Two "New" Splits.

After about three years wait on both these releases they have been released.

First we have the split with Tar Pits from Melbourne out on Hoarse Recordings.
Pro-pressed green C40 tapes with full colour gloss covers.
Two sides of moody melancholic music. Tar Pits side consisting of some of the best dark ambient I've heard of late. The Dotabata side consisitng of a piece of restrained looped guitar, bells, etc, descending into a haze of noise...
Email cantakerousrecords@gmail.com for a copy.

Second we have the split with Gorgonized Dorks from California (USA) out on Placenta Recordings.
3' CDr in Jewel case.
Blurb from the label: "HARSH NOISE GRIND"
Contact label for a copy.

I'll be playing at this gig (that I organised) in Inmost Night...

Cantankerous Records Presents This:
An eclectic night of hardcore noise and noisey hardcore, a full spectrum of intense sounds.

FREE
Starts at 6pm, KIPL warehouse, 136 Roden St, West Melbourne, (a short trek from either Southern Cross or North Melbourne stations), Saturday 12th May.

Come down early for the full aural onslaught.
All ages / BYOB welcome.

Various tapes being released on Cantankerous Records on the night, including Smash Tennis, Areyfu, etc...
Plus plenty more goodies for sale/trade.


Occult Blood: A true Neanderthunderous Noisecore assualt.


Old Skin: Blistering breakneck hardcore.


Areyfu: An exercise in shutter speed electronic debauchery.


Diploid: Raw assault hardcore/power violence.


Von Einem: New project for Mark Groves of Dead Boomers, True Radical Miracle and Absoluten Calfeutrail. Depressive power electronics that will like totally mellow your buzz.


Smash Tennis: Eclectic sounds that tease the senses with intensity and abstraction.


Radical Creation: Primitive tape loops and electronic skeeze combined.


Inmost Night: Punkened black metal done the wrong way. Launching a new BizCDr on Cantankerous Records.

Live Action.

A short clip from the Sabbatical Knife Culture Launch.

Video courtesy of Samaan.

At the Sabbatical Knife Culture Launch.

Photo courtesy of Sabbatical.

At the first "Cantankerous Records Presents This" show.

Photo courtesy of Monty.

At the first "Cantankerous Records Presents This" show.

Photo courtesy of Ledong.

At the International Noise Conference Melbourne.

Photo courtesy of Sabbatical.

V/A "WHAT THE HELL IS A JIGGAWATT?!?"

New compilation release out on Hair On My Food Tapes.

From the label:
At 10:04 PM on November 12, 1955, a lightning bolt struck the Clocktower in Hill Valley CA, sending 1.21 jiggwatts of electricity into the Flux Capacitor, thus transporting Marty McFly back to 1985. At 10:04 PM (GMT) on November 12, 2011, a tape was released in dedication of the best trilogy of all time. This is that tape.
V/A "WHAT THE HELL IS A JIGGAWATT?!?" is an 88 minute long tape full of noisecore, harsh noise, grindcore, doom, powerviolence, and HNW, featuring: WORMHEAD, MALE ENHANCEMENT, PYRRIC THANATOLOGY MONGER, GRIME DIRGE, GALLBLASTER, PAREGORIK, RECTAL NECROSIS, AWESOME BIN LADEN, WAGE GARNISHER, CAT SHIT, CUNT SAW, EXTREME HAIR STENCH, GOREGASMATRON, ZACK STENGER, WE ARE EMPIRE, DISLEKSICK, DOTÅBÅTÅ, MARLEE MATLIN, EXTREME CHAFING, MID)))NIGHT, ENDOMETRIUM CUNTPLOW, FATAL POSITION, SxUxC, S.P.I.G., SLAPENDEHONDEN, V.I.K.I., NAK'AY, HAIR TRIGGER RELAPSE MECHANIZM, HEAVY METAL VOMIT PARTY, CAPTAIN RETARDO'S AWESOME PENIS, FECALOVE, and D///CEREGHINI.

I wont have copies so do this:
email orders to: haironmyfoodtapes@gmail.com
$7ppd in US
$9ppd WORLD

Dotabata Is Not Dead.

Although there has been naught but silence for what seems like forever, this project has not been forgotten.

Some organ/electronics material will be recorded soon, for future release(s), plus some older recordings will see the light of day in the coming months...

The reasons for the long wait: a (hopefully) higher quality of material and a shift of focus onto other projects, those of which will be apparent soon...

6th Gig.

Thursday 1st of September 2011 @ Miss Libertine, 34 Franklin Street, Melbourne, 7pm -12:30am, $5 entry, nice place. Get down early, or you'll miss out...
Possible suprises instore...

5th Gig.

Saturday 27th August @ KIPL, the first (of hopefully many) "Cantankerous Records Presents This" show. Also the debut preformance of new project Inmost Night...
It should be swell.