Private Release

Friday, March 6, 2020

Moonbeam Terror - (2019) Comfort Knife LP

Hospital Productions ‎– 650

“a startling and confrontational document of sheer noise textures from the immortal corpse or the corpse you can’t get rid of. the unstable and disturbing currents of riverbed noise clattering across the rocks of silt cliffs bubble up before receding again down the reverse side of the waterfall. super crushing heavy electronics - ophelia has risen from the creek and will bring shame to her admirers. be sure not to miss moonbeam terror this year at hospital fest 12/7 in nyc! mastered by r. mason (autoerotichrist/enemy soil).”

Pain Jerk - (2019) Mission Invisible

Hospital Productions ‎– 656

hospital productions is proud to announce the unreleased would be classic from japanese noise hero painjerk. originally recorded immediately after the canonical ‘gallon gravy’ classic, this is pure - definitive - loop heavy noise energy and dynamism that would become the signature of kohei gomi’s electronic studies having influenced two generations of underground electronics since. hailing from a background of japanese punk, kohei gomi stayed true to the fierce ethos of independence and experimentation that reached its peak in japan in the late 90’s. but make no mistake, mr. gomi never stagnated into a single platform, having worked with such diverse labels as as alternative tentacles, relapse, editions mego and so on. composed with a mysterious configuration of constantly flowing noise hardware - always recorded live without overdubs, gomi went on to risk taking computer explorations into the roots of avant garde compositions inspired by the likes of pan sonic and david tudor.
having reached cult status and maintaining an air of mystery after an onslaught of now classic and highly collectible tape only releases such as the monstrous ‘cacophony of a thousand pleasures’ 3xcs which has been cited as an influence for mika vainio.

never settling for stale genre collaborations, kohei gomi further went on to such divergent ends as the insane collaboration with russell haswell, psychedelic commune pioneers smegma, and power violence royalty bastard noise. we are blessed to finally have such a critical document unleashed onto the world of what 20 years on can easily sit alongside the classics of its day. raise a fist in solidarity for the inimitable punk noise of painjerk!

Plague Mother - (2012) Carve CS

Depravity Label ‎– 002

Plague Mother - (2013) Starkweather / There I've Gone CS

Under ‎– 007

Plague Mother - (2014) Bones Of Regret CS

New Forces ‎– 023

Plague Mother - (2014) Shattered Vessel CS

Beyond The Ruins ‎– 019

Plague Mother - (2014) In Memory. In Skin. In Bone. CS

Unseen Force ‎– 030

Plague Mother - (2016) Concealer CS

Winter Cross ‎– 016

Plague Mother / Winter Ritual - (2014) Split CS

Compulsion Rites ‎– 026

Prurient - (2012) Colonialist Nature And Misanthropy

Hospital Productions ‎– 167

Originally a cassette boxset released in 2007, 'Colonialist Nature And Misanthropy' features Dominik Fernow inciting a maelstrom of blistering synth wave noise pop. These seven tracks could be viewed as a prototypical, rudimentary form of the more polished styles heard on his 'Bermuda Drain' LP, revolving as they do around pulsing synthlines, bludgeoning beats and desecrating black metal vocals and atmosphere. We'd strongly recommend checking the detached ambience on 'Mask Of Roses', and the dank, clangorous torture chamber vibes of 'Mask Of Ropes' for starts, and then the bone-crushing Vatican Shadow style Technoid Breakbeats of 'Mask Of Arches'. Ace.

Prurient - (2019) Garden Of The Mutilated Paratroopers

Hospital Productions ‎– 645

Limited 2x FAN CD EP of Airborne Electronics for the 75th anniversary of Screaming Eagles Radio and 82nd Neptune Death Row. Adrenaline drones, memorial distortion, windy feedback, loud speaker vocals with a heavy influence from the naked and neither fact-nor-fiction black humor drama forgotten style of Aquifer Sodality and Slaughter Productions.

Prurient - (2019) Noise For Halloween Night

Hospital Productions ‎– none

“Halloween speaks to the deeper psyche in us all,” he explains, “the curiosity of the unknown, about overcoming fear, which despite its frightful iconography is ultimately a positive celebration. Unlike other holidays Halloween doesn’t have much traditional music. It is mostly affiliated with films, characters, and overarching abstract atmosphere.

He continues, “To create original music that would reflect this atmosphere that is contemporary yet somehow familiar was a true challenge. It was an opportunity to respond to music that has influenced me since childhood but was confined mostly to specific settings outside traditional venues — movie theaters and temporary outdoor haunted houses and fairs. This project was an opportunity to bring the sounds of those settings inside to a club or car stereo for late night drives around town.”

Puce Mary / Rodger Stella - (2015) PMRS CS

Mutter Wild ‎– none

Hostage Pageant / Plague Mother - (2015) Subterranean Values CS

Compulsion Rites ‎– 034

Himukalt - (2016) See One Dark Eye CS

Angst ‎– 046

Himukalt - (2017) Desperate Soil Grows Poor Flowers CS

Sinneslöschen ‎– 014

Himukalt - (2017) Knife Through The Spine LP

Malignant Records ‎– 116

Himukalt - (2017) Vulgar CS

No Rent Records ‎– 041

Himukalt - (2018) Between My Teeth CS

Several Minor Promises ‎– 018

Himukalt - (2018) Come October CS

Dumb Remains ‎– 005

Vatican Shadow - (2014) Death Is Unity With God 6xCS

Hospital Productions ‎– 424

Vatican Shadow - (2019) American Flesh For Violence

Hospital Productions ‎– 611

As part of the series of the 9th anniversary of the project arrives ‘American Flesh For Violence’, featuring both moody and dense unreleased tracks from the archives as well as a companion of remixes throughout the projects history featuring: Alessandro Cortini, Ancient methods, CUB, and JK Flesh.
mastered by Josh Eustis.
credits
released December 6, 2019

Vatican Shadow - (2019) Byzantine Private CIA

Hospital Productions ‎– none

First three Vatican cassettes including Byzantine Private CIA, Mural of Saddam, and Yemeni Commandos remastered. Part of a series of releases for the 9 year anniversary of the project. New artwork.
credits
released July 26, 2019
Tracks 1 - 4 originally released as Byzantine Private CIA.
Tracks 5 - 7 originally released as Mural Of Saddam.
Tracks 8 and 9 originally released as Yemeni Commandos.

Tuesday, March 3, 2020

Vatican Shadow - (2019) Church Of All Hallows' Eve

Hospital Productions ‎– none

Vatican Shadow - (2019) Kuwaiti Airforce

Hospital Productions ‎– 643

Remastered by Dubplates Mastering. New Artwork. Part of a series of releases for the 9 year anniversary of the project.

A1 and A2 previously released as Kuwaiti Airforce.
B1 and B2 previously unreleased.
C1 and C2 previously released on Around The Dragon's Broken Neck Hangs The Medal Of Saint Lazarus.
D1 previously released on The Serpent Carries Him Back Into Paradise.
D2 previously released on White Eye Of Winter Watching.

Vatican Shadow - (2019) Pakistan Military Academy

Hospital Productions ‎– 641

Originally slunk out on a tape edition of 125 copies in 2011, ‘Pakistan Military Academy’ sees Dominick Fernow calibrate his night-vision goggles to scan the most potent, affective visions of dark ambient and militaristic techno in his war chest. At the time of release, only months after the capture of Osama Bin Laden by US Army SEAL “Night Stalkers”, the project really came into its own as a form of impressionistic reportage, daring to grasp the nettle of contemporary US geopolitics in a way that, as music and art history will only make starker, everyone else broadly avoided at the time.

In place of literal lyrics, a mix of quotes from newspapers and official government communiques, together with evocative photo documentation, supply the song titles and narrative/aesthetic framework for what are essentially abstracted emotions related to American military and foreign policy. Depending how much you read or buy into it, for us at least the music rarely fails to evoke the shadowy unease and precarity of that era, as the sound betrayed an underlying mood that also spoke to the realignment of borders between musicks and socio-economics.

The A-side is worth the cost of entry alone for ‘Whitewashed Compound Stealth Helicopter Crash’, a spine-freezing tract of arcing synth pads leading to one of this decade’s most memorable codas, but when we factor in the scudding techno-stepper ‘Staccato Bursts of Gunfire’, plus the haunting late period Muslimgauze styles of ‘CIA Contractor Freed Over Pakistan Killings’, and the deep systolic thrum of ‘Prime Minister Defiant As Pakistan Outs CIA Agent’, this plate becomes an absolute essential for any and all connoisseurs of modern industrial and dark ambient music.

Vatican Shadow - (2019) Washington Buries Al Qaeda Leader At Sea

Hospital Productions ‎– 642

Holding all six sides from 3 x impossible-to-find tape “deck” issues of ‘Washington Buries Al Qaeda Leader At Sea’, plus the previously digital-only track ‘He Ambled Down The Dirt Road For Visits To A Market’ and the aforementioned Regis exclusive; the 3rd instalment of the series compiles the rarest cuts from Vatican Shadow’s impressionistic take on a turning point in 21st century U.S. geopolitics.
Coupled with track titles lifted from the media and official government communiques on the subject, plus a full length portrait of the Twin Towers prior to 9/11, the stark music suggests a perceptive void of detachment between reporting of the events’ objective reality and the viewer’s response, beckoning listeners to read between the lines in a way that was previously deployed by two of Dominick Fernow’s (aka Vatican Shadow/Prurient/Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement) key historic influences; Muslimgauze and Whitehouse.
From the offset clatter of drums evoking marching boots on ‘People In The Compound Kept Themselves To Themselves’, to the furtive pads that bleed thru ‘Supplying The Compound With Food and Medicine’, and the elegiac gloom cast by ‘Peace Be Unto You’, there’s a nerve-edged tension to the music which surely evinces its subject in an allusively classic style. And the two new parts succinctly fall in line, with the dusky stroll of ‘He Ambled Down The Dirt Road For Visits To A Market’ marking out one of the project’s finest trip hop downbeats, while his collaboration with Regis on ‘See You Again Always’ provides the project a new highpoint of guttural, militant, technoid pressure.
With original tapes selling for triple figures on the 2nd hand market, this expanded definitive 2LP edition is unmissable for anyone with their head in the belly of modern electronic gloom.