Colony Collapse Disorder 10" (LP)
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Brand new, ultra-limited to 300 copies. 2009 release on Rock is Hell from Austria. The first release by the ultra-powerful new quintet version of the long running soul-destruction unit based in the Bay Area. 12 all-new studio tracks of total nihilism and inexplicable structure performed on double drum sets and basses with harrowing vocals. Stock is extremely limited - get these while they last because they won't be around long. That's about all you need to know. this 45 rpm picture disk 10" comes in silkscreened cover and includes packet with 2 cards with the song titles on them.
split LP with Potop (LP)
14.00 postage paid in the US/
16.00 Canada/22.00 europe/24.00 japan
2008 release from Fuck Yoga Records featuring some intense darkness from the Mike/Mike/Mark trio formation of Burmese and Macedonian death-worshippers Potop. The (well-recorded) Burmese side begins with a mid-tempo punk thrasher ("Fuck Curfew War Anthem"); before moving into a weird stomping assault featuring vocals by all three dudes and a really innapropriately loud bass solo; a reprise from the 16 Bitch Pile-Up split ("JFKKK Must Be Killed Again"); a moody, broodingly calm electronics piece; another weird Burmese anti-song/structure ("Trichotillomania"); a couple super-short grind tunes; and and epic, creepy rant about pleasure called "The Right" ends this great side of blackness. Potop follow with a heavy helping of doom/noise/metal with a slightly cyber edge. Comes in hard cardboard stock silkscreened cover with obi on black vinyl.
men (CD/LP) ON SALE!!!
CD only 7.00 postage paid in the US/
9.00 Canada/12.00 europe/14.00 japan
LP only 8.00 postage paid in the US/
10.00 Canada/18.00 europe/20.00 japan
this particular record from 2004 is probably the best single introduction to the burmese aesthetic (so far) for those unfamiliar with this uncompromising, brutal band. i produced this album for them and it's a great document of the classic double drums/double bass lineup kicking ass with a bizarre blend of whitehouse-style lyrical bile, early swans-like monolithic plodding and touches of grindcore. the recording is clear and raw, revealing the powerful, true live sound of burmese on record for the first time. dare i say it? this record rocks the fuck out. it's heavier than fuck, short and sweet and crushingly dense.
a mere shadow and reminiscence of humanity (CD/LP) ON SALE!!!
CD only 7.00 postage paid in the US/
9.00 Canada/12.00 europe/14.00 japan
LP only 8.00 postage paid in the US/
10.00 Canada/18.00 europe/20.00 japan
the 2001 release on tumult records features 7 heavy studio tracks produced by alex newport (fudge tunnel) and one live track all featuring the old school mike/mike/mark lineup. the thick production really emphasizes the bottom end of the twin bass and drum attack, downplaying the high-end screech factor. the trio pounds and crushes through repetitive brainbombs-influenced or black metal riffs (all topped by mike glenn's gutteral belches and specially affrontive "woman vocals") before capping off the album with a chilling, dramatic 10-minute long minimalist noise epic entitled "a proper excuse". the cd version includes a live quicktime movie of a gig in san francisco where burmese aimed thousand watt lights at the audience. good times.
white (LP only)
LP only 14.00 postage paid in the US/
16.00 Canada/22.00 europe/24.00 japan
38 minutes of overt power electronics recorded in 2002. this is burmese's whitehouse tribute featuring distorted vocal rants, assaultive barrages of electronics and lengthier than normal track times, but there's also some pulsing, rhythmic stuff too.
if you tend to favor full-on noise, you won't be disappointed by the varied, but consistently scathing approach of this release. there's a very carefully cultivated sense of structure and layering here that places "white" above other noise cds - each piece is quite different and the vocals and electronics are deployed very deliberately to achieve an overall effect of hypnotic aural sadism. the extremely limited lp version is pressed on opaque white vinyl and the covers are and extremely subtle hand screened white-on-white.
burmese/cadaver eyes split (CD only)
ON SALE!!!
CD only 7.00 postage paid in the US/
9.00 Canada/12.00 europe/14.00 japan
a 2008 split release on HCB Records/New Scream Industry featuring a match-up between these two strange and heavy bands committed to blurring the lines between noise, grind, metal and the unknown. the 11 burmese tracks are short outbursts of structured, grinding madness with a really endearing, homebrewed recording quality that has a lot more character than most studio sessions ever could. mike and new singer tissue's tandem vocals shriek and grunt, sometimes overtaking everything else for a moment while the intruments battle for supremacy! the fuzz factor totally rips on this kickass bunch of new songsincluding "war vs. women", "cut across" and "railway of death". cadaver eyes are a primitive and evil duo of drums/vocals and no-input mixer electronics who have 5 longer tracks here that combine noise blasts and weird post-metal structures.
monkeys tear man to shreds man never forgives ape man destroys environment (LP only)
LP only 14.00 postage paid in the US/
16.00 Canada/22.00 europe/24.00 japan
this recent vinyl only release features alternate recordings of the material from the 2000 tumult "red cd" as well as a eyeblastingly bright fold-over cover, facsimiles of classic burmese show fliers and crimson vinyl. 17 short, weird songs that don't repeat very much including a cover of black flag's "i've heard it before". this is rowdy fucking grindcore noise with mike, mike and sf scenester extraordinaire john dwyer on bludgeoning slopcore drums from hell. this is a fetish item for thetrue fanatics. extremely limited.
burmese/fistula split (CD only)
CD only 7.00 postage paid in the US/
9.00 Canada/12.00 europe/14.00 japan
this 2004 crucial blast release features 10 and a half minutes of some of the scuzziest burmese tracks ever. 10 brief cuts of lo-fi punishment ranging from minimalist song fragments to all-out electronic noise including the immortal "millions of ways to die", "sweet fucking mouth/living wage" and "into it". fistula play severely downtuned sabbath/doom with a bit of thrash. the production is raw and in your face. |