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previous artist: mark o’leary		there are 11 titles featuring stephen o’malley in stock. they are listed below.		next artist: steven o’malley

$16.01

back in stock as of
july 21st, 2008

first in stock on
may 10th, 2007

threads:
doom
digital-musics
minimalism-drones

editions mego (austria) #emego 085 cd

ktl “2” compact disc

game (10:51)
theme (27:15)
abattoir (21:07)
snow 2 (12:10)

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "abattoir"

may 2007 release; the second batch of grelp from mssrs. rehberg (pita), o’malley (ginnungagap) composed to accompany a dennis cooper theater piece entitled “kindertotenlieder” (literally; “songs on the death of children”) - i’m actually feeling this selection a bit more than the first one - now that i know what to expect ... some nice moog/guitar drone bias buildup in spots, and as always pita’s trademark black-hot granular noise fizz...

editions mego press release...

emego 085
ktl ktl 2 cd

release date: 07.05.2007

total time: 73:03

stephen o'malley: strings, fx, amps, tube osc
peter rehberg: digital osc, apps, drives

written, recorded & mixed by stephen o’malley & peter rehberg at studio abattoir, angers & manoir kéroual, guilers, december 2006 - february 2007.
mastered at piethopraxis, köln, march 2007

cover by soma

devastatingly beautiful four part follow up to the acclaimed debut cd recorded in a former abattoir in angers, as well as a 16th century manor in the extreme west of france.taking the blueprint that was laid out on the first record even further, with the ecstatic build up of ‘theme’, the near psychedelic ‘abattoir’, and closing with the twisted romanticism of the closing ‘snow 2’. an upgrade both artistically and emotionaly.

as with the first cd elements appeared in the finished version of the theatre piece ‘kindertotenlieder’ by gisele vienne and dennis cooper, which was premiered in brest, france, march 2007.

$16.01

back in stock as of
july 21st, 2008

first in stock on
november 8th, 2006

threads:
digital-musics
doom
minimalism-drones

editions mego (austria) #emego 084 cd

ktl “ktl” compact disc

estranged (24:46)
forest floor 1 (08:31)
forest floor 2 (13:43)
forest floor 3 (09:28)
forest floor 4 (08:16)
snow (13:02)

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "forest floor 2"

october 2006 release; the debut album from the duo of peter “pita” rehberg and stephen o’malley. what does it sound like? guess... (...) yes, that’s pretty close actually. high-gain guitar-monolithery vs. hard-disck skribble.

there’s much common ground between the aesthetics of these two, nice to see them out for a play-date...

editions mego press release...

emego 084
ktl cd

release date: 06.10.2006

total time: 77:49

stephen o'malley: strings, fx, amps
peter rehberg: oscs, apps, drives

written, recorded & mixed by stephen o'malley & peter rehberg at fort du murier & vienne wintergarden, grenoble july 2006.
mastered at piethopraxis, köln, august 2006

cover by soma

threatening new collaboration taking in parallel worlds of extreme computer music and black metal. ktl is stephen o'malley (sunno))), khanate) and peter rehberg (pita).

a six part collision amongst the increasingly fading prescences between the light and the dark. this work came about as the two were composing sound and music for a piece by gisèle vienne and dennis cooper, entitled 'kindertotenlieder'. it must be stated that this cd is not the soundtrack to said piece, but a separate project. however, elements may appear in the finished piece which is to be premiered in brest, france, march 2007.

pieces were recorded in a resistance fortress in southern france during a thunderstorm. others in a wintergarden drenched in the sunlight.

$17.46

back in stock as of
july 21st, 2008

first in stock on
february 14th, 2008

threads:
sound-art
site-specific
concert-recordings
doom
black-metal
minimalism-drones

editions mego (austria) #demego 003 cd
demand (austria) #demego 003 cd

stephen o’malley / attilla csihar “6ºf skyquake” compact disc

6ºf skyquake (33:42)

editions mego press release...

demego 003
stephen o'malley & attila csihar: 6°fskyquake cd

release date: 08.01.2008
1 track
total time: 33:41

stephen o'malley: hp 200cd & travis bean / fender twin reverb
attila csihar: vocals

written & produced by stephen o’malley
lyrics by attila csihar
room recording at team gallery, nyc 10th, 11th & 12th june 2007
vocals recorded at château csihar, budapest june 2007
engineered by randall dunn
art by banks violette
gallery photos by seldon hunt, soma portrait by jan bauer
design by soma

produced for banks violette exhibitions at barbara gladstone & team galleries, nyc 28th june - 17th august 2007.

6°fskyquake is an audio composition designed in 2001 but explored conjunction with the american sculptor banks violette's solo shows in summer 2007. actually, two shows at two different galleries, barbara gladstone & team, running simultaneously for the duration. the interaction of sound and violette's work revisited concepts touched in prior collaboration of loss, absence, residual energy of a missed evocative experience.

the composition was captured at a recording session during the installation process in team gallery, and later transfered to gladstone as recorded playback in the public. designed for 3 separate systems consisting of powered 18" subwoofers and pa tops, the composition runs a total of 8 hours and 35 minutes.

this room recording represents a possible stereo interpretation of a portion of that work.the fifth collaboration between stephen o'malley & banks violette circulated amongst the main theme of sound as physical presence. sound pressure in substantial space, relative dimension between concrete & perceptual mass, gravity induced by heightened sonic action and standing sub bass pressure. the contribution of lyrics, text & vocals by attila csihar inspired by his journeys inside imperial tokyo bring emotive & meditative identity to the otherwise purely structural composition. for this we shall be blessed.

the ghost of presence subsists across physical space, the phantom of absence across linear finite, the shadow of mass via memories. what once was.

$25.91

back in stock as of
december 6th, 2007

first in stock on
october 1st, 2007

threads:
doom
digital-musics
guitar-themed
harsh-noise
minimalism-drones

or (uk) #or rather16 lp

ktl “ktl3” one-sided long playing record

loud game (5:11)
sunday (12:44)

or press release...

ktl - ktl3
or # rather 16
limited edition vinyl only

one-sided heavyweight vinyl + etching by savage pencil [savx]
packaged in a tip-on style outer sleeve, heavyweight inner sleeve and sticker

ktl are stephen o’malley [sunn o))), khanate] & peter rehberg [pita, emego, mimeo]

the third part of accompaniments created for the theatre piece ‘kindertotenlieder’ by gisele vienne and dennis cooper, which was premiered in brest, france, march 2007.

perhaps the broadest bulletin from the duo of stephen o'malley and peter rehberg featuring 2 contrasting tracks. the layered dementia bliss of 'loud game' counterbalances the fried dub of 'sunday'.

produced by stephen o’malley & peter rehberg on location at vienne wintergarden, grenoble & manoir kéroual, guilers, july 2006 & february 2007.

cut by rashad at d&m, berlin, july 2007.

photos & doll: gisèle vienne
bird: jean-luc verna
text: dennis cooper
narration: jonathan capdeville
design: soma

$12.01

back in stock as of
october 5th, 2007

first in stock on
july 31st, 2007

threads:
guitar-themed
free-improvisation
electro-acoustic-composition
minimalism-drones
experimental-instruments

southern lord (usa) #sunn 71 cd

z’ev / stephen o’malley “magistral” compact disc

6m 59s from last 42s left channel only - 26 track submix (6:59)
13m 48s from 34s from 5m - 5m 34s - 20 track submix (13:48)
6m 7s from 36s from 6m 53s - 7m 27s - 34 track submix (6:07)
14m 10s from 1m from 22s - 1m 22s - 28 track submix (14:10)
8m 39s from 1m 18s from 4m 55s - 6m 13s - 18 track submix (8:39)

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "13m 48s from 34s ..."

a disc’s worth of stefan “z’ev” weisser’s composings/processings of stephen o’malley’s solo guitar drone/kill; a wooly wash of percussive interjections (some of it coming close to daniel menche’s recent work) and full-frequency spectral pileup. quite nice, actually...

southern lord press release...

z'ev & soma - magistral (cd)

new collaboration album from stephen o'malley (sunn 0)))) and legendary experimental percussionist: z'ev (glen branca, boyd rice etc..). packaged in a special 5" mini-gatefold cardboard jacket (like sunn/boris - altar, grave temple etc..). mixed by randall dunn (earth, sunn 0))))

$12.01

back in stock as of
october 5th, 2007

first in stock on
may 31st, 2006

threads:
doom
minimalism-drones

southern lord (usa) #sunn 14 cd

khanate “khanate” compact disc

pieces of quiet (13:24)
skincoat (9:41)
torching koroviev (3:37)
under rotting sky (18:18)
no joy (11:28)

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "skincoat"

debut album from this band featuring jim plotkin (old, death ambient, several excellent collaborative discs on kranky), stephen o’malley (sunn o)))), and tim wyskida (blind idiot god)...

southern lord press release...

khanate (pronounced con-eight) was born in manhattan autumn 2000 after an initial meeting between james plotkin/bass (old, scorn, james plotkin's atomsmasher, death ambient, trifid project, lotus eaters, several releases on kranky, relapse, rawkus and other labels under his own name and in collaboration with various other individuals) and stephen o’malley/guitar (thorr’s hammer, burning witch, sunn o))), lotus eaters).

plotkin arranged vocal torture courtesy of alan dubin (ex-old) with whom he had been working together in the proto-dirge unit shadowcast during 2000. tim wyskida ( current drummer in blind idiot god) blessed the group with his hammers and khanate became solidified.

during winter-spring 2001 khanate recorded and produced their self titled debut for southern lord, in studio necrodrone8negatives, with final mastering by mathias schneeberger (the obsessed, saint vitus, goatsnake). the sounds can probably be described as the next step down the mentally unstable ladder from burning witch. ultra gravitational hellish brooding black doom metal with inhuman vocal constructs.

the album received mega-praise in the metal underground as well as experimental circles. khanate showcased their true brutality live w/a eastern us tour w/ thrones and sigh (japan). word quickly spread that the band was much more than a studio-project. suffocating volume, deadly precision and of course the slowest tempos (in)-humanly possible crushed every audience in their wake.

$17.07

new to stock as of
february 29th, 2008

threads:
black-metal
doom

southern lord (usa) #sunn 02 cd

burning witch “crippled lucifer (10 psalms for our lord of light)” double compact disc set

sacred predictions (7:03)
country doctor (10:19)
tower place (5:24)
sea hag (14:20)
the bleeder (9:57)
rift.canyon.dreams (1997)
warning signs (8:22)
stillborn (11:57)
history of hell (crippled lucifer) (6:02)
communion (9:25)
rift.canyon.dreams (13:04)

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "history of hell"

january 2008 release ; the reissue of every bit of material by the pre-sunn o))) group burning witch. comes as a double-disc set (triple-fold digipak) with a lenticular card w/codes to grab even further out-takes and whatnot from “the internet” ... impressively crude/screechy goings-on, presumably at the bottom of a well ...

southern lord press release...

burning witch

formation:
after the breakup of the cult doom/death band thorr's hammer in 1995, stephen o'malley, greg anderson and jamie sykes formed burning witch. the band then added g. stuart dahlquist and vocalist edgy 59, rounding out their lineup. anderson left the band and moved to los angeles to form the band goatsnake. in 1996, the band (w/out anderson) recorded songs with steve albini, which would become the towers... ep. this collection would actually not see a formal release on 12" until 1998 on slap a ham records. after the sessions for these songs, sykes left the band and was replaced by b.r.a.d.

the sessions that followed the albini recordings resulted in the rift.canyon.dreams ep, which would prove to be the final recordings by the band, as they broke up soon after the disc was completed. it was released on 12" by merciless records.

disintegration:
shortly after disbanding: " crippled lucifer" a compilation cd of the two eps, was released in 1998 by the then new label southern lord records. it was the second release of the label, the first being thorrs' hammer. burning witch briefly reformed for their last shows in the fall of 1998 after which edgy 59 left the band. o'malley reunited with anderson to form sunn o))), and dahlquist joined both in sunn 0))) for their first two albums (the grimm robe demos øø void) then briefly joined anderson in goatsnake for the "flower of disease" album. currently, o'malley is in various projects including sunn o))), and ktl. dahlquist and b.r.a.d are in asva.

the unholy birth of a genre....
the sound, attitude and execution of burning witch is very slow,painful, and heavy. while the band was unabashed about their influences they effectively used these influences to create something unique for the time. ultra-heavy, dark minimalist riffs, bombastic bass, and plodding war drums collided with vocals which alter between a nasal, melodic singing voice to a brutal, tortured demented scream/shriek. burning witch were truly the first band to incorporate the dark atmosphere of black metal with tortured doom-metal. their influence is worn on the sleeves of many bands these days including: graves at sea, goatsblood, middian (yob), isis.

this deluxe double cd re-issue of all burning witch recordings will serve as a respectful epitaph for this incredible band. it compiles both the towers and rift canyon dreams albums which were on the the original crippled lucifer release plus the following out of print material:

"communion" and "the bleeder" from split cd with goatsnake (hydra head records 2000) out of print and "rift canyon dreams" from split 12" with asva (dos fatales records 2004) out of print (remixed by randall dunn (sunn, boris, earth) and available for the first time ever on cd)

$20.16

back in stock as of
may 23rd, 2008

first in stock on
september 7th, 2007

threads:
doom
digital-musics
minimalism-drones
electro-acoustic-improvisation
electro-acoustic-composition

thrill jockey (usa) #thrill 188 lp

ktl “2” double long playing record set

game
theme
abbatoir
snow 2

thrill jockey press release...

2
by ktl
thrill jockey
thrill 188 • 2007

the vinyl version of 2 is limited to 1,500 copies for the world and is presented in an old-style tip-on gatefold jacket with art-worked innersleeves. the 2xlp is pressed on 180 gram vinyl. a truly heavy collaboration.

ktl is stephen o’malley (sunno))), khanate) and peter rehberg (pita) - a threatening collaboration taking in parallel worlds of extreme computer music and black metal.

2 is the devastatingly beautiful four part follow up to the acclaimed self-titled debut and was recorded in a former abattoir in angers, as well as a 16th century manor in the extreme west of france. taking the blueprint that was laid out on the first record even further, with the ecstatic build up of ‘theme’, the near psychedelic ‘abattoir’, and closing with the twisted romanticism of ‘snow 2’. an upgrade both artistically and emotionally.

as with the first album, elements appeared in the finished version of the theatre piece ‘kindertotenlieder’ by gisele vienne and dennis cooper, which was premiered in brest, france, in march 2007.

stephen o’malley (soma) is a musician currently based in paris, france. he started the band sunno))) with greg anderson in addition to playing in the groups khanate, burning witch, ginnunngagap, æthenor, grave temple, and lotus eaters. he has collaborated with merzbow, julian cope, joe preston, attila csihar, lee dorrian, aaron turner, oren ambarchi, malefic, wrest, boris, earth, and z’ev. he is also a well respected graphic designer and does artwork and album covers for most of his own projects.

peter rehberg is an author and performer of electronic audio works based in vienna, austria. he has collaborated live and in the studio with russell haswell, florian hecker, jim o’rourke, christian fennesz, stephen o’malley (as ktl), z’ev, tujiko noriko, kevin drumm, carlos giffoni, mika vainio, zbigniew karkowski, rosy parlane, keith rowe, gert-jan prins, marcus schmickler, dennis cooper, jade, sunno))), lasse marhaug as well as being a member of mimeo. he also opertates the editions mego label.

$14.98

new to stock as of
may 5th, 2008

threads:
modern-psych
minimalism-drones
doom
electro-acoustic-composition
electro-acoustic-improvisation

vhf (usa) #vhf 111 lp

æthenor “betimes black cloudmasses” long playing record

side i (17:13)
side ii (17:04)

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "i"

may 2008 release ; the second album from the trio of stephen o’malley, daniel o’sullivan, and vincent de roguin ... to my ears infinitely more pleasing than the group’s debut, mainly due to the extended sound-palette involving some nice dual drum-kit action (echoes of “church of anthrax” ?) hedged with the group’s guitar / synth / mystery-instrument droning ...

i’m hearing a distinct organum influence (esp. the eddie prevost / jackman collaborations ; always a good sign) - and in fact this music much more to do with electro-acoustic improvisation than the grand scheme of o’malley influenced/involved doom-drone excess (the sounds, for the most part, are quite light / airy - plenty of space in the lower registers) ...

excellent stuff, the best thing i’ve heard from o’malley in a good while (as much as i loved the first ktl disc they’ve kind of been on autopilot ...) & i need to re-visit those guapo records ... highly recommended !!!

vhf press release...

vhf#111 æthenor betimes black cloudmasses lp

highly-anticipated second album from the trio of vincent de roguin (shora), stephen o'malley (sunn0))), ktl) and daniel o'sullivan (guapo). like their genre and audience-confounding debut “deep in ocean sunk the lamp of light,” “betimes” is an atmospheric, constantly changing piece that encompasses a mind-boggling array of different performance and processing techniques. the deeply psychedelic and affecting results present a soundstage that is continually evolving, with new elements entering and leaving the fray every couple of seconds. betimes includes significant contributions from free percussionists nicolas field and alex babel, who sprinkle the sound field with an almost fmp-style rush of splattering drum sound, raising the intensity of the music (without resorting to bashing). betimes also features effects and vocals from ulver mastermind kristoffer rygg, who will make his first live appearance in over a decade when æthenor plays the roadburn festival in april 2008. æthenor’s third lp, featuring vocals and lyrics by david tibet, will be released in autumn 2008.

cover design by swiss designer nicola todeschini. cd is in a letterpress card folio, printed by stumptown. lp is matte offset print.

“musically, æthenor summon the most somnolent examples of bernard parmegiani, organum, nurse with wound, klaus schulze, igor wakhevitch, coil, iancu dumitrescu and charlemagne palestine. acousmatic drones ebb and flow into crackling and bubbling sonic clusters. lulling piano motifs and lamenting chants shimmer into distant lunar horizons while oscillators spin and drove serenely into unchartered audial regions. sometimes as calm as a silvery sea, so that every gentle cat's-paw and lapping wave is deafening. sometimes as tempestuous as a fuming lava beach, spitting and popping at the surface.” - daniel o'sullivan

$13.42

new to stock as of
may 5th, 2008

threads:
modern-psych
minimalism-drones
doom
electro-acoustic-composition
electro-acoustic-improvisation

vhf (usa) #vhf 111 cd

æthenor “betimes black cloudmasses” compact disc

i (10:22)
ii (13:38)
iii (10:03)

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "ii"

cd version ...

vhf press release...

vhf#111 æthenor betimes black cloudmasses cd

highly-anticipated second album from the trio of vincent de roguin (shora), stephen o'malley (sunn0))), ktl) and daniel o'sullivan (guapo). like their genre and audience-confounding debut “deep in ocean sunk the lamp of light,” “betimes” is an atmospheric, constantly changing piece that encompasses a mind-boggling array of different performance and processing techniques. the deeply psychedelic and affecting results present a soundstage that is continually evolving, with new elements entering and leaving the fray every couple of seconds. betimes includes significant contributions from free percussionists nicolas field and alex babel, who sprinkle the sound field with an almost fmp-style rush of splattering drum sound, raising the intensity of the music (without resorting to bashing). betimes also features effects and vocals from ulver mastermind kristoffer rygg, who will make his first live appearance in over a decade when æthenor plays the roadburn festival in april 2008. æthenor’s third lp, featuring vocals and lyrics by david tibet, will be released in autumn 2008.

cover design by swiss designer nicola todeschini. cd is in a letterpress card folio, printed by stumptown. lp is matte offset print.

“musically, æthenor summon the most somnolent examples of bernard parmegiani, organum, nurse with wound, klaus schulze, igor wakhevitch, coil, iancu dumitrescu and charlemagne palestine. acousmatic drones ebb and flow into crackling and bubbling sonic clusters. lulling piano motifs and lamenting chants shimmer into distant lunar horizons while oscillators spin and drove serenely into unchartered audial regions. sometimes as calm as a silvery sea, so that every gentle cat's-paw and lapping wave is deafening. sometimes as tempestuous as a fuming lava beach, spitting and popping at the surface.” - daniel o'sullivan

$13.42

back in stock as of
april 29th, 2008

first in stock on
april 26th, 2007

threads:
modern-psych

vhf (usa) #vhf 097 cd

œthenor “deep in ocean sunk the lamp of light” compact disc

i (10:09)
ii (13:38)
iii (4:39)
iv (5:07)

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "ii"

vhf press release...

vhf#97 æthenor deep in ocean sunk the lamp of light lp/cd

debut by trio of stephen o’malley (sunn0))))), daniel o’sullivan (guapo), and vincent de roguin (shora). taking its title from the iliad, the music here is deep and cosmic, completely unlike anything you’d expect from such heavyweights.

more in the tradition of ‘spiral insana” and “cyborg” than anything, the tracks float along in a masterful collage of activity, where careful scene changes highlight o’sullivan’s classic but artfully placed rhodes bombs, de roguin’s organ, and o’malley’s guitar.

extraordinary effort has gone into editing, mastering, and shaping these pieces – these are not tossed off improvisations or “side-project” orphans.

housed in cd and lp jackets hand-printed by alan sherry/siwa.

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