Slowest year for a long while. In the works: Händer Som Vårdar/Megan 7" & Trepaneringsritualen 10".
Innercity - Backworld LP is now out of print. Still available from Ikuisuus.
Added a permanent sale section in the store, be sure to check it out. More stuff will be added all the time.
Recent mailorder arrivals: Burial Hex - Book Of Delusions LP, Burial Hex/Iron Fist Of The Sun LP, Innercity - Terrestreality LP, new Cult Of Youth LP, Religious Knives - Smokescreen LP, Zola Jesus - Conatus LP, Pestdemon LP, new Järtecknet cassetes, Alleypisser 7" etc.
Utmarken mailorder is now closed. Thanks alot for the support during the years. Remaining copies of the Utmarken 2011 cassettebox can now be purchased from RTB, Järtecknet and Ljud & Bild Produktion.
RTB will have a table at the Trauma fest in Malmö 11/12-11. Lust For Youth, Feberdröm, Trepaneringsritualen, Damien Dubrovnik etc will perform.
Office rotation:
Neil Young
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17 | AUGUST | 2011
Changes.
RTB will be on vacation between August 19th and August 28th. Feel free to place orders during this period, but have patience. Will get back to you asap.
Recent mailorder arrivals: Rodger Stella - Kosmische Dub + Reich/Reilly 2xTape, Untergeschoss tapes, Skullflower - Fucked On A Pile Of Corpses CD, Family Underground - Dagger In The Road LP, Jackman 7", Special Interests #6 etc. On the way: stuff from Second Sleep, Cathartic Process, Malignant and so on.
Office rotation:
new Altar Of Flies tape
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4 | JULY | 2011
Erik Enocksson - Apan LP is here. Release date is 18/7, but direct orders from RTB ships this week! Truly beautiful recording, one of the bleakest outputs from RTB in a long while.
ERIK ENOCKSSON - APAN LP (RTB#64) Fourth album from Stockholm-based composer Erik Enocksson, following up With Its Dark Tail Curled ’Round The Garage and the soundtracks to Farväl Falkenberg and Man Tänker Sitt (all released on Kning Disk). Eerie and desolate music inspired by "The Ape" by Jesper Ganslandt. Written and recorded fall 2008 through spring 2010. Comes packaged in a 350gsm full color cover jacket with a black inside, LP on clear vinyl housed in a printed innersleeve. Download coupon included. Mastered by Viktor Ottosson. 275 copies.
Utmarken is closed. The three final releases are available now: a 3xtape boxset featuring Ättestupa, Lust For Youth, Arv & Miljö, Sewer Election, Blodvite and Skuggor, as well as a tape with Gothenburg upcomer Feberdröm and a live dvd-r with Alfarmania and Vehm, recorded at Utmarken december 2008... Order here. Thanks alot for the support during the years.
Mailorder update: Keränen - Moon Over Torrelorca CD back in stock, new Järtecknet releases (great new tapes from Damien Dubrovnik and Amph), few found copies of the Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words - Lost In Reflections LP + 7", Body Cargo - Logistics Of Religion 10", Sissy Spacek - Dash LP, Stellar Om Source - Heartland Suite LP, Bestializer - Suburban Low-Life Tape etc...
Summer sale! Since Utmarken is shutting down this month, RTB needs to clear out some stock as soon as possible. From now until June 30th:
20% off on all orders over 250 sek
30% off on all orders over 500 sek
40% off on all orders over 1000 sek
Discount valid on ALL items in the webstore. Please note that the discount will not be visible in the store, it will be calculated by RTB when we are getting back to you with the total including shipping etc.
Wholesale prices are also discounted for the same period. If you need a restock for your store or mailorder, now is the time. Just drop RTB an e-mail and you will get a list right away.
Out now and distributed by RTB: Heinz Hopf/Kam Hassah 7".
Erik Enocksson - Apan LP is at the plant and should be ready early July.
Office rotation:
LR - Exile LP. Keränen - Moon Over Torrelorca CD. Händer Som Vårdar - Bakåtböjning Tape.
3 | MAY | 2011
Two new albums of madness from the Gothenburg underground now distributed by RTB: Lust For Youth - Solar Flare CD/LP (tape version also available!) and Heinz Hopf LP.
Mailorder is up and running again! All orders are shipped, sorry for the delay with some. Also, due to new changes in the postal system, RTB will only be able to ship orders about once a week in the future. It sucks.
Erik Enocksson - Apan LP should be shipped off to the plant this month. Finally. What happens next? Wreathes LP, Rene Hell 10", Satan Power LP, Trepaneringsritualen LP, Skeppet LP...
Altar Of Flies - Förruttnelsen LP is now out of print. Last 5 copies or so of the Dolphins Into The Future - The Music Of Belief CD...
On Utmarken, the Utmarken 2011 boxset will be out later this month. 3xC20 with Blodvite, Lust For Youth, Arv & Miljö, Ättestupa, Skuggor and Sewer Election.
Office rotation:
Lettera 22 LP
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15 | APRIL | 2011
Business will be closed between April 22 and May 3. As usual it's still possible to place orders during this period, just have patience since it will take a while before RTB gets back to you.
All releases are delayed. Erik Enocksson - Apan is up next, hopefully ready next month.
After close to 3 years, we have decided to let Utmarken go. We are doing a few more shows, last one taking place in late May. A few more releases are planned and will be out early summer. Thanks for the support.
Office rotation:
LR/Puce Mary - The Closed Room LP
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4 | MARCH | 2011
Innercity - Backworld LP available now!
INNERCITY - BACKWORLD LP (RTB#66) Second album from Belgian synthscaper Hans Dens, following up the highly acclaimed Future Life LP from 2010 (Aguirre Records). While being rooted in the Belgian underground alongside acts like Orphan Fairytale and Dolphins Into The Future, Innercity brings a more dystopic and bleak approach to the table with it's monotonous and rhythmic set of sounds. With a strange sense of melancholia and hopelessness, Innercity on Backworld invites the listener to a intriguing maze-like journey. 6 tracks. Recorded August 2010 in Antwerp. Mastered by Viktor Ottosson. Edition of 300 copies. Co-release with Ikuisuus.
"Sound slowly takes over the time dimension which is uncovered unreal so we will have to get used to some kind of space-sound reality environment with no chronological order of events. New space be further defined as communication develops and backworlds be unveiled." - from the rare dialogues with Draak Jagers anno 2017
"Le complément de l'énergie était là, déjà présent dans la pensée de son Créateur." - R. Garcet in "Les Apocalypses"
Next up: Erik Enocksson - Apan LP & Satan Power LP.
Upcoming Utmarken shows this spring:
24/3 - Elisha Morningstar (Italien), Jasper TX, Hills
9/4 - Iceage, Red Flesh, War (Danmark), Sewer Election, Arv & Miljö
8/5 – Keränen, Umpio, Vanhala (Finland)
Office rotation:
Innercity - Anti-Music CDR. Ashley C - Timeless Reality CD. Altar Of Flies - Cenotaphs 7". Ultra - Roman Holiday 2xLP + 7". Neghantil 2xTape.
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7 | FEBRUARY | 2011
Der Teenage Panzerkorps 7" finally available!
DER TEENAGE PANZERKORPS - THEE INCANTATIONS OF BUNKER WOLF 7" (RTB#63) Four new tracks from Der Teenage Panzerkorps, hot on the heels of their 3rd album German Reggae (Holidays). Recorded in Berlin 2009 and San Francisco 2010. Mixed by E.X. at Video West and mastered by Viktor Ottosson. Cover photo by Clay Ruby. 116 copies.
Innercity - Backworld LP is at the plant, should be ready in a few weeks! Short Innercity scandinavian tour in the works for the first week in march, dates following shortly.
Next up: Erik Enocksson - Apan LP
Sewer Election - Bristning LP, Ättestupa - Begraven Mot Norr LP and Street Drinkers/Skeppet LP = out of print.
The mailorder will be closed between December 23 and January 4. As usual you can still place orders, but no orders will be processed or shipped during this period. Will make one last visit to the postoffice on December 22, so if you planning on placing an order now, make sure RTB has the payment by then to make the sure order goes out before the holidays.
In the works:
TEENAGE PANZERKORPS - THEE INCANTATIONS OF BUNKER WOLF 7"
INNERCITY - BACKWORLD LP
ERIK ENOCKSSON - APAN LP
SATAN POWER LP
KINIT HER LP (the band will probably change name though) WARMER MILKS LP
SKEPPET LP
TREPANERINGSRITUALEN LP
RENE HELL 10"
HANNA HIRSCH 10"
Thanks for the support during 2010! See you in a bit.
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27 | NOVEMBER | 2010
New release available now!
VIKING JEWS/SMYCKEN LP (RTB#62) Hailing from Gothenburg, Viking Jews is the brainchild of Hannes Norrvide (also a member of bleak rascal duo Lust For Youth), which after a few selfreleased cassettes here offers up 20 shimmering minutes for his vinyl debut. Melancholic and rhythmic stuff melted through cheap keyboards, distinguished vocals and some serious cassette-flippin', somewhat covered under layers of dust, delay and piles of trashed skateboard decks. Twisted west coast ambience and Scandinavian heat all over. Think of Monopoly Child Star Searchers, early Dolphins Into The Future and Innercity and maybe you are halfways. All new material, except the inclusion of the beautiful ambient-closer from the Boneless cassette which we just couldn't resist to put on vinyl.
Smycken resides in Gothenburg/Malmö/Copenhagen and consists of Rasmus Svensson and Hanna Nilsson. Just as with Viking Jews, this is the first vinyl-apperance from Smycken after most notably a cassette on Night People and a CD-R on Psychic Malmö (both released in 2009). 4 tracks of hazy and dreamy music, pushing forward everything towards a more refined pop-sound but without loosing it's initial Fonal-esque psychedelic blurs and almost folky undertones. Current popular culture is being demolished and embraced at the same time. Tracks like Marble Slabz will have you, with a big smile, asking yourself what the fuck just happened and the closer Mysterious Moonlight is the closest thing we have come to a ballad in the RTB discography since... well, ever.
Mastered by Viktor Ottosson. 275 copies. Blue vinyl.
The Erik Enocksson - Apan LP is slightly delayed, we are now aiming for a releasedate in February.
At the plant: Teenage Panzerkorps - Thee Incantations Of Bunker Wolf 7" (limited to 100).
Down to the last 10 copies or so each of the Sewer Election - Bristning LP, Altar Of Flies - Förruttnelsen LP and Street Drinkers/Skeppet LP. Burial Hex - The Tower 7" is pretty much gone too. "Act now".
Some recent mailorder additions: Altar Of Flies - Sacred Trails 7", Kevin Drumm/Michael Esposito 7", Burial Hex - Bagirwa Hymn LP, Mist LP, Ignatz - Selected Songs LP, Lust For Youth - Bodies In Barrels Tape, Scorpion Violente LP etc.
More news soon. 2011 will be nuts.
Office rotation:
Oscillating Innards - Irretrievable 2xtape. Rahu CD. Mauthausen Orchestra - They Never Learn 12". Innercity - Future Life LP.
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21 | OCTOBER | 2010
Burial Hex - The Tower 7" finally available! Limited to 100 copies.
2-track 7" from Clay Ruby's Burial Hex. The A-side is a gloomy slowburner of horror electronics which slowly builds up to the title track on the more rhythmic B-side. With distinctive beats and a Goblin-esque groove, Burial Hex in some ways here continues to explore the path taken on the recently issued Hunger EP. With the assistance of Nathaniel Ritter (Kinit Her) and Shane Verwey (Jex Thoth/Zola Jesus). 100 copies. Total playtime of about 14 minutes.
As for related news, RTB now have copies of the Burial Hex/Kinit Her LP and Burial Hex - From The Rites Of Lazarus LP available in the store. Copies of the Hunger 12" and Bagirwa Hymn LP should be here soon as well.
Up next: Viking Jews/Smycken LP and Erik Enocksson - Apan LP. Both should hopefully be out before the end of the year.
A few new releases confirmed: Warmer Milks LP - Brand new album from the mighty Milks, recently re-united with the Radish On Light line-up! New 7" on Animal Disguise in the works as well. Innercity - Backworld LP - Splendid album from this belgian wizard master of dystopia. Co-release with Ikuisuus. Debut LP on Aguirre is out now (RTB will have copies tomorrow). Kinit Her LP - First vinyl fullength from this Wisconsian powerhouse. Be sure to check out the tape on Brave Mysteries as well as the new split LP with Burial Hex.
Next Utmarken show:
Oscillating Innards
Unexamine
Casiotone For The Painfully Alone
Heinz Hopf
29/10 - 21:00 - E-mail to utmarken.utmarken@gmail.com
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4 | OCTOBER | 2010
Alfarmania/Ättestupa LP is now sold out from RTB. Should still be available from several distributors (Freak Animal, Autarkeia, Hospital, Eclipse, Bis Auf Messers, Aguirre, Malignant, DNT, Holidays, Segerhuva etc).
Ke Ala Ke Kua, the much anticipated new LP from Dolphins Into The Future is now available in the store! Serious record of the year contender.
Next up: Burial Hex - The Tower 7" and Smycken/Viking Jews LP.
9 | SEPTEMBER | 2010
Available now:
ALFARMANIA/ÄTTESTUPA LP (RTB#61)
Limited tour split. 4 tracks from Alfarmania, 3 tracks from Ättestupa.
Burial Hex - The Tower 7" is unfortunately delayed, but will be here within the next few weeks.
Next up: Viking Jews/Smycken LP, Erik Enocksson - Apan LP and a compilation 2x7" with Tomutonttu, Viking Jews, Hype Williams and Innercity.
Next Utmarken shows:
15/9: Dolphins Into The Future & Ducktails
17/9: Alfarmania & Ättestupa
Limited space. Advance "tickets" available, e-mail utmarken.utmarken@gmail.com for info. New tape batch available within the next few days as well. Good stuff.
Office rotation:
Kinit Her - Divine Names Tape, Innercity - Arupa Travels 3xTape, Rene Hell - Baroque Arcade Tape.
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4 | AUGUST | 2010
Short update. Alfarmania/Ättestupa LP + Burial Hex - The Tower 7" will both be out in September. Ättestupa and Alfarmania will be on tour in Europe next month, more info here. Get in touch if you can help out with a date. Both bands are also playing the War & Hate festival 27-28/8. Viking Jews/Smycken LP will be shipped off to the plant as soon as we can afford it. Buy some records!
Sewer Election - Bristning LP is going fast. Should be available now from Freak Animal (Finland), Lal Lal Lal (Finland), Second Layer (UK), Unrest (UK), Tochnit Aleph (Germany), Bis Auf Messers (Germany), Malignant (US), Amethyst Sunset (US), Tedium House (US), Eclipse (US), Posh Isolation (Denmark), Insula (Denmark) and Metamkine (France).
The Peter Wright - Bright Failing Star LP is now out of print. Should still be available from a few distributors.
Crazy amount of new titles available in the store.. Hype Williams LP, Dolphins Into The Future/Marcel Türkowsky tape, Fricara Pacchu CD + lots of other stuff from finnish label Lal Lal Lal, all new Not Not Fun releases, My Cat Is An Alien & Bjerga/Iversen LP + more. Ducktails/Dracula Lewis LP, new The Bitters 12" etc in stock soon!
New No Balls 7" available very soon from RTB. Selfreleased by the band.
Added several reviews for the Utmarken 10", Dolphins Into The Future CD etc.
Shameless self promotion.. Check out new act Heinz Hopf, www.heinzhopf.se. Cassette out soon. A bunch of shows are planned.
HLG made a video for Ättestupas Änglamakerskan (from the Utmarken 10"):
Office rotation:
Hype Williams LP.
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16 | JULY | 2010
Available now:
SEWER ELECTION - BRISTNING LP (RTB#59) Originally released as a tape in 100 copies on Klorofyll Kassetter in 2008 which sold out immediately, Bristning finally gets the vinyl treatment. For this reissue, Dan Johansson revisited the original masters recorded at Utmarken in 2008 and elaborated it into an extended version, now clocking in on 33 minutes. Bristning shows the progression between the loop-based vocal manipulations on Kassettmusik (iDEAL) and the Vidöppna Sår LP (Pan), weaving together elements from both. A RTB favorite in the big Sewer Election discography. Mastered for vinyl by Viktor Ottosson.
Klorofyll said: "Sewer Election gives you a twisted world of decay and filth. Putting out records since 2002, on labels like Segerhuva, Release the Bats!, iDEAL and Troniks, you can definately say Sewer Election has been around quite a while delivering his punches of endlessly violent bursts of noise. Earlier this year, on his latest album called Kassettmusik, Sewer Election introduced a new sound to his music, replacing his former well knowned harsh noise to a more subtle and restrained soundscape, although nonetheless still filled with the corrupting and creepy feeling of moral decay and disease. In many ways Bristning is following in this direction, continuing with a tapeloop orientated sound, and in many ways it is not. Using all kinds metal junk to create analogue noise this recording is at times far more harsh than any fx-pedal ever can be. Bristning consists of only analogue sounds, recorded using microphones and a tapedeck, reducing the artificial feeling and creates a gritty and filthy sound of a world falling into pieces."
New extensive SE home here: www.sewerelection.se.
The summer sale is still valid for 2 weeks (check below post for more information).
Office rotation:
Anything's Better 4xtape. Burial Hex - The Tower. Tropical Nights tape. Cult Of Youth - Filthy Plumage In An Open Sea 12".
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SUMMER 2010 UPDATE
Sewer Election – Bristning LP (RTB#59) will be ready in 2 weeks. Extended cut of the Klorofyll tape which was released late 2008. 275 copies.
Viking Jews/Smycken LP (RTB#60) and Burial Hex – The Tower 7” (RTB#61) are up next. Late summer. The Burial Hex 7” will be limited to 100 and most copies only available directly from RTB.
RTB is releasing a Ducktails/Dolphins Into The Future split in September just in time for their European tour. Format yet to be decided, but it looks like it will be an LP. More info shortly.
Also in the works:
Hollow Tongues LP Savage Young Taterbug LP Satan Power LP Rene Hell 10” Erik Enocksson - Apan LP
The Street Drinkers/Skeppet LP is currently seeking it's way out to several distributors around the world, should be available from Holidays (Italy), Avant! (Italy), Rundgång (Sweden), At War With False Noise (UK), Turgid Animal (UK), Bis Aufs Messers (Germany), Tochnit Aleph (Germany), Enfant Terrible (Netherlands), Insula (Denmark), Posh Isolation (Denmark) and Molehill (Japan) now or shortly.
Ättestupa is playing two festivals in Sweden this summer. Norberg on 29th-31st of July, and War & Hate in Borlänge 27th-28th of August.
MAILORDER SUMMER SALE!
20% off on all orders over 300 sek.
30% off on all orders over 1000 sek.
40% off on all orders over 2000 sek.
This offer ends on 31/7. (Note that the discount will not be visible when you are placing your order in the store, RTB will get you the correct total when getting back to you with the total including shipping etc)
Permanently lowered prices on the following RTB titles:
Blue Sabbath Black Cheer – Crows Eat The Eyes... CD 80kr
Dove Yellow Swans – Live During War Crimes 3 CD 80kr
Hanna Hirsch – Tala Svart CD 80kr
Heavy Winged – Spreading Center CD 80kr
Uton & Antony Milton – NthnthSthsth LP 80kr
Raccoo-oo-oon CD 80kr
Shepherds – Loco Hills CD 80kr
The Holy Kiss – Shot Love On A Back Line CD 40kr
The Skull Defekts – The Drone Drug CD 80kr
Tsukimono – Time Canvas 2xLP 100kr
Warmer Milks – Let Your Friends In CD 40kr
Wet Hair – Dream CD 80kr
The last copies of the following titles:
Ducktails – Backyard CD (less than 40 left)
Peter Wright – Bright Failing Star LP (less than 10 left)
Shepherds – Loco Hills CD (less than 10 left)
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4 | JUNE | 2010
Available now:
STREET DRINKERS/SKEPPET LP (RTB#58) RTB is proud to present a split LP with two of the most promising new acts currently stirring up the Swedish underground.
Street Drinkers is the solo moniker of Viktor Ottosson (Ättestupa). Since 2008, he's been laying down his gloomy patterns to some of the weirdest and most intruiging music we've heard in quite a while. Based around repetitive keyboards, tape loops and chanted vocals, Street Drinkers here delivers 4 tracks with a macabre and sombre mindset. Atmospheric and heavy on the melancholia with some underlying gothic tendencies. Regressive, spiteful and just wrong. Crude recordings with a fidelity not far away from the rotten fuss of mothership Ättestupa. Drums on Clouded Sky by Hannes Norrvide from Lust For Youth/Viking Jews. Previous releases out on Goaty, Utmarken, Kosmisk Väg and Sound Holes.
Skeppet from Malmö consists of Andreas Malm and Henrik Wallin (both members of long running project Fria Konstellationen, as well as heads in charge of the great Kosmisk Väg imprint). Their well-recieved debut tape from 2008 was followed by a split tape with Gothenburgs own Viking Jews in 2009. Influences are said to be acts like Cluster, Harmonia and La Düsseldorf, and here they are continuing the relaxed path taken on the split tape with an even more developed and refined sound. A long and mesmerizing trip into the sun, and a truly beautiful take on kraut/kosmische music. The perfect soundtrack for late summer nights. 2 tracks.
Total playtime of 40 minutes. Artwork by Dan Johansson (Street Drinkers cover/insert) and Henrik Wallin (Skeppet cover/insert). 275 copies.
There will be a releaseparty at Utmarken in Gothenburg on 18/6, both bands will play as well as new local act Skogar. The day after both Street Drinkers and Skeppet will also play at Krets in Malmö.
Next up: Sewer Election - Bristning LP
Office rotation:
Kevin Drumm - Necro Acoustic box.
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3 | MAY | 2010
Available now:
ÄTTESTUPA - BEGRAVEN MOT NORR LP (RTB#55) North of the church, only the worst of mankind was buried. Under the dark soil you could find people who had ended their own lives. Murderers. Thieves. Here in the shadow, the poor souls were gathered for their last rest. Begraven Mot Norr, the second album from Ättestupa, is themed around funeral customs and death processions in the past centuries of rural Sweden.
The first LP was described as a mix of folk tones, 70's German prog, noise and black metal, and via the Att Korsa Den Flod Som Kommer Dränka Oss Alla tape (Abisko) and 1867 12" (DNT), that mixture was refined. With Begraven Mot Norr, Ättestupa returns with their most accomplished and complex recording so far, a natural progression from Änglamakerskan (their praised contribution to the Utmarken compilation 10"). Opening with an eerie violin over a rushing river, the bleak tone is immediately set. Set to a backbone of monotonous drumming, guitars and organs take the freezing lead in the sinister arrangements. Abrasive electronics intersects with field recordings and a sparse and elegant use of acoustic instruments. The chant-like vocals lure somewhere in the background, working as an instrument on it's own. Often based on scrap metal junk abuse and tape loops, the droning interludes from their recent live sets are incorporated. The overall atmosphere is more melancholic, paving itself through different shades of grey with a calmer and more distinct sound than before.
Recorded between summer 2009 and spring 2010. 2 tracks, 35 minutes. Mastered by Viktor Ottosson. Comes with a A1 poster.
New Ättestupa shirts ready as well (also available in a package deal with the LP).
Street Drinkers/Skeppet LP will be shipped off to the plant in a few weeks. Expect this one next month.
In the works: Viking Jews/Smycken LP, Tavaresh 12", Sewer Election - Bristning LP, Satan Power LP, Burial Hex - The Tower 7", Der Teenage Panzerkorps 7".
RTB will put out the debut LP from Hollow Tongues. Hollow Tongues is Edmund Xavier from Teenage Panzerkorps and Toby Grave from Blessure Grave. Your Depression has 12 tracks and will be out after the summer.
Office rotation:
JD Emmanuel - Wizards LP. Mirrors Are Black - Relingar Och Horisonter tape. Händer Som Vårdar - Korridorsblick tape. Duncan Cameron/Innercity 2xtape. Xasthur - Portal Of Sorrow CD.
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20 | APRIL | 2010
Ok, a bit delayed but The Bitters - East General tape is available now! 250 copies. CD/LP is coming out on Mexican Summer in May.
Ättestupa - Begraven Mot Norr LP is at the plant and should be available in 3 weeks. There will be shirts too. Street Drinkers/Skeppet LP is up next (early summer?).
More Dolphins Into The Future reviews added.
As for mailorder news, in stock now is the US press of the No Balls - Come Clean LP. Lots of other new stuff in stock as well. Sewer Election - Vidöppna Sår LP will be here very soon, as well as a big batch of tapes from Lieven Martens Cetacean Nation Communications.
Office rotation:
Ättestupa - Begraven Mot Norr master. Bill Orcutt - A New Way To Pay Old Debts LP. Drudkh - Microcosmos LP. Roommates.
Altar Of Flies live at Nefertiti in Gothenburg 2010-16-04:
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29 | MARCH | 2010
RTB newsletter #1 is ready now. Interviews with Skeppet, Ättestupa and some other stuff. 2500 copies, will be included for free with all orders etc.
The Bitters - East General cassette will be available in 2 weeks.
Ättestupa - Begraven Mot Norr LP is recorded and done, will be shipped off to the plant in a week or two. Expect it sometime in May.
Also getting closer and closer: Street Drinkers/Skeppet LP and Smycken/Viking Jews LP.
Added a bunch of Dolphins Into The Future and Blessure Grave reviews.
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28 | FEBRUARY | 2010
Two new releases out now:
ALTAR OF FLIES - FÖRRUTTNELSEN LP (RTB#57) First vinyl fullength from Mattias Gustafsson aka Altar Of Flies. Since the start in 2006, this prolific artist from Mjölby, Sweden, has done releases on Cipher, Husk, Hästen & Korset, Nil By Mouth and 905, just to name a few. Förruttnelsen is the first new release on RTB since the split LP with Sewer Election which was released early 2008. More organic and mostly recorded live to tape, Förruttnelsen shows a side of Altar Of Flies more reminiscent to the sounds of his live shows. This is more minimalistic in it's approach, weaving together tapeloops, field recordings, junk abuse and raw disciplined electronics creating an claustrophobic and bleak soundscape. Everything slowly builds up towards the abrasive 14 minute long title track closer, making this an monumental journey in all it's gloomy glory. Recorded between April and December 2009. 5 tracks, 41 minutes. Mastered by Viktor Ottosson (Ättestupa). Full colour artwork by Daniel Fagerström. 270 copies.
BLESSURE GRAVE/LUST FOR YOUTH 7" (RTB#56) First release in a series of limited 7"s from RTB, each one in 100 copies and only available directly from the label (or from the bands). Gothenburgs Lust For Youth gives us their chilling Another Night. Melancholic and extremely dirty sounding synth stuff. Blessure Grave covers Misfits Skulls. Red, stamped "dj-sleeves", black vinyl, white labels, handnumbered insert.
The Blessure Grave/Lust For Youth 7" will be followed by a Der Teenage Panzerkorps 7" and a Burial Hex 7" later this year.
Altar Of Flies will be on tour in Europe with The Skull Defekts, starting next week:
Mar 2 Copenhagen Skull Inferno 2010 w/ Skull DFX solo sets + Altar of Flies - Copenhagen
Mar 3 The Pit’s - Kortrijk
Mar 4 La Miroiterie (w/ Evil Moisture + Duncan Pinhas) - Paris
Mar 5 Spoutnik Bar - Nantes
Mar 6 L’Emile Vache - Metz
Mar 7 Cave 12 - Geneva
Mar 8 Hundebiss Basement Party - Milan
Mar 9 Le Sonic - Lyon
Mar 10 KTS - Freiburg
Mar 11 West Germany - Berlin
Mar 12 WORM - Rotterdam
Mar 13 Rote Flora - Hamburg
Next up:
Ättestupa LP. The band is finishing this up as we speak, aiming for a releasedate in April. Title yet to be confirmed. Will be about 40 minutes long. 500 copies.
The Bitters - East General Cassette. Tape version of their debut album. CD/LP will be released by Mexican Summer. April. 250 copies.
Later on: Street Drinkers/Skeppet LP, Satan Power LP, Sewer Election - Bristning LP and Viking Jews/Smycken LP.
Mailorder news: Altar Of Flies - Permanent Cavity CD (on iDEAL Recordings, could be seen as a companion release to the Förruttnelsen LP), Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words - Lost In Reflections CD, Blessure Grave - Judged By 12, Carried By 6 CD (including the tracks from the Captured Tracks 12" as a bonus), ÖH! Wave 2xCD (compilation with swedish bands from the Östergötland area, including RTB acts as Altar Of Flies and Skeppet), Höga Nord LP etc.
Going Places, the last studio album from Yellow Swans is available now. Can't recommend this one enough, stands out as their most definite masterpiece. RTB don't have this one in stock but purchase it from Boomkat.
Upcoming shows at Utmarken this spring:
26/3: Skeppet, Luva, Henning/Lindefeldt
13/4: Silvester Anfang, Hellvete, Bear Bones Lay Low
17/5: Wolf Eyes
Office rotation:
Trepaneringsritualen - Septentrional Tape, Street Drinkers/Lust For Youth Tape, Altar Of Flies - Permanent Cavity CD.
4 | FEBRUARY | 2010
Dolphins Into The Future - The Music Of Belief CD and Blessure Grave - Judged By 12, Carried By 6 LP available now!
Blessure Grave t-shirts available as well.
At the plant: Altar Of Flies - Förruttnelsen LP and Blessure Grave/Lust For Youth 7". Next up is most likely the second LP from Ättestupa.
Got some copies of the No Balls - Come Clean LP returned from a distributor, available in the store now. Act fast.
New releases out on Utmarken now: Dusa - Klorofyll tape and Pestdemon - The Natural Destroyer tape. Also available from Utmarken now is a new Harsh Head Rituals release, a tape with Ryan Bloomer. Order here. On a side note, check out the new GBG label Nattmaran.
More soon.
Office rotation:
Kristian Olsson - Att Vara Där Jag Var Innan Jag Var Jag LP. The Bitters. Kakerlak - Reproductive Activity Rhythms tape. Lust For Youth. Golden Jooklo Age & Peaking Lights LP.
16 | DECEMBER | 2009
Ok, last update for the year! Blessure Grave - Making The Death Beds... 7" is finally ready, and all pre-orders will ship this week. Currently working hard with getting their debutalbum LP Judged By 12, Carried By 6 shipped off to the plant, will hopefully be out late January. There was some problem with the artwork that still needs to be solved. Alien 8 is doing the CD-version.
No Balls - Come Clean LP is now out of print. Should still be available from several mailorders/stores (try Aquarius, Fusetron, Ken Rock, Pollymaggoo, Volcanic Tongue, Second Layer, All Day or Bis Auf Messers).
In the works for 2010:
Dolphins Into The Future - The Music Of Belief CD. Should be out around the same time as the Blessure Grave LP.
Altar Of Flies LP. Title to be confirmed. Master is here, artwork needs to be done. Also look out for a Altar Of Flies CD on iDEAL.
Second Ättestupa LP. The band is almost done with the recording, sounds amazing so far.
Street Drinkers/Skeppet LP and Viking Jews/Smycken LP. After a few tapes each, these fairly new Swedish acts teams up for their vinyldebuts.
Blessure Grave/Lust For Youth 7". Limited mailorder-only 7" with one track from each band.
Sewer Election - Bristning LP. Well deserved vinyl reissue of the Klorofyll tape from 2008, now a bit reworked.
Cross LP. Debutalbum from Michael Turner/Warmer Milks new band.
Satan Power LP. Collaboration between Lasse Marhaug, John Olson, Edwin Pouncey and Joachim Nordwall. Filthy harsh noise with an metallic edge.
Tavaresh - Sleep Depro 2010 12". 3-track Oneohtrix Point Never & Caboladies collaboration.
Lots of people has been asking what's going on with the mailorder. New records still coming in etc. It was way harder than expected to get the RTB stuff out without doing any trades at all, and being able to put out new releases in a timely fashion. For the moment im not sure about the status. As mentioned in the announcement made 6 months ago, the plan was to still keep new RTB-related stuff in stock. Besides that, there will be a few selected new releases coming in once in a while i guess. We'll see what happens. Sale is still on no matter what and more things are being added all the time, so check back once in a while!
Ättestupa - 1867 12" (DNT) is now in stock! Will have the new Blessure Grave 7" on Holidays as well as the new Sewer Election LP on Pan in stock soon.
Thanks alot for supporting RTB during 2009.
Office rotation:
Smycken - Video Haze Tape. Bizarre Uproar - Liha-Evankeliumi 3xCD. Oneohtrix Point Never - Rifts 2xCD. Altar Of Flies - Black Tunnels Tape.
22 | NOVEMBER | 2009
No Balls - Come Clean LP available now! More info here. Limited to 300 copies and bound to go fast. A few mailorders will carry this soon, but it will take a few weeks.
The Blessure Grave - Making The Death Beds 7" is up for pre-order now. We already have the 7"s here, just waiting for the covers to arrive. All pre-orders should ship within the next 2 weeks or so. Judged By 12, Carried By 6 LP out early 2010.
Ättestupa - 1867 12" (DNT) will be available from RTB in a few weeks.
Peter Wright - Bright Failing Star LP is going fast, about 50 copies left for the moment. For related mailorder news, we have copies of the Peter Wright - An Angel Fell Where The Kestrels Hover CD (Spekk) in stock now, as well as his amazing Snow Blind 2xCD (Install).
More news soon!
Office rotation:
Viking Jews - Green Eyes Tape. Grunt - Petturien Rooli CD. Secret Abuse - The Immesurable Gift LP. Yellow Swans - Mort Aux Vaches CD.
6 | NOVEMBER | 2009
Dove Yellow Swans - Live During War Crimes 3 CD available now! 4 full sets from a band that will truly missed.
The final installment in the Live During War Crimes trilogy, this one being one of the last releases ever from Yellow Swans. Four unedited live sets from the bands last year in existence. Included are the PDX Pop Now set (July 2007), a live soundtrack to a film by Avalon Kalin (February 2008), a set from the Picador, Iowa City (October 2007), and the final US show in Chicago (June 2008). Big sounding stuff, very loud and very dense, with the melodic guitarwork being more prominent just as on the last couple of releases. Epic, sky-shredding beauty in a total playtime of 78 minutes. Mastered by Timothy Stollenwerk at Stereophonic Mastering. Comes in a gatefold sleeve with black felt, cover art by Ryan Boyle.
It's a shame i never even got the chance to see them live but at least this is something. For liner notes by Pete Swanson, go to the releasepage. Distributors will have copies in a few weeks.
As for related news, RTB also got a bunch of copies of the Yellow Swans - Mort Aux Vaches CD in the mailorder. It's amazing and also have the coolest packaging i've seen in a long while! Be sure to pick up Going Places, the last studio album from the band which will be released on Type early next year or so as well.
Live clip from the Chicago show (terrible audio, the CD obviously dosen't sound like this so no worries):
R.I.P.
29 | OCTOBER | 2009
RTB will have a showcase at the Ny Musik För Hållbar Utveckling festival in Stockholm on November 14th. Viking Jews, Skeppet and Tar... Feathers will play. David Eng from Ättestupa will also do a soloset. More info.
New RTB releases ready within the nex few weeks:
Dove Yellow Swans - Live During War Crimes 3 CD (RTB#38) No Balls - Come Clean LP (RTB#54) Blessure Grave - Making The Death Beds 7" (RTB#46)
New Ättestupa 12" EP out on DNT anytime now, RTB will have a big bunch of copies (will be available for wholesale as well, just get in touch!). Also more RTB related stuff on the way: Yellow Swans - Mort Aux Vaches CD (Staalplaat), Peter Wright - Snow Blind 2xCD (Install), Sewer Election LP (Pan), Wet Hair - Glass Fountain LP (NNF), Robedoor - Raiders Tape (NNF) + Pagan Drugs 7" (Ketchup Cavern) etc.
Office rotation:
Alfarmania - Skuld Tape. new stuff from Lust For Youth. Survival Unit CD reissues. Natural Snow Buildings - The Shadow Kingdom 2xCD.
8 | SEPTEMBER | 2009
Peter Wright - Bright Failing Star LP available now! Limited to 300 copies. RTB#51. A truly beautiful recording from one of RTBs favorites. All direct orders will also receive a bonus CD-r with a Peter Wright live set recorded in Paris december 2007. Will take a few weeks before any distributors will have the LP. People down under will shortly be able to pick this up directly from Peter Wright here. Audio sample here.
No Balls - Come Clean LP is going to the plant next, aiming for a release in mid October. This is Drajan and Råberg from Brainbombs going nuts. Incredible stuff that sounds like mix of Ruins, Brainbombs and DNA. Right... 11 tracks, 300 copies. A preview is available on the RTB Myspace now.
Dolphins Into The Future - The Sound Of Belief CD should be up next, together with Dove Yellow Swans - Live During War Crimes 3 CD. November, as latest. More info to follow. December: Blessure Grave - Judged By 6, Carried By 12 LP and probably something more... Still in the works: Viking Jews/Dunebuggy LP, Street Drinkers/Skeppet LP, Blessure Grave 7" etc.
Distribution: Wet Hair - Glass Fountain LP (NNF) in stock very soon!
Peter Wright - Bright Failing Star LP is finally being shipped off to the plant this week! Also in the pipeline: Dove Yellow Swans - Live During War Crimes 3 CD and No Balls LP.
From September 1st, i will not longer run RTB fulltime. Will ship orders approx. once a week so delivery time will most likely be a little bit longer than before.
Also, mailorder will be closed between August 19th and August 25th.
More news soon!
Office rotation:
Fantasy Sex tape. Altar Of Flies - Eremiten tape. Regim - Stabbed By The Blind LP. Oneohtrix Point Never - Scenes With Curved Objects. White - Sex Carcass. Blessure Grave - Learn To Love The Rope 12".
13 | JULY | 2009
RTB#50 is now available!
UTMARKEN COMPILATION 10" (RTB#50)
Gothenburg 2009. There's something in the air and something is stirring in the eclectic underground. Brewing magic, movements in every corner and truly exciting times. This is a small document of the first year of Utmarken with four acts contributing one track each.
Street Drinkers, the soloproject of Viktor from Ättestupa, uses layers of synths and vocals to create minimal and dreamy music reminiscent of Wet Hair and Peaking Lights, but with a unique Swedish touch. After the feedback-mayhem on the Gothenburg Blood Cult Tape, Källarbarnen is now back with a more subtle and somewhat mellow track, here using synths, drums, bass and vocals. All lights are out and everything is falling apart. White is Dan from Ättestupa/Sewer Election, and the project should be known from the tapes on Harsh Head Rituals and Segerhuva. Hitting it hard with distorted synthbuzz and vocals, it ends up like the bastard child of Suicide via filth, crime and abuse. Ättestupa ends everything with the best song they have done, a haunting and intense piece called Änglamakerskan. Freezing winds evokes the mean spirit of an long forgotten era. Total Swedish coldness and there is no way back.
The 10" comes with liner notes by Matthias Andersson as well as a photo collage from Utmarken. All tracks were recorded at Utmarken between fall 2008 and spring 2009. Mastered by Pete Swanson. Front photography by Andy Liffner, mugshots on the back by David Eng.
Releaseparty is taking place at Utmarken 29/7. Sewer Election and Viking Jews are playing.
Next up: Peter Wright - Bright Failing Star LP.
15 | JUNE | 2009
Ducktails - Backyard CD out now! It collects all the early tapes. Total playtime is close to 74 minutes! Perfect summer soundtrack. Be sure to pick up the NNF album as well, RTB has copies of the LP in stock now and they have been going fast!
The sale is still on. Still some mailorder-turbulence, please expect up to 3 week for delivery now. It has been going very well and most of the old stock is actually gone. Still lots of new stuff on the way so it will take a few months before the mailorder is gone. And as mentioned earlier, RTB will still have a small selection of RTB-related items! Note that the store will be closed between June 19th and July 7th, you can still place orders during this period but no orders will be processed whatsoever. No e-mails will be replied either. Thanks. Vacation!
In the works for the rest of the year (probably in this order):
* Utmarken compilation 10". RTB#50! Showcasing the Gothenburg underground scene of 2009 with Ättestupa, White, Källarbarnen and Street Drinkers, all Utmarken-related acts. Will be shipped off to the pressingplant this week and should be done in July.
* Peter Wright - Bright Failing Star LP. First fullenght vinyl from Peter Wright! August. www.distantbombs.com
* Dolphins Into The Future CD. Not much information yet but this should be done fairly soon, late summer? Lieven is cooking it right now, and if the NNF LP is anything to go by... One of the most unique artists in Europe for the moment.
* Dove Yellow Swans - Live During War Crimes III CD. Last installment in the LDWC series, this collects some of the very last DYS shows. After the summer.
* Sewer Election - Bristning LP. Extened vinyl version of the long gone Klorofyll tape. Up there with Kassettmusik as the very best SE release.
Sooner/later: Blessure Grave, No Balls, Street Drinkers, Golden Jooklo Age, Soft Shoulder, Viking Jews, Dunebuggy, Ättestupa, Tar... Feathers, Altar Of Flies, Fantasy Sex etc.
Ättestupa/Tar... Feathers Tour
24 juni Berlin- Lokal
25 juni Kassel - secret location
26 juni Dresden - AZ Conni
27 juni Prag - 007 Strahov
28 juni Warsawa - UFA
29 juni Krakow - Kawiarnia Naukowa
30 juni Wien - Rhiz
01 juli Maribor - Pekarna
02 juli (TBC)
03 juli Frankfurt - IVI
04 juli Karlsruhe - Kohi
05 juli Leipzig - Atari
Office rotation:
Dolphins Into The Future - On Sea-Faring Isolation LP. Peter Wright - Snow Blind 2xCD. Altar Of Flies - Eremiten Tape.
15 | MAY | 2009
RTB is closing the mailorder! Huge sale!
I've been doing the mailorder/distribution since 2000 (yep, it was actually started 2 years before the label was born), but now it's time to move on. Sales has contantly been winding down during the last year, not sure why but it's getting harder and harder to run things properly because of this. I haven't sold a single copy of lots of titles that has arrived this year. Current status in the world certainly dosen't help, and it seems like the whole independent music industry is going through some rough changes for the moment. Some will survive, some will die. People rather order directly from the labels than from mailorders, and it's quite hard to compete with all these limited pressings and so on. I feel like there is no purpose for RTB these days. But more importantly, i just don't want to do it anymore. Lots and lots of hours spent packing up records, standing in line at the post office etc. It used to be filled with joy but not anymore. Some personal changes in life are to occur and i will just do RTB fulltime for a few more months. It's been a fun ride but i will not miss it. RTB as a label will still be the same so no worries there, the upcoming release schedule is insane!
RTB will try to get rid of most of the stock during the summer. After that, there will be a tiny section of RTB related releases kept, and we will most likely try to stock related stuff also in the future (we are talking about a section with maybe 20-30 different titles here, so you will always be able to pick up the latest Ducktails and The Skull Defekts releases from RTB). But the regular RTB mailorder as we know it will be dead and buried.
Here is what will happen:
* There is a huge RTB sale, starting today! Lots of CDs/LPs for around €4.80 each, 7"s/tapes for €2.00 etc. Some are cheaper, some are bit more expensive. Still working on this but im almost done. Check back once in a while, things will change all the time!
* RTB still has LOTS of new stuff on the way, which will be sold for standard price. Newer stuff and RTB related releases will also have the full price. Stuff we have on consignment will also be sold for standard price (and if unsold after the summer, be returned to the labels).
* Cheap secret packages will be available, with some personal favorites that has been impossible to sell for some reason. Not just some random shitty records.
* Some records will be sold on Ebay (I really can't believe some certain records from labels like Nuclear War Now, Qbico and Three Lobed still are in stock!).
* The RTB store at Utmarken will continue to be a shrine for underground music in one way or another, but probably more like a joint store between the in-house labels or something. (On a side note, Swedish people planning to go through the RTB stock at Utmarken should rather place an order in advance via the online store, then you can just pick it up. Things will be messy...)
If any distributors/mailorders/stores would be interested in buying parts of the stock wholesale (or just certain titles), get in touch as soon as possible! Would obviously rather sell as much as possible of the stock in bulk than filling lots of single orders...
Would also like to take the opportunity to say thank you to all returning customers RTB had during the years. It has always been a big pleasure meeting people for the first time after they've been ordering stuff for years! Shoutouts to some of my best customers: Mattias Gustafsson, Kostas Kefalianos, Marcus Svensson and Viktor Ottosson. Dedicated musiclovers and true big-spenders, you literally saved my ass more than once!
So yeah, take your time to browse through the sale carefully, lots of gems to be found for cheap! A good opportunity to check out some new stuff as well.
Wet Hair - Dream CD and Blue Sabbath Black Cheer - Crows Eat The Eyes From The Leviathans Carcass CD available now! Official street date is May 18th but as of today these are ready to be shipped directly from the RTB mailorder. I know everyone hates CDs these days (me too), but the vinyl version of Dream that was put out by Not Not Fun is already out of print and most of the stuff on the BSBC CD is impossible to find now. Wet Hair is coming in a Dual Plover styled gatefold sleeve with black felt (we have used these quite alot now so you should be familiar with the look by now!), and the BSBC has sturdy cardboard sleeves screenprinted and assembled by Stumptown Printers. Black on black print on both the sleeve and the discs, looks killer!
Still very much hot: Tsukimono - Time Canvas 2xLP and the Heavy Winged - Spreading Center CD.
Lots of people are asking what's up with the Blessure Grave 7" and to be honest i have no idea...
So what's in the pipeline for the moment... Next up will be the Ducktails - Backyard CD (yeah, change of title there), which is a collection of all the tapes together with some new stuff. One of my current favories, really looking forward to get this one out! Then we have the Peter Wright - Bright Failing Star LP, which is his first LP ever! Beautiful recording with stunning artwork. Should be out sometime during the summer. Vinyl version of Sewer Elections Bristning is coming up. Originally released as a tape on Klorofyll but the LP will be an extended version. Face dragged in shit. Dolphins Into The Future CD is happening sometime during 2009 as well. In August RTB#50 will be released, more information about this one later on... Also in the works: Tar... Feathers - Chinese Democracy LP, Ättestupa second album, stuff with Golden Jooklo Age, Street Drinkers, Soft Shoulder
etc.
The mailorder has been going very slow the last couple of months, hopefully it gets back on track again or else RTB will not be able to keep that many new titles in stock in the future. Seems like every other distributor/mailorder is currently shutting down so we'll see what happens... Rough times.
RTB is now distributing Electric Annihilation #1 in Europe. First issue has interviews with Emeralds, Heny Rollins, John Olson, Sun Araw and Wet Hair. Plus more stuff. Get in touch for wholesale rates! Single copies can of course also be purchased in the RTB store now!
RTB is hitting the road with Ättestupa and Tar... Feathers in June/July. We will hit a couple of different countries in eastern Europe as well as Germany etc. Full schedule ready soon!
Utmarken... Couple of new releases out now, which can be purchased here. I do not run the Utmarken mailorder so note that these releases can not be ordered from the RTB store (we can usually combine orders though to get the shipping costs down). Especially recommended is Ett Annat Göteborg, which is a 80-minute long compilation tape with newer acts from Gothenburg.
Office rotation:
Nate Young - Regression CD, Tyvek - Blunt Instrumental tape, Viking Jews tape, Neokarma Jooklo Trio - Time's Vibes LP, Peaking Lights - Imaginary Falcons LP, new songs from Hanna Hirsch, Peter Wright - Bright Failing Star master, Ett Annat Göteborg compilationtape...
Ducktails - Landrunner:
9 | MARCH | 2009
Tsukimono live footage from the Time Canvas releaseparty that took place at Utmarken this weekend:
Ättestupa is playing with Fabulous Diamonds in Gothenburg 13/3.
RTB related mailorder news: Robedoor - Rancor Keeper LP + Neil On Impression - L'oceano Delle Onde Che Restano Onde Per Sempre 2xLP and Tsukimono - Great Blood CDR. I can also really recommend the new Jasper TX album, absolutely stunning!
More soon!
Office rotation:
Jasper TX - Singing Stones CD. Självhat - Skönhet Part 3 Tape. The Rita - Nylons Of Laura Antonelli. Blessure Grave.
20 | FEBRUARY | 2009
Ok, so both the Tsukimono - Time Canvas 2xLP and Heavy Winged - Spreading Center CD is here and ready to ship! All pre-orders are being shipped this weekend. Copies to distributors etc next week. Be sure to pick them up! More detailed information about both releases somewhere else.
Next up is the Blessure Grave 7" and Wet Hair - Dream CD. These should be out in late March as latest. Blue Sabbath Black Cheer CD around the same time hopefully!
Spring 2009... Ducktails - Illuminations CD (collection of old tapes + some new cuts), Dolphins Into The Future CD and maybe something more. Also in the works: Sewer Election LP, Peter Wright LP, Dove Yellow Swans - Live During War Crimes 3 CD/DVD, Soft Shoulder CD. Later this year: new stuff from Ättestupa, Ducktails, Blessure Grave and Tar... Feathers.
As many other labels, RTB will stop doing CDs in the future. There is 1-2 more in the works, not yet properly announced, then it's vinyl only. Might include CD versions in some LP releases.
Hanna Hirsch - Tala Svart is getting great reviews everywhere and is being compared to everything from Tant Strul to Wedding Present. I still listens to the album on a daily basis. Vinyl version is coming out on Adagio 830 this spring and a tape version on Klorofyll Tapes is also in the works.
Very, very few copies left of the Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words - Lost In Reflections LP + 7". CD is coming soon on Killer Pimp.
RTB is now distributing the repress of the Naked On The Vague - The Blood Pressure Sessions CD (Dual Plover) in Europe. Get in touch if you are interested in wholesale, we have a big box of copies available of this amazing album:
Following from their self-titled single, Naked On The Vague’s debut album, ‘The Blood Pressure Sessions’, dives deep into a world of apocalyptic pop and psychedelic weirdness... Lucy and Matthew’s disparate vocals grip onto stabbing keys and menacing hook-laden bass lines, pushed on by an unrelentless drum machine far past the end of its warranty period. Essentially this is a ‘punk’ assault packaged into nine distinct tracks that range from some almost dance-able short and sharp ‘hits’ to gloomy extended freak-outs. Taking direction from where the short lived no-wave movement ended Naked On The Vague expand on what that imploded scene could have garnished had it not succumbed to its own fatalistic shortcomings.
"This is the type of noise that compels people to cut themselves, writhe on the floor, dance and laugh, all within the same moment." - SKYSCRAPER.
"if this was released 30 years ago, it would be studied and discussed with fervor just as other No Wave classics are getting treated today." - Jackson Glass
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Ättestupa in Stockholm last weekend:
3 | FEBRUARY | 2009
The Tsukimono - Time Canvas 2xLP and Heavy Winged - Spreading Center CD is up for pre-order now!
New tape out soon on Abisko with the title Att korsa den flod som kommer dränka oss alla. Tape version of the long gone RTB album is coming even sooner on Utmarken. And finally, a 3-song 45rpm 12" will be out on DNT this spring.
Hanna Hirsch awesomeness:
More soon.
Office rotation:
Wet Hair.
4 | DECEMBER | 2008
Tala Svart, the very much anticipated debutalbum from the amazing Hanna Hirsch is here! Following up several seveninches, Tala Svart takes the bands powerful pop sensibility to total perfection over 14 tracks. Self described as "awkward Buzzcocks", Hanna Hirsch continues to dig deep into the underground popular culture of the last 30 years or so, here creating a minor masterpiece of beautiful powerpop. All 14 tracks are A-side single material. Life elevating and absolutely necessary music. Mastered by John Golden (Sonic Youth, Superchunk etc). Dual Plover styled glossy gatefold-sleeve with black felt with artwork by Siri. 20 page booklet. Split release with Diskret Förlag. A releaseparty took place at Utmarken a few days ago and it was a blast! Check out the video below. Oh well. Can't rave enough about this album. IT'S SO FUCKING GOOD! (The photo above and the photo on the front page was taken by Håkan Hallberg at the Utmarken show)
RTB is now also distributing the Hanna Hirsch/Young Fit Males 7", get in touch for wholesale/trades!
The Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words - Lost In Reflections LP + 7" set is going very fast, less than 30 copies left here! Check out the new issue of The Sound Projector for an in-depth interview with Thomas. The last album from Raccoo-oo-oon is slowly seeking it's way out as well. For those who are eagerly awaiting the vinyl version on NNF, RTB will be carrying copies very soon!
RTB will not put out the reissue of Heavy WingedsTaking The Veil, at least not yet. Insted we will put out a brand new album with the band, it will go under the title Spreading Center and should be ready early January '09!
This will most likely be the last news update of the year so here's a heads up on what's happening in 2009 and so on with the label:
First out is the just mentioned Heavy Winged - Spreading Center CD, and later in january we should finally have the Tsukimono - Time Canvas 2xLP ready! After that: Blue Sabbath Black Cheer CD, Soft Shoulder - Collection CD, Jail Weddings 10" and a White Tape.
Also sometime in 2009: Dolphins Into The Future CD, Ducktails CD, Dove Yellow Swans - Live During War Crimes 3 CD + DVD, Peter Wright LP... And there is more.
Live recording of a Tar... Feathers show from the latest tour is posted here.
As usual, thanks alot for the support during the year and so on!
Office rotation:
Tala Svart.
(Hanna Hirsch - Ingen Kommer Sakna Oss, Tala Svart releaseparty 29/11)
4 | NOVEMBER | 2008
Two very much anticipated longplayers are finally here after several delays: Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words - Lost In Reflections LP + 7" set and the last Raccoo-oo-oon CD! Both turned out just amazing, Lost In Reflections is probably the most monumental release in the history of RTB. Elaborate packaging that reflects the music in many ways, black as the night. Sleeves with printed insides, black innersleeves, 7" pressed on 70g vinyl, LP on 180g vinyl. Raccoo-oo-oon = 74 minutes! A total future-prog mayhem, if there ever was one. Official release date is november 23rd for both releases, but you can pick up both in the RTB store now. Will start ship later this week...
GBG Energi is taking place in Gothenburg starting this Thursday. RTB acts Ättestupa, The Skull Defekts and Tsukimono is playing as well as several other bands. More info.
Next up is the debut album from Hanna Hirsch. This will be ready within the next 4 weeks. Also in the works: Heavy Winged - Taking The Veil CD, Blue Sabbath Black Cheer - Crows Eat The Eyes From The Leviathans Carcass CD and the Soft Shoulder - Collection CD. Last CDs from RTB in a while, i believe.
Tar... Feathers will be on tour in Europe next week, dates below. One day we will release the second album from Tar... Feathers...
Utmarken is going pretty well! Started out kind of slow but we are slowly getting somewhere with everything. On the in-house imprint there will soon be a Tsukimono/Luva tape as well as Ättestupa shirts. These will not be available from RTB but you can order them directly from Utmarken later on.
Office rotation:
Soft Shoulder. The Muslims. Wavves. Smycken. Alfarmania. Magic Lantern. Poppets. Los Llamarada. Treetops. Dolphins Into The Future. Sic Alps.
22 | SEPTEMBER | 2008
Releaseparty for the Ättestupa LP is taking place at Utmarken 24/9. Send an e-mail with your name to utmarken.utmarken@gmail.com if you want to come. Deathroes (US) is playing as well. First show ever from Ättestupa. Will have a new Utmarken release available as well, a live tape with Leafes and Uton. More news soon.
4 | SEPTEMBER | 2008
After a long delay, the Ättestupa LP and Loosers/Owl Xounds Exploding Galaxy 7" are both finally available! Unfortunately the Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words - Lost In Reflections LP + 7" will still take some weeks...
RTB is opening a small store front! I will co-run this new space here in Gothenburg under the name Utmarken together with the folks behind Harsh Head Rituals, Klorofyll Kassetter and some other people. The basic idea is to create an nice environment for the eclectic Gothenburg scene, under the same roof there will be a rehearsalplace/studio, a room for screenprinting and exhibitions, a very small RTB store front (+ office/stockroom of course) and so on. Utmarken has two roofs and several different rooms. The place is only 10 minutes by tram from the centralstation in a part of Gothenburg called Almedal (just behind the amusement park Liseberg). Before us, there was an car mechanic service in the same place and the whole building has a very nice industrial feel. Grand opening took place a few weeks ago, Uton and Leafes played and it was a beautiful evening. Note: the RTB store will NOT operate as a regular recordshop, as a start it will only be open on Saturdays. More information, photos and so on here. Check back on a regular basis for updates!
Next up:
Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words - Lost In Reflections LP + 7" Blue Sabbath Black Cheer - Crows Eat The Eyes From The Leviathans Carcass CD Raccoo-oo-oon CD Hanna Hirsch - Tala Svart CD Soft Shoulder - Collection CD
Office rotation:
Sewer Election - Kassettmusik CD
25 | JULY | 2008
2 new releases ready within the next 3 weeks:
ÄTTESTUPA LP (RTB#45) There is a myth that elders in the old Sweden was thrown down from a big mountain or height when they no longer was for any use in the farms and households. This place was called Ättestupa. And that is the name of a new band from Gothenburg. Dealing with an old era of Sweden, this is music that reeks of plague, desolate countrysides, heathen rituals and long and harsh cold winters. With members from Leafes and Sewer Election, it would be easy to call Ättestupa off as an mix of those two acts when it comes to the sound, but there is definitely more to it than that. With traces of dark folkmusic, black metal and 70's German prog, this is mean-spirited stuff with an unique atmosphere. The debut album is a journey back to a forgotten world, an anti-urban masterpiece. Two tracks ('Tjälen' and 'Den Stora Sjukdomen') and a playtime of 40 minutes. Limited to 330 copies.
DEAD LETTERS SPELL OUT DEAD WORDS - LOST IN REFLECTIONS LP + 7" (RTB#42) The most definite masterpiece so far from Gothenburgs Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words. Fourth album and the first on vinyl only. A beautiful and majestic piece of work ranging from more subtle and abstract parts to epic passages that feels almost orchestrated. Monumental drone music that hurts. Split release with iDEAL, Fang Bomb and When Skies Are Grey.
Samples from both releases now posted on the RTB Myspace. Also available within the next few weeks: Owl Xounds/Loosers 7".
Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words, Sewer Election and Leafes are going on a small tour in Europe starting next week:
tuesday 29 july - gamla china bion, jönköping, sweden
wedsday 30 july - skånes konstförening, malmö, sweden
thursday 31 july - az muelheim, muelheim ruhr, germany
friday 1st august - frontline, gent, belgium
saturday 2nd august - helbaard, den haag, netherlands
monday 4th august - hamburg, more details soon
Tar... Feathers/Happiness split LP in stock now!
Office rotation:
Jason Crumer - Burning In Hell LP
23 | JUNE | 2008
The Skull Defekts maniacal album The Drone Drug is now available in the store! Please play it loud. Will hit the regular stores/distributors and online retailers in 3 weeks.
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First there was Skkull then there was The Drone Drug... Continuing on the same path, the sound of The Drone Drug is of a similar relentless minimalistic nature as its predesessor. This could be seen as the electronic backbone to last years amazing Blood Spirits & Drums Are Singing (Conspiracy Records), creating a heavy beast with the most basic and stripped-down use of variations in drones and frequencies instead of guitars and percussion. Monotonous motor humming via drugged-out machinery and assaults of feedback attacking with a strong feel of claustrophobia.
Compared to Skkull, The Drone Drug evolves more around a grim and abrasive sound, constantly toying with lo-fi aesthetics and a rough industrial edge. The atmosphere created is thick and black, bringing up visions of a dystopian society trembling on the edge of the world. Spreading the disease in a world slowly dying, The Drone Drug is poison and affect you it will.
On this recording, The Skull Defekts is Joachim Nordwall and Henrik Rylander. 4 tracks cut by an unsharpened razor. Total playtime of 52 minutes. 4-panel digipack with artwork by Daniel Fagerström. Limited to 500 copies.
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We are celebrating the release of this album at the releaseparty of the Gothenburg 08 CD on Thursday (26/6). The Skull Defekts, Sewer Election, Tsukimono, Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words + more are playing. The Drone Drug will be available for a lower cost this evening.
Loosers/Owl Xounds 7" is at the plant. Portuguese psychedelic jams from Loosers, a quite and subtle guitar-driven piece, and more out there jazz madness from Brooklyn's Owl Xounds on the flipside. Available within the next 2-3 weeks.
After several delays on the Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words - Lost In Reflections LP + 7" set, everything is finally ready for the pressing plant and will be shipped off next week!
The Blue Sabbath Black Cheer CD will be out late summer. Title will be Crows Eat The Eyes From The Leviathans Carcass and this is a collection of several out of print vinyl-sides along with some new cuts.
Lots of RTB artists are touring this summer, check out the shows section!
Mailorder business will shut down for 2 weeks in July. Vacation, will be on tour with Tar... Feathers, re-organisation etc. To avoid delays, have your order in before 8/7.
Other RTB related release news: Warmer Milks - Soft Walks out now on Animal Disguise. Tar... Feathers/Happiness LP out in July on Adagio 830. New Pocahaunted LP on Weird Forest. Leafes - Seedland Tape out any day now on the new GBG label Klorofyll Kassetter. Everything available from the RTB store sooner or later...
More news soon. Big plans for the future.
Office rotation:
Pink Reason, Lie Down In The Light, The Drone Drug, Heavy Winged, Vivian Girls, Exquisite Fucking Boredom.
30 | MAY | 2008
Now distributed by RTB:
GOTHENBURG 08 CD (FANG BOMB)
In 1984, Gothenburg, Sweden based record label/gallery/publishing house/artist breeding ground Radium 226.05 released 'Gothenburg 84', a now legendary compilation LP. 'Gothenburg 84' documents an unusually creative period in Gothenburg. The LP featured artists such as CM von Hausswolff, Freddie Wadling, Zbigniew Karkowski and Jean-Louis Huhta, all then upcoming talents - now regarded as pioneers.
Now, in 2008, Gothenburg's electronic and experimental scene is again soaring with talent, and it is time again to document a unique era. This is what 'Gothenburg 08' sets out to do. And this is the tracklist:
Viktor Sjöberg & Jonas Lindgren - 'Guldheden'
Anders Dahl - 'Strätta, flockblomstriga 4'
Porn Sword Tobacco - 'Feminin arkitektur'
Sewer Election - 'Mot döden'
Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words - 'Facelessness Erases Every Trace Of Humanity'
Jasper TX - 'And I Close My Eyes'
The Skull Defekts - 'Invocation of Brother Rune Lindblad'
Tsukimono - 'Moan Jar'
Joel Brindefalk - 'Monitoring My Own Death'
Porn Sword Tobacco - 'Ett jaläger och ett nejläger'
The NTHnthsthSTH LP, which is a collaboration between Uton and Antony Milton, has been available for mailinglist-members for a few weeks now (sign up now!) but was just added to the store. Copies will go out to distributors within the next few weeks. Truly amazing album recorded in Linnavuori and Wellington from 2005 to 2007. Full colour artwork by both Jani Hirvonen and Antony Milton and liner notes by Jon Dale. 520 copies made. Highly, highly recommended.
The Shameless Kiss Of Vanity III! More than 4 years in the making, RTB has finally unleashed the last part of the trilogy started with RTB#1 back in early 2002! A The Cure tribute with 8 bands covering the classic 1982 album Pornography from start to end: Swann Danger, Turn Pale, Cut City, La Quiete, The Je Ne Sais Quoi, Sixteens, A Trillion Barnacle Lapse and Chromatics. With most tracks recorded back in 2004, this compilation showcases the magic of the early years of RTB better than a regular label sampler ever could. For several reasons we decided to release this on tape only. Pro-duplicated tapes and a one-time pressing of only 250 copies... Unforunately the sound on the tape turned out kind of weird (tape hiss x 1000) so a CDR will be included with all copies. As a bonus, the CDR has some tracks from The Shameless Kiss Of Vanity I and II! This is available in the store now and will ship mid next week.
Tons of new releases in the works. A short status update:
Loosers/Owl Xounds 7" (RTB#38). Everything is done, will be shipped off to the plant within a week for a releasedate in June. Killer stuff from both bands! Watch out for upcoming Loosers releases on Eclipse and Qbico by the way...
The Skull Defekts - The Drone Drug CD (RTB#41). The recording is mastered and done, artwork is being finalized today. Will go to the plant next week and this should be ready in early June. Digipack and limited to 500, just as with the now almost out of print Skkull CD. Will ruin your summer for sure.
Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words - Lost In Reflections elaborate LP + 7" set (RTB#42). This one will hit HARD. Should be mastered any day. Artwork almost done as well it seems. Split release with iDEAL, When Skies Are Grey and Fang Bomb. June! Previews on a few tracks here.
Still in the works but will probably take a bit longer: Tsukimono - Time Canvas LP, Tar... Feathers - Time Of Death LP, new Neil On Impression album and Uton - Deep Inside The Dream 3xCD.
Two new releases confirmed:
Brand new album from Raccoo-oo-oon! RTB will do the CD and Not Not Fun will do a 2xLP of it. The recording is already done and is absolutely fantastic! 76 minutes... 76 minutes! More all over the place, more all over everything. Spaced out prog-madness, just beyond everything. Be prepared. Just waiting for the artwork etc. I think it's safe to say that you can expect this one in July... More detailed information soon.
RTB is also putting out the debut album from Hanna Hirsch! Never heard of them? Elevating and life-changing set-fire-to-policetrucks power from Stockholm, self-described as 'Awkward Buzzcocks' which is pretty damn right on spot! Definitely the most straight up pop-sounding stuff we have released since Tar... Feathers. Listen here (both 'Strålning dödar' and 'Framtid och besvär' will be on the album). Stay up late, get drunk, fall in love. The title of the album will be Tala Svart. Split release with Diskret Förlag.
Yellow Swans broke up. They will be playing a few more shows this summer then it's over. Be sure to pick up the new split LP with Ex-Cocaine, probably the best stuff they have ever done. Incredible.
RTB was interviewed on itsatrap.com, mostly about the GBG scene, read it here.
Seems like ALL bands will be touring this summer, check out the shows-section. This will be update more frequently from now on.
Last call on the Pocahaunted/Orphan Fairytale 7", The Skull Defekts - Skkull CD and the Altar Of Flies/Sewer Election LP...
Current office rotation:
Hanna Hirsch recordings. Blank Dogs - On Two Sides LP. new Edwige tape. Leafes - Seedland. White - Tormented tape.
22 | APRIL | 2008
Tar... Feathers - Rumours Travels Fast video:
27 | MARCH | 2008
Pocahaunted/Orphan Fairytale split 7" finally available! 500 made (more than half of the press is already gone). Tons of packages are going out to distros/mailorders etc this week.
The Altar Of Flies/Sewer Election LP has been flying out the door as well. About 40 LPs left here for the moment...
The Uton & Antony Milton collaboration LP is at the plant. Should be ready to ship in late April. A sample is posted on the RTB Myspace. Seems like the Loosers/Owl Xounds 7" will finally be ready for the plant very soon as well!
Gothenburg 2008 will rule the world. So many exciting things happening for the moment and RTB will continue with exploring and supporting the local activites here in town as much as possible. Expected before the summer is no less than 3 releases showcasing the brewing magic that is currently taking place here: brand new fullength CD from The Skull Defekts, kind of similar to Skkull in its minimalistic approach but this one is heavier and waaay dirtier. GRIM sounding stuff. The Drum Drug has been mentioned as a possible title, we'll see... New stunning album, and first on vinyl, from Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words. The title is Lost In Reflections and it will be a LP + 7" set released together with a bunch of other local labels. The final details are still being sorted out on this one but you can expect something elaborate if everything goes as planned... And finally, the vinyl edition of Tsukimono's beautiful recording Time Canvas (originally released as a limited CD-R on Kning Disk last year). On a side note, Fang Bomb is putting out a Gothenburg 2008 compilation soon with the 3 above mentioned acts as well as Sewer Election, Viktor Sjöberg, Jasper TX etc...
The mailorder section is still growing bigger every day. Just arrived: Gilgongo stuff (new Foot Village LP, French Quarter CD/LP, amazing The Soft Shoulder 7" etc, a personal favorite label of mine and all these releases comes HIGHLY recommended!), Religious Knives - Archive live CD, lots of Bottrop-Boy, Pica Disk, Aurora Borealis and Weird Forest releases, new Birchville Cat Motel LP on Conspiracy, Jex Thoth stuff etc...
Current office rotation:
Peter Wright. Swell Maps. The Soft Shoulder. Titus Andronicus. Liliput. Leafes. New Bloods. Bizarre Uproar. Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words.
The Altar Of Flies/Sewer Election LP is here and ready to ship! Two of the best acts currently dwelling in the depths of the Swedish underground scene. Sewer Election should be well-known by now, previous releases includes a split 12" with Incapacitants, cds on Troniks and Chondritic Sound and the amazing Killing-tapes. Altar Of Flies has created quite a buzz over the last year with a huge amount of very limited tape/cd-r releases. On this split LP, Sewer Election contributes with the nasty Rotten Corpse. A crude and disgusting piece. Monotonous, freezing coldness. Altar Of Flies continues with his dark and eerie forest rumblings. Buried claustrophobic lo-fi insanity straight from hell. Heavy outbursts of feedback. Could've been outtakes from an old Dario Argento soundtrack. Mean-spirited ugliness from both bands. Limited to 325 copies. Black sleeves with a sticker, black innersleeves, black vinyl.
Next up: Orphan Fairytale/Pocahaunted 7"! Should be ready within the next few weeks. Long delayed and much anticipated.
Later this early spring: Tsukimono - Time Canvas LP (+ bonus CD-R with a new companion recording), new The Skull Defekts CD and maaaybe the The Shameless Kiss Of Vanity Vol.3 LP.... And hopefully the Glass Candy/Chromatics 7".
A few new releases confirmed! First off, RTB is very excited to announce 2 releases from Uton (hailing from Tampere, Finland)! There will be a 3xCD set with the title Deep Inside The Dream, a epic collection of old recordings etc. Split release with Last Visible Dog. Then RTB will also put out a Uton & Antony Milton collaboration LP. A truly amazing recording that definitely deserves the vinyl treatment. This release will most likely go under the name NthNth/SthSth. Expect both the 3xCD and LP later this spring!
Later this year RTB will also put out a CD with Blue Sabbath Black Cheer. Blackened mayhem from Seattle. Slated for a summer release. More info later on!
New reviews added for the Robedoor and Warmer Milks albums.
The Edwige 7" and Catena Collapse 12" are now out of print. Robedoor - Rancor Keeper is almost gone, down to the last 10 copies or so. American Dust is putting this out on vinyl later on. Running low on the Shepherds - Loco Hills CD as well. Good news is that our favorite label Not Not Fun will put out this on vinyl soon!
The mailorder is still growing every week! RTB is now also stocking labels like Aurora Borealis, Important, Pseudo Arcana, Southern Lord, Ruby Red, Norma Evangelium Diaboli and Audiomer. Stocking up with as much RTB-related stuff as possible as well, expect more releases from band such as Uton, Altar Of Flies and Blue Sabbath Black Cheer soon!
The shit
THERE WILL BE BLOOD
19 | FEBRUARY | 2008
Tar... Feathers doing a cover of Lurad Igen live in an apartment a few days ago. Cirkeln sluts.
16 | JANUARY | 2008
New beginnings. The Altar Of Flies/Sewer Election LP + the Pocahaunted/Orphan Fairytale 7" will be here in February! For more detailed information on what's happening in 2008 when it comes to new releases, check out the previous news post here.
Tons of new stuff on the way to the online store! Expect new stuff from labels such as Load, Nuclear War Now, Arbor, Conspiracy, Denovali, Southern Lord, No Fun, Fuck It Tapes/Woodsist, Robotic Empire, Animal Disguise, Shrimper, Public Guilt, Blackest Rainbow and more very soon. First batch of DVDs will be here soon from the italian company Raro, more to come!
There is a new RTB mailinglist since a few months back. It works way better than the old one. Sign up to the right if you aren't on it already! You will recieve an mailorder update once a week with some label news, tour updates etc as well.
The first bunch of Robedoor - Rancor Keeper and Warmer Milks - Let Your Friends In CD reviews was just added!
Tar... Feathers added a sample of a new track on their Myspace today. So new that it don't even have vocals yet! The upcomming album is not only the most anticipated album of 2008, it is the most anticipated album ever. Split 7" with Heartwarmer out on Gasping For Breath this spring.
Leafes is doing a show in the RTB apartment on 26/1. More info somewhere else, soon.
The shit
Prurient/Kevin Drumm CD.
21 | DECEMBER | 2007
The Warmer Milks - Let Your Friends In CD and Robedoor - Rancor Keeper CD are now ready since a few weeks back! Thanks alot to everyone that has picked them up so far.
And how appropriate... These 2 fine releases ends the first era of RTB. 2007 has been an overwhelming and absolutely amazing year in many ways, can't explain in words how fun this year has been! 15 releases! But things are changing. Conformity is calling, RTB is changing. It's been a fun ride, 5 years of pure joy and excitement. And lots of hours spent in the post office line. Things just got too obvious in 2007. Now it's time to take things up a notch. We'll see how it goes. Hopefully the ship sails on as usual to December 12th 2012. The mailorder section will expand a lot eventually, and will if everything goes as planned sooner or later also include a nice selection of euro cult DVDs and other non-music related goodies. All for the better! Expect way faster service as well. 2008 will rule. Thank you for your support.
There is a huge slew of new releases planned for 2008, here is an update on what's going on as well as a few new announcements:
Altar Of Flies/Sewer Election LP will go to the pressingplant January 2008.
Orphan Fairytale/Pocahaunted 7" should be out around the same time.
The long delayed/awaited/cursed The Shameless Kiss Of Vanity Vol.3 LP will finally be out early 2008 as well... "maybe".
Woods 7" is recorded, just waiting for the artwork. The same goes for the Glass Candy/Chromatics 7".
Loosers/Owl Xounds 7", Time Life 7" and Zodiac Mountain - Lake Winnebago LP a little bit later.
The second album from Tar... Feathers will be out sometime during the year. When is not important. Secrets will be revealed when the time is right. Marcus Nyke told RTB that he wants to do a album that makes people puke. Expect the best pop album ever made.
RTB will put out a limited vinyl version of the stunning Tsukimono Kning Disk CD-R album Time Canvas. This will be a LP with an extra CD-R with additional bonus tracks. A genuine masterpiece and one of the best recordings that came out of Sweden in 2007 for sure. Definitely deserves the vinyl treatment.
A new album from Neil On Impression will be out this spring. They will record it in February and it is supposed to be around 60 minutes long. RTB is putting out the CD version. Expect more endless touring from them around the same time as well. More details soon!
RTB is also doing a new The Skull Defekts album. Another full electronic recording (the first as a 4-piece), this one recorded in a hotel room in Beijing on their China tour that took place in October this year. Expect a CD digipack similar to the Skkull release. Slated for March/April.
Also planned is releases from Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words, Warmer Milks, Pocahaunted and some other stuff, but more detailed information about these later on.
Now out of print: Nonhorse - Haraam, Circle Of Flame, Raccoo-oo-oon - Behold Secret Kingdom (will be repressed) and Raccoo-oo-oon - Is Night People. Just a handful of copies left of the Edwige 7" and Catena Collapse 12", act now or cry later.
Thank you for supporting RTB!
Best of 2007
Every single day of October, Cadaver In Drag - Raw Child, Yellow Swans - At All Ends, Mario Bava DVD box sets, Black Emanuelle DVD box sets, Chromatics - Night Drive, Who Can Kill A Child? DVD, the Neil On Impression week, Mammal - Lonesome Drifer, Sewer Election live twice, Thrones live, Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words - Fall, Fall, Falling.
15 | OCTOBER | 2007
Tsukimono - Bat Heads Roll (RTB#29.5) tape out now!
Tsukimono is the moniker of Johan Gustavsson, originally from the southern parts of Sweden but now residing in Gothenburg. Bat Heads Roll consists of two completely different pieces. The A-side is a live recording of a event that took place in the RTB livingroom 31/8-2007. We celebrated the last day of the summer and Tsukimono played a beautiful set in front of a crowd of maybe 25 people. Mainly driven by an analogue synth, Tsukimono used his whole palette and created something truly amazing this evening. Everything ends with a bang, and the last minute or so was unfortunately not caught on tape (play it LOUD and the abrupt ending will serve as a release from the harsh and abrassive last minute). A 28 minute journey into the realms of punk ambience and the eclectic Gothenburg scene of 2007. The B-side consists of a 19 minute long piece recorded the first week in October, monotonous and heavy synth drone and very different from the live recording in many ways. Limited to 50 tapes, screenprinted covers with artwork by Martin Helge. Pick this up and be sure to check out Tsukimonos other fine releases on labels such as Kallligrammofon and Kning Disk.
Up next: Warmer Milks - Let Your Friends In CD and Robedoor - Rancor Keeper CD.
The shit
Cruising DVD
13 | SEPTEMBER | 2007
Summer is over.
Thanks to everyone that came out to the small RTB party last friday! Tsukimono played a set in our livingroom while the sun disappeared over the ghetto, a truly beautiful evening. It was recorded and will be released as a limited tape on RTB soon. We might do more stuff like this in the future, keep your eyes open...
RTB is now distributed in the US by the fine folks at Revolver!
Ok, on to the madness. Three new releases available now:
First out, the very much anticipated Meneguar - Strangers In Our House LP! Follows up the much beloved I Was Born At Night. Can't explain in words how GREAT this album is. This is a special tour press, limited to 525 copies. 100 on white vinyl (only about 50 of these are available in the store, the band has the rest with them on tour). Different artwork, beautiful cover sleeve with a black printed interior, black innersleeve, a nice 2-sided insert and all direct mailorders also recieve a newspress tour poster (with printing on both sides)! You snooze, you loose. Regular edition out now on Troubleman Unlimited as well. Also available in the store now is Meneguar shirts and buttons, and you can also purchase additional tour posters. Check out the band on tour in Europe now, they are playing everywhere except Scandinavia. Oh, click here for a video of Meneguar performing Freshman Thoughts in their house, courtesy of the Swedish site PSL.
RTB is also super excited to present Loco Hills, the debut album from Shepherds! A 4-song CD with a playtime of about 40 minutes. Shepherds consists of members from Meneguar, Woods and The Vanishing Voice and you may know them from a bunch of tape releases on labels like Not Not Fun and Fuck It Tapes. This is their most full band sounding stuff so far, and a bit different from the earlier stuff. Fans of bands like Avarus and Circle should definitely check this out. Well, everyone should! Mesmerizing kraut-epics for late late autumn nights. Comes packaged in a nice digipack sleeve, limited to 500 copies. A Shepherds 7" (DNT Records) should be available in the store very soon as well.
Also finally available is the long delayed Suis La Lune - Quiet, Pull The Strings! LP. Young handsome dudes from Sweden allergic to everything and obsessed with anime playing intense punkrock the way it was done in the glory days of the mid '90s. Think Gravity meets Ebullition meets never going to sleep, then think again. Members from Helvete Också and Mixtapes & Cellmates. All copies comes on white vinyl to match the great artwork made by Andreas Floxner. Split release with a couple of other labels so RTB don't have unlimited amounts of copies available. Go, go, go!
Next up is the Warmer Milks - Let Your Friends In and Robedoor - Rancor Keeper CDs, these beasts will be unleashed in late October. No one is ready. Ond bråd död. Before the end of the year: Altar Of Flies/Sewer Election LP, The Shameless Kiss Of Vanity Vol.3 LP + a few more 7"s.
Raccoo-oo-oon - Behold Secret Kingdom is almost out of print, less than 10 copies left here. Will be repressed later on.
The Skull Defekts just scored a whooping 9/10 over at Foxy Digitalis with their Skkull, check it out here. The band is playing some shows in China in October. China!
Yellow Swans is heading out for another US tour (most shows together with Mouthus) in October, dates posted in the shows section as usual. Brand new album out now on Load.
(Shepherds - Revenge video)
The shit
After Dark compilation CD, Hanna Hirsch - everything, Tsukimono - Née CD, White - Tears Of Piss Tape, Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words - For Walls Tape, Flight Of The Conchords, Jay Reatard - Blood Visions CD, The Jesus & Mary Chain videos.
31 | JULY | 2007
Limited Tar... Feathers 7" available now! 2 new songs including the major hit Rumours Travels Fast. The Scandinavian leg of the Tar... Feathers/Neil On Impression tour was awesome, Tar... Feathers might be the best Swedish live band for the moment and Neil On Impression played a couple of new songs that may surface on RTB in one way or another in the future... Be sure to see them in Germany in the next coming days. Pick up the Tar... Feathers 7" directly from Marcus and buy him a beer. Slowly getting back on track here, still way behind with e-mails so it might take a day or two before you'll recieve an response. Orders are being filled right now and the store was just updated. Suis La Lune LP, Meneguar - Strangers In Our House LP and Shepherds - Loco Hills cd at the plant right now. I keep on saying it but more news soon!
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Superwolf, red wine and football at the beach.
Se dom, jag kan se dom, jag kan se dom, se dom, se dom.
