JKB on Twitter

For the purpose of live updates and news as it happens, there is now a JKB Twitter page, this enables Justin to input news and related items without having to relay it to us for Blog inclusion, only to find the dates have now slipped by the time they reach the blog!
News items will still appear here of course.

Justin K Broadrick on Twitter

Jesu, GreyMachine news & 2 more new digital download releases

jesu NEWS

Live at ATP Festival 'Fans Strike Back' 08 May 2009 to 10 May 2009, Butlins Holiday Centre, Minehead, England
Live at ATP / PRIMAVERA Festival , Barcelona, Spain From 28th To 30th May
'Opiate Sun' EP Caldo Verde July 2009. CD & Vinyl
'Infinity' LP- Avalanche Recordings June 2009. One song LP. CD, Vinyl & digital Download.
'Heart Ache' - 2xCD Hydra Head Version (2nd CD Bonus Unreleased EP from 2003) Sept 09
ENVY/jesu - Split LP (Hydra Head CD Version) Inc. Unconfirmed Bonus Mix

GREYMACHINE NEWS

- 'Disconnected' CD - June 23rd, Vinyl - May date TBA. Hydra Head.
'Vultures Descend' b/w 'We Are All Fucking Liars (Version)'12" Vinyl Single only. LTD. April/May Hydra Head.

Avalanche Recs. two new digital download only releases :

WHITE STATIC DEMON - 'Decayed' (AREC016)

White Static Demon is a new Justin K Broadrick project for which he has been working on recordings for over one year. Again, like Council Estate Electronics, White Static Demon was inspired by Justin collecting and compiling material from Final cassette releases on his Post Mortem Rekordings label circa 1984-87, specifically the early uncompromising brutal power electronics driven Final, unlike Council Estate Electronics which was inspired by the more open ended Throbbing Gristle / Tangerine Dream ('Phaedra' most notably) inspired Final of old. JKB, excited again by this eighties power electronics sound and what inspired Final to take this direction initially in 1984/85, namely Ramleh / Broken Flag, Whitehouse / Come Org, Consumer Electronics / Iphar and M.B (Maurizio Bianchi) set about revitalising and revisiting this hateful / black / power electronics sound, utilizing analogue electronics and voice only, coupled with a now more mature, textured and psychedelic approach to the production of such material, JKB throughout 2008 and now 2009 has been recording sessions for this new and what will become a prolific project. Presented here is the first album, available in the digital format only, like Council Estate Electronics, there are many releases forthcoming on both vinyl and CDr across many labels. 'Decayed' has three tracks running with a total time of 54 Minute approx. Short mid quality MP3 extracts are downloadable at the Avalanche Store

SOLARIS BC - 'Submerged Technology' (AREC015)

Solaris BC was yet another short lived Justin K Broadrick project, designed to be released on his also short lived label Lo Fibre circa 1995-96. Lo Fibre released four 12" EP's throughout this period, the label was intended to be an outlet for JKB and related to release minimal / lo fi techno. Around this same period JKB and Kevin Martin (The Bug / Techno-Animal / etc) also worked the minimal / maximal techno project The Sidewinder for Mille Plateaux/Force Inc and Virgin, this culminated in two releases, the album 'Colonized' which was released on the aforementioned labels and the 12" Vinyl only EP 'Implant' for the Lo Fibre label, The Sidewinder and Solaris BC projects ran parallel to each other around this period, and both recorded albums - 'Colonized' saw a release whilst the Solaris BC album presented here for the first time waited for release on Sentrax whilst the label re-assessed its distribution, unfortunately Sentrax then folded and JKB shelved the Solaris BC album indefinitely until now. 'Submerged Technology' is the full album as it was intended for release in 1996, remastered by JKB in late 2008. Eight tracks in 55 Minutes approx. of completely unreleased material.Short mid quality MP3 extracts are downloadable at the Avalanche Store

Recent & Forthcoming JKB Remixes / Production

SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS Jesu Remix
IROHA Jesu Remix
LUSTMORD Justin K Broadrick Remix
CONSTANTS Justin K Broadrick Remix
N.I.C JKFlesh/JKB Album Production & Mix

Forthcoming Justin K Broadrick Collaborations

FINAL vs. FEAR FALLS BURNING - LP
JKFlesh/JKB vs. LUSTMORD - 'DREAD'
Justin K Broadrick & Andrew Broder - LP

OUT NOW
FINAL - 'Dead Air' CD. UTECH
FINAL - 'Reading All The Right Signals Wrong' Vinyl LP. NO QUARTER (CD Version with exclusive mixes July 09)

COMING SOON
FINAL - 'Fade Away' LTD Vinyl Version . IMPORTANT RECS
WHITE STATIC DEMON - TBA. New Vinyl LP. IMPORTANT RECS
COUNCIL ESTATE ELECTRONICS - TBA. New Vinyl LP. IMPORTANT RECS
FINAL - 'Origins 1983-87'. LTD 5xCD SET. LTD 5 xLP BOXSET.
FINAL - 'Infinite Guitar 3'. LTD CDR
FINAL - 'Guitar & Bass Improvisations'. LTD CDR
METHOD OF DEFIANCE - 'TBA'. JKB - Guitars (Project with Bill Laswell, Wata (Boris), Submerged, Dr Israel, Enduser).

Avalanche Recs new Digital Download only releases

Avalanche Recordings presents two new and exclusive digital download only LP releases...

First up is KRACKHEAD - 'From Hell'. 'From Hell' compiles every track produced from this JKB (as the pseudonym JK Flesh) project, recorded between 1997 and 1999. Included here remastered are the only two tracks that were ever available from this project - 'Cruise Control' from the 'Lo Fibre Companion' compilation on JKB's short lived Lo Fibre label and 'Phaseday' from the 'Future Noir' compilation. Some of the tracks were intended to be released as an EP on the short lived Spite label from Patric Catani (ec80r, Puppetmastaz, etc) but the label folded before release, the rest were tracks intended for the first full length LP 'From Hell', which at one point was discussed for release through Ipecac just before the project was shelved and became absorbed as an inspiration for the JK Flesh and K Mart (Kevin Martin / The Bug) project Curse Of The Golden Vampire specifically the 'Mass Destruction' Ipecac album. 'From Hell' contains nine songs over approx. 48 mins. To buy and to listen to short mid quality MP3 extracts go to the Avalanche Store here.

The other new release is from COUNCIL ESTATE ELECTRONICS. Council Estate Electronics is a new project from JKB and Diarmuid Dalton, born from vintage analog only synth and fx improvisations. Project began early 2008 inspired by JKB as he was collecting tracks from old Final cassettes culled from 1983-87 for the forthcoming early Final set. JKB and Diarmuid set about recording long improv sessions using only old analog instruments much like Final did around 1983-87. These sessions are then edited and mixed/produced by JKB. Here is the debut release 'Kitsland', four tracks over approx. 51 mins. Reference points include - Throbbing Gristle, Basic Channel and King Tubby. To buy and to listen to short mid quality MP3 extracts go to the Avalanche Store here.

FINAL - 'AFAR' Digital Download Available

Our second release in the digital download format on Avalanche Recs. is the picture disc only Final LP 'Afar'. Now available to buy digitally at our store HERE. Scan down the catalogue until you reach the 'Afar' picture disc release and below the text / blurb are the buy it now links for both 320KBPS MP3 and FLAC formats. Of course this digital version of 'Afar' is directly from the digital master of the album. The picture disc of 'Afar' is still available too.

GREYMACHINE full song preview

GREYMACHINE the long awaited project from JKB, Dave Cochrane, Aaron Turner and Diarmuid Dalton has its first song 'Vultures Descend' from the forthcoming album 'Disconnected' available for free download at the new GREYMACHINE last.fm page HERE and at the Avalanche site HERE.
Release date - TBA.

Jesu 'Heart Ache', 'Pale Sketches' and Final 'Afar' Vinyl versions available now !

The long awaited vinyl versions of 'Heart Ache' and 'Pale Sketches' from Jesu and the exclusive 'Afar' picture disc only from Final are available to buy now, shipping begins 22nd August '08. Both the Jesu vinyls are limited to 1000 copies each and the Final is limited to 500 copies. All are pressed on heavyweight 180grm vinyl. Please visit the Avalanche Store HERE
and scan down the Avalanche Recordings catalogue until you reach the items.
The 'Pale Sketches' CD edition is now sold out.

Final download only LP, Vinyl update...

New Final studio album and the first digital download only release from Avalanche Recs. With 4 pieces running for approx 47 mins. 'Fade Away' explores minimal pulselike drones, intended for late night listening. There are 2 options for purchasing - 320kbps MP3 or FLAC dependent on your personal preference. FLAC is larger in file size, but once decompressed you have a lossless / non compressed version of the album. The download comes as a .zip file, easily opened / unzipped on any platform. Songs are not available for purchase individually. Contained in the .zip file is the separate tracks that make up the album and a .pdf of the artwork. The front cover artwork is embedded in the MP3 version of the album, in the FLAC version only song titles appear.

There is no DRM (digital rights management) used on our digital downloads, so please do not share our albums, if you want it then please buy it ; if the selling of our material digitally is successful then we have many more exclusives, unreleased recordings and reissues planned for the future.
Checkout is with Paypal, once payment has been received you will immediately get an exclusive link to your download and the link is also sent to the email address you made the purchase with.
Please visit the Avalanche Store HERE
and scan down the Avalanche Recs catalogue until you reach AREC012 which can be purchased and downloaded immediately.

Jesu - 'Pale sketches', Jesu - 'Heart Ache' and Final - 'Afar' vinyl editions on Avalanche Recordings are all being pressed/manufactured now, yes we know they should be available by now but due to initial pressing problems we had to move to another manufacturer, thankyou for your patience. Pre orders will begin in late June, shipping will then begin early July.