New Release: Meczûp - Hanging from the Purgatory's Pendulum

Meczûp - Hanging from the Purgatory's Pendulum
[free mp3 download]

(solo theremin, instrumental)

"Theremin is the deepest of all mysteries. Reveal yourself in the depths of self-questioning. Time will collapse and you will fear no more"

01. A Tale for Lancinant Screws
02. Kwaidan
03. Garoun A
04. Puriest Morning of All Times
05. Blossoming in Cemetery
06. Shadow - A Parable
07. The Ribald Genie
08. The Bridge of Khazad-dûm

New Release: The Manipulated Living - Orchestra

The Manipulated Living - Orchestra
[free mp3 download]

(instrumental, post-rock)

The Manipulated Living's 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.

1. Chasing Rabbits (11:32)
2. Storm of Will (5:57)
3. Ghosts (JWHF) (6:53)
4. Trophy Scars (19:24)

Harel Gal!

Harel Gal has a new full-length album up on bandcamp.com!*

Harel Gal - OHEZ BAANANIM

Harel's sound has grown more elaborate since his previous EP, the beginning the end. 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.

*This is not a This Plague of Dreaming release, but we really think you ought to hear it just the same.

New Release: Sublinear - Masque of the Red Death

Sublinear - Masque of the Red Death
[free mp3 download]

(orchestral ambient, soundtrack)

"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."

01 Here It Is Folly to Grieve or to Think
02 The Cracked Mirror You Were Made to Be
03 King Pest
04 Anon Strikes the Ebony Clock
05 Their Sad and Solemn Slumbers
06 Your Masks
07 Illimitable Dominion

"And now was acknowledged the presence of the Red Death."

New Release: Faustino Goyena - De Neatins

Faustino Goyena - De Neatins
[free mp3 download]

(glitch, noise)

De Neatins is a musical tribute to legendary Argentine boxer Nicolino Locche, whose lightning-fast defensive reflexes earned him the name "The Untouchable."

1. Welter Junior
2. Tunuyán
3. Nationalen Kronen
4. kombëtare
5. Eso Duró Luis García
6. Adolph Pruitt boxejador
7. fetele ud
8. Las Heras

Faustino Goyena will be on tour in Europe in January 2010. For more information, visit the artist's MySpace page.

Cover art by Jonatan Flores.

New Release: 21 Gramms - Rain

21 Gramms - Rain
[free mp3 download]

(darkambient, drone)

"Only rain..."

1. Prologue
2. Rain
3. Epilogue

New Release: Royce Icon - A Warm Summer's Day

Royce Icon - A Warm Summer's Day
[free mp3 download]

(ambient, drone)

Cold ambient soundscapes recorded late one afternoon in July 09 using a Korg EA-1 electribe, guitar and voice.

01. A Warm Summer's Day (14:18)
02. A Cold Bitter Evening (16:18)

Bio: 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 Gentle Beast, Starvation Ritual, Dracula Biscuits and Die Rote Form.