Volcanic Tongue Catalogue

Hive Mind & Luasa Ráelon
Night Maintenance

Chondritic Sound/Snip Snip CH-97/

CD
£10.99


Split CD from two hard-harvesting contemporary noise concerns, Hive Mind and Luasa Ráelon. One long opening track from Hive Mind that pushes out into whole new zones of queasy electronic pulse and subliminal threat, four tracks from Luasa including an inspired ‘cover' of Hive Mind's classic Sand Beasts and a whole bunch of Kosmiche/DIY organ-led tonefloat (aspects of Coil, Organum, Tangerine Dream and Mirror) and a joint blow-out on the title track. A late-night fug that'll suit loners of all stripes. Edition of 1000 with silk-screened artwork. Recommended.

Hive Mind
Writhing Flesh

Tone Filth

LP
£11.99


Originally released as a cassette on Chondritic Sound, Writhing Flesh is one of the more ‘active' and out of control Hive Mind releases, documenting Greh's first two live performances. Endless waves of sheet metal drones and phased pain-throb ala the more handmade Throbbing Gristle interrogations. Edition of 300 copies and already sold out at the label. Looks beautiful too. Recommended.

Hive Mind
Cast Through Shallow Earth

No Fun NFP-19

LP
£12.99


“400 copies - synth music for the exploration of desolated lands, slow and detailed side long movements of pure tonal sound. after millions of years when everything has withered away and nothing survives what will remain in this earth? minerals, boiling lava, smoke, and corrosion in a shallow earth. screenprinted cover, white vinyl, released on No Fun Productions.” – NF.

Cadaver In Drag/Hive Mind/Charlie Draheim/Moth Drakula
s/t

Chondritic Sound CH-168

CD-R
£6.99


Limited to 200 copies tour-only album that bundles one track from each unit and one brain-busting all-hands collaboration. Cadaver put in another muscular Sabs/Kousokuya-reverent guitar/drums dirge, Hive Mind's track sounds like distant cement mixers tuned to generate malevolent microtonal insect songs, Draheim's track - "Forever Fucked 2" - has a much more tactile electro-acoustic hands on feel that's kind of reminiscent of the brand of homemade noise satori that dominated the first New Blockaders LP and Moth Drakula put in the most torrentially thick sheets of noise/electricity-swallowing vocal performance of the set. The collaboration works great with Cadaver providing the nod-out rhythmic background and the rest providing swelling shots of heaven. Painted CD-R in digipak with paste-on sleeve.

Hive Mind
Untitled

Alt Vinyl AV-016

8” Lathe
£6.99


Limited edition of 100 copies hand-cut lathe direct from Peter King’s workshop in NZ. Hallucinatory slow-motion landscapes of minimal electronics from Greh Holger. Square cut lathe.

Various Artists
Sunday Matinee At The Frying Pan

American Tapes AM-855

one-sided LP
£11.99


Compilation featuring unreleased tracks from Connelly & The Machines, Body Morph, Hive Mind, Dog Lady and Drainolith: “So the other day, me and my lab buddy supreme Scott were knee f'in deep in trying to find out if a huge craggly motor was delta or wye three phase connected, and needless to say, was NOT having luck. It was a one of them RAW bologna built motors that has wire numbers, but its pointless cause its all on its own weirdo system. Whatever. So as usual, we shot the shit.
"What’s up this weekend man?"
"Not much, got a killer afternoon gig at the spot on Sunday...."
"What’s a gig?"
"Ah.... I’m having some of my weirdo friends over to make ah.... music...."
"You make music?"
"Sure"
"Would you ever play a 'gig' for the troops?"
"We should get black to that motor...I think I know the lead wires now..."
"Well, I can’t come over, I gotta fix my tires on my hunting jeep, but you know what would rule Olson?"
"What’s that?"
"If you would press that jammer on wax, mix all the tracks together into one inzane mess and sent it to Smith out west to press...."
"Man, you might be on to something"
"Make it one long one-sider with a lock groove, I mean shit...that’s how I remember gigs anyway.... and just use a flyer for the cover!!!"
"My man!!!"
So I took Scott's advice. Took the killer matinee jam, got out the scalpel, mixed everything together seamless inzane style, book ended it with an EVIL Hive Mind loop and boosh!!!! Pressed gig memory!!!! So it's just like a gig, except you don’t have KNOX MITCHELL's dad dropping you off or Collino spilling brews everywhere or your secret recipe INZANE CHILLI remains burning up in the bottoms of an empty crock pot. Oddly, not a peep of crew-audience noise to be found. Dog Lady played acoustic string scrape, Dan Body jammed reed universe from the uneven side (and then BLASTED Disclose and Firmeza 10 in the jamm room), Drainolith is my main man Alex K from Montreal and kept it uber real with amazing synth scramble, live from yep, THE BASEMENT. Greh said he did a cover of THE SHINING but I’ve never seen that mini-series. Dead Machines and Connelly jammed magical pixie flutes, infected metal scrape and vocals from an eerie afternoon lagoon. Like an endless gig, ...you gotta SIT THRU THE WHOLE THING...in one inzane memory blurr surpreme.... Record ends with an EVIL Hive Mind lock groover, endless...party. ... forever.... Was a blast, more of this style to come. And BYOB!!! There are three party stores right in the hood, duh!!! 2pm SHARP!!!> Edition of 100 in handmade recycled sleeves, numbered.” – John Olson.

Hive Mind
Black Tempest

P-Tapes P-38

3" CD-R
£5.99


Warehouse find of a bunch of copies of this limited to 100 copies 3" from 2005, classic thousand-yard-stare electronics w/miasmic atmospherics.