New From Kuwahara: BONETHRONE

Bonethrone is the fourth installment from Tennessee's experimental dark - ambient ambassadors KUWAHARA. Shifting focus towards conception vs. cataclysm they tread new ground on performance and profound accessibility, rather than evoking a space of darkness; now darkness shapes the space of this post industrial and bleak at best landscapes of mechanical and molten tectonic textures that permeate each track; one unfolding into the other, clawing their way out of an abysmal plane of introspective solitude.

Now Available - Solitude Eternal

Like Hemlock featured on Secret Music

Thanks goes out to Scott Raymond of Secret Music for including this track in their recent rotation!

WVKR-FM "Secret Music" Top 20 Playlist
                           April, 2012
1. Merge - Secret Life Of Machines - Self Released
2. Ian Boddy & Erik Wøllo - Frontiers - DiN
3. Janne Hanhisuanto - Quiet Places - Self Released
4. Nunc Stans - Peninsula - Dataobscura
5. Robert Carty - Cosmic Connections
6. John Lyell - Eternity - Self Released
7. Eraldo Bernocchi, Harold Budd & Robin Guthrie - Winter Garden - Rare Noise
8. Bil Vermette - Galaxies IV - Rainforest
9. Carl Weingarten - Panomorphia - Multiphase Records
10. Ewan Dobson - Ewan Dobson III - CandyRat Records
11. Steve Roach - Back to Life - Projekt
12. Rich Osborn - Giving Voice: Guitar Explorations - Free Range Raga Records
13. Robert Davies - The Alchemy Of Nature - Dataobscura
14. Dan Minoza and M.Peck - Like Hemlock - Waiting World Records
15. Broekhuis, Keller & Schonwalder - Red - Manikin Records
16. Alio Die - Deconsecrated and Pure - Projekt
17. Steve Roach - Groove Immersion [In Four Parts] - Timeroom Editions
18. Bob Ardern - Wires, Rosewood & Roots - Self Released
19. Kathryn Kaye - Heavy as a Feather - Final Notes
20. Berlin Heritage - Land Of The Rising Sun - Spheric Music

Kuwahara Reviewed by Wounds of the Earth

Kuwahara - "Kandyheart Afghan"

[Waiting World Records]

Kuwahara present us with some noise/death industrial in a similar vein to Stratvm Terror, Megaptera, etc. The songs employ deep, hellish drones to provide the foundation for layers of noisey textures. Most of the songs are droning and plod along slowly, though beats present themselves occasionally. There are some cool tracks like "Order of Primitives", "Feeding Tube", and "Scum Class" that have a good, industrial-tinged, rotten sewage feel to them akin to Stratvm Terror. These pieces are dirty and atmospheric, certainly residing amongst the darkest catacombs of the ambient genre, without being overly abrasive. Despite the usual ultra repetitive nature of some death industrial, most these tracks move and shift quite a bit during their duration; there are many different sounds introduced and they don't feel repetitive or overly long. The production here is about as good as you can expect from a style that relies heavily on drones and noise, although the track volume seems to fluctuate from track to track. The only thing I really don't like about this album is that a number of songs contain seemingly random noises which seem out of place and/or annoying to the ear. On "B-33920" and "Meat Bubble" the drumbeats sound totally out of left field and don't fit with the atmosphere generated by the rest of the album. Although "Meat Bubble" sounds kind of like old demo VAC or some other rough, experimental trippy industrial of that time. If you like "heavy" ambient and stuff from Slaughter Productions and so forth, give this one a try.

Much thanks to the WOTE Crew for the time, consideration and support! More info here http://woundsoftheearth.blogspot.com/.

Like Hemlock reviewed in Blood1000

 

"Just over one hour of music begins with Bloodwood, a silken track with organic sounds accompanying synths and a base drone that carries it along. The track hints at innocence, before descending into a dark landscape before it finishes. The dark ending of Bloodwood prepares the listener for the tense start of Kapala – something ominous this way definitely comes." To read the entire review, please visit http://blood1000.wordpress.com/2012/03/10/dan-minoza-m-peck-like-hemlock/

Kuwahara - Kandyheart Afghan Now Available

Kandyheart Afghan, the third release from Kuwahara, reveals the duo's fondness for bleak atmospheres and tortured electronics. Kuwahara continues head-first into the abyss with no signs of turning back. Purposely avoiding the white walls of sound from early pioneers of noise and dark ambient that influenced them, they instead focus on texture and melancholic passages to move their audience with a wretched grace rather than brute force. Make no mistake; this album is a pummeling slab of tectonic movements and soundscapes, much like their previous installments. This however, dwells in a realm of nightmare and abandoned hope.



Digital Download is $5, available in Flac and almost any other format you want. For physical copies, please contact waitingworldrecords at gmail.com
Enjoy and thanks for your support!

Like Hemlock to be featured on Time Drone

This Thursday evening, the new release from Miñoza and Peck will be played in its entirety during the Time Drone show on Stillstream.com. Be sure to tune in! And a very special thanks to Jack Hertz and Stillstream for their support.

Dan Miñoza & M. Peck - Like Hemlock, Now Available

The debut album from Dan Miñoza and M. Peck is a masterwork of isolated kinetics, turgid textures and vast dynamics drawing the listener in with stark minimalism and dark ambient atmospheres coupled with sparse sound design. These collected works were inspired by the novelist Charles Bukowski and photographer Sally Mann, from whom both Miñoza and Peck draw much influence.
The album was recorded from August 2011 through December 2011, then later mixed and mastered by Peck at Audio Propulsion Labs in January of 2012. The result is an intimate voyage into the abyss with two of today's most diverse independent ambient musicians.

Muted In A Perfect Black Now Available

The third installment from MAGGOTAPPLEWONDERLAND continues in all it's malignant glory that first garnered them attention six years ago with their debut "Six Hits of Sunshine... and the Bruises To Show." Be assured that they have not abandoned their trademark dissonance or melancholic passages in trade for whatever is currently in fashion. Instead, 'Muted in a Perfect Black" could quite be their most accessible offering to date. MAW continue to embrace juxtaposed frequencies with morose melody and frantic sound design, creating an unsettling, often trance-like state. Lye down, kill the lights and unravel. This is a toast to the malign.
This release is made available under Creative Commons licensing. Please feel free to link to, and/or distribute freely. Thank you for your support!

   Muted In A Perfect Black by maggotapplewonderland

New Release from M. Peck on Ethereal Live

"Ethereal Live returns with its second release with ambient electronic stalwart M.Peck and a stunning live album called “Bodies To The Sky”. M.Peck, aka Michael Peck, is well known in the ambient and electronic communities as a solo artist, as one half of the duo Mahoney & Peck, his label Waiting World Records, and for a plethora of live performances around the U.S that include The Gatherings, City Skies, Star’s End, Electro-Music, and many more.
If you have ever seen Michael Peck play live, you know the powerful force of sound this musician can create in a space. Whether it is laptop, synthesizers, Theremin, or guitar, Michael Peck has an energy that cannot be ignored. Ethereal Live has had the pleasure of seeing this musician perform many times and each performance is always an impressive and unique set of twists and turns in sound that never repeat themselves. This live set is no exception.
Originally recorded live on Stillstream.com on January 30, 2010, “Bodies To The Sky” is a sweeping romp through several sub-genres of ethereal music. Listeners will find a grand mixture of light floating ambient drifts that sink into pools of darkness only to spill over into a multi-dimensional plateau of deep space sounds and then do it all over again. “Bodies To The Sky” stores it’s brilliance in its subtleties and fans of all genres of ambient music will find something quite worthy of their time.
Performed, Recorded, Mixed, and Mastered by M.Peck at Audio Propulsion Labs in June of 2011. The amazing artwork for this album is by Frank Pacini. Ethereal Live is very proud to release M.Peck “Bodies To The Sky” as a free Creative Commons download for all to enjoy."
Follow this link to download your free copy: http://ethereallive.wordpress.com/

Mahoney and Peck featured on Music With Space

The track "Fallen Are The Pillars" from Mahoney and Peck's 2010 A.L.I. release was featured on Music With Space hosted by Michael Hunter. 

The playlist can be found here: http://www.wprb.com/printplaylist.php?show_id=22745

New Release from M. Peck-Beneath Forever

"Peck covers a large swath of ground in this release. Some pieces are bold and direct, standing up proudly and demanding the listener's immediate attention. Others drift lazily along through strange new sound worlds, enticing the listener to melt into the music and setting the imagination free. Others vibrate and coalesce with delightfully interacting pulses of electronica and percussion, never quite falling into the world of Berlin school, always charting a fresh course. Still others simmer darkly, crackling with a barely restrained energy lurking just below the surface. Truly something for everyone here."

This title can be downloaded here.

Mahoney and Peck City Skies Performance

For those unable to attend the 4th Annual City Skies Festival, here is the link to the audio.

Peck to perform at the Gatherings

New Release from MAGGOTAPPLEWONDERLAND

This four track, 20+ minute slab of depressive audio poetics will finally rear it's head by months end. Muted in a Perfect Black continues to show the exploration in sound and composition. As the title indicates, this EP is dark, and painfully depressive. It is MAW for Christ's sake, what else would you expect?

Eyes Cast Down Reviews A Life Incandescent

"Tennessee space musicians Mark Mahoney and Michael Peck team up for their fourth duo album, A Life Incandescent (Waiting World Records 009), a feast of classic analog sounds with a strong science-fiction, exploratory vibe. The music was recorded live (at the Gathering and on Star’s End) in 2008, with both musicians working synths & laptops, and released in June 2010.
Two of the album’s standout features are clear very early on: energy and concision. Each piece crackles with energy (both organic & electronic). Buzzing leads, filter sweeps, roaring basses, spiraling spacelines, ghostly atmospheres, insect-like nicks and ticks, and more, drive us through a galaxy rich in wonders. There’s no floaty “new age” indulgence here; this is serious space music, meticulously crafted with clear intent."
Thanks to Greg for including this release in his recent reviews. To read the entire review click here.

Kuwahara Cultivations Series Volume 1

Waiting World Records is proud to announce Cultivation Series Volume 1 from the post-industrial/dark ambient outfit Kuwahara (Mike Honeycutt and M. Peck) is now available.
Unlike many sophomore releases, this 45 minute slab of gnarled soundscapes and shimmering audio poetics are remixes of the tracks featured on the groups highly acclaimed debut HoneyCult.
Cultivation Series Volume 1 features remixes from some of today's most notable sound artists and standouts in their genres with offerings from WILT, Steve Brand, Mannequin Hollowcaust, Andrew Lagowski and two previously unreleased tracks from Kuwahara. Make no mistake, these are not just rehashed renditions of the original tracks and come off as something entirely new to the listener. Each artist left their own mark on the tracks leaving the release as a whole, a very fluid and coherent offering, albeit jaundiced and decrepit, this album reeks of brilliance in a most progressive manner.
This release comes packaged with full color artwork and full color CDr housed in a ultra clear poly bag. Please send $10 (includes S/H to mpeckmusic (@) gmail dot com to order yours today.

ECHOTOMB Free Net Release

From deep within the Appalachia, resident beatmeister ECHOTOMB (M. Peck) is set to release his
forthcoming full length “Error to the Throne” which if you’ve kept up is the follow up to his 2010
EP “LID”. More than just a heaping offering of beat madness, this album explores the depths of timbre and
tonality while staying accessible and experimental at the same time coupled with Zappaesque melody
lines and playfulness.
Clocking in at just under an hour, this album reveals the endless boundaries of Peck’s sonic palette, and
is easily his best "beat" work to date. One can still see Peck giving a proper nod to his peers but also separating himself to a level and realm all his own, and taking the jive higher and higher.

This is a Free Net Release (donations are gladly accepted at mpeckmusic (at) gmail dot com. Go to http://soundcloud.com/echotomb and download the set today!

Secret Music Top 25 of 2010

Secret Music radio host Scott Raymond also listed Mahoney and Peck's A Life Incandescent on his Top 25 of 2010. Click here for the entire list. Thanks for the continued support Scott!

A Recent Nod from Star's End

In early 2010, we released the final installment from the duo Mahoney & Peck A Life Incandescent and received some note worthy attention. Recently, we were made aware that it also was picked by Star's End as a significant release of 2010. Here is the link to view the entire list, and a special thank you to SE host Chuck van Zyl for his support on the album as his artwork graces the cover, and to Art Cohen that assisted in engineering this album.