AVANT! RECORDS ITALY
************** Bologna
www.myspace.com/avantrecords
www.avantdistro.blogspot.com
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Owner : Andrea Napoli
Distr. : IT - Agipunk
UK - Boomkat
NE - Clear Spot/Shiny Beast/
Style : industrial / wave / electro / dancefloor / neo folk / noise / dark wave
/ experimental / minimal synth / minimal wave / EBM / synth pop / punk /
post punk / gothic / garage rock / punk / new wave / post industrial /
AV! 001 HIS ELECTRO BLUE VOICE/NUIT NOIRE : SPLIT 7" 12.2007
A1 His Electro Blue Voice : Call
B1 Nuit Noire Opening The Portal
B2 Nuit Noire Faerie Punk
(Note : 7"/33.3 RPM , 489 copies)
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AV! 002 BLACK BUG I DON'T LIKE YOU 7" .2008
A I Don't Like You 1:43
AA You A Grave 3:06
(Note : 7"/45 RPM , 250 copies on clear vinyl)
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AV! 003 LOS LLAMARADA AGAINST THE DAY EP 7" 10.2008
A1 Against The Day
B1 The Last Time
B2 The Blanket Escape
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AV! 004 MOVIE STAR JUNKIES : JUNKYEARS-RARITIES AND FARM REC. 12" .2009
2005-2007
A1 Black Caraibi
A2 Montgomery Clift
A3 Sad Short Ballad Of A Gun And A Bride
A4 Whistling
B1 The Sink Song
B2 Subliminal Man
B3 Red Ants Blues
(Note : 12" , 350 copies)
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AV! 005 KRYSMOPOMPAS GESA 7" 09.2009
A Gesa
B Volker
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AV! 006 THE FEELING OF LOVE : WAITING FOR THE CHEERLEADERS TO 7" 09.2009
GET DRUNK
A Waiting For The Cheerleaders To Get Drunk
B What's Your Name? Who's Your Daddy?
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AV! 007 CCCANDY LONESOME BERLIN LP .2010
A1 Bloke Hunt
A2 Lonesome Berlin
A3 Woman
A4 My Demon
A5 Teacher Of Lust
A6 I'm A Punk
B1 Bourgeoisie Nie
B2 Acid A Go-Go
B3 She Lied
B4 Police Offizier
B5 Boredom
B6 Blood & Guts
(Note : LP , 300 copies)
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AV! 008 CULT OF YOUTH : FILTHY PLUMAGE IN AN OPEN SEA! EP 12" .2010
A1 Lace Up Your Boots
A2 And the Sky Will Open
A3 Eihwaz
B1 Decency
B2 Traitorous Blood
B3 Bottomed Out
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AV! 009 SCORPION VIOLENTE UBERSCHLEISS LP 04.2011
A1 Viol et Revanche
A2 Ray ov Gold
A3 13 Ans Presque 17
A4 Uberschleiss
B1 The Cherrypopper
B2 Fugue de Pute Mineure
B3 Christopher Walken
B4 We Are One
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AV! 010 LUST FOR YOUTH SOLAR FLARE LP.CD 04.2011
A. 1 Intro 1:32
2 Dreams 3:33
3 Ruins 3:16
4 Solar Flare 3:34
5 Sickness 1:59
6 Eternity Now 5:10
B. 7 Far Away 4:11
8 Black Death 2:39
9 Strings 1:08
10 Falling 1:38
11 Taste Of Skin 2:15
12 Red Lights 6:53
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AV! 011 CONTREPOISON UNTIL NEXT MORNING LP 01.2013
A1 ...Until Next Morning 4:33
A2 The Snake Has Bitten His Tail 3:56
B1 Heartbeat 3:28
B2 To Never, Forever 6:08
(Note : LP , 500 copies)
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AV! 012 DREAM AFFAIR ENDLESS DAYS LP 07.2011
A1 Endless Days
A2 Silent Story
A3 Drifting
A4 405
A5 Apology
B1 Lucid
B2 No Use Hiding
B3 Until the Fall
B4 Parting
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AV! 013 KING DUDE TONIGHYT'S SPECIAL DEATH LP 09.2011
A1 My Everlasting Life II 2:58
A2 Witch's Hammer 2:02
A3 River Of Gold 3:05
A4 Born In Blood 2:14
A5 Slaves 2:20
B1 White Hands 2:47
B2 Design 1:34
B3 Love All Around You 1:47
B4 No One Is Here 2:05
B5 Day Of The Night 3:30
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AV 014 Father Murphy / How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck 7" 09.2011
Chuck if a Woodchuck Could Chuck Wood? : SPLIT
A. Jesus
B. Humpty Dumpty
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AV! 015 FUNK POLICE HOT WE ARE FUNK WE PLAY LP 11.2011
A1 Back Inside You
A2 Coco Dance
A3 Horsefag
A4 Immigrant Pekin Mambo Love Song
A5 Now I Can Funk
B1 Red Blood Black Boobs
B2 You Always Win
B3 Sugar
B4 Why Do I Always Have to Live in the Same Fucking Song
B5 Sorry Angel
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AV! 016 LFY/WAR THE GLASS HOUSE ETIQUETTE 7" 04.2012
A Lust for Youth Denial, Veronica 5:51
B VAR Somme, Maggio 5:10
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AV! 017 LFY GROWING SEEDS LP 01.2012
A1 Behind Curtains
A2 It's You
A3 We Planted a Seed
A4 Champagne
A5 La Rouge
B1 Cover Their Faces
B2 Always Changing
B3 Modern Life
B4 We Got Lust
B5 Neon Lights Appear
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AV! 018 WHITE HEX HEAT LP 07.2012
A1 Stranger Love
A2 Holiday
A3 Nothing Comes
B1 Desperate Heat
B2 Waves
B3 Ice Cold
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AV! 019 NATURAL ASSEMBLY ARMS OF DEPARTURE EP 12" 07.2012
A1 Nightfall
A2 19.03.12
A3 Sunrise
B1 Wretched Burden
B2 The Figures Absolved of All Compulsion
B3 Ruination
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AV! 020 NIGHT SINS NEW GRAVE LP 10.2012
A1 Playing Dead
A2 Shoot Me Up
A3 Spectral Bliss
A4 The Stranger
A5 Knell
B1 The Eternal Giver
B2 Wild Eyes
B3 Winged Thing
B4 Knife to the Sky
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AV! 021 HORROR VACUI : IN DARKNESS YOU WILL FEEL ALRIGHT LP 10.2012
A1.1 Intro
A1.2 Black Rivers
A2 I Like It When A Soldier Dies
A3 Corvus Corax
A4 Everytime
B1 In Darkness You Will Feel Alright
B2 Yersinia
B3 Arabian Spring
B4 Leave Me Alone
B5 Outro
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AV! 022 how much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck LP 11.2012
could chuck wood? : s/t
A1 For Nobody
A2 Joy And Rebellion
A3 Save Us
B1 In Aria
B2 Oh Dark
B3 The Rock
(Note : LP , 350 copies on black vinyl)
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AV! 023 LFY SALUTING ROME EP 12" 12.2012
A1 Saluting Rome 4:19
A2 Virgins Hold Hands 1:43
A3 First Touch 2:22
B1 OSK 5:23
B2 Ecstasy 4:09
(Note : 12" , white vinyl)
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AV! 024 LAKES BLOOD ON THE GROVE LP 06.2013
A1 Blood Of The Grove 2:14
A2 The Oldest Place 3:16
A3 Crossed With Leaves 3:54
A4 Night Lark 2:45
A5 Wingless & Earthbound 2:43
B1 Visitation Dawn 3:49
B2 All The Waking Dreams 2:43
B3 The Longest Reign 3:32
B4 Ashes Black 2:26
B5 Painted Wreath 3:19
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AV! 025 KINIT HER : THE POET & THE BLUE FLOWER LP.CD 11.2013
(Note : LP , grey vinyl)
1 Feast Of Death I 1:39
2 The Poet & The Blue Flower 7:20
3 Reconcile 4:46
4 Silence, My Song I 2:32
5 Feast Of Death II 2:00
6 As Old As Day and Night Together 6:31
7 A Dome Surrounds 6:04
8 Silence, My Song II 2:29
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AV! 026 NIGHT SINS TO LONDON OR THE LAKE LP 01.2014
A1 Air Dance
A2 To London or the Lake
A3 Evangeline
A4 Rain
B1 Bound 'Round the World
B2 Heaven in the Snow
B3 Dear Marquis
B4 Neon Light Intoxicants
(Note : LP , 500 copies)
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AV! 027 SANGRE DE MUERDADO/NOVEMTHREE : BRAIDED PATHS LP 03.2014
A1 Sangre De Muerdago A Xustiza Pola Man 7:14
A2 Sangre De Muerdago Saudades 4:10
A3 Sangre De Muerdago Unha Ofrenta De Ósos 6:31
A4 Sangre De Muerdago 53°40,6"N 008°06,3"E 4:09
B1 Novemthree Embracing The Storm 5:04
B2 Novemthree Need 3:22
B3 Novemthree This Is My Home 3:48
B4 Novemthree Othala 5:21
B5 Novemthree The Serpent's Skin 3:31
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AV! 028 CONTREPOISON I KEEP ON SEARCHING 12" 05.2014
A1 Every Dream I Have Is About You 1:46
A2 I Keep On Searching 2:33
B1 No Need To Dream 3:13
B2 Nectar Of Destiny 4:54
(Note : 12" , one-time pressing of 500 copies. Includes lyric sheet insert)
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AV1 029 NUN NUN LP 04.2014
A1 Immersion II
A2 Evoke The Sleep
A3 Kino
A4 Suppress Electricity
A5 Subway
B1 Uri Geller
B2 Cronenberg
B3 Lost Souls
B4 Terror Maze
B5 In Blood
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AV! 030 PHASE FATALE SKYSCRAPER 12" 08.2014
A1 Skyscraper
A2 Waveguide
B1 Untitled
B2 Vacuum
(Note : LP , 33.3 RPM)
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AV! 031 HAND OF DUST WALK THE WHITE 7" 08.2014
A1 Walk In White 4:42
B1 A Sight For The Living 1:38
(Note : 7" , 500 copies)
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AV! 032 HOT GUTS WILDS LP 11.2014
A1 All Suns 4:43
A2 Will Carry 5:11
A3 Kite And Shadow 4:01
A4 Gold Silent 1:11
B1 Fires 3:51
B2 The Name Of The World 4:05
B3 Drift 4:33
B4 A Kindness 3:54
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AV! 033 LOST TRIBE SOLACE LP .2014
AV! 033 LOST TRIBE SOLACE 8DL .2014
LP A1 Disease
A2 Rise Or Fall
A3 Century
B1 Midnight Rain
B2 Conquer
B3 Dungeon Of Stones
DL 1 Disease 5:28
2 Rise Or Fall 4:13
3 Century 4:57
4 Untitled 1:20
5 Untitled 0:57
6 Midnight Rain 3:18
7 Conquer 4:06
8 Dungeon Of Stones 3:26
LP Mass Media MMR 25 2014 US
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AV! 034 HORROR VACUI RETURN OF THE EMPIRE LP 06.2015
A1 Return Of The Empire
A2 5000
A3 The Right Cure
A4 Till The Last Drop
B1 Light Of Darkness
B2 Time
B3 Opus Tenebris
B4 Desperate Adelia
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AV! 035 QUAL SABLE LP 05.2015
AV! 035 QUAL SABLE CD 05.2015
AV! 035 QUAL SABLE 10DL 05.2015
LP A1 Sable
A2 Spit On Me
A3 Flay
A4 Benevolent Technologies
A5 O' Ornate Spade
B1 The Geometry Of Wounds
B2 Luxurious Bleedings
B3 Putrid Perfumes
B4 Desolate Discotheque
B5 Rip Doth Thy Scarlet Claws
CD 1 Sable 4:12
2 Spit On Me 3:18
3 Flay 4:10
4 Benevolent Technologies 4:10
5 O' Ornate Spade 4:07
6 The Geometry Of Wounds 4:11
7 Luxurious Bleedings 4:37
8 Putrid Perfumes 4:33
9 Desolate Discotheque 4:48
10 Rip Doth Thy Scarlet Claws 4:41
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AV! 036 BLACK BUG FROZEN ENERGY 7" 06.2015
A Frozen Energy
B Push You
(Note : 7" , 300 copies)
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AV! 037 PURE GROUND STANDARD OF LIVING LP 06.2015
A1 Second Skin 4:16
A2 Watch The Lines Grow 4:38
A3 War In Every House 4:45
A4 In Silence 4:38
B1 L'Image 1:59
B2 Poison 4:29
B3 The Glory Of Absense 3:23
B4 Centuries In Gold 3:57
B5 Tides 4:56
(Note : LP , 300 copies)
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AV! 038 HAND OF DUST : LIKE BREATH BENEATH A VEIL LP 10.2015
AV! 038 HAND OF DUST : LIKE BREATH BENEATH A VEIL 10DL 10.2015
A1 Feast Of Tails
A2 Lighthouse
A3 Born In The Summer
A4 Clearly
A5 Hollow
B1 Roses In The Sawmill
B2 Encased In Amber
B3 Dip Your Tongues In Slaughter
B4 Sex Never Sleeps
B5 Nothing Was Ever The Same Again
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AV! 039 DRIFT BLACK DEVOTION 12" 11.2015
AV! 039 DRIFT BLACK DEVOTION 6DL 11.2015
12" A1 Grave
A2 Mirage
A3 Dreams In Silkscreen
B1 Say It Right
B2 Hard To Accept
B3 Never Let Go
DL 1 Grave 3:23
2 Mirage 3:14
3 Dreams In Silkscreen 4:16
4 Say It Right 3:21
5 Hard To Accept 3:37
6 Never Let Go 4:24
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AV! 040 KOBAN ABJECT OBSESSION LP 04.2016
A1 This Pursuit 4:35
A2 Instinct of Ego 3:12
A3 Lesser 3:03
A4 Elias See's 2:30
A5 Between the Differences 4:08
B1 Illusion 3:05
B2 Certain Tears 2:18
B3 Maladie 3:33
B4 Le Cauchemar 3:46
B5 We Run Red Lights 3:20
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AV! 041 RENDEZ-VOUS DISTANCE 12" 04.2016
A1 Distance
A2 Workout
A3 Foreseen Death
B1 Euroshima
B2 Demian
B3 Ignorance & Cruelty
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AV! 042 YOU. BOUQUET LP 06.2016
A1 Taste Lies
A2 Bouquet
A3 Dont
A4 Graveyard Method Actor
A5 Hagion
B1 The Chase
B2 Lost Mines
B3 White Curtains .
B4 Space Flower
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AV! 043 PURE GROUND GIFTGARTEN LP 09.2016
A1 Before Us 3:51
A2 No Passage 4:14
A3 The Great Becoming 2:52
A4 The Silent Age 3:33
A5 No Voice Of Angels 3:00
B1 Still 3:00
B2 Omission 3:48
B3 Meager Arms Of Sleep 3:30
B4 By The Grace Of God 6:27
B5 Flood 3:03
(Note : LP , 300 copies)
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AV! 044 PLEASURE SYMBOLS PLEASURE SYMBOLS 12" 09.2016
A1 Underneath Your Skin 5:45
A2 Above All Else 3:24
B1 Ultra Violence 3:30
B2 Control 4:02
(Note : 12" , 500 copies)
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AV! 045 AGNES CIRCLE SOME VAGUE DESIRE LP 11.2016
AV! 045 AGNES CIRCLE SOME VAGUE DESIRE CD 11.2016
A1 White Gate
A2 Porcelain
A3 Monument
A4 Martial Love
B1 Underneath The Ivy
B2 Law of Angels
B3 The Crystal Flowers
B4 Under Reason
Back in 2016, London based darkwave duo The Agnes Circle released their first and
so far only full-length album on Avant!. 'Some Vague Desire' became some kind of an
instant classic with their mix of English post-punk and French coldwave. The first
pressing of the album sold out very quickly, but here is the repress on grey vinyl.
www.sginybeast.nl
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AV 046 QUAL CUPIO DISSOLVI 12" 02.2017
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AV 049 DRIFT. GENDERLAND 12" 09.2017
A1. Paradise
A2. Lines
A3. Genderland
B1. ****
B2. Social Front
B3. Calculations
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AV 050 SALLY DIGE HOLDING ON LP 09.2017
A1 Holding On
A2 Emptiness
A3 Be Gone A4 Sail to Me
B1 I Can‘t Be
B2 This Life
B3 No Need to Pretend
B4 Holding On (Forces extended mix)
(Note : LP comes in printed innersleeve with lyrics)
Sally Dige, a poet, musician, visual artist and filmmaker recorded Holding On with
one synth and her voice.
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AV 051 QUAL ULTIMATE CLIMAX LP 03.2018
AV 051 QUAL ULTIMATE CLIMAX CD 03.2018
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AV 052 HOLIDAY IN TORBIDO LP 04.2018
A collaboration between Gabor (Aktion, Metro Crowd) on voice and Frenchman Bob Junior
(Trans Upper Egypt, Bobsleigh Baby, Hiss) on synth and drum machine, they leave their
best on stage, live shows have cemented their ill reputation: Gabor is a lanky dude
and struts on stage with a boxer's pre match ritual dance, ready to vomit words in
your face while Bob's composure never fails to spread misery and mystery through his
vintage noise assault setup.
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AV 053 FATHER MURPHY : RISING. A REQUIEM FOR FATHER MURPHY 2x12" 04.2018
(Note : 45 RPM black vinyl double LP, comes in gatefold sleeve!)
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AV 055 DEATH BELLS : STANDING AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD LP 04.2018
European edition of the marvellous debut album by the Sydney-based romantic post-punk
six-piece Death Bells. Black vinyl LP limited to 250 copies, comes with new artwork
and insert.
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AV 056 SHD (SEMIOTICS DEPARTMENT OF HETERONYMS) : SEMIOTICS LP 06.2018
DEPARTMENT OF HETERONYMS)
1. Your Right Hand 03:52
2. The Scent 05:09
3. Tell Them 03:23
4. I Mean 07:32
5. Guilty And Gifted 03:10
6. She Uncovers Before Me 04:54
7. What Did I Come For? 03:42
8. Static Moment 04:04
Two key figures of the synth-wave/industrial scene of Barcelona, Andrea P. Latorre
and Sergi Algiz, release the self-titled debut-LP from their joint venture. The eight
tracks are driven by sinuous synth lines, steady beats and Andrea's sensual, nocturnal
vocals.
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AV 057 RITUAL VEIL WOLF IN THE NIGHT 12" 06.2018
1. Gray Filter 03:12
2. All Black 03:29
3. Wolf In The Night 03:05
4. Favorite Toy 04:02
5. Surface 03:10
6. Time Again 03:22
Presented on 12-inch vinyl is a six-track EP by the Portland-based post-punk/goth
/synthwave outfit formed by : A. Alexander Wolfe (vocals)
Tim Iserman (synth and programming)
Wolfgang Williams (guitar).
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AV 058 HORD PARALLELS LP 09.2018
1. Get Into It 05:39
2. No Eyes For 04:56
3. Night Out 06:01
4. Lrn 04:49
5. Silence 04:49
6. Land 04:44
7. Tearwave 04:35
8. Parallels 04:49
Hord is the solo project of Bordeaux-based synthwave producer Sebastien Carl.
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AV 059 BUZZ KULL NEW KIND OF CROSS LP 11.2018
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AV 060 QUAL CYBER CARE 12" 03.2019
Qual is the solo project of William Maybelline, one half of the Lebanon Hanover duo.
When William first stepped into the scene as an individual artist, he had the intention
to explore the very grimmest areas in synth-based music, like '90s EBM with the more
aggressive sensibilities of industrial techno without ever diluting the intensity of
either. This 4-track EP is the perfect synthesis of both these aspects.
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AV 061 PROFIT PRISON SIX STRANGE EP 12" 04.2019
Profit Prison is the solo work of Seattle-based Parker Lautenschlager, previously
member in the hardcore band Marrow, power electronics act Anteinferno, and black
metal cult band Bhereg. Conceived in 2016, Profit Prison explores lyrical themes of
isolation, estrangement, deprivation and paranoia against an aural backdrop of
synthpop, post-punk and abstract industrial music. Inspired by Franz Kafka as much
as Kraftwerk, Profit Prison achieves a cold minimalism that speaks to the nightmarish
dystopia in which it was created.
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AV 062 VEIL OP LIGHT INFLICT LP 05.2019
After their release of the "Front Teeth" LP, the Zürich-based duo Veil Of Light returns
with the album "Inflict". This is their fourth full-length and their industrial-tinged,
synth-based post-punk has improved once again. In these eight tracks their sound has
gotten heavier, bulkier, even more beat-driven. Drums pounding like noises from a rusty
machinery, and melodies from an abandoned industrial district of a ghost town.
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AV 063 PLEASURE SYMBOLS CLOSER AND CLOSER EP LP 05.2019
Three years after the release of their debut, self-titled EP through Avant!, the
Australian duo Pleasure Symbols began the push towards a more '80s inspired post-punk
sound with a 'pop noir' twist. Deciding to record and produce the album themselves,
it gave the freedom to take time to grow and explore their new direction as a
songwriting duo. Despite current trends in popular music, Pleasure Symbols continues
to focus on a more guitar based post punk, dream-pop sound, while slowly diverging
from a previous minimal wave, synth based musical output.
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AV 064 SKEMER BENEVOLENCE LP 10.2019
Skemer is a co-operation between singer Kim Peers and guitarist Mathieu Vandekerckhove
of post-metal band Amenra. Two very different worlds collide and lead to minimalist
dark wave deconstructions that are equal brutal and erotic. This duality is reflected
in the name Skemer, which next to its obvious English meaning of 'intriguer' also
stands for 'dusk' in Mathieu's native tongue West-Flemish, as well as in their debut
album. Recorded just a few months after meeting, a sense of urgency shines through
in the tracks that build 'Benevolence'. Just like their live performances where Peers
seductive vocals coalesce with Vandekerckhove's austere beats to melt into a
transcendent fury. LP is limited to 500 copies. Comes in UV glossy varnish picture
sleeve.
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AV 065 NUOVO TESTAMENTO EXPOSURE LP 10.2019
Nuovo Testamento is an American/Italian trio featuring members from Horror Vacui,
Sheer Mag, Torso, Terremoto and Crimson Scarlet. 'Exposure' is their first release
and the six songs perfectly blend coldwave bass lines, minimal electro beats,
synthpop melodies and ethereal female vocals.
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AV 067 M!R!M THE VISIONARY LP 01.2020
M!R!M is the solo project of Jack Milwaukee, Italian multi-instrumentalist based in
London.Inspired by early '80s synth pop, cold and dark wave, M!R!M has been releasing
through labels as Fabrika and Manic Depression. 'The Visionary' comes on a deluxe LP
edition, limited to 500 copies on green vinyl plus poster with lyrics.
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AV 068 SDH AGAINST STONG THINKING EP 12" 02.2020
SDH return with the 'Against Strong Thinking' EP, which follows its 2018 self-titled
album. Although six songs may be insufficient, these tracks highlight the strengths of
their debut. The beats are deeper, the atmospheres sad and darker.
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AV 069 HORD BODIES LP 03.2020
A1. #14
A2. #16
A3. #11
A4. #02
B1. #04
B2. #15
B3. #13
B4. #17
Hord is the solo project of Bordeaux-based synthwave producer Sebastien Carl, known
for his collaborations with artists like Hante, Winter Severity Index and Black Bug.
'Bodies' is his third album and it shows eight distinctive tracks. Synthwave sounds
like a soundtrack from the '80s meet electro and techno mechanical rhythms.
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AV 070 PLASTIC ESTATE THIS PLACE 7" 06.2020
1 THIS PLACE
2 HAVE YOU EVER
On the two songs that compose the single, Plastic Estate clearly draw influence from
the best UK new wave and pop artists such as Echo & The Bunnymen, Prefab Sprout,
Depeche Mode and Orange Juice, and yet there is a sophisticated casualness and an
innate freshness in their songwriting that makes them not sounding dated at all.
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AV 071 HOUSE OF HARM VIVIOUS PASTIMES LP 09.2020
Boston is not very known for its coldwave or synth pop artists. Here comes House Of
Harm, a post-punk trio which has released two tape EPs, before their debut full-length
'Vicious Pastimes'. Influences from The Cure, A Flock Of Seagulls, Cocteau Twins,
even Sisters Of Mercy and the spheric pop from various French coldwave bands create
this synthpop and shoegaze mixture.
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AV 072 PROFIT PRISON DREAMS OF A DARK BUILDING 12" 09.2020
Seattle's Profit Prison is back with a 6-track EP. Inspired by Franz Kafka as much
as Kraftwerk, Profit Prison achieves a cold minimalism that speaks to the nightmarish
dystopia. His 'Dreams Of A Dark Building' continues on the dark path of its
predecessor, mixing catchy synth melodies and gloomy atmospheres, all strengthened
by '70s disco-like Hi-NRG electronic beats for the perfect dungeon synth pop outcome.
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AV 073 VEIL OF LIGHT LANDSLIDE LP 04.2021
Two years have passed since their previous 'Inflict LP' and the band appears to be
sounding more mature. 'Landslide' is their fifth full-length and their third on Avant!
Ten songs with a perfect balance of coldwave-inspired intimate atmosphere and synthpop
catchy melodies.
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AV 075 PLASTIC ESTATE PLASTIC ESTATE LP 12.2021
A1. Open
A2. Out of Reach
A3. Divinely Impaired
A4. Antique Days
A5. When You're Gone
B1. There Must Be More Than This
B2. Sins
B3. The Difference
B4. Berlin
B5. Change Your Mind
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