Sunday, March 29, 2015

CORY STRAND "ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK - GHOST AMBIENCE" DVD-R (AOW 280)

This is a tangential recording created from audio elements used in my HNW reconstruction of the film for my "A Year Of Carpenter" subscription series.  I liked the sound and atmosphere of this rework so much that i've decided to release it as a stand-alone project.  "Escape From New York - Ghost Ambience" is the entire audio track of John Carpenter's landmark film blurred out into a swathe of washed out, deeply ambient/echoey drone beauty; it is essentially a "ghost" of the film.  At once both extremely creepy/unsettling and incredibly lovely and melodic, this is a new way of taking in the film.  Even I was surprised by how cool this one sounds!
Packaged in a DVD case in a limited edition of 5 hand-numbered copies.  $15 ppd. in the United States, $28 rest of world.

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CORY STRAND "MACBETH (TOTALITY)" DVD-R (AOW 279)

A brutal, dark HNW reworking of the full audio of Orson Welles's masterful cinematic version of Shakespeare's "Macbeth," with my rework being nearly as brooding and violent as the film.  Like many film people, I hold Orson Welles's work in extremely high regard; I have more books about Welles than I do any other director save the Coen Brothers.  "Macbeth" has long been a favorite of mine amongst Welles's films: its beautiful, intensely noir-influenced photography and demonic mise-en-scene, combined with Welles's towering performance, render it one of the finest cinematic Shakespeare adaptations (though Roman Polanski's version is equally as good.)  In working with the audio, I wanted it to be very bleak and horrific to reflect the aura and mood of the film: a world drowned in shadow and blood, full of madness and paranoia.  Consequently, this is one of my more assaultive and intense "Totality" recordings.
Packaged in a DVD case in a limited edition of 5 hand-numbered copies.  $15 ppd. in the United States, $28 rest of world.

ORDER HERE: www.altarofwasterecords.storenvy.com

Friday, March 27, 2015

TWELVE SUICIDES: CLIVE HENRY CDr (AOW 175G)

I am very pleased to announce the next volume in the "Twelve Suicides" series, this time from UK HNW inconoclast composer Clive Henry.  Clive's work is always incredibly challenging, densely layered, thoughtfully composed, and thematically rich; his work for the "Twelve Suicides" series is no different.  I don't want to give too much away, as this is a bit of a departure for Clive, but I will say it is achingly, longingly beautiful and highly symphonic in terms of movements and progressions.  An absolute triumph, and possibly the highlight of the series.  It receives my highest possible recommendation.  I am honored to release this.
Packaged in a fold-over cover in a clear plastic bag, in a limited edition of 15 hand-numbered copies.  $7 ppd. in the United States, $20 rest of world.

ORDER HERE: www.altarofwasterecords.storenvy.com

CORY STRAND "INTO AN INFINITE BLACK: VOLUME THIRTEEN" CDr (AOW 178M)

The concluding volume of my "Into An Infinite Black" series, ending the project where it began: with Mayhem.  Volume Thirteen is an epic, lengthy piece of overdriven crumbly HNW culled from Mayhem's 2000 performance in Marseilles, France, where they tore through a huge set of songs drawn from their classic recordings as well as from "Wolf's Lair Abyss" and "Grand Declaration Of War."
Packaged in a fold-over cover in clear plastic bags in a limited edition of 5 hand-numbered copies.  $7 ppd. in the United States, $20 rest of world.

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CORY STRAND "INTO AN INFINITE BLACK: VOLUME TWELVE" CDr (AOW 178L)

The second-to-final volume in my "Into An Infinite Black" series.  Volume Twelve finds me working with Mayhem's "U.S. Legions" material, an audio documentation of the US leg of the "Grand Declaration of War" tour in 2000 (this was the tour I saw them on, and it was in all honesty one of the WORST shows I have ever seen).  A psychedelic patchwork of HNW that reflects that sporadic nature of the source material.
Packaged in a fold-over cover in a limited edition of 5 hand-numbered copies.  $7 ppd. in the United States, $20 rest of world.

ORDER HERE: www.altarofwasterecords.storenvy.com

CORY STRAND "INTO AN INFINITE BLACK: VOLUME ELEVEN" 2CDr (AOW 178K)

First in the final three volumes of my "Into An Infinite Black" series.  Volume Eleven is a rework of Mayhem's landmark live performance in Milan, Italy (known as the "Mediolanum Capta Est" album) in two modes: a raging HNW audio conflagration and a severely creepy (but also somewhat lovely) soupy ambient wash.
Packaged in a fold-over cover in a clear plastic bag, in a limited edition of 5 hand-numbered copies.  $12 ppd. in the United States, $25 rest of world.

ORDER HERE: www.altarofwasterecords.storenvy.com

Sunday, March 1, 2015

SHIPPING UPDATE

I realize a lot of folks are waiting for things from me, and I wanted to provide a quick update.  Right after I announced the new batch of releases, my new printer ceased functioning.  Luckily I had a warranty on it, and the cost of the printer is going to be refunded to me.  Unfortunately, the process takes time, and since I make virtually everything to order these days, having no printer sets me back quite a bit in terms of filling orders and making artist copies.
Long story short: All outstanding orders will ship out on Saturday, March 7th.
Thanks to everyone for their patience and understanding.

-Cory