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[walnut + locust]

experimental label & independent webzine

About Me

wl001 - v/a: "red: a [walnut + locust] compilation" (CD)
released: january 20th 2004
12 bands, 12 unreleased & exclusive tracks featuring: Pine Tree State Mind Control (USA), Letum (Sweden), HIV+ (France), Alexandre St-Onge (Canada), Maggot Breeder (Canada), Muckrackers featuring Shizuka (France), Black Sun (Scotland), .cut featuring Gibet (France), Sklarska Poreba (Germany/France), Earskin (Canada), We Are Gentlemen (France), Mr.Malinou (France)
www.redcompilation.fr.st

wl002 - Zbigniew Karkowski: "Intensifier" (CD)
released: september 7th 2004
Zbigniew Karkowski is a polish-swedish composer/musician presently living and working in Tokyo, Japan. He has worked professionaly in the areas of written contemporary music, industrial music, pop music and experimental performance for the last 11 years with artists like Blixa Bargeld, Merzbow, Pita... his work has been performed throughout Europe, North America, Australia, and Japan. He is active in the underground noise scene in Japan.

wl004 - Maggot Breeder: "Myiasis" (CD)
released: february 6th 2007
Maggot Breeder is the long term ongoing musical project of Reuel Ordonez, filipino by birth and now residing in Montreal, Quebec. Using the guitar as the primary sound source, Maggot Breeder creates a dark yet oddly serene soundscape which invokes images of war, conflict, pain, despair and suffering.

wl005 - v/a: "CrO2: a tribute to analog" (CD)
released: july 18th 2006
featuring: Chris Carter (UK), Aube (Japan), Ulan Bator (Italy), Molasses (Canada), Maggot Breeder (Canada), Alexandre Pax (France), Empusae & Agathokless (Belgium), We Are Gentlemen (France), Pine Tree State Mind Control (USA), .cut featuring Gibet (France), Terminal Sound System (Australia), Kasper T Toeplitz (France).
special offer: get wl001 - v/a: "red: a [walnut + locust] compilation" half price when you buy CrO2

offer ends december 31st 2007

wl006 - Merzbow: "Live In Geneva" (CD)
released: december 13th 2005
Merzbow was created in Tokyo in 1979. His creator, Masami Akita is the godfather of noise as a genre and it is impossible to argue with his title. Merzbow's discography is about 300 seperate releases & collaborations and Masami reinvents himself on each new release.

wl007 - v/a: "Dent De Lyon" (MP3)
released: january 3rd 2006
The first [walnut locust] virtual release: a panorama of the Lyon underground scene available as a free downloadable mp3 compilation. 17 bands, 18 exclusive tracks, featuring: Blackula, Brain Leisure, CeasE, .cut featuring Gibet, DEnTs, Ferry.Estreich, Frz, Imagho, N-Com.User, Omnicore, PicorE, Secret Name, Strigoï, TAT, Tada, We Are Gentlemen, Wired Brain.
dentdelyon.free.fr

wl008 - .cut featuring Gibet: "Philippe F Remixes" (MP3)
released: april 25th 2006
.cut remixed by: E.Mission (France), JeFF (France), Botchan Karisen (France), D'Four Me (Chile), Mortal Manifest (Israel), The Vomit Arsonist (USA), Pine Tree State Mind Control (USA), .cut (France), Tada (France), Hieronymous (Japan), Half A Moment (Morocco), Reversibilidad (Chile), Brain Leisure (France), Ex_Tension (France), Dolls Of Pain (France), Blackula (France), Strigoï (France)
cutremixes.free.fr

wl009 - Thee Virginal Brides: "re/collection" (CDr pro - ltd edition)
expected: April 8th 2008

The early works of the 3 countries noise/ambient trio released as a strictly limited edition of 99 copies, including 6 unreleased tracks.

wl010 - v/a: "Delicatessen: A Taste Of [walnut + locust]" (3" CDr)
released: september 11th 2007 - sold out
6 unreleased tracks sampler featuring : AntiGlück (France), Cheerleader 69 (France), .cut featuring Gibet (Canada/France), Maggot Breeder (Canada), Pine Tree State Mind Control (USA), Thee Virginal Brides (Canada/Israël/USA).

wl011 - .cut featuring Gibet: "Theories Of Capitalism" (3" CDr)
released: April 15th 2008

Long expected brand new tracks for the Franco-Canadian experimental post-rock duo, often compared to Labradford, Tarantel or Tim Hecker.

wl012 - v/a: "Twisted Faerie Tales: A [walnut + locust] Winter Compilation" (3" CDr)
released: december 18th 2007
9 bands, 7 tracks, featuring: Aidan Baker (Canada), .cut & Friends + Thisquietarmy (Canada), Farmacia (Argentina), Pine Tree State Mind Control + The Vomit Arsonist (USA), Alexandre St-Onge (Canada), Seven Morgues (Israël), Whilst (Canada)

wl013 - .cut & Maggot Breeder: "La Voie Sacrée" (3" CDr)
released: April 22nd 2008

Since January 2008, .cut & Maggot Breeder have played a serie of improvised concerts in Canada and the USA on a regular basis. "La Voie Sacrée" is the duo's first studio improvised recording, recorded on a 4-track in Montreal in early April 2008.

Coming up :
wl014 - v/a: "_post" (3" CDr)
expected: september 2008
wl015 - Pine Tree State Mind Control: "Liberal Media Bias" (CDr pro - ltd edition)
expected: fall 2008
wl016 - "sous le microscope" : un film de Françoise Provencher (DVDr pro)
expected: fall 2008

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/1/2005
Band Website: walnutlocust.com
Band Members:

Agathokless, AntiGlück, Aube, Aidan Baker, Black Sun, Chris Carter, Cheerleader 69, .cut featuring Gibet, Earskin, Empusae, Farmacia, HIV+, Zbigniew Karkowski, Letum, Maggot Breeder, Merzbow, Mr. Malinou, Molasses, Muckrackers, Alexandre Pax, Pine Tree State Mind Control, Seven Morgues, Alexandre St-Onge, Sklarska Poreba, Terminal Sound System, Thee Virginal Brides, Thisquietarmy, Kasper T Toeplitz, Ulan Bator, The Vomit Arsonist, We are Gentlemen, Whilst.
Record Label: [walnut + locust]
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

wl012 - v/a: "Twisted Faerie Tales: A [walnut + locust] Winter Compilation": reviews

TWISTED FAERIE TALES - A [WALNUT + LOCUST] COMPILATION (3"CDR by Walnut + Locust)Following 'Delicatessen: A Taste Of [Walnut + Locust]' (see Vital Weekly 598), the label now produces another compilati...
Posted by [walnut + locust] on Sat, 23 Feb 2008 10:58:00 PST

wl002 - Zbigniew Karkowski: "Intensifier": reviews

Qu'il est bon parfois de lever le pied sur la harsh noise pour se concentrer sur des sculptures plus réfléchies, moins agressives et juste puissantes. Comme ce 'Intensifier', enregistré lors du passag...
Posted by [walnut + locust] on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 02:00:00 PST

wl010 - v/a: "Delicatessen: A Taste Of [walnut + locust]": reviews

DELICATESSEN: A TASTE OF [WALNUT + LOCUST] (3"CDR by Walnut + Locust)An odd and curious little release this one. A compilation of six tracks by six different bands in the time span of twenty minutes. ...
Posted by [walnut + locust] on Sat, 27 Oct 2007 11:17:00 PST

wl004 - Maggot Breeder: "Myiasis": reviews

Band: Maggot BreederLabel: walnut + locustGenre: ambient (ambient / soundscapes / ritual / drones)Type: cd Grade: 6.8Review by: BaukeIt may not be a surprise that a lot of people (and I mean a LOT) ar...
Posted by [walnut + locust] on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 06:55:00 PST

wl005 - v/a: "CrO2: a tribute to analog": reviews

"Cr02: a tribute to analog" - Chronique Rulaiz Inc. par TATAprès une dizaine d'écoutes, et quelques divagations et rêveries sur le chemin des références Internet données dans le livret, me voilà en tr...
Posted by [walnut + locust] on Fri, 15 Sep 2006 10:33:00 PST

wl001 - v/a: "red: a [walnut + locust] compilation": reviews

EMISSION DU MARDI 14 FEVRIER 2006ARTISTE / TITRE / EXTRAIT DE / LABEL / DATECOVENANT / Ritual noise / Ritual noise ep / Synthetic Symphony / 2006LEATHER STRIP / Back in control / After the devastation...
Posted by [walnut + locust] on Fri, 17 Feb 2006 11:02:00 PST

wl007 - v/a: "Dent De Lyon": reviews

Here is a review which appeared today in the webzine "La Gouttiere" (sorry only in French!): Groupe : V/A Titre : "Dent de Lyon" Anne : 2006 Format : Album Label : [walnut+locust] Note general...
Posted by [walnut + locust] on Thu, 12 Jan 2006 10:58:00 PST

wl006 - Merzbow "Live In Geneva": reviews

Here is a review which appeared in the lattest issue of the Lyon magazine "491":Le label lyonnais [walnut locust) n'en finit pas de nous broyer les oreilles pour notre plus grand plaisir. Nouvelle l...
Posted by [walnut + locust] on Tue, 10 Jan 2006 10:42:00 PST

wl007 - v/a: "Dent de Lyon" - free mp3 compilation available in december

wl007 - v/a: "Dent de Lyon"The first [walnut locust] virtual release will be available in December. A panorama of the Lyon independent underground scene released as a free mp3 compilation.All tracks a...
Posted by [walnut + locust] on Wed, 09 Nov 2005 01:15:00 PST