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KNIFEHANDCHOP / DJ ANEURYSM Shotgun Wedding Vol 2 / Evil Doppleganger (Violent Turd) cd 10.98

album cover M., SACHIKO / KAFFE MATTHEWS / ANDREA NEUMANN In Case of Fire Take the Stairs (Improvised Music From Japan) cd 17.98
Recorded live in Japan on St. Patrick's Day of 2002, the line-up for this electronic / improvisation performance has Kaffe Matthews on sampler / laptop, Andrea Neumann on prepared piano, and Sachiko M using sinewaves and a contact microphone. Neumann's use of the piano is rather unconventional as she performs exclusively within the piano itself, scraping and plucking the strings with metal objects and motors, avoiding the keyboard altogether. Sachiko M, who has become a ubiquitous presence in the ever-growing field of electronic improvisation, is qualititatively active in her manipulation of her raw sinewaves. But Matthews has placed herself at the center of activity, controlling the tightly looped samples culled from her collaborators and building loose structures of pulses, clicks, and rhythms within this extended performance.
RealAudio clip: "Track 3"

album cover MOEBIUS / PLANK / NEUMEIER Zero Set (Captain Trip) cd 26.00
THIS IS CURRENTLY OUT OF PRINT OR OTHERWISE UNAVAILABLE TO US AT THE MOMENT, SO PLEASE DO NOT ORDER IT. SORRY.
Awesome awesome Cluster related reissue.

album cover MOEBIUS / PLANK / NEUMEIER Zero Set (Bureau B) cd 17.98
The collaboration between Dieter Moebius (Cluster, Harmonia), Connie Plank (the producer of pretty much every great Krautrock record), and Mani Neumeier (Guru Guru's drummer) almost sounds too good to be true. But, the one and only recording these three produced in 1983 proves to be amazing. The albums stands as a stunning amalgamation of Kraut motorik rhythms, angular electronic percolations, and a space-funk futurism that's wholly unique to Zero Set. In the early '80s, Plank had been hired to produce the early D.A.F. recordings, beefing up their already muscular Teutonic electronics; and that steroid bloated sound is found within the tight punches of electron poly rhythms and agitated sequences of arpeggiated bleep here too. The tracks all lock around the precisely synchronized rhythms of Neumeier, who has much more of a Donald Johnson / A Certain Ratio approach a la tight punky propulsion rather than the monstrous, if languid fills of "Stone In" on Guru Guru's UFO. Moebius later bemoaned that this album got "too close to techno for comfort." Well, it's actually better for it! Even if it did get close to an electroid techno, Zero Set is both weirder and more playful than many of the electronic body music practitioners of the day. This might not be something for those of you seeking the pastoral prettiness of Harmonia's Deluxe or the Cluster & Eno album, but as an response to the Neue Deutsche Welle sounds from that time period, Zero Set stands out amazingly well. Recommended!
MPEG Stream: "Speed Display"
MPEG Stream: "Load"
MPEG Stream: "Recall"

album cover MOEBIUS / PLANK / NEUMEIER Zero Set (Bureau B) lp 17.98
The collaboration between Dieter Moebius (Cluster, Harmonia), Connie Plank (the producer of pretty much every great Krautrock record), and Mani Neumeier (Guru Guru's drummer) almost sounds too good to be true. But, the one and only recording these three produced in 1983 proves to be amazing. The albums stands as a stunning amalgamation of Kraut motorik rhythms, angular electronic percolations, and a space-funk futurism that's wholly unique to Zero Set. In the early '80s, Plank had been hired to produce the early D.A.F. recordings, beefing up their already muscular Teutonic electronics; and that steroid bloated sound is found within the tight punches of electron poly rhythms and agitated sequences of arpeggiated bleep here too. The tracks all lock around the precisely synchronized rhythms of Neumeier, who has much more of a Donald Johnson / A Certain Ratio approach a la tight punky propulsion rather than the monstrous, if languid fills of "Stone In" on Guru Guru's UFO. Moebius later bemoaned that this album got "too close to techno for comfort." Well, it's actually better for it! Even if it did get close to an electroid techno, Zero Set is both weirder and more playful than many of the electronic body music practitioners of the day. This might not be something for those of you seeking the pastoral prettiness of Harmonia's Deluxe or the Cluster & Eno album, but as an response to the Neue Deutsche Welle sounds from that time period, Zero Set stands out amazingly well. Recommended!
MPEG Stream: "Speed Display"
MPEG Stream: "Load"
MPEG Stream: "Recall"

NEUHAUS, MAX Electronics & Percussion - Five Realizations By (Sony Japan) cd 29.00

album cover NEUHAUS, MAX Fontana Mix-Feed 1965/1968 (Alga Marghen) cd 16.98
This is one of three separate shards of electronic music history (Ashley, Neuhaus, and Palestine) recently unearthed by Italian audio archaeologists Alga Marghen.
Max Neuhaus' "Fontana Mix-Feed" features six "realizations" of an indeterminate John Cage score, in Neuhaus' hands an electro-acoustic feedback concerto created with timpani, contact microphones, amplifiers, and a mixer. Shrill, high-end death drone, different at each performance. This is common stuff nowadays, but back in 1965 before such genres as "power violence" and "no-input mixing board" music, it must have fascinated and/or severely disturbed the listeners (generally in some posh academic setting -- the booklet is full of great photos and flyers for Neuhaus' performances). Like the Ashley's "Wolfman", this Neuhaus disc is cool when you consider that context: as depicted on the cover, a nerdish young Neuhaus in suit and tie, on stage at Carnegie Hall causing audience discomfort and pain with his knob twisting! Definitely of historic import, at the very least.
MPEG Stream: "Chicago, April 1965"

NEUHAUS, MAX Four Realizations Of Stockhausen's Zyklus (Alga Marghen) cd 17.98

NEUHAUS, MAX The New York School. Nine Realizations Of Cage, Feldman, Brown (Alga Marghen) cd 17.98

album cover NEUNG PHAK Fucking USA (Abduction) 7" 8.98
THIS IS CURRENTLY OUT OF PRINT OR OTHERWISE UNAVAILABLE TO US AT THE MOMENT, SO PLEASE DO NOT ORDER IT. SORRY.
If Dengue Fever is an homage to the sort of band you might see in a clean well lit Cambodian bar, classy and melodic, with sweet pop vocals, then Neung Phak is a tribute to the sort of band you'd go to see around the corner from the nice clubs, down the alley, enter through the back, sitting in the gloom, in a cracked vinyl booth, letting the wild Southeast Asian pop rock wash your cares away. Neung Phak, aka Oakland's Monopause, have become masters of whatever SE Asian musics they decide to tackle be it Thai, Laotian, Vietnamese, Taiwanese, or Cambodian, made possible by the band's adept interpretations, but more importantly the band's vocalists Diana Hayes and Joi Po Dee, who are Thai and Laotian.
Side A is the title track, "Fucking USA", a vintage pop rock tune, big band arrangements, horns, fuzzy psychedelic guitars, with the only bit of vocals in English, being the shouted "Fucking USA!!" Catchy and fun, and so genuine sounding it sounds like it came straight off one of those Sublime Frequencies discs. We can imagine this will be a hit... overseas anyway.
The B side features two tracks recorded live for the radio, the first was immediately familiar, due in no small part to its frequent instore play, as it's a track from Neung Phak's full length, "Tui Tui Tui" with it's super catchy, totally recognizable chorus over a lush big band arrangement, with warm horns, understated guitars and shuffling drums. Originally performed by Yim Yamsupan, and quite possibly one of our favorite Southeast Asian pop songs EVER. The second track is a slowed down version of the title track, with the title changed to "Far King USA" for radio play, the whole thing a lugubrious, moody croon, with mournful piano, haunting vocals, somber and minor key.
Pressed on super thick vinyl and packaged in a thick full color sleeve, with hilarious (and perhaps problematic) cover art!
Limited to 300 copies.

album cover NEUNG PHAK (MONO PAUSE) s/t (Abduction) cd 14.98
Of course the first thing that will unfortunately happen for Neung Phak (a.k.a. Mono Pause) are the inevitable comparisons to Dengue Fever. And to come to their defence (and we're devout fans of Dengue Fever as well) Neung Phak have not only began working on these tracks prior to Dengue Fever's inception, but the music of the two bands are apples and oranges. Neung Phak (literal Thai translation of Mono Pause) is a new line-up and musical direction for the East Bay experimental music veterans Mono Pause. Featuring Diana Hayes and Joi Po Dee on vocals (Thai and Lao respectively) and some cameo appearances from Sun City Girl Alan Bishop, Neung Phak have done their homework when it comes to pop music of SE Asia. Less a fusion of styles, as seems to be the general trend with occidental ethno-pop bands, than a thoroughly researched compilation of SE Asian pop music genres, with each individual track being an excellently re-created execution of a particular idiom; be it Thai, Laotian, Vietnamese, Taiwanese, Cambodian or Khmer. The album kicks off with "Hired By The King" an excellent toe-tapping mo lam like track (a Neung Phak original) with superb kaen (the ubiquitous mouth organ of the region) playing by Erik Gergis and accompanied by electric bass, electric guitar (picked like a mandolin or oud would be) and percussion (a track later on in the disc "Fired By The King" is similar, though featuring an out of tune bass line that's apparently popular in many of the originals). In stark contrast what follows is a cover of a Thai country pop tune from 1998, an adorably cute up-beat number featuring percussive nasal vocals ("Tui, Tui, Tui") by Diana Hayes. Still keeping the pace going, the group continues with a couple Cambodian Rocks-esque numbers that are probably as close to Dengue Fever as you'll hear Neung Phak get; the first track being a Khmer hit from the 80's and the second a Cambodian ballad featuring Alan Bishop on she-male vocals. In addition to these songs, the group has actually recreated portions of radio dramas from Vietnam and Laotian theatrical mo lam, the latter is an absolute noise freak out and not over-embellished at all according to sources. Highly recommended!
MPEG Stream: "Hired By the King"
MPEG Stream: "Low Tide"
MPEG Stream: "Morlam Pee Bah"

NEURAXIS Truth Beyond... (Willowtip) cd 14.98

album cover NEUROSIS A Sun That Never Sets (Relapse) cd 16.98
The new, eagerly awaited full-length from the Bay Area's biggest metal band -- whoops, are they really a metal band anymore? They really haven't embraced that tag for a while now, if ever, being more artsy and tribal and droney and avantgarde than what most folks think "metal" is anyway (although we know there ARE lots of metal bands just as weird and innovative). Regardless of the terminology, Neurosis has also always been wayyy heavy. This new disc doesn't exactly lack heaviness, but also seems heavily influenced by some of the acts that Neurosis will be sharing the stage with at their Beyond The Pale festival this weekend: Michael (Swans) Gira, Zoviet France, Tarentel, Amber Asylum... It's a kinder, gentler Neurosis. There's less screaming (and more Gira/Tom Wait-ish singing), more quiet post-rock moments, less of the out-and-out metallic pummel to overload your senses than found on classics like "Enemy of the Sun". But it's still dark and plodding...
RealAudio clip: "The Tide"
RealAudio clip: "Watchfire"

album cover NEUROSIS A Sun That Never Sets (Relapse) dvd 19.98
Live visuals from everyone's favorite Bay Area art-punk-metal legends.

NEUROSIS Enemy Live NYC '94 (Neurot) cd 14.98
THIS IS CURRENTLY OUT OF PRINT OR OTHERWISE UNAVAILABLE TO US AT THE MOMENT, SO PLEASE DO NOT ORDER IT. SORRY.
Cold, Enemy, Locust, Lost, Takeahnase. If those song titles mean anything to you, you'll probably want this. The Bay Area apocalyptic metalcore artisans captured live to cassette at New York's Limelight back during their "Enemy of the Sun" days. Heavy.

album cover NEUROSIS Enemy Of The Sun (Neurot) cd 14.98
The best part about one of our old favorite records getting reissued, especially one that predates the New Arrivals list, is that we finally get the chance to try and put into words exactly what it is that made the record so special to us. Neurosis' Enemy Of The Sun is particularly overdue for some gushing praise, to this day it remains one of our favorite records ever, and definitely our favorite Neurosis record. Although it should be noted, that Allan and Andee have spent much of today arguing about which is the better Neurosis record, this, 1993's Enemy Of The Sun or 1992's Souls At Zero, and while arguments could be made for plenty of other Neurosis records as well, we were at least able to agree that it most definitely boiled down to one of these two, but since Andee's the one writing this review, guess which one wins here!
Living in the Bay Area, Oakland's Neurosis were our heavy music heroes, crusty punks who embraced metal, transforming their early punk sound into something much more stately and epic and heavy, without losing touch with their punk ethics, their new sound as most folks by now know would go on to influence an insane number of the heavy bands of today. With no Neurosis there would be no Isis, no Pelican, and by extension of that, no metallic post rock bands at all, but we're getting ahead of ourselves. While Allan posits that Souls At Zero was the record where Neurosis made the shift from punk to metal (and chamber prog), Andee further posits that Enemy Of The Sun was the record where that new sound was perfected, the brooding slow builds, the mysterious samples, the Ozzy-like vox, the crushing doomy dirge-y pummel, the squalls of crushing heaviness, the sound so moody and atmospheric, yet so heavy and intense. Record opener "Lost" has to be one of the most perfect songs EVER, beginning with a haunting sample, simple high-hat rhythm, low-slung slow motion Joy Divisiony bassline, big bass kick and those Ozzy-ish vox, when the band kicks in, they sound almost industrial, like a Ministry track slowed down to a crawl, super dynamic, stop/start, big blasts of guitar crunch, and wailing harmonics, all underpinned by more samples, lurching and hypnotic, until finally the band explode into a churning downtuned blowout, only to slip right back into that start/stop harmonic driven drift, the song shifts a few more times, changing it up completely for the more punkish pounding outro, that also slips right back into chugging epic Neurosis style bombast.
As if that track weren't devastating enough, "Raze The Stray" is just as good, with its strange Middle Eastern sung intro, minor key piano, soaring strings, acoustic guitar, the haunting revery shattered by a dense grinding tribal blowout, roiling and fierce as fuck, howled and heavy, only to again slip right back into that tranquil ambient drift, now laced with bells, and woozy bass. This track too changes gears and directions, weirdly proggy, but somehow still cohesive, the second movement featuring a loping mathy midtempo groove, with a killer scraped guitar part and more chuggy chunky guitar crush.
We could go through the whole record, track by track, but you can probably figure out by now that they all rule, although it is worth mentioning the nearly half hour long closing track "Cleanse", a sprawling drum jam that definitely hints at future Neurosis side project Tribes Of Neurot, a hypnotic pounding Crash Worship style epic, laced with didgeridoo, and strange strangled vocalizations, those vocals wreathed in effects, and looped and sent spinning from speaker to speaker, the whole second half of the track a druggy damaged soundscape of hard panned, effects drenched, vocal trip-out. Woah. So fucking great, and even nearly two decades later, this still sounds better, and heavier, and more original than most of the stuff out there...
The new reissue features the same bonus tracks as the 1999 version, a demo and a live track, but this new one comes housed in a swank slipcover...
MPEG Stream: "Lost"
MPEG Stream: "Raze The Stray"
MPEG Stream: "Cold Ascending"

album cover NEUROSIS Enemy Of The Sun (Relapse) 2lp 37.00
NOW REISSUED ON VINYL!!!
The best part about one of our old favorite records getting reissued, especially one that predates the New Arrivals list, is that we finally get the chance to try and put into words exactly what it is that made the record so special to us. Neurosis' Enemy Of The Sun is particularly overdue for some gushing praise, to this day it remains one of our favorite records ever, and definitely our favorite Neurosis record. Although it should be noted, that Allan and Andee have spent much of today arguing about which is the better Neurosis record, this, 1993's Enemy Of The Sun or 1992's Souls At Zero, and while arguments could be made for plenty of other Neurosis records as well, we were at least able to agree that it most definitely boiled down to one of these two, but since Andee's the one writing this review, guess which one wins here!
Living in the Bay Area, Oakland's Neurosis were our heavy music heroes, crusty punks who embraced metal, transforming their early punk sound into something much more stately and epic and heavy, without losing touch with their punk ethics, their new sound as most folks by now know would go on to influence an insane number of the heavy bands of today. With no Neurosis there would be no Isis, no Pelican, and by extension of that, no metallic post rock bands at all, but we're getting ahead of ourselves. While Allan posits that Souls At Zero was the record where Neurosis made the shift from punk to metal (and chamber prog), Andee further posits that Enemy Of The Sun was the record where that new sound was perfected, the brooding slow builds, the mysterious samples, the Ozzy-like vox, the crushing doomy dirge-y pummel, the squalls of crushing heaviness, the sound so moody and atmospheric, yet so heavy and intense. Record opener "Lost" has to be one of the most perfect songs EVER, beginning with a haunting sample, simple high-hat rhythm, low-slung slow motion Joy Divisiony bassline, big bass kick and those Ozzy-ish vox, when the band kicks in, they sound almost industrial, like a Ministry track slowed down to a crawl, super dynamic, stop/start, big blasts of guitar crunch, and wailing harmonics, all underpinned by more samples, lurching and hypnotic, until finally the band explode into a churning downtuned blowout, only to slip right back into that start/stop harmonic driven drift, the song shifts a few more times, changing it up completely for the more punkish pounding outro, that also slips right back into chugging epic Neurosis style bombast.
As if that track weren't devastating enough, "Raze The Stray" is just as good, with its strange Middle Eastern sung intro, minor key piano, soaring strings, acoustic guitar, the haunting revery shattered by a dense grinding tribal blowout, roiling and fierce as fuck, howled and heavy, only to again slip right back into that tranquil ambient drift, now laced with bells, and woozy bass. This track too changes gears and directions, weirdly proggy, but somehow still cohesive, the second movement featuring a loping mathy midtempo groove, with a killer scraped guitar part and more chuggy chunky guitar crush.
We could go through the whole record, track by track, but you can probably figure out by now that they all rule, although it is worth mentioning the nearly half hour long closing track "Cleanse", a sprawling drum jam that definitely hints at future Neurosis side project Tribes Of Neurot, a hypnotic pounding Crash Worship style epic, laced with didgeridoo, and strange strangled vocalizations, those vocals wreathed in effects, and looped and sent spinning from speaker to speaker, the whole second half of the track a druggy damaged soundscape of hard panned, effects drenched, vocal trip-out. Woah. So fucking great, and even nearly two decades later, this still sounds better, and heavier, and more original than most of the stuff out there...
MPEG Stream: "Lost"
MPEG Stream: "Raze The Stray"
MPEG Stream: "Cold Ascending"

album cover NEUROSIS Given To The Rising (Neurot) cd 14.98
New albums from old faves come and go, but when you say, there's a new Neurosis, we sit up and pay attention. Like contemporaries the Melvins, they've reached an iconic, utterly influential status at this point in their long career -- and yet still keep making rad, relevant albums that keep pushing their now archetypal sound further. Pioneers who keep on pioneering, getting better and better, even as hordes of other bands copy them and try to keep up. The word on the street was that Given To The Rising was a "return to the heavy" for Neurosis, not like they ever really left. But yes, this is HEAVY. We can't say (like we did about A Sun That Never Sets) that is is a "kinder, gentler" Neurosis. Not at all. The riffs will slay you, the vocals are fierce, yet the scope (musical, emotional) of this disc is impressively broad... The proggy, psychedelic, post-rock and (dare we say) gloom-pop melodic elements that run like a dark thread through their discography are present on these ten tracks, mostly all of epic lengths (as usual). Harrowing power. Depressive beauty. Ritual rumble. Alienated lyrics. Soft-loud dynamics. Droning space-outs. All utterly "owned" by the Neurosis crew. This band just levels everything and everyone in their path!
This is one that will satisfy old school Neurosis fans and yet would be a perfect first-time Neurosis experience too. For instance -- although we can't imagine this is too likely! -- if there are any Jesu fans out there who haven't ever heard Neurosis, do yourself a favor and pick this up pronto!! Arguably their best album since 1999's classic Times Of Grace.
PS while supplies last, we've got a bonus dvd that comes with the cd... oh and also there WILL be a vinyl pressing, but it's not out yet.
MPEG Stream: "Given To The Rising"
MPEG Stream: "Fear And Sickness"
MPEG Stream: "Water Is Not Enough"

album cover NEUROSIS Given To The Rising (Neurot) 2lp 17.98
THIS IS CURRENTLY OUT OF PRINT OR OTHERWISE UNAVAILABLE TO US AT THE MOMENT, SO PLEASE DO NOT ORDER IT. SORRY.
NOW ON VINYL!
New albums from old faves come and go, but when you say, there's a new Neurosis, we sit up and pay attention. Like contemporaries the Melvins, they've reached an iconic, utterly influential status at this point in their long career -- and yet still keep making rad, relevant albums that keep pushing their now archetypal sound further. Pioneers who keep on pioneering, getting better and better, even as hordes of other bands copy them and try to keep up. The word on the street was that Given To The Rising was a "return to the heavy" for Neurosis, not like they ever really left. But yes, this is HEAVY. We can't say (like we did about A Sun That Never Sets) that is is a "kinder, gentler" Neurosis. Not at all. The riffs will slay you, the vocals are fierce, yet the scope (musical, emotional) of this disc is impressively broad... The proggy, psychedelic, post-rock and (dare we say) gloom-pop melodic elements that run like a dark thread through their discography are present on these ten tracks, mostly all of epic lengths (as usual). Harrowing power. Depressive beauty. Ritual rumble. Alienated lyrics. Soft-loud dynamics. Droning space-outs. All utterly "owned" by the Neurosis crew. This band just levels everything and everyone in their path!
This is one that will satisfy old school Neurosis fans and yet would be a perfect first-time Neurosis experience too. For instance -- although we can't imagine this is too likely! -- if there are any Jesu fans out there who haven't ever heard Neurosis, do yourself a favor and pick this up pronto!! Arguably their best album since 1999's classic Times Of Grace.
MPEG Stream: "Given To The Rising"
MPEG Stream: "Fear And Sickness"
MPEG Stream: "Water Is Not Enough"

album cover NEUROSIS Official Bootleg 01 Lyon France 11.02.99 (Neurot) cd 14.98
As the title indicates, here's the first in a series of "official bootlegs" of live performances by SF's own punk/metal/experimental/tribal juggernaut, those cheerful dudes known as Neurosis. "This series is designed to provide specially priced quality recordings" of Neurosis shows, in an attempt to "put an end to low quality, overpriced recordings which do not represent our vision of our music" it says here. Not sure what's so specially priced about $14.98, but the recording IS of better-than-usual-bootleg quality for sure, doing justice to the band's sound. Massive, pounding, screaming, Neurosis heaviness, brutal and psychedelic. Recorded in France in 1999, the show documented here features three songs from their "Times Of Grace" album, plus one each from "Through Silver In Blood", "Enemy of the Sun" and "Sovereign". Even though one essential component of the Neurosis live experience -- the trippy video/film visual projections -- is of course missing from this disc, it's still a nice release for fans of the band, demonstrating their sheer metallic power to those who've been lulled by the melodic, post-rocky, even folky & acoustic direction of their last album "A Sun That Never Sets" and the various solo efforts of Mssrs. Kelly and Von Till (though the "Times of Grace" stuff was heading that way too).
RealAudio clip: "The Doorway"

album cover NEUROSIS Official Bootleg 02: Stockholm, Sweden 10.15.99 (Neurot) cd 14.98
Our favorite psychedelic apocalyptic tribal metalcore band fights the bootleggers with this offical live recording, circa their Times Of Grace album. Most tracks are drawn from that fine album, with some earlier stuff represented as well, including "Locust Star", the hit from Through Silver In Blood. Great sound, great live band, it's a no-brainer for dedicated Neurosis fanatics.
MPEG Stream: "The Doorway"

NEUROSIS Souls At Zero (Neurot) cd 14.98
Reissue of this all-time-classic by the Bay Area's (and America's!) number one most popular underground metal outfit. Tribal punk/metal with chamber-prog rock leanings? Super heavy and full of atmosphere. I, Allan, personally think that if you're going to own just one Neurosis album, this is it.

NEUROSIS Sovereign (Neurot) cd 14.98
THIS IS CURRENTLY OUT OF PRINT OR OTHERWISE UNAVAILABLE TO US AT THE MOMENT, SO PLEASE DO NOT ORDER IT. SORRY.
Four tracks, totalling a little over a half hour of Albini-produced psychedelic, metallic, atmospheric Neurosis-music ('cause their heavy, percussive tribal crust-prog is by now too distinctive and unique to be compared to much else). The Neurosis collective is augmented with the usual guests on violin, tuba, trombone, cello, etc. (members of Amber Asylum and so forth). Dark, droning, and mesmerizing as always. And, "Sovereign" includes a special bonus: interactive multimedia cd-rom material for Macs and PCs. As anyone who's been to a Neurosis show knows, they've got AMAZING visuals, and now some of that experience is available on your home computer. Very cool.

album cover NEUROSIS Sovereign (Neurot) cd 14.98
The back catalog reissue campaign continues from Oakland's favorite sons, the mighty Neurosis, whose Sovereign was an ep originally released in 2000, chronologically and thus sonically sitting right between Times Of Grace and A Sun That Never Sets. Four sprawling, slow building tracks of post doom heaviness, of sinister smoldering metallic post rock, an epic chunk of psychedelic, metallic, atmospheric Neurosis-music ('cause by this point, and perhaps well before, their heavy, percussive tribal crust-prog had become too distinctive and unique to be compared to much else). Produced by Steve Albini, the usual pound and crush, the spidery melodies, and hushed gruff vocals, not to mention the squalls of downtuned chug and feral howl, and those mesmerizing tribal rhythms, are again augmented by various guests (including of course members of Amber Asylum) adding violin, tuba, trombone, cello, etc. What else to say about these guys, their sound, dark, droning, and hypnotic, and a sound that continues to be emulated by essentially every heavy band around.
This new version of Sovereign, besides offering up all new artwork and a swank slipcover, also tacks on a bonus track "Misgiven", a dark experimental noise drenched dirge that almost sound more like Neurosis offshoot Tribes Of Neurot more than the band proper, thick sinewy basslines, pounding slo-mo rhythms, all wreathed in swirling clouds of electronics, hiss and whir and shimmer, spacey and psychedelic, fractured and noisy, especially near the end, when the bass drops out, leaving just a strange tripped out, dubbed out electronic noise flecked drum pound.
MPEG Stream: "Prayer"
MPEG Stream: "An Offering"

album cover NEUROSIS The Eye Of Every Storm (Neurot ) cd 14.98
Another great Neurosis opus! They've pretty much perfected the combination of massive drone-metal devastation and quietly drifting, melodic gloom. Heavy guitars, roaring voices and industrial-ized drumming give way to desperate melancholic balladry, sung-spoke in a weary, careworn male voice that's a dead ringer for that of Mark Lanegan. As with their recent collaboration with Jarboe of the Swans, or their previous full-length A Sun That Never Sets, you get both dark and light here...really a twilight I guess. Dusk-infused art from a powerful yet mature band. Neurosis fans may find this to be one of their best yet, and anyone not already a Neurosis fan ought to lend an ear (to this record for sure, not to mention all their other excellent releases).
MPEG Stream: "Burn"
MPEG Stream: "A Season In The Sky"

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