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BACTERIA CULT - Soulless Solace CDR (Crucial Bliss) $7 US / $10 World
"Crucial Bliss is issuing Soulless Solace, a new full-length disc from this up-and-coming
southern California quartet that features Chris Dodge (Spazz / Hellnation / Despise You /
Ancient Chinese Secret / East West Blast Test / Jesus Philbin), Jay Howard (Circuit Wound /
Wire Werewolves), Kevin Fetus (Fetus Eaters / Watch Me Burn), and someone named E.
Nervo all collaborating on mammoth jet-expulsions of seriously deranged ambient muck. The
nine tracks on Soulless Solace tend towards the epic, with more than half of them running past
the ten minute mark as the group summons dense, murky clouds of psychedelic effects,
swirling opiate ambience, inebriated fx-box fuckery, random flashes of found music and radio
transmissions, skullcrushing free-noise mayhem, and flailing demonic heaviness. Some out
there have been lazily slapping the "noise" label on this bunch of maniacs, but don't be
fooled...this is something much more gorked than just another exercise in mindless
power-skree. Nah, Bacteria Cult create something much more druggy and creepy they travel
through an upside-down dadaist darkland filled with looped voices, smears of ominous
orchestral samples, bubbling mad scientist lab fx, and waves of crushing formless sludge and
monstrous distorted vocals. Like some mescaline-doused tumble through a black pit where
different turntables are spinning beat-up, shit-encrusted copies of The Conet Project, Nurse
With Wound's Homotopy to Marie, Coil's Scatalogy, Contagious Orgasm's The Flow of Sound
Without Parameter, and a chorus of unknown, super-obscure Scandinavian black ambient 7"s
all spinning on their wobbly axis at the same time. A fantastic and cohesive series of
schizophrenic yet mesmerizing bad-dream soundscapes. Released in a limited print run of 300
copies, and packaged in a full-color foldout sleeve." - label description
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CIRCUIT WOUND - The Thrive In Complacency c20 (Fragment Factory) $6 US / $8 World
Jay Howard's latest throw-off covers the first side of this cassette. A severe, screeching piece
of harsh noise, always leaving enough scope to keep it unpredictable and exciting. This is a
relentless ode to aching feedbacks, ending in a wailing sea of siren loops. B side has two
short live sets from 2006 (L.A. and Emeryville), one of whom was made without the use of any
electricity. Pro-duplicated cassettes, 50 pieces. Artwork by Jay Howard - label description
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CIRCUIT WOUND / AL QAEDA - split c05 (Anatema Sound) $5 US / $7 World
These two golden state crushers prove that you don't need a lot of time to get it done. L.A.
noise mainstay Jay Howard is Circuit Wound and his A-side is the aural equivalent of a sudden
grab to the throat. Perfectly recorded sheets of distortion blast forth unrelentingly as
destroyed electronics and mangled guitar take your skull for a wild, captivating ride. San
Francisco's absurdly-named collective Al Qaeda (here in the core trio formation of Scott Miller,
Eric Sanchez, and Erin Love) take a more cerebral approach. Set to the words of Stephen
Hawking, the trio unleashes a steady stream of oceanic bass swells, walls of feedback, and
melodic undercurrent. While it's probably the shortest we'll ever release, you'll have to take my
word when I say this tape is still remarkably satisfying. A perfect harsh noise quick fix. Just get
ready to flip and repeat. With full color artwork, inserts, and labels by M.Y. - label description
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CIRCUIT WOUND / HOSTAGE PAGEANT - split CDr (VNA) $5 US / $7 World
Hostage Pageant are a fantastic new(ish) Power Electronics act from Virginia. HIGHLY
recommended. The Circuit Wound track is an unrelentingly brutal 30 minute track of frantic,
textured harsh noise.
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CIRCUIT WOUND / WETHER - split c20 (905 Tapes) $5 US / $7 World
"Pretty much the second after I heard the master for Circuit Wound's "Constellations" cassette
(905.29) I asked Jay Howard to do a split with me. The dude came through beyond hopes
again with an unwieldy knock out that goes from crushing to coma in a ten minute window. The
Wether track starts off weird, then goes big, then falls asleep. Artwork by 'keavy psych'
McEleney." - label description
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HFATTM - XXX pack 3 x 3" CDr (Vomitcore Music) $10 US / $12 World
Yeah, thats right, all 3 HFATTM 3" CDrs, Delores Babcock, Dick VanDyke, and Raquel Felch,
for one low discount price! While supplies last!!
"HFATTM stands for Hot Fuck Action To The Maxxx, a studio project that has issued three
single-song discs (Vomitcore); although, if you’re able to engage in any sort of hot fuck action
to this sort of noise, you might want to get your psyche looked at. That’s because the very un-
erotic modus operandi here seems to involve having the participants smoke as much green as
their synapses can withstand before being let loose in a studio. Each of their offerings comes
in around the twenty-minute mark and crosses the worlds of Sunn O))), Zorn’s Tzadik label
and the wind-blowing-through-the-woods intros to every black metal album of the last half-
decade. ‘Raquel Felch’ [7.5] is a bowel ‘n’ rib shaking tribute to O’Malley and Anderson,
complete with what sounds like someone kicking a bass down a flight of stairs, guitars that may
or may not be backwards masked and police cars rushing to the scene of some sort of
tragedy. ‘Delores Babcock’ [5.5] is full-on ambient noises and comes across as the more
Whitehouse-ish of the bunch, with the subtraction of any form of the ribald/violent/hot fuck
action rants while ‘Dick Van Dyke’ [6] is the most futuristic as a Blade Runner-type melody
haunts behind increasingly woofer-walloping space travel din." - Terrorizer Mag (UK)
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WIRE WEREWOLVES - Frigid Soil 7" (Aagoo) $6 US / $9 World
"Some of the most brutal and epic noise-infused black metal sludge from Evan Pacewicz (Moth
Drakula, Roman Torment) and Jay Howard (Circuit Wound). The city of angels has never
seamed so dark. Pressed on single sided red vinyl with a silk-screened b-side. Limited to 300
copies." - label description
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