This Podcast Is a ritual

I’m on the delightful This Podcast Is A Ritual podcast with Devin ”The Wizard” Person. An hour of solid conversation: no foreplay, no frills, no noise – just Chaos, Order and Occulture. #devinperson #thispodcastisaritual #occulture #carlabrahamsson

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A beautiful vintage poster

A treat from the vaults: The original promotional poster for the spoken word classic album AT STOCKHOLM by Psychic TV & White Stains (1990). Size A3 (297 x 420 mm), 120 g art paper stock, very suitable for framing. VERY few left. If you buy this poster, you can also download the album for free. #psychictv #whitestains #genesisporridge #paulaporridge #topy #thomastibert #carlabrahamsson

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Two more albums, old and new

Two more albums have just been released as a result of our archival digging process. The first one is: Cotton Ferox: Dark Sexorcism (HILO-067) In 2007, Swedish duo Cotton Ferox (Carl Abrahamsson & Thomas Tibert) created a soundtrack for Abrahamsson’s photographic exhibition ”Olika Människor”. It consisted of the singles of their previous project, White Stains, played backwards, meshed with a brand new dark ambient ocean of sounds, including voices from the interviews with the people in the exhibition. A synaptic overload/meltdown/chaos in which the past truly met the future within the walls of damp space Drags Kraftstation in Norrköping, Sweden. It is an exorcism of the past and an invocation or creation of the future. Hence a violent yet fertile ”sexorcism” that leads up to the very point of your pressing PLAY today. A MEGA GOLEM OFFICIAL: Another Cosmic Gemstone for our prismatic end-times! Originally recorded for Vicki Bennett / People Like Us’ ”Radio Boredcast”, this album...

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Four new/old albums on Highbrow Lowlife

The massive re-issue project c/o Highbrow Lowlife has now truly begun to vibrate. Recently there was the lovely CD of White Stains’ “Singleminded Dualisms” and now there have just been four amazing albums re/released. Let’s go through them one by one… SPIRAL ASSEMBLY LINES: A brand new Cotton Ferox album? Well, it’s a comp of all our singles and EPs, and you will love it. ”Spiral Assembly Lines” collects singles and EPs from Swedish electronica/spoken word duo Cotton Ferox (2000-2018). These were released in the early to mid-2010s, and show the versatile dynamism of members Carl Abrahamsson and Thomas Tibert. Roaming from dark electronica, over spoken word dreaminess, to structured pop compositions, these tracks reflect the open-minded attitudes as well as the sublime production values of Cotton Ferox.  The four final tracks of this release feature the vocal talent of Elisabeth Punzi (ex Whipped Cream) and were originally released under the project name...

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