Luxurious Dagger : Glue Factory

•May 5, 2023 • Leave a Comment

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10th anniversary edition of the early Argali Records Netlabel release from longtime friend and supporter of the label Marvin Servo. This is the first time this album has been available in lossless codec format, as the original was released on Internet Archive before Argali moved to Bandcamp.

Just in time for Cinco De Mayo, Argali Records plunges headfirst into the strange and fascinating world of twisted plunderphonic collage soundscapes with this short, but sweet EP by Luxurious Dagger.

Appropriated (or should that be ‘liberated’ instead) from the detritus of a turbulent pop culture ocean, “Glue Factory” is a deliriously miasma fusion of ephemeral proclamations and percussive elements, bent and twisted to shift uneasily around the psyche of the listener. Will easily appeal to fans of The Residents, Nurse With Wound, Negativland, very early Foetus, Contgaious Orgasm, Snog, and Severed Heads.

Marvin Ferguson, of the projects Luxurious Dagger (luxuriousdagger.bandcamp.com), a self-titled project (marvoservo.bandcamp.com), and the group Fag Rabbit (fagrabbit.bandcamp.com), deftly mixes the playfully surreal with the hypnotically esoteric on this release.

Music that’ll make you want more.
You’ll really like it.

THIS IS ARGREC52.

Lezet : Floating

•April 14, 2023 • Leave a Comment

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Argali Records Netlabel is proud to present “Floating”, the second release from Lezet on our label. “Floating” is an extended and gentle knob-twisting synth improvisation, composed using the Korg Monotron. At once contemplative and playful, this is a perfect way for one to relax and let the mind drift for fifty-two minutes. Peaceful ambience and minimalism for these trying times.

Music For Floating.
This is ARGREC51.

This One’s For You.

Now Accepting Track Submissions For Sixth Quarterly Experimental Music/Noise Compilation!

•March 7, 2023 • Leave a Comment

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Argali Records Netlabel is now accepting tracks for our SIXTH-quarterly experimental music compilation for 2023. We are planning to continue the quarterly compilation release schedule for this year, although we MAY have smaller themed compilations throughout the year as well, depending on time and interest. If you are interested in this, please check out our submission procedure guidelines here (https://argalirecordsnetlabel.com/submission-procedure/). As always, please be sure to clearly your email subject line along the lines of “Track For Compilation” or similar, and include any band site/info/etc in the email you would like us to include. The submission deadline for this compilation will be MAY 26, with a tentative release date of JUNE 2.

“Fifth Quarterly Report Of Argali Records Netlabel: The Gathering” experimental music/noise compilation now available! (Free/Pay-what-you-want)

•March 3, 2023 • Leave a Comment

2023. Despite everything, the shuddering starship Earth continues to sail through the scintillating star ocean. Naturally, for this improbable, yet wondrous voyage, one needs a soundtrack for the travels ahead. We here at Argali Records Netlabel are proud to present the “Fifth Quarterly Report Of Argali Records Netlabel: The Gathering” for that purpose. Inside, you will find a wide array of sonic explorations spread across multiple genres, including electronica, industrial, dark ambience, power electronics/harsh noise, plunderphonics/audio collage, and of course much less easily definable experiments and permutations resulting from genre combinations and alterations.

Featuring tracks by On Button, Marvo Servo, DJ_Iterate, Lezet, KR Seward, Bleepeater, el_masmore, Cousin Silas, Wilfried Hanrath, Afghanistan Mon Amour (Brii Bauer aka Power & Sean Derrick Cooper Marquardt) & Käthe Kruse (Die Tödliche Doris), {AN} EeL, Liminalator, Horrak, Mean Flow, Mayhem Lettuce, Federico Balducci | fourthousandblackbirds, Requiem, James Hoehl, Jaime Munarriz, nd dentico, Glenn Sogge, Grove Of Whispers, RDKPL, Zumaia, flyoversx, Scientia, Terbeschikkingstelling, tar xzvf, Spore, and Christopher Nosnibor.

Note: These tracks feature a wide range of audio levels. Listener discretion for volume levels is recommended.

MUSIC FOR THE GATHERING.

This is ARGREC50.
THIS ONE’S FOR YOU.

Now Accepting Track Submissions For Fifth Quarterly Experimental Music/Noise Compilation!

•January 1, 2023 • Leave a Comment

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Argali Records Netlabel is now accepting tracks for our FIFTH-quarterly experimental music compilation for 2023. We are planning to continue the quarterly compilation release schedule for this year, although we MAY have smaller themed compilations throughout the year as well, depending on time and interest. If you are interested in this, please check out our submission procedure guidelines here (https://argalirecordsnetlabel.com/submission-procedure/). As always, please be sure to clearly your email subject line along the lines of “Track For Compilation” or similar, and include any band site/info/etc in the email you would like us to include. The submission deadline for this compilation will be MARCH 1st, with a tentative release date of MARCH 4th.

“Fourth Quarterly Report Of Argali Records Netlabel: Rotations And Transitions” experimental music compilation now available! (Free/Pay-What-You-Want Download)

•December 16, 2022 • Leave a Comment

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As the year swiftly draws to a close, Argali Records Netlabel is proud to present our fourth and final quarterly experimental music and noise compilation for 2022. Featuring tracks from Bahia Mansa, Cousin Silas, James Hoehl, Mike Benoit, Puppy Bordiga, Grove Of Whispers, Jaime Munarriz, turista digital, Cumsleg Borenail, Thomas Park, Photons (Gerard Cox/Jeff Sutherland), Mean Flow, Lezet, Wilfried Hanrath, Mayhem Lettuce, Anastasia Vronski, {AN} EeL, flyoversx, RDKPL, and Terbeschikkingstelling, this collection features a wide array of dark ambience, moody industrial, electronica, power electronics, and a few surprises as well (as is tradition at this point).

 

Music for the holiday darkness.

This is ARGREC49.
THIS ONE’S FOR YOU.

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released December 16, 2022

 

All music by the respective musicians/bands.
Cover artwork and promotional graphics by Reon Moebius, individual track graphics by the respective bands.
Curation and release by John Lithium and Reon Moebius.

The Glove Of Bones: Fawkes Mask

•November 5, 2022 • 1 Comment

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Just in time for Guy Fawkes Night, Argali Records Netlabel is proud to present “Fawkes Mask”, the newest, and perhaps most mysterious missive from The Glove Of Bones. Continuing with the process of auditory alchemy displayed on the previous albums “Heretical Alchemy” and “9”, “Fawkes Mask” is an expansion of sources and themes, appropriate for both the day and the times we live in. Elements of industrial, electronica, dub and ambient can be found herein, along with the intrigue one encounters when multiple musical genres are fused together in this manner.

The origins of this project can be traced back to May of this year, when The Glove Of Bones received an anonymized email from “Fawkes Mask”. Included was a link to four core pieces: “Fol’eah Dispersion (Ante & Post), Chephaecarro, and Dora JS. These tracks, in addition to original production, were also aided by the Generlter by Thomas Park and additional samples by State Azure (all Creative Commons Attribution licensed). These tracks were then further altered and extended by The Glove Of Bones, and three additional tracks were created to serve as intro, respite, and outro, further building on the already established project themes. Primavera (For E.V.) is noted as being a rework of a track made in the spring of 2020, with the Anxiety Machine and other ‘real instruments’.

For the keen eared among us, there are several repeating loops and themes throughout the album, which may help navigate the provenance of the individual parts and sections. It is also important to emphasize that the individual known as “Fawkes Mask” is NOT Thomas Park, State Azure, The Glove Of Bones, or John Lithium.

Finally, additional credit also to Hainbach for the Noises “Creative Texture Instrument” (www.audiothing.net/instruments/noises/) which gets a huge work out within and very much color the whole work.

Remember, remember, the fifth of November.
THIS IS ARGREC48.
THIS ONE’S FOR YOU.

Now Accepting Track Submissions for our 4th quarterly experimental music compilation

•October 8, 2022 • Leave a Comment

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Hello all. Argali Records Netlabel is now accepting tracks for our FOURTH-quarter experimental music compilation for 2022. For this year, we are mixing things up a bit, as the compilations will be (mostly) unthemed and untitled until just before the release date. Hopefully this will encourage people who feel constrained towards adhering to a certain theme/genre. If you are interested, please check out our submission procedure guidelines here (https://argalirecordsnetlabel.com/submission-procedure/). Please note that we will be a little bit stricter regarding people following the guidelines, as it really does help up run the compilation submission process as smoothly as possible as well as reduces the chance of possible mistakes and/or confusion later on. Also be sure to label your email subject something along the lines of “Track for compilation” so we can easily identify it. The last day to send tracks in will be DEC 9th, with a planned release date of DEC 16th. Thank you.

“Third Quarterly Report Of Argali Records Netlabel: Language Of The Fall” experimental music compilation now available! (Free/Pay-What-You-Want Download)

•October 1, 2022 • Leave a Comment

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Listen/Download: https://argalirecordsnetlabel.bandcamp.com/album/third-quarterly-report-of-argali-records-netlabel-language-of-the-fall

Argali Records Netlabel is proud to present the “Third Quarterly Report Of Argali Records Netlabel: Language Of The Fall”. In the days preceding the darkening nights, the world speaks in the language of the fall. Sounds at once both comforting and unsettling, sometimes easily identifiable but just as often uncomfortably unknown. A cyclical transition, yet each time different. Herein are fifteen auditory explorations of these and other themes, featuring a mixture of techno, industrial, electronica, dark ambient, and as always the less-definable melding of these and other genres.

Music for the language of sound rising from the descent.

This is ARGREC46.
This One’s For You.

released October 1, 2022

All music and track graphics (when applicable) by the respective bands/musicians. Band links can be found in the respective track pages.
Cover art by Reon Moebuis.

Now Accepting Track Submissions For 3rd Quarter Compilation!

•July 14, 2022 • Leave a Comment

Hello all. Argali Records Netlabel is now accepting tracks for our THIRD-quarter experimental music compilation for 2022. For this year, we are mixing things up a bit, as the compilations will be (mostly) unthemed and untitled until just before the release date. Hopefully this will encourage people who feel constrained towards adhering to a certain theme/genre. If you are interested, please check out our submission procedure guidelines here (https://argalirecordsnetlabel.com/submission-procedure/). Please note that we will be a little bit stricter regarding people following the guidelines, as it really does help up run the compilation submission process as smoothly as possible as well as reduces the chance of possible mistakes and/or confusion later on. At present, the last day to send tracks in will be SEPT 24th, with a planned release date of OCT 1st. Thank you.