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slMakita - "Cleveland, Ohio"
hpig-024 - released February 2010
Steve Makita has been immersed in noise for nearly two decades. From the power violence attack of Apartment 213, to the organic power-tool assault of Lockweld, to lending noise to terrorizers like Agoraphobic Nosebleed and Fistula, he has steadily honed his approach while expanding his range. Now, with his solo concern slMakita, he joins the Housepig family and brings forth a tightly focused slab of experimental sound. Finding inspiration in his unabashed love for the legendary Nurse With Wound, he bypasses imitation and instead immerses the listener in an open-ended sound space where grinders duet with piano, pitted metal meets the fragile voice, all enveloped in the resonance of a decayed environment. A most extraordinary work inspired by a most mundane locale... "Cleveland, Ohio" is packaged in a standard jewel case with full-color four-page booklet, and is limited to 300 copies. $10 US / $12 World ppd
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The Bastard Noise & Christian Renou - "Brainstorming II"
hpig-020 - released December 2009
"Christian Renou really should not need an introduction. The French master of detail has been cranking out releases under the name Brume since the mid-1980's. On "Brainstorming II" The Bastard Noise and Renou prove once again they are capable of creating some of the most haunting and progressive collaborations beheld. Renou brings unnerving rhythms + unsettling concrete sound; Wood fuses insect with cruel-tech; both exponentially more than the sum of their parts. "Brainstorming II" is startling in it's beauty, fascinating in it's discomfort, spacious and intense. Housepig is blessed to deliver sounds of such advanced design." - Kopish 9/9/09
This cd is presented in standard jewel case with 4-panel color booklet. $10 US / $12 World ppd
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The Bastard Noise & Golem Gross - "Universe of Dishonor"
hpig-019 - released December 2009
"In 2002, Golem Gross was an unknown "Skull Ally" in Brooklyn who displayed a strong sense of composition, gentle restraint & an arsenal of malfunctioning audio. "Universe of Dishonor" transports the listener to an intergalactic incubus wherein Abrupt Millipede Feeding and Stegosaurus Wars are apt titles. Abysmal canyons, absolutely blunt lyrical style & episodes of severly destructive battle make "Universe of Dishonor" a dynamic, possessed & grievous opus paying tribute to the colossal failures of man. Rather than 'just another CD' in the discography, "Universe of Dishonor" shines as a high point in a long career of dedication to premium audio display." - Kopish 9/9/09
This cd is presented in standard jewel case with 4-panel color booklet. $10 US / $12 World ppd
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Juhyo - "Sick Birds Fall Out Of The Air"
hpig-025 - released November 2009
Co-released with Hear More! - this 3" slab was put together as a special treat for the Milwaukee DGW 2009 posse. Recorded live at Big V's in St. Paul, MN on the day after Halloween, this captures one of Juhyo's loudest, harshest and most confrontational sets - 15 minutes of piercing highs, steamroller lows, aggro vocals and bleak outlook, all pumped through two separate and cranked PA systems. Limited to 28 copies, all are now gone to the land of deep-fried bacon.
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Oblong Box - "Premature Burial"
hpig-022 - released September 2009
You hear the scrape of a blade along the damp cellar wall behind you, as a scaly tentacle slowly wraps around your ankle... can you escape the clutches of the Oblong Box? Sinister sonic craftsmanship is unearthed in eight tracks of dungeon dwelling audio. "Premature Burial" compiles various tracks from out-of-print releases, split cassettes and compilations spanning 2004 to 2007. We dare you to retain control of your mind as infernal frequencies attack your screaming brain! This cdr is presented in a dvd-style clear poly case with full-color four-panel jacket. $6 US / $8 World ppd.
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Kawabata Makoto - "Tales of The Dream Planet"
hpig-015 - released April 2009
The mastermind behind Acid Mothers Temple (and a zillion other projects) parked his spaceship long enough to fish this cd out of his beard and give it Housepig, before closing the hatch and rocketing back into the stratosphere. What he brought back from the Dream Planet is two tracks of long, overlapping guitar drones; glacially melodic, meditative and a touch otherworldly. Curl up in your favorite dashiki, let your hair hang down, fire up some incense (or anything else) and let Kawabata spin you a tale! This cd is presented in a dvd-style clear poly case with full-color four-panel jacket, and is limited to 500 copies. $10 US / $12 World ppd.
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Malachi / The Bastard Noise - "The Immortals"
hpig-021 - released January 2009
Three labels, two bands, one crushing release! Each group contributes two tracks, alternating between doom-laden hardcore and deep space sonic experimentation. Malachi (featuring members of Artimus Pyle, What Happens Next? and Fuck Face) brings together a mix of crusty hardcore and unstoppable doom, all shot through with mournful cello melody. The Bastard Noise lineup of Wood, Nelson and Rauf (also responsible for the critically-lauded "Rogue Astronuat" cd) come forth with their signature oscillator-based transmissions from the void, isolated communications from beyond Alpha Centauri. This split release is brought to you by Housepig, Hear More! and 200mg, in a heavy poly sleeve with a unique shifting-color six-panel insert by Thumbprint Press. $10 US / $12 World ppd
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Bastard Noise - "Joined At The Skull : The Collaborations"
hpig-018 - released October 2008
Special Limited Edition! The double CDR presents Bastard Noise in cahoots with longtime French experimental mainstay Christian Renou on the followup to their critically-acclaimed "Brainstorming" release, and with Brooklyn up-and-comer Golem Gross on the diabolical "Universe of Dishonor". Strictly limited to 100 numbered copies, this is a subscription set - once the 100 limited copies are sold out, both discs will be individually pro-pressed with different art and packaging. At that time, everyone who bought the limited edition will receive one copy each of both cd's, and a special bonus 3"cdr - Bastard Noise live on KXLU radio in 1997. This bonus disc will only be available as part of this set! (And yes, collectors, all numbers will match!) sold out! thanks to everyone who ordered!
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Vennt - "Vennt"
hpig-017 - released June 2008
A
three-way summit on bleak doom and buzzing misery. Sandy Saunders
(Torso), Darcy Spidle (Divorce Records) and Jordan Hines mix drums,
bass, electronics and vocals into a thick morass. Vennt stakes out
territory at the intersection of black metal, drone, doom and power
electronics, then fortifies the barricades. US Edition, co-released
with Hear More!, features a copper cover with insert in a heavy poly
sleeve, and is hand-numbered and limited to 400 copies. $7 us / $9
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Kelly Churko - "The Confusion"
hpig-014 - released October 2007
Hospital and Lethal Firetrap member Kelly Churko steps out solo with
The Confusion. Chirping synth squeals give way to mechanized chatter
that yeilds to seismic drone and back again, into ultimate showers of
noise. Atmospheric and intense, Churko delivers a composed and dynamic
suite of sound. Packaged in printed envelope with full color 6-page
booklet. Limited to 300 copies. $7 US / $9 World ppd. |
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Bizarre Uproar - "Bunker Sessions"
hpig-013 - released October 2007
Raw organic feedback and squalling metal percussion combine for an
uncompromising live document. Finnish stalwart Bizarre Uproar graces
Housepig with our hardest release to date (and probably ever!)
Stuttering punishment recorded in a now-defunct undergroud bunker.
Eight songs in one unstoppable onslaught, cut into 99 tracks for
instant shuffle-remixing action! Packaged in a slimline poly case and
strictly limited to 150 copies. sold out! thanks to everyone who ordered! |
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Wilt - "Scarecrow"
hpig-012 - released October 2007
The last of the live trilogy. This release documents Wilt's most
accomplished performances from 2006. Raw industrial meets fluid waves
of death synth, and tortured vocals. For fans of Wilt's more abrasive
material. Residing parallel to the textures found on “wither” and
“winters whore” with the progressive attitude of “radio 1940” and “dark
meadows”. Raw industrial sludge coupled with gritting psychedelics.
Packaged in printed envelope with color & b/w 6-page booklet.
Limited to 300 copies. $7 US / $9 World ppd.
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Bjerga/Iversen - "Cosmic Surgery"
hpig-011 - released December 2006
After
30+ releases on other labels, prolific
Norwegians Sindre Bjerga and Jan Iversen come to Housepig with
“Cosmic Surgery”,
using ‘amplified objects and electronix’ to produce
a disturbing atmosphere of
surveillance, paranoia and desolate space. Like looking over your
shoulder,
seeing nothing behind you, and still feeling uneasy… This
cdr comes housed in
an envelope & insert hand-printed by Seattle
lino-block artist Nic Schmidt, and is limited to 100 copies.
sold out! thanks to everyone who ordered!
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Pulse Emitter - "Planetary Torture"
hpig-010 - released December 2006
Portland’s
Daryl
Groetsch has been releasing sounds under the name Pulse Emitter since
2002. Using
hand-built modular synthesizers, he creates torrents of sound that
evoke
vintage warm drones and mechanized rythyms to chaotic 8-bit crush, and
everything in between. In “Planetary Torture” he
captures the sounds of world
downfall, destruction, and
rebirth. This cdr comes housed in an envelope & insert
hand-printed by Seattle
lino-block artist
Nic Schmidt, and is limited to 100 copies. sold out! thanks to everyone who ordered! |
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Nyarlathotep - "Skillful Means"
hpig-009 - released October 2006
Tentacles
of the sleeping old ones, reaching out from the Plains of Leng? No!
Crawling chaos and bone-breaking noise, reaching out from Arizona!
Nyarlathotep spews six tracks of hard chattering hymns to the elder
gods, guaranteed to warp geometry and leave a slimy trail back to the
crypt. Six tracks, 55 minutes. Hand-screened disc in digipack with
insert, limited to 80 copies. sold out! thanks to everyone who ordered!
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Bastard Noise - "Three Dollar Date +"
hpig-008 - released October 2006
Classic Bastard Noise
oscillation frenzy! This 3" pro-pressed cd reissues the hard-to-find
1998 7" from A.I.P.R. Records in miniature! Hard analog oscillations
and punishing attack from the cackling skull. As a bonus, it includes
their side of the obscure 7" split with Hermit! Comes with a
free magnifying glass, so you can peruse the ultra-micro inserts in
style. Hand-painted & printed sealed envelope, with two inserts,
limited to 500 copies. sold out! thanks to everyone who ordered!
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Juhyo - "Mesothesis"
hpig-007 - released October 2006
Formed in the depths of a snow-choked Minnesota winter, Juhyo brings together the boxed-in mechanical crush of Surrounded with the dark soundscapes of Oblong Box
for a rolling avalanche of icy, desolate noise. Three tracks, 56
minutes. Hand-inked disc in digipack with three inserts, limited to 100
copies. sold out! thanks to everyone who ordered! |
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Sky Burial - s/t
hpig-006 - released February 2006
SKY BURIAL is a project from Massachusetts' Michael Page, more well known for his main endeavor FIRE IN THE HEAD. His work as SKY BURIAL takes a more droning and cyclic approach, an angelic avalanche of shifting tones, drones and rhythms. Reminiscent of SKULLFLOWER or VIBRACATHEDRAL ORCHESTRA,
but staking a claim all it's own.
Six tracks and 46 minutes, this is a
silkscreened cdr in a silkscreened, hand-sewn heavy canvas pouch,
strictly limited to 150 copies.
sold out! thanks to everyone who ordered!
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v/a - "Six Doors"
hpig-002 - released February 2006
"Six Doors" features six fantastic tracks ranging from the single-source sorcery of AUBE, the caveman electronics of BASTARD NOISE, guitar versus electronics dronework from GUILTY CONNECTOR & TABATA, submerged synths from LUASA RAELON, lonesome Rhodes from UNICORN, and dank atmospheric creepout from OBLONG BOX.
Six tracks and 71 minutes, all yours for $6 US / $8 world. new low price!
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Lhasa Shore Leave - s/t
hpig-005 - released July 2005
Three tracks, 21 minutes of buzzy drones and distant murmers, an audio
expressway to other planes of existence, sure to induce hallucinations.
This 3" CDR, limited to 50 copies, includes a full-color cover, and is
packaged in a hand-sewn cloth bag, made from recycled Japanese obis.
sold out! thanks to everyone who ordered! |
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Nipsey Russolo - "Noise Reduction"
hpig-004 - released April 2005
What do you get when you take the noise out of Noise? Nipsey! He took
tracks from several high-profile noise artists, processed them with a
variety of noise-reduction techniques, and created tracks with the
fragments that were leftover. some of the harshest square-wave blasts
turned into shimmering, crystalline layers of sonic abstraction. SPIN magazine pinups transformed into birdsong.
Noise
- noise = Nipsey!
3" cdr, limited to 50 copies. sold out! thanks to everyone who ordered!
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Oblong Box - "Pictures From The Fire"
hpig-003 - released March 2005
The first release from Oblong Box brings 4 claustrophobic tracks with a dark atmosphere and a cinematic bent. Swelling bass rumbles give way to distorted mechanical clattering, shot through with an undercurrent of unease. CDr
release, limited to 56 numbered copies, comes packaged in a dvd case,
with a different found photo from an arson investigation on each front
cover.
sold out! thanks to everyone who ordered!
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Unicorn - "Playing With Light"
hpig-001 - released December 2004
A field report from an outpost at the border where droning ambience,
minimalist melody and pure noise share an uneasy truce.
Unicorn (featuring longtime
members of
Bastard Noise and Sleestak) serves up seven tracks, where melodic lines
skate across a surface of disturbing drones and scathing noise.
CD-Rom content includes three
short
films by Stephanie Miller, with soundtracks by Unicorn. Presented in a
gorgeous letterpressed sleeve by Thumbprint press.
sold out! thanks to everyone who ordered!
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Upcoming Releases
hpig-016 : Aube "Variable Ambit" cd
hpig-023 : Unicorn / Juhyo split cd
hpig-0xx : M.S.B.R. & Namanax "Blast Contamination" cd
hpig-0xx : Joshua Norton Cabal / Juhyo split cd
hpig-0xx : Olekranon "Bilal" cd
hpig-0xx : Golem Gross "All Of The Animal" cd
hpig-0xx : Juhyo "Sustainable Retreat" dvd
hpig-0xx : Brume cd
hpig-0xx : Surrounded / Versace split cdr
hpig-0xx : Luasa Raelon cd
hpig-0xx : Guilty Connector cd
hpig-0xx : Bastard Noise / Nyarlathotep / Oblong Box split 3"
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