A lot of news this time around. things worked out well with my new assistant Ron last week, and a host of orders were shipped. i think i'll have him come in twice a month to help me get things in shape. the INSWARM shirts are at the printers and will hopefully be ready to start shipping next week. the last of the WILT preorders, along with the last batch of IRM shirts and a few other assorted orders, will be going out today and tomorrow. several new preorders are in the works.
i've tried to compile as complete a list as i could at the bottom of this post. i've added a bunch of distro items from COLD SPRING, EXISTENCE ESTABLISHMENT and SYZMIC RECORDS to the webstore.
As i've stated previously, ANNIHILVS turns 13 this august; i'm working on some special releases and planning to launch an all-new website in celebration. we'll see how it all pans out. my ambitions far outmatch my funds, as always.
The first of a new two-part interview with THEOLOGIAN has been posted to the (also new) webzine METRONO.ME.
I've started working on the next collaboration betwee THE VOMIT ARSONIST and THEOLOGIAN, which will be called NATURE IS SATAN'S CHURCH, inspired by and based on ideas and imagery from Lars Von Trier's film ANTICHRIST. this should be pretty dark and fucked up, like the film.
It would seem that SUFFERING BODIES has found a home with a great label. now we just need to keep working on material. more to come...
NOW AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER:
THEOLOGIAN+BLACK SUN+INSWARM+REQUIEM. CODE LEECH-PREORDER PACKAGE
Black-on-black tshirt featuring the SWANS-inspired logo of cunted Glaswegian doom butchers BLACK SUN. Includes a 60 minute cassette containing multiple versions of the track CRAWLING LIKE A LEECH, from their CODE BLACK ep (appearing on the split 7inch with THEY ARE COWARDS), raped and reinterpreted by THEOLOGIAN, INSWARM and REQUIEM. Also features a cover/remix version of the BLACK SUN track HAMMER by THEOLOGIAN.
ON THE HORIZON:
THEOLOGIAN. THE FURTHER I GET FROM YOUR STAR, THE LESS LIGHT I FEEL ON MY FACE CD (CRUCIAL BLAST)
Work continues. i am attempting to make this album to be as magnificently depressing and enraged as possible.
love is nothing. WITHOUT ME CDR-PREORDER
A moderately major update has been applied to the love is nothing. Myspace page, and the latest news is that i've secured a fantastic image for the cover. also, a new logo and title artwork will be created by Hiero at Chirurgie Graphique, whose work some of you may recognise from the NTT release, DRIPPING WITH THE POWER OF HER FLESH. here is the most recent "official" text for the release:
After a long period of inactivity, Lee M. Bartow's drone/metal project, love is nothing. returns with this surprisingly accessible and "poppy" release. Featuring extensive collaborative input by Carrie Ingber, former bassist of Brooklyn's ZAMBRI (who played synths in S.H.R.I.K.E., the very first band formed by Lee Bartow back in 1991), as well as guitar contributions by Mike Hill of TOMBS and John Lamacchia of CANDIRIA and SPYLACOPA, this is going to be a profound departure from previous love is nothing. material. Ranging from actual dance tracks to heart-rending shoegaze, infused with the trademark deep drones love is nothing. has become known for, these recordings are beyond a doubt unlike anything you've heard from this project before. Features beautiful cover photo by Brooklyn-based photographer Michele Crowe, from the collection of CupcakeGoth.
THEOLOGIAN+STROM.EC. HUBRIZINE-PREORDER PACKAGE
As previously stated, two tracks are nearly complete, but the audio will remain in-progress for some time. recording of the opera vocals has been delayed while she attends an international opera festival. STROM.ec have sent me a huge archive of source audio to sift through, and we're working on strengthening the release's concept, further researching the works of Philip K. Dick. this is going to be an absolutely amazing release, and while preorders will probably be announced next month, it most likely won't be completed until the fall.
COMING LATER:
THEOLOGIAN+FOUR PI MOVEMENT. THE DESTROYER-PREORDER PACKAGE
THEOLOGIAN+SKINCAGE. THE MUSIC OF ERICH ZANN-PREORDER PACKAGE
THEOLOGIAN+FRAGMENT KING. HERE MUSIC DIES-PREORDER PACKAGE
THEOLOGIAN+HECATE. HEEDING NATURE'S CALL-PREORDER PACKAGE
IN DISCUSSION:
THEOLOGIAN+ADERLATING-PREORDER PACKAGE
THEOLOGIAN+AUTHOR & PUNISHER-PREORDER PACKAGE
THEOLOGIAN+NO FESTIVAL OF LIGHT-PREORDER PACKAGE
THEOLOGIAN+CONTENT NULLITY-PREORDER PACKAGE
THEOLOGIAN+ATEK-PREORDER PACKAGE
THEOLOGIAN+THE BIRD CAGE THEATER-PREORDER PACKAGE
THEOLOGIAN+XIPHOID DEMENTIA-PREORDER PACKAGE
THEOLOGIAN+SEWER GODDESS-PREORDER PACKAGE
THEOLOGIAN+COREPHALLISM-PREORDER PACKAGE
THEOLOGIAN+BETA CLOUD-PREORDER PACKAGE
THEOLOGIAN+MUTUS LIBER-PREORDER PACKAGE
THEOLOGIAN+NYODENE D-PREORDER PACKAGE
PROBABLY MORE TO COME...
ALSO PLANNED FOR LATER IN 2010:
SKINCAGE. WOUNDED GALAXIES TAP AT THE WINDOW VINYL LP
BLACK SUN/INSWARM. SPLIT VINYL LP
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Sunday, June 6, 2010
THE GOSPELS OF THE GASH - 06.06.10
IRM SHIRTS ARE NOW ON HAND!
I'll be putting orders together tomorrow, tuesday and wednesday and will do my best to ship as much as possible on wednesday.
in a particularly odd twist of fate, i recently found out that this guy Ronald, with whom i've been working at my shitty factory job for the past four months, is a fan of power electronics, death metal and black metal. several weeks ago, i was wearing my new GODFLESH pullover hoodie from HYDRA HEAD as i entered the break room, and he said, "nice sweatshirt, man." which, as many of you know is a standard greeting of recognition amongst dudes who are into music. then, two weeks ago, i was wearing my BDN "WHEN YOU LIKE IT HARD" tshirt, and he said, "you like BRIGHTER DEATH NOW?" which was more than a little weird for me, considering that i live in the 'BURBS, and it's a very rare occurrence for me to meet someone who knows anything about industrial music, let alone something as relatively obscure as BDN. we briefly got to chatting, and i asked him if he'd ever heard of NAVICON TORTURE TECHNOLOGIES. "Yeah..." he said, so i said, "That's ME."
the short version: it looks like i've now hired myself a part-time assistant. Ronald will be coming by on wednesday to help me with packing and shipping orders, and if all goes well i will have him come over twice a month to lend a hand.
this should make the whole shipping process less dependent on me, and quicker for you all to get your orders. how can i afford to pay an assistant, you may ask? well, i really can't, unless you keep ordering stuff. if i have help i can streamline my system, which means i can be more organised, productive, and get more releases done and shipped faster.
i'll be adding a shitload of new distro items to the webstore this week, as i've recently done trades with a few labels, and gotten my merch room prepared with a lot of new and old stock.
The IRM shirts and the remaining WILT preorder package will all go out together. i'll also try to get copies of the THEOLOGIAN+STEVE MOORE cdr out this week. the next thing in line is the THEOLOGIAN+INSWARM preorder package. as the plan stands now, i'm going to send the shirt artwork to the printers tomorrow and complete the audio this week.
CLOSE ON THE HORIZON:
THEOLOGIAN+BLACK SUN+INSWARM+REQUIEM. CODE LEECH-PREORDER PACKAGE
Hopefully, i'm going to send the BLACK SUN shirt artwork in next week and will post the preorder package to the webstore on or around june 12. this will change if i don't manage to ship out all or most of the above-mentioned items.
THEOLOGIAN+STROM.EC. HUBRIZINE-PREORDER PACKAGE
Two tracks are nearly complete. STROM.EC have enlisted a professional opera singer (mezzo-soprano, for those who know about such things) to record vocals on one of the tracks. this will add a really fantastic element to a release that is already shaping up to be amazing. i've submitted some lyrics for this track, which i'm hoping will be translated into finnish before they are recorded. i've still got to design the sweatshirt artwork. i may be posting the THEOLOGIAN+STROM.EC preorder package at the end of june or the beginning of july, but because this item includes a hoodie, i am leaning toward not shipping them until the fall. we'll see how things work out.
THEOLOGIAN. THE FURTHER I GET FROM YOUR STAR, THE LESS LIGHT I FEEL ON MY FACE CD (CRUCIAL BLAST)
I'll be finishing the layout and audio by the end of this month. I've submitted the high-res artwork and master audio for CHARTING THE SCHISM, which will be available in digital-only format from CRUCIAL BLAST as a companion to this release.
love is nothing. WITHOUT ME CDR-PREORDER
As previously stated, we have several tracks in various stages of completion, and the release will include contributions from Mike Hill of TOMBS (www.myspace.com/tombsbklyn), and John Lamacchia of SPYLACOPA and CANDIRIA (www.risingpulse.com). The release will be delayed until we have finished all the material and ensured maximum quality.
COMING LATER:
THEOLOGIAN+FOUR PI MOVEMENT. THE DESTROYER-PREORDER PACKAGE
THEOLOGIAN+SKINCAGE. THE MUSIC OF ERICH ZANN-PREORDER PACKAGE
IN DISCUSSION:
THEOLOGIAN+AUTHOR & PUNISHER-PREORDER PACKAGE
THEOLOGIAN+NO FESTIVAL OF LIGHT-PREORDER PACKAGE
THEOLOGIAN+CONTENT NULLITY-PREORDER PACKAGE
AND MORE
I am also communicating with Andy Grant of THE VOMIT ARSONIST about an exciting collaborative release, tentatively entitled NATURE IS SATAN'S CHURCH. i think this will probably be released on Andy's own DANVERS STATE RECORDINGS label. also in the works are a previously announced full-length vinyl release by SKINCAGE, as well as a possible split lp featuring INSWARM and BLACK SUN. the vinyl releases won't surface until much later in the year.
august 2010 marks the 13th anniversary of ANNIHILVS, and i'm hoping to get something really special together to mark this important date. this will hopefully include an all-new website and webstore system, as well as the advent of digital-only reissues of many out of print limited items from the past 13 years. again, we shall see.
It feels very good to be able to announce forward progress. please wish me luck, as it will only mean your orders go out sooner!
Thanks for your patience and support.
I'll be putting orders together tomorrow, tuesday and wednesday and will do my best to ship as much as possible on wednesday.
in a particularly odd twist of fate, i recently found out that this guy Ronald, with whom i've been working at my shitty factory job for the past four months, is a fan of power electronics, death metal and black metal. several weeks ago, i was wearing my new GODFLESH pullover hoodie from HYDRA HEAD as i entered the break room, and he said, "nice sweatshirt, man." which, as many of you know is a standard greeting of recognition amongst dudes who are into music. then, two weeks ago, i was wearing my BDN "WHEN YOU LIKE IT HARD" tshirt, and he said, "you like BRIGHTER DEATH NOW?" which was more than a little weird for me, considering that i live in the 'BURBS, and it's a very rare occurrence for me to meet someone who knows anything about industrial music, let alone something as relatively obscure as BDN. we briefly got to chatting, and i asked him if he'd ever heard of NAVICON TORTURE TECHNOLOGIES. "Yeah..." he said, so i said, "That's ME."
the short version: it looks like i've now hired myself a part-time assistant. Ronald will be coming by on wednesday to help me with packing and shipping orders, and if all goes well i will have him come over twice a month to lend a hand.
this should make the whole shipping process less dependent on me, and quicker for you all to get your orders. how can i afford to pay an assistant, you may ask? well, i really can't, unless you keep ordering stuff. if i have help i can streamline my system, which means i can be more organised, productive, and get more releases done and shipped faster.
i'll be adding a shitload of new distro items to the webstore this week, as i've recently done trades with a few labels, and gotten my merch room prepared with a lot of new and old stock.
The IRM shirts and the remaining WILT preorder package will all go out together. i'll also try to get copies of the THEOLOGIAN+STEVE MOORE cdr out this week. the next thing in line is the THEOLOGIAN+INSWARM preorder package. as the plan stands now, i'm going to send the shirt artwork to the printers tomorrow and complete the audio this week.
CLOSE ON THE HORIZON:
THEOLOGIAN+BLACK SUN+INSWARM+REQUIEM. CODE LEECH-PREORDER PACKAGE
Hopefully, i'm going to send the BLACK SUN shirt artwork in next week and will post the preorder package to the webstore on or around june 12. this will change if i don't manage to ship out all or most of the above-mentioned items.
THEOLOGIAN+STROM.EC. HUBRIZINE-PREORDER PACKAGE
Two tracks are nearly complete. STROM.EC have enlisted a professional opera singer (mezzo-soprano, for those who know about such things) to record vocals on one of the tracks. this will add a really fantastic element to a release that is already shaping up to be amazing. i've submitted some lyrics for this track, which i'm hoping will be translated into finnish before they are recorded. i've still got to design the sweatshirt artwork. i may be posting the THEOLOGIAN+STROM.EC preorder package at the end of june or the beginning of july, but because this item includes a hoodie, i am leaning toward not shipping them until the fall. we'll see how things work out.
THEOLOGIAN. THE FURTHER I GET FROM YOUR STAR, THE LESS LIGHT I FEEL ON MY FACE CD (CRUCIAL BLAST)
I'll be finishing the layout and audio by the end of this month. I've submitted the high-res artwork and master audio for CHARTING THE SCHISM, which will be available in digital-only format from CRUCIAL BLAST as a companion to this release.
love is nothing. WITHOUT ME CDR-PREORDER
As previously stated, we have several tracks in various stages of completion, and the release will include contributions from Mike Hill of TOMBS (www.myspace.com/tombsbklyn), and John Lamacchia of SPYLACOPA and CANDIRIA (www.risingpulse.com). The release will be delayed until we have finished all the material and ensured maximum quality.
COMING LATER:
THEOLOGIAN+FOUR PI MOVEMENT. THE DESTROYER-PREORDER PACKAGE
THEOLOGIAN+SKINCAGE. THE MUSIC OF ERICH ZANN-PREORDER PACKAGE
IN DISCUSSION:
THEOLOGIAN+AUTHOR & PUNISHER-PREORDER PACKAGE
THEOLOGIAN+NO FESTIVAL OF LIGHT-PREORDER PACKAGE
THEOLOGIAN+CONTENT NULLITY-PREORDER PACKAGE
AND MORE
I am also communicating with Andy Grant of THE VOMIT ARSONIST about an exciting collaborative release, tentatively entitled NATURE IS SATAN'S CHURCH. i think this will probably be released on Andy's own DANVERS STATE RECORDINGS label. also in the works are a previously announced full-length vinyl release by SKINCAGE, as well as a possible split lp featuring INSWARM and BLACK SUN. the vinyl releases won't surface until much later in the year.
august 2010 marks the 13th anniversary of ANNIHILVS, and i'm hoping to get something really special together to mark this important date. this will hopefully include an all-new website and webstore system, as well as the advent of digital-only reissues of many out of print limited items from the past 13 years. again, we shall see.
It feels very good to be able to announce forward progress. please wish me luck, as it will only mean your orders go out sooner!
Thanks for your patience and support.
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