New tapes from Puddle, ฝรั่ง (Farang), and Sharps Formation.

The cruel, dark mask of our reality continues to slip. Right under our noses unfathomable evil operates as it was designed. A sinisterly vulgar display of corruption and power lies in front of our very eyes. 'What You Don't Know Will Hurt You' is the next instalment in PUDDLE's vigilant noise observations.

Dubbed on recycled cassettes, with full A4 dual colour and b/w toner collage by Minimal Impact, using assets provides by D. Valetic. 50 copies.

Come ringside and witness five rounds of disciplined harsh-noise-boxing-music composed and performed by ฝรั่ง (Farang). Sanctioned at three minutes each, each track pays homage to five of Muay Thai's iconic Nak Muay. Additional fight commentary fills the remainder of the tape, with the five tracks repeating on both sides.

Dubbed on recycled cassettes, with full colour A4 fold out collage, one of five unique glossy print covers, and additional scented material. Mastered by Grant Richardson. 36 copies.

Second considered release from Sharps Formation further builds on previous tape-noise-trickery with additional 'studio' noistrumentation. Sincerity turns to piss taking and back again to build deft. 

Further release by Malevolent Relics (North America) to come.

Dubbed on recycled cassettes, with combination b/w and colour toner print on two and a half panel j-card. 25 copies.

Empty Vessel / No Guard - Heart Consumed (A Part of Me) c/w Terrified

 

First vinyl release for these two newer Australian industrial acts. This should have been announced several weeks ago before the holiday season, however is still on track for a mid-to-late January release. Very minimal post-production from the tracks submitted leads to a decidedly raw finish when pressed to wax. 

Tense, claustrophobic modular passages are laid down by Empty Vessel and interwoven with a cannibalistic disclosure. No Guard declares a bleak and enigmatic transmission with a flanged vocal delivery. Anyone who has been following these two will have some idea of what to expect, otherwise please see Empty Vessel's 'Dreamcatcher Woven In Veins', and No Guard's 'Onward, Onward,' as reference points, though these tracks are really something else all together.

Vinyl will best case scenario be available for their support of Linekraft at The Tote, Collingwood, but will also hit Minimal Impact and the regular distributors early next year.

100 copies total on 180g vinyl, packaged in transparent polyethylene sleeves, with combination colour copy and b/w toner covers.

Ebola Disco / Skin Job Live in Tokyo 23/24 b/w Agony We Consume 7"

Live aural assaults, ebullient and indexical as ever, recorded in Japan (featuring Chris Groves) on Ebola Disco's side, coupled with Skin Job's lethally paced death trip industrial track 'Agony We Consume'.

Numbered / 100 copies on black vinyl. Features full pro-printed colour labels on the Skin Job side, accompanied by black toner labels on the Ebola Disco side. 180g 7" vinyl in transparent polyethylene sleeves.

Mastered by Foul Prey

SJ artwork by Fecromass.

Logos by Fecromass and Ebola Disco.

Layout by Minimal Impact, 2025.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OJiRgGMduU&list=PLj7Zf8WEXNI9mmxAfUYU98gmuhkYTvARZ

Bloated Data, Puddle CDr's, Sharps Formation live at Ancient World, and new E.O.L.C.O.E. recordings

Bloated Data and Puddle CDr's have been out since March, with plenty of copies still available via Minimal Impact (AU) and Scream and Writhe (CAN).

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Sharps Formation makes a third live appearance at Adelaide's Ancient World in December at the first Divine Severance showcase, alongside Puddle, Bloated Data, Rope Society/Chrysalis, No Guard, Michael Ellingford, and Empty Vessel. 

Posters by Rope Society and Janus Tapes

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E.O.L.C.O.E have new material prepared for release via New England label Sordid Transmissions in 2025. 

Preview the track Murderous Part-Object 4 on Deepthroat Records compilation Worldwide Gore Vol. 1.

Consumption of Signs Zine #3

Into the untenable archive...

Fully hand assembled 80 page bricolage zine. Contains a mixture of old and new collage and print assets spanning seven years, reproduced from original source documents. Includes reprint of interviews with Bret Parenteau circa 2016 and Ray Phase Tropic circa 2018 from the first two instalments.

Complete toner worship.

Bloated Data - The Aesthetic of Death C32, Lustrate - Soteriologic Deprivation C50 Kagami Smile - Iris C40 Puddle - The Gift That Keeps on Giving reissue, and Out Of Order Exhibition.

 

Three new releases are due late March on Minimal Impact, as well as a reissue of Puddle's 'The Gift That Keeps on Giving' on Pro-CDr.

All new releases are available at Out Of Order, an installation by Minimal Impact at Wreckers Artspace in Wooloongabba, open by appointment March 16th - 31st, and at select times with live noise demonstrations.

Sunday 17th March:.

Demonstration: Brackish 6-6:30pm.

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Sunday 24th March:.

Demonstration: 5:30-8:00pm,

6:00-6:20pm: Puddle

6:30-7:00pm: Concentration

*****

Sunday 31st March:.

Demonstration: 5:00-8:00pm,

5:00-5:30pm: E.O.L.C.O.E.

5:40-6:10pm: Ushghur

6:30-7:00pm: Reptile

Positive No (Newcastle) live at Milton Common and The Cave Inn, November 2023.

Supports from Blunt Force Head Trauma, Puddle, and Brackish & TILES.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/flummox-positive-no-nsw-puddle-blunt-force-h-tickets-750366425177?

Reptile, Attention Shoppers, and CC & TILES. Positive NO was originally booked also, but was replaced by Blunt Force Head Trauma.

Free Entry.

Brackish - Lithopedion C20

First EP from Brackish. Features genre smattering takes on so-called 'industrial' and 'harsh noise' sounds. There's some definite quirk and conviviality in the synth leads throughout the first half of the first side, bracketed by blistering static, classic crunch and a few well placed samples.

The latter track on the A side, I'm told on good authority, has taken an appropriate amount of influence from time spent listening to Dead Body Love's "Emetic".

There's also a collaborative long-form track with Aurinko on Side B.  

Edition of 40 new stock cassettes, with two tone colour and black toner. Every copy is personalised, half are dubbed by M.I., the other half by L.B, and have alternate collage on insert.

Cassette ships early October 6th.

Puddle - The Gift That Keeps on Giving C60 and CC & TILES - Subaru is Somehow Related to the Pleiades CDr

Two new releases from some of the noisiest of Brisbane's noise practitioners, and a first foray into CDr.

Available from Minimal Impact August 9th 2023.

Debut from new harsh noise project Puddle. Solo output from Dan Valetic. Puddle takes influence from the glut of contemporary Americanoise, citing Worth's Blinder LP as as well as classic Japanoise such as C.C.C.C. Strong anti-industrialism sentiments throughout.

Edition of 40 on new old stock and close-to-identical recycled cases. Features double sided A4 insert, with a two tone print on on the A side. 

Read the full release statement by Puddle below.

"The destruction industry; a construction of an empire. Mutilation of the land and contamination of the waters. Pollute the atmosphere and suffocate life. Society loses its structure without concrete and steel. Mechanised monsters feast on the flesh of mother nature. The torment and torture of earth; a sadistic power with no limits. All in the name of profit. Filth and greed. Bound and gagged by the cogs of capitalism. Products of a conveyor belt. A perpetual cycle of monotony. Barcode printed. Gentrified lives and commodified worth. The dangers of development lead to the inevitable death of progress. We are not machines. We are human. Brainwashed by cancerous technology. Controlled and monitored. Always watching and always watched. Ultra surveillance state. A deeply poisoned, rotten system. We are all complicit. Meet your maker. Feeding the fire of capital gain. Evil is as evil does… For it is the gift that keeps on giving. Visualise industrial collapse. As the nightmare of total annihilation has only just begun."

All Material performed by Puddle. Recorded directly to both tape and flash memory at P.B.P. by Tristan Eyles in May '23. Additional mixing by T.E.

Individual art assets and logo by Puddle, additional assets and collage by Minimal Impact.

Scuzzed out synth blasts, harsh broken down sounds from these two Brisbanites. Fast swerving into the wrong lane, single handed death driving. First foray into the CDr format. The two tracks contained within are slow burners perfect for car stereo playback.

Recorded straight to tape at Smooth/Striated Space, Rocklea 21.6.21.

Discs have been professionally duplicated from a high quality tape rip, and feature full colour thermal printing. Edition of 50 in recycled (but good quality) jewel cases.

Joint Minimal Impact and Transcription Services release.

S27E152 - A.D.T.F. C60 and Cristian Usai - Lily's Memories C30

 

Hopeless, mid-fi decompositions from this "anonymous" project. Longer form, dedicated noise aktions across the full two sides of the C60. Fecundity wrapped in a Woolworths reusable plastic bag.

First new material in seven years. Edition of 25 with two panel paper insert.

Cristian Usai (Inferior Press Productions, Opera D'Acciaio, Neomortoria, et al), brings us a series of breezy synth-led mood tracks on the seemingly highly personal, Lily's Memories. The first three tracks stay just no longer than what is welcome and gradually lead us from lusty, vintage memories, into a haze of morbidity and newfound capabilities.

The leading track on the B Side 'Dive and Die' is welcomed and heartfelt break, finishing a little on the shorter side but leaving me wanting a little more from the crackling, barked vocals.

Edition of 25 recycled cassettes with two panel paper insert. Assorted norelco style cases.

E.O.L.C.O.E. / Armenia - Gestalt Jouissance / Olor a Mortecina CS

International split between Enjoy Our Last Century on Earth and Armenia.

https://soundcloud.com/minimalimpactnoise/01-gestalt-jouissance

Also released by Bizarre Audio Arts (US) and Janus Tapes (Australia). These editions contain a bonus live recording of TILES and Z.M., recorded at The Cave Inn, 2022.

Artwork concept by Leonardo Sabatto, additional collage and layout by Minimal Impact and Janus Tapes.

Gypsobelum - Chitinous CS

A new release documenting a particularly lush period in Gypsobelum live shows available in a limited run of 36 tapes. These recycled cassettes feature original collage work by Gypsobelum, reproduced in black toner on blue tinted paper by Minimal Impact. 

First available at live shows in Melbourne.

Circle of Shit / Soma split CS reissue + shirt, TILES - Mosh Denial II C50, Hinterkaifeck 'Nihilistic Cowboys' shirt reissue.

Reissue of the Circle of Shit / Soma split tape on new old stock. Edition of 32 with single sided insert.

The inserts of this tape were made from test prints originally intended for the first edition, recovered from the flooded facility where they were originally produced. As such they will naturally have some wear and tear.

New cover art has been produced as a derivative of the original artwork by Circle of Shit, and applied as a sticker over the original paper insert.

First and only edition of the derivative design found on the reverse of the first edition Circle of Shit / Soma split cassette on Minimal Impact. Hand screenprinted by Minimal Impact in house print services.

In-scene fighting, crushing displays of supremacy, secondhand embarrassment, authority signalling and other various conflations. Mosh Denial is voyeurship leading to states of heightened pleasure tolerance.

This tape is a full length follow up to 2017's Mosh Denial cassette which further plunders psychosocial relations. Palpable blips of the recording apparatus solicit moments of transparency amongst the riffing madness.

Self edit your worst behaviours, attitudes, and submit to the dopamine deficit.

Three tracks recorded in succession, all single takes. Edition of 28 recycled cassettes.

Reprint of the Nihilistic Cowboys design licensed to and printed by Grim Graphics in 2021. Hand screenprinted by Minimal Impact in house print services, 2022.

First edition of 25 printed on mixed new stock.

T.E. / L.B. and T.E. / Y.O.A. - Accident​(​al) Industrielle [L' incident à l' uine] CS

 

Experiments with packaging and semantics in response to prescribed exposure therapy and post-traumatic amnesia.

These C90's are housed in rejected jewel cases, presented in Biogone biodegradable polybags. Includes a four page A5 insert full colour inkjet and b/w laserjet prints.

Dubbed on prerecorded type I C90’s of various brands, TDK D90, Sony HF, Teac CDX I, Philips FS90, Maxell UR, Fuji DR90, etc.

Marked edition of 25.

https://minimalimpactnoise.bandcamp.com/album/accident-al-industrielle-l-incident-l-uine

Circle of Shit / Soma - Circle of Shit / Soma CS and Maltreatment - Swelling CS

This split cassette brings together Finland's two decade old project Circle of Shit with Spain's newcomer Soma, putting forward two disparate approaches to the post-industrial style. Conceptual threads are woven throughout, loosely connecting the styles and titles through a phenomenological association with skin penetration and searing bodily pain.

The A side displays the years worth of sound manipulation and technical development you may expect from a project such as Circle of Shit. The second track "Haluan Vain Nähdä Sinun Polttavan," gives a much needed reprieve from the sharp sting of "Urtica Dioica," or common stinging nettle. Translating roughly to "I Just Want To See You Burn," CoS's second track then follows on to the beguiling "Elizabeth Bathory" which lulls us with an initially softer tonal palette.

Having originally been approached by Soma for a full length cassette release, the sharper techniques heard in those original tracks have been maintained and developed into a more dynamic industrial noise style. Soma's material on this split is far more direct. The two tracks continue the debasement, floundering through several motions before settling in for a solid 28 minutes of aural abuse. Live vocals are introduced to the mix, exemplifying how corporeal the output of this project is.

Edition of 30 upcycled cassettes with full colour copy insert. Limited shirt coming soon.

https://minimalimpactnoise.bandcamp.com/album/circle-of-shit-soma

Brandon Artus, otherwise known as Maltreatment presents his first release on Minimal Impact, a C20 containing thirteen bursts of harsh noise articulations. Multiple sound sources are put to the test, each amplified or otherwise interrupting whichever signals were preceding in this frantic journey into abject reality.

Following on from appearances on Cloister Recordings, Black Ring Rituals, and Shrouded Recordings in 2021, among others, Swelling continues on with an affectual interest in cruelty and betrayal. The subjects at hand are left ambiguous enough to conjure up images of any number of contemporary crises, but it's safe to say that criminal activity and / or negligence are undoubtedly on the mind of Artus. Metal and glass crash over surges of unrecognisable blown out audio. At times speech can be heard, but only momentarily. You can make your own mind up on the specifics here.

Recorded loud on unbranded new old stock in an edition of 30 handnumbered copies. Presented on new old stock with full double sided xerox insert.

https://minimalimpactnoise.bandcamp.com/album/swelling

Enjoy Our Last Century on Earth - Was Ist Los C40

 

More retro-actions from the idiosyncratic industrial noise duo, marking five years since their collaborative inception. This release covers documentation of live demonstrations of industrial synth noise, junk metal abuse, auxiliary vocalisations and plundering of found sounds. 

Included are a mixture of tracks previously released on limited splits, private releases, etc., or otherwise not available online, as well as several unreleased live edits.

Edition of 40 hand numbered, upcycled cassettes with fold out insert and liner notes on cartridge paper.

Preview tracks on the Minimal Impact Bandcamp, or in full at the E.O.L.C.O.E. Bandcamp page.

https://minimalimpactnoise.bandcamp.com/album/was-ist-los

https://enjoyourlastcenturyonearth.bandcamp.com/album/was-ist-los

Blunt Force Head Trauma / TILES - Live '20 CS

Extreme electronics meets post-industrial malaise on this split between Blunt Force Head Trauma and TILES. The harsher side opens with a short rhythmic industrial section, before fully opening your corporeal body. Aside from a potentially incidental naming connection, Blunt Force Head Trauma produces lacerating, Canady-esque high end, interspersed with synth passages. 

TILES’ side contains a much eroded composition, systematically retread over a number of months. The confessional tone is much more apparent here. Lush chords are suffocated by the limitations of tape, and make way for field recordings documenting the outer edges of society. The semiotic violence is all too apparent.

These two live sets recorded in 2020 are presented in their entirety, now available on cassette tape. 

sherman & field - Pastoral Affective CS, Hinterkaifeck - Kak RP CS, SBTDOH / TILES - Shimmering Violence CS

The debut tape from Ipswich duo sherman & field. Jam based experimental electronics / industrial techno recorded in a single take. Environmental sound presented as a waypoint or milestone in the development of this project. Dubbed on both sides of cassette for your convenience, with initial field recording mix contributed by TILES.

This recording is presented in a slightly abbreviated form, compromising some 28 minutes of the original length. Edition of 30 on upcycled cassette tapes with folded A5 insert.

Released September 30, 2020.

Repress of the second demo from black metal band Hinterkaifeck. Originally released via Nihilistic Noise Propaganda (US), this demo yet again ups the ante. Edition of 40 upcycled cassette tapes with folded A5 insert.

Original cover art by Lloyd Goudie 

Released September 30, 2020.

Split between Shrouded Recordings and Minimal Impact label heads. Two tracks each, conceptualised and recorded in the midst of Covid lockdowns, anti-imperial protests, and other widespread civil unrest. SBTDOH opens with a full on noise assault, interspersed with chunks of discourse delivered by notable civil rights activists. On the B side, TILES again reflects on and occupies psychogeography, manipulating field recordings from the suburbs of south-east Queensland. Familiar vocalisations are heard throughout, which describe sometimes distant, but otherwise common moments of violence and domestic unrest.

This release features full sized reversible A4 artwork from each label. This edition is printed with black toner on one side, and coloured toner on the other.

Released in Australia via Minimal Impact edition of 20 on upcycled cassette tapes. Tapes are dubbed and insert printed on unceded Jagera land. 

Also released in the United States through Shrouded Recordings, which operates on the unceded land of the Menominee, Fox, Mascouten, Sauk, Potawatomi, Ojibwe and Ho-Chunk people.

Released September 23, 2020.

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Titles also available through Shrouded Recordings (US), No Mames Distro (US), and Brilliant Emperor Records (AU).

Strangler Fig / Eco Terror - Rainforest Surrogate CS

An experiment in nature simulacra, Rainforest Surrogate contains new sounds from underground recording acts Eco Terror and Strangler Fig. Recorded sparsely over a number of months during a period of time where Australians faced heartbreak and defeating conditions as wildfires raged across the nation.

Despite much attention having since shifted towards other global narratives, Rainforest Surrogate redirects focus towards the relationship between a culture of growth and localised land development phenomena. Named after Eco Terror’s offering, Rainforest Surrogate contains layered sound collage and sample work referencing HNW maximalism and its entanglement with abject imagery. This prospect of colonised and capitalised nature projects an undoubtedly bleak future.

Edition of 25 on upcycled tapes.

SBTDOH - Depth of Freedom CS

Fresh off the back of a sold out release on Fusty Cunt, Wilwaukie, Oregon's Brian Fletchner delivers six new tracks of militant wall noise as SBTDOH. While static and unmoving, there is a specific sense of character evoked by these arrangements. Acronyms aside, the articulation and wholesale manipulation of noise frequencies shows clear compositional intent. Blistering walls have become a genre staple. These are however not however misguided, click-and-play adventures, each is a recognisable piece in it's own right. Overall a short release, which demonstrates the narrative potential of this form of noise musick.

15 available from Minimal Impact and 15 artist copies available from Shrouded Recordings.

https://minimalimpactnoise.bandcamp.com/album/depth-of-freedom