Die Kosmische Zygote

Another wonderful piece by Aalfang Mit Pferdekopf, this time in collaboration with Sascha Stadlmeier, also known as Emerge. This one's entitled Die Kosmische Zygote and is a double re-working of another original piece by Aalfang Mit Pferdekopf which, to my knowledge, hasn't been released. Enjoy.

Download Aalfang Mit Pferdekopf & Emerge - Die Kosmische Zygote (256 kbps, 42,4 mb)
Buy Die Kosmische Zygote from taâlem (RIAA-free!)

Im Schlachthaus Blümen die Blumen

So about a week ago, I was wandering around in the district of Leipzig I live in, to the bank, then shopping for food. It must have been Saturday afternoon, the party folk haven't yet arrived and the working folk have already called it a day so there was barely anyone out in the streets, and I was listening to Aalfang Mit Pferdekopf. The name would at first suggest some neo-kraut band but is apparently a reference to Günther Grass' novel The Tin Drum and the band is an experimental ambient/avantgarde sound collage group. I first heard of them via Drone Records and recently got some other records of them - beautiful. I give you the first track off Im Schlachthaus Blühen die Blumen.



Download Aalfang mit Pferdekopf - Yahonami (VBR, 27,1 mb)
Buy Aalfang Mit Pferdekopf - Im Schlachthaus Blühen Die Blumen from Ex Ovo (RIAA-free!)

Volk

I hadn't really listened to Laibach for quite some time before I read on Said the Gramophone that a new album had been released in 2006. "Volk" consists solely of Laibach's versions of various national hymns plus the NSK hymn, which Said the Gramophone posted (be sure to pick that one up); it's more quiet than the previous records and better than WAT but still, Laibach aren't really discovering subtlety in their "messages", which thing they seem to have. I'm giving you two other tracks from the album.


Download Laibach - Germania (VBR, 5,49 mb)
Download Laibach - America (VBR, 6,86 mb)
Buy Laibach - Volk from Mute (Warning!! Mute belongs to EMI, which is a member of the RIAA. If you do not know what that is, read on them before you consider buying: Wikipedia; Boycott-RIAA.com).

Black Ships Eat the Sky

So, a newly mixed version of Current 93's latest labum, Black Ships Ate the Sky, has been released in December of last year, named the same except for the tense. In case you didn't have any idea they had this album, "Black Ships Ate the Sky" is probably the "lightest" thing Current 93 have ever done.


The new version didn't seem to sound THAT very different from the "standard" version to me on large parts (it does sound different, but the Durtro site said "this is an absolutely ALTERNATIVE version of the BLACK SHIPS ATE THE SKY album" - accentuation left, etc.), but then again, I haven't listened to the whole thing yet so it might very well be so. Anyway, some tracks do sound very elsewise and on the whole, it really has a more "acoustic" touch to it. Enjoy and don't get confused over the version numbers of "Why Caesar Is Burning", they put part I on the alternate version.


Download Current 93 - The Dissolution Of the Boat "Millions of Years" (192 kbps, 5,49 mb)
Download Current 93 - Why Caesar Is Burning, pt. II (192 kbps, 3,90 mb)
Buy Current 93 - Black Ships Ate the Sky (North American edition) from Durtro (RIAA-free!)
Buy Current 93 - Black Ships Ate the Sky (European edition) from Durtro (RIAA-free!)

Download Current 93 - The Dissolution Of the Boat "Millions of Years" (192 kbps, 5,13 mb)
Download Current 93 - Why Caesar Is Burning, pt. I (192 kbps, 3,87 mb)
Buy Current 93 - Black Ships Eat the Sky from Durtro (RIAA-free!)