Robotic Empire

Ragan, Chuck

The Flame In The Flood

Robotic Empire

On vinyl for the first time since 2016, Robotic Empire is pleased to bring this spectacular album back into print! The Flame In The Flood, album is described by its makers as “a journey through the backwaters of post-societal America.” The album was a collaboration between Chuck Ragan (guitarist and vocalist of Hot Water Music) and independent game studio, The Molasses Flood, from Cambridge MA, with their first video game The Flame In The Flood.

Black Heart Procession, The

The Waiter Chapters I-VIII

Robotic Empire

Hailing from the sun-drenched shores of San Diego, California, The Black Heart Procession has sought to bring their unique dream of winter to life for nearly two decades. Over the course of six full length albums and numerous ancillary offerings, they have captured the essence of heartbreak, the tragedy of discord and the exultation of redemption. Through it all, a mysterious figure, known only as The Waiter, has made intermittent yet poignant appearances—his is a world of cold, sorrow and loss, experienced through his ceaseless turning of memory and dream.  Chronicled here in one volume are his exhaustive laments: eight chapters spanning those six albums and numerous releases, including two rare and one previously unreleased title. Listen and wait, unburden the heart and soul and dream, dream, dream, my lonely one….

Pyrit

Ufo

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Cinematic, profound and absorbing—Pyrit is the solo project of Swiss German Thomas Kuratli. This first album is the musical expression of an original literary project: the story of a journey into the body—dissolving into the universe and transforming into an extraterrestrial machine. Recorded in a parking lot, it is full of ideas and vivid emotions while definitely pushing the limits of the one-man band. After moving from Zurich to Paris, Kuratli started to work on UFO. Originally drawn from his love of electronic, psychedelic and krautrock, Kuralti creates soundscapes of a deserted concrete-world, full of destruction and loneliness. Sometimes there is a glimpse of hope, sometimes there is not. The music is simultaneously loud and fragile, complex and simple, and always evolving. Navigating between electronic psych, gaunt blues and the soundtrack of a weightless film, he exposes himself by donning the costume of a disenchanted crooner in search of the ultimate slow.

Big Hush

Spirit / Wholes

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The music of Genevieve Ludwig, Owen Wuerker, Chris Taylor, and Emma Baker embraces collectivity and experimentation, imbued with the tension and intimacy of close friendship. Writing is communal, and everyone sings. Big Hush songs are sharpened by the unpredictable acoustics of DIY show spaces and recorded later in a basement studio. Edits are made in the backseat of a Volvo with the windows down. The songs are mostly three-minute concentrations of moody, solid indie-pop songwriting, with melodic dueling vocals and harmonies that poke out above the hiss of tape and distorted guitars. The songs for Wholes and Who’s Smoking Your Spirit? were written and recorded in 2014 and 2015, exploring intersections between harmony-laden melancholy, off-kilter punk urgency, and the lush cacophony of shoegaze. They document the group’s cultivation of a complex and original aesthetic, one that cuts through dense textures, arrangements and harmonies with a searing, catchy clarity. Now available on vinyl and re-mastered specifically for that format, these two are combined onto one album that also includes a new bonus track.

Virginia Creep

Virginia Creep - EP

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Born in the sprawling suburban wastelands on the outskirts of Washington DC, Virginia Creep emerge from an unexpected hotbed of forward-thinking subversive artists. With a rich lineage that includes bloodlines as diverse as Tideland, Pig Destroyer, A Papier Mache Monster, Nit Pic & many more, Virginia Creep sound as appropriately bipolar as the myriad divisions surrounding them. A formidable beast spanning a multitude of heavy rock sub-genres, the debut EP from this new quartet merges the wide ranging backgrounds and influences of J.R. Hayes (vocals), Aaron Mason (guitar), Ben Tufts (drums) and Christopher Wright (bass). All veterans of underground/independent music, Virginia Creep treads new territory for the band members with a left-of-center, haunting melodic approach. Their self-titled first offering ranges the spectrum of rock, punk, grunge and hardcore within just three songs.

Man Is The Bastard / Bastard Noise

The Honesty Shop

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For the past 25 years, Bastard Noise has articulated its mission by crafting sheer, primitive “caveman electronics” while exploring a spectral fascination with man’s ridiculous “legend in his own mind’ status and regression through technology. Following over 90 releases to date, enter the brand new full-length LP titled The Honesty Shop. Two long-form compositions at nearly 20 minutes each were custom designed, arranged, recorded, mixed and professionally edited by Michael Rozon (The Red List, A Culture of Monsters, Skulldozer and Rogue Astronaut, to name a few). This time around, the lineup consists of New York-based sound designer / performer Anthony Saunders and founding member Eric Wood. These vast, post-armageddon landscapes are delivered in crystal-clear fashion, accentuated by Wood’s most brutal and extreme vocals to date. Cut by engineer master David Cheppa (NWA, Geto Boys, Black Flag, Kraftwerk, etc.), The Honesty Shop is a must-have for all mutants addicted to hearing more in sound. The LP is packaged in a screen-printed, single-pocket jacket, includes a screen-printed lyrics insert, and is limited to 400 copies.

Pig Destroyer

Painter Of Dead Girls (Deluxe Edition)

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Finally available on vinyl after over a decade of unavailability, the deluxe edition of Painter of Dead Girls showcases grind legends Pig Destroyer at their most primal. Recorded by a then-bassless power trio, this album captures the powerful and varied sounds of an envelope-pushing, borderline feral outfit behind the instruments as well as control panel.  The first half of this collection album was initially tracked as an equipment burn-in test during the millennial year, leading up to Pig Destroyer recording their seminal Prowler in the Yard full-length. The secondary bulk of the material initially yielded their most sonically powerful recordings at the time, recorded in the late 1990s at Oblivion Studios (Pg.99, Enemy Soil, etc.). Rounding out this expanded edition of Painter of Dead Girls is the long-lost track “Delusional Supremacy 2K,” a raw mosh basement live recording of “Rejection Fetish,” and a truly bludgeoning cover of Helmet’s “In the Meantime” complementing the existing Dwarves and Stooges covers. With nineteen blistering tracks in total, all meticulously remastered by James Plotkin, this key piece of the Pig Destroyer catalog looks and sounds better than ever. The original cover work by Chris Taylor has been extended into a beautiful gatefold jacket with added metallic silver highlights. Newly created art adorns the interior, along with recently unearthed lyrics to all the Pig Destroyer songs on Painter of Dead Girls, printed in full for the first time ever. A double-sided photo collage inner-sleeve houses the vinyl, containing classic photos from the era surrounding these...

V/a

Doused In Mud, Soaked In Bleach

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Robotic Empire returns with their third Nirvana tribute LP, completing a trifecta of homages to the legendary band’s studio albums. On Doused In Mud, Soaked In Bleach, the Hall of Famer’s debut LP is covered in full, start to finish, by a diverse range of independent artists including Basement, Beach Slang, Big Hush, Circa Survive, Daughters, Defeater, The Fall of Troy, Mean Jeans, Rob Crow’s Gloomy Place, The Saddest Landscape, This Will Destroy You, Thou and Young Widows. Appropriately reflecting Nirvana’s rawest studio work alongside a full-circle nod to Robotic Empire’s roots, this is arguably the darkest, heaviest release in the tribute series. A tasteful re-envisioning of these classic songs runs all thirteen Bleach tracks through the bands’ creative engines, putting an intense new perspective on these 25-plus-year-old songs. 

Henryspenncer

Hypnosis Gumbo

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HYPNOSIS GUMBO is a collection of odd stories where feathered serpents rub shoulders with dying underwater monsters, and invisible forces struggle under incandescent comet rains. This tale takes us to the heart of voodoo ceremonies among drifting reliefs, steeped by jungle and fire. Lots of fire, fire in all its forms, central theme of the album.  Originally a solo project, Henryspenncer operated a real change and turned into an actual band with this album.This new incarnation turned the proper Henryspenncer’s psyche-noise-doom-progressive mixture into a rawer version, maybe just more rock’n’roll.  Hypnosis Gumbo has been written and recorded by Valentin Féron and Julien Magot, now joined by Carl Boisson, Charlie Batalla (Illegal Process) & Thomas Kuratli (Pyrit) to make Henryspenncer’s fire grow bigger.

Creation Is Crucifixion

Antenna Builder + Rerecorded Splits / Live In Geneva

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Pittsburgh tech-metal hactivists Creation Is Crucifixion emulate Lazarus with a double-LP collecting their last recordings along with an impressive live set. The “final” recording by the band’s last active lineup, the long-rumored nine-minute opus “Antenna Builder” brilliantly merges their heavy technical metal along with the noise passages for which they are reknowned. The lineup’s similarly oppressive Rerecorded Splits tracks, some of the highest-fidelity recordings from the band’s extensive output, fleshes out the first disc in this gatefold double-LP package. Accompanying the studio material is a live LP from a classic set recorded on the last Creation Is Crucifixion European tour, captured live in Geneva during May of the millennial year. These fifteen-year-old recordings showcase tracks from across the band’s catalog, with a higher clarity than some of their raw studio recordings. Specifically mastered for vinyl by James Plotkin, the Antenna Builder + Rerecorded Splits / Live in Geneva 2xLP comes housed in a stark black-and-white gatefold jacket with gold ink overlaid. A digital download of the full release is included.

Hollow Sunshine

Burning EP

Robotic Empire

Versatile visual artist (of key work for Destruction Unit, Chelsea Wolfe + Deafheaven) and multi-instrumentalist Reuben Sawyer along with vocalist Morgan Enos follow two well received LPs and a slew of EPs with further-reaching explorations of Hollow Sunshine's drone/darkwave/pop amalgam. "Burning" is the new EP from the increasingly prolific California duo, and while the previous Hollow Sunshine work explored the landscapes of 1990s atmospheric pop and sludge, "Burning" pushes deeper into both the past and the future. The four new songs feel ancient and coated in precious metals, as Sawyer and Enos tap into the muses of Florian Fricke, Alice Coltrane and Bill Fay to form their most mature and realized release yet. Fans of conemporary, heavy/pop-influenced outfits Jesu and Hum will also rejoice in the beautiful contrast of Sawyer's downtuned guitar mass with Enos' subdued, haunting vocal melodies as the duo deftly wade through songs of helplessness, departure and relief.

Henryspenncer

Saturn

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Two years in the making, Henryspenncer released "Saturn" in 2013 a dense album, torn between cosmos, desert and concrete.  Both narrative and abstract, gloomy and luminous, the psych/folk/drone heavy mix of Henryspenncer is more personal than ever here. "Saturn" is also Henryspenncer's first studio recorded album (Holy Mountain, London). Mastered by James Plotkin (Earth, Zombi, Barn Owl, Horseback, Nadja, Isis...) French guitarist Valentin Féron founded Henryspenncer in 2008 after being involved in films scores, electro industrial and hardcore bands.  His music is deeply marked by Northern Scotland and all other forms of wild and steep landscapes, as well as artists like Grails, Six Organs of Admittance, Swans, Pink Floyd and various heavy / noise / metal bands Since "The Shelter Days", his first self-released album in 2009, Henryspenncer's music has aimed to embody distant imaginary deserts in a confrontation of different music styles (psychedelic, folk, metal, ambient).  Since 2014, Henryspenncer stopped being a one man project and became a full band, opened to new territories and to a more decibels orientated music.

Tideland

Love Luster

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Virginia trio TIDELAND return with their lushest work to date. "Love Luster" sees these experts of shoegazey grunge in top form, a 9-track offering of supreme dropped-out, blissful alt/rock/punk/fuzz glory.

V/a

Whatever Nevermind

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Robotic Empire is thrilled to announce the label’s second tribute to Nirvana; this time, the seminal Nevermind album is given the cover treatment by a diverse range of bands. With artwork inspired by and mutated from the original album, Whatever Nevermind features contributions from Boris, Cave In, Circa Survive, Kylesa, La Dispute, Nothing, Pygmy Lush, Thou, Torche, Touche Amore, White Reaper, Wrong and Young Widows.  The special Record Store Day 2015 edition is available on colored vinyl and is accompanied by a large poster and high-quality digital download. Last year’s In Utero: In Tribute release was well received by fans and media alike, with the vinyl selling out on release day, the digital release receiving a spotlight on the iTunes storefront and overall coverage across high-profile media including Alternative Press, SPIN and The Guardian.

Wrong

Stop Giving

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Miami, Florida’s Wrong formed from the ashes of Capsule and debut with the absolutely pummeling Stop Giving EP.  With an emphasis on bludgeon and groove, it’s hard not to compare their first recordings to heyday-era Helmet. But Wrong brings their own dissonance, atmosphere and attitude in a massive combination of power and skill. This is truly an impressive first effort, and preludes a full-length due on Robotic Empire later this year.  The four-track EP plays at 45 RPM, comes in silk-screened packaging with artwork by Torche’s Rick Smith, and includes a high-quality digital download.

Terminal Fuzz Terror

Vol. 0: In The Shadow Of The Mountain

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On their vinyl debut, Vol. 0: In the Shadow of the Mountain, Terminal Fuzz Terror unleashes raw rock ’n’ roll fury sifted through the filters of punk, psychedelia and blues. Pummeling percussion and wailing riffs accompany vocals channeling an obliterated Jim Morrison at the height of religious revelry! The magnanimous, side-long, 17-minute title track closes the album with a long-form, slow-burning mind-melter.  Terminal Fuzz Terror is comprised of D. Rodriguez (guitar, vocals), D. Nelson (guitar, vocals), A. Crawshaw (drums) and J. Kleine (bass). The band recorded at Witch Ape Studio and enlisted Tad Doyle (Tad) to engineer / mix the album. Limited to 300 copies, Vol. 0: In the Shadow of the Mountain is housed in a silk-screened jacket printed at Broken Press in Seattle, WA, and includes a high-quality digital download.

Alpaca

Post Empire EP

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Los Angeles / New York duo ALPACA announce their sophomore release, a four song EP titled Post Empire.Recorded throughout 2013 and 2014, the two man electronic/rock outfit comprised of Allen Blickle and Justin Nuckols explore a slightly darker territory on their latest effort. The proggy sensibilities are more apparent in writing less conventional song structures, and with increased melancholy compared to their debut album, Demimonde, while retaining the catchy elements that established ALPACA as one to watch.Blickle's bombastic and technical signature drumming style that he grew throughout his tenure with rock group Baroness is shining through on these harder groove tracks, while Nuckols' at times dissonant guitar style and vocal performance resonate as mature.Comments Blickle on the release:"Post Empire in essence portrays a present picture of our personalities musically and contextually. Exploring new territory for every record we work on is what excites us to move forward in our musical relationship."

Tilts

Cuatro Hombres

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St. Louis quartet Tilts returns with Cuatro Hombres, ten brand new tracks of killer rock and roll, with just enough spice to keep things nice! Guitarist / vocalist Andrew Elstner splits his time between Tilts and Torche and can sing like a mofo; these soaring vocals land atop catchy songs both heavy and melodic. Once again, the band’s drummer Ken McCray self-recorded the album at Marmadook Studios, then had Richmond, Virginia, engineer Ian Whalen (Rah Brahs, Tombs, Lamb of God) mix the beast. James Plotkin (Isis, Cave In, Thou) carefully mastered the final banger specifically for vinyl, and separately for the included high-quality digital download. Rounded out by bassist Shawn Hart and guitar player Andy White, Tilts triumphantly delivers a seriously infectious sophomore album of all-killer-no-filler rock! Like the debut LP, Tom Huck’s brilliant woodcut artwork adorns the sleeve, with righteous colored vinyl inside.

Thou

Algiers

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V/a

In Utero, In Tribute, In Entirety

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After extended delays and legal wrangling, Robotic Empire’s long-awaited tribute—over seven years in the making—to Nirvana’s seminal In Utero LP is finally complete, with twelve diverse bands covering the entire album. In Utero, In Tribute, In Entirety features Thursday, Circa Survive, Jay Reatard, Ceremony, Whirr, Young Widows, Mean Jeans, Daughters, Thou, Pygmy Lush, These Arms Are Snakes and Black Math Horseman twisting the Nirvana classics into their own visions.

Thou

Heathen

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In 2005, amidst the frothing of the twelve teats of Baba Jaga, six gelatinous, ebony pearls--blacker than the darkest midnight and thick with seething necromancies--descended on the fertile Louisiana swamplands. Alas! Hurricane gusts blew one droplet to the east, where it was lost in a labyrinth of space and time. But the other four flew westward to the Capital City where four grew tall and strong, honing their fell might and channeling their minds across the winds of time and distance to find their erstwhile brothers. For two long years did their minds' eyes search the ether realms. In 2007, their okkult delvings reaped a bountiful yield, and the Fifth's emaciated Gollum-esque form was fetched from across the broad Bonnet Carré expanse. In 2010, the Sixth's hairy visage was emerged from its stasis to take up the swords of the Fallen. Their circle of power has evermore been complete.

Hollow Sunshine

Held Above

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Painting a hypnotic swirl of lush vocals over down-tuned riffs and steady rhythms, Hollow Sunshine’s debut album brings together deep tuning with melodic undertones and a garage recording for a unique mix of warmly familiar elements. The balance of blown-out sludge, narcotic drone and pop sensibilities is an unlikely combination, yet the contrast between heaviness and catchiness, with mesmerizing vocals providing a calm and consistent drift throughout, sets the band well apart from contemporaries.  Held Above is Hollow Sunshine’s first full-length and most realized vision after several EP releases. The album’s nine tracks were recorded by the band—vocalist Morgan Enos and guitarist / songwriter Reuben Sawyer—and mastered by James Plotkin, aiming for a soothing “lo” fidelity with clarity preserved. An artist renowned for his work via Rainbath Visual, Sawyer also conceived the stark imagery for the cover, which is screen-printed on colored paper by Broken Press. Initial press of 700 copies; includes a complimentary high-quality digital download.

Alpaca

Demimonde

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***NOW AVAILABLE WITH DISCOUNTED PRICING!!! Features member of BARONESS. Los Angeles / Brooklyn duo Alpaca is comprised of vocalist Justin Nuckols and multi-instumentalist Allen Blickle. Their debut album, Demimonde, recorded over a five-year period across locations in New York and the members’ native Virginia, draws from material conceived during arduous tour schedules for Baroness, the accomplished hard rock band for which Blickle drummed. His dance, pop and melody-driven compositions juxtapose with Nuckols’s darker, groove-focused, and harmonic vocal explorations.  The musical collaboration between these ex-step-brothers began in the late 1990s while the two were still high school students in the small Appalachian town of Lexington, VA. After separate nomadic wanderings around the States during their early 20s, Nuckols and Blickle both wound up in Brooklyn, NY, in 2007.  Alpaca quietly and intermittently recorded material between Baroness’s tour activities, finally hunkering down in the winter of 2012-13 to expand their mutual visions and perfect mixes. The pair ultimately finished a body of work many years in the making and the end result is a reflective and cinematic experience, musing in concert through a balance of cynicism, uncertainty and optimism.  To complement the level of detail the music received, the vinyl edition of Demimonde comes housed in a five-color gatefold LP jacket with added spot-gloss finish. Accordingly elaborate color vinyl is joined by a high-quality digital download.

Some Stranger

S/t

Robotic Empire

Striking out from the wastelands between indie and experimental rock, Some Stranger emerges with an incredibly catchy debut release. Blissful, melodic vocals soar over a powerful and driving rhythm section and the guitars run through one of the largest vintage pedal collections in the world; the five haunting tracks are the work of seasoned veterans combining forces to yield amazing results. Formerly of emo-rock outfit Daytrader, vocalist Tym joined friend and acclaimed visual artist / guitarist Daniel Danger to form Some Stranger with a mutual affliction for left-of-center angular rock. The duo enlisted Derrick Flanagin (Daytrader, Capsule) to track drums and promptly hammered out their first set of recordings with engineer Gary Cioffi (Transit, Misser) also handling bass duties. Vince Ratti (Circa Survive, Balance and Composure) mixed the session, which was then mastered by Will Yip (Title Fight, Blacklisted). Finally, Jacob Van Loon contributed artwork.  This 45 RPM vinyl 12-inch has a first press limited to 500 pieces and includes a digital download.

Jesu

Christmas

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A gift: Four of Justin K. Broadrick’s incredible sonic personalities on one impressive EP, titled simply Christmas. Jesu lays the foundation with the initial hymn, along with remixes from related projects Pale Sketcher and Final, plus an exclusive and brand new remix by the oppressive JK Flesh entity. Originally released as a digital-only EP for Christmas 2010, the 35+ minutes of music here have been sonically upgraded by mastering wizard James Plotkin specifically for the physical release. The CD includes an exclusive lyrics sheet and is limited to one-time pressing of 500 copies

Tilts

S/t

Robotic Empire

Based out of the heartland in St. Louis, Missouri, Tilts delivers their vinyl debut album: twelve slabs of absurdly catchy rock and / or roll. These songs are heavy, tuneful, have damn nice actual singing and tight spice in all the right places. Guitarist / vocalist Andrew Elstner splits his time between Tilts and Torche (and used to play in Riddle of Steel) so you know he can shred.  The band, rounded out by bassist Shawn Hart, guitar player Andy White and drummer Ken McCray, self-recorded the album in McCray’s home studio, then had Richmond, Virginia, engineer Ian Whalen (Rah Brahs, Tombs, Lamb of God) re-mix the whole shebang. James Plotkin (Isis, Cave In, Thou) carefully mastered the recording specifically for vinyl and separately for the digital download, and it polishes up right nice! The twelve rockin’, all-killer-no-filler tracks come on colored vinyl (limited to 500 copies) in nice, fancy packaging with a high-quality download of the full album.

Baker, Aidan

Spectrum Of Distraction

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Specifically designed to be played on shuffle and yield a completely unique experience each time, Aidan Baker’s audacious monsterpiece The Spectrum of Distraction takes a nod from Zappa’s technique of “xenochrony” and runs it though the digital age via the shuffle aspect of CD and MP3 players. 98 (!) tracks spanning two discs make for an incredibly varied landscape on each listen; with pieces ranging from just a few seconds to over seven minutes, there is no shortage of diversity. Hallucinatory dreamscapes weave into frantic noise into dubby passages into chilled-out jazz into psychedelic grooves into an oppressive industrial crunch into a hip hop bop into almighty sludge dirges and almost everything else the kitchen sink offers. Start to finish, through and through, nowhere else is it possible to experience anything quite like Baker’s truly enthralling The Spectrum of Distraction. Well-known as a core part of prolific heavyweights Nadja, Baker is backed here by an impressive array of notable drummers who’ve cut their teeth in the likes of Swans, The Jesus Lizard, Slowdive, Killing Joke, Godflesh, Jesu and many more. He began the project in 2009 by soliciting drum tracks and loops, ending up with roughly six hours of material from 18 different percussionists, then recorded guitar and bass to go along with them throughout the winter of 2010. The mass of content was scaled down to the 96 slices (spanning two hours) that appear on this pair of discs. The Spectrum of Distraction is housed in a beautifully illustrated 2xCD gatefold...

Ancient Sky

T.r.i.p.s.

Robotic Empire

ANCIENT SKY's second LP, T.R.I.P.S., rips harder and dives deeper into the swirling psychedelic abyss hinted at on their self-titled debut. The bluesy, stoner riffs are less abundant, clearing room for some long, slow burning jams and tight rock songs that leap suddenly from beneath a thick layer of delay and feedback like alligators in a foggy swamp. Hypnotic and soothing, T.R.I.P.S. is a captivating and awesome psychedelic statement.

Pageninetynine (PG.99)

Singles

Robotic Empire

Over the course of their mere five-year existence, Sterling, Virginia’s Pageninetynine redefined what punk rock could be. This venerable squad of miscreants from the outskirts of the nation’s capital incorporated aspects of nearly every heavy music sub-genre into a tornado of punk fury, releasing a plethora of albums, singles, splits and more, touring relentlessly and inspiring a dedicated, diehard fanbase. Robotic Empire is pleased to announce a timely re-press of the band’s landmark Document #8 album and the long-awaited vinyl release of their hard-to-find Singles compilation CD. Singles, first released on CD in 2003 by Reptilian Records, showcases the group’s evolution from humble beginnings to a furious midpoint and experimental end. The album title is somewhat of a misnomer, as the release collects material from splits with Circle Takes the Square, City of Caterpillar, Enemy Soil, Process Is Dead and Reactor No. 7, along with other short-run EP, demo and compilation tracks. Mastered by James Plotkin for a much warmer, fuller sound not heard on the original releases, Singles is an essential document for longtime fans and newcomers alike. Pageninetynine will reunite in August 2011 at the Best Friend’s Day festival in Richmond, Virginia, where they will perform Document #8 in its entirety.

Red Sparowes

At The Soundless Dawn

Robotic Empire

***BACK IN PRINT!! RED SPAROWES’ At The Soundless Dawn is a massive album with an unconventional approach to creating aural landscapes... and with alumni from both NEUROSIS and ISIS on board, it’s not exactly a huge surprise. Dropping generous hints to shoegazing’s glorious past, the band subtly employs reverberating guitars to explore darker passages that flow more like orchestral movements than modern rock songs. Nothing short of a phenomenal debut, the album comes housed in a stunning gatefold jacket and is pressed on colored vinyl!!!

Red Sparowes

Every Red Heart Shines Toward The Red Sun

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***BACK IN PRINT AND NOW EXCLUSIVE!!! Every Red Heart Shines Toward the Red Sun, Los Angeles-based RED SPAROWES bypass the fabled sophomore slump by leaps and bounds. There is a definitely darker approach on this album, and the reference points of the past are less apparent, yet the band evokes intense emotions with more variety and depth than ever before. Powerful and dynamic, Every Red Heart Shines Towards The Red Sun is a captivating new path in the ever-evolving world of instrumental music.EN. Packaged in beautiful, eye-grabbing gatefold sleeves. Colored vinyl pressing!!!

Windmills By The Ocean

II

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Windmills by the Ocean returns from obscurity to deliver an unexpected and stunning second album years in the making. Awash in waves of droney guitars, lush melodies and vocals, II is a truly hypnotic follow-up to their self-titled debut. The band reaches far beyond the limits of post-rock with five varied tracks that are at times haunting, captivating, oppressive and triumphant. A release of this caliber could only come from a seasoned array of musicians, who in this case have honed their craft in past bands such as Isis, Red Sparowes, 27, Blacktail and more.

Vanessa Van Basten

Closer To The Small / Dark / Door

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Italy's Vanessa Van Basten reside among a rare breed of bands (loosely categorized as "post-rock") that truly create instead of simply copy. At times lush and layered, at others minimal and haunting, Closer to the Small/Dark/Door's breadth is the result of years in the underground. Although quite heavy, the album employs far more atmosphere and ambiance than its contemporaries. Acoustic / classical instrument tracks conjure visions of Mogwai conducted by Ennio Morricone, while programming-centric tracks imagine Swans personnel falling hard for a Mediterranean girl who listens to a lot of Godflesh and Jesu. Nothing fits snugly into place, though--Vanessa Van Basten pushes genre boundaries in more than one direction. Thankfully, these veterans know the importance of "too much" vs "not enough." Closer to the Small/Dark/Door is a truly unique 50 minutes of rock music.

Neon Bastard

Meikhaus

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Fierce 'n' ugly punk / sludge fury from down under-er (Wellington, New Zealand), Neon Bastard debuts with eleven songs born from an unholy amalgamation of genres.  Summoning elements from metal, punk rock and pure noise, Meikhaus is a bludgeoning blitzkrieg of bonkers songwriting and general chaos. Alternating shredder and stoner riffs collide with blast-fueled drums, disgustingly distorted bass and inhuman wails from some external dimension. Neon Bastard commands a crazy ride, but it's one you'll wanna take again and again (post-upchuckery) to catch all the things you missed the last time around. A downright maniacal debut!  "... the album opens up as a sludge-core fury whip [and] I was blown out of my chair and onto my ass from the blast of audio coming out from the speakers. Neon Bastard provides the perfect cross-blend poly-cotton audio fabric of Black Cobra, Fistula, Melvins, Black Market Ministry, Eyehategod, with Discharge, Anti-Cimex, Butthole Surfers sound and feel. Sort of a punk / indie / sludge / doom / stoner / 'louder than an explosion in an airplane hanger sealed airtight with you as the only witness to the blast' type of atmosphere...." --Hellridemusic.com

Tideland

Asleep In The Graveyard

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Tideland is a grunge / punk rock three-piece from Sterling, Virginia--the same cauldron of suburban wretchedness that birthed the members' previous bands Pg.99, Sail and Pizza. Their debut LP Asleep in the Graveyard is a hazy, melodic sonic assault with caustic vocals pouring like poison syrup over eleven songs of grungy / poppy punk. Catchy yet dirty, the album walks a tightrope between digestible and destructive.

Capsule

S/t (Tape + Demo + Tour + More)

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This killer early-material collection from Miami's Capsule brings together onto one crucial platter their pre-Blue releases--all previously available only in super limited quantities. Fifteen tracks of blistering, turbo-ADD madness, ten of which appear for first time on vinyl. Featuring their original self-released demo and Voluminant EP (both later released on cassette) along with two cuts from the split with Devices and a rare tour-only EP, the LP is a must-have for fans of one of the weirdest and most intense bands in the underground today!

Floor

Below And Beyond

Robotic Empire

* Re-pressed & available again!! South Florida's Floor were around for roughly ten years and recorded well over a dozen times during their on-and-off existence. Nearly 100 tracks are the result of a decade of persistence amid overall underappreciation, and only in the wake of their demise did underground finally take note. Their huge body of work yielded only a few officially released records, and most of what the band recorded just collected dust in the vaults. Finally, everything ever laid down to tape by this ahead-of-their-time outfit has been compiled into one definitive release. Over the course of their existence, Floor evolved from Godflesh- and early-Melvins-inspired sludge worship to an unrivaled sugary doom / pop amalgamation which would eventually pave the way for Torche, House of Lightning, and others. Below and Beyond features eight CDs and a massive 32-page booklet of writings, photos, lyrics, artwork, and much more, all housed in an LP-sized custom gatefold jacket. "... a grand, exhaustive, and utterly unique Floor retrospective." --Decibel

Young Widows

Live Radio Performance April 6, 2009

Robotic Empire

BACK IN STOCK!!! During the height of touring on their Old Wounds album, Young Widows were invited to play an on-air show at the WMUC radio station in Maryland. A handful of people were present to witness them deliver the goods, and the kids at the 88.1 FM station recorded the live transmission. Robotic Empire (traveling with the band) promptly swooped in, stole the lone copy of the session, had it professionally mastered, and this is the end result: A killer live LP capturing a powerful trio in their prime element.  "Formed from the remnants of Breather Resist, Louisville, KY's Young Widows have progressed from their noisy hardcore roots into something truly their own--a sinister, hypnotic rock band with a mind-blowing live show and a stunning attention to detail. With their bone-rattling rhythms and their sprawling wall of matching custom-designed amps, Young Widows kill the fashionably bored and resurrect the evil dead." --Temporary Residence Limited

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Dove

Robotic Empire

Digital release, also available as part of the complete 8 disc set "Below and Beyond".

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Fuck You. For Now.

Robotic Empire

Digital release, also available as part of the complete 8 disc set "Below and Beyond".