HIATUS

Due to a major computer malfunction, i am currently without the ability to keep the label moving forward.  I don't know when i will be able to resolve this, as the finances for repair are not large.  I will attempt to fill out orders as I can, but any of the "made to order" material (editions of one, any of the releases that include booklets) will have to wait until i have computer access through school; mid January.  I cannot burn, press or ink CDs nor make any music of my own until i have a functioning computer again.  I apologize, and will do my best to get things up and running again as soon as my finances allow.

CORY STRAND "EVERYTHING LOUDER THAN EVERYTHING ELSE" C60 (VAGARY RECORDS)

My entry in James Killick's rebooted "Infinity Series" is probably one of my favorite things I've recorded lately, a gorgeous expanse of hyperkinetic vaguely melodic ambient noise walls that somehow subvert the form but hold to its tenets as well.  I think of myself primarily as a drone/ambient artist who also swims in the HNW pool, so being invited to contribute to this prestigious series was a huge honour for me, and I hope I've done it justice.  If you've enjoyed my work in the past, you'll love this one (at least I think you will).  Utilizing Meat Loaf's flawless song "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" as well as elements from the songs "Life Is A Lemon (And I Want My Money Back)" and "Everything Louder Than Everything Else" (a song so awesome and anthemic that I stole the title for this release!) as source material, this tape is shot through with a desperate yearning and a profound sense of want.  It is simply massive!  It will also numb you into submission with its ridiculous repetition, a sort of krautrock destructathon.  I have 2 copies available for sale, and it's already sold out through Vagary.  Don't snooze on it!  $8 ppd. in the United States, $20 rest of world.

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CORY STRAND "HALLOWEEN IV: A REINTERPRETATION" 2CDr (OCCULT SUPREMACY PRODUCTIONS)

Just received my artist copies of my latest album for OSP, a rework of Alan Howarth's (sans John Carpenter this time out, though Howarth does utilize the famous Carpenter "Halloween" theme) synthesizer soundtrack to "Halloween IV."  One of the better sequels, and a fine deeply bassy soundtrack as well.  The manipulations here are both HNW and drone themed, with the HNW forms being quite violent and caustic and the drone pieces soaking up the thick dreadmospheres of Howarth's original compositions and spitting them back out as shuddering masses of anxious isolation ambient.  The artwork came out super cool on this one as well!  I have 6 copies available for sale.  $12 ppd. in the United States, $24 rest of world.


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NOW AVAILABLE: CORY STRAND "EDITIONS OF ONE" ALBUMS

I have decided to do something special for the AOW devotees during the winter/holiday season.  If you purchase a Cory Strand "Edition Of One" set from the AOW store, I will make a special soundtrack reinterpretation album for you wherein you select the film soundtrack.  It can be anything you like-all i ask is that it not be a soundtrack i've already done or am currently in production on.  A lot of the OST reworks I've done have been commissions or OSTs that people have asked me to do, so I thought this might be a cool idea to try for awhile.  These will be the usual AOW style presentations, with full colour art and DVD cases, and all the quality you've come to expect from the label, but they will be editions of one made especially for their buyers-they will NEVER be released in any larger edition.  More than likely, any reinterpretation I do will be at least 3CDrs in length.
Simply include the soundtrack you'd like me to do in the "Comments" section of your Paypal order.  If you like, you may also indicate which direction you'd enjoy the reinterpretation to lead in: drone or HNW.  If you're open to anything, then i'll just go where the music takes me. Since these are created to order, it might take a couple weeks!  All of these editions, regardless of their actual size, will be a flat rate of $60 (for my time and materials.)
For purposes of clarification, here is a list of OSTs I am currently working on for mass release (meaning these films are not available for the "Editions Of One" treatment):

HALLOWEEN II
HALLOWEEN III
FROM BEYOND
SE7EN
BREAKING BAD
ALL THE HARRY POTTER FILMS
NIGHTBREED

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