“The Sound Of Leaves Growing” is the second album by 53 on Bleak, it contains 5 tracks created between 2007 and 2009.
As on her previous album, Ivana Primorac plays all instruments herself, also recorded and mixed them on her own, and managed to maintain the unique atmosphere she creates by combining musique concrete with cold, electronic sounds and her sometimes only ghastly whispering voice.
53 welcomes you back in an infected world, allows you to be a spectator, but mind you, she won’t take you by your hand, she will leave you in White Cold Silence.

53 on MySpace

“Why be Blake when you can be Bleak?” is a compilation featuring not only netlabel artists, but also contributions from renowned artists from the Industrial/Experimental genres, and plain legends from the early 80’s Industrial scene.

The compilation strives to provide a “cause and effect” overview of Avantgarde art, especially from the viewpoint of Industrial/Experimental and Electronic music.
All artists have agreed to provide their tracks for free download, which is very uncommon these days, given the fact that non-mainstream artists probably suffer the most from illegal file sharing, and usually hesitate to give away albums for free.

The result is a download package in the size of a 3CD-compilation, containing early unreleased tracks as well as exclusive versions of new material.
The list of contributing artists is a mixture of Industrial dinosaurs and young or new obscure artists from all over the world.

Proving that original, or “old school” Industrial is still as influential and exciting as it has been since the very beginning in the late 70’s and early 80’s, The Bleak Compilation continues the tradition of compilations like “The Elephant Table Sampler”, “Three Minute Symphony” or “Ohrenschrauben/Ohrensausen”, presenting a mixture of difficult, at times disturbing and confusing music, totally apart from any mainstream intentions.

The painting on the cover is by Jonathan Canady, an american musician (Deathpile) and artist, whose work is so close to what Bleak stands for that we couldn’t resist asking him, and we are happy he agreed!

The list of artists who agreed to contribute is nothing less than amazing:

Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words, Konstruktivists, Attrition, Mushy, Cultural Amnesia, SLEEPCHAMBER, The On/Off Corporation, Wave Tank, John Zewizz, Perikomo, Josco, Das Fleisch, FRzO, MRT, Portion Control, The Altai Chamber Orchestra, Coil, Choronzon, r.A.C.K, Cultural Amnesia, Red Chamber, Bath feat. OROBL, 53, Nocturnal Emissions, Background Projection, Paluch Y, Josco, Critical Theatre, Pure, Josef Nadek, Job Karma, Firnwald, Sean Derrick Cooper Marquardt, Cezary Gapik, Stormhat, Dr. Nachtstrom

We hope that with this compilation we also draw attention to our own Bleak artists, who deserve to be presented to a wider audience.

Bleak would like to thank everyone involved.

No single track downloads, please download the complete album.

Here are the tracks:
cd1, 01 Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words (SWE) – Sunshine, Lollipops & Rainbows
cd1, 02 Konstruktivists (UK) – Thrice Is Just As Nice
cd1, 03 Attrition (UK) – The Internal Narrator (Alternate Version)
cd1, 04 Mushy (IT) – Le Ultime Ore
cd1, 05 Cultural Amnesia (UK) – Little Blue Grains
cd1, 06 SLEEPCHAMBER (USA) – Into The Crypt (Alternate Version)
cd1, 07 The On/Off Corporation (FR/AT) – Think Dark
cd1, 08 Wave Tank (GR) – Let’s Go (Get Cruel)
cd1, 09 John Zewizz (USA) – 2012 (Inner-X-Musick Mix)
cd1, 10 Perikomo (UK) – Keskitalvi
cd1, 11 Josco (IRL) – Proboszczewice
cd1, 12 Das Fleisch (AT) – The Final Beauty
cd1, 13 FRzO (NOR) – Sinkhole
cd1, 14 MRT (SRB) – Forest
cd1, 15 Portion Control (UK) – Sex Drive
cd1, 16 The Altai Chamber Orchestra (AT) – Law (International Audio Losers Version)

cd2, 01 Coil (UK) – Manifesto
cd2, 02 Choronzon (USA) – Formula
cd2, 03 r.A.C.K (AT) – We Will All Be Pvnished
cd2, 04 Cultural Amnesia (UK) – Brand New Day
cd2, 05 Red Chamber (AT) – Coming Forth By Night
cd2, 06 Bath feat. OROBL (USA) – Pooled OX
cd2, 07 53 (AT) – The Art Of Self Deceit
cd2, 08 Nocturnal Emissions (UK) – Revolutionary Industrial Trance
cd2, 09 Background Projection (GR) – Labioveral Ectoplasm
cd2, 10 Paluch Y (AT) – Maldoror Is Ded Ded Ded (Live)
cd2, 11 Josco (IRL) – Denial/Realisation
cd2, 12 Critical Theatre (USA) – Robot Flesh
cd2, 13 Pure (AT/GER) – Mladost

cd3, 01 Josef Nadek (AT) – Carrion Angel, Sing Me A Song
cd3, 02 Job Karma (PL) – Hydroxizinum City 2
cd3, 03 Firnwald (GER) – Invasion (Remix)
cd3, 04 Sean Derrick Cooper Marquardt (USA/GER) – The Benefits Of Being A Burrnesha
cd3, 05 Cezary Gapik (PL) – #466
cd3, 06 Stormhat (DK) – I Den Polykrome Grusgrav
cd3, 07 Dr. Nachtstrom (AT) – The Second Coming

glioksizom_p53.XII.413 is a collection of material by ivana primorac under her pseudonym 53.
a dark and powerful combination of acoustic instruments with cold eclectic electronic soundscapes.

while some songs let you bask in the warmth of dark yet candyfloss cello sounds, others may let you question anything that ever made you happy.
diving into 53’s sound world is a personal journey through the depths of your own mind. beware, the opening track, “solitude”, will pull you immediately into her world, and the sheer enormity of vertigo may grip you.

53 opens doors people would often keep locked.
words like silence, sadness, rage lose their meaning and just can’t sufficiently describe what happens when you jump into 53’s swimming pool of human abyss.

53 on myspace