CORY STRAND "DRONEDEATH" 2CDr (AOW 103)

An extension of the work begun with "Dreamdeath" and "Drone Deathdream," "Dronedeath" features two crushing new drone compositions leading well beyond the pale and into realms greyed over by the cold brush of infirmity and decay.  Glacially unfolding tones not dissimilar to arctic winds or wisps of the night separated from the sky ooze out from the nowhere, consuming and drowning all in their path.  Stars die and drop from their places in the cosmos, leaving trails of blood and dust in their wake.  The meanings get lost in the epochs, the distances ever greater and more arduous.  You can separate from yourself.  You can leave the physical behind.  You can transcend.  And you will know death.
Packaged in a DVD case in a limited edition of 5 hand-numbered copies.  $15 ppd. in the United States, $27 rest of world.

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CORY STRAND 'FOR WINONA" CDr (AOW 91)

Solo guitar destructionism in honor of the beautiful Winona Ryder.  I composed this piece almost 10 years ago, recorded it direct to tape via a shitty open air boombox and then lost it to the scourge of time.  In revisiting the work I've attempted to conform it a bit to the sounds I'm currently best known for, a mixture of the abrasive and the sublime processed into grey washouts of burbling drift and drone.  There's a subtle beauty and melodicism buried amidst the vomits of distortion and volume, glints in the dust of what once was and an ache for those touches we can never have.  An experimental recording for me in every sense, a weird link between my various projects and an interesting statement in my body of work as a whole.  Time can only try to sever memory.
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CROWN OF BONE "WOLF CREEK" CDr (AOW 90)

Crown Of Bone returns to Altar Of Waste with another absolutely incredibly tribute to horror, this time in honor of Greg McLean's 2005 film Wolf Creek.  Expanding on the approach utilized on "The Serpent and The Rainbow," "Wolf Creek" finds Crown Of Bone exploring myriad new sounds and textures, creating a work of astonishing complexity and intensity.  The layering on this one is a fucking beast, with Dustin weaving nightmares of high end scree and scorching white noise to eerily melodic washes of keyboards and synthesizers.  Punishing and beautiful at the same time, "Wolf Creek" is probably the best thing I've heard yet from Dustin, a wipeout of caustic musical violence and visceral psychedelia.  Crown Of Bone just keeps getting better and better, and I'm honored to release such impressive and destructive material.
Packaged in a DVD case in a limited edition of 15 hand-numbered copies.  $10 ppd. in the United States, $22 rest of world.

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CORY STRAND "THE SHINING: ANCILLARIES, VOL. IV" CDr (AOW 96)

The fourth volume in a series of recordings utilizing Wendy Carlos' unused compositions for Stanley Kubrick's The Shining.  I've done a lot of work with this soundtrack in the past, and this series represents a deeper exploration of Carlos' original vision for the film score, a bizarre parade of tonal environments and shrieking ghostly ululations that for whatever reason did not fit Kubrick's vision.  The music showcased on these volumes is material that would not necessarily work as albums proper-they are individual manipulations and constructions intended to highlight specific compositions as opposed to the thematic whole of an album.  As such, they are glimpses of records that might have been, or perhaps are in an alternate realm.
"Volume IV" deals with two different interpolations of the title theme of the film, each focusing in on the obvious dread, malaise, and horror that await the Torrance family at the Overlook.  The cosmos unfurls into tendrils of forgotten and ghostly blights, converging in a place haunted by depravity and blackened nostalgiah.
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CORY STRAND "THE SHINING: ANCILLARIES, VOL. II" CDr (AOW 87)

The second volume in a series of recordings utilizing Wendy Carlos' unused compositions for Stanley Kubrick's The Shining.  I've done a lot of work with this soundtrack in the past, and this series represents a deeper exploration of Carlos' original vision for the film score, a bizarre parade of tonal environments and shrieking ghostly ululations that for whatever reason did not fit Kubrick's vision.  The music showcased on these volumes is material that would not necessarily work as albums proper-they are individual manipulations and constructions intended to highlight specific compositions as opposed to the thematic whole of an album.  As such, they are glimpses of records that might have been, or perhaps are in an alternate realm.
"Volume II" of the series focuses on two interpretations of the same track, one a slowly unfolding drift of deep and sonorous ambience, the second a scald of bass-heavy stuttering HNW horror.  Stagnancy and a diseased mind united for an otherworldy exultation of encroaching murder.
Packaged in a DVD case in a limited edition of 5 hand-numbered copies.  $10 ppd. in the United States, $22 rest of world.

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CORY STRAND "THE SHINING: ANCILLARIES, VOL. I" CDr (AOW 86)

The first volume in a series of recordings utilizing Wendy Carlos' unused compositions for Stanley Kubrick's The Shining.  I've done a lot of work with this soundtrack in the past, and this series represents a deeper exploration of Carlos' original vision for the film score, a bizarre parade of tonal environments and shrieking ghostly ululations that for whatever reason did not fit Kubrick's vision.  The music showcased on these volumes is material that would not necessarily work as albums proper-they are individual manipulations and constructions intended to highlight specific compositions as opposed to the thematic whole of an album.  As such, they are glimpses of records that might have been, or perhaps are in an alternate realm.
"Volume I" consists of three tracks of deep, buzzing, pulsating ambient compositions haunted by Carlos' discord and anxiety.  Like the torrents of blood pouring out of the elevator doors at the Overlook, these sounds will drown you.
Packaged in a DVD case in a limited edition of 5 hand-numbered copies.  $10 ppd. in the United States, $22 rest of world.

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LETHE "ALLELINE" CDr (AOW 94)

The first Lethe album , previously only available digitally, now issued properly.  The work here is one of patience.  A massive tone glacially expands, becoming ever more persistent and deep.  Staggering in its simplicity but utterly engulfing.  I have always been very proud of this album, of the slowly unfurling depth of it.  This may have been the closest I ever came to achieving what Radigue and Drumm seemed to summon up so effortlessly.  There may have been a certain naivety at work in my composition at the time, but the intent and purpose is obvious.  Huge sounds for isolated contemplation, a communion with the oneness.  Headphones are a must for this one-it needs to be around you.
Packaged in a DVD case in a limited edition of 10 hand-numbered copies.  $10 ppd. in the United States, $22 rest of world.

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