#Zegema Beach

[sleepingvillage]

Joliette - IETU

Mexican screamo.

[nineteenfiftysix]

Vibora - Dana (Zaldi beltza, 2023)

[brokensoundkuci]

Song of the Day (Day # 502)

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Song: Upright

Artist: othiel

Album: We Will Be Our Home

Year Released: 2023

https://othiel.bandcamp.com/

Lyrics:

Pieces of you, are floating away Along with the satisfaction of content in forever This dark mind is being freed, melodies of strum and pounding of heart Are bringing him together The words are said in fire But are read in cold winters All contentment is now lost But the fakest smile is worn by the artist The silence in between is the softest eruption on the inside On the inside These cries have been stuck inside of me And you will wonder what I am weakened by It's all a blur now but i still open my eyes I'm still unsure that this is what holds me closer As far as you know this is my separation My soul is torn up but I'm still stitching organs

[mindfuneralfm]

Hayworth - a nastologic battle-scar /50 nebula

Mfkin Hayworth is honestly the best band every.

[anokha-swad]

Jetzt trompetet „Mr. Trumpet“ im Himmel mit den Engeln. Now "Mr Trumpet" is trumpeting with the angels in heaven.

Cara Neir - Phantasmal

Zegema Beach

2022

[isthisthingstillcxrsed]

The Exploration - I Guess I'm Leaving

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I can't find any other live videos of The Exploration for the life of me. Also Zegema Beach Records if you see this title your youtube videos better please for the love of god. I've been trying to find live videos of III by Terry Green for months and you have one that will never show up unless you scroll through 6 years of your uploads lmao.

Mind you I've spent 9 years looking for live footage of this band. I'm 26 now and have been searching since I was 17. If it didn't pop up in my recommend I'd never know this exists.

[emotionalhardcore]

...and its name was epyon discography 10" (2021)

released by larry records, zegema beach records and long legs long arms

[flanneljammies]

2023 Best Metal Records

Outstanding

Nameless Mist - Lifeless (Fólkvangr) Solo catchy Depressive Suicidal Black Metal from North Carolina.

Lunar Tombfields - An Arrow to the Sun (self-released) Doomy black metal from France.

Milanku - At Dawn (Folivora) Epic blackgaze from Montreal.

Very Good

WuW - L'Orchaostre (Pelagic) French post-metal.

Bereft - The Great Emptiness (self-released) Epic doom celebrating a fallen brother.

Varhara - Voidflower (These Hands Melt) Blistering blackgaze from Saint Petersburg.

Saver -From Ember And Rust (Pelagic) Post-metal from Oslo.

Ragana -Desolation's Flower (The Flenser) Blackened post-screamo from Oakland.

Liturgy - 93696 (Thrill Jockey) Still bewildering and barely black metal at this point. Glitches and orchestrations galore.

Nothing/Full of Hell - When No Birds Sang (Closed Casket Activities) Shoegaze and grindcore collide on this collab.

Also Good (but probably only for genre diehards and true fans)

Wreathe - The Land Is Not An Idle God (Persistent Vision)

Venns - Team Sports (Zegema Beach)

Falaise - After All This Time (Flowing Downward)

Svalbard - The Weight Of The Mask (Nuclear Blast)

Seltsame Erden - Gedankentempeln (Canti Eretici)

Rutile - Virtuous Season (Canti Eretici)

Lethvm - Winterreise (self-released)

Godflesh - Purge (Avalanche)

[skramzgf]

I will commit suicide at the very peak of our desperate love So it will never get the chance to weaken or fade And you will do the same Only to immortalize our unified hearts And so that every moment Will remain fresh in both our minds

And this will be ours Forever like the stars

[nineteenfiftysix]

MASSA NERA - Lost Faces (Derramar | Querer | Borrar, 2022)

[ibythetidepromotions]

An interview with: Wax Vessel

Could you introduce yourself to the readers?

Nik Velleca - Founder/Owner/waytolongofaresponder

What led to the inception of Wax Vessel?

It’s actually a story in a couple of parts: the name (which is not interesting), the year before it started (mildly Interesting) and then the actual launch! Maybe two years ago I really wanted to get in to the whole Instagram vinyl collection showcase scene. Made a second account called Wax Casket (because it sounded cool) and did a couple hundred posts. No big deal. But at that time, it kind of out the inkling of an idea in my head. Fast forward a year or so, and Simon from WFAHM and I were taking about how literally every influential album from 2000-2010 was never pressed on vinyl. We thought about teaming up to do Ion Dissonance in vinyl (which is still a huge goal). It never materialized, so the label pages (renamed to Wax Vessel) kind of got shelved. Speaking of the name Wax Vessel (rant incoming) I landed on that name because I’m so fed up with the start of digital. MySpace deleting song libraries. Hard drives crashing. CDs getting bit rot. The only try archival format is vinyl. You could pull a WV release of a shelf in 2219 and it would still play. It’s a “time capsule” or “Vessel” for preserving history. Anyway. Fast forward to like 5 months ago - I had just stumbled upon PRR and they told me they were doing Destroyer Destroyer. I asked if I could just press the records to accompany that release, and viola! Here we are!

Wax Vessel is very unique, you what always comes to mind when I think of extremely rare and beautiful presses. What process goes into getting your visions to come together properly at the pressing plant?

So I’m glad you touched on this, because artisanal (barf) pressings are one of the tentpole features of WV. There’s so much that can be done with the format that it seems like an insult to just do single color records. I figured if I was going to bring all of these albums back from the dead after decades of never having a physical release, it might as well be in style! Otherwise someone will just repress it hah. But each release is its own project. My goal are always to have the color play with the album art, while also pushing the physical medium itself. Everything is very case-by-case, with the number of variants and the type of variant really just being subject to my mood haha.

Recently announced was the pressing for Dr. Acula’s S.L.O.B, congratulations on making it to WV007! From the posts I’ve seen on social media, you guys are really excited about this release. How would you describe Dr. Acula to someone who has never heard of them before?

Thanks! Dr. Acula was a huge one for me, they’re one of the forefathers of Deathcore in my opinion. They’re that early, wonky type of proto-Deathcore that uses a lot of samples before breakdowns and has a lot of inside jokes. It’s just fun, without taking itself too seriously.

They obviously got much bigger later, but SLOB was such a classic album, and a standout release from 187 records at the time (who really deserve all the credit for basically being the label pioneers of the genre along with Debello and BMA).

Wax Vessel focuses on pressing music from the MySpace era of metal. What about that era made it so memorable  and dear to your heart that you decided to resurrect it in the wax form?

Man, prepare to watch me get spun up on this, haha. I’m really terrible at organizing my thoughts in to a cohesive essay on the topic, so as a kind of “stream of conciseness” ramble please accept this: 2000-2010 was just peak music. It was a digital Wild West with a bunch of talented Midwesterner pioneering new sounds for niche audiences. It was a perfect storm of a bunch of cultural factors playing out all at once. Literally all of these trailblazing bands were pushing envelopes and rail blazing new genres for No monetary gain and no fame. Every single review form music media was “this is unlistenable garbage”. They absolutely did not get the recognition they deserved at the time. I mean the “scene revival/20-9-scene” is more popular than the actual scene at the time! So what happens when you mix this new way to make music (digital production) with a new way to reach fans (social media/MySpace)? You get a fucking no holds barred race to make the most niche, unlistenable music in existence. The decade was a fucking blip in music history and then was lost to the ages. The internet was too young to preserve it, and to young for anyone to really use to their advantage. Just a lost decade. So I think that’s worth preserving. Especially since YouTube rips are the only thing left.

The default vinyl color of black is never an option with your releases, always seeing high quality, creative options for your limited presses. What is the reasoning behind this stylistic choice?

Black is such a fucking cop out. It’s only to save money. It’s lazy and requires no finesse or imagination. If you’re going to press records, go all in. Like imagine building a house in 2019 with all the modern amenities and building materials we have at our disposal and just building a 6-sided box. So boring. And for everyone who says it sounds best - black (carbon) is an additive for strength. Natural PVC is additive free and sounds better. So when I need a cheaper variant to offset the cost of some of the more expensive ones, natural PVC is always my go-to.

Have there been any challenges so far with the process of mastering these old files on vinyl? Were any of the music files hard to come across?

You have no idea! I feel like a lot of people see WV and then want to start a vinyl label, haha. But there’s so much craziness behind the scenes! Let’s start at the top - WV will only do a release if the band is on board, and the rights are retained. Mechanical licensing retained. Full quality tracks hunted down and mastered for vinyl. New art made (no one has their old art files) and laid out for vinyl. Then after all that, I have to drop $4k at the plant to get it pressed. Then promos and art made, coordinating with ZBR on timelines, etc. But none of that can happen without the tracks. Most of the time the band will have the master bounces, and it’s not that difficult. But on a couple of occasions I’ve had to rip old demos from personal CDs. I’ve even had to pay for a hard drive to be recovered for a band member so we could get tracks! I really believe that vinyl isn’t just for the fashion, so having great sounding records is top priority. Can’t do that with a YouTube rip! If we can’t get the best quality tracks, I won’t do it!

Any possibility of there being Wax Vessel merch down the road?

I mean I’m not sure anyone would give a shit! But if like 10 people messaged me and said they wanted a shirt, you bet! We would whip up a cool “no represses” design or something, haha. Maybe 2020!

With a new year right around the corner, what are some goals for kicking off the new decade in 2020?

2020 souls have some cool “firsts” for sure! I’ve got our first multi-LP box set dropping. First project with a hand-painted cover. First modern release (under a different side name, don’t want to dilute the WV name haha). Really what if love to do in 2020 is press Psyopus to round out the techgrind section. That’s a big goal! I’d also love to have a both and sell LPs at like a festival, but they all sell out too quick!

Anything else you would like to tell the readers before we go? Just a couple of blurbs! People always forget that wax Vessel is a non-profit and we give 100% of the money to the bands. So remember that the next time you think I’m an asshole for not doing something you like! We got a lot of hate mail about not doing represses, haha. To that point, there will never be represses. It’s a sticking point. I don’t want to make records that end up in dollar bins and eBay lots. I’d rather leave money on the table. I want to great collector items that will be cherished. All of these bands have been defunct for a decade. No one is coming back to just to try and make a quick buck. These are all swan song little fun presses for the core group of fans. For the 200 weirdo left who still care about early 2000s techgrind and vinyl, haha. It’s niche, but no one wants to make any money. It’s just a fun thing for the scene. Remember this is all for fun! Additionally, I see a lot of miscommunications that I’d like to get on the record! Please remember: Wax Vessel is its own thing. Not an imprint or affiliated with anyone. I shoulder all cost, design, etc for everything! So it’s very much WV as the label. I hate shipping and fulfillment, so ZBR [Zegema Beach Records] is WV’s official store. The mega studs over there (Dave and Dave) definitely allow WV to exist. If I had to ship everything, it would be one release a year haha. And super not last, WV couldn’t exist without Ryan Peter. I have absolutely no scene Fred, and Ryan gets fucking results. He almost single-handedly spreads the word and gets bands on board. Literally invaluable. All the records in the world mean nothing if you can’t get any bands to agree to get pressed! He’s a MySpace madman!!

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[rolls-of-the-tongue-nicely]

Si tu ne connais pas le Nexus VI et ses critiques de science fiction, tu as au moins besoin de connaître le tube de l’été hiver Zegema Beach (issu de l’épisode 5, une chronique sur le film Starship Troopers)

C’est le hit le plus relaxant, le plus entêtant et le plus hilarant que j’ai vu sur Youtube depuis que Mathieu Sommet a arrêté la chanson XD

[tonguesofdestruction]

Lower Automation - Strobe Light Shadow Play CD Kritik

Lower Automation – Strobe Light Shadow Play CD Kritik

Das neue Studioalbum “Strobe Light Shadow Play” von dem Trio Lower Automation (VÖ: 22. November 2022, Zegema Beach Records). Das selbstbetitelte Debütalbum aus dem Jahr 2021 habe ich an dieser Stelle schon besprochen. Im Jahre 2016 mit “Maps” eine EP der Band aus Chicago. Sie spielen eine Mischung aus Punk, Mathcore und dissonantem Noise-Rock. © Zegema Beach Records – Lower Automation – Strobe…