"Lord of the Underground: Vishnu and the Magic Elixir" versammelt brandneue Studioaufnahmen von ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE, die die Band in Höchstform eingespielt hat. Mit durchgetretenem Gaspedal servieren ...

Das Label Alien8 erforschte zuletzt mit den Veröffentlichungen von SHALABI EFFECT, SOFT CANYON und TANAKH einen melodischeren psychedelischen Ansatz. "Mantra of Love", das neue Album von Japans ACID ...

Starless and the Bible Black Sabbath, our third release with the Japanese psychedelic ensemble known as Acid Mothers Temple sees the band paying homage to Black Sabbath. With respect to its heaviness ...

"It's nice here. Let's pretend we're somewhere else." "Overpass!" is a quasi-narrative meditation on the strange urban spaces of Vancouver, BC. Taking as subject a minor cement structure with a ...

AUN ist das Ambient Doom Projekt von Martin Dumais aus Montreal, der seine kuriose Mixtur aus Outsider Metal und Shoegaze "Blight Metal" getauft hat. Dumais ist seit Jahren eine feste Größe in der ...

While Alien8 Recordings has had the pleasure of releasing three full-length albums by Aidan Baker's ambient doom project Nadja, as well as his collab- orative effort Fantasma Parastasie with Tim ...

Auf "Fanstama Parastasie" trifft Aidan Baker, der Ambient Doomster von NADJA, auf Tim Hecker, womit sich hier zwei der cleversten Musiker im Elektronikgenre zusammentun. Tim Hecker blickt auf eine ...

Black Feelings are the essence of a power trio: each member of the three-piece exhibiting a great deal of power while the whole remains balanced. Conisiting of two former members of Montreal's Les ...

Founded as a duo by T. Graves and Reyna Kay in September 2008, Blessure Grave blurs the lines between the Goth, Post Punk and Neo Folk genres. The pair has since developed the project into a full ...

CPC Gangbangs rise from ashes of garage punk architects Les Sexareenos, Daylight Lovers and Spaceshits and create a new drug, punk, weirdo, hate trip that spews from the Franco-Anglo Petri dish of ...

DUCHESS SAYS aus Montreal verbinden die Intensität des Punk Rock mit dem sexy Styling ihrer Frontfrau Annie-C. Auch wenn sie mit ihrem elektronisch versetzten Post Punk das Rad nicht neu erfinden, ...

Tim Hecker is not be confused with Mego's Florian Hecker, but is rather the alter ego of techno maverick Jetone. This marks the first release under the artist's real name, aswell as a leap away from ...

TIM HECKERS neues Album "Mirages" ist eine Lektion in Sachen Dunkelheit. Ein Ambient-Death-Metal Klassiker im Dienste des dunklen Fürsten. HECKER liefert eine Salve gegen alle Touristen der ...

Following his debut release for Substracif, Haunt Me, Tim Hecker continues to explore the boundaries of structured ambient music on My Love is Rotten to the Core. This release is fashioned using ...

Alien8 Recordings is reissuing Radio Amor, originally released on Mille Plateaux in 2002, in order to maintain the availability of the work of one of our label's most important artists. Out of print ...

Fancy and Alien8 Recordings are pleased to present the debut of Montreal's Hrsta. Hrsta (pronounced "hursh-tah") is Mike Moya, founding member of both godspeed you black emperor! and Molasses, as ...

On Immaterial Jirku embodies headphone minimalism through a blend of very subtle, quiet passages constructed from field recordings, drones and stereo effects, combined with layers of his signature ...

Dieses Debüt der Kollaboration zwischen ZBIGNIEW KRAKOWSKI und DANIEL MANCHE als ,heftig" zu beschreiben, wäre ein wahres Understatement; ,ultrabrutal" ist der Terminus, der da besser in der Hand ...

Kiss Me Deadly is a Montreal-based quartet that has progressed from an early Dischord influenced emo/math-rock sound to an epic, deeply melodic, danceable style of music. Their sophomore effort, ...

Up until now only a few hundred people have ever heard this Montreal improv supergroup on the two occassions they performed live. Composed of David Kristian on synth, Sam Shalabi on oud and Alexandre ...

Jetzt erstmals ausserhalb des Ahorn-Blatt-Lands erhältlich: "Deux Hot Dogs Moutarde Chou" von Kanadas berüchtigsten Post-Punks LES GEORGES LENINGRAD. Die Band bezeichnet sich als drei-köpfiges ...

Zwei Jahre nach ihrem fantastischen Debüt "Deux Hot Dogs Moutarde Chou" warten LES GEORGES LENINGRAD aus Montreal endlich mit ihrem zweiten Longplayer auf, der auf den schönen Namen "Sur Les Traces ...

Announcing "Giggles in the Dark" - the Lesbians On Ecstasy remix album. After a year of touring in North America and Europe in support of the debut self-titled album, the Lezzies' remix album is ...

Die famosen LESBIANS ON ECSTASY aus Montreal knallen uns mit ihrem selbstbetitelten Debütalbum ein wahrlich einzigartiges Stück Dance-Musik vor den Latz, das zugleich humorvoll, politisch und sexy ...

Following two years of touring and general party-starting Lesbians on Ecstasy's much-anticipated sophomore release is set to drop in early spring 2007. They're back and surfing the giant third wave ...

Following two years of touring and general party-starting Lesbians on Ecstasy's much-anticipated sophomore release is set to drop in early spring 2007. They're back and surfing the giant third wave ...

FRANCISCO LOPEZ' neuestes Machwerk ,Technocalyps" ist der Soundtrack zum gleichnamigen Film von Regisseur Frank Theys. Trashhumanism ist das Schlagwort des Films, in dem eine Zukunftsszenerie ...

Untitled # 104 was premiered in Barcelona this past summer at the hip Sonar event to a completely stunned audience. Onlookers that were expecting to have to strain themselves to hear López's ultra ...

This latest outing by Spain's most prolific experimental artist was prepared with sounds recorded in Grain Silo #5, in Montreal, Quebec. Last year the experimental duo known as [the user] began the ...

Aus der frostigen Kälte des nördlichen Kanadas stößt hier das äußerst mysteriöse Duo MENACE RUINE ans Tageslicht. Seit dem Release ihres brandheißen selbstproduzierten Demos ,In Vulva Infernum" haben ...

Im letzten Jahr verkündeten Alien8 mit einem glücklichen Lächeln die Geburt dieser fantastischen neuen Band aus Montreal. MENACE RUINE erschienen aus dem Nichts mit einem Album, das Black Metal und ...

One of the Daniel Menche's most accomplished recordings, Beautiful Blood delivers insanely powerful drone-based music composed of the richly layered sounds of different instruments and field ...

Substractif comes out of hibernation with "Eye on the Steel" from Portland Oregon's Daniel Menche. The sound on "Eye on the Steel" is heavily based around drones, pulses and ambient noise and is ...

On Animal Magnetism Akita blends his passion for guitars and more rhythmic elements of progressive rock, metal and his love for animals, even bringing to life the sounds of his very own pet chickens ...

This is our third release by Masami Akita, and certainly the most dynamic. On this recording Akita has included the use of sampled drums, lifted from the likes Soft Machine, L'Orme and others.From ...

Door Open at 8am is one of the most adventurous outings made by Merzbow. Recorded during the same era as Aqua Necromancer, this new recording also incorporates the use of sampled sounds. However, ...

Alien8 Recordings brings you the fourth solo recording from conceptual sound artist Christof Migone, presenting Quieting. Perhaps this is the recording people were expecting us to release from ...

The latest release by Montreal folk-drone ensemble Molasses, a harrowing 26 track double CD. Featuring a slew of honorary members and distinguished guests, a slow messe is a remarkable and ambitious ...

Following Molasses' acclaimed debut, You'll Never Be Well No More, these recordings are lush proof of the band's unique vision, bruises and all. More bleak, beautiful music: the strange signature ...

Alien8 Recordings is pleased to present You'll Never Be Well No More by Molasses on Fancy, a first release from one of the most eclectic, enigmatic musical ensembles in Montreal - a city renowned as ...

Monstre is one of the most interesting live acts currently operating in Montreals underground, with performances ranging from full-on noise assaults, to Balinese style jams, quirky electro-pop to ...

Announcing "Touched", our second release by the up and coming ambient doom band Nadja. In a very short time Nadja have established themselves as a band to watch due to their hard work ethic, prolific ...

Nadja is an ambient doom metal monster fronted by multi-talented Toronto musician and writer Aidan Baker. Formed in 2003 as a solo project, it has since been augmented by bassist Leah Buckareff. ...

Polmo Polpo is the work of multi-instrumentalist and producer Sandro Perri, who blends deep, murky techno with rich layers of feedback and densely orchestrated melodies. Heavily layered cello and lap ...

Set Fire To Flames are a collective of thirteen musicians from the musical community of Montreal. Brooding and beautiful, haunted and haunting, sings reign rebuilder is so stunningly / lovingly ...

Originally slated for release as the flip side of a split cd/lp with godspeed you black emperor! entitled Aural Florida, this release just kept growing and growing. Now finally finished and ready to ...

Tanakh's fourth release finds Jesse Poe and company continuing to delve deeper into the world of psychedelic pop music. On "Ardent Fevers" the listener is treated to a beautiful array of lush ...

Das neueste Album von TANAKH, "Dieu Deuil" (der Titel wurde von der Architektur Daniel Libeskind entliehen) vereint Improvisation und Songschreiben gleichermassen und kommuniziert eine Art der ...

Introducing Tanakh, an incredible new project headed by Richmond, Virginia's Jesse Poe. Tanakh is a layering of sound and structure that combines songwriting sensibilty and improvisational ...

Announcing the self-titled debut from Montreal's Think About Life. Think About Life have been causing panic on dance floors and concert halls alike since the word began to spread quicker than avian ...

Das Ambient Power Trio TORNGAT aus Quebec erschafft majestätische Instrumentalmusik, die mindestens ebenso atemberaubend wie das herrliche Bergmassiv in Quebec, dem sie ihren Namen verdanken, ist. ...