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Label Watch: Cruel Nature Records

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date June 27, 2022
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Cruel Nature Records

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Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #6

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date June 1, 2022
4 Comments on Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #6

Photo credit: original images taken from respective artists' Bandcamp pages.

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Upward / Charlie Butler: Upward / Charlie Butler

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Post date May 20, 2022
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Upward / Charlie Butler

Tags Arvo Pärt, Aufgehoben, Birchville Cat Motel, Charlie Butler, Cruel Nature Records, Greg Anderson, Kevin Shields, O’Malley, Upward

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Olanza: Olanza

Olanza

Tags Cruel Nature Records, Einstellung, Hominid Sounds, Human Worth, Olanza, Pelican, Polvo, Rocket Recordings

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Whirling Hall Of Knives Interview: “Corrosion and general murk prevails”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date May 9, 2022
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Whirling Hall of Knives

Tags Alan O'Boyle, Barry Murphy, Bryan O'Connell, Cruel Nature Records, Decal, EAR, Fennesz, Koner, Legion Of Two, Magnetize, Main, Nwyvre, Of One, Scorn, Sound Breaking, Stephen Gethings, The Last Sound, Whirling Hall of Knives

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Friend Of God From The Oberland: II

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date May 3, 2022
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Tags Cruel Nature Records, Friend Of God From The Oberland, Juho Toivonen, Pasi Slami, Vahvistusharha

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End Now: Half Live

End Now - Half Live

Tags Cruel Nature Records, Enablers, End Now, Faliure, Helmet, Mission of Burma, Pete Simonelli, Scratch Acid, Stu Ellen, Unwound

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Pound Land Interview: “We both like our music to be unsettling”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date March 25, 2022
3 Comments on Pound Land Interview: “We both like our music to be unsettling”

Pound Land (photo provided by the artist)

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VHS¥DEATH: Corrupted Geisha EP

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date March 18, 2022
2 Comments on VHS¥DEATH: Corrupted Geisha EP

VHS¥DEATH - Corrupted Geisha EP

Tags Cruel Nature Records, Gnod, Natalie Wardle, Returning Videotapes, VHS¥DEATH

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Omnibael: Rain Soaks the Earth Where They Lie

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Post date February 10, 2022
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Tags Cavesnake, Cruel Nature Records, Godflesh, Jason Kester, Lip Critic, Omnibael, Phil Malpas, The Body, Throbbing Gristle

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Salisman & His Hermetic Order: Clairvoyance

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Post date February 3, 2022
3 Comments on Salisman & His Hermetic Order: Clairvoyance

Salisman & His Hermetic Order

Tags Activity, Autolux, BBC 6 Music, Chris Tate, Cruel Nature Records, d_rradio, One Key Magic, Paul Foreman, Radiohead, Salisman & His Hermetic Order, Score, Thom Yorke, Travis Salisbury

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Charlie Butler: Deep Space

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date February 2, 2022
3 Comments on Charlie Butler: Deep Space

Tags Chaos Emeralds, Charlie Butler, Cody Noon, Cruel Nature Records, Earth, Fennesz, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Head Drop, Jesu, Justin Broadrick, mogwai, Mothertrucker, Star Trek

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2021 with Cruel Nature Records’ Steve Strode

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date December 20, 2021
9 Comments on 2021 with Cruel Nature Records’ Steve Strode

Cruel Nature Records' Steve Strode

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Sun 13’s Top 50 Albums of 2021

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date December 17, 2021
26 Comments on Sun 13’s Top 50 Albums of 2021
Sticky post

Original image via Unsplash (Florencia Viadana)

Tags 20-20-20, AD 93, Aging, Aging ~ Land Trance, Allen Moore, Ben Chasny, big brave, big country, BIG | BRAVE, Bill Orcutt, Black Tempel Pyrämid, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Bronzerat, Charlie Butler, Chris Abrahams, Chris Corsano, Circle, Claire Cronin, Comedy Minus One, Constellation Records, Cruel Nature Records, Damon & Naomi, Damon Krukowski, Daniela Weinmann, David Colohan, David Wurth, Deafheaven, Divide And Dissolve, Domino Recordings, Donovan Quinn, Drag City, Dub Cthonic, Eleventh Dream Day, Emil Amos, Emma Ruth Rundle, Ex-Easter Island Head, FACS, Fading Tapes, Fake Fruit, Fat Cat, Fire Records, Flemish Eye, Fly Pan Am, Full Time Hobby, Gaffa Bandana, Glenn Donaldson, Gnod, Goliath Enterprises Limited, Grouper, Holy Sons, Hominid Sounds, Human Worth, International Anthem, Invada Records, Iron Lung Records, Jeff Parker, Jim White, Joyful Noise, Joyful Noise Recordings, Katuku Collective, Kowloon Walled City, Kranky, Kulk, Land Trance, Light Conductor, Lingua Ignota, loscil, Low, Matt Christensen, Matt Sweeney, Mess Esque, Miasmah Recordings, Midwife, Moin, Monastra, Naomi Yang, Neurot Recordings, New Bums, nick cave, Ninja Tune, Odd Beholder, Ohm Resistance, Orindal Records, P.M. Tummala, Palilalia, Patrick R. Pärk, richard dawson, Rock In Your Head, Rocket Recordings, Rough Trade, Sargent House, Simm, Sinnbus, Six Organs of Admittance, slant, sleaford mods, Southern Lord, Springtime, Stuart Cook, Sub Pop, The Besnard Lakes, The Bug, The Flenser, The Reds Pinks and Purples, The Still, Three Lobed Recordings, Tough Love, Tropical Fuck Storm, Trouble In Mind, Vapour Theories, warren ellis, Waxing Cresent Records, Will Oldham, XIMES

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Sun 13’s Top Local Releases of 2021

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date December 15, 2021
4 Comments on Sun 13’s Top Local Releases of 2021

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Cavesnake: Cavesnake – “submerged in mystery and illusion”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date December 8, 2021
4 Comments on Cavesnake: Cavesnake – “submerged in mystery and illusion”

Tags Cavesnake, Cruel Nature Records, Nadja, Oxgoat, Sikander Louse, The Escalation

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Cold Roads: In Conversation with Mitternacht’s Jonny Davis Le Brun

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Post date December 3, 2021
7 Comments on Cold Roads: In Conversation with Mitternacht’s Jonny Davis Le Brun

Mitternacht

Tags Basic Channel, Cruel Nature Records, Daniel Avery, Emeka Ogboh, GAS, Jonny Davis Le Brun, Mitternacht, Radiohead, Rongorongo, Sigur Rós, Skee Mask, Steve Strode, The Field, Wolfgang Voigt

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Ivan The Tolerable: Autodidact II – “an array of styles and influences in the world of experimentation”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date October 26, 2021
3 Comments on Ivan The Tolerable: Autodidact II – “an array of styles and influences in the world of experimentation”

Ivan The Tolerable

Tags Alice Coltrane, Cruel Nature Records, faust, gRAILS, Ivan The Tolerable, Oli Heffernan, Six Organs of Admittance, spiritualized, Sunn O))), Tarentel

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Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #3

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date September 27, 2021
17 Comments on Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #3

Photo credit (original images via artists' respective Bandcamp pages)

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Black Tempel Pyrämid: Infinite Tombs – “a five-dimensional wall of sound”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date September 23, 2021
2 Comments on Black Tempel Pyrämid: Infinite Tombs – “a five-dimensional wall of sound”

Black Tempel Pyrämid

Tags Black Tempel Pyrämid, Cruel Nature Records, gRAILS, Labradford, Lilacs & Champagne, Matt Christensen, Michael Rother, Patrick R. Pärk, Spaceman 3