ash pool “for which he plies the lash” compact disc

• holocaust temple (5:01)
  
• a sacrifice consumed by fire (4:51)
  
• big bang black metal (4:03)
  
• porcelain cancer spear (2:54)
  
• white dwarf death mask (4:04)
  
• dancing death masters (4:29)
  
• moon rose over sobibor (5:18)
  
• on the rings of saturn adam and eve conceive cain (3:23)

hospital productions press release...

ash pool — for which he plies the lash — cd second album after three years. eight songs of big bang black metal. co-release with tour de garde!

cold cave / prurient “stars explode” long playing record

• gravitys victory (11:45)
  
  
• presomnal (6:49)
  
• injured in sleep (2:08)
  
• stars explode (2:29)

carlos giffoni “severance” compact disc

• severance i (1:24)
  
• the hermit (14:33)
  
• severance ii (0:16)
  
• knife (5:03)
  
• shaved arms (10:03)
  
• severance iii (0:30)
  
• athens (14:40)

hospital productions press release...

catalog: hos-253 artist: carlos giffoni title: severance format: cd after developing his caling card on adult life and the eternal releases carlos giffoni defines his signature with compositional electronic music. melding the analog drone colliding tonality of the past expressions and introducing minimalist sequencer details a pure electronic landscape is cultivated that nurtures the formation a man makes in stepping from the mysteries of youth into adulthood.

kevin drumm “imperial horizon” compact disc

• just lay down and forget it (64:53)

cold cave “cremations” long playing record

• sex ads (2:08)
  
• i've seen the future and it's no place for me (1:15)
  
• always someone (2:43)
  
• an understanding (2:25)
  
• first fit (1:43)
  
• heavenly metals (3:58)
  
• poison berries (4:11)
  
• roman skirts (3:06)
  
• gates (2:18)
  
  
• cursed by the cross (3:42)
  
• mag dreams (2:00)
  
• in a cave (1:45)
  
• love lets go (1:05)
  
• chrissie sally (2:10)
  
• of all the summer murders (2:50)
  
• hummingbirds (1:51)
  
• rainbow girls (1:10)
  
• love you forever (2:52)
  
• swallow the sun (1:35)
  
• e dreams (3:18)

hospital productions press release...

hos-248 cold cave cremations cd cremations is a collection of early demo / live / and unreleased tracks from cold cave. from the projects isolated beginnings to the recent full band line-up the development of this singular musical entity is documented here in its icy electronic glory. from cold cave’s infancy sexual identity and oblique existentialism have been expressed through biting lyrics and electronic minimalism. rarely has the human condition been exposed so brazenly as in “sex ads”. melodies, noise and rhythms clash as stories from below the surface are retold. from the demo lp coma potion, which featured a rugged stripped down distortion, to the suggestive electronic dreams tour cassette (featuring the voice of max morton on the track “heavenly metals”). cold cave has developed its own brand of genre defying electronic music, without ever betraying its dark roots. love and pornography, industrial music and traditionalism, poetry and profanity all mix together in a hedonistic, cocktail of nihilistic nights and mournful mornings. cremations collects all this work for the first and last time.

cold cave “cremations” compact disc

• sex ads (2:08)
  
• i've seen the future and it's no place for me (1:15)
  
• always someone (2:43)
  
• an understanding (2:25)
  
• first fit (1:43)
  
• heavenly metals (3:58)
  
• poison berries (4:11)
  
• roman skirts (3:06)
  
• gates (2:18)
  
• cursed by the cross (3:42)
  
• mag dreams (2:00)
  
• in a cave (1:45)
  
• love lets go (1:05)
  
• chrissie sally (2:10)
  
• of all the summer murders (2:50)
  
• hummingbirds (1:51)
  
• rainbow girls (1:10)
  
• love you forever (2:52)
  
• swallow the sun (1:35)
  
• e dreams (3:18)

hospital productions press release...

hos-248 cold cave cremations cd cremations is a collection of early demo / live / and unreleased tracks from cold cave. from the projects isolated beginnings to the recent full band line-up the development of this singular musical entity is documented here in its icy electronic glory. from cold cave’s infancy sexual identity and oblique existentialism have been expressed through biting lyrics and electronic minimalism. rarely has the human condition been exposed so brazenly as in “sex ads”. melodies, noise and rhythms clash as stories from below the surface are retold. from the demo lp coma potion, which featured a rugged stripped down distortion, to the suggestive electronic dreams tour cassette (featuring the voice of max morton on the track “heavenly metals”). cold cave has developed its own brand of genre defying electronic music, without ever betraying its dark roots. love and pornography, industrial music and traditionalism, poetry and profanity all mix together in a hedonistic, cocktail of nihilistic nights and mournful mornings. cremations collects all this work for the first and last time.

the grey wolves “judgement” compact disc

• ritual 1 - restraint (29:47)
  
• ritual 2 - judgement (24:09)

hospital productions press release...

hos-247 the grey wolves judgement cd reissue of our personal favorite cassette only release from the legendary uk industrial icon known as the grey wolves to celebrate their 23rd year of existence.  despite their power electronics fame 'judgement' exhibits the dark rhythmic industrial and ritualistic minimal synth half rarely heard. two side long oil slick tracks of filthy crumbling rotten beats hammer away with nihilistic chaos. militant synth lines raise the occult flag. ancient ethereal feedback howls voiceless language through the hallway of industrial fallout. the grey wolves are in the area!

yellow tears “don't cry” long playing record

• don't cry (1)
  
  
• don't cry (2)

wolf eyes “always wrong” long playing record

• cellar (4:04)
  
• living stone (4:55)
  
• broken order (3:08)
  
• pretending alive (5:07)
  
  
• we all hate you (4:54)
  
• always wrong (2:29)
  
• droll/cut the dog (6:31)

hospital productions press release...

wolf eyes — always wrong — lp always wrong is a mantra of severity. wolf eyes has been scouring audiences across the globe with their acid drenched industrial noise and dub terror psychedelia, establishing themselves as the trailblazers of a genre and pioneers of the long-form noise tour. coming forth from the piles of tape loops and effects the bulk of tables reeling with electronics have been shed. this clarity never sacrifices intensity as paradoxically this is the most organic of the full lengths but also the harshest and most dissonant. opening track “cellar” immediately sets the pace of barraged edits and percussive electronics as startling vocals spit from the dry throat and remain unfiltered for the first time breathing a clear litany of scorn. a new voice is rising and it isn't happy. throughout the album non-electronic beats created from live drums replace programming while colliding tape loops and junk metal bring new unstable rhythm like a house with erroding foundation. “living stone” shows a more natural state of acoustic composition highlighting the despondent subtle plucking of controlled guitar improvisation that could come from natures ghost. forging ahead in “we all hate you” loud tonal horns and architectuarly placed electronics. however their aesthetic core of pummeling hasn't been abandoned as the aggressive “broken order” takes hold with shrill feedback fueling industrial cannon blasts of white hot noise that burn the body from the neck down. an eerie harmonica driven death march straight out of "once upon a time in the west" cries on the closing track 'droll/cut the dog'  immediately it is clear that wolf eyes have crafted a statement with maturity that stands at the top of their mysterious discography. always wrong is a denial against conformity and the triumph of walking a path alone. young, olson, connelly.

wolf eyes “always wrong” compact disc

• cellar (4:04)
  
• living stone (4:55)
  
• broken order (3:08)
  
• pretending alive (5:07)
  
• we all hate you (4:54)
  
• always wrong (2:29)
  
• droll / cut the dog (6:31)

hospital productions press release...

hos-245 wolf eyes always wrong cd always wrong is a mantra of severity. wolf eyes has been scouring audiences across the globe with their acid drenched industrial noise and dub terror psychedelia, establishing themselves as the trailblazers of a genre and pioneers of the long-form noise tour. coming forth from the piles of tape loops and effects the bulk of tables reeling with electronics have been shed. this clarity never sacrifices intensity as paradoxically this is the most organic of the full lengths but also the harshest and most dissonant. opening track “cellar” immediately sets the pace of barraged edits and percussive electronics as startling vocals spit from the dry throat and remain unfiltered for the first time breathing a clear litany of scorn. a new voice is rising and it isn't happy. throughout the album non-electronic beats created from live drums replace programming while colliding tape loops and junk metal bring new unstable rhythm like a house with erroding foundation. “living stone” shows a more natural state of acoustic composition highlighting the despondent subtle plucking of controlled guitar improvisation that could come from natures ghost. forging ahead in “we all hate you” loud tonal horns and architectuarly placed electronics. however their aesthetic core of pummeling hasn't been abandoned as the aggressive “broken order” takes hold with shrill feedback fueling industrial cannon blasts of white hot noise that burn the body from the neck down. an eerie harmonica driven death march straight out of "once upon a time in the west" cries on the closing track 'droll/cut the dog'  immediately it is clear that wolf eyes have crafted a statement with maturity that stands at the top of their mysterious discography. always wrong is a denial against conformity and the triumph of walking a path alone. young, olson, connelly.

circle of ouroborus “tree of knowledge” compact disc

• a root casket (5:35)
  
• eemon in iron (6:16)
  
• show me the way to the wishing well (7:04)
  
• twisted fruit of doom (3:37)
  
• dead eyes, dead soul (8:27)
  
• summer graves (4:08)
  
• puu nukkuu haudassaan (4:42)
  
• through my fingers (6:55)

hospital productions press release...

circle of ouroborus — tree of knowledge — cd obscure occult black metal rock from finland. the ouroboros is an ancient symbol depicting a serpent or dragon swallowing its own tail and forming a circle. it has been used to represent many things over the ages, but it most generally symbolizes ideas of cyclicality, unity, or infinity.

diapsiquir “pacta dæmonarium • crasse” double compact disc set

• penetration
  
• seuil 666
  
• macabre optimisme
  
• trait poussiereux...
  
• j'ejacule ta crasse
  
• decadente
  
  
• introduction au bizarre
  
• cyclique chemin de sang
  
• la meute
  
• journey from death to the real
  
• symphonie sur apocalypse
  
• annihilation!
  
• complaisance morbide
  
• rien?

prurient “cocaine death” compact disc

• pretext (4:44)
  
• cocaine death (4:50)
  
• dog of addiction (4:46)
  
• lay by son (5:15)
  
• garden of tranquility (4:39)
  
• eve of adam (5:06)
  
• historically, women use poison to kill (4:57)
  
• postscript (3:05)

hospital productions press release...

prurient — cocaine death — cd cocaine death is a compilation of three of prurient's finest hospital cassette releases as well as two unreleased tracks. the previously released material forms a triptych exploring the relationship between futile pleasure, substance and escape; escape being a myth. cocaine death (originally c-10 packaged in an envelope, limited to 46 copies) is perhaps the most sought after of the recent prurient cassettes. the content is based on the glamour and destruction of toxic nightlife. the b-side features guest vocals from ffh and continues the themes with the addition of bondage. this material is a considered classic modern prurient. caribbean overdose (originally a c-10, packaged in a standard shell package and limited to 100 copies) explores a different but strangely direct topic of the sexual reproductive life of plants. there is nothing common or typical about the sounds and direction of this material. further examination into the life of scientific advancement and education. tylenol murders (originally a c-10, packaged in an oversized envelope and limited to 10 copies) takes the sounds and concepts of the aforementioned releases and expands the sounds to further limits of cracked static, strained vocals and strange melodic loops. this sought after limited material is seeing the light on this release to most prurient listeners for the first time. since the inception of both prurient and the hospital productions label, cassette releases have been an essential format for the communication and participation in the industrial/noise culture. packaged in digipack with 16 page color booklet.

ash pool “saturn’s slave” seven inch single record

• origin of man
  
  
• origin of aids

hospital productions press release...

ash pool — saturns slave — 7" the wait is over. ash pool return with two new tracks of raw black metal from the cold gas of the cosmic crucifixion. blue vinyl.

shallow waters “equal eyes” long playing record

• brought with blood (4:20)
  
• we're nothing (6:25)
  
• red foam (5:22)
  
  
• cruelty exposed (5:52)
  
• i ask you (4:37)
  
• grim warning (5:54)

hospital productions press release...

shallow waters — equal eyes — lp the first full length of this heavily active live unit from providence, ri. there is no solid footing in shallow waters. only a suffocating hail of falling rock, strangling vines, and sinkholes. it is with rare exception that voice spits the last of breaths, the dying breaths, with such spite. like a rabbit trapped in the hole of the snakes throat, this duo comprised of members of immaculate:grotesque and em dath rir batter and tear there way through 6 tracks of power electronics eco-fallout and revolutionary anger. although there is not one moment of relief in this litany of rage shallow waters separates themselves from the pack by creating what an album and not just a collection of tracks with the focus of a sniper and the fury of napalm. get into the fight.

malkuth “sefirah gevurah” long playing record

• shevirat ha-zinnorot
  
• ayin le-ani
  
• berehit hara elohim
  
  
• kizzuz ha-netiyyot
  
• adam beliyya'al
  
• nukba di-tehoma rabba

malkuth “sefirah gevurah” compact disc

• shevirat ha-zinnorot
  
• ayin le-ani
  
• berehit hara elohim
  
• kizzuz ha-netiyyot
  
• adam beliyya'al
  
• nukba di-tehoma rabba

burning star core “challenger” compact disc

• challenger (4:53)
  
• beauty hunter (5:25)
  
• through the bars of a rhyme (2:11)
  
• mezzo forte (3:58)
  
• no memories, no plans (3:00)
  
• hopelessly devoted (3:25)
  
• mysteries of the organ (6:00)
  
• un coeur en hiver (4:11)

hospital productions press release...

burning star core — challenger — cd challenger is a composed work rather than his more improvised work, each piece revolving around a central melodic theme with field recordings, an audio diary bridging the gaps. it’s emotions of a period of time set to tape. the sounds range from pure tonal mood to huge electronic crescendos. but what’s most remarkable is the use of space, where parts come in and drop to build or recede. when the piano crashes in “mysteries of the organ” its almost a frustration of paradise, a rejection of perfection or maybe a jolt of inexplicable life, unable to be translated into proper communication. juxtaposed with the quiet haunting of “hopelessly devoted” which sounds like a love letter written to outer space, it makes for an album that is both dynamic yet consistent as a full statement. licensed from plastic records.

jason crumer “ottoman black” compact disc

• town crier (3:05)
  
  news rips through the community (2:21)
  
  
• self deceiver (4:32)
  where were you (3:01)
  
  
• betrayal after betrayal (5:19)
  
  after betrayal (3:35)
  after betrayal (3:35)
  
  
•  nothing could have stopped this (2:17)
  
  
•  pissed off response (0:07)
  
• certified blue (6:16)

sutcliffe jugend “the fall of nature” compact disc

• the fall of nature (58:20)

burning star core “inside the shadow” compact disc

• inside the shadow (w. metals) (14:49)
  
• now united (7:32)
  
• inside the shadow (9:48)

hospital productions press release...

catalog: hos-212 artist: burning star core title: inside the shadow format: cd a reissue of an obscure tour only recording from 2005 brings to the light the flickering dance of mr yeh and his dives into organic drone music. unlike the majority of his electronic compositions inside the shadow reveals three textures brought to life with violin, chimes and bells that defy most of the contemporaries limitations to synth only exercises. yeh proves the heart of landscape oriented linear composition is only limited by the imaginations of the creators and brings warmth to an otherwise cold genre with the flame of inside the shadow.

cleanse “the prince” long playing record

• the prince (7:44)
  
  
• succumb (7:39)

wolf eyes / sickness “there is a part of me that you will never know” long playing record

• a diet of speed and beer (13:53)
  
  
• 47 polaroids (13:20)

kevin drumm / prurient “all are guests in the house of the lord” compact disc

• first memory of pain (5:23)
  
• on this slab (6:38)
  
• there died venus (4:41)
  
• though the apple is rotten (3:38)
  
• in long rows (10:08)
  
• comes another brood (7:43)

m.b. “symphony for a genocide” compact disc

• treblinka (9:10)
  
• auschwitz (3:54)
  
• maidanek (6:34)
  
• auschwitz (reprise) (3:42)
  
• belzec (7:12)
  
• chelmno (6:21)
  
• sobibor (9:52)
  
• accop (6) ehte (3:05)
  
• sordide sentimental (2:50)
  
• anesthesie total (3:11)

burning star core “body blues” seven inch single record

• body blues
  
  
• the pleasure is mine

sutcliffe jugend “this is the truth” compact disc

• born again (4:09)
  
• what if (5:02)
  
• this is the truth (6:50)
  
• restraint (6:10)
  
• pigboy (5:15)
  
• your weakness (8:32)
  
• obsession (8:20)
  
• blind ignorance (5:34)

akitsa “sang nordique” compact disc

• introduction
  
• riposte
  
• frontière
  
• sang nordique
  
• au combat
  
• vers la victoire
  
• le nature de mon pays
  
• fin

hototogisu / prurient “snail on a razor” compact disc

• flashing like the void (37:29)
  
• snail on a razor (15:37)
  
• this is now (16:46)

the new blockaders / thurston moore / jim o’rourke “the voloptulist” compact disc

• the new blockaders & thurston moore - the voloptulist (14:09)
  
• the new blockaders & jim o'rourke - 840 seconds over (7:08)

nihilist assault group “silent movie • 3.20.05 • live at no fun fest” one-sided long playing record and digital versatile disc set

• silent movie (5:32)
  
  
• dvd : silent movie (5:32)
  
• dvd : silent movie w/ commentary by g.x. jupitter-larsen (9:58)
  
• dvd : credits (1:48)

hospital productions press release...

nihilist assault group — silent movie — one sided lp + dvd silent movie documents the only known live performance of the alias of the new blockaders at no fun fest. the dvd holds only silent footage and one must spin the vinyl to hear the sound while witnessing this futile destruction. dvd features additional commentary by g.x. jupiter-larsen. edition of 500

“like a frog in winter” long playing record and seven inch single record set

• ffh - broken & humbled (2:57)
  
• a fail association - behind the knee (2:03)
  
• immaculate:grotesque - put on your death suit bitch (2:52)
  
• cleanse - flame (2:44)
  
• pedestrian deposit - consequence (3:01)
  
• chrysalis - fallen order (1:03)
  
• ahlzagailzehguh - worth the risk (2:53)
  
• habeeb - strangulation (1:59)
  
• craniopagus - flacid expectations (2:09)
  
  
• alberich - strapping hounds (2:59)
  
• bereft - sanity (2:37)
  
• barrikad - social gender patterns emerge (2:58)
  
• prurient - masters of aids (1:16)
  
• sewer election - two fingers for h (2:58)
  
• panicsville - eat shit (2:16)
  
• filthy turd - hot cock filthy (2:26)
  
• omei - if you could just stop (3:05)
  
• the seven arts - alleyway song excerpt (2:53)
  
  
• age of enlightenment - tracer rounds strike veiled women (1:31)
  
• mark solotroff - untitled (1:58)
  
• whorebutcher - one step away (2:58)
  
  
• climax denial - leg humper (1:14)
  
• stegm - the gift (3:06)
  
• burden - flower full of beauty (2:40)

hospital productions press release...

v/a - like a frog in winter - lp + 7" set i started putting this compilation together in 2004 while residing in providence. at that time the climate of noise was rather hi-fi, technological, and cold. this was the start of noise as entertainment rather than entertaining. personal communication became lost. noise became something clean. something stimulating. in response i started putting together a list of new bands at the time that i felt represented a more psychological, minimal, dismal, and rejected feeling that to me was one of a fire place having smoldered out after a night of burning. aside from the sound i wanted to see a return to the fetishistic and erotic attitude of noise... and a negative one at that.... again in response to what i saw as a call for positive noise. i asked the artists to think about the theme of inevitability. of being unable to escape ones own attractions and being slaves to desire. each one approached this topic differently and sometimes in very contradiction to the theme as you will see. many of these artists have continued on to establish themselves while others have vanished into the ether. however this is the terms upon which this work came forth to offer again a refreshingly negative perspective on this human game we play called life. compiled on lp and seven inch set with mini poster. support deviance!

magik markers “inverted belgium” one-sided long playing record

• inverted belgium

kevin drumm “imperial distortion” double compact disc set

• guillain-barre (17:23)
  
• more blood and guts (19:57)
  
• snow (16:03)
  
  
• snow (18:44)
  
• romantic sores (18:32)
  
• we all get it in the end (13:25)

hospital productions press release...

what does a person do when faced with a work like imperial distortion? there are rare moments in an artist's work where they reveal a greater truth. kevin drumm has already made such a statement with his last major solo work, 2002's sheer hellish miasma. where that record took noise music to a new level of near-impenetrable exactitude, imperial distortion is an altogether different beast. beauty as an aesthetic can be as terrifying as horror, desire unfulfilled, romance that lingers and never goes away, no matter how disappointing. a preoccupation with death can be the only result. on this extended long-form release, kevin drumm comes face to face with minimal drone music and confronts the genre by providing one of its absolute pinnacles at the forefront; movement. drone music at its most concentrated and ably performed has build and depth in its tones. although there might be the illusion of stasis, the opposite is true. from the opening 20-minute track 'guillain-barre,' the mood of the album is laid clear. the arrangements are shadowy layers of soundtrack-like tones not entirely unlike the work that popul vuh provided for herzog's films. by track two, 'more blood and guts,' with its ominous bell tones, it becomes apparent that there is a true nothing that's associated with these sounds, other than the mood-inducing hypnosis and the feeling of drowning, yet having no ability to fight the slow pull. the middle portion of the record is 'snow,' which was released as a limited cassette last year on hospital productions. this material was a teaser for the full album imperial distortion. the tracks have an almost ballad-esque sense of elegance, using tone and frequency as melodic portals to nowhere. the sustain in the piece suggests a weight while remaining alarmingly pleasant to the ears. the tension suggests an anxiety that never truly dies. the alarm comes from the juxtaposition of tones and mood. while the tones may sound gorgeous in their purity, the mood implies a profound sense of unease and perhaps an acceptance of the inevitability of existential dilemma. this point is most thoroughly evidenced by the albums closer, 'we all get it in the end.' while the piece starts out with lullaby ease, a few minutes in, an equally severe dark drone eclipses the light and the night takes over. here in the enveloped sounds, the clouds pass over the moonlight creating a spectral dark that is unforgettable in its intensity. to answer the initial question of imperial distortion, this is a work that commands intellectual and emotional commitment on the levels of the greatest works to come from this genre. kevin drumm has accomplished that rare balance to create a masterwork that no one has yet to come close to in this era. your best bet is to surrender.

akitsa / prurient “split” compact disc

• akitsa - terre éternelle (14:53)
  
• akitsa - goétie (5:34)
  
• prurient - fossil (30:09)

pedestrian deposit “fatale” compact disc

• svelte (5:25)
  
• textile (8:31)
  
• you can't help me (3:58)
  
• mascara (18:11)

macronympha “sex and death” seven inch single record

• pussy is my soul (2:46)
  
  
• the doom pussy (is coming) (2:47)

controlled bleeding “shanked and slithering” compact disc

• swallowing scrap metal no. 9 (3:14)
  
• shanked and... (4:01)
  
• bees no. 1 (0:09)
  
• bees no. 2 (0:18)
  
• dry lung (11:33)
  
• vole (2:08)
  
• experiments infuck (2:14)
  
• bladder bags (session no. 1) (19:54)
  
• hymn no. 1 (6:25)
  
• horsemeat (yak remix) (4:37)
  
• swallowing no. 5 (power mix) (8:21)
  
• bladder bags (session no. 2) (15:03)
  
• hyme no. 2 (1:43)

pedestrian deposit “volatile” compact disc

• kogal fascination (5:27)
  
• testuria / naïve (6:46)
  
• vent 2 (8:38)
  
• naomi (in and out of consciousness) (15:10)
  
• live 2001.12.17 (21:41)

hair police “hair police” compact disc

• 
  
• 
  
• 
  
• mortuary servants
  
• rare animals

prurient “the history of aids” long playing record

• precious love (7:34)
  
• thorns (0:59)
  
• worries (0:26)
  
• surrender (0:20)
  
• dizziness (0:46)
  
• hallucination (5:24)
  
• vertigo (5:11)
  
  
• bittersweet (6:50)
  
• shawl (0:55)
  
• garden (0:48)
  
• spinning wheel (1:01)
  
• nourish (1:08)
  
• trap (0:30)
  
• wine (3:14)
  
• secret (9:53)

hospital productions press release...

prurient — the history of aids — lp ten years has passed. massive, textural, throbbing, destructive, electronic, feedback drenched, power electronics and industrial noise with heavily processed vocals and field recordings dealing with vulnerability. uses some of the thirteenth century love poems of the persian poet rumi as lyrics. originally created in 2000 on cd with armageddon label this was the first widely distributed prurient full length and appears on vinyl for the first time now.