We are basically an analog label; our releases are all largely on vinyl and cassettes (very few CDs), and our only foray into digital distribution is via MP3 download cards. We really believe a record should be experienced with artwork, layout, and lyrics when available, and really put effort into making packaging unique. We are based in Seattle, and have largely focused on Northwest bands until recently with collaborations with partner labels in Sweden, Germany, and Canada.

We’d really like to thank Sean and Meghan and everyone involved at CVLT NATION for all of their amazing support over the past few years! And cheers to all of you whom have ordered from us, supported the label and came to the shows and tours we promote. It’s been an amazing ride and we are really excited for this upcoming year’s releases which will include the s/t debut full length from INSIDIOUS PROCESS, early 8” lathe and demo releases put to 12” by NÜ-KLĒ-ƏR BLAST SUNTAN, a re-issue of early material from KALASHNIKOV (Italy), and an upcoming split between ADELIT@S and KOHOSH (Seattle). Keep it DIY!

Rob + Matt
Aborted Society
www.abortedsociety.com

CVLT Nation Label Mixtape Series Curated by Aborted Society:
1. INSIDIOUS PROCESS – Stänger Av — s/t LP (ABSOC 030) [Göteborg, Sweden]
2. FUTURE RUINS – Dead Peasants — s/t LP (ABSOC 022) [Stockholm, Sweden]
3. MURDERESS – Drown Out All — The Gate 12”/CS (ABSOC 026) [Portland, OR]
4. ORDER OF THE VULTURE – Our Hope — Martyr for Nothing EP (ABSOC 019) [Portland, OR]
5. NUX VOMICA – Embrace the Cycles — Embrace the Cycles EP (ABSOC 021) [Portland, OR]
6. RATBITE – I, of the Storm — Two Teeth CS (ABSOC 024) [Seattle, WA]
7. COUNTDOWN TO ARMAGEDDON – Livestock — Through the Wires CD/CS (ABSOC 027) [Seattle, WA]
8. MURMURS – Dolorous — Fly With the Unkindness CS (ABSOC 029) [Seattle, WA]
9. NÜ-KLĒ-ƏR BLAST SUNTAN – Beginning of the End — 8” Lathe/Demo LP (ABSOC 028) [Augusta, GA]
10. MURDERESS – Victimized —The Last Thing You Will Ever See… LP (ABSOC 017) [Portland, OR]
11. AVFART 33 – Punkhierarki — split w/ INSIDIOUS PROCESS LP (ABSOC 020) [Malmö, Sweden]
12. ADELIT@S – La Salida — Llama Viva de la Rabia LP/CS (ABSOC 025) [Portland, OR]
13. AGE OF COLLAPSE – Final March — Burden of Beast LP/CS (ABSOC 023) [San Diego, CA]
14. NUX VOMICA – Kaumaha — Asleep in the Ashes 2xLP/CD/CS (ABSOC 016) [Portland, OR]

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July West Coast tour….

10th- Oakland, CA
11th – Los Angeles, CA
12th – Tijuana, Mexico
13th – Santa Barbara, CA
14th – Sacramento, CA
15th – Portland,OR
16th – Olympia,WA
17th – Vancouver, BC
18th – Tacoma, WA
19th – Seattle, WA
20th – Portland, OR

August East Coast tour….

8 – Pittsburgh, PA
9 – Columbus, OH
10 – Milwaukee, WI
11 – Minneapolis, MN
12 – Chicago, IL
13 – Cleveland, OH
14 – Toronto
15 – Montreal
16 – Boston, MA
17 – Worcester, MA
18 – NYC, NY
19- NYC, NY
20 -Philadelphia, PA
21 -Washington DC

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Masterfully compiled by Joe Truck Kasher and Greg Fasolino (of NYC’s deathrock band The Naked and the Dead), this compilation has the added benefit of being produced by folks that were active in NYC’s postpunk heyday. In other words, it comes from scene participants themselves; not outsiders. And while California’s and England’s gothy postpunk scenes have been exhaustively documented, an adequate cataloging of NYC’s similar scene in the 1980s has been much overdue. This compilation remedies that longstanding problem.

In reality, starting with the Velvet Underground, dark music has been no stranger to New York. The city’s shadowy concrete-and-steel canyons seem to breed bands with darker inclinations. The no-wave scene that produced Lydia Lunch and The Swans should be seen on the same continuum as the bands featured on this anthology. NYC’s mid-80s dark postpunk band Of a Mesh, in fact, resemble a lot of earlier Swans (mixed with maybe some Bauhaus) material at their best.

The opening track is Scarecrow’s “Blood in My Dreams,” an atmospheric gothic rock song that recalls Join Hands-era Siouxsie and the Banshees. The second track is a heavier, stompier number also by Scarecrow, a kind of strange cross between Siouxsie’s “Spellbound” and the UK gothy postpunk (or so-called “positive punk”) of bands like Brigandage or Blood and Roses. Lots of flanger effects on the guitar and tribal, heavy-on-the-toms drumming, as was common in the UK’s dark postpunk scene at the time.

The amazing Of a Mesh (see the video at the beginning of this write-up) are probably the most direct sonic link between New York’s deathrock scene and The Swans, or 4AD bands like Mass. Sludgy, dark, and depressive vocals echo out over a musical landscape that is at turns melodic, dissonant, and dirge-y. Of a Mesh have always been one of the most fascinating US dark postpunk bands to me — they really seem to have never gotten their day in the sun. As the internet has enabled a retroactive inspection of a lot of this style of music — music that in the 80s could only be found by being supremely in the know or by scouring record shops or zines for hours — I hope that Of a Mesh’s profile is raised as an important US postpunk band. Hints of Killing Joke (check out the awesome drumming!) and the Sisters of Mercy permeate the band’s sound.

The Naked and the Dead chime in next with female vocals slightly reminiscent of Gitane Demone. Again, a mid-tempo beat featuring flangers on the guitar and tribal drumming — done to very excellent and creepy effect. Sometimes, location is key; if The Naked and the Dead’s particular style of gloomy postpunk had occurred in London at this same time, they would be much more appreciated than they are now. Most folks now think of NYC’s contribution to deathrock as being mainly from the horror punk innovations ofThe Cramps, and (from New Jersey, actually) the Misfits, Mournful Noise, and The Mad. The Naked and the Dead are a key band that show that, as one branch of the original 1977 punk scene was going off into thrashy NYHC, another segment was absorbing the influences of Sex Gang Children, Killing Joke, Virgin Prunes, et. al., and was producing top notch gothic rock and roll as a result. It is as an important development from New York’s punk scene as the much-vaunted hardcore of Youth of Today and Gorilla Biscuits was. Again, this compilation documents this trend magnificently, and is much overdue.

Children’s Zoo weigh in next with “Turnabout,” which is musically like a an early PIL song, and the vocals are done in a very echoey, dramatic Christian Death/Rozz style. The music overall is what is now called the “trad goth” style — basically, a Sisters of Mercy-esque style of gothic rock. The vocals are echoey and front and center. If you are looking for 80s New York City gothic rock, well — here you go.

The Ochrana feature one song near the end of the comp, and yet — as the video below makes abundantly clear, this was a serious gothic punk band, who deserve serious attention. The Ochrana song featured on this compilation, “Turnabout,” is actually a classic early Joy Division-style somber postpunk number that explodes during the chorus, but then quietens down back again for the “verse.” A “complete discography”-style release of the Ochrana’s material is certainly in order. The Ochrana were an amazing deathrock/goth-punk band, and their “discography” is traded as a bootleg and floats around on mp3 filesharing networks among fans of deathrock. They need a proper, holistic release. Also, I absolutely LOVE that they tout “tribal drumming” in the interview below – yes! They clearly know what they are doing. Tribal drumming was a feature of a lot of early 80s gothic/deathrock/goth-punk bands, from Killing Joke (see: “Unspeakable”), to Christian Death, Southern Death Cult, to New Model Army, to even the early 80s Cure. It’s a lost art. Work those floor toms, you bastards!

To get this vinyl-only comp, here is the info Joe Truck Kasher himself gave me: $18.00 POSTPAID!!! PAYPAL- TRUXDIX@AOL.COM

Tracklist ▼
A1 Scarecrow (21) – Blood In My Dreams
A2 Scarecrow (21) – Mother’s Crawling
A3 Scarecrow (21) – Concrete Is My Pillow
A4 Of A Mesh – C.I.T.
A5 Of A Mesh – Burning Bride
B1 Of A Mesh – Candy (Is An Axe Now)
B2 Naked and the Dead, The – Taboo
B3 Naked and the Dead, The – The Gate
B4 Naked and the Dead, The – Godfather Grimorie
B5 Children’s Zoo, The – Back Of The Boat
B6 Ochrana, The – Turnabout
B7 Concrete Witchdoctors – Public Flesh

Dark New York deathrock compilation

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