| New titles are up for pre-order, scheduled for late April. We’ve also received stock of Austin Osman Spare’s revised 2023 edition of The Book Of Pleasure as well as restock for Jerusalem Press’ catalog, dealing exclusively with Spare’s work. PASCAL SAVY “Simulacra” CD / DL (191st Cycle) Pascal Savy is a French musician who lives and works in London. He creates organic ambient and drone music as a way to reflect on erosion, transition and decay CONJECTURE “Nostalgia Futura” CD / DL (213th Cycle) Experimental post-industrial project helmed by the Greek Avant-Garde visual artist Vasilis Angelopoulos. Also upcoming: CHAIGIDEL & NERATERRÆ “Lamaštu” CD (181st Cycle) ”Italy’s CHAIGIDEL and NERATERRÆ have joined forces and created a deeply evocative ritualistic opus rich in various aural elements and sceneries….” TROUM & RAISON D’ÊTRE “De Aeris In Sublunaria Influxu” 2LP (113th Cycle)“First time on Vinyl, presented in Gatefold Sleeve on Double LP. Originally released in 2015 and carefully forged between 2011 and 2014, “De Aeris In Sublunaria Influxu” showcases a magically crafted alchemical wedding between these two titans of drone ambient.” DESIDERII MARGINIS “Serenity / Rage” CD / LP (215th Cycle)“Serenity / Rage” focuses on the contradictory human capacity to do both good and evil… With hints of classic Death Industrial and a unique cover version of Brighter Death Now’s classic track “Necroses Evangelicum”, Johan Levin exposes a new facet of his expanding discography.Frederic / Cyclic Law |
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| PASCAL SAVY “Simulacra” CD / DL (191st Cycle) Conceived around a time of strong political, social and cultural turmoil in the UK and elsewhere, a time ridden with a deep sense of uncertainty and unease, the music resonates with feelings of alienation and powerlessness as well as convey ideas of anger and latent violence. Working with heavily textured drones as well as sharp edged sounds and sustained rhythms to echo and articulate those feelings, some of the tracks were re-worked until their final forms had lost all relation with their initial skeleton, something that was partly influenced by the idea of simulacra not representing the real anymore, inspired by the reading of ‘Simulacra and Simulation’ by Jean Baudrillard and ‘The Weird and the Eerie’ by Mark Fisher. The addition of rhythmic structures, a new step for Savy, helped explore the idea of power by saturating the sonic landscape with repetition and pulsations. On certain tracks rhythms are implied, slowly disappearing or simply absent to reflect this idea of the real not being there anymore.Overall the process used to make this album was heavily influenced by both the idea of simulacra (sound as a representation of the real but often devoid of true relationship with it) and the idea of connecting to something tangible and truly personal (drone textures and harmonic movement as a representation of the fragility of the real). Ultimately, this record seeks to process a turbulent period echoed by ideas of political, social and cultural disintegration. Feelings of alienation and loss, as well as a desire for reconnection are at the core of the music, and the album navigates this complex emotional and personal map while avoiding the trappings of an escape into the hyperreal of pure simulation.Pascal Savy is a French musician who lives and works in London. He creates organic ambient and drone music as a way to reflect on erosion, transition and decay. He utilizes tones, textures, micro-melodies and noise to explore atmospheres rather than narratives. His work often combines acoustic and electronic sources generated from field-recordings, pick-ups, tape loops, feedback, synthesisers or home made electronics which he transforms into dense and layered motifs.CD Edition of 300 copies in 6 panel Digisleeve, matt lamination. 7 Tracks. Running Time 48:49 Release Date April 21 2023 Digital Available via BandcampShop |
| CONJECTURE “Nostalgia Futura” CD / DL (213th Cycle) “Nostalgia Futura” is an exploration of the rare psychological and neurological phenomenon known as Anticipatory Nostalgia. While nostalgia is a widely recognized and socially significant emotional experience, Anticipatory Nostalgia is a feeling of longing for something that has yet to occur or may not exist at all. Through the use of digital and analog synthesizers in midi polychain, reel-to-reel recording, and IR reverbs, this album delves into the psychological implications of Anticipatory Nostalgia, particularly in relation to future-oriented benefits, affects, and social cognition. The album aims to appeal to those who seek a sense of nostalgia for the future, particularly those who are drawn to the idea of experiencing non-existent urban and rural landscapes that reflect the aesthetics and chronology of the future. In essence, “Nostalgia Futura” is a sound manifesto on the psychology of visionaries, and a demonstration that existence transcends the constraints of time and space, extending into the infinite cosmos and the depths of the human psyche.Conjecture is an experimental post-industrial project helmed by the Greek Avant-Garde visual artist Vasilis Angelopoulos. Initiated in 2013, Conjecture’s sonic output embodies an artistic vision that vacillates between disparate genres, concepts and moods. Angelopoulos employs primarily hardware synthesizers, metal sheets, piezo microphones, DIY impulse responses “collected” from abandoned buildings, and tape-manipulation techniques to conjure an immersive, cerebral and often haunting sound that probes themes such as human existence, religious folklore stereotypes, and transcendence through archetypal rituals, body deconstruction, human subtraction, and murder.Edition of 300 copies in 4 panel Digipak, matt lamination. 4 Tracks. Running Time 35:59 Release Date April 21 2023 Digital Available via BandcampShop |
| CHAIGIDEL & NERATERRÆ “Lamaštu” CD (181st Cycle) Italy’s CHAIGIDEL and NERATERRÆ have joined forces and created a deeply evocative ritualistic opus rich in various aural elements and sceneries. The title “Lamaŝtu” pays tribute to the Mesopotamian mythological malevolent goddess, the most terrible of all female demons, daughter of the sky god Anu and lover of Pazuzu.CHAIGIDEL is Mattia Giovanni Accinni, devoted to the most evocative side of music; sonic offerings for Qliphotic rituals from the depths of occultism and the left-hand path. On his fourth release on Cyclic Law, Alessio Antoni’s NERATERRÆ joins compatriot CHAIGIDEL on this trance-like-state inducing aural experience, seeking for knowledge by unearthing the roots of all evil.Black mantras, organic drones, tuvan throat singing, tibetan bells, doumbek, balaban, maaponim, shofar and ritual drums are the earthly tools chosen to cut through the soil of human beliefs and comprehension, and to reach for the purest and obscure states of being.CD Edition of 300 copies in 6 panel Digipak, matt lamination. 8 Tracks. Running Time 57:49 EAN: 0679628554235Written, produced and recorded by Mattia Giovanni Accinni and Alessio Antoni. Mixed by Mattia Giovanni Accinni. Mastered by Frederic Arbour at Cyclic Law Audio Mastering, 2022. Artwork by Nihil and Alessio Antoni. Digipak layout by Alessio Antoni. Release Date March 17 2023 Digital Available vis BandcampShop |
| TROUM & RAISON D’ÊTRE “De Aeris In Sublunaria Influxu” 2LP (113th Cycle) First time on Vinyl, presented in Gatefold Sleeve on Double LP. Originally released in 2015 and carefully forged between 2011 and 2014, “De Aeris In Sublunaria Influxu” showcases a magically crafted alchemical wedding between these two titans of drone ambient.Troum navigates through cavernous, subterranean spaces where cyclical sounds reverberate towards impressive crescendos of icy noise, luminous drones and dramatic, guitar-driven ghostly melodies. Their truly unique soundscapes shine in a perfect symbiotic movement with the Swedish dark ambient maestro Peter Andersson. Engulfed in a hauntingly beautiful kaleidoscope of grey-ish melancholia, raison d’être comfortably walks deeply into Troum’s vast territory, delivering his very own trademark of eerie tones, ominous sacral ambience and crystal clear constructions. Airy lush enigmatic atmospheres live together with dark breathing, reverberant transformative drones. Rich and gorgeously layered.All sounds assembled and recorded by raison d’être (Peter Andersson) and Troum (Stefan Knappe, Martin Gitschel) between 2011-2014. All sounds processed, manipulated and structured by Peter Andersson 2011-2014. K-14 level mastering by Peter Andersson 2014. Artwork by Ritxi Ostáriz.2LP Vinyl Edition of 300 copies, Gatefold Sleeve, Matt Lamination, Black Paper Inner sleeves. 8 Tracks. Running Time 76:785 EAN: 694536563261 Release Date April 21 2023 Digital Available Via BandcampShop |
| DESIDERII MARGINIS “Serenity / Rage” CD / LP (215th Cycle)“Serenity / Rage” focuses on the contradictory human capacity to do both good and evil, where clarity and insight can turn to blind overwhelming rage and how we find ourselves moving back and forth across this vast expanse of human emotions. With hints of classic Death Industrial and a unique cover version of Brighter Death Now’s classic track “Necroses Evangelicum”, Johan Levin exposes a new facet of his expanding discography. Nothing is Black nor White, we all fade to Grey…CD Edition of 300 copies in 4 panel Digipak. 6 Tracks. Running Time 36:41 EAN: 0679628554211 Vinyl Edition of 300 copies, 3mm sleeve, Matt Lamination with printed inner sleeve. 6 Tracks. Running Time 36:41 EAN: 0679628554228 Release Date April 21 2023 Digital Available Via Bandcamp |