vendredi 20 mai 2011

Emotion Of Loss broadcast on Canal B !


Just to let you know that "Dead Empty Sky And Its Inscrutable Cold Infinity" by Emotion Of Loss was broadcasted last tuesday on radio Canal B, on "Fire On The Bayou", a weekly show dedicated to hardcore/sludge/grind/etc. A big thanks to Ben and Lucas for this.

Here's the link to the broadcast.
Fire On The Bayou 17/05/11

Be sure to tune on Canal B (94mhz, Rennes), every tuesday, from 9:30pm to 11pm for a sensible selection of delicate tunes and ballads and great professionalism in hosting.

dimanche 8 mai 2011

Some news ! Huata & Resonance Of Spiral.


Hi there, just to let you know that I'm not dead. Now here are some news :

The release of the "Huata - Open The Gates Of Shambhala" K7 has suffered of some delay. Now I can't give you a precise release date, but I can assure you that we're working on it and we're making our best to make it available as soon as possible. I apologize for this inconvenience to those who preordered the tape, and remind you all that this preorder offer (4€, shipping including all over the world) is still available here.

On another subject, I am really proud to announce our next release :

Resonance Of Spiral - DEVBLU ep

Resonance of Spiral is a japanese two piece band delivering a devastating mix of hardcore and industrial. With only a MPC, a bass, and a vocalist, these guys are the MK ULTRA project in sound.
RxOxS drive their way into your cortex with their insane beats and samples and recondition it with thunderous bass assaults as the screams burn a litany of kill words in your subconscious.

Now you're ready.

This 23mn EP will be released on 100 miniCDs with a special handmade packaging. 30 copies will be available via the band and 70 copies via myself. The release is planned for August, and the preorder will be open a little while before.


mardi 29 mars 2011

SOON! /// Huata - Open The Gates Of Shambhala (K7 Re-ed.)



GUESS WHAT CAME IN THE MAIL LAST FRIDAY ?
That's right, 66 tapes for the next release "Huata - Open The Gates Of Shambhala" on Zugzwang Productions and Quagmire Records. Kudos to Tapeline for their customer support and professionalism.

Brace yourself for half an hour of a super-heavy doom/fuzz/satan combo coming straight from Brittany, France ! Fuzzy, muddy, sticky, fuzzy, stinky, heavy, fuzzy, oh and did I say it's fuzzy ?




First released on CD via Throatruiner Records and now out of stock, this critically acclaimed first effort gets reissued on tape with a very special silkscreened packaging by Headshot Laboratory. More info very soon.

SPECIAL OFFER : preorder for 4€. Shipping included, anywhere in the world !

Huata's next release "Atavist of Mann", on CD and LP, will be available via Throatruiner Records, Duplicate Records, Boue Records, Odio Sonoro and Psychedoomelic Records.

lundi 28 mars 2011

ZZP-001 /// Emotion Of Loss - Demo 2007



Eventually, after days of researching, prototyping, printing, cutting, sewing* and assembling, Zugzwang's very first release is available ! Limited edition of 13 CDr in handmade packaging, with special faux-leather slipcase.




I am really proud and excited to start my roster with a band like Emotion of Loss, who delivers here 20mn of sick, brutal and depressive Industrial Doom Metal.

No hope here, no life, no light at the end of the tunnel. Just desolation and loneliness. Fields of concrete and charcoal, as far as the eye can see. The intense pulse of all the desperate souls trapped under this ground.

You don't believe me ? Here, have a listen.



Emotion Of Loss - Demo 2007
1. Dead Empty Sky And Its Inscrutable Cold Infinty - 10:26
2. Disturbing Presentiment OF Coming Self-Apocalypse - 13:40

Total - 24:06.

Buy here. Download link coming soon.




*thank you grandma on this one

THE ROSTER


EMOTION OF LOSS


Emotion Of Loss delivers a heavy and sickening blend of doom, indus and noise. No hope here, no life, no light at the end of the tunnel. Just desolation and loneliness. Fields of concrete and charcoal, as far as the eye can see. The intense pulse of all the desperate souls trapped under this ground.


ZZP-007 /// EMOTION OF LOSS & ZMAJEVDAH - Split

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HAUTE-CIMES


Haute-Cimes sound is both repulsive and fascinating at the same time, moving and breathing with its own pulse. Cinematographic harsh noise, with disturbing films samples entwining layers of radiating drones and pulsating noise shrills.

Its first effort, Khmaer Krahom, is like staring at the everlasting collapse of the Sun, laying on your back on a building rooftop, above the smog and stench of the world consuming itself in a last mass orgy of blood, oil and wine.


ZZP-008 /// HAUTE-CIMES - Khmaer Krahom

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HUATA


















Huata crawled their way up from the sewers, leaving behind cohorts of toothless, hysterically laughing tramps and giant cave rats, bathing and hunting in their waste. Their ascencion led them to emerge through the ruins of a collapsed church. Gazing at the sky, all they saw were waves of gleaming steel, vomiting fire on the terrified masses. Slowly, they gathered their instruments, even digging and old organ under the calcinated fragments of a broken cross. And then, began the mass.




ZZP-002 /// HUATA - Open The Gates Of Shambhala
ZZP-006 /// HUATA - Atavist Of Mann

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PROUD FATHER





















Proud Father is an all tape recording project from the ruins of New Orleans, Louisiana, featuring noise bursts, tape collages, shoegaze-esque distortion/reverb, and analogue synthesizers. Carefully orchestrated chaos drips from your speakers. It floods your room softly, like a tide. Glimmering clouds and fuzzy swarms of drone angler fishes lure you in the depths of an audio maëlstrom.




ZZP-005 /// PROUD FATHER - Hearu Shi No Proud Father

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RESONANCE OF SPIRAL


Hailing from Japan, RxOxS deliver a sick mix of indus, hardcore, noise and dope beats. It's like a big melting pots of screams, screeches, samples, thunderous basslines, all tied together by a crushing drummachine. For fans of early ISIS, Godflesh, Tetsuo, Atari Teenage Riot etc.

Myspace page.

ZZP-003 /// RESONANCE OF SPIRAL - DEVBLU EP

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ZALHIETZLI




















ZALHIETZLI is the ambiant/soundscapes/no wave solo project from the guy behind Zugzwang Productions. That is to say : me. So you know it's good.

Bandcamp page.


-REVIEWS-
Incurably Optmistic : "[...] Zalhietzli demonstrates a keen mastery of a large span of experimental and ambient musical elements and creates one of the most real, darkest sounding albums of the year that will stick with you."
Polar Sunspots : "[...] this release moves between subtle, unnerving ambience to noisy, jarring segments with dark samples."

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ZMAJEVDAH














Zmajevdah take on grindcore has always been special. Never over-saturated blastbeatitude lo-finess has been so alive and heartwarming, and is now featured on Grindcore Karaoke !


ZZP-007 /// EMOTION OF LOSS & ZMAJEVDAH - Split

dimanche 27 mars 2011

SMILES AND HANDSHAKES


OUR GIRLS

HUATA // FRA // Doom/Stoner/Satan Play Loud, Worship Satan.
EMOTION OF LOSS // RU // Doom/Indus The cold breath of concrete. Godfleshpress. Death is not yours.
RESONANCE OF SPIRAL // JAP // Indus/Hardcore Tactical Dark Wave. From Hell Far East Noise Front. 2Man Cell Till Death.

PROUD FATHER // US // Ambiant/Noise/Tape manipulation Soundcollages & Tapescapes.

ZALHIETZLI // FRA // Noise/Ambient/Soundscapes Zugzwang is Zalhietzli. Zalhietzli is Zugzwang.

OTHER SKANKS WORTH A SHOT

The Arm Of The Dirty Rabbit Psychedelic Sludge Doom.
Cadillacs & Dinosaurs Drummachine propelled Hardcore/Grind. Previous project now defunct.
The Forks Instrumental Postmathrock Duo
Hellisheaven Death&Doom
Kikurachiyo Sketchgrind
Pretty Mary Dies Furious Punk Hardcore
Suffering Mind Grinding Grindcore
Zmajevdah
Blackened Shoegazy Grind


PIMPS & BROTHELS

BOUE RECORDS



WAY TOO MUCH WORDS


Core&Co Webzine

Cephalochromoscope

Fire On The Bayou

Incurably Optimistic

Polar Sunspots

Sore Throat, Nausea and Headache

Years Of Dust

OTHER PORNOGRAPHERS

Arvagna // M. Kafard

JCproductions


Headshot Laboratory

Lucie Inland

Julie N. Hascoët

ZeroPixelGrind

CONTACT

For orders, trades, any questions or inquiries, get in touch via contact.zugzwang (at)gmail.com

If you are a band and you want Zugzwang to release your stuff, send me an archive or link, and I will answer you back. Here are also some little conditions if you want to be on Zuzgwang :

Your album has to have a unique handmade packaging. You can come up with and idea, or I work on it by my own, or we can work together. Browse the blog to get an idea of what I mean.
No vinyl, no cd pressing, too expensive for the label at the moment. K7 and CDr only (pro-dubbed or not).
I prefer limited quantities. It's easier for me to distribute, as I don't have that much connections at the moment. My share of copies should not be higher than 50 copies.
You get a share of the copies proportional of how much you helped in the funding of the release. If the release costed 150$ for 100 copies, and you payed 60$, you get 40 copies.