Argali Records

The Jesus Fish Experience: Cosmic Predation (ARGREC17)

John Lithium — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 04:20:04 +0000

Download it here: http://www.archive.org/details/ARGREC17

If you have been following the progress of Argali Records for a while now, then you should (hopefully) be familiar with the work of The Jesus Fish Experience. Pursuing a dark, singular musical vision, “Cosmic Predation” fuses haunting e-bow melodies and dirges to the psyche of the listener. Comparisons to ‘post-metal’, noise rock, industrial, black metal, doom, sludge, and even dark ambient can be made, but thankfully the end result goes beyond such simplistic classifications.

Oppressive and moody, it is also surprisingly uplifting in a paradoxical way, as the sound both grips at the earth and reaches towards the stars. A ‘blackened neo-shoegaze’ experience of harrowing proportions, easily piercing through the ‘blah, blah, blah’ of your routine existence.

Music to focus on the infinite.
This is ARGREC17.

The Game Owls : Trinity Ocean And The Zero Desert (ARGREC16)

John Lithium — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 22:58:41 +0000

Download it here: http://www.archive.org/details/ARGREC16

The Game Owls returns to Argali Records with their second offering: “Trinity Ocean And The Zero Desert”. Featuring his distinct hybridization of post-rock/post-metal and experimental electronica, this album is a decidedly darker affair than “So The Heavens Can Hear Us…”. Yet, with the frequent acoustic touches and mournful vocals, this is an experience that is both personal and universal in scope: dark companion hymns for the days long left behind, and those still remaining. Album graphic design by Florian Ayala Fauna and additional instrumentation on the track “DeserTriniZerOcean” by The Jesus Fish Experience.

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The Game Owls: http://www.last.fm/music/The+Game+Owls
Florian Ayala Fauna (Blackantlers/Uncertain): http://blackantlers23.tumblr.com/
The Jesus Fish Experience: http://soundcloud.com/the-jesus-fish-experience
Argali Records: http://argalirecordsnetlabel.wordpress.com/

The Jesus Fish Experience : Magnitudes Of Infinity (ARGREC15)

John Lithium — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 02:00:30 +0000

The Jesus Fish Experience returns to Argali Records with their fourth release: Magnitudes Of Infinity. Several months of planning, composing, recording, and mastering have resulted in the creation of a two-headed behemoth of a composition, the second half featuring the vocal talents of Jordan Hyman of The Game Owls. In a lush marriage of dissonance and harmony, otherworldly soundscapes blend seamlessly with hypnotic rhythms and haunting melodies.

Minimalist, and yet still intense and emotive, “Magnitudes Of Infinity” eschews (to a degree) the nihilism found in previous releases by The Jesus Fish Experience, and instead looks outward towards a strange reality, in which empiricism, mythology, spiritualism, and the cold reach of science uneasily reside together. There may be more philosophical questions than answers presented by this album, but trust me, gnosis has never sounded this good.

For fans of The Angelic Process, Nadja, Cocteau Twins, The Chameleons, Swans, and the almighty Godflesh. Certain base graphics used in the graphic design originated from NASA TRACE/ESA archives. All others used for this release are in the public domain and/or taken by John Lithium.

Music to accelerate evolution.
This is ARGREC15.

Download it here: http://www.archive.org/details/ARGREC15

The Game Owls: So The Heavens Can Hear Us, The Earth Will Be Our Sound (ARGREC12)

John Lithium — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 20:45:46 +0000

A heartfelt exploration and expression of the infinite cosmos which surrounds and imprisons the Earth, “So The Heavens Can Hear Us, The Earth Will Be Our Sound” is a multifaceted auditory document, radiating outward past the usual banal musical forms you typically experience. Although not easily lending itself to simple classification, it contains elements of avant-garde post-rock, experimental electronica, acoustic rock, and even varying strains of blues elements. Meanwhile, the vocals, while being mystically minded and cryptic, are far from being the typical ‘statements of the genre’ or ‘predictably cliched’ (which even the vanguards of the respective genres are slowly falling prey to). In short, if you are tired of listening to music that sounds as if it’s listlessly staring at the floor, give this album a spin and shift your gaze upwards, to the endless ocean of stars.

Music to experience a higher reality to. This is ARGREC12.
This one’s for you.

Download it here: http://www.archive.org/details/ARGREC12

Rusted Spheres: Famine (ARGREC08)

John Lithium — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 08:48:05 +0000

In the words of the artist: “This my communication. Panicked orchestrations of lifetime lost dreams, the null, dull drone of a constant pain, the industrial impacts of such a pain, and the rock of a hopeful thought. Feel my soul.”

An enigmatic mix of avant-garde strains of dark ambient, industrial, electronica, and post-rock. Melancholic, personal, cryptic, enigmatic, prophetic, and poetic. A perfect way to take away the happiness of the winter season.

Rusted Spheres: http://www.myspace.com/rustedspheres0

The Jesus Fish Experience : Nihilist Machine (ARGREC07)

John Lithium — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 08:33:37 +0000

The Jesus Fish Experience returns with his second release for Argali Records: “Nihilist Machine”. A highly caustic, experimental, and volatile cocktail of equal parts industrial, post-metal, doom, and noise-rock, here is the continuing saga of what might eventually termed as ‘anti-futurism’. Why set your eyes on the future, when the present is rapidly collapsing beneath your feet? An intense focus is presented to the listener: the juxtaposition of the relationship between mass media over-saturation and societal decay (both on macro and micro levels).

Download it here: http://www.archive.org/details/ARGREC07
The Jesus Fish Experience: http://www.myspace.com/thejesusfishexperience

Buben Vs. Nasta Labada: The Piano Concerto (ARGREC06)

John Lithium — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:38:07 +0000

Download it here: http://www.archive.org/details/ARGREC06

“Imagine a thunderstorm over the mountains near the sea, a stream of piano sounds flowing into the wilderness of nature from a house on the mountain slope, a lonely soul expressing the amazement caused by the mighty forces of Nature.

The Piano Concerto, by Buben and Nasta Labada, is a combination of the old piano improvisation along with industrial sounds, noises, and elements of field recordings. Altogether, they create a volumetric picture surrounding you and taking you away to a different world where your mind opens and senses sharpen.

Discover the beauty and float away for a while!”

Instantly evokes a feeling of melancholic grandeur and nostalgia. Great for relaxing and/or contemplative activities, yet it retains an ever-evolving and intricate melodic structure throughout.

Nihil Obstat & Friends : No End In Sight Remixes Volume I (ARGREC05)

John Lithium — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 06:55:42 +0000

After a somewhat lengthy gestation period, the long-awaited remixes compilation of the Nihil Obstat album “No End In Sight” is finally released unto the world. Featuring remixes by Reaching, The Jesus Fish Experience, MLF, Nihil Obstat, and Smetnja, this collection is sure to please fans of noise, industrialized post-rock, power electronics, and subversive beats.

Nihil Obstat is still looking for remixes for future volumes. The futre compilations can/will feature most of the existing Nihil Obstat discography. If you are interested in possibly contributing, please feel free to email: chandlern[at]gmail[dot]com.

NIHIL OBSTAT: http://www.myspace.com/nihilobstatnoise
ARGALI RECORDS NETLABEL:
http://www.myspace.com/argalirecordsnetlabel
REACHING: http://www.myspace.com/reachingtowardthelight
THE JESUS FISH EXPERIENCE:
http://www.myspace.com/thejesusfishexperience
MLF: http://www.myspace.com/131206mlf
SMETNJA: http://www.myspace.com/smetnja

Hex: Subversive Intent (ARGREC04)

John Lithium — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 05:37:01 +0000

Download it here: http://www.archive.org/details/ARGREC04

Industrialized dubstep: simultaneously menacing and foreboding. A distinct air of apocalypse surrounds the proceedings. Cryptic and hostile proclamations amongst desperate warnings. At points, distinctly dark ambient in the transmission echoes.

Hex: http://www.myspace.com/blacksunhex [NO LONGER ACTIVE?]

The Jesus Fish Experience: Songs Of Protest, War, & Hate (ARGREC03)

John Lithium — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 07:30:42 +0000

Download it here: http://www.archive.org/details/ARGREC03

“…and God have mercy…upon your lost children…”
“…who ravage this planet in search of you…”
“…Est deus in nobis…”

Argali Records is proud to present the album “Songs Of Protest, War, & Hate” by The Jesus Fish Experience. While previously appearing as one half of “The Nihilist Fish Engine Phenomenon” in the label’s debut release, this album focuses completely on the unique industrial post-rock dirges of The Jesus Fish Experience. Aided at certain points by Ether Drift, Rusted Spheres, and Terra Engine, the overall sound and experience is that of Interesting Specimen’s continued exploration fo claustraphobic soundscapes, equally inspired by early post-rock, industrial, and krautrock pioneers. The album is a mirror, but it does not reflect the image of any one individual or group. Instead, it is held up against the entire world: a reflection of the societies we (almost invariably) find ourselves in. This music is not easy listening, whimsical, or optimistic. Nevertheless, it radiates instead a sense of the cynical framework of ‘truth’, hiding beneath the endless facade of manufactured emotions and cheap sensations which comprise our modern sense of reality.

As explained by Interesting Specimen (the man behind “The Jesus Fish Experience”): “This album in itself is meant to be an exploration of what our society now in the Post 9-11 Paranoia Digital Techno-Boom has manufactured, produced, conditioned, condoned, feared, and coveted through eight tracks of monolithic post rock dirges aided by driving sledgehammer pummels of borderline tribal digital percussion,while guitars drone or shriek walls of shimmering,ghostly harmonics or roar with rage and chaotic fury.

All of this melds with electronic ambience, otherworldly samples, hypnotic loops, drone and tone clusters to envelop the listener into a reflection of our modern world,and what we as human beings have become in this day and age, regardless of our social, religious, political, cultural, national background or morals.”

Special thanks to John Lithium, Ether Drift, Rusted Spheres, Audacity, Hammerhead, Studio Moon Light, and Bo-Diddley. Music Copyrighted The Jesus Fish Experience, Jew Fish Pie Records, and Argali Records.

The Jesus Fish Experience: http://www.myspace.com/thejesusfishexperience
Ether Drift: http://www.myspace.com/etherskunk
Rusted Spheres: http://www.myspace.com/rustedspheres0
Terra Engine: http://www.myspace.com/johnlithiummusic