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previous artist: skoltz_kolgen		there are 6 titles featuring the skull defekts in stock. they are listed below.		next artist: skullflower

$11.59

back in stock as of
november 29th, 2006

first in stock on
may 26th, 2006

threads:
harsh-noise
electro-acoustic-improvisation

file under:
free-improv
lo-fi
site-specific
sound-research
lap-top

aa (sweden) #aa 04 cd

the skull defekts “open the gates of mimer (live at norberg) 2006-01-10” compact disc

open the gates of mimer (live at norberg) 2006-01-10

skull defekts freakout!!! debut album on aa (not to be confused with dilloway’s aa; totally diff. imprint) from henrik rylander and joachim nordwall, with special guests lasse marhaug & thomas ekelund...

aa press release...

the skull defekts
title: open the gates of mimer
ref: aa04
format: cd (thick, heavy, hand-printed cover, limited edition of 500 copies)

the skull defekts is a newly-formed outfit from gothenburg, sweden, which features ex-members of union carbide productions, kid commando, cortex, anticimex and lpc. the core of the group is none other than henrik rylander and joachim nordwall (both respected solo artists in their own right). among the countless guests and collaborations, they have worked with such contemporary legends as norwegian noise god lasse marhaug and japanese ex-can singer damo suzuki, with whom they toured scandinavia in early 2005.

the sound of the skull defetks ranges from intense noise to rhythmical hypnotic sounds with heavy drones. this is meaty monotonous math rock and advanced noise experiments at its best.

this is a limited edition live document from sweden's norberg festival and features henrik rylander, joachim nordwall, thomas ekelund and lasse marhaug. this is best described as a 55+ minute performance piece, which comes in hand-printed and numbered covers made by jeff mueller at dexterity press (chicago, il). late 2006 will see a full-band, full-length album on aa, a split lp with wolf eyes and russell haswell for fang bomb and another split lp with the providence avant rockers made in mexico for phono-statique (australia).

$14.37

back in stock as of
april 7th, 2008

first in stock on
june 14th, 2007

threads:
modern-psych

conspiracy (belgium) #core 052 cd

the skull defekts “blood spirits & drums are singing” compact disc

unholy drums are singing
rhythm is the key
the secret
a skull defekt
the sound
white lights burning eyes

entirely confusing record by the skull defekts (joachim nordwall, henrik rylander, jean-louis huhta, & daniel fagerström) - confusing in that this particular album is scarily close to a jon spencer blues explosion-esque rock-band extrapolation with bits of noise augmenting the overall dynamic, not a free-form noise-as-the-centerpiece affair.

conspiracy press release...

the skull defekts
blood spirits & drums are singing
conspiracy core052

blood spirits & drums are singing is the skull defekts first record recorded in a professional studio. it is also their first one for the avant rock sound, previous releases included heavy sound experimenting, doom variations and electronic noise stuff. it is all about the rhythm. the circle, repetition. the sound. the noise. sweat. funk. sex. the skull defekts sound is a beast going for your brain, feet and the place in between. beware.

the skull defekts was formed by henrik rylander and joachim nordwall in early 2005 when nordwall’s band kid commando decided to end their eight-year carreer as knights of the sweatiest avant rock existing. rylander had been experimenting with feedback for a few years after the death of the infamous swedish garage rock outfit union carbide productions where he was the pulse, rhythm and founding member. quickly they teamed up with legend jean-louis huhta who’s been a key character in the swedish underground music scene since the mid 80’s, and the quartet was complete when daniel fagerström joined after eric olofsson left the band after the recording of blood spirits & drums are singing.

inspired by bands like section 25, lungfish, pil, 23 skiddoo, arthur russel, cabaret voltaire, a certain ratio, brain bombs, dub, noise, funk, and tribal ritual drumming – the skull defekts are kings of their own sound. and my god. the sound.

$17.49

back in stock as of
december 22nd, 2006

first in stock on
may 26th, 2006

file under:
lo-fi
free-improv
sound-research
contemporary-electronic
electro-acoustic

fang bomb (sweden) #fb 0001 lp

wolf eyes / the skull defekts “yes, i am your angel” long playing record

wolf eyes - "negative space" [14:17]
the skull defekts - "feedback between skulls while sitting in a room" [24:32]

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "wolf eyes - "negative space""

last copies...

ah yes... this one’s a contender... a gorgeous milky-white split lp between current teen-titans wolf eyes (trio lineup of olson / connolly / young) and up-and-coming skandi-skorn unit skull defekts (here working as a duo of joachim “ideal / kid commando / alvars orkester” nordwall and henrik “traditional arrangements of feedback” rylander...)

wolf eyes side: mid-high oscillations encasing some fine, subtle sheet-metal/delay-pedal spazz-out... slowly the goat’s horns begin braying off in the distance before the bottom drops out and it’s all controlled feedback arc-gestures & the occasional click (are those... cd skips? on a record?) the word i would use to descrive the piece overall would have to be mellow - not one normally associated with w.e. but damn if it isn’t one of the most carefully considered bits in their discomnibus...

skull defekts side: an slown-down, almost dancehall “beat” opens the side with occassional harsh noise punctuations (in fact, if you play this at 45rpm you could probably mix it w/some bug riddims) - super minimal/repetitive & engrossing track, reminiscient of a noisier version of the first “various artists” 12” on fatcat. aside from the filtered feedback/noise, this really wouldn’t have been out of place on a mille plateaux lp ca. 1998. plus, i’m using conjecture to glom that the s.d. title is a loose lucier reference, and that’s never a bad signifier...

yes, it’s limited. yes, the wolf eyes side is good, especially if you’re feel the not-just-totally-full-on-harsh-noise phase they’re currently going through. yes the s.d. side is very good. yes, i have a good amount of copies; probably enough to last through the end of the summer (but these days; i’m getting less and less sure of my “predictive buying” abilities - 47 copies sold of the neon gallery marclay lp in one week anyone?)

fang bomb press release...

released march 20:th:

wolf eyes / the skull defekts
yes, i am your angel
lp, white vinyl
fb001

a dark split lp battle featuring noise gigants wolf eyes and experienced swedish newcomers the skull defekts. wolf eyes needs no further introduction, and neither would the skull defekts, had you already known the musical history of these men, ranging from union carbide productions and kid commando to alvars orkester, as well as anticimex, cortex, and lucky people center. hear feedback and rhythm merge and/or collide, slowly.

a recorded by wolf eyes.
b recorded by henrik rylander & joachim nordwall in studio dental,
göteborg, sweden on january 11, 2006.

$10.25

new to stock as of
september 5th, 2006

threads:
minimalism-drones
harsh-noise

file under:
electro-acoustic
lap-top
sound-research
lo-fi
plunder-phonic
free-improv

meudiademorte (germany) #mddm 17 cs

the skull defekts “infekted skulls” cassette

infekted skulls

meudiademorte press release...

”infekted skulls" it is a live recording from oslo with lasse marhaug recorded at chateau neuf in oslo. the skull defekts is a four-headed beast consiting of henrik rylander ( ex- union carbide productions), joachim nordwall (ex kid commando, alvars orkester , the idealist and he is also doing the awesome label ideal recordings ), eric olofsson & jean-louis huhta.

you may meet the band in different shapes. you may be treated well. limited to 100 copies with screenprinted fold-in card sleeve."

$19.81

new to stock as of
october 1st, 2007

threads:
harsh-noise
live-electronic
minimalism-drones
electro-acoustic-improvisation

riot season (uk) #repose 14 lp

the skull defekts “the black hand” long playing record

skreamer
cut spider leg
acid animal

riot season press release...

the skull defekts
'the black hand'
catalogue # reposelp014
format : vinyl lp - 500 copies only
release date : september 3rd 2007

the black hand is the first part of a trilogy on black vinyl investigating the power of deep drone and extreme sound and the beast that is creativity and sound. the beast in man should be exercised, not excorsized. the black hand is like something covering your face. it's getting hard to breathe, man. visions are blurry. but the sound is razorsharp and clear.

the skull defekts were for this recording henrik rylander on no-input mixing desk and feedback units and joachim nordwall on drone machine and effects. cover design by infamous artist fredrik söderberg.

$14.04

back in stock as of
september 17th, 2008

first in stock on
april 12th, 2007

threads:
minimalism-drones
harsh-noise
concert-recordings
electro-acoustic-improvisation

utech (usa) #ur cd006 cd
utech arc series (united states) #arc 1 cd

the skull defekts “the sound of defekt skulls and intense cranium contact (feedbacking gothenburg and chicago)” compact disc

the sound of defekt skulls and intense cranium contact (feedbacking gothenburg and chicago)

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "the sound of defekt skulls ..."

april 2007 release from this increasingly prolific swedish “harsh” electro-acoustic-improv/art-drone project centered around joachim nordwall & henrik rylander.

...as leaden a wall of pure electricity i’ve yet to uncover; this is some real sinister, ghost-in-the-machine lineage audio black-magic. highly recommended.

utech press release...

artist: the skull defekts
title: the sound of defekt skulls and intense cranium contact (feedbacking gothenburg and chicago)
format: cd
edition: 500
catalogue number: urcd006
released: april 21, 2007
recorded:
september, 2006.

first volume in the utech records arc series.

the skull defekts, represented by henrik rylander and joachim nordwall, were invited in late september 2006 by the chicago non-profit organization lampo to make their u.s. debut. with them they brought recorded sounds from their home on the swedish west-coast gothenburg. a city breathing culture, it is also sweden's most important export harbor. while spending close to a week in chicago, rylander and nordwall carefully prepared a piece to be presented on the lampo event on september 30th. the duo recorded more sounds, searched for the skull sound of chicago, and found inspiration from the city itself and the people they met.

they traveled with ten mixing desks and nordwall's custom drone machine, ready to complete the project with sharp psychedelic & analog noise treatments. they also investigated the cm von hausswolff "there are no crows flying around the hancock building" thesis. a crow was found below the building, it did not seem to be able to fly. the skull defekts recorded it while it was playing and testing it's wings in a nearby park. when the skulls left, the crow was still on the ground.

arc series

the series began as an abstraction. utech records and max aguilera-hellweg had previously worked together on half makeshift aphotic leech in the fall of 2006. over the dark wisconsin winter of 2007 the label began to sketch out a brazen idea and a means for its realization. that idea was to produce a series of releases that would marry photography and sound in such a way as to tether a varied spectrum of music with a single visual concept. max was invited to participate and graciously accepted. the arc series would come to represent an alliance/arc borne among artists of disparate fields of study (music, photography, graphic design, lithography, woodworking and screen printing) and comprise the first entry in the label's fine art catalog provoking incursion into further long-term collaborations. each of the disks was hand assembled in an exclusive package and released in editions of five hundred every eight weeks. nine volumes were issued from april to december 2007.

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