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A.I.P.R. (c/o A.Zimmermann, Hauptstr. 51-53, 56753 Pillig, Germany) in 1996 released a compilation CD (the kulture shot)

A.M.M. (c/o Edwin Prevost, UK) (e-mail: prevost@matchless.sonnet.co.uk ) the legendary British improvisation act -bow lowly to the old school.

A.O.W.T.D. distribution see Spasmoparapsychotic rec

A.U.Media (86 N. Franklin st., Nyack, NY 10960, USA) (e-mail: leech@spyral.net) home of Navicon Torture Technologies and label; NTT have stuff out also for Possessive Blindfold (a split CD with Noizguild) and Malignant records

Abfall (see Noiseweb) (NXBD Industries, P.O. Box 364, East Rutherford, NJ 07073 USA )(e-mail: abfall@noiseweb.com) american noise project; made split tapes with Armenia and Stimbox, have material released by Mothersavage, Fis Tapes UK, 12% Tapes… used to make also Fabrik zine (interviews and reviews of Lasse Marhaug, Armenia…) which has been substituted by Psignalpath webzine website

Abhorrent Creation tapes (15 rue Rossini, 62950 Noyelles Godault, France) (e-mail: blaudpascal@aol.com) label, released tapes by Ripit, Mourmansk 150, Noise Migranaaa, Napalmed and others

Abnormal Beer Terrorism records (Miha Novak, Kunaverjeva 4, SI-1117 Ljubljana, Slovenia) or Abnormal tapes. a D.I.Y. record label, releasing noise/experimental bands + grind/noise/crust bands; contributed to the realization of Hermit/Napalmed and Hermit/Scab 7" splits. also home of the shit project Snajper

Abnormal Tapes (Matjaz Galicic, Dragocajna 7A, 1216 Smlednik, Slovenia) (e-mail: abnormal@slo.net) see also Abnormal Beer Terrorism; a D.I.Y. tape-label with over 50 tapes released, from noise to punk; also a home of noise unit SIST EN 343 and the other half of A.B.T.

Achieve records (1130 Woodbridge Ln., Webster, NY 14580-8709, USA) new label into noise, grind etc; the first release is a 4-way split tape featuring Aural Torture Mechanism, Zombie Dead, Flammable Child and Gastrointestinal AtrocityAdipocere see Deadline records

Advanced Weapons Technologies (Shannon Townsend, PoBox 1245, Stockton, CA 95201, USA) home of US Robotics, Pesticide Applicator, Baphomet Flex and Futuristic Organ Harvester; label that deals harsh and similiar only, released the elegant tape-compilation "futuristic organ harvest" with Napalmed, Outermost, The End, US Robotics and others; a second volume is planned

Æter (Æter v/ Kirkegaard, Vesterfælled vej 1 c butik, 1750 Copenhagen V, Denmark) (e-mail: jacob@aeter.dk ) Æter is an audiovisuel group creating music, pictures and poetry from the existing souroundings. The concept is to arrange the coincidential meeting of sound and picture in "everyday symphonies" Æter has existed since 1995 and today it counts the following members: Gry Bagøien (Vocals, lyrics, loops, gurgeling, toys and radioscratch) Jacob Kirkegaard (Samplings, sequences, loops, beats and scratches) Morten Meldgaard (VJ, dialogs, video clips) website

Agents Of Provocation (PoBox 420988, San Francisco, CA 94142-0988, USA)

Agit8 see Last Chance Gasp

Ain Soph Aur (Frank Gauthier, 43 Lamartine, Levis QC, G6V 6L4 Canada)

Ajna Offensive label, released the Taint/Strict 7" split and a compilation on CD (how terrorists kill)

Alchemy of the 20^th Century see Freak Animal Records

Alchemy Records (1-15-9-507 Nishi-Shinsaibashi, Chuo-ku, Osaka 542, Japan) home of Hijo Kaidan

Alhazred see Bear Walking records

Alien8 Recordings (PoBox 666, Station R, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H2S 2L4)(e-mail: alien8@alien8recordings.com ) website

Allegory Chapel Ltd. (601 Van Ness Ave #E3-411, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA) website

Aluminum Noise (P.O. Box 66146 Greensboro, NC 27403, USA) (e-mail: jasoncrumer@rocketmail.com) can help with shows in North Carolina. Also have recordings available but label has stopped activities. website

AMB (Autotoxic Mental Bizarrerie) (T.Toki, 2-24-7-101 Nakamachi, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 158, Japan)

Ames Sanglantes (3445, rue Mayfair, Saint-Hubert, Québec Canada J3Y 5P3) The mighty noise project out of Canada with split releases and collaborations featuring many worldwide noise outfits. website

American Tapes (486 East Woodland, Ferndale, MI 48220-1339 USA) (e-mail: gonzal22@pilot.msu.edu)website

AMK see Banned prod.

Anaphylaxis (e-mail: anaphylaxis1@yahoo.com) extremely varied experimental/noise from the USA. always looking for comps/remixes... website

Andrew Powell (1607 Judie Lane apt. g-10, Lancaster, PA 17603 USA) (e-mail: lackthrow@totaldeath.com) darkwave, experimental noise, garage ambient band on Blacklight Records. Projects include: twit/ch, lackthrow, miss blackchurch, a hymn for her, alOne productions, internal empty, spaztik, duodrone website

Android Productions (Final Judgement Church of the Great Oblivion) (PoBox 22103, Nashville, TN 37202-2103, USA) or (94 Fayette Ave, Buffalo, NY 14223-2708, USA) home of Praying For Oblivion; available their harsh-industrial CD and a split with The Violet Grind

Anemone Tube see Transfixional Entertainment

Angelica Rosenthal (Andrea Facciolli, Via Div. Garibaldi 34/a, 33100 Udine, Italy) experimental electro-noise project, has a tape out for Scrotum and another on Out Of Love.

Angst Hase Pfeffer Nase (Easthampton, MA, USA)

Anomalous Records (P.O. Box 22195,Seattle, WA 98122-0195 USA) large distro website

Anomie records (PoBox 35709, Houston, TX 77235-5709, USA) home of Walking Time Bombs

An Oxygen Auction (2060 Milford Square Pike, Quakertown, PA 18951, USA) (e-mail: needlesshuman@yahoo.com) old style industrial, drums, sheet metal, etc.

Andrea Cernotto (The Sodality) - (e-mail: mailto:elica_eadelica@tin.it)

Andrew Smith (no fixed address, USA) (e-mail: od@truthmail.com) website

Anenzephalia (postfach 12 10 12 68061 mannheim, germany)

Angelica Rosenthal (e-mail: afa@adriacom.it)

Ant Zen (c/o S.Alt, Lessingstr. 7A, 93049 Regensburg, Germany) (e-mail: info@ant-zen.com) released 7" and CD by Gerogerigegege, Contagious Orgasm, Iugula-Thor, Sshe retina Stimulants website

Antenna 59 see Chupa Verga Rex or Succhiasega Ind.

Anti Everything (22 Mallory St., Hampton, VA 23663, USA) (e-mail: existnoise@aol.com) home of A Sonic Deterrent and label, released tapes by Flatline Construct and MOZ website

Anti Musick (UK) released a Masonna 8"

Antibody see LoudCat prod. website

Auto-Ethik (Mallory #2, Hampton, VA 23663, USA) (e-mail: uforeal@hotmail.com )

Apraxia (PoBox 85155, Seattle, WA 98145, USA) home of Blowhole and label; released a 7" by The Haters

Area X-69 (c/Samaniego 18 8B, 41008 Sevilla, Spain) this guy is also in Digital Parasite (noise-grind)

Armed and Loaded (PoBox 210024, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA) label

Armenia see Bizarre Audio Arts website

Art and Noise (NL) label

Art Directe (Box 31052, S-40032, Gothenburg, Sweden) reissued on CD an old work by Merzbow

Art Konkret (Schubertstr. 15, 69234 Dielheim, Germany) (e-mail: Art.Konkret@t-online.de) label (mostly tapes); released tapes of Macronympha, Third Organ, R.Ramirez, P.M.B., Soldnergeist; also a Soldnergeist CD. There’s a good 90 minutes compilation tape called "Nuclear assault"

Artware (c/o Donna Klemm, Taunusstr. 63B, 65183 Wiesbaden, Germany) released an Entre Vifs CD and two CD noise compilations (Howard 31 and Dedication) with stuff by Hijokaidan, Aube, Macronympha, Contagious Orgasm, CCCC…, also released a great DeFabriek CD website

AS see Rarefazioni Uterine

Assumed (12801 usa) (e-mail: destroylife@usa.net) great label, realesed items by bastard noise, amps for christ, mr.brinkman, and the almighty mens recovery project website

Aspersive Worm (940 Beach Blvd. #304, Biloxi, Ms 39530-3767, USA) (e-mail: kmdoom@yahoo.com) collage/noize/musick/spoken word/wtf... 2 track promo cdr out now...full length release soon

Astipalea (Hubert Napiorski, Prusa 1 , 09-200 Sierpc, Poland) (e-mail: homunculus@inbox.net) Friendly new Polish label with old-school live noise experiments, of note: Thaw's "Hawaii Five-0" release. website

Astro see Endorphine Factory

Astrogenic Hallucinauting Project of Spike the Percussionist website

Atrax Morgue see Slaughter prod.

Aube see G.R.O.S.S. website

Audible XXY see Knot Music

Aural Torture Mechanism (Ryan, PoBox 527, Jarrettsville, MD 21084, USA) harsh project, made a split CD with Merzbow

Auricular (San Francisco, USA) label

Ausculture (c/o Randy Yau, 1052 Peach St., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401, USA) home of R.H.Y.Y., made a tape split with Government Alpha.

Aut (PO Box 6831, Wellington, New Zealand) Noise/concrete/electro-acoustic/improv project out of New Zealand. Appeared in noise compilations and has released several cd-r's of experimental audio.

Authorized Version (c/o Phil Julian, PO Box 37561, London SE25 6TE, UK) Cheap Machines harsh noise project's label. Split release with XV Parowek, Francisco Lopez release, etc.

AWB Recordings (Mark Solotroff) (e-mail: bludlust@popmail.mcs.net) label that released a bunch of stuff by Intrinsic Action; dead by now

Azoikum see Verbannte Ende prod. website