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LP version. 180 gram vinyl. Originally premiered in its earliest state at Tate Britain by William Bennett and Mary DeBlois in 2010, the Sixteen Ways Out magnum opus reflects over a decade's work of compositional refinement and elaborate studio expansion, and is the first Cut Hands release since 2014's highly-acclaimed Festival of the Dead on the Blackest Ever Black label (BLACKEST 010CD/LP). The end result is a mystical showcase of musical esoterica, its seventeen tracks fusing the most arcane elements of subliminal extra-linguistics, avant-garde transformational hypnosis, and dark self-help secrets. You will never hear anything quite like it.
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Originally premiered in its earliest state at Tate Britain by William Bennett and Mary DeBlois in 2010, the Sixteen Ways Out magnum opus reflects over a decade's work of compositional refinement and elaborate studio expansion, and is the first Cut Hands release since 2014's highly-acclaimed Festival of the Dead on the Blackest Ever Black label (BLACKEST 010CD/LP). The end result is a mystical showcase of musical esoterica, its seventeen tracks fusing the most arcane elements of subliminal extra-linguistics, avant-garde transformational hypnosis, and dark self-help secrets. You will never hear anything quite like it. CD version includes 12pp booklet with expanded texts.
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BLACKEST 010LP
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2LP version housed in high gloss gatefold sleeve. Includes mp3/FLAC download. It is said that the gods of the dead demand you ritualistically commit to each intensely hot beat of the ceremonial drum. Now, here, is the music for their celebration of death, music to dance together with, to oblivion, a music both spectacular and ecstatic where, like never before, the spirits of Santería and Voudou mix with raw electricity into burning diabolical polyrhythms. Festival of the Dead is without doubt the most potent distillation yet of Cut Hands' malign percussive energy, with pieces like "The Claw" and "Vaudou Take Me High" leading the irresistible polyrhythmic assault in pursuit of one thing: a final rapturous celebration of oblivion. Written and produced by William Bennett.
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BLACKEST 010CD
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It is said that the gods of the dead demand you ritualistically commit to each intensely hot beat of the ceremonial drum. Now, here, is the music for their celebration of death, music to dance together with, to oblivion, a music both spectacular and ecstatic where, like never before, the spirits of Santería and Voudou mix with raw electricity into burning diabolical polyrhythms. Festival of the Dead is without doubt the most potent distillation yet of Cut Hands' malign percussive energy, with pieces like "The Claw" and "Vaudou Take Me High" leading the irresistible polyrhythmic assault in pursuit of one thing: a final rapturous celebration of oblivion. Written and produced by William Bennett.
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Dirter Promotions presents another volume of Cut Hands material, containing reworked and remastered versions of some tracks from his Afro-noise project. Comes in a beautiful special edition on 180 gram vinyl mastered by Noel Summerville and featuring the magical vévé artwork of Mimsy DeBlois, in a one-off pressing of 750 copies. The entire 750-limited pressings of Volume 1 and Volume 2 sold out on release day, so don't miss these! A reclamation of the conscious through 16 pieces (split between vols. 3 + 4), from the opening ceremonial burning rush of the brand-new "Vaudou Take Me High" to the final entrancing morbid spell of "Nine-Night." Reworked or remastered versions of "Madwoman" and "Immersion" are included along with all the vinyl-unreleased tracks from 2011's Black Mamba (VFSL 102CD) CD.
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DPROM 107LP
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Dirter Promotions presents another volume of Cut Hands material, containing reworked and remastered versions of some tracks from his Afro-noise project. Comes in a beautiful special edition on 180 gram vinyl mastered by Noel Summerville and featuring the magical vévé artwork of Mimsy DeBlois, in a one-off pressing of 750 copies. The entire 750-limited pressings of Volume 1 and Volume 2 sold out on release day, so don't miss these! A reclamation of the conscious through 16 pieces (split between vols. 3 + 4), from the opening ceremonial burning rush of the brand-new "Vaudou Take Me High" to the final entrancing morbid spell of "Nine-Night." Reworked or remastered versions of "Eat Them Like Bread," "Inchantment," and "Black Mamba" are included along with all the vinyl-unreleased tracks from 2011's Black Mamba (VFSL 102CD) CD.
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BLACKEST 022EP
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Damballah 58 is the monstrous sequel to 2012's deadly Black Mamba 12". The title-track's diabolically addictive vaudou rhythms insinuate deeply before uncoiling convulsively into an irrevocable reclamation of the consciousness. The B-side features "Mamba Muntu" (sister track to the previous "River Mumma" and "Witness the Spread of the Dream"), the treacherously beautiful "Belladonna Theme," and the marauding, burning rush of "Immersion." Written and produced by William Bennett. Original vévé artwork by Mimsy DeBlois. Cut by Noel Summerville at 3345 Mastering, London. 12" vinyl housed in reverse board picture sleeve.
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VFSL 102CD
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Africa's deadliest snake, Black Mamba, will seduce you with beauty and destroy you with venom. 2011's mind-blowing debut Afro Noise I (VFSL 101CD) was followed by electrifying sell-out performances all over the world. And now, after many long months of vaudou-fixated claustrophobia, Cut Hands is back to take you on a further hot, ecstatic descent into an aggressive, brooding, and immaculate polyrhythmic abandon. The album includes songs "Nzambi Ia Ngonde" and "El Palo Mayombe," featured in Reincarnated (documentary about Snoop Dogg in Jamaica that recently premiered at the Toronto Film Festival) in addition to "Krokodilo," the heartbreaking main percussion version of the theme for the documentary Siberia: Krokodil Tears. Witness the spread of the dream.
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VFSL 101CD
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A bludgeoning mix of machine and voodoo/Central African percussion plus other acoustic instruments combine to create one of the most physically intense musical experiences ever. Songs featured in VBS's films Vice Guide To Liberia and Mandingo. Since 2007's Whitehouse album Racket, and after his original Afro Noise mix became one of the most downloaded experimental mixes ever made, William Bennett's remarkable Cut Hands album has seen 4 long years of meticulously obsessive studio work in the making, notably deploying his special collection of Congolese and Ghanaian percussion instruments. All songs written and produced by William Bennett, mastering and remastering by Denis Blackham. CD features 16 pg. booklet with special artwork and extended texts by William Bennett and Mimsy Deblois. Thirteen tracks of startling Afro-noise that will blow your fucking mind. Total playing time: 49 minutes 25 seconds.
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