17.05.2012 - 14:11 + scrag!
Two Austrian releasesRarely we get the chance to present Austrian artists, so we are even more happy to announce two very interesting releases from the country Bleak transmits from!
Both, Franz Grell and Weinberger, are presenting their first Bleak releases, and both fit in so perfectly, in their respective ways...
Enjoy!
[bleak039] - Franz Grell: EP
[bleak041] - Weinberger: Dead Man
Having both releases out at the same time is not an intentional coincidence, but due to heavy delays from the Bleak side, we are very sorry it took so long to have it done!
The technical problems we have encountered are solved, as it seems. Here's to some fine releases!
Both, Franz Grell and Weinberger, are presenting their first Bleak releases, and both fit in so perfectly, in their respective ways...
Enjoy!
[bleak039] - Franz Grell: EP
[bleak041] - Weinberger: Dead Man
Having both releases out at the same time is not an intentional coincidence, but due to heavy delays from the Bleak side, we are very sorry it took so long to have it done!
The technical problems we have encountered are solved, as it seems. Here's to some fine releases!
26.03.2012 - 22:44 + scrag!
More Culture Than A Pint Of ProbioticsAnd you thought you had it under control?
The latest release on Bleak will leave you puzzled, promised.
Very happy to announce: Brownian Motion`s one-track album "More Culture Than A Pint Of Probiotics"!
Welcome to Bleak!
The latest release on Bleak will leave you puzzled, promised.
Very happy to announce: Brownian Motion`s one-track album "More Culture Than A Pint Of Probiotics"!
Welcome to Bleak!
22.02.2012 - 11:59 + scrag!
To Infect And Persist Vol. 3Finally, the new Josef Nadek release is out for your listening pleasure, and it is with great pleasure to announce that it is released here on Bleak! After his first release here, "Mei Liab Isch Tot" (with an unbelievable number of downloads), Josef Nadek had a lot of releases on other labels and gained some reputation.
To Infect And Persist Vol. 3 is a compilation of rare and compilation tracks.
Enjoy!
To Infect And Persist Vol. 3 is a compilation of rare and compilation tracks.
Enjoy!
06.02.2012 - 17:59 + scrag!
CHVяCH XV BяXK3N 7ANGvAG3Bleak was invited to set up a 2 hour mix of music for Mike Textbeak`s "HVяCH XV BяXK3N 7ANGvAG3" radio show.
More about Textbeak at Mishka
The mix can be found here:
DJ Scrag!`s HEARTBEAT mix - A Story About Europe
The playlist:
Current 93 (UK) - Scarlet Woman > Swastikas For Goddy (0:00:00)
Eva (Poland) - Zaspany > VA: Castle Party Compilation (0:58:00)
Wave Tank (Greece) - For Whom The Bell Tolls > VA: Wierd Compilation Vol. II - Analogue Electronic Music 2008 (3:50:00)
Nine Circles (Belgium) - Twinkling Stars > VA: Cold Waves + Minimal Electronics Volume One (0:08:00)
Die Krupps (Germany) - 2 Herzen 1 Rhythmus > Volle Kraft Voraus (0:12:00)
Bloodygrave & Die Lust! (Germany) - Frage Der Technik > Töne Zum Anfassen (0:15:30)
Die Selektion (Germany) - Steine Auf Dein Haupt > Noire (0:19:50)
Job Karma (Poland) - Brain Processing > Punkt (0:23:30)
Prager Handgriff (Germany) - Tibet > Arglistige Täuschung (0:29:30)
10-Speed Guillotine (USA) - Eastern Drive > Psychout For Murder (0:32:45)
DDAA (France) - Your Mother With A Cake > VA: Three Minute Symphony (0:37:50)
Chris Carter (UK) - Solidit [Edit] > VA: Tyranny Of The Beat: Original Soundtracks From The Grey Area (0:40:27)
Daybed (Germany) - Lack Of Light (Radio Edit) > VA: Darkness Before Dawn Vol. 3 (0:43:45)
Fad Gadget (UK) - Newsreel > Fireside Favourites (0:47:57)
Blümchen Blau (Austria) - Flieger > VA: Flieger Flug 1 (0:51:10)
DAF (Germany) - Die Fesche Lola > Die Kleinen Und Die Bösen (0:54:15)
Lebanon Hanover (UK) - Schwarzenegger Tears > Split (0:55:47)
Cultural Amnesia (UK) - Bone Chapel > This Is Not Your Shape (1:00:03)
Broken Penis Orchestra (USA) - The Rape Of The Garden Maiden > VA: Danza De La Vida - Rest In Peace, Again, Syntactic (1:01:32)
D.F. Sadist School (France) - Purgatory II > The Visionary Garden (1:03:43)
Cut Hands (UK) - Welcome To The Feast Of Trumpets > Afro Noise Vol. 1 (1:10:06)
Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words (Sweden) - This Failure > Dreadcade (1:12:04)
La Fete Triste (Germany) - Timeless Place > Split (1:16:27)
uMachuPichu (Serbia) - Cao Ljubavi > VA: D:S Volume 2 (1:19:40)
Cinema Strange (USA) - Sadist Sagittarius > Cinema Strange (1:21:42)
Christian Death (USA) - Spectre (Love Is Dead) > Invocations: 1982 - 1989 (1:27:21)
Cocteau Twins (UK) - Wax And Wane > Garlands (1:31:12)
Faith And The Muse (USA) - Shattered In Aspect > Evidence Of Heaven (1:34:53)
X-Mal Deutschland (Germany) - Begrab Mein Herz > Tocsin (1:38:14)
Die Tödliche Doris (Germany) - Tanz Im Quadrat > 7 Tödliche Unfälle Im Haushalt (1:41:10)
Die Goldenen Zitronen (Germany) - Totschlag No. 2 > Das Bisschen Totschlag (1:44:43)
Stan Presley And The Glitter Dust All Stars (USA) - Rock`n`Roll > VA: White Stained Covers (1:47:39)
Konstruktivists (UK) - Back To Black > Back To Black (1:50:29)
P16.D4 (Germany) - "Okay" She Said With Her Customary Total Lack Of Consideration > VA: Devastate To Liberate (1:54:20)
Soft Cell (UK) - Say Hello, Wave Goodbye > Live Flexi Disc (1:55:40)
More about Textbeak at Mishka
The mix can be found here:
DJ Scrag!`s HEARTBEAT mix - A Story About Europe
The playlist:
Current 93 (UK) - Scarlet Woman > Swastikas For Goddy (0:00:00)
Eva (Poland) - Zaspany > VA: Castle Party Compilation (0:58:00)
Wave Tank (Greece) - For Whom The Bell Tolls > VA: Wierd Compilation Vol. II - Analogue Electronic Music 2008 (3:50:00)
Nine Circles (Belgium) - Twinkling Stars > VA: Cold Waves + Minimal Electronics Volume One (0:08:00)
Die Krupps (Germany) - 2 Herzen 1 Rhythmus > Volle Kraft Voraus (0:12:00)
Bloodygrave & Die Lust! (Germany) - Frage Der Technik > Töne Zum Anfassen (0:15:30)
Die Selektion (Germany) - Steine Auf Dein Haupt > Noire (0:19:50)
Job Karma (Poland) - Brain Processing > Punkt (0:23:30)
Prager Handgriff (Germany) - Tibet > Arglistige Täuschung (0:29:30)
10-Speed Guillotine (USA) - Eastern Drive > Psychout For Murder (0:32:45)
DDAA (France) - Your Mother With A Cake > VA: Three Minute Symphony (0:37:50)
Chris Carter (UK) - Solidit [Edit] > VA: Tyranny Of The Beat: Original Soundtracks From The Grey Area (0:40:27)
Daybed (Germany) - Lack Of Light (Radio Edit) > VA: Darkness Before Dawn Vol. 3 (0:43:45)
Fad Gadget (UK) - Newsreel > Fireside Favourites (0:47:57)
Blümchen Blau (Austria) - Flieger > VA: Flieger Flug 1 (0:51:10)
DAF (Germany) - Die Fesche Lola > Die Kleinen Und Die Bösen (0:54:15)
Lebanon Hanover (UK) - Schwarzenegger Tears > Split (0:55:47)
Cultural Amnesia (UK) - Bone Chapel > This Is Not Your Shape (1:00:03)
Broken Penis Orchestra (USA) - The Rape Of The Garden Maiden > VA: Danza De La Vida - Rest In Peace, Again, Syntactic (1:01:32)
D.F. Sadist School (France) - Purgatory II > The Visionary Garden (1:03:43)
Cut Hands (UK) - Welcome To The Feast Of Trumpets > Afro Noise Vol. 1 (1:10:06)
Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words (Sweden) - This Failure > Dreadcade (1:12:04)
La Fete Triste (Germany) - Timeless Place > Split (1:16:27)
uMachuPichu (Serbia) - Cao Ljubavi > VA: D:S Volume 2 (1:19:40)
Cinema Strange (USA) - Sadist Sagittarius > Cinema Strange (1:21:42)
Christian Death (USA) - Spectre (Love Is Dead) > Invocations: 1982 - 1989 (1:27:21)
Cocteau Twins (UK) - Wax And Wane > Garlands (1:31:12)
Faith And The Muse (USA) - Shattered In Aspect > Evidence Of Heaven (1:34:53)
X-Mal Deutschland (Germany) - Begrab Mein Herz > Tocsin (1:38:14)
Die Tödliche Doris (Germany) - Tanz Im Quadrat > 7 Tödliche Unfälle Im Haushalt (1:41:10)
Die Goldenen Zitronen (Germany) - Totschlag No. 2 > Das Bisschen Totschlag (1:44:43)
Stan Presley And The Glitter Dust All Stars (USA) - Rock`n`Roll > VA: White Stained Covers (1:47:39)
Konstruktivists (UK) - Back To Black > Back To Black (1:50:29)
P16.D4 (Germany) - "Okay" She Said With Her Customary Total Lack Of Consideration > VA: Devastate To Liberate (1:54:20)
Soft Cell (UK) - Say Hello, Wave Goodbye > Live Flexi Disc (1:55:40)
05.01.2012 - 12:14 + scrag!Andy Oppenheimer live in ViennaBleak is very happy to announce in cooperation with Klanggalerie:
Andy Oppenheimer (Oppenheimer Analysis) live in Vienna!
Fri., April 13th 2012, at the Rhiz
Facebook Event
Andy Oppenheimer (Oppenheimer Analysis) live in Vienna!
Fri., April 13th 2012, at the Rhiz
Facebook Event
01.01.2012 - 13:42 + scrag!
Out now: Dust Orchestra - Live At Xi BarHappy new year to everyone of you!
We start 2012 with a fantastic release by Dust Orchestra, the new project of Mark Crumby (Konstruktivists, Binary, Impulse, etc.).
He combines tribal rhythms and sounds with Experimental and Noise, a totally new approach in music with only little comparison possible, way less friendly than Muslimgauze, but on the other hand not as extreme as William Bennett`s Cut Hands / Afro Noise project (Dust Orchestra will open for Cut Hands though on their gig in Vienna on Jan. 19th).
Dust Orchestra`s release here is a live recording of the performance on June 23rd, the very first appearance of this project, back then even without a name.
Enjoy!
We start 2012 with a fantastic release by Dust Orchestra, the new project of Mark Crumby (Konstruktivists, Binary, Impulse, etc.).
He combines tribal rhythms and sounds with Experimental and Noise, a totally new approach in music with only little comparison possible, way less friendly than Muslimgauze, but on the other hand not as extreme as William Bennett`s Cut Hands / Afro Noise project (Dust Orchestra will open for Cut Hands though on their gig in Vienna on Jan. 19th).
Dust Orchestra`s release here is a live recording of the performance on June 23rd, the very first appearance of this project, back then even without a name.
Enjoy!
28.12.2011 - 12:46 + scrag!
2011 - looking back2011 has been an amazing year, not only for Bleak, also for music generally.
Besides the music industry failing again, this time on Spotify, others have rediscovered the real value of music, by releasing on vinyl.
Vinyl will be a topic for Bleak in 2012, there may be two or three vinyl mini releases. Watch out, but it won`t happen before end of summer.
Looking back to a lot of Bleak events, here`s a list of what we were involved in, a kind of "Best Of 2011":
- Wroclaw Industrial Festival (Compilation and dj set)
- Mushroom`s Patience live in Vienna
- Bleak Labelnight with Mushy, Drugs For Drunks live
- Endorcism Festival / Berlin, dj set
- Exit Festival / Serbia, dj set
- Cindytalk live in Vienna
- Section 25 live in Vienna
- Konstruktivists / Dust Orchestra live in Vienna
- Geneviéve Pasquier live in Vienna
- Thorofon live in Vienna
- Peter Hope`s Exploding Mind live in Vienna
- Radio FM4 feature about Bleak
... and many many other things as well... so many great memories... and so many great releases!
I have compiled a list of "best of 2011" albums by dj`s, musicians and editors on the Austrian gothic/industrial community website, definitely worth a look!
Plans for 2012... there are no plans, except for the vinyl releases.
A belated Merry Christmas to all of you, and a very happy New Year!
Besides the music industry failing again, this time on Spotify, others have rediscovered the real value of music, by releasing on vinyl.
Vinyl will be a topic for Bleak in 2012, there may be two or three vinyl mini releases. Watch out, but it won`t happen before end of summer.
Looking back to a lot of Bleak events, here`s a list of what we were involved in, a kind of "Best Of 2011":
- Wroclaw Industrial Festival (Compilation and dj set)
- Mushroom`s Patience live in Vienna
- Bleak Labelnight with Mushy, Drugs For Drunks live
- Endorcism Festival / Berlin, dj set
- Exit Festival / Serbia, dj set
- Cindytalk live in Vienna
- Section 25 live in Vienna
- Konstruktivists / Dust Orchestra live in Vienna
- Geneviéve Pasquier live in Vienna
- Thorofon live in Vienna
- Peter Hope`s Exploding Mind live in Vienna
- Radio FM4 feature about Bleak
... and many many other things as well... so many great memories... and so many great releases!
I have compiled a list of "best of 2011" albums by dj`s, musicians and editors on the Austrian gothic/industrial community website, definitely worth a look!
Plans for 2012... there are no plans, except for the vinyl releases.
A belated Merry Christmas to all of you, and a very happy New Year!
22.12.2011 - 13:47 + Scrag!
PURE: Fever Dreams - out now!It took us a while to make it happen:
Pure, who has been creating electronic music since the early 90s, shares a three track EP with us:
Fever Dreams, a dark journey through feverish nightmares, drones and noise.
Enjoy!
Pure, who has been creating electronic music since the early 90s, shares a three track EP with us:
Fever Dreams, a dark journey through feverish nightmares, drones and noise.
Enjoy!
11.12.2011 - 18:41 + scrag!
This Is Not Your ShapeAfter months of preparations and anticipation, we are very proud to announce a very special album by Cultural Amnesia, exclusive on Bleak:
"This Is Not Your Shape" is the first full album of new material from Cultural Amnesia for 28 years. Seven of the nine tracks are released for the first time here. The accompanying designed booklet, Verbose Logging, contains the lyrics of almost all the songs recorded by CA since they resumed activity in the late 90s. The video for `Contains` is the first official video from the band ever.
"This Is Not Your Shape" is the first full album of new material from Cultural Amnesia for 28 years. Seven of the nine tracks are released for the first time here. The accompanying designed booklet, Verbose Logging, contains the lyrics of almost all the songs recorded by CA since they resumed activity in the late 90s. The video for `Contains` is the first official video from the band ever.
06.12.2011 - 18:45 + scrag!
recommended...While the Cultural Amnesia album is being finished, Bleak would like to recommend an excellent album by Klanggalerie, a free download as christmas present, only available during December!
VA - Danza De Navidad
Track listing:
Attrition - Silent Night
Mushroom`s Patience - Christmas asleep (Three)
Job Karma - Little tiny
Section 25 - Section the 25th
Fetisch Park - Nachtstille
Andrew Liles - Bloody Mary / Christ Mess
Pete Hope`s Exploding Mind - The head of Billy Newman (Reindeer Version)
Scattered Order - Snow faked
Der Blutharsch and the infinite church of the leading hand - Little Drummer Boy (Hollowfaus Remix)
... available as FLAC and MP3:
Danza De Navidad (FLAC)
Danza De Navidad (MP3)
Klanggalerie
Enjoy!
VA - Danza De Navidad
Track listing:
Attrition - Silent Night
Mushroom`s Patience - Christmas asleep (Three)
Job Karma - Little tiny
Section 25 - Section the 25th
Fetisch Park - Nachtstille
Andrew Liles - Bloody Mary / Christ Mess
Pete Hope`s Exploding Mind - The head of Billy Newman (Reindeer Version)
Scattered Order - Snow faked
Der Blutharsch and the infinite church of the leading hand - Little Drummer Boy (Hollowfaus Remix)
... available as FLAC and MP3:
Danza De Navidad (FLAC)
Danza De Navidad (MP3)
Klanggalerie
Enjoy!
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BLEAK is a netlabel. we distribute art that does not fit in
elsewhere. this may be difficult music, atonal music, sounds, noises, spoken
word, improvisation, experimental.
music that is not intended to make you dance. but even that depends on HOW you would dance to it.
music that is not intended to make you dance. but even that depends on HOW you would dance to it.
BLEAK is also a platform for any other form of art that can be
presented on an internet site.
there will always be images, videos, paintings, drawings or poetry that reflect the ideas and imaginations we have.
there will always be images, videos, paintings, drawings or poetry that reflect the ideas and imaginations we have.
BLEAK is the home for artists who don't care too much about pleasing
the audience. this does not make us better or special. it just represents an
alternative to the pop culture, where music finds the audience. we hope that
the audience finds us, because they are looking for us.
BLEAK is not a counterpart to anything or something special. it is an
extension.
we hope you like what you see and hear... and feel. if something makes you feel uncomfortable, it may be intentional.
we hope you like what you see and hear... and feel. if something makes you feel uncomfortable, it may be intentional.
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