Hilary Woods - Tongues of Wild Boar (Official Music Video) Sacred Bones Records 2020-01-21 | From 'Birthmarks,' out now:http://hyperurl.co/kbcz0wConcept and Direction: Hilary Woods.Made by Hilary Woods and Joshua Wright.Featuring Justine Cooper and Neasán Ó Conghaile.Hilary Woods’ Birthmarks has been a labor of intensity and intuition, written over the course of two years. Recorded whilst heavily pregnant between Galway and Oslo in the winter of 2019, Woods explores the oscillating and volatile processes of selfhood and becoming, hidden gestational growth, and the birthing of the Self, amidst continuous social and personal change. Birthmarks is a record that hunts for ways in which to revisit and caress wounds left by the memory of their scars. In its mystery and attentiveness to the art of alchemy and the world of the unseen, it is a journey through textural fog and feral density that gives way to passages of voracious sonic exorcism and poetic healing. Its eight songs traverse planes of visceral physicality, stark tender space, and breathtaking introspective beauty. Spurred on and crafted by the impulse to create a more corporeal sonic tendon for her songs to inhabit, Woods took her vision and home recordings to Norwegian experimental noise producer and filmmaker Lasse Marhaug. The collaboration proved rare and fruitful and lies at the heart of this record. Field recordings, analogue bass synthesizers, hushed vocals, and the breath are underpinned with heavy noise processing, fierce and wide cello, rich percussion, sable saxophone, and electronics. Birthmarks is inspired and informed by ideas of inner transmutation in the face of anxiety, post-war Japanese and wet-plate photography, early music, the secret life of trees, wolves, drone, the drawings of Francis Bacon, the images of Francesca Woodman, the films of Chris Marker, the experiential collapse of community, and the power of the lone human voice. It is a deeply powerful and enigmatic record that ultimately transcends its disquiet roots.
@johncarpenter1 new single & video My Name is Death, starring @weyesblood and Staz & Misha Lindes. Sacred Bones Records 2024-03-13 | ...
Anja Huwe - Rabenschwarz (Official Video) Sacred Bones Records 2024-03-07 | From the album "Codes" out now on Sacred Bones Records. Listen / buy: lnk.to/AnjaCodes Directed by Anja Huwe & Stefan HeintzenbergEdited by Stefan Heintzenberginstagram.com/huweanjaanjahuwe.comRabenschwarz Lyrics: Wir wissen nicht, was morgen wirdWir ziehen durch Zeit und Raum Wir wissen nicht, was morgen kommtWir leben wie im TraumWir wissen schon, was gestern warDie Zeichen stehen so klarDoch wissen nicht, wo treibt es hinEin Alptraum wurde wahrWir bitten nicht mehr – wir machenWir flehen nicht mehr – wir handelnWir zittern nicht mehr – wir spiegelnMutterseelenalleinWir bitten nicht mehr – wir machenWir flehen nicht mehr – wir handelnWir zittern nicht mehr – wir spiegelnVerlassen von dieser Welt Wir wissen nicht, was morgen wirdWir flehen und deuten ZeichenWir wissen nicht, was morgen kommtWir müssen Schuld begleichenWir wissen schon, was gestern warWir haben es überlebt Wir wissen nicht – egal wie weitWohin die Reise geht Wir bitten nicht mehr!English Translation: We don't know what tomorrow will bring We move through time and spaceWe don't know what will happen tomorrow We live as if in a dreamWe already know what yesterday was The signs are so clearBut we don't know where it's going A nightmare has come trueWe no longer ask - we doWe no longer plead - we actWe no longer tremble - we reflectMother's soul alone....Abandoned by this worldWe don't know what tomorrow will bring We plead and interpret signsWe don't know what tomorrow will showWe have debts to payWe already know what yesterday was We have survived itWe don't know - no matter how far Where the journey will take usWe don't ask any more!
Xmal Deutschland - Incubus Succubus (Official Audio) Sacred Bones Records 2024-02-06 | From the compilation "Early Singles: 1981-1982" out now on Sacred Bones Records. Listen / buy: lnk.to/XmalEarlySingles “Gothics”—a time before the word goth had even taken shape—believed in the do-it-yourself punk ethos that anyone could pick up an instrument. This, alongside the bric-a-brac fashion of Adam Ant and the long-winded atmospheric malaise of Bauhaus’ 1979 single, “Bela Lugosi’s Dead,” gray clouds were starting to form. And in the unlikely city of Hamburg, a brazen and haunting gang of five women formed Xmal Deutschland. Amidst the dark ruckus that coalesced at the turn of the 1980s, these similarly-styled incendiaries began practicing in a rehearsal room that belonged to some of their boyfriends’ bands. As any true punk would, Xmal Deutschland’s members Caro May, Rita Simon, Manuela Rickers, Fiona Sangster and Anja Huwe, started the band despite not having had any previous musical experience. When they bought studio time to record their first single, “Schwarze Welt,” Simon was originally slated to be the lead vocalist but failed to show on the day of recording. Huwe—who originally played bass—was thrust into the frontwoman position, and begrudgingly agreed: “The only condition from my side [was that] I will never perform onstage… Two months later, they made me without ever telling me upfront. I had no choice.” The “Schwarze Welt” seven-inch was released on the local punk label, ZickZack, in 1981 and introduced the band as an unsettling swarm of intensity. There’s an urgency in its repetitive dirge, a swirling mania that persists on the b-side with “Die Wolken” and “Großstadtindianer” whose crude synthesizer noises escalate in tension. Most of all, Huwe’s uniquely venomous German vocals quickly became embedded in the unbridled and burgeoning scene of glamorous gloom. Punk’s independence from the stiff grip of tradition allowed the band to find solace in anti-establishment art and music, far from the conventions of the past. “We as girls, especially being creative in many ways, ignored facts like: be nice, be polite, take good care about your looks. Of course, we wanted to look good but in a different and unconventional way. We were enough for ourselves." However, some tropes were harder to overcome. The association of Xmal Deutschland as a girl band (later with the addition of Wolfgang Ellerbrock who, jokingly, became the token man of the group) gained traction within the media circuit because of their looks: “We were like paradise birds,” says Huwe in retaliation to the tired misogynistic tale. The band’s keyboardist, Fiona Sangster, adds: “To be an ‘all-girl band’ happened accidentally. To us, it was not the main reason to form a band.” With their peacocked hair and thick kohl-lined eyes, Xmal Deutschland’s music retained both a restlessness and delicacy, transcending any confines of the “Neue Deutsche Welle” movement (much like their colleagues and friends DAF and Einstürzende Neubauten) with the release of the “Incubus Succubus” single in 1982. It instantly became a post-punk classic. The guitar’s buzz ransacks through the melody as the ghoulish primitiveness of Huwe’s voice teases that maybe, just maybe, she is the nightmarish creature of which to be aware. The b-sides, “Zu Jung Zu Alt” and “Blut Ist Liebe,” keep strict militaristic dance beats as they teem in agitation. That same year, the band performed in London as support for the Cocteau Twins; it was the platform they needed to ricochet into the arms of the ripped fishnet masses. Early Singles (1981-1982), is a map of the foundational movements of Xmal Deutschland, just seconds before takeoff. Bonus tracks on the compilation, “Kaelbermarsch” and a gritty live version of “Allein,” further accentuate their fusion of toughness with the quixotic decadence of atmospheric synthesizers. The band’s pursuit of something greater is palpable with this release, a reflection of a time that introduced accessibility to new means of making music following the onset of punk.
Anja Huwe - Pariah (Official Audio) Sacred Bones Records 2024-02-06 | From the album "Codes" out now on Sacred Bones Records. Listen / buy: lnk.to/AnjaCodes“Gothics”—a time before the word goth had even taken shape—believed in the do-it-yourself punk ethos that anyone could pick up an instrument. This, alongside the bric-a-brac fashion of Adam Ant and the long-winded atmospheric malaise of Bauhaus’ 1979 single, “Bela Lugosi’s Dead,” gray clouds were starting to form. And in the unlikely city of Hamburg, a brazen and haunting gang of five women formed Xmal Deutschland. After Xmal Deutschland’s success with four albums on cult labels such as 4AD, lead singer Anja Huwe abandoned music to pursue her visual art career. But leaving her legacy in the past was not so easy: “Since the split in the early 1990s, I have been haunted by the ‘Legend of Xmal Deutschland’ and never-ending requests from all over the world, all of which I always turned down,” she says. Invited by her long-time friend Mona Mur, Huwe reconsidered her decades-long hiatus from music and decided to join Mur in her studio in Berlin. Together, they worked for a year and a half, composing, performing and producing the tracks from scratch which eventually became the album 'Codes'. Integral to the overall sound experience was the input of Manuela Rickers who added her famed signature guitar style and sound.Initially inspired by the diary entries of Moshe Shnitzki, who, at the age of 17, left his home in 1942 to live in the cavernous White Russian forests as a partisan, CODES is about the human experience and what extremes can do to an individual. “The result is a poetic, musical cosmos that encompasses the following themes: forest, fear, pain, loss, violence, and loneliness but also beauty, longing, hope and the will to survive,” Huwe explains. These thematic extremities cause an erraticism to CODES—a passing thunderstorm, a cyclonic burst of nature’s force—but one that exudes anticipation amidst the chill. With elegant production by Mur and Huwe and mixing and mastering by Jon Caffery (Joy Division, Gary Numan, Einstürzende Neubauten) epic builds crash and disseminate, the sleek synthesized drones of sound even feel claustrophobic at times.The introductory song, “Skuggornas,” is weighted by the past: “I don’t regret anything I’ve done,” Huwe sings, mirroring the hefty anguish of a death ballad. Quickly, she growls in her native tongue with “Rabenschwarz,” a frenzied song - unmistakably energetic and expressive. The sharp punctuation of Mur’s signature electronic elements throughout the album help sterilize the hostility of Howe's vocals—this is especially apparent in the bleak harmonic resonance of “Sleep With One Eye Open.”The interchange between languages is intentional, as shown in “Pariah”: “Since I sing multilingually, and often work with metaphors, I hope that the listener can grasp the moods without understanding them literally. This is often the case with Xmal Deutschland—I believe that voice, expression, and sound can achieve an overall atmosphere. Sometimes melancholic and blue, but also uplifting, vibrant, or subliminally aggressive.” And it is with the addition of former Xmal Deutschland’s guitarist, Manuela Rickers, that CODES hints at the post-punk atmospheres of yesteryear. "The way she plays is unique, magnificent, almost unpretentious,” says Huwe. “Her often unusual tones are sometimes quirky. There is nothing like it.” Rickers’ guitarwork swirls maniacally (“O Wald”) or howls in sorrowful blights of melancholy (“Zwischenwelt”). However, it shines most in “Living in the Forest,” a song that harkens back to the grit of Xmal Deutschland: both eerie and danceable, the guitar intertwines with Huwe’s vocals in a way that feels like destiny. A musical cosmos, indeed.Xmal Deutschland, now marked as forerunners of the post-punk movement, were never complacent but consistently ravenous in their attack throughout the 1980s. Huwe’s return is no different. Unexpected but long overdue, "Codes" is that missing page from post-punk’s history books, the freshly splayed paint across the decades-old canvas—it is the product of the tireless will to survive on her own terms.
Xmal Deutschlands Allein, out now! Original live audio recording from Nosferatu Festival 1982. Sacred Bones Records 2024-01-11 | ...
Xmal Deutschland - Allein (Official Music Video) Sacred Bones Records 2024-01-10 | From the compilation "Early Singles: 1981-1982" out now on Sacred Bones Records. Original live audio recording from Nosferatu Festival 1982. Listen / buy: lnk.to/XmalEarlySingles “Gothics”—a time before the word goth had even taken shape—believed in the do-it-yourself punk ethos that anyone could pick up an instrument. This, alongside the bric-a-brac fashion of Adam Ant and the long-winded atmospheric malaise of Bauhaus’ 1979 single, “Bela Lugosi’s Dead,” gray clouds were starting to form. And in the unlikely city of Hamburg, a brazen and haunting gang of five women formed Xmal Deutschland. Amidst the dark ruckus that coalesced at the turn of the 1980s, these similarly-styled incendiaries began practicing in a rehearsal room that belonged to some of their boyfriends’ bands. As any true punk would, Xmal Deutschland’s members Caro May, Rita Simon, Manuela Rickers, Fiona Sangster and Anja Huwe, started the band despite not having had any previous musical experience. When they bought studio time to record their first single, “Schwarze Welt,” Simon was originally slated to be the lead vocalist but failed to show on the day of recording. Huwe—who originally played bass—was thrust into the frontwoman position, and begrudgingly agreed: “The only condition from my side [was that] I will never perform onstage… Two months later, they made me without ever telling me upfront. I had no choice.” The “Schwarze Welt” seven-inch was released on the local punk label, ZickZack, in 1981 and introduced the band as an unsettling swarm of intensity. There’s an urgency in its repetitive dirge, a swirling mania that persists on the b-side with “Die Wolken” and “Großstadtindianer” whose crude synthesizer noises escalate in tension. Most of all, Huwe’s uniquely venomous German vocals quickly became embedded in the unbridled and burgeoning scene of glamorous gloom. Punk’s independence from the stiff grip of tradition allowed the band to find solace in anti-establishment art and music, far from the conventions of the past. “We as girls, especially being creative in many ways, ignored facts like: be nice, be polite, take good care about your looks. Of course, we wanted to look good but in a different and unconventional way. We were enough for ourselves." However, some tropes were harder to overcome. The association of Xmal Deutschland as a girl band (later with the addition of Wolfgang Ellerbrock who, jokingly, became the token man of the group) gained traction within the media circuit because of their looks: “We were like paradise birds,” says Huwe in retaliation to the tired misogynistic tale. The band’s keyboardist, Fiona Sangster, adds: “To be an ‘all-girl band’ happened accidentally. To us, it was not the main reason to form a band.” With their peacocked hair and thick kohl-lined eyes, Xmal Deutschland’s music retained both a restlessness and delicacy, transcending any confines of the “Neue Deutsche Welle” movement (much like their colleagues and friends DAF and Einstürzende Neubauten) with the release of the “Incubus Succubus” single in 1982. It instantly became a post-punk classic. The guitar’s buzz ransacks through the melody as the ghoulish primitiveness of Huwe’s voice teases that maybe, just maybe, she is the nightmarish creature of which to be aware. The b-sides, “Zu Jung Zu Alt” and “Blut Ist Liebe,” keep strict militaristic dance beats as they teem in agitation. That same year, the band performed in London as support for the Cocteau Twins; it was the platform they needed to ricochet into the arms of the ripped fishnet masses. Early Singles (1981-1982), is a map of the foundational movements of Xmal Deutschland, just seconds before takeoff. Bonus tracks on the compilation, “Kaelbermarsch” and a gritty live version of “Allein,” further accentuate their fusion of toughness with the quixotic decadence of atmospheric synthesizers. The band’s pursuit of something greater is palpable with this release, a reflection of a time that introduced accessibility to new means of making music following the onset of punk.
Anja Huwe - Rabenschwarz (Official Audio) Sacred Bones Records 2024-01-10 | From the album "Codes" out now on Sacred Bones Records. Listen / buy: lnk.to/AnjaCodes“Gothics”—a time before the word goth had even taken shape—believed in the do-it-yourself punk ethos that anyone could pick up an instrument. This, alongside the bric-a-brac fashion of Adam Ant and the long-winded atmospheric malaise of Bauhaus’ 1979 single, “Bela Lugosi’s Dead,” gray clouds were starting to form. And in the unlikely city of Hamburg, a brazen and haunting gang of five women formed Xmal Deutschland. After Xmal Deutschland’s success with four albums on cult labels such as 4AD, lead singer Anja Huwe abandoned music to pursue her visual art career. But leaving her legacy in the past was not so easy: “Since the split in the early 1990s, I have been haunted by the ‘Legend of Xmal Deutschland’ and never-ending requests from all over the world, all of which I always turned down,” she says. Invited by her long-time friend Mona Mur, Huwe reconsidered her decades-long hiatus from music and decided to join Mur in her studio in Berlin. Together, they worked for a year and a half, composing, performing and producing the tracks from scratch, which would eventually became the album ‘Codes’. Integral to the overall sound experience was the input of Manuela Rickers who added her famed signature guitar style. The collaboration was relentless: “Mona and I have a similar artistic background since the 1980s. We hung out together, and we sport a similar attitude towards life and art. We don’t have to explain ourselves to one another,” says Huwe.“I discovered the new possibilities of digital and analogue music creation,” she continues. “It was a very intensive work, without egocentricity and completely in the sign of the realization of what we wanted to achieve. The project was in the foreground and was characterized by intense encounters with words and sounds. For me, it was a completely new experience—or, like painting pictures.” Mur adds: “Anja’s voice is like a spear, her appearance a torch in the darkness.”Initially inspired by the diary entries of Moshe Shnitzki, who, at the age of 17, left his home in 1942 to live in the cavernous White Russian forests as a partisan, CODES is about the human experience and what extremes can do to an individual. “The result is a poetic, musical cosmos that encompasses the following themes: forest, fear, pain, loss, violence, and loneliness but also beauty, longing, hope and the will to survive,” Huwe explains. These thematic extremities cause an erraticism to CODES—a passing thunderstorm, a cyclonic burst of nature’s force—but one that exudes anticipation amidst the chill. With elegant production by Mur and Huwe and mixing and mastering by Jon Caffery (Joy Division, Gary Numan, Einstürzende Neubauten) epic builds crash and disseminate, the sleek synthesized drones of sound even feel claustrophobic at times.The introductory song, “Skuggornas,” is weighted by the past: “I don’t regret anything I’ve done,” Huwe sings, mirroring the hefty anguish of a death ballad. Quickly, she growls in her native tongue with “Rabenschwarz,” a frenzied song - unmistakably energetic and expressive. The sharp punctuation of Mur’s signature electronic elements throughout the album help sterilize the hostility of Howe's vocals—this is especially apparent in the bleak harmonic resonance of “Sleep With One Eye Open.”The interchange between languages is intentional, as shown in “Pariah”: “Since I sing multilingually, and often work with metaphors, I hope that the listener can grasp the moods without understanding them literally. This is often the case with Xmal Deutschland—I believe that voice, expression, and sound can achieve an overall atmosphere. Sometimes melancholic and blue, but also uplifting, vibrant, or subliminally aggressive.” And it is with the addition of former Xmal Deutschland’s guitarist, Manuela Rickers, that CODES hints at the post-punk atmospheres of yesteryear. "The way she plays is unique, magnificent, almost unpretentious,” says Huwe. “Her often unusual tones are sometimes quirky. There is nothing like it.” Rickers’ guitarwork swirls maniacally (“O Wald”) or howls in sorrowful blights of melancholy (“Zwischenwelt”). However, it shines most in “Living in the Forest,” a song that harkens back to the grit of Xmal Deutschland: both eerie and danceable, the guitar intertwines with Huwe’s vocals in a way that feels like destiny. A musical cosmos, indeed.Xmal Deutschland, now marked as forerunners of the post-punk movement, were never complacent but consistently ravenous in their attack throughout the 1980s. Huwe’s return is no different. Unexpected but long overdue, "Codes" is that missing page from post-punk’s history books, the freshly splayed paint across the decades-old canvas—it is the product of the tireless will to survive on her own terms.
@kekht_arakh new single and video out now 🥀 Sacred Bones Records 2023-11-29 | @kekht_arakh new single and video out now 🥀
Captain DJ (Mort Garson) - Disco UFO pt. 2 Sacred Bones Records 2023-11-14 | lnk.to/DiscoUFOMort Garson brings his unmistakable synthesizer aboard this alien ship. “DISCO UFO” is a retro-sci-fi rainbow madness, with a euphoric mood and a space age atmosphere. Disco UFO’s two tracks traverse space age funk, proto hip-hop, and psychedelic disco grooves. This very rare 7" was originally released in a limited edition on Garson’s own record label G-Note in 1978, now seeing its digital wider release on Sacred Bones Records. Produced and arranged by Mort Garson, and released under one of his many monikers: Captain DJ. Written by Mort Garson, D. James & A. Rose.Check out Disco UFO Part 1 here: youtu.be/bgcRjg_5ogE
Captain DJ (Mort Garson) - Disco UFO pt. 1 Sacred Bones Records 2023-11-14 | lnk.to/DiscoUFOMort Garson brings his unmistakable synthesizer aboard this alien ship. “DISCO UFO” is a retro-sci-fi rainbow madness, with a euphoric mood and a space age atmosphere. Disco UFO’s two tracks traverse space age funk, proto hip-hop, and psychedelic disco grooves. This very rare 7" was originally released in a limited edition on Garson’s own record label G-Note in 1978, now seeing its digital wider release on Sacred Bones Records. Produced and arranged by Mort Garson, and released under one of his many monikers: Captain DJ. Written by Mort Garson, D. James & A. Rose.Check out Disco UFO Part 2 here: youtu.be/pri_Q3_vN4I
Watch @MolchatDoma s on the road video of their 2023 tour! Sacred Bones Records 2023-11-13 | youtu.be/p946jAagdSI
Watch Khanates Commuted Sacred Bones Records 2023-11-09 | Alongside our appearance at Roadburn we will headline our first shows ever in Copenhagen & Berlin. Tickets are on sale now from khanateofficial.com/liveaktionsIn anticipation of Khanate’s return to the stage we’ve uncovered footage originally released on the “Dead & Live Aktions” DVD. Commuted, Fields, Under Rotting Sky and No Joy are now available to view at youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmwYgo1kUrwQEyUn5OQC1YRGPk9KkDpFq.
@hilarywoods1657 new album ‘Acts of Light’, out today in all of its glory 🕯️ Sacred Bones Records 2023-11-03 | ...
Tod Browning’s 1925 silent film The Mystic - Trailer (featuring Dean Hurley score) Sacred Bones Records 2023-10-27 | Listen to Dean Hurley's score now: lnk.to/TheMysticScoreJust in time for All Hallow’s Eve, we are pleased to announce Dean Hurley’s haunting original score for Tod Browning’s 1925 silent film The Mystic. Commissioned by The Criterion Collection and released on Blu-ray last week, it marks the first time this rare Browning title has ever been available on home video.Set amid Browning’s favored milieu of shadowy sideshows and clever criminals, The Mystic tells the story of Zara, a phony psychic in a Hungarian carnival who, under the guidance of a Svengali-like con man, infiltrates and swindles New York high society. Browning’s fascination with the weird is on full display in the eerie seance sequences, while his subversive moral ambiguity extends surprising sympathy to even the most seemingly irredeemable of antiheroes. Truly a missing link in Browning’s filmography that sheds light on his development as early Hollywood’s edgiest auteur.Hurley’s accompanying score is a fully hauntological affair featuring dusty accordion, nylon-stringed guitar, calliope, brass, and more…captured through sheets of authentic optical and analog noise. “The tradition of silent film soundtracks has typically always been one of live, improvisationally-based Wurlitzer or piano accompaniment…and I have always wanted to try advancing the clock forward in time a bit, approaching one with the same craft that crystalized with King Kong in 1932: ‘re-recording’ synchronized sound effects alongside a bespoke score in order to bring forth the maximum amount of life and energy to a film’s experience.”
@mariabcmusic new album Spike Field, out now for your listening pleasure. Sacred Bones Records 2023-10-23 | ...
Psychic Ills - Another Day Another Night (Official Music Video) Sacred Bones Records 2023-10-12 | From the album Dins released in 2006Directed by Theo Angell
Hilary Woods - Burial Rites (Official Video) Sacred Bones Records 2023-10-11 | From the album Acts of Light, out now on Sacred Bones Records.Listen here: lnk.to/ActsofLightMusic Video made by Hilary Woods. (Made with artist’s own 16mm and 8mm hand processed film footage together with images from The National Folklore Collection UCD and archive footage from RTE Archives) Acts of Light is a fugue composed of nine slow hypnotic dirges. Vulnerability, majesty, and candour elicited with drone, synth, noise, vocals, viola, double bass, field recordings, cello and sacred choral chant, compose its private ritual. Born out of excavations and explorations in intuition and physicality through sound which culminated in her 2021 EP Feral Hymns, Acts of Light is a disquiet personal offering to wilderness, loss, absence, mystery and love supreme. Its resonant, rich and weighted lament is both subterranean and chasmal whilst simultaneously detailed and tender, awakening hidden forms that emerge from the shadows with each listen. Textural dust and speckled light move slowly and expansively through a deeply sonic and sensory rite of passage where Woods’ moving compositions confide in us feeling to be received with the entire body. Written, recorded, mixed and produced over a span of two years between the west coast of Ireland and Dublin, Woods recorded the choristers of the Palestrina Choir in the Procathedral Dublin together with vocalists from the Galway City Chamber Choir. Strings were recorded by Jo Berger Myhre in Oslo, whilst field recordings were recorded nomadically throughout her time spent travelling through the north west of Spain. Of the video Woods says: “The video is comprised of 16mm and 8mm hand processed film footage together with archive material and still photographs that portray private and collective rituals as acts of light to accompany Burial Rites, a sable droning lament inspired by the keening tradition.”
Divinity OST - Kool Keith Commercial Sacred Bones Records 2023-10-04 | Featuring the song "Divinity 2 Infinity: The Odyssey" by DJ Muggs (featuring Kool Keith) from "Divinity: Original Motion Picture Score" by DJ Muggs & Dean Hurley. Out now on Sacred Bones Records. Listen / buy here: lnk.to/DivinityOSTDivinity in theaters: NYC starting 10/13, LA starting 10/20, and Nationwide 11/3. Tickets available at divinitythefilm.com
Amandla Stenberg - Wicked Animal (feat. Bobbi Salvör Menuez) Sacred Bones Records 2023-09-29 | Out now via Sacred Bones RecordsListen here: lnk.to/WickedAnimalAmandla Stenberg wrote and performed "Wicked Animal" for the feature film My Animal, directed by long-time label collaborator Jacqueline Castel, from a screenplay written by Jae Matthews of Boy Harsher. Castel’s Sundance-premiering thriller is now playing in select theaters and on demand. Amandla Stenberg is a talented musician and actress known for her roles in Everything, Everything, The Hunger Games and Bodies Bodies Bodies. She was included in Time's list of Most Influential Teens in both 2015 and 2016, and has received several accolades, including a Teen Choice Award, an NAACP Image Award, and nominations for four Black Reel Awards and a Critics' Choice Award. She is also set to star in the next highly anticipated Star Wars series. In addition to acting, Stenberg has been globally praised for her crusade towards improving society and sparking thoughtful conversation, using social media as a platform to spread social awareness and knowledge. Amandla Stenberg says of the track: "I wrote this track from the bathroom of a hotel in a tiny town situated between mountains of snow in northern Ontario during the filming of our movie "My Animal". Sometimes my costar Bobbi and I wandered up and down the icy block that made up downtown, but most of the time we found solace from the cold in our room together, singing on handheld karaoke mics. This song came from that place of deep isolation and playfulness. It was inspired by the themes of the movie and the alchemy of the set our director Jacqueline Castel created. Bobbi is a werewolf struggling with the decision to give into their dark, feral, powerful nature. It had me thinking about what parts of ourselves we meet when we placate our most taboo desires. There is a danger to hedonism, but a power as well. Bobbi wrote a poem about our characters that they spoke aloud for the bridge. My dear friend Juice Jackal came on for some additional production once we all came home from our fantastic frozen fever dream. It was recorded on my iPhone mic, which I actually really love the sound of. I love writing music when I'm on set-- the spirit of the film always takes on a lifeblood of its own and injects itself into everything you touch."instagram.com/amandlastenberg
Föllakzoid - V-IIII (Official Unabridged Audio) Sacred Bones Records 2023-09-28 | From the album "V" Order / Listen lnk.to/FollakzoidVOut now via Sacred Bones Recordsinstagram.com/follakzoidCheck out the music video for the edited version here: youtu.be/IaSXwrcv94YFöllakzoid grows via depuration, aiming with each record to fill longer spaces of time with fewer and fewer elements. And like the best techno, kraut, and psychedelia have proven throughout time, sometimes the most minimal framework is the strongest container for transcendence. Which is what Föllakzoid have achieved with V, an immersive opus that takes the listener on seductive journey straight to the dance floor. On their last album I (2019) and their latest album V the project has incorporated more electronic elements and techno influences, expanding their sonic palette while retaining their signature immersive quality. Föllakzoid is now exclusively the project of Domingæ, a musician, artist and director who has been the core member of the project since inception. Domingæ weaves her queer and trans identity into both the sound and the live presentation of the project, an element that Föllakzoid has always been known for. The resulting energy is one that seduces the listener straight to the dance floor.The creative perspective of the band has always been about unlearning the narrative, musical and visual paradigms that shape physical and digital conceptions, in an effort to make a time-space metric structure that dissolves both the author and the narrative. Unlike past Föllakzoid records, that were done in single takes with the full band, their latest record V took a month to construct out of more than 70 separate stems. Guitars, bass, drums, synthesizers, and vocals, were all recorded in isolation and producer Atom TM, who was not present for recording, was then asked to re-organize the four sequences of stems without any length, structural restrictions or guidelines. The inherent possibilities were endless yet bound together by the inner logic of the game itself and by the spirits of the players. V is the exercise of telling an elaborate story about nothing, with the smallest number of words necessary. The story is one of the electricity and code which we inhabit - or which may inhabit us, and can be imagined through heart-pounding bass, skittering beats, head swirling melodies, and an ominous allure that feels at times like genuine hypnosis.
Föllakzoid - V-IIII (Official Music Video) Sacred Bones Records 2023-09-28 | From the album "V" Order / Listen: lnk.to/FollakzoidVOut now via Sacred Bones Recordsinstagram.com/follakzoidCreated by: wizardhead and dominga huidobroThis video contains an edited version of the song "V-IIII" Listen to the unabridged version of the track here: youtu.be/aSZw6MKRnlEFöllakzoid grows via depuration, aiming with each record to fill longer spaces of time with fewer and fewer elements. And like the best techno, kraut, and psychedelia have proven throughout time, sometimes the most minimal framework is the strongest container for transcendence. Which is what Föllakzoid have achieved with V, an immersive opus that takes the listener on seductive journey straight to the dance floor. On their last album I (2019) and their latest album V the project has incorporated more electronic elements and techno influences, expanding their sonic palette while retaining their signature immersive quality. Föllakzoid is now exclusively the project of Domingæ, a musician, artist and director who has been the core member of the project since inception. Domingæ weaves her queer and trans identity into both the sound and the live presentation of the project, an element that Föllakzoid has always been known for. The resulting energy is one that seduces the listener straight to the dance floor.The creative perspective of the band has always been about unlearning the narrative, musical and visual paradigms that shape physical and digital conceptions, in an effort to make a time-space metric structure that dissolves both the author and the narrative. Unlike past Föllakzoid records, that were done in single takes with the full band, their latest record V took a month to construct out of more than 70 separate stems. Guitars, bass, drums, synthesizers, and vocals, were all recorded in isolation and producer Atom TM, who was not present for recording, was then asked to re-organize the four sequences of stems without any length, structural restrictions or guidelines. The inherent possibilities were endless yet bound together by the inner logic of the game itself and by the spirits of the players. V is the exercise of telling an elaborate story about nothing, with the smallest number of words necessary. The story is one of the electricity and code which we inhabit - or which may inhabit us, and can be imagined through heart-pounding bass, skittering beats, head swirling melodies, and an ominous allure that feels at times like genuine hypnosis.
@hilarywoods1657 new single! From the album ‘Acts of Light’ out Nov 3 @sacredbonesrecords Sacred Bones Records 2023-09-20 | ...
Hilary Woods - Where The Bough Has Broken (Official Video) Sacred Bones Records 2023-09-20 | Listen/Buy here: lnk.to/ActsofLight Music Video made by Hilary Woods.(made with archive footage from RTE Archives) Of the track and video, Woods says the following: "Made from old newsreels of archive footage on film, this video muses on the beauty of community and resilience, made to a piece of music that celebrates connection and the specificity and transience of time, space, and human expression. This music video is a visual love letter to the Dublin City I grew up in, to the spirit of familial roots and the extraordinary moments in ordinary life that leave their lasting impression."Acts of Light is a fugue comprised of nine slow hypnotic dirges. Vulnerability, majesty, and candour elicited with drone, synth, noise, vocals, viola, double bass, field recordings, cello and sacred choral chant, compose its private ritual. Born out of excavations and explorations in intuition and physicality through sound which culminated in her 2021 EP Feral Hymns, Acts of Light is a disquiet personal offering to wilderness, loss, absence, mystery and love supreme. Its resonant, rich and weighted lament is both subterranean and chasmal whilst simultaneously detailed and tender, awakening hidden forms that emerge from the shadows with each listen. Textural dust and speckled light move slowly and expansively through a deeply sonic and sensory rite of passage where Woods’ moving compositions confide in us feeling to be received with the entire body. Written, recorded, mixed and produced over a span of two years between the west coast of Ireland and Dublin, Woods recorded the choristers of the Palestrina Choir in the Procathedral Dublin together with vocalists from the Galway City Chamber Choir. Strings were recorded by Jo Berger Myhre in Oslo, whilst field recordings were recorded nomadically throughout her time spent travelling through the north and south of Spain.
DJ Muggs & Kool Keith - Divinity 2 Infinity: The Odyssey (Official Visualizer) Sacred Bones Records 2023-09-19 | From the album "Divinity: Original Motion Picture Score" by DJ Muggs & Dean Hurley out now on Sacred Bones Records. Listen / buy here: lnk.to/DivinityOSTLegendary hip hop pioneer DJ Muggs and frequent David Lynch collaborator Dean Hurley join forces for the original score to the 2023 Sundance-premiering feature film “Divinity.” Equal parts sonically punishing and ethereal, the soundtrack delivers a unique punch that further intensifies the mind-bending, acid-trip experience of the film.“Divinity” is a sci-fi dystopian odyssey produced by Steven Soderbergh and helmed by visionary director Eddie Alcazar. Set in the distant future, scientist Sterling Pierce dedicated his life to the quest for immortality, slowly making progress developing a serum named “Divinity.” Jaxxon Pierce, his son, now controls and profits from his father’s once benevolent dream. Society on their barren planet has been entirely perverted by the supremacy and pervasiveness of the drug. Two mysterious brothers arrive with a plan to abduct the mogul, and with the help of a woman named Nikita, they set on a trajectory hurtling toward true immortality.Amidst the film’s extraordinary tapestry of stark aesthetics and themes, the score is a ten ton barbell of sonic weight. Crafted with 8-bit samplers, Wavestation synths, extended choir and string techniques, the soundtrack manages to swing wildly between the arenas of both music and sound design. Like all rich soundtracks, listening to the score on its own re-conjures the imagery of the film in the screen of the listener’s mind, an aural experience that manages to encapsulate and pulse a matched intensity of the film.Tracks like ‘The Brothers’ and ‘Reflective Dreams’ cascade Vangelis-esque tones, painting with broad strokes of cinematic grandeur and ethereal wonder. ‘Main Titles’ and ‘Infinity Techno’ conversely swing hard into relentless, punishing sonics; with brutal, pulsing energy representative of the twisted, relentless pursuit of immortality. A standout of the album is undoubtedly “Divinity 2 Infinity: The Odyssey,” featuring cult hip-hop hero and lyrical-savant Kool Keith. Written for the film’s end credits, the track is a satisfying throwback to the 90’s original soundtrack cut bespoke-tailored to the film’s narrative themes.DJ Muggs and Dean Hurley’s synergy yields a soundtrack that takes “Divinity” beyond the screen and into a multi-dimensional experience, inviting its listener along uncharted aural terrain for an unforgettable odyssey in sound.
@johncarpenter1 new single 69th St. Bridge from the classic movie Escape From New York, out now! Sacred Bones Records 2023-09-13 | ...
Maria BC - Amber (Official Video) Sacred Bones Records 2023-08-29 | From the album "Spike Field"Out now on Sacred Bones RecordsListen / buy here: lnk.to/SpikeFieldVideo by Maria BCFollow Maria BC instagram.com/mariab4christfacebook.com/mariabcmusicmariabc.bandcamp.comIn the early 1990s, a team of linguists, engineers, anthropologists, and archaeologists were tasked with constructing a type of communication that could transcend time. How might we converse with future civilizations when language may evolve or dissolve entirely? The result yielded the design of spike fields; a strange construction of granite thorns bursting from the earth to alert its viewers to the deadly uninhabitability of nuclear waste disposal sites. For Maria BC (they/them), this state of temporal focus molds the wanderings on their second full length album Spike Field. How do we connect with the weathered shadow of our experience, while envisioning the self a few steps ahead of us? While their debut album Hyaline (2022, Father/Daughter) explored grief and anxiety through a series of character-led accounts, Spike Field recognizes that mistakes, tragedies and embarrassments will continue to lurk below the surface until we decide to break through the soil.Spike Field was recorded in the home of a family friend. The home featured an out-of-tune baby Steinway piano, complete with squeaky hammers and strange, sporadic sounds. The piano is sprinkled throughout the album, and features extensively on opener “Amber,” showcasing Maria BC’s looser, more extensive arrangements. The song flickers with electronic wonder, like a wave seeking out its station, before crashing into the angelic choral introduction of “Watcher”. Strings, plucked guitar and buzzing swells accompany their classically-trained mezzo-soprano voice on “Return to Sender,” a song that focuses on the frustrations and turmoil of being unable to reach a loved one––both physically and emotionally. Spike Field reminds us that despite our best efforts to bury certain aspects of ourselves, they will always lurk beneath the surface. Instead of ignoring the seeds striving to break through, we can point to these places with a curious grace, concocting a language that transcends words to converse with our previous selves. Maria BC pieces together juxtaposing sonic landscapes and oscillating vocals to represent the thread of miscommunication, or the failure of words, that weaves throughout the album, transforming it into a distinct and ever-evolving sonic tongue. If we listen, we might find something new within ourselves.Follow Maria BC instagram.com/mariab4christfacebook.com/mariabcmusicmariabc.bandcamp.com
Föllakzoid - V-II (Official Unabridged Audio) Sacred Bones Records 2023-08-24 | From the album "V" Buy / Listen: lnk.to/FollakzoidVOut now via Sacred Bones Recordsinstagram.com/follakzoidCheck out the music video for the edited version here:youtu.be/4l48JtPUNAAFöllakzoid grows via depuration, aiming with each record to fill longer spaces of time with fewer and fewer elements. And like the best techno, kraut, and psychedelia have proven throughout time, sometimes the most minimal framework is the strongest container for transcendence. Which is what Föllakzoid have achieved with V, an immersive opus that takes the listener on seductive journey straight to the dance floor. The creative perspective of the band has always been about unlearning the narrative, musical and visual paradigms that shape physical and digital conceptions, in an effort to make a time-space metric structure that dissolves both the author and the narrative. Unlike past Föllakzoid records, that were done in single takes with the full band, their latest record V took a month to construct out of more than 70 separate stems. Guitars, bass, drums, synthesizers, and vocals, were all recorded in isolation and producer Atom TM, who was not present for recording, was then asked to re-organize the four sequences of stems without any length, structural restrictions or guidelines. The inherent possibilities were endless yet bound together by the inner logic of the game itself and by the spirits of the players. V is the exercise of telling an elaborate story about nothing, with the smallest number of words necessary. The story is one of the electricity and code which we inhabit - or which may inhabit us, and can be imagined through heart-pounding bass, skittering beats, head swirling melodies, and an ominous allure that feels at times like genuine hypnosis.
Föllakzoid - V-II (Official Music Video) Sacred Bones Records 2023-08-24 | From the album "V" Buy / Listen: lnk.to/FollakzoidVOut now via Sacred Bones Recordsinstagram.com/follakzoidDirected by: dominga huidobroEdited: guillermo mezaThis video contains an edited version of the song "V-II" featured within a montage from Dominga Garcia-Huidobro’s directed movie Partir to Live. Listen to the unabridged version of the track here: youtu.be/Kh61LQlHE3UFöllakzoid grows via depuration, aiming with each record to fill longer spaces of time with fewer and fewer elements. And like the best techno, kraut, and psychedelia have proven throughout time, sometimes the most minimal framework is the strongest container for transcendence. Which is what Föllakzoid have achieved with V, an immersive opus that takes the listener on seductive journey straight to the dance floor. The creative perspective of the band has always been about unlearning the narrative, musical and visual paradigms that shape physical and digital conceptions, in an effort to make a time-space metric structure that dissolves both the author and the narrative. Unlike past Föllakzoid records, that were done in single takes with the full band, their latest record V took a month to construct out of more than 70 separate stems. Guitars, bass, drums, synthesizers, and vocals, were all recorded in isolation and producer Atom TM, who was not present for recording, was then asked to re-organize the four sequences of stems without any length, structural restrictions or guidelines. The inherent possibilities were endless yet bound together by the inner logic of the game itself and by the spirits of the players. V is the exercise of telling an elaborate story about nothing, with the smallest number of words necessary. The story is one of the electricity and code which we inhabit - or which may inhabit us, and can be imagined through heart-pounding bass, skittering beats, head swirling melodies, and an ominous allure that feels at times like genuine hypnosis.
Newly announced John Carpenter! Anthology II, out October 6. #johncarpenter #halloween Sacred Bones Records 2023-08-22 | ...
Sextile new single Crash, OUT NOW! #newmusic #sextile #crash Sacred Bones Records 2023-08-16 | From the album Push, out on September 15, 2023 on Sacred Bones Records. Pre-save / pre-order: lnk.to/SextilePush
For fans of Plantasia. Mort Garson’s Journey to the Moon and Beyond, out now! Sacred Bones Records 2023-07-21 | "Journey to the Moon and Beyond", out now on Sacred Bones Records. Buy / listen: lnk.to/JourneytotheMoon Artwork by Robert Beatty @robertbeattyartAnimated by Mickey Miles @mickey4miles
Mort Garson - Journey to the Moon and Beyond (Commercial) Sacred Bones Records 2023-07-21 | "Journey to the Moon and Beyond", out now on Sacred Bones Records. Buy / listen: lnk.to/JourneytotheMoon Artwork by Robert Beatty @robertbeattyartAnimated by Mickey Miles @mickey4milesLike a perennial that returns with each new spring, the Mort Garson archives have brought to bear yet another awe-inspiring bloom. Journey to the Moon and Beyond finds even more new facets to the man’s sound. There’s the soundtrack to the 1974 blaxploitation film Black Eye (starring Fred Williamson), some previously unreleased and newly unearthed music for advertising. Just as regal is “Zoos of the World,” where Garson soundtracks the wild, preening, slumbering animals from a 1970 National Geographic special of the same name. The mind reels at just what project would have yielded a scintillating title like “Western Dragon,” but these three selections were found on tapes in the archive with no further information.The crown jewel of the set is no doubt Garson’s soundtrack to the live broadcast of the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing, as first heard on CBS News. That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for Moogkind. But for decades, this audio was presumed lost, the only trace of it appearing to be from an old YouTube clip. Thankfully, diligent audio archivist Andy Zax came across a copy of the master tape while going through the massive Rod McKuen archive. So now we get to hear it in all its glory. Across six minutes, Garson conjures broad fantasias, whirring mooncraft sounds, zero-gravity squelches, and twinkling études. It showcases Mort’s many moods: sweet, exploratory, whimsical, a little bit corny, weaving it all together in a glorious whole.Maybe at the time it scanned as crass and opportunistic for Garson to apply his keyboards to subjects like astrological signs, the occult, hippiedom, houseplants, or the moon landing. But more than most other electronic music pioneers of his ilk, Garson foresaw the integration of such electronics into our daily lives, how they would allow us to engage with the world –in small daily things, popular trends, and big historical events– with our tweets, posts, reaction videos, and the like. In that way, Garson lived such history and then added his own little spin on things.
It is happening again. Julee Cruises Floating Into the Night, pre-order now #twinpeaks #davidlynch Sacred Bones Records 2023-07-06 | Julee Cruise’s 1989 album Floating Into the Night is a getting a very special vinyl repress treatment. Available now for pre-order, out now on Sacred Bones Records. “Every day, once a day, give yourself a present.”Buy here: lnk.to/FloatingintotheNight
Julee Cruise - Floating Into the Night (Commercial) Sacred Bones Records 2023-07-06 | It is happening again. Julee Cruise’s 1989 album Floating Into the Night is a getting a very special vinyl repress treatment. Available now on Sacred Bones Records. “Every day, once a day, give yourself a present.”Buy here: lnk.to/FloatingintotheNightJulee Cruise’s 1989 album Floating Into the Night is a hauntingly beautiful, critically ac-claimed work that showcases her unique vocal style and the atmospheric, dreamlike music of composer Angelo Badalamenti. The album was produced by Badalamenti and David Lynch, who had previously worked together on the soundtrack for Lynch’s film Blue Velvet. Today in the wake of both Julee Cruise and Angelo Badalamenti’s passing its important to honor their musical legacy and contribution to both the sonic and cinematic landscapes. The album is widely regarded as a masterpiece, a definitive moment in the development of the Dream Pop genre, and the unofficial soundtrack to the cult classic television show Twin Peaks. And while the album’s best known song may be the show’s iconic theme song ”Falling,” it also contains many of Cruise’s most beloved hits including “Rockin’ Back Inside My Heart” and “The Nightingale.” Each of the album’s 10 tracks showcase Cruise’s ethereal vocals, which have often been described as “angelic” and “otherworldly,” gliding over Badalamenti’s lush, cinematic ar-rangements, perfectly complementing his combination of retro styles and modern ambience.Her lyrics often touch on themes of love, longing, and loss, adding an emotional depth to the already evocative music. Floating Into the Night was a critical and commercial success, receiving widespread praise for its innovative sound and moody, atmospheric vibe. It remains a beloved classic of thedream pop and indie rock genres, and a must-listen for fans of Lynch’s cinematic work andexperimental music in general.This magical genre defining and era defying opus has continued throughout time to enchant new audiences and reveal new layers of cultural significance. The music’s juxta-position between soothing and somber, which have always paired particularly well with Lynch’s psychedelically saccharine worlds filled with underbellies of vast darkness, perfectly straddles the razors edge of humanity, an edge that has become increasingly precarious in modern times. The album is at once a gorgeous romantic narcotic and a bottomless container for fear and sadness.
To Be Cruel. The brand new KHANATE record. Out now on all formats! #shorts #newmusic #khanate Sacred Bones Records 2023-06-30 | The wait is over! To Be Cruel is now available on LP & CD. Get your copy now! Stream / Buy: lnk.to/tobecruelKarl Lemieux’s hand painted film stills are featured throughout the artwork of To Be Cruel. This excerpt is taken from the visual Karl made for a section of "Like A Poisoned Dog.” His work is abstract, complex, & there is so much within it to engage with. Full visual for your viewing pleasure on our channel now!
Khanate - Like a Poisoned Dog (Edit) - Official Visual Sacred Bones Records 2023-06-29 | From the new album To Be Cruel, out now on Sacred Bones Records.Listen / Buy: lnk.to/tobecruelVideo by Karl LemieuxKHANATE are Alan Dubin (OLD, Gnaw), Stephen O’Malley (Sunn O))), KTL), James Plotkin (OLD, Scorn, Phantomsmasher) and Tim Wyskida (Blind Idiot God, Jodis).Fifteen years ago this imposing entity dimmed the lights. Now it turns out those muted years were but a foreboding prelude to an abrupt awakening — the era of TO BE CRUEL. Three songs newly shining light on distinct, destitute, clinging terrors. Khanate’s slow dimensions have been amplified horrifically. Personal grievances have become generational vendettas. Khanateofficial.cominstagram.com/officialkhanatefacebook.com/officialkhanatetwitter.com/officialkhanate“Like A Poisoned Dog” Full Lyrics:I feel deadtake a swim in gasolinethrow a match, might as wellcremate my vision of youlike a poisoned dognot playing deadit's deadoh no, that's the feelingI feel deadhow can they do this to me?always in my periphery you're the reasonall of youmy eyes stab you to no availhands on your throatbut only in my headyou're the reason, youI feel deadnow you're boiling like my bloodlet's all dielets dielets allthe horror of a smile, a glance or a voicethrow that matchI beg youmight as wellwhat if I looked inside? what would I see?your thoughts, your heart or your dreams?the blood, will it be clean when I drink?will it purify me?you're the reason, youI feel dead
For fans of Plantasia! New Mort Garson single OUT NOW! #shorts #newmusic #moog Sacred Bones Records 2023-06-28 | From the album "Journey to the Moon and Beyond", out now on Sacred Bones Records. Buy / listen: lnk.to/JourneytotheMoon Artwork by Robert Beatty @robertbeattyartAnimated by Mickey Miles @mickey4miles
Mort Garson - Zoos of the World (Official Visualizer) Sacred Bones Records 2023-06-28 | From the album "Journey to the Moon and Beyond", out now on Sacred Bones Records. Buy / listen: lnk.to/JourneytotheMoon Artwork by Robert Beatty @robertbeattyartAnimated by Mickey Miles @mickey4milesLike a perennial that returns with each new spring, the Mort Garson archives have brought to bear yet another awe-inspiring bloom. Journey to the Moon and Beyond finds even more new facets to the man’s sound. There’s the soundtrack to the 1974 blaxploitation film Black Eye (starring Fred Williamson), some previously unreleased and newly unearthed music for advertising. Just as regal is “Zoos of the World,” where Garson soundtracks the wild, preening, slumbering animals from a 1970 National Geographic special of the same name. The mind reels at just what project would have yielded a scintillating title like “Western Dragon,” but these three selections were found on tapes in the archive with no further information.The crown jewel of the set is no doubt Garson’s soundtrack to the live broadcast of the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing, as first heard on CBS News. That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for Moogkind. But for decades, this audio was presumed lost, the only trace of it appearing to be from an old YouTube clip. Thankfully, diligent audio archivist Andy Zax came across a copy of the master tape while going through the massive Rod McKuen archive. So now we get to hear it in all its glory. Across six minutes, Garson conjures broad fantasias, whirring mooncraft sounds, zero-gravity squelches, and twinkling études. It showcases Mort’s many moods: sweet, exploratory, whimsical, a little bit corny, weaving it all together in a glorious whole.Maybe at the time it scanned as crass and opportunistic for Garson to apply his keyboards to subjects like astrological signs, the occult, hippiedom, houseplants, or the moon landing. But more than most other electronic music pioneers of his ilk, Garson foresaw the integration of such electronics into our daily lives, how they would allow us to engage with the world –in small daily things, popular trends, and big historical events– with our tweets, posts, reaction videos, and the like. In that way, Garson lived such history and then added his own little spin on things.
Mort Garson - Moon Journey (Official Visualizer) Sacred Bones Records 2023-06-07 | From the album "Journey to the Moon and Beyond", out now on Sacred Bones Records. Buy / listen: lnk.to/JourneytotheMoon Artwork by Robert Beatty @robertbeattyartAnimated by Mickey Miles @mickey4milesLike a perennial that returns with each new spring, the Mort Garson archives have brought to bear yet another awe-inspiring bloom. Journey to the Moon and Beyond finds even more new facets to the man’s sound. There’s the soundtrack to the 1974 blaxploitation film Black Eye (starring Fred Williamson), some previously unreleased and newly unearthed music for advertising. Just as regal is “Zoos of the World,” where Garson soundtracks the wild, preening, slumbering animals from a 1970 National Geographic special of the same name. The mind reels at just what project would have yielded a scintillating title like “Western Dragon,” but these three selections were found on tapes in the archive with no further information.The crown jewel of the set is no doubt Garson’s soundtrack to the live broadcast of the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing, as first heard on CBS News. That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for Moogkind. But for decades, this audio was presumed lost, the only trace of it appearing to be from an old YouTube clip. Thankfully, diligent audio archivist Andy Zax came across a copy of the master tape while going through the massive Rod McKuen archive. So now we get to hear it in all its glory. Across six minutes, Garson conjures broad fantasias, whirring mooncraft sounds, zero-gravity squelches, and twinkling études. It showcases Mort’s many moods: sweet, exploratory, whimsical, a little bit corny, weaving it all together in a glorious whole.Maybe at the time it scanned as crass and opportunistic for Garson to apply his keyboards to subjects like astrological signs, the occult, hippiedom, houseplants, or the moon landing. But more than most other electronic music pioneers of his ilk, Garson foresaw the integration of such electronics into our daily lives, how they would allow us to engage with the world –in small daily things, popular trends, and big historical events– with our tweets, posts, reaction videos, and the like. In that way, Garson lived such history and then added his own little spin on things.
Lust for Youth - Giorgia (Official Music Video) Sacred Bones Records 2023-06-01 | Official music video for the new Lust For Youth single "Giorgia" Listen here - lnk.to/Giorgia "Giorgia" is a guitar driven anthem and with a pulsating synth bass, that evokes the hazy warmth of summer nights while also conveying a disquieting sense of darkness and unease. The track marks the first time that Hannes writes and sings in his native Swedish, revealing a new layer of vulnerability to Lust For Youth’s music.Director & Editor: Alexander BraskDirector of photography: Mikkel UlriksenLocation & Pathfinder: Mattias Eliassonhttps://linktr.ee/lustforyouthfacebook.com/LustForYouth.Officialtwitter.com/Lust4Youthlustforyouth.bandcamp.com
NEW BORIS AND UNIFORM TRACK OUT TODAY WITH AN UNBELIEVABLY SICK MUSIC VIDEO Sacred Bones Records 2023-05-24 | Full A.F. Cortes directed video at: youtu.be/1qybayDBhPI
Boris and Uniform - Not Surprised (Official Music Video) Sacred Bones Records 2023-05-24 | From the album Bright New Disease, out now on Sacred Bones Records.Listen / buy: lnk.to/BrightNewDiseaseVideo by A.F. Cortes www.afcortes.comPRODUCTION CREDITS:Director + Producer: A.F. CORTESDirector of photography: Adam WeinbergProduction designer: Ilan Weinstein Producer: Helio Bodini Assistant Camera: Spike WalkerGaffer: Griffin BowieGrip: Max FregaPost production: Post production: Traffic StudioPost production Director: Javier RodríguezPost production executive producer: Daniel PeñarandaEditor + Photography: A.F. CortesAssistant editor: Juan SandovalIllustration: Cristian Ríos3D: Mauricio Lopez, Javier RodriguezProgramming: Kike Pulido, Sebastian Gonzalez, Sergio MantillaAnimation and Motion Graphics: Cristian Ríos, Sebastian Patiño, Javier RodríguezA Neuplot production. Bright New Disease is the Boris & Uniform collaborative album. Written and recorded in the darkest days of the pandemic, it is the sound of frustration, but one founded on resilience.Boris and Uniform might have seemed like a strange pairing when they teamed up for a US tour back in 2019. Sure, both bands harness the power of big, blown-out riffs, but Boris’s rock heroics, lysergic sprawl, and monolithic sludge summon a different energy than Uniform’s mechanized bombardments and frenzied assaults. However, when Boris invited Uniform to team up on a reimagined version of their classic “Akuma no Uta” as a part of their encore, there was an obvious chemistry between the artists. The idea of a collaborative album came up, and the bands spent the next year swapping song ideas and recordings from their homebase studios until Boris and Uniform had an album that captured the fearless exploration and unbridled power of their live performances. Sacred Bones Records is proud to present the Boris & Uniform collaborative album Bright New Disease on June 16, 2023. “On tour, we learned more about the depth of their musicality, which we felt was compatible with our own expression,” Boris’s Atsuo and Takeshi say of their tourmates. “They are a band that can be described in many ways—punk, metal, industrial—but they truly excel because they are not locked into any style. They are always experimenting and innovating.” The feeling was mutual. “Uniform have been longtime fans and admirers of Boris. Supporting them on tour was a dream come true,” says Uniform vocalist/electronics wrangler Michael Berdan. Guitarist and producer Ben Greenberg was equally excited by the opportunity to team up with Boris and shape the recording of Bright New Disease in his studio. “Wata is one of my favorite guitar players ever, so I'm very stoked we got two dueling solo tracks on this record,” Greenberg says, referring to the intertwined guitar leads on “Endless Death Agony.” This isn’t to say there wasn’t also a shared appreciation for certain classics, particularly when it came to Japanese hardcore. “The first time I met Atsuo he was wearing a Gastunk shirt, and Takeshi has schooled me harder on Burning Spirits than any fetishist westerner could ever hope for,” says Berdan. Album Release Date: 6/16/2023
Constant Smiles has 5 gold records & is playing with Cassandra Jenkins in Los Angeles tonight 5/19! Sacred Bones Records 2023-05-19 | ...
Khanate - To Be Cruel (Full Album) Sacred Bones Records 2023-05-19 | The new album To Be Cruel, out now on Sacred Bones Records.Listen / Buy: lnk.to/tobecruel0:00 Like a Poisoned Dog19:20 It Wants to Fly41:00 To Be CruelThe reckoning of KHANATE is now. Fifteen years ago this imposing entity cut the lights. Now it turns out those muted years were but a foreboding prelude to an abrupt awakening—the era of TO BE CRUEL. Three songs newly shining light on distinct, destitute, clinging terrors. Khanate’s slow dimensions have been amplified horrifically. Personal grievances have become generational vendettas. KHANATE is Alan Dubin (vocals), Stephen O’Malley (guitar), James Plotkin (bass) and Tim Wyskida (drums). The New York-born band have released five albums: To Be Cruel (2023), Clean Hands Go Foul (2009), Capture & Release (2005), Things Viral (2003) and Khanate (2001). Pitchfork said “even in the realm of extreme music,” Khanate’s music “is dark and distorted,” while the Washington City Paper deftly surmised: “Khanate offers realism in general and a jazz ensemble’s approach to group interplay in particular.”Khanateofficial.cominstagram.com/officialkhanatefacebook.com/officialkhanatetwitter.com/officialkhanate
SQÜRL the new album Silver Haze OUT NOW! Sacred Bones Records 2023-05-05 | #shorts #jimjarmusch #carterlogan #charlottegainsbourg #anika #marcribot #sacredbones #newmusic
Boris and Uniform - You Are the Beginning (Official Audio) Sacred Bones Records 2023-05-02 | From the album Bright New Disease, out now on Sacred Bones Records.Listen / buy: lnk.to/BrightNewDiseaseBright New Disease is the Boris & Uniform collaborative album. Written and recorded in the darkest days of the pandemic, it is the sound of frustration, but one founded on resilience.Boris and Uniform might have seemed like a strange pairing when they teamed up for a US tour back in 2019. Sure, both bands harness the power of big, blown-out riffs, but Boris’s rock heroics, lysergic sprawl, and monolithic sludge summon a different energy than Uniform’s mechanized bombardments and frenzied assaults. However, when Boris invited Uniform to team up on a reimagined version of their classic “Akuma no Uta” as a part of their encore, there was an obvious chemistry between the artists. The idea of a collaborative album came up, and the bands spent the next year swapping song ideas and recordings from their homebase studios until Boris and Uniform had an album that captured the fearless exploration and unbridled power of their live performances. Sacred Bones Records is proud to present the Boris & Uniform collaborative album Bright New Disease on June 16, 2023. “On tour, we learned more about the depth of their musicality, which we felt was compatible with our own expression,” Boris’s Atsuo and Takeshi say of their tourmates. “They are a band that can be described in many ways—punk, metal, industrial—but they truly excel because they are not locked into any style. They are always experimenting and innovating.” The feeling was mutual. “Uniform have been longtime fans and admirers of Boris. Supporting them on tour was a dream come true,” says Uniform vocalist/electronics wrangler Michael Berdan. Guitarist and producer Ben Greenberg was equally excited by the opportunity to team up with Boris and shape the recording of Bright New Disease in his studio. “Wata is one of my favorite guitar players ever, so I'm very stoked we got two dueling solo tracks on this record,” Greenberg says, referring to the intertwined guitar leads on “Endless Death Agony.” This isn’t to say there wasn’t also a shared appreciation for certain classics, particularly when it came to Japanese hardcore. “The first time I met Atsuo he was wearing a Gastunk shirt, and Takeshi has schooled me harder on Burning Spirits than any fetishist westerner could ever hope for,” says Berdan. Release Date: 6/16/2023
