tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46554616802483580372024-02-20T07:43:05.304-05:00This Plague of Dreaming-this is secret music-Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger110125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655461680248358037.post-32544586924748052342011-06-30T12:37:00.005-04:002011-06-30T12:45:53.925-04:00Withiel - Shut Up Dr. Strangelove! (Disc 1)It has been a long time since I last posted, and much has happened. My research duties have kept me too busy to make music of my own, but my ears are thankfully still wide open to new sounds made by others. And so I have the great pleasure of directing your attention to the new album by our friend and inspiration, Withiel:<br /><br /><center><a href="http://www.zen20775.zen.co.uk/withiel/strangelove/withiel.html"><strong>Shut Up Dr. Strangelove!</strong></a></center><br /><center><a href="http://www.zen20775.zen.co.uk/withiel/strangelove/withiel.html"><img src="http://www.zen20775.zen.co.uk/withiel/strangelove/cover.jpg" /></a></center><br /><br />01 Post-Human Terraforming Space-Elevator Blues<br />02 Me And My State<br />03 smashedchannelblues<br />04 Seventeen Tonnes of Motorised Steel<br />05 Confiscation Protocol<br />06 MARCH<br />07 Baby's On Fire (Eno cover)<br />08 Sleeping Gas (Cope cover)<br />09 The Queen Is Dead (Smiths cover)<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"Everything's illegal and the world is on fire. The throats of power are ripe for a good punching. Doctor fucking Strangelove needs to shut up, and we need to stop listening to him. This is disc one of a psch-agit-punk album that addresses these issues via the medium of shouting and hate. The hate is free to listen and distribute, and is Creative Commons Licensed. The hate here enclosed was carefully stored and fermented over several years of poverty and unemployment, and can be streamed (without the covers) on Soundcloud, or downloaded as MP3 or RAR."</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655461680248358037.post-54633760297620468312010-12-09T10:00:00.010-05:002010-12-09T10:33:54.462-05:00Massimo Ruberti - "The Sound Trafficker"Plaguedream artist and friend Massimo Ruberti has given an entertaining and informative interview to <a href="http://www.audiovoltaics.cc">audiovoltaics</a> about his recent album <a href="http://www.massimoruberti.it/autourdelalune/autourdelalune.html">Autour de la Lune</a> (<a href="http://elpamusic.blogspot.com/2010/11/elpa57-massimo-ruberti-autour-de-la.html">Elpamusic</a>).<br /><br />If you enjoyed Ruberti's releases on <i>This Plague of Dreaming</i><b>*</b>, take a look at the <a href="http://www.audiovoltaics.cc">interview</a>, and be sure to check out the <a href="http://elpamusic.blogspot.com/2010/11/elpa57-massimo-ruberti-autour-de-la.html">new album</a><b>**</b>.<br /><br /><B>EDIT:</B> For some reason, I get an error message every time I try to direct link to the interview from this post (even though it works in preview). If you have the same problem, copy and paste the url into your browser: <B>http://www.audiovoltaics.cc/</B> Sorry for the inconvenience.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>*</b>Ruberti & Mangoni - <a href="http://www.archive.org/details/plague018">Wandering In Milano</a>; Disvega - <a href="http://www.archive.org/details/plague022">Idrosfera</a><br /><br /><b>**</b>Listen for a special appearance by another old friend, <a href="http://www.archive.org/details/plague020">Fabrizio Torri</a>!</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655461680248358037.post-41055018560519715322010-08-02T11:10:00.007-04:002010-08-02T11:21:58.770-04:00Deliverance arrives, unlooked-for.<span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://withiel.livejournal.com/45539.html">Withiel is here, so dry your eyes. Withiel is here, never sleep again.</a></span><br /><br /><center><a href="http://withiel.livejournal.com/45539.html"><img src="http://www.zen20775.zen.co.uk/posthumancover.jpg" height="300" width="300" /></a></center><br /><br /><a href="http://withiel.livejournal.com/45539.html">1st single from SHUT UP, DOCTOR STRANGELOVE.</a><br /><br />SIDE A: POST-HUMAN TERRAFORMING SPACE-ELEVATOR BLUES<br />SIDE B: BABY'S ON FIRE (Eno/Fripp)<br />SIDE C: SMASHEDCHANNELBLUES<br /><br />"Share, proliferate, enjoy, speak your brains. I hope you like them." -W.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655461680248358037.post-1627465883585803732010-06-04T12:16:00.005-04:002010-06-04T12:25:37.746-04:00Domain deleted, please update linksAnother round of departmental budget cuts, and <I>thisplagueofdreaming.net</I> is no more.<br /><br />Please redirect your bookmarks and all future links to our page at the Internet Archive (<A HREF="http://www.archive.org/details/tpod">http://www.archive.org/details/tpod</A>), or to this blog.<br /><br />Just to be clear: <B>All of our music remains available at the <A HREF="http://www.archive.org/details/tpod">Internet Archive</A>.</B><br /><br />It is only our (former) main website which is closed. Whatever the future brings to the department, and the Institute, I will continue to keep our catalog online.<br /><br />=PDUnknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655461680248358037.post-3097375772131542942010-04-18T11:43:00.005-04:002010-06-04T12:25:27.676-04:00HiatusIt is my sad duty to inform you that, until further notice, <I>This Plague of Dreaming</I> netlabel is on suspended status. We may return after some internal reorganization, but for the time being we are closed to submissions.<br /><br />Our music will still be available for free download, and I will continue to maintain the blog and website. Watch for our return!<br /><br />In the meantime, visit our brother netlabels:<br /><br /><A HREF="http://www.paralucid.net/"><B>ParaLucid</B></A><br /><br /><A HREF="http://www.archive.org/details/mauvezone"><B>Mauve Zone Recordings</B></A><br /><br />=PDUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655461680248358037.post-73943628694784785392010-03-02T22:44:00.003-05:002010-03-02T22:51:00.010-05:00New Release: Meczûp - Hanging from the Purgatory's Pendulum<center><A HREF="http://www.archive.org/details/plague042"><img src="http://www.thisplagueofdreaming.net/netlabel/images/plague042_Thumb.jpg"></A><br /><font size="4"><a href="http://www.archive.org/details/plague042"><B>Meczûp - Hanging from the Purgatory's Pendulum</B></A></font><br /><font size="1">[free mp3 download]</font></center><br /><br /><font size="1">(<I>solo theremin, instrumental</I>)</font><br /><br />"Theremin is the deepest of all mysteries. Reveal yourself in the depths of self-questioning. Time will collapse and you will fear no more"<br /><br />01. A Tale for Lancinant Screws<br />02. Kwaidan<br />03. Garoun A<br />04. Puriest Morning of All Times<br />05. Blossoming in Cemetery<br />06. Shadow - A Parable<br />07. The Ribald Genie<br />08. The Bridge of Khazad-dûmUnknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655461680248358037.post-25488054811659651692010-01-29T23:50:00.002-05:002010-01-30T00:15:18.081-05:00New Release: The Manipulated Living - Orchestra<center><A HREF="http://www.archive.org/details/plague041"><img src="http://www.thisplagueofdreaming.net/netlabel/images/plague041_Thumb.jpg"></A><br /><font size="4"><a href="http://www.archive.org/details/plague041"><B>The Manipulated Living - Orchestra</B></A></font><br /><font size="1">[free mp3 download]</font></center><br /><br /><font size="1">(<I>instrumental, post-rock</I>)</font><br /><br /><I>The Manipulated Living's</I> music comes out of the sky, to crush you between the storm and the sea. Recorded live in Viborg, 19/06/09, and I wish I had been there.<br /><br />1. Chasing Rabbits (11:32)<br />2. Storm of Will (5:57)<br />3. Ghosts (JWHF) (6:53)<br />4. Trophy Scars (19:24)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655461680248358037.post-40064239510916788242010-01-11T09:02:00.003-05:002010-01-11T09:26:46.593-05:00Harel Gal!Harel Gal has a new full-length album up on bandcamp.com!*<br /><br /><center><A HREF="http://harelgal.bandcamp.com/"><B>Harel Gal - OHEZ BAANANIM</B></A></center><br /><br />Harel's sound has grown more elaborate since his previous EP, <A HREF="http://www.archive.org/details/plague006">the beginning the end</A>. The album is drenched in the same gentle sadness, but with more emphasis on Harel's vocals, and a stronger rock edge. A cast of talented guest musicians helps fill out the arrangements.<br /><br />*<font size="1">This is not a <I>This Plague of Dreaming</I> release, but we really think you ought to hear it just the same.</font>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655461680248358037.post-71716863802552750852009-10-01T00:01:00.000-04:002009-09-30T23:53:10.029-04:00New Release: Sublinear - Masque of the Red Death<center><A HREF="http://www.archive.org/details/plague040"><img src="http://www.thisplagueofdreaming.net/netlabel/images/plague040_Thumb.jpg"></A><br /><font size="4"><a href="http://www.archive.org/details/plague040"><B>Sublinear - Masque of the Red Death</B></A></font><br /><font size="1">[free mp3 download]</font></center><br /><br /><font size="1">(<I>orchestral ambient, soundtrack</I>)</font><br /><br />"These compositions are expanded and restructured versions of the two dozen very short sound pieces I constructed for the Wandering Rom Players' stage production of "Masque of the Red Death" in 2005. It's best to listen to these by candlelight."<br /><br />01 Here It Is Folly to Grieve or to Think<br />02 The Cracked Mirror You Were Made to Be<br />03 King Pest<br />04 Anon Strikes the Ebony Clock<br />05 Their Sad and Solemn Slumbers<br />06 Your Masks<br />07 Illimitable Dominion<br /><br /><B>"And now was acknowledged the presence of the Red Death."</B>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655461680248358037.post-26542950982375315742009-09-24T21:23:00.006-04:002009-09-24T21:55:29.475-04:00New Release: Faustino Goyena - De Neatins<center><A HREF="http://www.archive.org/details/plague039"><img src="http://www.thisplagueofdreaming.net/netlabel/images/plague039_Thumb.jpg"></A><br /><font size="4"><a href="http://www.archive.org/details/plague039"><B>Faustino Goyena - De Neatins</B></A></font><br /><font size="1">[free mp3 download]</font></center><br /><br /><font size="1">(<I>glitch, noise</I>)</font><br /><br /><I>De Neatins</I> is a musical tribute to legendary Argentine boxer Nicolino Locche, whose lightning-fast defensive reflexes earned him the name "The Untouchable."<br /><br />1. Welter Junior<br />2. Tunuyán<br />3. Nationalen Kronen<br />4. kombëtare<br />5. Eso Duró Luis García<br />6. Adolph Pruitt boxejador<br />7. fetele ud <br />8. Las Heras<br /><br />Faustino Goyena will be on tour in Europe in January 2010. For more information, visit the artist's <A HREF="http://www.archive.org/details/www.myspace.com/faustinogoyena">MySpace page</A>.<br /><br />Cover art by <A HREF="http://www.flickr.com/photos/heilflorez">Jonatan Flores</A>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655461680248358037.post-59542175933984061312009-09-04T21:36:00.001-04:002009-09-04T21:43:43.289-04:00New Release: 21 Gramms - Rain<center><A HREF="http://www.archive.org/details/plague038"><img src="http://www.thisplagueofdreaming.net/netlabel/images/plague038_Thumb.jpg"></A><br /><font size="4"><a href="http://www.archive.org/details/plague038"><B>21 Gramms - Rain</B></A></font><br /><font size="1">[free mp3 download]</font></center><br /><br /><font size="1">(<I>darkambient, drone</I>)</font><br /><br />"Only rain..."<br /><br />1. Prologue<br />2. Rain<br />3. EpilogueUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655461680248358037.post-4471455449012409402009-08-23T08:22:00.003-04:002009-08-23T10:19:07.544-04:00New Release: Royce Icon - A Warm Summer's Day<center><A HREF="http://www.archive.org/details/plague037"><img src="http://www.thisplagueofdreaming.net/netlabel/images/plague037_Thumb.jpg"></A><br /><font size="4"><a href="http://www.archive.org/details/plague037"><B>Royce Icon - A Warm Summer's Day</B></A></font><br /><font size="1">[free mp3 download]</font></center><br /><br /><font size="1">(<I>ambient, drone</I>)</font><br /><br />Cold ambient soundscapes recorded late one afternoon in July 09 using a Korg EA-1 electribe, guitar and voice.<br /><br />01. A Warm Summer's Day (14:18)<br />02. A Cold Bitter Evening (16:18)<br /><br /><font size="2">Bio: <I>Royce Icon has been releasing experimental music for the past 7 years. So far he has released over 20 records, both online and through physical labels. aside from solo music he is also involved in the bands </I>Gentle Beast<I>, </I>Starvation Ritual<I>, </I>Dracula Biscuits<I> and </I>Die Rote Form.</font>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655461680248358037.post-43394089072068651202009-06-25T12:53:00.005-04:002009-06-25T21:55:54.897-04:00New Release: Astral Light - Orion<center><A HREF="http://www.archive.org/details/plague036"><img src="http://www.thisplagueofdreaming.net/netlabel/images/plague036_Thumb.jpg"></A><br /><font size="4"><a href="http://www.archive.org/details/plague036"><B>Astral Light - Orion</B></A></font><br /><font size="1">[free mp3 download]</font></center><br /><br /><font size="1">(<I>darkambient, space</I>)</font><br /><br />A journey into deep space.<br /><br />01. Pillars of Creation<br />02. Fading Light<br />03. OrionUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655461680248358037.post-58927435444702046692009-06-03T14:17:00.001-04:002009-06-03T14:19:21.903-04:00House of The Threshold People<I>The Threshold People</I> have launched their <A HREF="http://thresholdpeople.blogspot.com/">new blog</A>. There's not much there yet, but check back often for updates!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655461680248358037.post-11112224087736463812009-05-28T22:30:00.003-04:002009-05-28T22:35:29.252-04:00New Release: 21 Gramms - Complete Silence<center><A HREF="http://www.archive.org/details/plague035"><img src="http://www.thisplagueofdreaming.net/netlabel/images/plague035_Thumb.jpg"></A><br /><font size="4"><a href="http://www.archive.org/details/plague035"><B>21 Gramms - Complete Silence</B></A></font><br /><font size="1">[free mp3 download]</font></center><br /><br /><font size="1">(<I>darkambient, drone</I>)</font><br /><br /><I>"god is egoist."</I><br /><br />1. Untitled #1<br />2. Untitled #2<br />3. Untitled #3<br />4. Untitled #4<br />5. I want to talk with God...<br />6. ...but...<br />7. ...i hear only silence.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655461680248358037.post-29703276924688424092009-05-18T20:59:00.003-04:002009-05-18T21:46:26.242-04:00New Release: 900piesek - Blinded .tale from the underworld<center><A HREF="http://www.archive.org/details/plague034"><img src="http://www.thisplagueofdreaming.net/netlabel/images/plague034_Thumb.jpg"></A><br /><font size="4"><a href="http://www.archive.org/details/plague034"><B>900piesek - Blinded .tale from the underworld</B></A></font><br /><font size="1">[free mp3 download]</font></center><br /><br /><font size="1">(<I>darkambient, soundscape</I>)</font><br /><br />this story never happened. pictures,sounds,projections and words are slowly sinking in the golden rivers of oblivion. you are naked as a child, standing in front of the mirror. you are the mirror. this story is happening in you. you are the story. words are unimportant.<br /><br />01.opening the gate<br />02.bended world of the parallel souls<br />03.invisible space of telekinesis<br />04.touch by a wing of Lilith<br />05.golden river of oblivion<br /><br /><I>Album includes photo gallery: </I>projections<I> 1-13</I>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655461680248358037.post-73177616703615223472009-05-03T10:10:00.002-04:002009-05-03T10:49:12.316-04:00ParaLucid Netlabel<center><A HREF="http://www.paralucid.net/"><img src="http://www.thisplagueofdreaming.net/Pics/paralogo_link.jpg"></A></center><br /><br />Volador (<B>Nagual Art</B>) has just launched <A HREF="http://www.paralucid.net"><B>ParaLucid</B></A>, a netlabel dedicated to "Dark Ambient, Ethereal, Drone, Folk, Neo-Classical or similar sounds." The <A HREF="http://www.paralucid.net">website</A> lists upcoming albums from <A HREF="http://www.myspace.com/horriblepassion">L'Horrible Passion</A>, <A HREF="http://www.myspace.com/divinecrystaldreams">Divine Crystal Dreams</A>, <A HREF="http://www.myspace.com/dopedrone">Dopedrone</A>, and of course <A HREF="http://www.archive.org/details/plague033">Nagual Art</A>. This is going to be one to watch, for sure!<br /><br />Also, <B>NA</B> side-project <B>Traumflug</B> has just posted a demo track on <A HREF="http://www.myspace.com/nagualart">MySpace</A>. Take a listen!<br /><br /><A HREF="http://www.paralucid.net">www.paralucid.net</A><br /><A HREF="http://www.myspace.com/paralucid">www.myspace.com/paralucid</A>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655461680248358037.post-91328527514520316092009-04-24T12:40:00.007-04:002009-04-27T16:32:06.334-04:00Songs that change the weatherOur dear friend and ally <B>Withiel</B> (of whom I have <A HREF="http://plaguedream.blogspot.com/search/label/withiel">previously written</A>) has self-released a new album of surpassing, and sometimes difficult, loveliness. While <B>Withiel</B> is not currently affiliated with <I>This Plague of Dreaming</I>, I think that the deep core he samples will taste familiar to you who have followed the <I>plaguedream</I> this far.<br /><br /><center><A HREF="http://www.zen20775.zen.co.uk/KINGZEPPELIN.rar"><img src="http://www.thisplagueofdreaming.net/netlabel/images/kingzep.jpg"></A><br /><br /><A HREF="http://www.zen20775.zen.co.uk/KINGZEPPELIN.rar"><B>Withiel - King Zeppelin</B></A><br /><font size="1">[direct download, .RAR/~20Mb]</font></center><br /><br /><I>"KZ was originally meant to be a Brit-Steampunk-Emo album, and now I'm not sure what it is. It contains 8 original songs, 1 cover, and little hope indeed. I hope you get something out of it."</I><br /><br />TRACKS:<br />1: All Our Lost Loves<br />2: Dreamers<br />3: Denial Song<br />4: Ashtray for your Memories<br />5: My Way In Time<br />6: Shackled To Change<br />7: Drillbit Lostlovesong<br />8: Dreaming of You (cover)<br />9: Tory of 0<br /><br /><font size="1">[This work is licenced under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 UK:<br />England & Wales License.]</font><br /><br />On a personal note, <B>KZ</B> hits me in right around the same emotional place as the <I>Wicker Man</I> soundtrack ("corn riggs," and all that, but with a bit more vacant car park and orange sodium glare). Whatever I am doing at the moment, <B>Withiel</B> speaks to the part of me that is quietly preparing to do something else, in a different place.<br /><br />=PD<br /><br /><font size="1">[To be clear, this is not a <I>TPoD</I> release, just a promotion of a favorite artist who deserves to be more widely heard.]</font>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655461680248358037.post-88076959340402465232009-04-20T16:07:00.002-04:002009-04-20T16:12:42.484-04:00What I Believe<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">I believe</span> in the power of the imagination to remake the world, to release the truth within us, to hold back the night, to transcend death, to charm motorways, to ingratiate ourselves with birds, to enlist the confidences of madmen.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">I believe</span> in my own obsessions, in the beauty of the car crash, in the peace of the submerged forest, in the excitements of the deserted holiday beach, in the elegance of automobile graveyards, in the mystery of multi-story car parks, in the poetry of abandoned hotels.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">I believe</span> in the forgotten runways of Wake Island, pointing towards the Pacifics of our imaginations.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">I believe</span> in the mysterious beauty of Margaret Thatcher, in the arch of her nostrils and the sheen on her lower lip; in the melancholy of wounded Argentine conscripts; in the haunted smiles of filling station personnel; in my dream of Margaret Thatcher caressed by that young Argentine soldier in a forgotten motel watched by a tubercular filling station attendant.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">I believe</span> in the beauty of all women, in the treachery of their imaginations, so close to my heart; in the junction of their disenchanted bodies with the enchanted chromium rails of supermarket counters; in their warm tolerance of my own perversions.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">I believe</span> in the death of tomorrow, in the exhaustion of time, in our search for a new time within the smiles of auto-route waitresses and the tired eyes of air-traffic controllers at out-of-season airports.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">I believe</span> in the genital organs of great men and women, in the body postures of Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher and Princess Di, in the sweet odours emanating from their lips as they regard the cameras of the entire world.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">I believe</span> in madness, in the truth of the inexplicable, in the common sense of stones, in the lunacy of flowers, in the disease stored up for the human race by the Apollo astronauts.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">I believe</span> in nothing.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">I believe</span> in Max Ernst, Delvaux, Dali, Titian, Goya, Leonardo, Vermeer, Chirico, Magritte, Redon, Durer, Tanguy, the Facteur Cheval, the Watts Towers, Bocklin, Francis Bacon, and all the invisible artists within the psychiatric institutions of the planet.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">I believe</span> in Tokyo, Benidorm, La Grande Motte, Wake Island, Eniwetok, Dealey Plaza.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">I believe</span> in alcoholism, venereal disease, fever and exhaustion.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">I believe</span> in pain.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">I believe</span> in despair.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">I believe</span> in all children.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">I believe</span> in maps, diagrams, codes, chess-games, puzzles, airline time-tables, airport indicator signs.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">I believe</span> all excuses.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">I believe</span> all reasons.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">I believe</span> all hallucinations.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">I believe</span> all anger.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">I believe</span> all mythologies, memories, lies, fantasies, evasions.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">I believe</span> in the mystery and melancholy of a hand, in the kindness of trees, in the wisdom of light.<br /><br />-J. G. Ballard, 1930--2009Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655461680248358037.post-40310122225816568282009-04-13T22:45:00.002-04:002009-04-13T23:02:35.525-04:00New Release: Nagual Art - Seance 1931 | Tales from F.<center><A HREF="http://www.archive.org/details/plague033"><img src="http://www.thisplagueofdreaming.net/netlabel/images/plague033_Thumb.jpg"></A><br /><font size="4"><a href="http://www.archive.org/details/plague033"><B>Nagual Art - Seance 1931 | Tales from F.</B></A></font><br /><font size="1">[free mp3 download]</font></center><br /><br /><font size="1">(<I>darkambient, soundtrack</I>)</font><br /><br /><I>Mors Janua vitae?</I><br /><br />A soundtrack to a seance: lost voices; a sudden chill; a cold, familiar touch in the dark.<br /><br />01 A Song from F.<br />02 Seance 1931<br />03 S.H.J.<br />04 Der Wandernde Jude<br />05 Seemannslied<br />06 The 1631 Daemon<br /><br />This audio drama was recorded 2009 at Paralyze Room Freiberg by Volador. Many thanks to the spirits! I know you are dreaming the art.<br />For more information please visit: <A HREF="http://www.nagualart.de">http://www.nagualart.de</A>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655461680248358037.post-80456676305529751182009-04-02T20:04:00.005-04:002009-04-02T20:14:43.636-04:00New Release: The Tales from the Dead Sun Remixes[I said I had good news for the fans, and here it is!]<br /><br /><center><A HREF="http://www.archive.org/details/plague032"><img src="http://www.thisplagueofdreaming.net/netlabel/images/plague032_Thumb.jpg"></A><br /><font size="4"><a href="http://www.archive.org/details/plague032"><B>[Esc.] Laboratory + The Threshold People - The Tales from the Dead Sun Remixes</B></A></font><br /><font size="1">[free mp3 download]</font></center><br /><br /><font size="1">(<I>horrorbeat, remixes</I>)</font><br /><br />Horrorbeat masters <span style="font-weight:bold;">The Threshold People</span> are probed, dissected, and re-stitched by the mad scientists at <span style="font-weight:bold;">[Esc.] Laboratory</span>'s <span style="font-style:italic;">Department of RMX</span>!<br /><br /><U>source</U>:<br />The Threshold People – “The Pit” (from <A HREF="http://www.archive.org/details/plague003"><I>Night of the Threshold People</I></A>)<br /><br /><U>destination</U>:<br />01. The Pit (full of snakes pt. I_RMX) by [off:error]<br />02. The Pit (full of snakes pt. II_RMX) by [off:error]<br />03. The Pit (full of snakes pt. III_RMX) by [off:error]<br />04. The Pit (pendulum pt. I_RMX) by [interrupt:Jumper]<br />05. The Pit (pendulum pt. II_RMX) by [interrupt:Jumper]<br /><br /><U>source</U>:<br />The Threshold People - "Deja Vu" (from <A HREF="http://www.archive.org/details/plague014"><I>Seven Legs from an Eight-Legged Beast</I></A>)<br /><br /><U>destination</U>:<br />01. Deja Vu (kHz Munster_RMX) by [G.umbatz M.onev`s G.reen E.lecktrode]<br />02. Deja Vu (caustic_RMX) by [ur:neon:ono]<br />03. Deja Vu (it rains on doomsday_RMX) by [revolting:Robotniks]<br />04. Deja Vu (last life got crushed_RMX) by [revolting:Robotniks]<br /><br /><U>source</U>:<br />The Threshold People - "The Werewolf`s Cure" (from <A HREF="http://www.archive.org/details/plague014"><I>Seven Legs from an Eight-Legged Beast</I></A>)<br /><br /><U>destination</U>:<br />01. Werwolf`s Cure (better off dead_RMX) by [Yahuy-Che-Kabah]<br />02. Werwolf`s Cure (silver touched_RMX) by [Yahuy-Che-Kabah]<br />03. Werwolf`s Cure (the curse is better than the cure_RMX) by [Throatwobbler:Manegrove]<br />04. Werwolf`s Cure (cured by blood) by [revolting:Robotniks]<br />05. Werwolf`s Cure (cured by flesh) by [revolting:Robotniks]<br /><br />= = = = =<br /><br />I am also thrilled to announce upcoming releases from fan favorites <B>Nagual Art</B> and <B>Sublinear</B>, as well as the PlagueDream debuts of <B>900piesek</B> and <B>21 Gramms</B>!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655461680248358037.post-32145103276401058302009-03-10T09:17:00.005-04:002009-03-10T09:37:43.786-04:00Anniversary, and an announcementOne year ago today, the airship <I>Jane Guy</I> disappeared without a trace. To date, neither the ship nor her crew have been found. If you feel so moved, we invite you to join us for a moment of silence at 7:14 pm (EST), the time of the <I>Guy</I>'s final radio message to the <I>Institute</I>.<br /><br />~<br /><br />In less somber news, <B>[Esc.] Laboratory</B> has a new website: <A HREF="http://www.esc-laboratory.com/">WWW.ESC-LABORATORY.COM</A><br /><br />As of the end of March, this will be the group's only official presence on the web, so update your bookmarks!<br /><br />I have another exciting piece of news for fans of <I>[Esc.] Lab</I> (and <I>The Threshold People</I>!) that I hope to be able to announce very soon. Stay tuned!<br /><br />=PDUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655461680248358037.post-85852680947842007102009-02-25T13:47:00.003-05:002009-02-25T13:50:25.140-05:00Palimpsest Now!<B>"<I>Palimpsest</I> just knocks me flat with her use of language: rich, cool, opiated language, language for stories of strange love and hallucinated cities of the mind.”<br />— Warren Ellis<br /><br />"It's never enough to merely read a book like the <I>Palimpsest</I>, it has to be imbibed, and its sensuality fully savoured."<br />--Nick Bantock, author of <I>The Griffin and Sabine Trilogy</I></B><br /><br />Just a reminder that <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/Palimpsest-Catherynne-Valente/dp/0553385763/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1223260837&sr=1-1%27"><B>Palimpsest</B></A> is on the shelves as of yesterday. My own copy is in the post, and will hopefully arrive today. If you enjoyed the original <A HREF="http://www.sensesfive.com/samples/palimpsest.php">short story</A> (previously posted), maybe consider <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/Palimpsest-Catherynne-Valente/dp/0553385763/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1223260837&sr=1-1%27">ordering the book</A>, or pick it up at your local independent bookseller?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655461680248358037.post-17038332001257232112009-01-29T23:23:00.001-05:002009-02-25T13:51:49.233-05:00Palimpsest<object width="384" height="236"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tWmyamLrMKo&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tWmyamLrMKo&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="384" height="236"></embed></object><br /><br /><i>Between life and death, dreaming and waking, at the train stop beyond the end of the world is the city of Palimpsest. To get there is a miracle, a mystery, a gift, and a curse -- a voyage permitted only to those who’ve always believed there’s another world than the one that meets the eye. Those fated to make the passage are marked forever by a map of that wondrous city tattooed on their flesh after a single orgasmic night. To this kingdom of ghost trains, lion-priests, living kanji, and cream-filled canals come four travelers: Oleg, a New York locksmith; the beekeeper November; Ludovico, a binder of rare books; and a young Japanese woman named Sei. They’ve each lost something important -- a wife, a lover, a sister, a direction in life—and what they will find in Palimpsest is more than they could ever imagine.</i><br /><br />The novel, by Catherynne M. Valente, comes out in February (you can <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Palimpsest-Catherynne-Valente/dp/0553385763/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1223260837&sr=1-1%27">preorder</a>--I did), but in the meantime I <i>strongly encourage you</i> to stoke your senses with the <a href="http://www.sensesfive.com/samples/palimpsest.php/""><b>original short story</b></a> at <I>Senses Five Press</I>. The question I'm dying to see answered is: can she keep up this level of dream-drenched intensity over the length of a novel? Do I ever hope so.<br /><br />=PDUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655461680248358037.post-16516289859240054652009-01-23T14:14:00.000-05:002009-01-23T14:16:38.150-05:00That could have gone better.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0