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Celebrating 20 Years of Strange Sounds

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>>NEW<<	artist: The Euphoric Hum title: Flow year: 2012 keywords: electronic, abstraction Read More about this release	Germany's Stephan Dragesser steps forward with this set of spiky electronic noises and low rumbles. Incredible work from this new artist. Download Flow (Streaming at the release page.)
>>NEW<<	artist: Saffron Slumber title: Piano Drones 1 year: 2011 keywords: experimental, electro-acoustic Read More about this release	Kevin Stephens experiments with sympathetic vibrations of piano strings, producing a set of towering, overtone-rich drones. Download Piano Drones 1 (Streaming at the release page.)
>>NEW<<	artist: Auzel title: Old year: 2011 keywords: weird, dreamy folk, female vocals, lo-fi Read More about this release	A diverse set of peculiar, tiny, composed vignettes that suggest contemporary avant-garde composition as much as freak-folk or hometaper weirdness. Download Old (More download options at the release page.)
	artist: C. Reider title: Owning Extinctions year: 2011 keywords: experimental, noise, drone Read More about this release	A response to the shame, despair and anger felt during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Emotional compositions in experimental noise and ambient sounds. Download Owning Extinctions (More download options at the release page.)
	artist: Apollon title: Nox year: 2003/2011 keywords: collage-loops, industrial, gritty ambient Read More about this release	An everchanging tapestry of gritty and dark sound vignettes. Includes a tribute to Bryn Jones a.k.a. Muslimgauze. Download Nox (More download options at the release page.)
	artist: Various Artists title: The More Unknown C. Reider year: 2011 keywords: Drone, Noise, Ambient, Minimal, Abstract Read More about this release	Subtitle: 20 Years of Strange Sounds Reworked by the Netlabel Underground Twenty four respected sound artists from Germany, Japan, Greece, Saint Martin, Portugal, Ireland, Canada and USA took sounds from C. Reider's body of work and transubstantiated them into new living tissues. Amazing compilation in three hour-long parts!. Download Part One Download Part Two Download Part Three Streaming at the release page
	artist: C. Reider title: Fragment Three Re-Works year: 2010 keywords: experimental, noiseambient, drone Read More about this release	Twenty year old tracks by Vidna Obmana and PBK reworked into spiky noise-ambient collages. By turns frightening and mesmerizing. Download Fragment Three Re-Works (More download options at the release page.)
	artist: C. Reider title: Electret Quintet year: 2009 keywords: minimaltechno, experimental Read More about this release	Experimental tracks with a minimal techno/industrial flavor, each one made with one analogue drum machine as its sound source. Download Part One Download Part Two Download Part Three Download Part Four Download Part Five (More download options at the release page.)
	artist: C. Reider & Friends title: Long Defeat Variations year: 2008 keywords: ambient, industrial drone Read More about this release	Remixes of "the Long Defeat". Misty, drifting ambient tones & drones. Music of moments. Download Long Defeat Variations (More download options at the release page.)
	artist: the Implicit Order title: Disposable Outcome year: 2008 keywords: musique concréte, industrial drone Read More about this release	Unsettling atmospheres and technicolor audio collage. Download Disposable Outcome (More download options at the release page.)
	artist: C. Reider title: Fine Failures year: 2008 keywords: arhythmic, minimal techno Read More about this release	Utterly peculiar dance music that refuses to groove. Distempo? Experimental beats. Download Fine Failures (More download options at the release page.)
	artist: C. Reider title: the Long Defeat year: 2003 keywords: ambient, guitar, improv Read More about this release	Guitar ambient recorded in an abandoned industrial space. Download the Long Defeat (More download options at the release page.)
	artist: C. Reider title: Aughtet year: 2003 keywords: experimental, musique-concréte, voice Read More about this release	Speaking voices blasted into spasming granules and quivering clumps of weirdness. Download Aughtet (More download options at the release page.)
	artist: C. Reider title: some things i did when i lost my mind year: 2001 keywords: experimental, noiseambient, drone Read More about this release	Tracks made while suffering a psychotic depression. Spaced out, but claustrophobic. Download some things i did when i lost my mind (More download options at the release page.)
	artist: C. Reider / Tarkatak title: the Druser Pricid year: 2000 keywords: ambient, noisedrone Read More about this release	Dark ambient transforming into subdued industrial drone, passing through tense, gritty, distorted passages. Download the Druser Pricid (More download options at the release page.)

Free Downloads from Vuzh Underground Editions Previously Released in the Cassette Underground, Re-released Online
>>NEW<<	artist: Histatic Charge title: Histatic Charge year: 1989/2011 keywords: weird, lo-fi, industrial, hometaper Read More about this release	The first tape I ever heard from the cassette underground. Jaunty little synth ditties with off-time rhythms and odd sensibilities. Download Histatic Charge (More listening options at the release page.)
>>NEW<<	artist: the Unseelie Court title: Fall year: 1995/2011 keywords: weird, lo-fi, industrial, hometaper Read More about this release	A completely odd collection of miscellany from the hometaper days. An unlikely collaboration between C. Reider, Histatic Charge and Auzel. This was the 2nd release ever from Vuzh Music back in the old days. Download Fall (More listening options at the release page.)
	artist: the Implicit Order title: They Live in the Sky year: 1997/2011 keywords: experimental, collage, loop Read More about this release	A spooky collection of sound collage with an alien ambience. Originally released on cassette in '97 in a limited edition of 35. Download They Live in the Sky (More download options at the release page.)
	artist: Crook'd Finger title: Crook'd Finger vs Harlan / Crook'd Finger vs. D.Rhythm:O year: 2000/2011 keywords: IDM, Sampletronica Read More about this release	Bumping remixes of two underground artists by C. Reider's Crook'd Finger. Download Crook'd Finger vs. Streaming at the release page
	artist: Crook'd Finger title: Aft year: 2000 keywords: IDM, minimaltechno Read More about this release	About as "funky" as Vuzh Music gets. Thumping techno. Download Aft (More download options at the release page.)
	artist: Harlan title: Collective Sounds year: 1996/2002 keywords: Percussive, sludge, collage Read More about this release	BLAMMO! Raucous drum + guitar rants rescued from the obscurity of the cassette underground, and freed into the obscurity of the netlabel underground. A classic. Download Collective Sounds (More download options at the release page.)
	artist: C. Reider / Implicit Order title: Opposing Theories year: 1999 keywords: weirdbient, noisedrone Read More about this release	Loop-based experimental music, with an emphasis on trancey, zoned-out atmospheres. Weird. Download part one Download part two Download part three Download part four (More download options at the release page.)
	artist: C. Reider title: Abandon year: 1998 keywords: Eclectic, hometaper, collage, minimaltechno Read More about this release	An eclectic and mixed release of collaborations with friends and other oddities. Re-release of a DIY hometaper classic. Download Abandon (More download options at the release page.)
	artist: C. Reider title: man-hours year: 1997 keywords: lofi, industrial drone, experimental Read More about this release	Murky, swimming industrial tones. Quietnoise. Not quite ambient. Re-release of a DIY hometaper classic. Download man-hours (More download options at the release page.)
	artist: C. Reider title: ne quid nimis year: 1996/2009 keywords: lofi, proto-ambient, noiseambient, experimental Read More about this release	An early release of quiet proto-ambient experimental sounds made from a panoply of lo-fi sources. Re-release of a DIY hometaper classic. Download ne quid nimis (More download options at the release page.)

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Items for Sale
	artist: Drone Forest title: Amy's Arms / metacollage format: 12" vinyl 33rpm ltd. to 219 keywords: evocative drone, experimental collage Read More about this release	A dark, strange and alluring landscape of continuously developing drone scenarios. In US, $15.50
	artist: gorehallreider title: A Blow to the Head format: CDr keywords: noisy dark ambient info: Cohort Records 2005 Preview streams & 2 free downloads at Last.FM	Gnarly and tense. Continuously changing darkambient traumascapes composed by John Gore with contributions by Steve Hall & C. Reider. Handpainted cover, each one unique. In US, $8.00
	artist: PBK / C. Reider title: Discorporate format: CD ltd. to 120 keywords: noiseambient, spiky drone Read More about this release	21st Century psychedelic space drone. In US, $10
	artist: De Fabriek/C. Reider/Implicit Order title: Triple Occupancy format: CDr ltd. to 200 keywords: experimental, industrial, drone	Three way split of otherwise unavailable material. In US, $7
	artist: C. Reider title: GRIME: The Secret Content of the Abandoned Roadside Tapes format: Cassette/Text ltd. to 100 keywords: experimental, collage, tape, mailart	The result of a mail-art project for which strands of audio tape found along roadsides all over the world were all spliced together at random to create a gritty tapestry of music / noise. Tape strands were mailed in from all over the world. A fascinating study of sonic decay. Currently unavailable, sorry.

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Free C. Reider Downloads on Other Netlabels
	artist: C. Reider title: Formerly Sine Drones year: 201 label: Modisti keywords: sinewave, electronic, experimental Read More about this release	Sine waves altered only by changing equalization and dynamics. The intent was to move as far away from the base frequency as possible, to explore overtones and whatever other sound artifacts could be found in repeated equalization treatments. Download Formerly Sine Drones (More streaming / downloading options at the Modisti page.)
	artist: C. Reider / Desohll title: Falling Into Disrepair year: 2010 label: Dark Winter keywords: dark ambient Read More about this release	A slow, spacious guitar improvisation was minimally affected by Desohll from the Netherlands. Deep, dark and textural. Download Falling Into Disrepair (More download options at the Dark Winter page.)
	artist: Fosel title: Problem of Universals (C. Reider Remixes) year: 2010 label: Earth Mantra keywords: mechanical, minimal techno, atmospheric Read More about this release	Where the Electret Quintet music pulses with the energy of experimental IDM, Problem of Universals conveys a more subdued vibe. Folks who enjoy the experimental, noisy side of music will feel right at home with this release, but it will appeal equally to lovers of old school ambience who want their music a bit more approachable. Download Problem of Universals (C. Reider Remixes) (More download options at the archive.org page.)
	artist: C. Reider title: Steam Inspector year: 2009 label: Just Not Normal keywords: mechanical, musique concréte, experimental Read More about this release	Deeply experimental hallucinatory collage of evocative noises. Mechanisms breaking down, circuits shorting. Listen and make up your own story about what this piece of music is about. Download Steam Inspector (More download options at the release page.)
	artist: C. Reider title: Linguism year: 2008 label: Treetrunk keywords: musique concréte, experimental, voice Read More about this release	A creepy stuttering examination of Noam Chomsky's speaking voice, sans content. Download Linguism (More download options at the release page.)
	artist: C. Reider title: Inconstant year: 2008 label: Treetrunk keywords: microsound, experimental Read More about this release	A remix of twelve hours of Constant drone from nine artists... the remix strategy was to REMOVE the drone. Download Inconstant (More download options at the release page.)
	artist: Mystified title: Beyond Numb Remixes year: 2008 label: Completely Gone Recordings keywords: remix, IDM, minimal techno Read More about this release	Remixes of a track by Mystified. Three C. Reider mixes. Download Beyond Numb Remixes (More download options at the release page.)

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