lussuria “american babylon” double long playing record set

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hospital productions present a very necessary vinyl edition for one of the most effective industrial/ambient collections in their catalog, and one of the label's most sought-after. over the course of three cassettes (limited to just 99 copies) issued in 2012, lussuria ("lust" in italian) drip-fed these eight tracks of opiated, phantasmic sm atmospheres into the musical bloodstream, duly hailed by many as one of the most crucial set of tracks released in 2012. reflecting the ritualistic appeal of late '70s and early '80s italian industrial à la cicciolina holocaust, sermonizer, or mb, crossed with the epic claustrophobia of early material from the cure and the decadent, voyeuristic compulsion of pasolini flicks so enamoured by coil, the enigmatic lussuria has conceived nothing short of a dark ambient masterpiece for our times. it's a de quincey or de sade-like meditation on a perceived american condition that percolates far beyond its borders, matching the militant oppression of vatican shadow with martial pomp of opener "keys to unlock paradise (roman showers)" and the cold-sweating tension of "queen of swords reversed," while ambient interzones such as "viper room vigil" and "mondo narcotico" relieve the suppression effectively as a loosened tourniquet. in his role as the dark interpreter, lussuria acts as informant from the netherworld, relaying the eschatological drone vision of "under" and the backmasked bacchanalia of "coiled serpent shedding" to fanged ears on the other side, culminating with two furtive dispatches in the coruscating half-light of "nicotine incense trepan redux," and the uncannily poignant video-diary entry set to numbed pads and raging black metal noise inferno that closes american babylon. so many attempt this sound, yet its putative pleasures remain just out of grasp to most. not so with lussuria. mastered and cut by matt colton at academy.

stillbirth “toward sailor” long playing record

• serotonin (placing the son by the sea)
  
  
• melatonin (at rest. in bed. on deck.)

prurient / nico vascellari “jesus” double c20 cassette set

• part i
  
  
• part ii
  
  
• part ii
  
  
• part iv

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side a recorded live on july 14, 2010 at marina abramovic institute, san francisco side b based on gg allin 'lisa suck dog denial' side c recorded live on october 29, 2010 at pinchuk art centre, kiev side d based on klaus kinski 'jesus christ erloser'

soft option killing “soft option killing” c40 cassette

• untitled (1)
  
• untitled (2)
  
• untitled (3)
  
• untitled (4)
  
  
• untitled (5)
  
• untitled (6)
  
• untitled (7)

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curved blade “be like death” c12 cassette

• part one
  
  
• part two

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curved blade – be like death – cs dismal, morbid, primitive death worship. raw black metal with keyboards.

blackdeath “katharsis • kalte lieder aus der hölle” long playing record

• licht ist mein tod
  
• besessenheit die ich brauche
  
• die verzweiflung der letzten folter
  
• der nukleare wojwode
  
  
• die 666 dimension
  
• stolz der falschen engel
  
• das pestreich
  
• der flug der nazgul (bonus)

blackdeath “katharsis • kalte lieder aus der hölle” compact disc

• licht ist mein tod (4:56)
  
• besessenheit die ich brauche (4:53)
  
• die verzweiflung der letzten folter (6:48)
  
• der nukleare wojwode (9:33)
  
• die 666 dimension (4:29)
  
• stolz der falschen engel (5:56)
  
• das pestreich (6:37)

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blackdeath - katharsis: kalte lieder aus der hölle - cd we are proud to announce the new album of this long running russian black metal legend. violent, angular, and twisting original black metal with disturbing clear voices from the 666 dimension. further words from marco of seed stock records regarding the new blackdeath: hot blood in the frozen wastes, tormented sleeps, no rest, no peace - always some war to be fought. black death keep fighting, living life as war. on this new album, all of the wildness and violence that black death have been renowned for have now hardened into an idiosyncratic and cracked style: manic vocals that switch between black rasp and psychotic singing, nordic style riffs that are somehow bent into a weapon with sharper angles, and a song progression that is equal parts percussive brawl and wide-eyed revelation. after 6 albums you'd think that they would have plateaued, or grown tired, but no. rather, here, you find them in the strongest form since the band's inception back in 1998. they now have finally secured themselves a real drummer, and full-professional studio sound. for some underground black metal bands, that might equal an awkward combination, but black death have always been stubbornly focused on quality of riff and refined composition of song which translates perfectly in this level of production. "black death means black metal" and effectively it is presented here on katharsis without the trappings of politic or theologian rhetoric, and it's given in its most potent and straightforward dosage.

emil beaulieau “born in the usa” c50 cassette

• untitled (1)
  
  
• untitled (2)

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akitsa “au crépuscule de l'espérance” compact disc

• crématorium (2:42)
  
• les sentinelles (5:02)
  
• morsure (3:27)
  
• loyauté (5:35)
  
• cercueil national (4:47)
  
• au crépuscule de l'espérance (7:31)
  
• le dernier putsch (6:56)
  
• antithèse (2:09)
  
• vers la mort (5:36)
  
• la voix brutale (5:34)

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akitsa — au crepuscule de lesperance — cd dedicated to imperfection, obsessed by minimalism, fueled by spontaneity, akitsa return after four years with their fourth full length album. brash primitivism, bitter atmosphere and youthful naivety clash together, firing the rawest hate anthems in the akitsa cannon. the most undisputedly cruel faction of raw north american black metal seen thus far.

ash pool “for which he plies the lash” long playing record

• 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)

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ash pool — for which he plies the lash — lp second full length. eight songs of of big bang black metal.

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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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!

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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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.

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)

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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

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)

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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.

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)

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)

zaïmph “sexual infinity” compact disc

• neither knoweth (1:34)
  
• signal aggression (8:34)
  
• lamination (8:23)
  
• the mutterings of life (1:43)
  
• isolation in ecstasy (7:59)
  
• double infinity (12:43)

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)

“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)

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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!

pedestrian deposit “fatale” compact disc

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

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)

hair police “hair police” compact disc

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• 
  
• 
  
• 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)

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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.