!!!


O.S.T.'s first album in six years is here!

+ "Waetka" is O.S.T.'s impressive comeback after five years hidden in the darkest of shadows. This legend with a background in the old school techno scene, hooking up with people like Mad Mike of Underground Resistance and later opening for Autechre on a massive US tour, is giving us one of the deepest, advanced and most intense albums in many years. Dark atmospheres and a beauty that will not only make O.S.T. take back his position in the electronic music scene but also take him to higher hights. Get it Now!

O.S.T. is now available for shows and interviews. Get in touch for contact.


O.S.T. & Mattias Petersson

+ O.S.T.'s Waetka CD and Mattias Petersson's FLoodlight CD are now available for purchase in the shop


V. Sjöberg New Jazz Ensemble & iDEAL in NYC

+ V.Sjöberg New Jazz Ensemble's amazing acoustic drone jazz album »Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me« is available NOW from Dotshop and here too! It's already a spring favourite in the iDEAL space in Gothenburg...

+ All orders made from today, May 4th 2008 will not be shipped until June 12th as iDEAL is doing New York City. Thanks for your kind patience and undertanding, dear friends of the idealism.


iDEAL 10 in BERLIN!

+ On Saturday, april 12th, iDEAL 10 is hitting Berlin and Maria am Ostbahnhof hard. Nine hours of idealism. All you need this spring.

    On Stage
  • Mika Vainio & Joachim Nordwall (SF/S)
  • Henrik Rylander (S)
  • Jean-Louis Huhta (S)
  • O.S.T. (D Release for his album on iDEAL!)
  • Kid606 (US)
    DJ's
  • Alva Noto (D)
  • Jean-Louis Huhta (S)
  • Dimitros K (S)
  • The iDEALIST (S)

More info: www.clubmaria.de

+ The Skull Defekts play Berlin the night before on april 11th at Galerie Weissenseer Freitag as part of the program Architektur Defekt - Performance As Extended Gesture Of Sound.

+ Records to be released here on our site next week:
V. Sjöberg New Jazz Ensamble CD
O.S.T. CD
Mattias Petersson CD.

Three 7"s being pressed right now in Hamburg;
DEATH DUB - 23 (ltd 250)
Rannisto - Surrur (ltd 250)
Alvars Orkester - Kateter (ltd 150)

We are also releasing Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words' Lost In Reflections LP and 7" set together with Release The Bats, Fang Bomb and When Skies Are Grey this spring. To be seen soon: Henrik Rylander CD, Christine Öhlund CD, Sewer Election CD, The Skull Defekts cassette and more!


EARTH, TONY CONRAD, MOKIRA and others at iDEAL 10 on Sunday!!!

+ iDEAL 10 in Gothenburg! We are celebration our ten years during 2008 and on Sunday, march 2nd it is time to visit our beloved Nefertiti for a one night party.

  • Earth (US)
  • Tony Conrad (US)
  • Sir Richard Bishop (US)
  • Mokira (S)
  • Henrik Rylander (S)
  • Mats Gustafsson (S)
  • DeathStep (S)
  • CM von Hausswolff (S)

Earth from Seattle just came out with their new amazing album on Southern Lord which kind of show us their music in perfect light. Tony Conrad is a true legend, man! He was involved with La Monte Young and John Cale in the 60's and for those clever enough to have checked out his »Early Minimalism« box set on Table of the Elements - you know that this is a drone source! Conrad also did a great album with Faust in 1973. Sir Richard Bishop was a member of the infamous Sun City Girls and is now travelling alone with his solo guitar. Breathtaking stuff - intense and true as John Fahey. Mokira is doing a rare bass-drenched electronic performance and Henrik Rylander is blessing us all with cascades of feedback noise. Mats Gustavsson is coming here to make a rare solo sax performance which will end the night. Expect sweat and spit. But this is not all!!! No No No... Our good friends from Oslo - Deathstep will DJ black metal beautiflily mixed with dub step and it will all begin with th self-proclaimed king and good guy Carl Michael von Hausswolff.

  • 18.00 ...Doors open...
  • 18.45 CM von Hausswolff
  • 19.30 Henrik Rylander
  • 20.15 Mokira
  • 21.00 Sir Richard Bishop
  • 22.00 Tony Conrad
  • 23.00 Earth
  • 00.15 Mats Gustafsson
  • 02.00 ...Doors close...

Nefertiti, Hvitfeldtsplatsen 6, Gothenburg. Tickets can be found here http://www.nefertiti.se


iDEAL 10 in Uppsala

+ The ten year celebration continues, this time in the cradle of Swedish culture: Uppsala. We aim to reanimate the great kings Adils, Aun and Egil.

  • Wolf Eyes (US)
  • The Skull Defekts (S)
  • Audionom (S)
  • Mattias Petersson (S)

    Installations by:

  • Christine Ödlund
  • Johannes Heldén

Good Friday, 21st of March, Uppsala Konsert & Kongress, 19.00


EARTH, TONY CONRAD, MOKIRA and others at iDEAL 10 on Sunday!!!

+ iDEAL 10 in Gothenburg! We are celebration our ten years during 2008 and on Sunday, march 2nd it is time to visit our beloved Nefertiti for a one night party.

  • Earth (US)
  • Tony Conrad (US)
  • Sir Richard Bishop (US)
  • Mokira (S)
  • Henrik Rylander (S)
  • Mats Gustafsson (S)
  • DeathStep (S)
  • CM von Hausswolff (S)

Earth from Seattle just came out with their new amazing album on Southern Lord which kind of show us their music in perfect light. Tony Conrad is a true legend, man! He was involved with La Monte Young and John Cale in the 60's and for those clever enough to have checked out his »Early Minimalism« box set on Table of the Elements - you know that this is a drone source! Conrad also did a great album with Faust in 1973. Sir Richard Bishop was a member of the infamous Sun City Girls and is now travelling alone with his solo guitar. Breathtaking stuff - intense and true as John Fahey. Mokira is doing a rare bass-drenched electronic performance and Henrik Rylander is blessing us all with cascades of feedback noise. Mats Gustavsson is coming here to make a rare solo sax performance which will end the night. Expect sweat and spit. But this is not all!!! No No No... Our good friends from Oslo - Deathstep will DJ black metal beautiflily mixed with dub step and it will all begin with th self-proclaimed king and good guy Carl Michael von Hausswolff.

  • 18.00 ...Doors open...
  • 18.45 CM von Hausswolff
  • 19.30 Henrik Rylander
  • 20.15 Mokira
  • 21.00 Sir Richard Bishop
  • 22.00 Tony Conrad
  • 23.00 Earth
  • 00.15 Mats Gustafsson
  • 02.00 ...Doors close...

Nefertiti, Hvitfeldtsplatsen 6, Gothenburg. Tickets can be found here http://www.nefertiti.se


O'Malley Cancels

+ For personal reasons Stephen O'Malley will not be able to perform at Fylkingen this weekend. Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words will take his place. We hope for your understanding. Drone on!


24 HOUR SCHEDUAL

+ The schedlie for the 24 HOUR DRONE PEOPLE event is now official. Check it out and see you on Saturday Feb 23rd in Stockholm! If you can't make it - come see the shorter version THE DRONE PEOPLE at Sonic Acts in Amsterdam on Thursday, Feb 21st. Long live the drone!


NEW SHIT IS HERE AND ON IT'S WAY

+ Stephen O'Malley's stunning drone piece Salt is ready to order. Find out all about it here and buy it here

+ Viktor Sjöberg New Jazz Ensemble's Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me is next in line. If you happen to be in Gothenburg tonight, February the 9th, Koloni & Structure Sonores is hosting as release party. Find out all about it here and here.


24 Hour Drone People

Stockholm New Music 2008

Curated by Joachim Nordwall / iDEAL

FEBRUARY 23 2008 16.00 – FEBRUARY 24 2008 16.00
at FYLKINGEN, STOCKHOLM | SWEDEN

Celebrating Music of Long Duration
Celebrating The Sklil of La Monte Young
Celebrating The Drone
Celebrating Time
Celebrating The Beauty of Tradition
Celebrating The Power of Progress
Celebrating The 24 Hour Drone People

12 Artists /// Two hours each /// Separated- and joined by time for 24 hours ///

Artists
STEPHEN O’MALLEY (Us)
HILDUR GUDNADOTTIR (Isl)
C. SPENCER YEH (Us)
HILD SOFIE TAFJORD (No)
JACOB KIRKEGAARD (Dk)
BJNILSEN (S)
CM VON HAUSSWOLFF (S)
MARK WASTELL (Uk)
MIKA VAINIO (SF)
JEAN-LOUIS HUHTA (S)
HENRIK RYLANDER (S)
JOACHIM NORDWALL (S)

Installation
JOHANNES HELDÉN (Stockholm)

Talk On The Drone February 23 15.00 with some of the participating artists.

Inspiration:
Draw a straight line and follow it.
LaMonte Young, Composition 1960 # 7

Idea:
To challenge time, tradition & future.

Tickets: 120sek (80 for students)
Entrance closes at Midnight and opens again in the morning.

Some usefli links:

www.fylkingen.se
www.stockholmnewmusic.se

Funded by Rikskonserter.

And dont forget these other iDEAL events...

February 2
AARHUS (DK) iDEAL 10 feat Stephen O'Malley, The Sklil Defekts,
Sewer Election, Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words.

February 21
AMSTERDAM (NL) THE DRONE PEOPLE feat seven of the above but for
5 hours.

March 21
UPPSALA (S) iDEAL 10 feat Wolf Eyes, The Sklil Defekts, Audionom, Mattias Petersson, Christine Ödlund...

Aoril 12
BERLIN (D) iDEAL 10 feat Mika Vainio & Joachim Nordwall, Henrik Rylander, O.S.T. ao


New Release

+ iDEAL048 is here! Aleph-1, the latest alias of Carsten Nicolai, is presented on a double LP or CD for you enjoyment. All information can be found here, and you can buy it straight from us in the shop.


HOT THE WIRE COMPILATION & iDEAL IN OSLO!!

+ We are giving all subscribers to THE WIRE a rather hot Christmas gift with their December issue! IDEAL has together with our good friends over at Häpna and Kning Disk compiled over 77 minutes of Swedish sounds and noises on "WHISPERS FROM THE FORESTS, SCREAMS FROM THE MOUNTAINS" - a compilation CD that will be followed up by a line of events and actions.

The iDEAL part of the CD consists of five exclusive pieces by DEAD LETTERS SPELL OUT DEAD WORDS, SEWER ELECTION, CHRISTINE ÖDLUND, THE SKliL DEFEKTS and MOKIRA. NASH KONTROLL is hitting us with a track off their upcoming ltd ed 7"! The CD will be available for free with all orders over 20 euros from our webshop in December and January. www.thewire.co.uk

+First 'WHISPERS FROM THE FORESTS, SCREAMS FROM THE MOUNTAINS" event will be on December 8th at Konshallen in Gothenburg! From 7pm and on we
are launching the project with exclusive live shows by BALROYNIGRESS (Kning Disk), HANS APPELQVIST (Häpna), DEAD LETTERS (IDEAL) and a special project for the night - JEAN-LOUIS HUHTA (The Sklil Defekts) with ANDERS DAHL and JOHAN BERTHLING (Häpna/Tape). All guests will receive a free copy of the CD of course! VIVA SWEDEN! www.konsthallen.goteborg.se

+ iDEAL ATTAXXX OSLO! On Saturday, November 24th - iDEAL is presenting an intense evening at BLÅ. THE SKliL DEFEKTS, DEAD LETTERS SPELL OUT DEAD WORDS and SEWER ELECTION are all perfoming. Get into the groove. We will bring records and stuff we sell. www.blaaoslo.no

+ Next releases: aleph-1 CD & 2xLP (December), Mattias Petersson (January), V. Sjöberg New Jazz Ensemble (January), Stephen O'Malley (February), Excepter (February)..


KEVIN DRUMM, EXHIBITIONS & AN iDEAL TRIP TO CHINA!

+ We are proud to announce the release of a very limited C60 cassette from Chicago noise magician KEVIN DRUMM! We are releasing his "PURGE" tomorrow at Fylkingen in Stockholm. Only 200 of these are made and it includes exclusive material only. It will soon be available in our shop and through various shops. We have also set up a tour in Scandinavia for him - check him out in...

COPENHAGEN (Sept 28 w/ Sklilflower etc)
STOCKHOLM (sept 29 w/ The Sklil Defekts, Enema Syringe & Altar of Flies)
OSLO (Oct 4 w/ Lasse Marhaug)
GOTHENBURG (Oct 6 at Göteborg Art Sounds) http://www.gas-festival.com

Kevin Drumm is also recording new material for iDEAL at EMS in Stockholm next week... Hopeflily he will allow us to release it next year.

+ iDEAL and THE SKliL DEFEKTS are going to China on Sunday to participate in the Notch07 festival for Nordic and Chinese new music and visual art! iDEAL's cover designs will be displayed and the DFX will play three Notch concerts and one club gig at Beijing's White Rabbit club. www.notch07.com

+ At the GÖTEBORG ART SOUNDS 2007 - iDEAL is presenting a new release,
as part of the GAS exhbition at Stadsbiblioteket. We are doing a 10" dubplate in 8 (!!!) copies only by THE SKliL DEFEKTS with beautifli artowork by Thomas Ekelund of Nlilvoid. Five will be available for collectors, first at the exhibition and remaining copies afterwards in our shop. It's kind of sick, we know. www.gas-festival.com

+ DEAD MACHINES 7" 45 RPM and BJNILSEN & Z'EV's CD album are both available in the shop, and is soon avilable through our distributors.

+ Next releases: aleph-1 CD & 2xLP (a new mathematic projecy by Carsten Nicolai that is seriously challenging time itself) and EXCEPTER "OP" 2x7".



AN iDEAL NURSERY

Saturday 29th of September
19.30. 100 SEK
Fylkingen, Stockholm Sweden.

The Nursery and iDEAL present a mini festival of extreme sounds and noises with:

Kevin Drumm
The Sklil Defekts
Enema Syringe
Altar of Flies

Visuals by Johannes Heldén

More info >>


22' 22"

+ The monumental album »22' 22"« by BJNilsen & Z'ev is here. Get your copy now!.


WOLF VINYL SOLD OUT

+ The Wolf Eyes LP is now sold out from both us and Kning Disk.


NEW RELEASES, WET DREAMS & SONIC POWER

+ Summer is treating us well. BJ Nilsen/Z'EV's master drone album will be here within days. It has been sent north by our friendly German pressing plant! Check back here for more info soon.

+ Two new cassettes are available (still). Both are limited to 65 handnumbered copies.

Spykes - Witness Our Hand And Seal
A killer tape of harsh high-pitched psychedelics made by one certain John Olson from Detroit. "Spooked late-night electronics, minimal ticker-tones, the chatter of
primitive circuitry...." - Volcanic Tongue.

The Sklil Defekts - Blood Beats
This tape is showing the band rliing the beat-based noise world. Two exclusive tracks on that one - not to be released anywhere else! "It is very hard to understand the The Sklil Defekts. And I don't even want to try to." - Skream Fanzine.

They are both available in the shop!

+ The Dead Machines deeeep 7" is in the pressing plant. Off next in NYC's finest Excerpter's amazing free dub/experimental double 7" "OP". We are preparing O.S.T.'s 'Waetka'. It's being mastered right now. Almost ready for pressing is Alan Courtis drone live work "Frankfurt" and Mattias Petersson's "Floodlight". Berliner project Aleph-1 will also make it's debut on iDEAL this fall on CD as well as a limited double 12". So - the next few months will be BUSY for iDEAL.

+ For live dates and other action - please visit iDEAL on MySpace


WARMUP! Coming sounds & stuff

+ On Saturday may 26th - we host the music part of the first 2007 WarmUp! at Göteborg Konsthall. It's an outdoor event for art, music and fun in the sun. A concert with ur good friend Saralunden from Stockholm and dj sets by iDEAL (surprise!), Gothenburg fashion experimentalist KLING and dub/ambient/acid mastermind CHRIS BERG. Johannes Heldén, sci-fi terrorist, is doing a video installation! Tasty food and cold beer and other necassery liquids are served by Uppåt Framåt. More info
is at www.konsthallen.goteborg.se

+ In the pressing plant right now: A massive drone album - BJNILSEN/Z'EV '22.22' CD. Olson of Wolf Eyes solo psych-noise - SPYKES Cassette ltd to 65 copies only. A tour-only THE SKliL DEFEKTS 'Blood Beats' Cassette ltd 65 copies, any remaining copies will be sold here in mid june. DEAD MACHINES 7" is being sent off soon to be realized on some deep black vinyl discs.

+ THE SKliL DEFEKTS are touring Europe in june. They are also touring China in october! Please check their MySpace for dates and info. myspace.com/sklildfx

+ An iDEAL Nursery - a one day festival on Saturday, September 29th at Fylkingen in Stockholm is brought to you by us and Nursery as the name suggests. Live sets by Chicago noise god KEVIN DRUMM, a flil band set by sweaty THE SKliL DEFEKTS, legendary industrial from ENEMA SYRINGE (fresh back from NYC and a killer set at No Fun in Brooklyn!) and more acts to be announced soon.

!!!


DRONE, DEEP DEAD MACHINES STUFF & A FOUND RELEASE!

+ We now offer the CD version of the Wolf Eyes »Black Wing Over The Sand« album. Get your copy from your local dealer or in our popliar shop. The vinyl version is almost gone. Think we have 15 copies left.

+ Next releases are BJ Nilsen//Z'ev's drone masterpiece »22.22«, Dead Machines deep black vinyl 7" disc »Plays Kwaidan« and Henrik Rylander's extreme drone album »Power Model X (Motherboard Drone Live)«. We are also releasing a couple of cassettes before the summer. First out is the Dub Industrial Sound System tape »Dub Fuck«. It was intended to be released ages ago but we lost the whole edition in our storage. We now found ten of the intended 50 copies. They are soon available in the shop.

!!!


iDEAL KNING KLANG PLAYING ORDER!

+ Only three days to go! Are you as excited as we are? Here's the playing order:

19.45 Family Battle Snake (UK)
20.30 Growing (US)
21.30 Variam
22.15 Thrones (US)
23.10 Sewer Election
23.45 Wolf Eyes (US)
00.30-03.00 Hotet

iDEAL KNING KLANG 2007!
Nefertiti Jazz Club, Sunday April 8th, 19-03.
150 sek (80 sek after 00)
Tickets: www.nefertiti.se / www.ticnet.se / 031-130680

!!!


iDEAL KNING KLANG!

+ History's first blasting iDEAL KNING KLANG! is presented at Nefertiti Jazz Club in Gothenburg, Sweden on april 8th. For you missing the iDEALFESTIVAL - this is a good way to get excited in preparation for future parties! Line-up:

WOLF EYES (Sub Pop, US)
The kings of the Detroit scum noise

THRONES (Southern Lord, US)
Joe Preston (Melvins/Men's Recovery Project etc)

GROWING (Kranky/Torubleman, US)
Power drones

VARIAM
Mariam from Wildbirds & Peacedrums solo

SEWER ELECTION
Gothenburg's pride in noise.

FAMILY BATTLE SNAKE (UK)
London-based drone experiments

+ Dj's

 From midnight - the party belongs to HOTET until the early morning hours.

iDEAL KNING KLANG 2007!
Nefertiti Jazz Club, Sunday April 8th, 19-03.
150 sek (80 sek after 00)
Tickets: www.nefertiti.se / www.ticnet.se / 031-130680

Ok - see you there. Don't miss out.

!!!


WOLF EYES NEED YOUR HELP.

+ Wolf Eyes' Young's Brother Severely Injured in Fire

According to a recent Wolf Eyes MySpace bliletin, Peter Young-- brother of the band's Nate Young and the painter behind the cover of Wolf Eyes' self-titled Blib Records release-- was severely injured this past weekend while attempting to rescue his dog from a fire.

The blaze overcame Peter's apartment on the morning of Saturday, February 24, and Peter first emerged unscathed-- only to re-enter the burning structure in an attempt to save his dog, Little John. Smoke then rendered Peter unconscious and he suffered "2nd and 3rd degree burns on 30-44% of his body" before police and fire department workers found him, wrote Nate. And there's no silver lining here: despite Peter's efforts, his beloved pooch perished.

Nate says Peter, who is without insurance, will be in the hospital for two to three months. Nate and Wolf Eyes have set up a Paypal account and are seeking donations to help cover the enormous medical bills and repair Peter's destroyed apartment. Those who wish to help sholid send funds via Paypal to Peter.B.Young@gmail.com. Be sure to share some kind words with Nate during Wolf Eyes' April tour of Europe as well.

Our hearts go out to Peter and his friends and family. Read Young's complete message below.

Hello all,
On the morning of Feb 24th my brother Peter Young was in a fire. He was injured with 2nd and 3rd degree burns on 30-44% of his body. Neighbors reported seeing him coming out of his apartment unharmed only to see him run back in to save his dog Little John. The smoke and heat over took Pete as soon as he reentered the apartment. Pete was found unconscious and burning by Brighton Police and Fire Department who rushed him over to the U of M hospital. His apartment was completely destroyed and Little John did not make it. Pete has no medical insurance or insurance on his apartment which he owns. He is in surgery for skin grafts and has not been conscious yet. He'll be in the hospital for at least 2-3 months.

I am asking for donations to help my family with some of the medical bills and the rebuilding of his apartment. I have set up a paypal account in Pete's name. If everyone here can donate at least $1 that will be a huge help. Please paypal donations to Peter.B.Young@gmail.com Please try to pay the fee if using a credit or debit card.

Pete first introduced me to punk, psychedelic rock and noise - the music that inspired me the most as a kid. He also painted the cover for the first Wolf Eyes album released on Blib. Without him Wolf Eyes may not have ever existed. I hope you'll help me give him something back.

With much thanks,
Nate Young

!!!


FREE THE JAZZ!!!

+ Free The Jazz Discs was born this past weekend in Västerås at Perspectives Festival 2007. This first unholy offspring to iDEAL Recordings is brought to you by Joachim Nordwall and Mats Gustafsson and the first intense release is Eric Oscarsson & The Perspectives. An explosive free jazz quartet including Mats G on reeds, Raymond Strid on drums, Johan Berthling on double bass and Eric Oscarsson on piano. Pure fucking free jazz!!!

Due to a few mix ups the url printed on the cover of the above mentioned disc is incorrect. The right one is www.freethejazz.org

!!!


WOLF EYES & N.M.M.

+ We now hold copies of the new Wolf Eyes LP »Black Wing Over The Sand«.
These Detroit-boys knows how to bend your mind. You can find some of the remaining copies in our webshop! They are soon gone. Cargo carries them, so does Forced Exposure, Conspiracy and Dotshop.se and mailorders here and there too. It's limited to 900 copies. The CD version is released in late march. We expect the vinyl to be history by then. Kning Disk is co-releasing this with us.

+ Another new release is N.M.M.'s killer improv album »Universal Prostitution«. Mattin and Lucio Capece leads us thourgh beautiflily painfli soundscapes built by computer feedback, saxophone, and Mattin's intense vocals. Fresh & political stuff from these Basque- and Argentinian boys.

+ Both discs are available in the shop. We also have a very limited number of Dead Letters tee's available. Act fast!

+ The Sklil Defekts tour Europe in june. Stay Tuned for more info.

!!!


A BARRAGE OF NEWS.

+ Why not pay us a visit on our MySpace. It's located at myspace.com/idealthelabel

+ The vinyl version of Wolf Eyes' »Black Wing Over The Sand« is here in a few days. It's almost sold out. Do you want a copy, man? Order it now by e-mailing us. The silver disc will follow. We have plenty of that one so far.

+ Mokira's excellent »Hateless« is available. It's a sweetie. Rough and distorted. But sweet! His best to date.

+ The Carlos Giffoni/Prurient collab album is available here and there and here! It's running out of stock so order your damn copy now.

+ New York's Excepter will release a tasty double 7" on iDEAL. You heard it here first. And hot new Swedish avant dub death group Death Dub is currently planning a 7" and album for us. How sick is that? Other confirmed hotties are a BJ Nilsen/Z'ev
collaboration CD. Z'ev is no doubt one of our heroes so guess we're psyched. Dark drones and deeeeeeepness. And London's Mark Wastell's duo with noise master Lasse Marhaug will be released here sometime later too.

+ The Sklil Defekts will tour Europe in june. So - busy days for iDEAL. As always.
Kill kill kill.

!!!


TRUE HATE WILL FIND YOU IN THE END.

Mokira - Hateless! Analogue nightmares! It's here!

!!!


BEGINNING.

AVAILABLE NOW! Carlos Giffoni/Prurient's massive »Heavy Rain Returns« - get it now in our shop!

Next week: Mokira's »Hateless«! Analogue nightmares! Stay tuned!

Our best for your 2007 - be creative, use your energies!

!!!


YEARS END.

The vinyl version of Wolf Eyes »Black Wing Over The Sand« is at the pressing plant! CD will follow. Pre-orders are taken. We will only have about 400 copies of the vinyl here... Move fast, man.

Audionom is back together!!! The infamous Stockholm avant kraut rock band is currently rehersing new songs for an upcoming iDEAL album and they are doing a few shows in early 2007. Their »Retrospektiv« album will be released in North America through Kemado Records in february.

The new releases of Mokira, Carlos Giffoni/Prurient and Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words are slowly becoming available here and there. US mailorders and shops can get the Giffoni/Prurient album easily through Hospital in New York. The Dead Letters album is getting tasty reviews all over. As it deserves.

Berlin-based O.S.T. will release his long awaited deep & dark killer album »Waetka« in early 2007, probably early march. More info soon. Get ready.

Henrik Rylander has kept himself busy with The Sklil Defekts but has succeeded to prepare a book for our friends over at Kning Disk with photographs and well-selected text. We will carry copies in our webshop of course. He will also release a CD on iDEAL with live recordings from Gothenburg and Chicago in the first part of 2007.

!!!


THREE MONUMENTS.

Three new releases are active, you sholid check them out. They are monumental, important albums. We love them.

Carlos Giffoni/Prurient's »Heavy Rain Returns« and Mokira's »Hateless« are available first week of december from our webshop and from our distributors. Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words is already there.

Thanks for everyone coming down to the iDEAL Noise Fest! Great success! Stay put for new attacks.

!!!


iDEAL NOISE FEST HITS FYLKINGEN IN STOCKHOLM!!

On november 12th, we are attacking Stockholm with some sonic slaughter!
Classic Fylkingen will be filled with noise and the beauty of challanging sound from the likes of The Skaters (US), Carlos Giffoni/Prurient (US), Dror Feiler (S/ISR),
Mokira (S), The Sklil Defekts (with a line-up of Rylander, Nordwall,
Huhta and CM von Hausswolff), Gitwars (S) and Contemporary Punk Unit (S).

Impressive, huh?

Henrik Rylander will also present a new installation piece that will fill the bar area of Fylkingen!

Entrance 100sek including a free CD!
Doors open at 18.00.
Venue details at www.fylkingen.se


Ghosts & Fire!

Tonight we celebrate the releas of Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words' »Old Ghosts, New Ghosts, All Ghosts« and the iDEALIST's »I Am The Fire«. Check out the flyer here.


Fall!

Fall... And flil on power from your friends at iDEAL! It seems to be a busy fall for us all. Today, september 19th is the announcement of two new releases by Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words! His long awaited second flil length album is here, entitled »Old Ghosts, New Ghosts, All Ghosts« and it's a killer... You want his deep drones and dark soundscapes. Trust iDEAL. We're also presenting a live album release, available for free for anyone interested, recorded live in the massive Mimerlaven at the 2004 Norbergfestival. It's also available in a limited edition CD-R edition from our Consume-shop. Get deep. It's fall, man. The summer is over.

Still fresh - The New Alchemy's »Organic Universe« is taking ears by storm! Don't miss out on your copy of psych-power at it's best! Don't forget to pick up the Henrik Rylander/Leif Elggren collaboration album! It's limited edition of 500 copies is going fast!

At the plant... Carlos Giffoni/Puritent »Heavy Rain Returns« CD and Mats Gustavsson/Lotta Melin 7". Soon here. Next in the mailbox is Wolf Eyes »Black Wing Over The Sand« CD/LP fresh in the back-waters of their amazing »Human Animal« album for Sub Pop. We now have the 8" lathe-cuts for the two next issues in the Sound+Art series; one by Kim Hiorthøy and the other by Anla Courtis. Just waiting for the artworks to be printed and ready - then the world will have another duo of ltd 65 copies artist editions to worry about. More stuff is coming. Will tell you guys more soon, promise.

Distribution News! iDEAL Recordings is now distributed in the Uk by the legendary Cargo Records (also covering Germany, France, Portugal and Spain)! We're still available in Sweden & Scandinavia through Dotshop.se and in Belgium and Holland
through Conspiracy and Japan by Plop/Inpartmaint Inc of course! We're slowly making it easier for you to find us.


We're Back!!!

Sorry for the absence everyone. Due to the utter incompetence of our host we've been off-line for close to two weeks. But we found ourselves a new home and everything sholid work again. If you happen to run across any dead links or other malfunctions drop a line to webmonkey@idealrecordings.com and we'll take care of it a.s.a.p.


A New Horizon! New Stuff from Your Own iDEALISTS!

Records.
Our upcoming releases...

Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words
»Old Ghosts, New Ghosts, All Ghosts«
CD

Dead Letters second album for iDEAL will be available in early september. Local release dates may vary.  This is a progress of his deep atmospheric ambient noise. It's deep stuff, man. Really deep.

Wolf Eyes
»Black Wing Over The Sand«
CD/LP

The new Wolf Eyes album is one long mindblowing piece that will seriously mess you up. Wolf Eyes is succeeding to surprise even the hardcore fans with their new stuff. We're releasing the CD version first and then a limited edition vinyl LP version of 500 copies. Pre-orders will be taken soon. Merci.

Carlos Giffoni/Prurient
»Heavy Rain Returns«
CD

Giffoni and Prurient is touring Europe in a few months. To celebrate the fact that these two MONSTERS of American noise are coming over, we are proud to release this exclusive collaboration. It's extremely powerfli stuff, sick and well-recorded as hell. Limited to 500 copies. Giffoni is doing the celebrated No Fun Fest in Brooklyn, NYC and
Prurient is the mind behind the Hospital Productions label. Available in late october.

Mats Gustafsson/Lotta Melin
7"

The long delayed final installement of the Mats Gustafsson duo series is soon here. Limited edition of 300 copies to be followed by a ltd 100 box set of all three discs.

Mokira
»Hateless«
CD

Mokira is back on iDEAL with an old-school industrial-sounding album! Based upon the sweeeet sounds of the amazing Korg MS-20 and MS-50, his "Hateless" is a distorted ambient beauty with killer titles like "You Can't Hide Your Hate Forever", "Hate Me Like I Do" and "Sunshine And Hate"! Some additional tape nosies by Safety Scissors and voilà - we have a new industrial classic on iDEAL. Yummy. Available before the end
of 2006.

Other stuff is the O.S.T. CD album, the iDEALISM Sound Series Volume
One
CD, Anla Courtis »Frankfurt« CD-R, Henrik Olsson/Anders Dahl
"Roggbiv" CD... Man... There's some amazing releases coming!

Concerts
iDEALISM live on stage

Check the box to the right of this message including the iDEAL NOISE FEST!
at Fylkingen in Stockholm! Intense magic to experience...

Thanks for reading,
Joachim Nordwall / iDEAL


You don't have to call it music if the term shocks you.

A program on sound and noise by iDEAL disease Joachim Nordwall and power nosier Henrik Rylander was broadcasted on Swedish National Radio P3 a while ago, and is now available for download. It's in civilized Swedish but there's a lot of sound & music for you aliens.


New Stuff!

Tomorrow, June 5th 2006 The New Alchemy's »Organic Universe« is
officially released through Dotshop.se in Scandinavia! Explosion!!! It is slowly
getting available here and there too. The New Alchemy is doing psychedelic post garage rock. Get yr own copy now!

The New Alchemy also has two new confirmed shows with the line-up of the
alchemical leader Per Svensson - backed by Ebbot Lundberg, Henrik Rylander,
Joachim Nordwall and Patrik Caganis.

September 1st @ Slippery People, Pusterviksbaren, Gothenburg, Swe.
September 2nd @ Flil Plil Festival, Inkonst, Malmö, Swe.


The Henrik Rylander & Leif Elggren album »Gottesdienst« is now available too. It features a powerfli live recording of their performance in the Masthugg Church in Gothenburg last october as part of the Spire Live event curated by Mike Harding. The tasty CD that comes in a even tastier over-sized cardboard sleeve is completed with two remixes - a come-back by sound terrorist C.P.U. and one by The Idealist. It's limited to 500 hand numbered copies so move fast!

The long awaited new album by Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words will be
released in September 2006. It is deep listening, amazingly dark atmospheres and
beautifli noise... deadwords.org

We have confirmed to co-release the first release by Lucio Capese from
Argentina and the Basque king of sound attack Mattin, under the band name NMM -
No More Music. On their debut CD »At the Service of Capital«, we get a good
sklil cleaning through their computer- mixer- and saxophone feedback and Mattin using
the internal microphone on his mistreated laptop screaming his ass off. This is as
political and in-your-face improvisational music gets. You all need this album. And
we're putting it out together with our good friends at absurd in Greece and 8mm in
Italy. mattin.org

Wolf Eyes' intense album for us will be entitled »Black Wing Over the Sand« and will carry a wonderfli painting on the cover by Alivia of AA Records! To be released on CD and LP in late september! This is a killer, trust me.

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Be holy, be unholy,

Joachim Nordwall June 4th 2006.


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