stephen o’malley / steve noble “st. francis duo” compact disc

• untitled (1) (18:09)
  
• untitled (2) (18:42)
  
• untitled (3) (18:21)
  
• untitled (4) (21:08)

bo’weavil press release...

st francis duo cd stephen o'malley & steve noble having played together in æthenor for the last couple of years, steve noble & stephen o'malley came together to play as a duo at cafe oto in 2011. these recordings are the results of these two hot and sticky nights in east london. noble is a regular at bo' weavil recordings, having appeared on over nine recordings for the label, and a lynch pin in london's improvising community. steve noble studied with nigeria master drummer elkan ogunde and in the early 1980s and over the last 20 years has played with most of the great players from 4 corners of the globe. stephen o'malley predominantly a guitarist, producer and composer from seattle who has been at the centre of avant-garde / drone metal, best known for his group sunn0))), and also a prolific collaborator with many of the finest improvisers. so it was bound to be a memorable night of music to see these two to meet. noble sets the recording off with a full tribal charge, while stephen instead of firing off a shard of ecstatic notes and chords, coaxed his guitar into singing a slow ever growing roar. but soon the two are of into some wildest creative rampages - exciting drum and guitar territory, sounding at times not too dissimilar to haino's fushitsusha, brutally beautiful shredded riffs from o’malley met with noble's exuberant rhythmic force . over this cd the memory of these 2 nights can be heard in full violent sonic attack.

ktl “v” double long playing record set

• phill 1 (12:11)
  
• study a (9:28)
  
  
• tony (14:00)
  
  
• phill 2 (15:07)
  
  
• last spring: a prequel (20:51)

ktl “v” compact disc

• phill 1 (12:12)
  
• study a (9:28)
  
• tony (14:02)
  
• phill 2 (15:09)
  
• last spring: a prequel (20:46)

editions mego press release...

emego 120v /  ktl v cd release date 08.05.2012 produced by ktl phill 2 orchestrated by jóhann jóhannsson. performed by city of prague philharmonic, conducted by richard hein artwork by mark fell photo by estelle hanania stephen o’malley: guitar, bass, modular synthesiser, computer, contact mics peter rehberg: modular synthesiser, computer recorded september 2010 - october 2011 at ems, stockholm tinitus, bergen ina grm, studio 116, paris smecky, prague centre d’art passerelle, brest twisted, wien mixed at twisted, wien, may 2011 - january 2012 well, that took longer than expected. finally the 5th ktl studio album is ready for release. whereas their previous album iv was recorded and made in a relative short period in a more traditional rock environment, v turns full circle, takes its time and tackles the complex working processes of the european avant garde. rooting themselves in such legendary electronic music studios such as ems in stockholm and grm in paris, o’malley and rehberg have delivered a rich set of sound experiments far removed from harsh metal / noise blizzards of their early albums. they took a step further by inviting icelandic composer jóhann jóhannsson to orchestrate phill 2, resulting in a towering storm monumental classicism. finally, ‘last spring: a prequel’ turns the whole album on its head with abstract alien textures of the gisèle vienne installation of the same name., with text by dennis cooper spoken with devout intensity by long term vienne collaborator jonathan capdevielle. with full colour artwork by mark fell, v is ktl’s most sophisticated work to date.

ktl “iv” compact disc

• paraug
  
• paratrooper
  
• wicked way
  
• benbbet
  
• eternal winter
  
• natural trouble

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

• 6ºf skyquake (33:42)

sunn o))) “monoliths & dimensions” compact disc

• aghartha (17:34)
  
• big church [megszentségteleníthetetlenségeskedéseitekért] (09:43)
  
• hunting & gathering (cydonia) (10:02)
  
• alice (16:21)

southern lord press release...

sunn o))) monoliths & dimensions sunn o))) is proud to present their 7th studio album, after 10 years of existence, entitled monoliths & dimensions. the album showcases the core guitar duo - stephen o’malley and greg anderson - incorporating influences from a plethora of guest musicians, bringing the sunn o))) sound to epic new levels. the band also collaborated with composer eyvind kang (notable for his work with john zorn, marc ribot, bill frisell, etc.) on various acoustic ensembles, in addition to the helios fueled electric guitars and basses. key players on the album include australian guitar genius oren ambarchi, enigmatic hungarian vocalist attila csihar (mayhem, tormentor, etc.) and slow music godfather dylan carlson (earth), as well as julian priester (worked with sun ra in the 50s, john coltrane’s african brass band, and herbie hancock’s sextant band) and new-music horn player stuart dempster. there's also an upright bass trio, french & english horns, harp & flute duo, piano, brass, reed & strings ensembles, and a viennese woman's choir led by persian vocal savant jessika kenney. the album is not "sunn o))) with strings" or "metal meets orchestra" material. the band took an approach concentrating on more of allusion toward the timbre of feedback and the instruments involved, so the piece is really illusory, beautiful and not entirely linear, stating that the end product is "the most musical piece we’ve done, and also the heaviest, powerful and most abstract set of chords we've laid to tape" the album was recorded and mixed by randall dunn & mell dettmer at various points over the last 2 years. as can be expected the packaging for this album is beautiful and appropriately compliments the audio content. jewel case is sheathed by a velum o-card. expansive 24 page booklet with velum cover and specially coated heavy-weight paper. truly a site to behold! monoliths & dimensions is practice in density, gravity and momentum. maximum volume yields maximum results.

pentemple “o))) presents ... pentemple” compact disc

• pazuzu 1 (22:23)
  
• pazuzu 2 (20:11)

southern lord press release...

pentemple - 0))) presents.... cd in may of 2007 the mighty sunn 0))) embarked on a pacific rim tour that included performances in australia and japan. the lineup for this tour included the core sunn 0))) duo: greg anderson and stephen o'malley plus t.o.s. (moog), oren ambarchi (analog effects and supplemental guitar) and vokillist attila csihar. upon arrival in sydney, sunn 0))) invited one of their favourite black metal artists: striborg over from tasmania to collaborate with them during their show. this unholy meeting went over very well and the inaugural ritual was a warm up gig at the toft in town club one evening before the larger gig at the hi-fi bar (w/brethren: boris). the results of this collaboration was a completely improvisational, vicious audio and visual assault on the sold out, standing room only audience. this was among the first time that sunn 0))) had worked with live drums and the outcome was completely unprecedented. the whole event was recorded live to 24-track/multi-track. afterwards oren ambarchi edited, sequenced and overhauled the eq to make it as brutal as possible.

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)

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)

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

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