Flesh Coffin
Veil of Snakes
ASR065
Andreas Brandal, of Norway, has been making music since the late 80's, and it shows. Over the last three years, he has been extremely productive, releasing albums through a variety of labels including his own, Twilight Luggage.
On Veil of Snakes his handiwork is extremely refined and calculated...no wankery to be found here. It's easily the darkest release Abandon Ship Records has released to date. The perfectly layered tones and samples demonstrate his knack for complete control, maintaining a driving force throughout the album. It is a masterpiece, and I am truly honored to make it available to you all.
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Mea'l
ASR064
Mea'l is a completely improvised, shred metal/noise project featuring four stand-out members of the New York City and Philadelphia experimental music scene. Mike Eber and John DeBlase, of NYC progressive jazz/rock trio Zevious, team up with Philadelphia's Nick Millevoi (Many Arms, Make a Rising) and Eli Litwin (Normal Love, Knife the Glitter), to systematically pulverize and reshape the fabric of the free-improv genre. Hypnotic, vicious and brutal, Mea'l is a 37 minute minute aural assault on the senses.
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Blue Sabbath Black Fiji
Night Hawk
ASR063
Blue Sabbath Black Fiji (French and German ex-pats, now hailing from Glasgow, Scotland) have returned to Abandon Ship Records with another brilliant album. They've kept themselves busy, as you will soon discover, with this earsplitting, gut-wrenching, headache of an album. Without losing their free-spirited approach that was apparent in Lazer Saber, they seem to have furthered their eternal knowledge on making guitars sound like intergalactic weapons of mass destruction. Tracks of complete harshness are swallowed whole by tracks of far out, noisy psych jams. They keep it so interesting, in fact, that you will wonder what happened to the last 40 minutes, and will need to start the disc over from the beginning. Truly mesmerizing and rewarding.
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Vakhchav
Hunting Horns
ASR052
"Recorded mostly in 2007 when most of my dreams consisted of running into a crystalline water mass. Safe
to say, usually awoke with no scratch but with ambitions of translation. Lots of florescent drones, stirred briskly into 1 part acoustic + 1 part synth anaesthetic equaling out a hefty mess of sun dogs."
- Nickolas Mohanna
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Fantastic Magic
Witch Choir (Repress)
ASR033
For anyone who missed out the first time around, or those looking for a higher fidelity version of this release...
"Take a magical trip on a pegasus through a field of LSD. Flowers harmonize and dance among young wizards at the festival of the equinox.", stated a mystical nypmh as he sat perched apon a toadstool, shanai in hand. These thoughts come to mind as a neo-psychedelic journey begins through a field of emerald green grass and a multicolored sky that is Fantastic Magic. Pull up a woven floor mat and enjoy the fruits of the earth as you delve into three young wizards journey through the island forest."
- Orion Ferguson
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