PAN presents four vital concrète incursions by nether field traveller Luke Younger aka Helm, marking his first transmissions since the studio rituals that birthed his highly acclaimed Impossible Symmetry and Silencer releases.
The Hollow Organ toes a deliberate line in the mud between his previous transgressions and a chokingly dank realisation of his most untoward, paralytic sound. Poised as a dark interpreter between the grotesque and the transcendent, he activates research gleaned from his petrifying live performances coupled with an increasingly squalid and visceral palette of anguished machine voices, sub-zero drones and bone-scraped rhythmic noise to divine unearthly space somewhere between semi-legal horror soundtrack and hyperstitious surreality.
Its opening gambit, 'Carrier' is the most succinct and uncannily ambiguous; perilously close to Gas-like ambient pop but rescued from serenity by manic tape spool and excoriating, demonic vocal. The vortex of 'Analogues' proceeds, ploughed by stereo-twinned engines of churning tape loops to a pitch black, eschatalogical climax, and 'Spiteful Jester' feels like the unshakable onset of a panic attack, ratcheting the intensity with blank-eyed, stoic method. For ten minutes 'The Hollow Organ' drains last with an unnerving, quiet blood-letting of carmine iron drones evaporating ferric overtones whilst percussions clank in your blind spot behind the screen.
The 12" is mastered and cut by Matt Colton at Alchemy. It is pressed on 140g white vinyl which itself is housed in a silk screened pvc sleeve with artwork by Bill Kouligas.
Helm will be heading out for a string of UK dates with Damien Dubrovnik (Posh Isolation) in February. Listen to the track "Analogues" and check out Helm's tour dates / EP info below!
Joseph Gordon-Levitt was the star on the latest edition from the Filmfestival of Ghent. His debut as a director is indeed a film not to be missed. A Saturday Night Fever for a new generation!
This movie that features Joseph Gordon-Levitt himself along with Scarlett Johansson and Julianne Moore will be released on both DVD and Blu-ray on A-Film. You can find it in the shops from 4th February on.
Synopsis: A New Jersey guy dedicated to his family, friends, and church, develops unrealistic expectations from watching porn and works to find happiness and intimacy with his potential true love.
Who kept an eye on the band’s Facebook page lately knows that DIARY OF DREAMS are currently
working intensively on their new album. Now we can announce album title and release date.
The album will be called “Elegies in Darkness” and is out via Accession Records on 14th March 2014.
Short after release, the band will embark on an extensive tour:
DIARY OF DREAMS & Special Guest IN STRICT CONFIDENCE:
02 April 2014 D NUREMBERG HIRSCH
03 April 2014 D REUTLINGEN KULTURZENTRUM FRANZ K
04 April 2014 D LEIPZIG WERK 2
05 April 2014 D ERFURT HSD GEWERKSCHAFTSHAUS
06 April 2014 D MUNICH BACKSTAGE WERK
08 April 2014 D FRANKFURT BATSCHKAPP
09 April 2014 D BOCHUM ZECHE
10 April 2014 D HANNOVER MUSIKZENTRUM
11 April 2014 D BERLIN C-CLUB
12 April 2014 D HAMBURG MARKTHALLE
10 May 2014 BE POPERINGE DUBHFEST*
17 August 2014 UK KETTERING ALT FEST 2014*
Arrow Video is excited to announce the UK Dual Format Blu-ray + DVD of Hell Comes to Frogtown. This strictly limited edition (1000 copies) will be available to own in the UK on 27th January and features packaging that will showcase the original poster artwork as well as a reversible sleeve with newly commissioned artwork by Jeff Zornow.
Synopsis
With the 20th Century drawing to a close, nuclear war has wiped out civilization as we know it. The embattled human race’s last remaining hope lies with one man and his loaded weapon.
Sam Hell may be an ex-con, but he also happens to be one of the last surviving fertile men on the planet. Now, under the custody of a group of feisty female fighters, Sam finds himself enlisted on a mission to impregnate a harem of beauties. Sounds cushy enough, but the ladies in question are prisoners of Frogtown – home to a gang of mutant (and ill-mannered) amphibians!
Starring wrestler-turned-actor Rowdy Roddy Piper, known to John Carpenter enthusiasts for his body-slamming and bubblegum-chewing antics in They Live, Hell Comes to Frogtown is unashamedly a B-movie through and through with more guns and girls than you can shake a frog’s leg at.
Special Features
• Limited Edition Blu-ray [1000 copies]
• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentation
• Original uncompressed stereo 2.0 PCM audio
• Grappling with Green Gargantuans: Wrestling icon “Rowdy” Roddy Piper speaks about his leading man turn in Hell Comes to Frogtown
• Amphibian Armageddon: Actor Brian Frank remembers his role as Commander Toty
• Creature Feature Creator: Effects wizard Steve Wang reveals the secrets behind Hell Comes to Frogtown’s mutant manifestations
• Extended Scene
• Original Trailer
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Jeff Zornow
• Collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by author and critic Calum Waddell
Details:
RRP: £19.99
Region: B/2
Rating: 15
Cat No: FCD849
Duration: 87 mins
Language: English
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audio: 2.0 Stereo PCM
Colour: Colour
Aesthetic Perfection's Daniel Graves is not one to allow himself or his music to stagnate. Every release has shown an artistic growth and a fearless approach to songwriting. The result is something all too rare in music, where an artist has developed a unique, recognizable sound, without falling into the trappings of clichéd formulaic songwriting. On the new album,
'Til Death, we find an act exploring the artistic freedom that comes with no longer being willing to answer to anyone but himself.
Leading up to this new record, we saw the release of three drastically different singles, "Antibody," "The Dark Half," and "Big Bad Wolf". In true AP fashion, taken individually, none of the singles give the listener more than an inkling of what to expect from the full LP. But when taken as a whole, the three singles encapsulate the essence of what to expect from
'Til Death. Beautiful, haunting and eclectic.
Whether it be the IAMX-tinged swagger of "Showtime," the eerie, almost Depeche Mode vocal patterns of "Lovesick" or the hook-laden dark pop of "Oh, Gloria!,"
'Til Death
shows Graves at his diverse best.
01. Happily Ever After
02. Antibody
03. Lights Out (Ready to Go)
04. Death Rattle
05. Big Bad Wolf
06. Showtime
07. Oh, Gloria!
08. The Dark Half
09. The New Black
10. Lovesick
