Drop Black Sky interweave deeply textured harmonies and rhythms with powerful and evocative vocals. They use a broad spectrum of sounds and instrumentation including effects-laden guitars, field recordings, digital programming, piano, and er hu (Chinese violin).

Drop Black Sky's sound has been compared to Dead Can Dance, Boards of Canada, Cocteau Twins, and Tool.

"Theoretically seen Einstürzende Neubauten's agenda can be summed up as noise-therapy. In actuality, however they always were and will be exceedingly complex. They are an allegedly chaotic production collective creating music whose particular allure and beauty is in no way obvious upon simple, first time listening. In this music the parameters of conventional music have been entirely shifted. The scale of all aesthetic units involved apparently reach up into infinity and are being constantly collectively redefined." - EN Bio

Scot Jenerik, Ethan Port (Savage Republic), Aleph Kali (Chrome) and Matt Callahan (M.C. Christ/KFJC). Camped in the vicinity of Einsturzende Neubauten, Acid Mother's Temple, Throbbing Gristle, Swans, and Glenn Branca, the result conjures an apocalyptic, feral, destructive trance state implying a catastrophic act of nature, a march through the desert on the path to war, or an offender's mental state during a crime of passion.

"Haden [...] is a master of pristine, half-spoken/half-sung lines that sound like heartfelt come-ons, stripping down melodies to their bare essence and revealing to listeners the most basic elements of a great love song." - Mark Sanders, Sponic Zine

The Legendary Pink Dots music touches on elements of neo-psychedelia, ambient music, electronic music, tape music, industrial, psych folk, synth-pop and goth rock, with a distinctly experimental/avant-garde bent; their sound has evolved over time and remains distinctive, making it difficult to place the group into a concise style or genre.

An authorized lyric collection by Edward Ka-Spel, prolific vocal wizard of the Legendary Pink Dots and The Tear Garden. This illustrated book presents song lyrics selected from more than forty albums of Edward's musical ventures - from 1980 to 2002.

In addition, the book comes with a CD-single featuring an exclusive four-part Ka-Spel creation, "090301," itself illustrated with an original work by New York artist Pieter Schoolwerth.

Anchored by percussionist maxwellvision, the drumming of magicbox whojaba is wide and deep, having a heartbeat within a heartbeat. Primal explorations drift into jazz, creating trance like grooves. The etheric structure built upon that foundation is created by Glen Lynskey. Using the electric guitar and exotic tunings, Lynskey weaves melody and atmoshere into the hypnotic rythyms of maxwell.

Master performance painter Norton Wisdom is the centerpiece to this trio. The voice of this group is expressed thru the imagery of Wisdoms subconcious world.

Experimental, MIDI-Eastern, anthropo-morpho-logical, tribal, electronic dub.

Founded in 1997 by Ethan Port and Scot Jenerik, Mobilization.com is a San Francisco based DIY label, recording studio and production company dedicated to promoting transgressive artists and events which "launch".

Mobilization.com promotes various "Industrial Culture" events and artists, generally gravitating around the "post-punk" genre. Musical releases include works by Savage Republic, F-Space, Kommunity FK and Death Ride '69.

Niels Van Hoorn is a long time member of the English / Dutch cult group The Legendary Pink Dots. Legions of adoring fans virtually assure a sellout crowd for the band's many many gigs around the world. Their unusual mixture of electronic psychedelic whimsy and Alice In Wonderland playful, lush textural madness have kept them constantly on the top of the underground cult musical scene.

But Niels always also coloured outside the dotted line, with his first solo album ('Colours') released by Soleilmoon USA in autumn 2002 as an important milestone. Over the years he has also collaborated with varying acts like drum & bass outfit Voltage to renowned experimentalist Mark Spybey's (Psychic TV, Zoviet France) Dead Voices On Air up to Can's Damo Suzuki, Cevin Key's (Skinny Puppy) The Teargarden, Lydia Lunch, The Anubian Lights).

Project A stands for ''blowing your brains out'' alternative hardrock mixed with a little touch of funk.

It's hard to summarize the genre and sound of Project A in a one-liner. Their music is energetic, raw and played like Jimi Hendrix on crack. Those are typical characteristical elements of their live performances.

RE/Search grew out of Search & Destroy, which Jello Biafra, Dead Kennedys founder, called "the best punk rock publication, ever. It combined art and photography with in-depth interviews and articles." Every RE/Search book continues the Punk Rock Cultural Revolution, but strives to provide permanent inspiration to artists/cultural scientists of the future, providing careful editing, reference sections, photos, art and anthropological history. Our books are printed in tiny quantities, are uncompromising in content (unlike books from a corporate publisher) - each one is a rare, limited edition work of art.

Rose was primarily a guest vocalist or "floating member" of several different alternative bands. She contributed backing or lead vocals for Coil, Current 93, Death in June, Felt, Alex Fergusson, Into A Circle, Megas, Nature and Organisation, Nurse With Wound, Ornamental, Psychic TV, and Boyd Rice on recordings as well as singing or playing guitar for live appearances.

Savage Republic was a Los Angeles Tribal-Industrial-Art-Punk band from the 1980s, that reformed as of 2008 and is active with a different line-up. The group was influenced by various musicians and music styles including Glenn Branca, Can, DNA, Amon Duul, PiL, The Pop Group, Joy Division, Throbbing Gristle, Cabaret Voltaire, The Ventures and Flipper. Their influences also include a variety of ethnic music. The group's sound and aesthetic have been compared to contemporaries such as Einsturzende Neubauten, Sonic Youth and the Butthole Surfers.

Pancake juggler. Really. And one of the most inventive and funny comedians around.

Spain are an American rock band, led by Josh Haden. Their song "Spiritual" was covered by Johnny Cash on his 1996 Unchained album, and by Soulsavers on their 2007 release It's Not How Far You Fall, It's the Way You Land. A retrospective album, Spirituals: The Best Of Spain, was released in 2003.

In 2007, Haden reformed the band with new members Tom Gladders (guitar), Randy Kirk (keyboards, guitar), and Matt Mahal (drums). To commemorate Spain's first shows in over six years, the band performed The Blue Moods Of Spain live in its entirety at the 2007 Tanned Tin festival in Castellón, Spain.

Strange Attractor's jazzy 'popscapes' are on the cutting edge of contemporary production. With Richard (Phallus Dei) on drums, synths, and electronics and Niels Van Hoorn (Legendary Pink Dots) on saxes, bass clarinet, flute, and windsynth, Strange Attractor is known to create an intense atmosphere of rich melodies. Together with the vocals of Marie-Claudine (Sonar Lodge), the band simply dissolves the audience into their universe.

The VandeVen Band plays authentic rhythm 'n blues in the New Orleans style of artists like Dr. John, Fats Domino, and The Meters. Adding rock and funk to the mix, they make an exciting and original sound in a style that's all their own. VandeVen's frontman is singer/pianist Clemens van de Ven. Famous in Holland for his charismatic stage-performances and raw vocal sound, Clemens is joined on guitar by Harry Hardholt, one of the true icons of Dutch rock-music. Arend Bouwmeester will not only wow you with his saxophone playing, but he also joins our lively and energetic drummer, Sin Banovic, on percussion.

Kristin Piljay's background in anthropology and photography, coupled with a burning desire to see and experience all that she can in the world, led her to a career as a travel photographer.

Some of her work is represented by Danita Delimont, Lonely Planet Images and Alamy.com. Her camel shadows photos has been used on the cover of the book "Extreme Places."