COLD CAVE / PRURIENT — stars explode — LP
vinyl edition of the collaboration tape for the first uk tour originally limited to 100. pulsing heavy ambient electronics. alternate cover art and one new track exclusive to the vinyl release. NOTE: will not ship for three weeks!
ASH POOL — for which he plies the lash — CD
second album after three years. eight songs of big bang black metal. co-release with tour de garde! NOTE: will not ship for two weeks!
PRURIENT — the history of aids — LP
ten years has passed. massive, textural, throbbing, destructive, electronic, feedback drenched, power electronics and industrial noise with heavily processed vocals and field recordings dealing with vulnerability. uses some of the thirteenth century love poems of the persian poet rumi as lyrics. originally created in 2000 on cd with armageddon label this was the first widely distributed prurient full length and appears on vinyl for the first time now. NOTE: WILL NOT SHIP TILL FEB!
GIFFONI, CARLOS — severance — CD
After developing his caling card on adult life and the eternal releases Carlos giffoni defines his signature with compositional electronic music. Melding the analog drone colliding tonality of the past expressions and intoducing minimalist sequencer details a pure electronic landscape is cultivated that nurtures the formation a man makes in stepping from the mysteries of youth into adulthood.
BURNING STAR CORE — inside the shadow — CD
A reissue of an obscure tour only recording from 2005 brings to the light the flikering dance of Mr yeh and his dives into organic drone music. Unlike the majority of his electronic compositions inside the shadow reveals three textures brought to life with violin , chimes and bells that defy most of the contemporaries limitations to synth only exercises. Yeh prooves the heart of landscape oriented linear composition is only limited by the imaginations of the creators and brings warmth to an otherwise cold genre with the flame of inside the shadow.
DRUMM, KEVIN — imperial horizon — CD digi
Imperial Horizon by Kevin Drumm is a further examination into sustained tone as most recently heard on his previous Hospital Productions benchmark album, Imperial Distortion, stretching out minimalism to unreached heights of serene ambient.lulling electronic drones slowly transform over the course of the hour plus piece in constant flux,echoing both an existential terror and Zen calm. mutations grow so quietly only the body opens to identify this change while the mind closes. the ephemeral and seeming lightness of the tones hang with taut balance in contrast to the method in which they are overlapped and rotated with deadly  weight. How wildly divergent emotions rise, hover, and fall using so little is a mystery that only Kevin Drumm can provide. While you may not find an answer, you can certainly get lost in the question.
WOLF EYES — always wrong — LP
Always Wrong is a mantra of severity. Wolf Eyes has been scouring audiences across the globe with their acid drenched industrial noise and dub terror psychedelia, establishing themselves as the trailblazers of a genre and pioneers of the long-form noise tour. coming forth from the piles of tape loops and effects the bulk of tables reeling with electronics have been shed. This clarity never sacrifices intensity as paradoxically this is the most organic of the full lengths but also the harshest and most dissonant. Opening track “Cellar” immediately sets the pace of barraged edits and percussive electronics as startling vocals spit from the dry throat and remain unfiltered for the first time breathing a clear litany of scorn. a new voice is rising and it isn't happy. throughout the album non-electronic beats created from live drums replace programming while colliding tape loops and junk metal bring new unstable rhythm like a house with erroding foundation. “Living Stone” shows a more natural state of acoustic composition highlighting the despondent subtle plucking of controlled guitar improvisation that could come from natures ghost. forging ahead in “We All Hate You” loud tonal horns and architectuarly placed electronics. however their aesthetic core of pummeling hasn't been abandoned as the aggressive “Broken Order” takes hold with shrill feedback fueling industrial cannon blasts of white hot noise that burn the body from the neck down. an eerie harmonica driven death march straight out of "once upon a time in the west" cries on the closing track 'droll/cut the dog' Immediately it is clear that Wolf Eyes have crafted a statement with maturity that stands at the top of their mysterious discography. Always Wrong is a denial against conformity and the triumph of walking a path alone. Young, Olson, Connelly.
CIRCLE OF OUROBORUS — tree of knowledge — CD
obscure occult black metal rock from finland.
WOLF EYES — always wrong — CD
Always Wrong is a mantra of severity. Wolf Eyes has been scouring audiences across the globe with their acid drenched industrial noise and dub terror psychedelia, establishing themselves as the trailblazers of a genre and pioneers of the long-form noise tour. coming forth from the piles of tape loops and effects the bulk of tables reeling with electronics have been shed. This clarity never sacrifices intensity as paradoxically this is the most organic of the full lengths but also the harshest and most dissonant. Opening track “Cellar” immediately sets the pace of barraged edits and percussive electronics as startling vocals spit from the dry throat and remain unfiltered for the first time breathing a clear litany of scorn. a new voice is rising and it isn't happy. throughout the album non-electronic beats created from live drums replace programming while colliding tape loops and junk metal bring new unstable rhythm like a house with erroding foundation.  “Living Stone” shows a more natural state of acoustic composition highlighting the despondent subtle plucking of controlled guitar improvisation that could come from natures ghost. forging ahead in “We All Hate You” loud tonal horns and architectuarly placed electronics.  however their aesthetic core of pummeling hasn't been abandoned as the aggressive “Broken Order” takes hold with shrill feedback fueling industrial cannon blasts of white hot noise that burn the body from the neck down. an eerie harmonica driven death march straight out of "once upon a time in the west" cries on the closing track 'droll/cut the dog' Immediately it is clear that Wolf Eyes have crafted a statement with maturity that stands at the top of their mysterious discography. Always Wrong is a denial against conformity and the triumph of walking a path alone. Young, Olson, Connelly.  NOTE: ships in two weeks!
GREY WOLVES, THE — judgement — CD
reissue of our personal favorite cassette only release from the legendary uk industrial icon known as the grey wolves to celebrate their 23rd year of existence. despite their power electronics fame 'judgement' exhibits the dark rhythmic industrial and ritualistic minimal synth half rarely heard. two side long oil slick tracks of filthy crumbling rotten beats hammer away with nihilistic chaos. militant synth lines raise the occult flag. ancient ethereal feedback howls voiceless language through the hallway of industrial fallout. the grey wolves are in the area! NOTE: ships in two weeks!
COLD CAVE — cremations — CD
Cremations is a collection of early demo/live/and unreleased tracks from Cold Cave. From the projects isolated beginnings to the recent full band line-up the development of this singular musical entity is documented here in its icy electronic glory. From Cold Cave’s infancy sexual identity and oblique existentialism have been expressed through biting lyrics and electronic minimalism. Rarely has the human condition been exposed so brazenly as in “Sex Ads”. Melodies, noise and rhythms clash as stories from below the surface are retold. From the demo LP Coma Potion, which featured a rugged stripped down distortion, to the suggestive Electronic Dreams tour cassette (featuring the voice of Max Morton on the track “Heavenly Metals”). Cold Cave has developed its own brand of genre defying electronic music, without ever betraying its dark roots. Love and pornography, Industrial music and traditionalism, poetry and profanity all mix together in a hedonistic, cocktail of nihilistic nights and mournful mornings. Cremations collects all this work for the first and last time. contains painted nail ep, coma potion lp, electronic dreams cs and more. NOTE: ships in two weeks!
MALKUTH — sefirah gevurah — CD
second full length album from this obscure occult black metal. hail!
DIAPSIQUIR — pacta daemoniarum / crasse — 2xCD
having already left a strong mark on there two revolutionary double albums on end all life productions, which carry the rare honor of warranting the term avant-garde without regard of following any blueprints, here are the first two demo's by this obscure and controversial french outlaw black metal band known for their decadent activities. pacta daemoniarum was originally released in 1999 and crasse released in 2001 and exhibited twisted, vociferus manic vocals spit on top of complex orchestrated highly distorted chaotic metal. never resting and fully absorbed in the savage, sexually violent, drug-laden nihilism of french subculture.
PRURIENT — cocaine death — CD
Cocaine Death is a compilation of three of Prurient's finest Hospital cassette releases as well as two unreleased tracks. The previously released material forms a triptych exploring the relationship between futile pleasure, substance and escape; escape being a myth. Cocaine Death (originally C-10 packaged in an envelope, limited to 46 copies) is perhaps the most sought after of the recent Prurient cassettes. The content is based on the glamour and destruction of toxic nightlife. The B-side features guest vocals from FFH and continues the themes with the addition of bondage. This material is a considered classic modern Prurient. Caribbean Overdose (originally a C-10, packaged in a standard shell package and limited to 100 copies) explores a different but strangely direct topic of the sexual reproductive life of plants. There is nothing common or typical about the sounds and direction of this material. Further examination into the life of scientific advancement and education. Tylenol Murders (originally a C-10, packaged in an oversized envelope and limited to 10 copies) takes the sounds and concepts of the aforementioned releases and expands the sounds to further limits of cracked static, strained vocals and strange melodic loops. This sought after limited material is seeing the light on this release to most Prurient listeners for the first time. Since the inception of both Prurient and the Hospital Productions label, cassette releases have been an essential format for the communication and participation in the industrial/noise culture. packaged in digipack with 16 page color booklet.
DRUMM, KEVIN — imperial distortion — 2xCD
What does a person do when faced with a work like Imperial Distortion? There are rare moments in an artist’s work where they reveal a greater truth. Kevin Drumm has already made such a statement with his last major solo work 2002’s Sheer Hellish Miasma. Where that record took noise music to a new level of near-impenetrable exactitude, Imperial Distortion is an altogether different beast. Beauty as an aesthetic can be as terrifying as horror, desire unfulfilled, romance that lingers and never goes away no matter how disappointing. A preoccupation with death can be the only result. On this extended long form release Kevin Drumm comes face to face with minimal drone music and confronts the genre by providing one of its absolute pinnacles at the forefront; movement. Drone music at its most concentrated and ably performed has build and depth in its tones. Although there might be the illusion of stasis the opposite is true. From the opening twenty minute track “Guillain-Barre” the mood of the album is laid clear. The arrangements are shadowy layers of soundtrack like tones not entirely unlike the work that Popul Vuh provided for Herzog’s films. By track two “more Blood and Guts” with its ominous bell tones its apparent that there is a true nothing that’s associated with these sounds other than the mood inducing hypnosis and the feeling of drowning yet having no ability to fight the slow pull. The middle portion of the record is “Snow” which was released as a limited cassette last year on Hospital Productions. This material was a teaser for the full album Imperial Distortion. The Tracks have an almost ballad-esque sense of elegance using tone and frequency as melodic portals to nowhere. The sustain in the piece suggests a weight while remaining alarmingly pleasant to the ears. The tension suggests an anxiety that never truly dies. The alarm comes from the juxtaposition of tones and mood. While the tones may sound gorgeous in their purity the mood implies a profound sense of unease and perhaps an acceptance of the inevitability of existential dilemma. This point is most thoroughly evidenced by the albums closer “We All Get It In the End”. While the piece starts out with lullaby ease, a few minutes in an equally severe dark drone eclipses the light and the night takes over. Here in the enveloped sounds the clouds pass over the moonlight creating a spectral dark that is unforgettable in its intensity. To answer the initial question of Imperial Distortion, this is a work that commands intellectual and emotional commitment on the levels of the greatest works to come from this genre. When faced with an abstract work as complete as Aphex Twin’s Selected Ambient Works Vol. 2 or Eliane Radigue’s Trilogy of Death, a listener is transported not only to another place but also the deepest layers of themselves. Kevin Drumm has with this release accomplished that rare balance to create a masterwork that no one has yet to come close to in this era. Your best bet is to surrender.
HOSPITAL PRODUCTIONS DEATHNURSE TSHIRT SIZE S — death nurse — tshirt
the classic hospital shirt with the the death nurse standing above the manhattan skyline about to administer the lethal shot. red and white print on black shirt. this is for size S only!
CRUMER, JASON — ottoman black — CD
Fresh off his solo breakthrough LP on the legendary RRR label, Future With No Chance, Jason Crumer returns with Ottoman Black, an album of midnight drones and true noise. Using powerfully clear electronics as a base for declarative noise bursts, Crumer manipulates the sounds with a resounding animosity. In the vein of past Hospital releases from Pedestrian Deposit and Air Conditioning, Crumer yields his mean streak to an array of silences over the course of the album. The theme here is personal relations; tracks like "Betrayal After Betrayal" have a conversational quality, both the screams and the muffles, the physicality. "Where Were You" is an actionist-influenced piece of torture. There's nothing not painful here, especially the quiet; the peaks are almost a relief. Ottoman Black is a stern and unforgiving universe.
PRURIENT / KEVIN DRUMM — all are guests in the house of the lord — CD
digital version of the cassette collaboration. statues crumble, bronze corrodes, columns topple as the roman youth carry on towards death. new artwork.
ZAIMPH — sexual infinity — CD
marcia bassett of double leopards, hototogisu, ghq, fame on her first proper solo full length has given us one of our favorites in the history of hospital productions. sexual infinty stands refreshingly organized into six escalating pieces of her signature guitar, voice, and electronic moodscapes entrancing the listener with sinister seduction. comparisons to early 80's power electronics and industrial acts as uncommunity, mauthausen orchestra and ramleh reside in the underbelly of zaïmph's ability to generate ominous, gritty, and doom laden atmosphere cloaked in a thick lush drone. what begins with raw ethereal guitar shadows of longing delight closes with vital gripping electronic tension.
CONTROLLED BLEEDING — shanked and slithering — CD
cd of old school american animal noise. totally violent eletronics/vocals/junk metal assulat from early 80's and unreleased tracks of same style. pure!