned
four tonal deconstructions from fellow minds If, Bwana (USA), dE/mutE (Germany),
Freiband (Netherlands) and N.fra (Germany).
If,
Bwana opens the little pest of a 3” tall CDr featuring four tracks - each inch
more annoying than the other, with a dark tribute to the leaders of the past.
dE/mutE reveals his relaxed, nevertheless sinister face with a more ambient
approach, followed by the Dutch soundtwister Freiband tearing apart the original
and leaving an acoustic skeleton. This tonal torture is finished off by N.fra
from Germany, a very old project with a new guise, delivering a slow paced rhythm'n'drone
piece of... well, can we still call it music?
4 tracks on 3 inches in 20 minutes - enough is enough.
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New in Distribution
from
our friends at Carbon 12 we can offer you three outstanding releases, all packaged
in highclass matte finish digiwallets.
chargeable download and free streaming at Carbon
12's shop:
BANDCAMP
free
streaming at our shop:
BANDCAMP
Epoch - Purity & Revolution
CD on Carbon
12
Originally appearing as one of the first Arts Industria releases on cassette
in 1993 and later on the VUZ records (Duisburg, Germany) split CD in 1995, Epoch
has returned after a long hiatus with more martial-driven industrial, in an
era when we need it the most.
While owing to such genres as martial industrial, EBM, neo-folk, techno and
other intertwined aspects of industrial music culture, Epoch manages to work
bits and pieces into a cohesive sound with underlying politics. And although
the martial genre hasn't really penetrated American musical subculture, the
growing awakening of US citizens to their own political system and the American
affect on the rest of the world makes Epoch's re-appearance in the US all that
more timely.
The regular edition is limited to 250 hand-numbered
copies, the limited to just 50 hand-numbered
copies (comes with 3 full color postcards, hand-stamped with the seal of The
State of Flux).
regular
edition 10,00 EURO (plus postage)
limited
edition 14,00 EURO (plus postage)
Warszawa
- Kinetica EP
CD-R oon
Carbon
12
With subtle dance beats, laden with just enough distortion to enter the glitch
arena, Kinetica builds upon the opening title track, “Interkosmos,” in a launch-to-re-entry
sequence of blended electronic styles. “Interkosmos” begins the EP’s thematic
groundwork, introducing soft and deep pads, spacey SFX and melodies with a pop
hook. Through the next track “Wostock,” and “SpaceTimeDb,” you can feel the
sense of interstellar travel, as the intensity of the drums rise, with a little
drum and bass and some quiet and ethereal touches.
pro-dublicated CD-R, limited to 100 hand-numbered copies
10,00
EURO (plus postage)
free streaming at:
BANDCAMP
Dumb
Machine- H.P. Kittencraft
CD-R on
Carbon
12
With a nod to that famous writer of unspeakable horror, Dumb Machine’s “H.P.
Kittencraft” is wave of rising tension in sound construction. This industrial
juggernaut builds layer upon layer of textured instrumentation, driven by a
wonderfully steady beat that can still demolish a DJ’s perfect set, while staying
true to its harsh underpinnings.
pro-dublicated
CD-R, limited to 100 hand-numbered copies
10,00
EURO (plus postage)
free streaming at:
BANDCAMP
AVAILABLE
NOW:
Fatal Casualties - Slippery EP
3" CD-R on Bastet's Kitten (BK004)
Remix Single of the club hit "Slippery" taken from their debut release Paria,
collecting the Paria version, the non CD track "Not For You" and three "Slippery"
mixes, done by Warszawa (Signal To Noise, Epoch, Arts Industria, Carbon 12),
DJ Darkside (Brazilian DJ who already remixed Front 242, Skinny Puppy, NTRSN,
Klinik, Vomito Negro, ...) and Hypnoskull (Hautnah, 33 MHZ, Ant Zen).
5,00
EURO (plus postage)
free streaming at:
BANDCAMP
... plays Unter den Linden
3" CD-R on Bastet's Kitten (BK005)
UdL is a rhythm n'noise industrial project from northern Bohemia and gets the
remix/reinterpretation treatment from such different artists as Freiband (Kapotte
Muziek, Beequeen), Nouvelles Lectures Cosmopolites (neo-classical), Monolith
(Klinik, Sonar, Absolute Body Control), Column One (Berlin Avantgarde, WUS,
PTV) and PAL (Ant Zen).
5,00 EURO (plus postage)
chargeable download and free streaming at:
BANDCAMP
Warszawa
- Kinetika e.p.
tape on Maneki Neko Tapes (MN003T)
Relaxed mixture of idm, synth-pop and ebm with a hint of space ambient from
the man behind Signal To Noise & Epoch.
6,00 EURO (plus postage)
free streaming at:
BANDCAMP
Shade Factory - Terminal Sin
CD-R on Bastet Recordings (BR 024)
dark electro project mixing EBM with Gothic founded by Timo Väänänen, after
leaving Two Witches and Neuroactive in 1993 Timo continued solo and layed SF
to rest in the early days of this century recently he re-animated Shade Factory
to open some gigs for Alien Sex Fiend and to present this compilation of rare
and unreleased tracks from Shade Factory's past, present and future.
10,00 EURO (plus postage)
chargeable download and free streaming at:
BANDCAMP
NOW
ONLINE
benefitz compilations for the Gormanous family
BANDCAMP
An artist organized benefit compilation dedicated to helping the Gormanous family raise funds for funerals/medical fees. Christian Abram Gormanous 4-year-old son of Greg and Janell Gormanous passed away on January 19, 2013 due to a dog attack. He will forever be missed and loved.
Past donations aided
people affected by Hurricane Sandy. All sales go to the Red Cross and
www.youcaring.com/memorial-fundraiser/Funeral-and-Hospital-Expenses/39894
for their aid in the relief efforts.
Maneki Neko
OUT
NOW:
SVENSKA HAPPA
a tape compilation with highly tastefull musical dishes:
a01 - En Halvkokt I Folie - Trötta örnar är tunga
a02 - finns det asarum så finns det augerum - Helena tar brorsan
a03 - Handysound Orchestra - TV Chef
a04 - Brunst - Sun In My Pocket
a05 - Frak - Power Express
a06 - Enema Syringe - Mannen i bussen
a07 - Enhänta Bödlar - Der Strudelsymphonie
a08 - Braindamage - Methods of Shaping
a09 - Commando Laarz - Haters
b01 - Fatal Casualities - En nervkostym radio edit
b02 - Grismannen - En Odysse I Bajs 1
b03 - Enhänta Bödlar - Thema: Unlust
b04 - Braindamage - The word of life (sug min kuk)
b05 - Frak - Splended Mutant v01
b06 - Pågens pinnar - Att gå på cirkus med Werner von Heidenstam
b07 - cls/r - Bio-degradation
b08 - Grismannen - Taskpungen
b09 - Klaustrostudio Darkstars - Darkness Feeds You (remix)
b10 - Studio SS - Kaskad 1 & 2
limited edition of 150 tapes C-90
get your copy for 9,00 Euro (plus postage - paypal
or banktransfer accepted)
contact us for details: mailorder@vuzrecords.de
(do not send payment to this address)
NOW ONLINE
benefitz compilations
for the vicims of the earthquakes in Italy
BANDCAMP
We Will Not Fall
- Benefit Compilation 4 Emilia - Vol. 1
We are bands, musicians, djs, writers, fanzines, labels/distros and listeners
mostly located far away from the areas affected by the earthquakes. Since we
can't all give a direct support to the population, we want to give a small contribution
by selling this compilation on bandcamp.
All the revenues will be fully given to MUMBLE, an independent association,
that will provide direct help to local population and town administrations.
Further information can be found here:
www.mumbleduepunti.it
www.kapipal.com/fdf20a6b48af4d95a60b46dab6a0ec54
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Bastet's Kitten
Finally available:
BK002
dE/mutE - bishan
An Urban Epic in Four Movements. Finest (dark) ambient
from Germany. Sit down in one of the parks and listen: Birds singing, water
dripping from the trees and in the artificial brooks, the traffic roaring, music
from the closeby dwellings. Above all the moisture, smoke and the quiet but
ubiquitous noise of the heat. dE/mutE felt all this visiting Singapore and used
some field recordings plus his typical musical drones to create the unique atmosphere
of "bishan - an Urban Epic in four Movements".
122 copies in cardboard cover
BK003
... plays Bad Sector
The renown italian Ambient-Noise Project Bad Sector
provided a package of sounds and four artists worked with these, presenting
their interpretation of the Bad Sector Sound:
01 Freiband - Sector Vector (three parts)
02 If, Bwana - Sad Vector
03 hypnoskull as 33mhz plays bad sector - datei33fehlmeldung
04 dE/mutE - Aliens And ButterScons
122 copies in cardboard cover
VUZ goes digital (whatever that means)
We finally entered the internet age and set up some Facebook, Soundcloud and Bandcamp pages for our labels and artists.
VUZ
Records
Soundcloud: Soundcloud
Bandcamp: Bandcamp
Cat's
Heaven
soon
Bastet
Recordings
Soundcloud: Soundcloud
Facebook: Facebook
Bandcamp: Bandcamp
Bastet's
Kitten
Soundcloud: Soundcloud
Bandcamp: Bancamp
Maneki
Neko Tapes
Soundcloud: Soundcloud
Bandcamp: Bandcamp
If,
Bwana
Soundcloud: Soundcloud
Bandcamp: Bandcamp
Patternclear
soon
more downloadversions of some of our releases will follow, plus exclusive downloads plus free stuff plus.....
New sublabel
We are happy to announce our new tape-only sublabel Maneki Neko! First releases are by If, Bwana (= Al Margolis, Sound Of Pig Music, Pogus, ...) and Frans deWaard (Korm Plastics).
MN001T If, Bwana
- Wah Yu Wan
re-release of If, Bwana's only vinyl release
on the a side: a carefully remastered version, taken from the original vinyl
on the b side: an untouched recording of the vinyl
choose your favourite version
limited to 100 copies
(three cover versionsin zip bag: 80 copies with standard cover (see below) 10
copies with real Hell Banknote, 10 copies with golden josspaper)
MN013T Frans de
Waard - The Many Names Of Frans
a collection of tracks of some bands/projects of Frans de Waard:
Zebra, Kapotte Muziek, Frans de Waard, Quest, Captain Black, The Whi, Ezdanitoff,
Beequeen, Goem, Shifts, Freiband, The Tobacconists, Surge, Pick Up and Wander
tracks are unreleased or rare
extensive liner notes for each track
limited to 100 copies
(three cover versions: 50 copies with black and white cover in clear snap case,
25 copies with white and black cover in clear snap case, 25 copies with white
and black cover in clear-blue snap case)
BASTET got kitten
Yes, its true, the old lady got some offspring: 3" CD-R's! The first to cut the cord is a brandnew release by If, Bwana.
BK001 If,
Bwana - 16 Live
two new tracks
of classical experimental music (some Germans may call it "Neue Musik")
limited to 66 copies
(60 copies in regular cover (left), 6 copies in green variant (right))
Lots of If, Bwana releases lately? Well, there is never enough If, Bwana. By
the way, have a look here: www.ifbwana.com
BASTET RECORDINGS NEWS
out now:
BR038
-CD-R- if,
bwana - beware the sleeping squid
BR039
-CD-R- if,
bwana - they call me bwana
BR040
-CD-R- if,
bwana - fun with fish
re-release
of three classical tapes of the american composer, experimental-noise pioneer
and tape godfather Al Margolis
each CD-R comes with an "oldschool" booklet with pictures and texts
from Frans De Waard ( Kapotte Muziek, Beequeen), Hubert Haverkamp (bogArt),
Till Kniola (Auf Abwegen) and Al
Margolis (Sound of Pig)
delayed (coming any day now, well sooner or later, actually later):
BR032
-CD-R- Various Artists - Craft
a compilation of rhythmic
electronic music
more
BR033
-CD-R- Various Artists - Hover
a compilation of (mostly)
non- rhythmic electronic music
more
still
available:
SOLAR ENEMY VS. PORTION CONTROL!
BR035
-CD-R- Solar Enemy vs. Portion Control
10 archive tracks of the
electro-inustrial pioneers
more