Ecstatic Feedback - A Pukehammer Records Compilation

 There's a wonderful new compilation out on Pukehammer Records, and our beloved gaop is participating with When the Lights Explode.

But by all means, please listen to the entirety of the compilation as there was lots of effort put into gathering such a superb release, and it shows.

We hope you enjoy it as much as we did!

RZRecords 6 WAY SPLIT, Vol.2

Hot on the heels of Vol.1 it's out extreme pleasure to present: RZRecords 6 WAY SPLIT, Vol.2 !!!

We were lucky enough to be presented with enough materials for two back to back releases. 
This made the process a bit longer because we had to find the right concept for the releases to work in a harmonious way, but this is far from a complaint, it was a pleasure to be trusted with the participants' art, and to come up with a result we are very proud of.

As always, our goal is to find interesting collaboration, to do our tiny part in the promotion of artists you might have not heard of, and in the process to discover new music that excites us.

This is yet again a purely online release, which is spread across several streaming platforms. 
Feel free to share it anywhere, and look for other instances it on other platforms that might pop up later.

The participants in Volume.1 are:

(in order of appearance)

• ohrr
• Intro Vertic
• DEEP DOWN
• NishMa
• xPhin
• Mierdia

Generically this is a very interesting release, so per our usual MO, there's a huge mash up of genres going on.

While as always, the color palette stays dark, this compilation travels between electronic subgenres such as techno, IDM and ambient, into a more nu-metal inspired side of electronics, followed by low end, dark ambient sound art, finishing with a string of highly creative and very interesting noise tracks.

We can only hope that you enjoy is as much as we did while compiling, and still having fun listening to it.

A huge thanks to participants, listeners, and all the RZRecords folks who worked on it and obviously their families for accepting the weirdos that we are, blasting noise in the middle of the night, running away to our computers to fix stuff, corresponding 24/7 on stuff that "normal" people don't care about.

RZRecords SIX WAY SPLIT, Vol.1

It brings us much joy to introduce the following release.

Rzrecords SIX WAY SPLIT, Vol.1 the first in the series of what hopefully will become many.
This is our way to bring artists together, spread the word, collaborate, and have fun.

This is a purely online release, successfully spread like a virus across several streaming platforms. 
A streaming format seemed right to us for the initial releases, with the thought of physical releases becoming a reality perhaps at a later point in time.

We've already started conceptualizing the next releases in the series, so feel free to send in your materials!

The participants in Volume.1 are:

(in order of appearance)

• MettaUniverse
• The Crimson Rod
• MEZZUU
• gaop
• Sabixatzil
• Torture Prophet
  

As always, we love to keep things interesting, so there's a mash-up of genres going on.

While the color palette stays dark, the compilation travels between the industrial side of metal, free noise rock, noisy dark ambient sound art, dark avant-garde jazz, guitar jazz that's cut up with field recordings, and straight-up HNW.

The curation process for this first volume was driven by a desire to find common threads between seemingly disparate sonic worlds. While the genres represented range from structured jazz to the uncompromising textures of HNW, there is a shared DNA of experimentation that binds these tracks together. We wanted to create a sequence that feels like a deliberate journey, one that rewards the listener for staying through the transitions and embracing the friction between different styles.

Looking ahead, we view Six Way Split, Vol. 1 as a foundation rather than a one-off project. The energy generated by this collaboration has already sparked new ideas for how we can further bridge the gap between avant-garde jazz, noise rock fuckery and industrial soundscapes. We invite you to dive deep into these recordings, explore the individual catalogs of the participating artists, and stay tuned as we prepare to peel back the layers on the next chapter of this series.

We really had tons of fun working on this one, be it listening to all the wonderful materials we were gifted by these great artists, of the fun of stitching it all up into a coherent form.

Whether you are a long-time follower of RZRecords or discovering these sounds for the first time, we thank you for joining us on this sonic excursion and look forward to sharing the next evolution of the series with you very soon. Thank you for participating, caring, listening, reading this post or any interaction you may have with RZRecords!