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Sat, 18 May 2013 15:11:00 -0500

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Pitchfork

Caleidoscoop (NL)

Serpentine

Tue, 14 May 2013 23:30:00 -0500

Serpentine

Haptic

Tue, 14 May 2013 23:26:00 -0500

New record has been completed.

More info coming soon.

A glimpse of the forthcoming Locrian “Return to...

Tue, 14 May 2013 23:16:00 -0500

Locrian "Return to Annihilation" 2xLP/CD/digital

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A glimpse of the forthcoming Locrian “Return to Annihilation” 2xLP (Relapse Records).

2xLP/CD/Digital: Release date - JUNE 25th.

Listen to the opening track “Eternal Return” at Pitchfork.com

Relapse

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Wed, 08 May 2013 00:23:54 -0500

Helen Money - Arriving Angels CD

Merzbow - Takahe Collage CD

ELP - Tarkus LP

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Jeff Hanneman (1964 - 2013)

Thu, 02 May 2013 18:00:00 -0500

Jeff Hanneman (1964 - 2013)

Locrian’s lyricist/multi-instrumentalist Terence Hannum commented on the album’s concept:

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 12:54:00 -0500

I think for the album concept we were inspired by Genesis’ “Lamb Lies Down on Broadway” and how it is a surreal narrative telling a story. We sought to make our own but we wanted to give our nod to the prog bands that inspired us; King Crimson or Yes with the multi-part songs.

So we had looked at the novel “Dhalgren” by sci-fi writer Samuel Delaney as a big influence too. How it is a circular narrative, ours is more of a mirror of itself, one that changes and shifts. It also borrows extensively from Walter Benjamin’s “Arcades Project”. Our story is about a cataclysm that changes the world and all manner of perception in two parts. I would say, the real and the perceived. And it is all told to you through a narrator, one who you cannot tell if he is asleep or dreaming or sleepwalking through this shifting landscape.

Part 1 begins at the end of a song whose lyrics discuss a dawn in which all of our monuments dissolved, the next track the wrath of heaven (a massive cataclysm) visits earth, then two moons appear in the sky (perhaps the most direct reference to Delaney’s novel but also an homage to Nick Drake). It ends with the first multi-part track “Return to Annihilation”, a more metaphysical description of the changes apparent in the world. One in which minerals work against man, there is only evolution. We also gain insight into that what we’ve been told may be unreliable as the narrator admits to “noctambulism” (sleepwalking). But it is intentionally unclear if this is his state or the state of everyone.

Part 2 is a view back through this mirror or lens of Part 1. We exit the hall or vapor and light and enter a “panorama of mirror, the entire world as reflection. It ends with a four part piece about worshiping equilibrium in a world where it has been extinct (isostasy), discussing the qualities of the air that is now poisoned, witnessing the burial of urns (hydriotaphia) and finally awaking to awareness.

One of the things we wanted to accomplish was a sense of texture with mirrors, prisms, lenses, etc. being referenced in the sounds and tone. I think it does.

For those of you who prefer the digital format, you can pre-order our new release on the LOCRIAN...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:46:00 -0500

For those of you who prefer the digital format, you can pre-order our new release on the LOCRIAN Bandcamp page, as well as purchase past releases.

Locrian Bandcamp

What BP Doesn’t Want You to Know About the 2010 Gulf Spill

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 00:29:52 -0500

What BP Doesn’t Want You to Know About the 2010 Gulf Spill

[via Relapse Records] Esoteric, experimental...

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 22:49:00 -0500

[via Relapse Records] Esoteric, experimental artisan’s Locrian have revealed the details behind their highly anticipated Relapse Records full-length debut entitled Return To Annihilation. The album was recorded by Greg Norman (Pelican, Russian, Circles, Serena Maneesh) at Steve Albini’s Electrical Audio Studios in Chicago, IL and mastered by Jason Ward at Chicago Mastering Service. The album will be released as CD, 2xLP, and digital formats on June 25th in North America, June 21st in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Benelux, and Finland, and June 24th in the UK and rest of the world.

A two-part concept album inspired by the band’s love for prog-rock progenitors Genesis, Yes & King Crimson, Return To Annihilation is sure to be the group’s most ambitious recordings to date.

Pre-order Locrian “Return to Annihilation” 2xLP/CD/combo bundle with shirt HERE

Official release announcement from Kranky...

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:00:00 -0500

Official release announcement from Kranky Records…

Pan•American “Cloud Room, Glass Room” 2xLP/CD

With percussionist extraordinaire Steven Hess now a full fledged member, Mark Nelson and Pan•American deliver their first new album since White Bird Release from 2009. This collection of new sounds began with the duo rehearsing for a series of shows in southern europe in late 2011 and early 2012, the songs written together as a group to be played live. Bobby Donne (Labradford, Cristal) plays bass on multiple tracks, further emphasizing the live band feel.

Mark Nelson’s deft production touches abound, subtly mixing disparate elements into a fully integrated whole, while Hess prominently displays a myriad of percussion techniques showing a mastery of understated rhythms. The resulting album is a resonant listen that ranks with the best of Pan•American’s catalog.

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Another review of the forthcoming Pan•American release -...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:20:00 -0500

Another review of the forthcoming Pan•American release - “Cloud Room, Glass Room” 2xLP/CD (Kranky)

Echoes and Dust

More information on INNODE and the forthcoming...

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 18:58:08 -0500

Innode

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More information on INNODE and the forthcoming “Gridshifter” LP release on EditionsMego.

via sonotope.org

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Sun, 14 Apr 2013 14:07:50 -0500

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Yanqui U.X.O.

Pig Destroyer - Mass & Volume download *ALL PROCEEDS OF THIS RECORDING WILL BE DONATED TO THE COLLEGE FUND OF PAT EGAN'S DAUGHTER KATIE*

Rune Grammofon v/a - Money Will Ruin Everything 2xCD/book

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INNODE “Gridshifter” LP/download...

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 19:28:53 -0500

INNODE “Gridshifter” LP/download (eMego168)

*RELEASE DATE: JUNE 10, 2013*

Pre-order HERE

INNODE = Stefan Németh, Steven Hess, and Bernhard Breuer

Audio

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 19:18:17 -0500

Listen to a track from the forthcoming Pan•American release -...

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 12:51:48 -0500

Listen to a track from the forthcoming Pan•American release - Project for an Apartment Building.

Pan•American “Cloud Room, Glass Room” CD/2xLP will be released April 29th on Kranky.

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Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:16:57 -0500

Helen Money - Arriving Angels CD

(ensemble pearl) 2xLP

Soft Kill - Seven Hundred 7"

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Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:09:41 -0500

Visual aid & reference

LOCRIAN interview for BLACK MAGAZINE (Germany) *click image for...

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:02:00 -0500

LOCRIAN interview for BLACK MAGAZINE (Germany) *click image for link

steven hess

More Pan•American reviews: Pitchfork Fluid Radio UK Disquiet Caleidoscoop (NL) FFWD Weekly OMG...

Serpentine

Haptic

A glimpse of the forthcoming Locrian “Return to...

Listening

Jeff Hanneman (1964 - 2013)

Locrian’s lyricist/multi-instrumentalist Terence Hannum commented on the album’s concept:

For those of you who prefer the digital format, you can pre-order our new release on the LOCRIAN...

What BP Doesn’t Want You to Know About the 2010 Gulf Spill

[via Relapse Records] Esoteric, experimental...

Official release announcement from Kranky...

Another review of the forthcoming Pan•American release -...

More information on INNODE and the forthcoming...

Listening PD - Purchase and download.

INNODE “Gridshifter” LP/download...

Audio

Listen to a track from the forthcoming Pan•American release -...

Listening

Visual aid & reference © Steven Hess

LOCRIAN interview for BLACK MAGAZINE (Germany) *click image for...