Untitled - Untitled - C20

Two untitled soundworks by an anonymous artist.

The download includes the artwork of this release.

 

C20 cassettetape released by Zeitgeists Publishing in february 2012,
sold out, but now available again here on Secret Chants.

Many thanks to John Jansen of Zeitgeists Publishing for sending the files!

Description on the website of Zeitgeists Publishing:

"  Noise/ drone

20 minutes of dark soundscapes, nightly field recordings with pure perfection and care....

'something in between terrifying and soothing'

'It is as if nature spoke'
Henry David Thoreau "

zeitgeists.bigcartel.com/

zeitgeistspublishing.tumblr.com/

six works by vnutrennosti

Free download of PDF with six visual works by vnutrennosti (Russia)

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These six works are made especially for Secret Chants
Many thanks vnutrennosti!

link: Tumblrblog of vnutrennosti

'Tussenwereld' and 'Vertelling' by deep rest.

Free download of two tracks, 

 that are made especially for Secret Chants:

'Tussenwereld' 

and

'Vertelling'

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The download includes artwork and lyrics 

© deep rest.

deep rest. is a soloproject of Paulo Godinho Nunes from The Netherlands.
Many thanks Paulo!

Links:
Soundcloud
Facebook 

'Nekromanteia' - a Ðivinorum sub-release

'Nekromanteia', DIV-7.2,   
is available as a free download exclusively on Secret Chants.

It consists of two tracks, a pdf photobook of new, unseen images, 
a pdf with photos of the physical edition and a text file with some release notes.

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A physical edition of 1 (photo book plus cassette) is hidden somewhere in the world.

Clues as to its whereabouts are encoded within this digital version, 
as well as in other releases.

 

 The physical book has black aluminum pages.

The book is sealed with a wax scroll and quill stamp.

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Encoded in this physical version is a clue to the location of previously hidden release DIV-4.6 - 'Death Magic', which has not yet been discovered ...

'Death Magic' info is here

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Ðivinorum

Ð: of the ghosts ...

Part zine, part real world art performance, made of sounds and visions, 

Ðivinorum is an abstract narrative, employing its own occult language. 

The focus is on actual experiences summoned by and through handmade books 

and artifacts, and by more ephemeral materials, such as Time.

links:
Website
Facebookpage

doode stad \ verborgen leven

doode stad \ verborgen leven

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dead city \ hidden life

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 A selection of photos made on 5 may 2016 during the execution of  'Operation 5 \ Page 5':

All pages of the book ‘Arnhems Kruisweg’ are placed on the walls of ‘room 18′.
Walls and pages are covered in thin black paint - the images and texts remain partly visible.  

‘Arnhems Kruisweg’ - which can be translated as 'The Stations Of The Cross of Arnhem’,  

is a book about 'Operation Market Garden’.  Written by Louis Frequin, Henri A.A.R. Knap and W.H. Kruiderink ;  Photos:  A.J.J. Bouvet ;  Amsterdam: Promotor, 1946 ; 196 pages.

z\w\a\r\t\24: a long term project of Z\W\A\R\T magazine in this building:

“The abandoned building KKN24 is located on Buitenplaats Koningsweg,

a former military base in Arnhem, The Netherlands.
The building was a sleeping-quarter for soldiers, 4 in one room. 39 Rooms in the whole building. The building is waiting to be demolished, meanwhile it transforms back to nature. In october 2014 artist BiOP got permission to use the building for site-specific artworks. He invites several artists to transmute the building and their artwork, 24hours a day. [ ]
During Code Rood ( Code Red) the art and the building can be visited (every last saturday).”

Source: Transmute24 Facebookpage
www.facebook.com/transmute24
www.flickr.com/photos/transmute24/

Follow the z\w\a\r\t\24 project on this blog, with many more photos: zwart24.tumblr.com/

'The White People' - Ibrahim R. Ineke

A selection of details from the book 'The White People'

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Ineke's drawings expand the idea of the 'comic' by incorporating elements of visual art and literature. The copying machine is as much a tool as the drawing pen, for instance. The way he presents his works in exhibitions, in bespoke arrangements or as an installation, adds to the view that a strict division between the world of art and the world of comic is not relevant.

According to his blog:

"Ibrahim R. Ineke (1976) is a draughtsman and curator, based in The Hague, the Netherlands. His drawings and publications utilize and deconstruct the narrative strategies and visual structures of the comic book medium, simultaneously asserting the autonomy and interdependence of the images. Through the exploration of the tropes and grammar of horror fiction, they make explicit the historical connection between the medium of static visual narrative and the 19th century Penny Dreadfuls, stating the case for comic books as the quintessentially Gothic art form."

link to Blog

'The White People' was published in 2015 by Sherpa, The Netherlands.

One can order a copy here

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This presentation came into being in consultation between artist and blog.
Thanks Ibrahim!

Small Cruel Party - Three 10" Records

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`Small Cruel Party's work is focused on the inherent mysterious and beautiful quality of sound itself, with the emphasis on noninstrumental sound sources, the source itself not being readily apparent.`

(discogs)

1. A split: Small Cruel Party / Chop Shop - 'Scmaolpl -C-r-u-e-l- Psahrotpy'

Label: RRRecords - Catalog#: RRR 093
Released in 1995

"Note: A literal split 10" - the record is cut in half and in a 5" x 11" folder.

As each artist has one side of the original record, 

the idea is that you can recombine their two pieces 

by physically reassembling the vinyl record.
A small number of copies were left intact."
(source of the information and images: discogs)

In the download the intact version!

On Youtube a reassembled version

2. 'In Thicket'

Label: Sounds For Consciousness Rape - Catalog#: SFCR 10"001
Released: 1994

 

(image: discogs, and two from the blog 'no longer forgotten music')

3. 'Urgent Tube'

Label: Small Cruel Party - Catalog#: SCP-001
Released: 1991

Landy Side

David Side

"Side one recorded in the woods after midnight, 

side two recorded in a bicycle tunnel; different effects achieved by playing at different speeds.
Hand made [ ] paper sleeve with block-printing, custom drawn labels with photographs attached, includes an insert. clear vinyl record."

(source of the information and image: discogs)

X                                                X                                                 X                                                X

These 3 records are now available again as download 

after a period of silence that was caused by the removal of certain file store services.

The files of the records were kindly provided by the owner of the blog 'no longer forgotten music' Many thanks!

BELCHKITCHEN - two series of collages

BELCHKITCHEN

SOUNDCONTRACTOR / IMAGECONTRACTOR

Collages of zeroxed, shredded , re- and decomposed images.

Choise for black and white in my work is about doing or not doing things, 

grey is a dispersed open zone.

Shredvertisements, collages of fotocopied, shredded advertisements, 

put together again randomly, but they keep screaming at you. 

Design survives destruction.

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links:

Tumblrblog

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About Belchkitchen

Bandcamp 

All material kindly provided by Belchkitchen - thanks!

AbrAhAdAbrA ritual by Salò Mentale

On 23 january 1986  a ritual for Abrahadabra's first year of existence,
was performed at cultural center Oktopus in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Salò Mentale constructed the soundtrack for this ritual.
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AbrAhAdAbrA was a magazine released by Maldoror foundation, 

Den Haag, The Netherlands.

'Het Oordeel' - ´The Judgement´ - was a AbrAhAdAbrA special issue based on this ritual (also in the download).

  

This image by Anthony Blokdijk



listen to the Soundtrack on Archive.org

 link to Salò Mentale's Bandcamppage

 

Thanks to Anthony Blokdijk of Stichting Maldoror / Salò Mentale,
for providing this material

Images from the booklet 'Het Oordeel' 

Flyer of the 1986 event