Alien8 Recordings
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Alien8 Recordings is an independent record label
Independent record label
An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...

 founded in 1996 in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. The music label was founded by Sean O'Hara and Gary Worsley. Alien8 is the record label for the indie-pop band The Unicorns
The Unicorns
The Unicorns were a Lo-Fi/Indie Pop band from Montreal, Canada formed in December 2000 by Nicholas Thorburn and Alden Penner , who were later joined by Jamie Thompson in December 2003.-History:...

.

The label has released material from prominent noise
Noise music
Noise music is a term used to describe varieties of avant-garde music and sound art that may use elements such as cacophony, dissonance, atonality, noise, indeterminacy, and repetition in their realization. Noise music can feature distortion, various types of acoustically or electronically...

 artists such as Merzbow
Merzbow
is the main recording name of the Japanese noise musician , born in 1956. Since 1979 he has released in excess of 350 recordings.The name "Merzbow" comes from German artist Kurt Schwitters' artwork, "Merzbau”. This was chosen to reflect Akita's dada influence and junk art aesthetic...

, Think About Life
Think About Life
Think About Life is an indie rock band from Montreal, Québec, Canada, formed in 2005 by drummer Matt Shane and keyboardist Graham Van Pelt.Think About Life's third member, vocalist Martin Cesar, also records and performs as Dishwasher. He has released a CD-R on Pink Triforce Tapes...

, Aube
Aube (band)
Aube is the name used by Japanese musician for his experimental noise records. He has released many CDs, LPs and cassettes since 1991, and is regarded as one of the most important noise musicians working today. He himself does not like to term his work "music," preferring the term "design": "I...

, Keiji Haino
Keiji Haino
Keiji Haino born May 3, 1952 in Chiba, Japan, and currently residing in Tokyo, is a Japanese musician whose work has included rock, free improvisation, noise, singer-songwriter, solo percussion, psychedelic, minimalism and drone styles...

, Masonna, MSBR
MSBR
MSBR is the name of a recording project of Japanese noise musician Koji Tano that was based out of Matsuyama, then later Tokyo. MSBR was active starting in the early 1990s, releasing music on numerous labels, often in limited pressings...

, Francisco López
Francisco López (musician)
Francisco López is an avant-garde experimental musician and sound artist.He has released a large amount of sound pieces with record labels from more than fifty countries and realized hundreds of concerts and sound installations worldwide; including some of the main international museums, galleries...

, Bastard Noise
Bastard Noise
-History:The Bastard Noise was founded in 1991 by Henry Barnes, W. T. Nelson and Eric Wood, initially as a side project of powerviolence band Man Is The Bastard.-Project personnel and past contributors:...

, and Daniel Menche
Daniel Menche
Daniel Menche is a musician from Portland, Oregon. He has released music on labels such as Soleilmoon, Trente Oiseaux, Or Records, Alien8, Antifrost, Tesco Organisation, Blossoming Noise, f e r n s recordings Beta-lactam Ring Records, and Editions Mego...

, electronic
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...

 groups such as Lesbians On Ecstasy
Lesbians on Ecstasy
Lesbians on Ecstasy is an electronic band from Montreal, Quebec.The band toured across Canada and the U.S. with Le Tigre before the release of their first recording.The first album, the self-titled Lesbians on Ecstasy was released on October 26, 2004...

, Les Georges Leningrad
Les Georges Leningrad
Les Georges Leningrad are a rock band from Montreal, Québec.The band originally consisted of four members, although they were reduced to a trio with the departure of bassist Toundra LaLouve after their first album was released....

 and Books on Tape
Books on tape
Books on tape may refer to:*audio book: recordings of literary material read out loud.*Books on Tape: electronic music artist from Los Angeles, California....

, and indie
Indie (music)
In music, independent music, often shortened to indie music or "indie" is a term used to describe independence from major commercial record labels or their subsidiaries, and an autonomous, Do-It-Yourself approach to recording and publishing....

 favourites The Unicorns
The Unicorns
The Unicorns were a Lo-Fi/Indie Pop band from Montreal, Canada formed in December 2000 by Nicholas Thorburn and Alden Penner , who were later joined by Jamie Thompson in December 2003.-History:...

.

It is also affiliated with two sub-labels, Fancy Recordings and Substractif.

Discography

Alien8 Recordings has released over 85 recordings, as of 2008.
# Artist Recording Notes
ALIENCD 001 Merzbow
Merzbow
is the main recording name of the Japanese noise musician , born in 1956. Since 1979 he has released in excess of 350 recordings.The name "Merzbow" comes from German artist Kurt Schwitters' artwork, "Merzbau”. This was chosen to reflect Akita's dada influence and junk art aesthetic...

Akasha Gulva
Akasha Gulva
Akasha Gulva is a live album by the Japanese noise musician, Merzbow. It was released in a limited edition of 1000 copies and was recorded live in "Trial Domain 96 – Action For Paradigm" at Museum of Tama University, Tokyo, 29 June, 1996....

Limited to 1000 copies.
ALIENCD 002 Aube
Aube (band)
Aube is the name used by Japanese musician for his experimental noise records. He has released many CDs, LPs and cassettes since 1991, and is regarded as one of the most important noise musicians working today. He himself does not like to term his work "music," preferring the term "design": "I...

Cardiac Strain Limited to 666 copies.
ALIENCD 003 Keiji Haino
Keiji Haino
Keiji Haino born May 3, 1952 in Chiba, Japan, and currently residing in Tokyo, is a Japanese musician whose work has included rock, free improvisation, noise, singer-songwriter, solo percussion, psychedelic, minimalism and drone styles...

So, Black Is Myself
ALIENCD 004 Merzbow
Merzbow
is the main recording name of the Japanese noise musician , born in 1956. Since 1979 he has released in excess of 350 recordings.The name "Merzbow" comes from German artist Kurt Schwitters' artwork, "Merzbau”. This was chosen to reflect Akita's dada influence and junk art aesthetic...

Space Metalizer
Space Metalizer
-Personnel:*Masami Akita - Noise Electronics, Metals, Novation Synthe Rack, EMS Synthi 'A', Audio Generator, MKII Filter Bank, Theremaniac Theremin, Tapes, Moog, editing-External links:****...

ALIENCD 005 David Kristian
David Kristian
David Kristian is a Canadian musician and film score composer and sound designer.David Kristian has been involved in audio for media since the early 1980s, when he first started work as an animation and experimental filmmaker at a New-Brunswick, Canada TV station...

Cricklewood
Cricklewood
Cricklewood is a district of North London, England whose northeastern part is in the London Borough of Barnet, western part is the London Borough of Brent and southeastern part is in London Borough of Camden.-History:...

ALIENCD 006 Aube
Aube (band)
Aube is the name used by Japanese musician for his experimental noise records. He has released many CDs, LPs and cassettes since 1991, and is regarded as one of the most important noise musicians working today. He himself does not like to term his work "music," preferring the term "design": "I...

 / Knurl
Split Limited to 500 copies.
ALIENCD 007 Masonna Frequence LSD
ALIENCD 008 David Kristian
David Kristian
David Kristian is a Canadian musician and film score composer and sound designer.David Kristian has been involved in audio for media since the early 1980s, when he first started work as an animation and experimental filmmaker at a New-Brunswick, Canada TV station...

 / Sian
Sian
Sian may refer to:*Sian, a city in China *Siân, a Welsh girl's name*Sian, or Seyan,سیان an Indian and Pakistani surname*Sian, the original and common name for the Canadian band SIANspheric...

Tacoma Narrows / Someday Anywhere Limited to 500 copies.
ALIENCD 009 M.S.B.R / Kengo Tuchi One
ALIENCD 010 Merzbow
Merzbow
is the main recording name of the Japanese noise musician , born in 1956. Since 1979 he has released in excess of 350 recordings.The name "Merzbow" comes from German artist Kurt Schwitters' artwork, "Merzbau”. This was chosen to reflect Akita's dada influence and junk art aesthetic...

Aqua Necromancer
Aqua Necromancer
-Personnel:*Masami Akita - synthesiser, Moog synthesiser, noise, electronics, tapes, analogue synthesiser, devices, editing*Stefan Figiel - mastering-References:**...

ALIENCD 011 Loren Mazzacane Connors
Loren Mazzacane Connors
Loren MazzaCane Connors is an American experimental musician who has recorded and performed under several different names: Guitar Roberts, Loren Mazzacane, Loren Mattei, and currently Loren Connors...

In Twighligh
ALIENCD 012 Knurl Tours
Tours
Tours is a city in central France, the capital of the Indre-et-Loire department.It is located on the lower reaches of the river Loire, between Orléans and the Atlantic coast. Touraine, the region around Tours, is known for its wines, the alleged perfection of its local spoken French, and for the...

Limited to 100 copies.
ALIENCD 013 Alexandre St-Onge Image / Négation
ALIENCD 014 Various Coalescence
Coalescence
Coalescence may refer to:* Coalescence , the merging of genetic lineages backwards time to a most recent common ancestor* Coalescence , the merging of two or more phonological segments into one...

ALIENCD 015 David Kristian
David Kristian
David Kristian is a Canadian musician and film score composer and sound designer.David Kristian has been involved in audio for media since the early 1980s, when he first started work as an animation and experimental filmmaker at a New-Brunswick, Canada TV station...

Woodworking
Woodworking
Woodworking is the process of building, making or carving something using wood.-History:Along with stone, mud, and animal parts, wood was one of the first materials worked by early humans. Microwear analysis of the Mousterian stone tools used by the Neanderthals show that many were used to work wood...

ALIENCD 016 David Kristian
David Kristian
David Kristian is a Canadian musician and film score composer and sound designer.David Kristian has been involved in audio for media since the early 1980s, when he first started work as an animation and experimental filmmaker at a New-Brunswick, Canada TV station...

Beneath the Valley of the Modulars
ALIENCD 017 Merzbow
Merzbow
is the main recording name of the Japanese noise musician , born in 1956. Since 1979 he has released in excess of 350 recordings.The name "Merzbow" comes from German artist Kurt Schwitters' artwork, "Merzbau”. This was chosen to reflect Akita's dada influence and junk art aesthetic...

Door Open At 8AM
ALIENCD 018 Bastard Noise
Bastard Noise
-History:The Bastard Noise was founded in 1991 by Henry Barnes, W. T. Nelson and Eric Wood, initially as a side project of powerviolence band Man Is The Bastard.-Project personnel and past contributors:...

The Analysis of Self-Destruction
ALIENCD 019 David Kristian
David Kristian
David Kristian is a Canadian musician and film score composer and sound designer.David Kristian has been involved in audio for media since the early 1980s, when he first started work as an animation and experimental filmmaker at a New-Brunswick, Canada TV station...

Room Tone
ALIENCD 020 Francisco López
Francisco López (musician)
Francisco López is an avant-garde experimental musician and sound artist.He has released a large amount of sound pieces with record labels from more than fifty countries and realized hundreds of concerts and sound installations worldwide; including some of the main international museums, galleries...

Untitled #104
ALIENLP 021 Aube
Aube (band)
Aube is the name used by Japanese musician for his experimental noise records. He has released many CDs, LPs and cassettes since 1991, and is regarded as one of the most important noise musicians working today. He himself does not like to term his work "music," preferring the term "design": "I...

Sensorial Inducement Limited to 500 copies.
ALIENCD 022 Shalabi Effect
Shalabi Effect
Shalabi Effect, a mostly instrumental band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The band was originally formed in 1996 as a duo composed of Anthony Seck and Sam Shalabi. The first incarnation of Shalabi Effect released a limited edition cassette recording. In 1998, Shalabi Effect doubled in size by...

Shalabi Effect
Shalabi Effect
Shalabi Effect, a mostly instrumental band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The band was originally formed in 1996 as a duo composed of Anthony Seck and Sam Shalabi. The first incarnation of Shalabi Effect released a limited edition cassette recording. In 1998, Shalabi Effect doubled in size by...

ALIENCD 023 Tomas Jirku Variants
ALIENCD 024 Monstre Sucre 3
ALIENCD 025 Christof Migone
Christof Migone
Christof Migone is an experimental sound artist and writer, formerly based in Montreal, now living in Toronto.He is the Director/Curator of the Blackwood Gallery and is a lecturer at the Centre for Visual and Media Culture at The University of Toronto's Mississauga campus.Migone's solo recordings...

Quieting
ALIENCD 026 Artificial Memory Trace / Brume 1st Encounter
ALIENCD 027 Keiji Haino
Keiji Haino
Keiji Haino born May 3, 1952 in Chiba, Japan, and currently residing in Tokyo, is a Japanese musician whose work has included rock, free improvisation, noise, singer-songwriter, solo percussion, psychedelic, minimalism and drone styles...

Abandon all Words At A Stroke So That Prayer Can Come Spilling
ALIENCD 028 Kristian, Shalabi, St-Onge Kristian, Shalabi, St-Onge
ALIENCD 029 Sam Shalabi On Hashish
ALIENCD 030 Set Fire to Flames
Set Fire to Flames
Set Fire to Flames is a post-rock band of thirteen musicians from Montreal, Canada, who have released two albums on Alien8 Recordings, FatCat Records....

Sings Reign Rebuilder
Sings Reign Rebuilder
Sings Reign Rebuilder was the debut album of the Canadian band Set Fire to Flames. It was released by Alien8 Recordings, FatCat Records in 2001...

ALIENCD 031 Francisco López
Francisco López (musician)
Francisco López is an avant-garde experimental musician and sound artist.He has released a large amount of sound pieces with record labels from more than fifty countries and realized hundreds of concerts and sound installations worldwide; including some of the main international museums, galleries...

Untitled #123
ALIENCD 032 Shalabi Effect
Shalabi Effect
Shalabi Effect, a mostly instrumental band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The band was originally formed in 1996 as a duo composed of Anthony Seck and Sam Shalabi. The first incarnation of Shalabi Effect released a limited edition cassette recording. In 1998, Shalabi Effect doubled in size by...

Trial of St-Orange
ALIENLP 033 Tanakh
Tanakh (band)
Tanakh is the name of a musical collective from Richmond, Virginia as well as a reference to the music produced by the group. The collective was formed in 2000 by its primary songwriter, producer and recording engineer Jesse Poe.- Background :...

Villa Claustrophobia
ALIENCD 034 Acid Mothers Temple And The Melting Paraiso U.F.O.
Acid Mothers Temple
Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. is a Japanese psychedelic band, the core of which formed in 1995. The band is led by guitarist Kawabata Makoto and early in their career featured many musicians, but by 2004 the line-up had coalesced with only a few core members and frequent guest...

Electric Heavyland
Electric Heavyland
-Credits:Credits, as stated on the Acid Mothers website :# Cotton Casino - vocals, synthesizer, beer & cigarette# Tsuyama Atsushi - monster bass, cosmic joker# Higashi Hiroshi - synthesizers, dancin' king# Koizumi Hajime - drums, sleeping monk...

ALIENCD 035 Francisco López
Francisco López (musician)
Francisco López is an avant-garde experimental musician and sound artist.He has released a large amount of sound pieces with record labels from more than fifty countries and realized hundreds of concerts and sound installations worldwide; including some of the main international museums, galleries...

Addy En El Pais De Las Frutas Y Los Chunches
ALIENCD 036 Daniel Menche
Daniel Menche
Daniel Menche is a musician from Portland, Oregon. He has released music on labels such as Soleilmoon, Trente Oiseaux, Or Records, Alien8, Antifrost, Tesco Organisation, Blossoming Noise, f e r n s recordings Beta-lactam Ring Records, and Editions Mego...

Beautiful Blood
ALIENCD 037 Sam Shalabi Osama
ALIENCD 038 Merzbow
Merzbow
is the main recording name of the Japanese noise musician , born in 1956. Since 1979 he has released in excess of 350 recordings.The name "Merzbow" comes from German artist Kurt Schwitters' artwork, "Merzbau”. This was chosen to reflect Akita's dada influence and junk art aesthetic...

Animal Magnetism
Animal Magnetism (Merzbow album)
-External links:*...

ALIENCD 039 Set Fire to Flames
Set Fire to Flames
Set Fire to Flames is a post-rock band of thirteen musicians from Montreal, Canada, who have released two albums on Alien8 Recordings, FatCat Records....

Telegraphs In Negative / Mouths Trapped In Static
ALIENCD 040 Soft Canyon Broken Spirit, I Will Mend Your Wings
ALIENLP 041 The Unicorns
The Unicorns
The Unicorns were a Lo-Fi/Indie Pop band from Montreal, Canada formed in December 2000 by Nicholas Thorburn and Alden Penner , who were later joined by Jamie Thompson in December 2003.-History:...

Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone?
Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone?
Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone? is the third and last full-length album of Canadian Indie-rock band The Unicorns. Originally released on CD October 21, 2003, the album was re-released on a black & pink vinyl format in March of 2004....

ALIENCD 042 Shalabi Effect
Shalabi Effect
Shalabi Effect, a mostly instrumental band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The band was originally formed in 1996 as a duo composed of Anthony Seck and Sam Shalabi. The first incarnation of Shalabi Effect released a limited edition cassette recording. In 1998, Shalabi Effect doubled in size by...

Pink Abyss
Pink Abyss
Pink Abyss was the third album released by Shalabi Effect.-Track listing:# "Message From the Pink Abyss" – 2:54# "Bright Guilty World" – 4:55# "Shivapria" – 2:40# "Blue Sunshine" – 3:42# "Iron and Blood" – 8:53# "I Believe in Love" – 3:37...

ALIENCD 043 Tanakh
Tanakh (band)
Tanakh is the name of a musical collective from Richmond, Virginia as well as a reference to the music produced by the group. The collective was formed in 2000 by its primary songwriter, producer and recording engineer Jesse Poe.- Background :...

Dieu Deuil
ALIENCD 044 Acid Mothers Temple And The Melting Paraiso U.F.O.
Acid Mothers Temple
Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. is a Japanese psychedelic band, the core of which formed in 1995. The band is led by guitarist Kawabata Makoto and early in their career featured many musicians, but by 2004 the line-up had coalesced with only a few core members and frequent guest...

Mantra of Love
Mantra of Love
- Credits :Credits, as stated on the Acid Mothers website:# Cotton Casino - vocal, beer cigarettes# Tsuyama Atsushi - monstar bass, vocal, cosmic joker# Higashi Hiroshi - synthesizer, dancin'king# Koizumi Hajime - drums, percussion, sleeping monk...

ALIENCD 045 Les Georges Leningrad
Les Georges Leningrad
Les Georges Leningrad are a rock band from Montreal, Québec.The band originally consisted of four members, although they were reduced to a trio with the departure of bassist Toundra LaLouve after their first album was released....

Deux Hot Dogs Moutarde Chou
ALIENCD 046 Molasses Trouble at Jinx Hotel
Trouble at Jinx Hotel
-Track listing:# "Siren's Song / La La La Amerika" – 5:24# "Saint Christopher's Blues" – 4:37# "Sign Of Judgement" – 3:06# "Lynn Canyon Wedding Song / Coda" – 5:35# "You Can't Win" – 6:13# "Trouble In Mind" – 3:49# "Las Niñas" – 0:47...

ALIENCD 047 Tim Hecker
Tim Hecker
Tim Hecker is an electronic musician and sound artist based in Montreal, Canada. Hecker previously recorded under the moniker Jetone, but has become better known internationally for his ambient recordings released through Kranky, Mille Plateaux, Alien8, Force Inc, Staalplaat, and Fat Cat under his...

Mirages
ALIENCD 048 Tanakh
Tanakh (band)
Tanakh is the name of a musical collective from Richmond, Virginia as well as a reference to the music produced by the group. The collective was formed in 2000 by its primary songwriter, producer and recording engineer Jesse Poe.- Background :...

Tanakh
Tanakh
The Tanakh is a name used in Judaism for the canon of the Hebrew Bible. The Tanakh is also known as the Masoretic Text or the Miqra. The name is an acronym formed from the initial Hebrew letters of the Masoretic Text's three traditional subdivisions: The Torah , Nevi'im and Ketuvim —hence...

ALIENCD 049 Les Georges Leningrad
Les Georges Leningrad
Les Georges Leningrad are a rock band from Montreal, Québec.The band originally consisted of four members, although they were reduced to a trio with the departure of bassist Toundra LaLouve after their first album was released....

Sur les Traces de Black Eskimo
Sur les Traces de Black Eskimo
Sur les Traces de Black Eskimo is the second full–length released by Les Georges Leningrad. It was released on 28 September 2004 by Alien8 Recording.-Track listing:# "Missing Gary" – 4:28# "Sponsorships" – 3:15# "Black Eskimo" – 3:06...

ALIENCD 050 Mecha Fixes Clock Orbiting With Screwdrivers
ALIENCD 051 Lesbians on Ecstasy
Lesbians on Ecstasy
Lesbians on Ecstasy is an electronic band from Montreal, Quebec.The band toured across Canada and the U.S. with Le Tigre before the release of their first recording.The first album, the self-titled Lesbians on Ecstasy was released on October 26, 2004...

Lesbians on Ecstasy
Lesbians on Ecstasy
Lesbians on Ecstasy is an electronic band from Montreal, Quebec.The band toured across Canada and the U.S. with Le Tigre before the release of their first recording.The first album, the self-titled Lesbians on Ecstasy was released on October 26, 2004...

ALIENCD 052 Et Sans
Et Sans
Et Sans is an experimental rock band from Montreal, Quebec.The band was formed by former Godspeed You! Black Emperor guitarist Roger Tellier-Craig and Alexandre St-Onge from the Shalabi Effect...

Par Noussss Touss Les Trous de Vos Crânes!
Par Noussss Touss Les Trous de Vos Crânes!
Par Noussss Touss Les Trous de Vos Crânes! is the second album of Et Sans. It was released in April 2005 by Alien8 Recordings, their first album on the record label.The album is composed of four tracks, of which three go above the ten-minute mark...

ALIENCD 053 Various
Various
Various, or Various Production, is an English dubstep/electronic music duo formed in 2003. The group blends samples, acoustic and electronic instrumentation, and singing from a revolving cast of vocalists. Its members, Adam and Ian, purposefully give very little information about the group or...

Blank Field
ALIENCD 054 Francisco López
Francisco López (musician)
Francisco López is an avant-garde experimental musician and sound artist.He has released a large amount of sound pieces with record labels from more than fifty countries and realized hundreds of concerts and sound installations worldwide; including some of the main international museums, galleries...

Live In Montreal
ALIENCD 055 Kiss Me Deadly
Kiss Me Deadly
Kiss Me Deadly is a 1955 film noir drama produced and directed by Robert Aldrich starring Ralph Meeker. The screenplay was written by A.I. Bezzerides, based on the Mickey Spillane Mike Hammer mystery novel Kiss Me, Deadly. Kiss Me Deadly is often considered a classic of the noir genre. The film...

Amoreux Cosmiques
ALIENCD 056 Lesbians on Ecstasy
Lesbians on Ecstasy
Lesbians on Ecstasy is an electronic band from Montreal, Quebec.The band toured across Canada and the U.S. with Le Tigre before the release of their first recording.The first album, the self-titled Lesbians on Ecstasy was released on October 26, 2004...

Giggles In The Dark
ALIENCD 057 Kiss Me Deadly
Kiss Me Deadly
Kiss Me Deadly is a 1955 film noir drama produced and directed by Robert Aldrich starring Ralph Meeker. The screenplay was written by A.I. Bezzerides, based on the Mickey Spillane Mike Hammer mystery novel Kiss Me, Deadly. Kiss Me Deadly is often considered a classic of the noir genre. The film...

Misty Medley
Misty Medley
"...classic, melodic dance pop that is still challenging thanks to the hushed, breathy, and alluring vocals of lead singer Emily Elizabeth." - Allmusic "Best are the four numbered "Dance" tracks, propelled by drums, guitar and Elizabeth." - ChartAttack...

ALIENCD 058 Nadja
Nadja
Nadja may refer to:* Nadja , 1928 surrealist novel by André Breton* Nadja , 1994 vampire film by Michael Almereyda* Nadja , Canadian drone doom metal side project of Aidan Baker* Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violinist...

Truth Becomes Death
ALIENCD 059 Hall Ranaldo Hooker Oasis Of Whispers
ALIENCD 060 Books on Tape
Books on tape
Books on tape may refer to:*audio book: recordings of literary material read out loud.*Books on Tape: electronic music artist from Los Angeles, California....

Dinosaur Dinosaur
ALIENCD 061 Shalabi Effect
Shalabi Effect
Shalabi Effect, a mostly instrumental band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The band was originally formed in 1996 as a duo composed of Anthony Seck and Sam Shalabi. The first incarnation of Shalabi Effect released a limited edition cassette recording. In 1998, Shalabi Effect doubled in size by...

Unfortunately
Unfortunately
Unfortunately is the fourth studio album by Shalabi Effect. It was recorded on three consecutive nights at the Montreal Arts Interculturels Institute live.-Track listing:# "Out of the Closet"# "Pai Nai"# "Early Reptilian Memories"# "Monobrow"...

ALIENCD 062 Acid Mothers Temple
Acid Mothers Temple
Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. is a Japanese psychedelic band, the core of which formed in 1995. The band is led by guitarist Kawabata Makoto and early in their career featured many musicians, but by 2004 the line-up had coalesced with only a few core members and frequent guest...

Starless And The Bible Black Sabbath
ALIENCD 063 Tanakh
Tanakh (band)
Tanakh is the name of a musical collective from Richmond, Virginia as well as a reference to the music produced by the group. The collective was formed in 2000 by its primary songwriter, producer and recording engineer Jesse Poe.- Background :...

Ardent Fevers
ALIENCD 064 Francisco López
Francisco López (musician)
Francisco López is an avant-garde experimental musician and sound artist.He has released a large amount of sound pieces with record labels from more than fifty countries and realized hundreds of concerts and sound installations worldwide; including some of the main international museums, galleries...

Untitled #180
ALIENCD 065 Think About Life
Think About Life
Think About Life is an indie rock band from Montreal, Québec, Canada, formed in 2005 by drummer Matt Shane and keyboardist Graham Van Pelt.Think About Life's third member, vocalist Martin Cesar, also records and performs as Dishwasher. He has released a CD-R on Pink Triforce Tapes...

Think About Life
Think About Life
Think About Life is an indie rock band from Montreal, Québec, Canada, formed in 2005 by drummer Matt Shane and keyboardist Graham Van Pelt.Think About Life's third member, vocalist Martin Cesar, also records and performs as Dishwasher. He has released a CD-R on Pink Triforce Tapes...

ALIENCD 066 Tim Hecker
Tim Hecker
Tim Hecker is an electronic musician and sound artist based in Montreal, Canada. Hecker previously recorded under the moniker Jetone, but has become better known internationally for his ambient recordings released through Kranky, Mille Plateaux, Alien8, Force Inc, Staalplaat, and Fat Cat under his...

Radio Amor
ALIENCD 067 Nadja
Nadja
Nadja may refer to:* Nadja , 1928 surrealist novel by André Breton* Nadja , 1994 vampire film by Michael Almereyda* Nadja , Canadian drone doom metal side project of Aidan Baker* Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violinist...

Touched
ALIENCD 069 Lesbians On Ecstasy
Lesbians on Ecstasy
Lesbians on Ecstasy is an electronic band from Montreal, Quebec.The band toured across Canada and the U.S. with Le Tigre before the release of their first recording.The first album, the self-titled Lesbians on Ecstasy was released on October 26, 2004...

We Know You Know
We Know You Know
We Know You Know is the third album by Montreal based group Lesbians On Ecstasy. It contains 10 songs and is the followup album to 2005 remix album Giggles in the Dark...

ALIENCD 070 Alexandre St-Onge Mon Animal Est Possible
ALIENCD 071 Torngat
Torngat
Torngat is a Montreal indie band and instrumental trio established in 2001.-Biography:Torngat's popularity increased with the 2005 release of their EP La Rouge. During the spring of 2006 and after increasing demand, Torngat toured Eastern Canada. Torngat signed a two-album deal with Montreal...

You Could Be
You Could Be
You Could Be is the fourth release of the Montreal-based instrumental act Torngat.-Track listing:# "You Could Be" - 4:20# "Bordeaux Boredom" - 2:51# "Minute by Minute" - 5:58# "Many Faces, Many Places" - 1:58# "Mouton Noir" - 3:47...

ALIENCD 072 Nadja
Nadja
Nadja may refer to:* Nadja , 1928 surrealist novel by André Breton* Nadja , 1994 vampire film by Michael Almereyda* Nadja , Canadian drone doom metal side project of Aidan Baker* Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violinist...

Radiance of Shadows
Radiance of Shadows
Radiance of Shadows is the eighth full-length by Canadian drone doom band Nadja, released on October 8, 2007 by Alien8 Recordings.-Track listing:#"Now I Am Become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds" - 23:27#"I Have Tasted the Fire Inside Your Mouth" - 27:26...

ALIENCD 073 CPC Gangbangs
CPC Gangbangs
CPC Gangbangs were a Montreal, Quebec-based garage punk band, with members of Les Sexareenos , The Spaceshits , Lyle Sheraton and the Daylight Lovers , Grime, and Milky Ways. The group's debut LP “Mutilation Nation” was released in 2007 on Swami Records...

Mutilation Nation
ALIENCD 074 Sam Shalabi Eid
ALIENCD 075 Menace Ruine Cult of Ruins
ALIENCDR 001 Dreamcatcher
Dreamcatcher
Dreamcatcher is a Native American cultural object.Dreamcatcher may also refer to:-Entertainment:* Dreamcatcher , a 2001 novel by Stephen King** Dreamcatcher , based on the Stephen King novel...

Holysmokes: Live At CKUT 90.3 FM
FANCYCD 001 Molasses You'll Never Be Well No More
FANCYCD 002 Molasses Trilogie: Toil And Peaceful Life
FANCYCD 003 Hrsta
Hrsta
' is a Montreal post-rock band that records on Constellation Records. The band's leader, Mike Moya , was also one of the founding members of Godspeed You! Black Emperor. Hrsta's sound has been compared to that of Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band...

L'éclat du ciel était insoutenable
L'éclat du ciel était insoutenable
L'éclat du ciel était insoutenable is the first album by Canadian post-rock band Hṛṣṭa.-Track listing:# "L'éclat du ciel était insoutenable" ["The Glare of the Sky Was Unbearable"]# "Lime Kiln"# "Don't Let the Angels Fall"# "City of Gold"...

FANCYCD 004 Empty House Coopearative
FANCYCD 005 Molasses A Slow Messe
A Slow Messe
-Track listing:# "désolé" – 1:04# "Valley song" – 6:45# "Dans une Maison Croulante" – 1:03# "insomnia" – 2:42# "fm" – 0:55# "whitey blues" – 6:53# "Whitman County revisited" – 0:59# "death march " – 4:05...

FANCYCD 006 Sloth Is The Love
SUBSF 001 Mitchell Akiyama Hope That Lines Don't Cross
SUBSF 002 Tomas Jirku Immaterial
SUBSF 003 Tim Hecker
Tim Hecker
Tim Hecker is an electronic musician and sound artist based in Montreal, Canada. Hecker previously recorded under the moniker Jetone, but has become better known internationally for his ambient recordings released through Kranky, Mille Plateaux, Alien8, Force Inc, Staalplaat, and Fat Cat under his...

Haunt Me, Haunt Me Do It Again
SUBSF 004 Tim Hecker
Tim Hecker
Tim Hecker is an electronic musician and sound artist based in Montreal, Canada. Hecker previously recorded under the moniker Jetone, but has become better known internationally for his ambient recordings released through Kranky, Mille Plateaux, Alien8, Force Inc, Staalplaat, and Fat Cat under his...

My Love Is Rotten To The Core
SUBSF 005 Polmo Polpo The Science of Breath
The Science of Breath
The Science of Breath was a 2002 album by Sandro Perri under the name Polmo Polpo. Fusing Dark Ambient and Ambient Techno music, the record was well-received critically. It was followed in 2003 by Like Hearts Swelling....

SUBSF 007 Daniel Menche
Daniel Menche
Daniel Menche is a musician from Portland, Oregon. He has released music on labels such as Soleilmoon, Trente Oiseaux, Or Records, Alien8, Antifrost, Tesco Organisation, Blossoming Noise, f e r n s recordings Beta-lactam Ring Records, and Editions Mego...

Eye On The Steel
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