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BSLK005 MARC ASH - “LITANIES FOR THE SELF”, due out November 26th, 2018

https://soundcloud.com/blacksilkrec/marc-ash-take-your-judgments-bslk005-premiere

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BSLK004 - UNCONSCIOUS -  “Clerical Perversions” 12″

SCHEDULED RELEASE DATE: FEB., 19TH 2018

TRACKLIST: A1. SILENT SLAVES A2. CLERICAL PERVERSIONS A3. CLERICAL PERVERSIONS (VIOLET POISON REMIX) B1. VICTIM B2. PSYCHOLOGICAL TORTURE

Blacksilk’s fourth release features the emerging Italian producer Unconscious.Four relentlessly sophisticated electro tracks infused with a taste of EBM constitute the framework of this record. Unconscious stands out as a refreshing surprise, enriching the complex structure of his work with a powerful dark veneer.A remarkable remix by Violet Poison is an added value, both the artists hailing from a country where the Vatican’s influence still pervades every level of social and public life, molding a pervasive hypocritical morality.

PREVIEW on Novafuture-Blog:

https://novafuture-blog.com/2018/02/08/unconscious-clerical-perversions-ep-blacksilk/

https://soundcloud.com/novafuture/unconscious-victim-full-track

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BSLK003 - DsorDNE “Tristi di Rabbia”, reissue on 12″ plus two remixes by Phase Fatale and Unhuman. Artwork by Silent Servant.

Out on July, 17th 2017 via ready made distribution.

Blacksilk proudly announces its third release, the second on vinyl, reissuing a selection of tracks from DsorDNE, experimental electronic band active in Turin during the 80’s and early 90’s. Thanks to the proactive and collaborative spirit of Marco Milanesio, band’s founder and author of most of the songs, deserved and proper attention is finally given to three stunning original masterpieces of dusky, heavily post-punk influenced tracks veined with some sort of industrial aftertaste. These songs have been selected from a span of works, mostly autoproduced, that DsorDNE released in the years of activity on various labels (primarily the related HAX Records) or fanzines of the thriving Italian underground scene of the time, which provided the perfect environment to experiment while representing the dull, grey and nihilist reality of the already post-industrial Turin of the mid-80’s.

“Tristi di Rabbia” (Sad of Anger), title taken from the almost madrigalic song opening the record, is completed with the electronic punk of “Love is my Eversion” (that will meet the taste of fans of SPK et similia) and “Guardami”, melodic slow industrial gem.

On the B side are featured two contemporary reworks of other original songs: “Aria” remixed by Phase Fatale, gloomy dancefloor-friendly track that emphasises the vocal abstract games of the original bringing the song to a new rhythmic dimension. and “Rimani”, remixed by the emerging artist Unhuman, who deconstructs the dark ballad achieving the result of a brilliantly crafted lo-fi EBM banger.

The artwork is curated by Silent Servant, that visually caged a picture from an unnamed Orthodox icon taken at the National Museum of Art in Bucharest reprocessing it in his own distinctive macabre-surrealist style, already appreciated in the numerous visual works for the Jealous God’s catalogue and still delivering the shock of the new.

PREVIEW ON POST-PUNK.COM :

http://www.post-punk.com/listen-to-the-phase-fatale-remix-of-experimental-electronic-band-dsordnes-aria/

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BSLK002 "London is Dead" by Jose Macabra has just arrived. Limited edition, n°80 C60 tapes. Pre-orders starting soon on bandcamp and via ready made Distribution. 60 minutes (split on two sides) of nonstop gloomy ambient-industrial masterwork crafted by the established London-based artist who has deep connections with the City's art scene.  Listen the preview here: http://bit.ly/2mmATqw

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BSLK002, the second issue of Blacksilk out on limited tape next month (sched. end march 2017)

“London Is Dead” is a journey in to the realms of London Life these days. Mainly composed using field recordings, processed vocals and processed acoustic instruments. This 60 minutes piece will take you in to a full cycle of life and death. Most of the ideas to compile this release came together while taking part in a collaboration with Vj London and Disenters’ Gallery called London Is Dead. Turn the light off, lay down somewhere comfortable, light up your smoke and press play.

Jose Macabra was born in Toledo, Spain. With a background in psychology, he studied Digital Media and Sound Arts and Design at LCC, in London. Since graduating he has worked in various fields of the Arts, quickly becoming an established musician, curator and events promoter. After starting out with the band The Joan of Arc Family (supporting Sex Gang Children and Tuxedomoon) he went on to Performance Art, founding the group L Karma DL Trauma, which appeared at London's 291 Gallery in 2005, supporting Ron Athey’s "Judas Cradle". His personal and distinctive use of sound and image has taken him to perform in various locations around Europe; most notably in UK, Spain, Germany and Greece, where he created the sound for "What Scratches The Glass From The Inside" with dancer Kat Valastur (which went on an international tour). He created the music for MTV ident animations, and sound for "Will It Hurt?", a performance by Catherine Mafioleti in London. In 2009 he devised an experimental theatre performance/ live soundtrack for "The Shining", at the BFI in London for the Stanley Kubrick season. In 2010 he created the "Dreams and Realities" show, which he presented with a performance art troupe at The Horse Hospital, for the London Underground Film Festival. More recently he performed at the Barbican as part of Cock Number 7. He is currently working with the band Brood, a development of Hypersensorial Squadron, with which he appeared in Noise=Noise=Noise, ILL FM and Resonance FM. The last project he is working on at the moment is a very original and intense performance with Ernesto Tomasini. Named Trans4Leben, this show, it brings a mixture between opera, sound improvisation, video art to the audience and it has been shown at Drop Dead Festival 2011 and MilkandLead Gallery London. Jose is best known for his work at regular events in London and Berlin such as Antagony, Sabbat and Behind Bars.

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Blacksilk Launch Party. Sat. 25th. June, OHM Berlin.

We gathered some friends together for Blacksilk Records' launch party to celebrate the release of the first issue coming out on June, 27th [BSLK001, PLOVDIV “Golden”, n°300 12” vinyl copies; distributed by ready made, shiny polished artwork provided by Peter Paul Rubens]. A limited amount of copies will be available for sale at the event. Taking shape as a multi-disciplinary project, the new record label founded by Marc Ash aims to bring out the best of yet hidden experimental and obscure electronic acts. This challenge is achieved by pushing the boundaries between art and music, conveying a strong message with a well defined aesthetic imprint and therefore employing unconventional art pieces into release-specific imageries. In “Golden”, Plovdiv (the founder's darkest moniker) delivers the shallow decay of the humankind adorned by things. Five obscure electronic stories, pretty different from each other, reach the listener carrying all the sumptuousness of other times, covert by a puffy golden female attire. Five stories of discomfort, post-modern suffering of spoiled existences, pretentious attitudes and lust are told by crying litanies, broken electro beats, obsessive rhythms and dark synth lines that make their way decontextualizing a contemporary techno ambiance. DJ Sets by: VIOLET POISON (Veleno Viola) MARC ASH (Blacksilk) UNHUMAN (Liber Null Berlin) RAP1 (Devil's Dancers Turin)

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BSLK001 out in June 2016, n°300 12" vinyl copies via Ready Made distribution. Anxious experimental techno under a golden silk attire. 

Blacksilk finally unveils the first issue, shedding light on its founder's darkest moniker. Taking shape as a multi-disciplinary project, the record label founded by the dj and producer Marc Ash aims to bring out the best of yet hidden experimental and obscure electronic acts. This challenge is achieved by pushing the boundaries between art and music, conveying a strong message with a well defined aesthetic imprint and therefore employing unconventional art pieces into release-specific imageries. Here it delivers the shallow decay of the humankind adorned by things. Five obscure electronic stories, pretty different from each other, reach the listener carrying all the sumptuousness of other times, covert by a puffy golden female attire. Five stories of discomfort, post-modern suffering of spoiled existences, pretentious attitudes and lust are told by crying litanies, broken electro beats, obsessive rhythms and dark synth lines that make their way decontextualizing a contemporary techno ambiance. (BSLK001: 5 tracks, n°300 12' vinyl copies, distributed by ready made Distribution, shiny polished artwork provided by Peter Paul Rubens).

PREVIEW: https://soundcloud.com/blacksilkrec/plovdiv-lossy-star-bslk001 

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true time is four dimensional #mortadinotte

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Ares Ludovisi

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Mengele's skulls

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Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen. Afghan Hound performance, Christian Larsen Gallery (2012)

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SENATE HOUSE DOME, TEHERAN

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SITUATIONIST INTERNATIONAL

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Monumento Sepolcrale a Margherita di Lussemburgo, Giovanni Pisano, 1313