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Thursday, May 07, 2009 

For the purpose of live updates and news as it happens, there is now a JKB / Jesu 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

Monday, March 09, 2009 


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.
'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
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).
Sunday, January 11, 2009 
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.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008 

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.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008 

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.
Thursday, May 29, 2008 

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.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008 


*SOLD OUT* Released today (18th March ’08) on Avalanche Recordings FINAL - ’INFINITE GUITAR 1 & 2 / GUITAR & BASS IMPROVISATIONS VOL 1 & 2’
4 X CDr SET [AREC011]. *SOLD OUT*
All four of the highly limited and now sold out FINAL ’..guitar..’ CDr’s (see : AREC003-006) in one 4XCD-R set, packaged in
a 4-way DVD case, pro pressing. In a hand numbered limited edition of 150 copies only.
Please visit the Avalanche Store HERE
and scan down the Avalanche Recs catalogue until you reach the AREC011 which can be purchased immediately.
Shipping begins for this in just 9 days from now !

Jesu - ’Pale sketches’, Jesu - ’Heart Ache’ and Final - ’Afar’ vinyl editions on Avalanche Recordings are all being pressed/manufactured now. Pre orders will begin in mid April, shipping will then begin early May.

Current and upcoming Justin K Broadrick related activities :

PYRAMIDS - Remix
GALLHAMMER - production and mix of Live DVD
ISIS - production and mix of ’Oceanic’ Live DVD
J2 - production and mix of Jarboe Mini LP (out now)
GENGHIS TRON - Remix
JESU / BATTLE OF MICE - split EP on Robotic Empire
JESU - EP on Caldo Verde
JESU - ’Why Are We Not Perfect’ (HHR) songs from split with Eluvium on CDEP with bonus mixes.
GREY MACHINE - ’Disconnected’ LP - The debut album coming soon...
JESU / ENVY - Split EP on Daymare Japan
VIDNA OBMANA - jesu Remix & Final Remix
FINAL vs FEAR FALLS BURNING - LP on Conspiracy Recs
FINAL - ’The Apple Never Falls Far From The Tree’ 2xVinyl LP on Tone Float
FINAL - CD on Utech Recs. artwork by Stephen Kasner
FINAL - Vinyl LP on No Quarter
N.I.C - Mix & production of forthcoming new album
N.I.C - Remix/dub on ’N.I.C in dub’out now

and more to come....!
Saturday, January 19, 2008 
An interview and live footage from the Jesu in-store performance in Hollywood this past October can be viewed HERE.
Tuesday, August 28, 2007 


Justin K Broadrick has restarted his web label Avalanche Recordings which he originally began in 2000 with the limited CDR issue of the then unreleased Godflesh EP 'Messiah'. The label quietly resurfaced recently with the highly limited release of four FINAL improvised and hand numbered CDR's, which were to be sold as limited editions at Broadrick related concerts.

Avalanche Recordings now presents its first full release in the form of 'Pale Sketches' limited to 2000 copies only on CD, an album compiling unreleased Jesu material containing some songs culled from even before the full conceptual realisation of the project. It is a compilation of Jesu songs that Broadrick felt did'nt fit with previous Jesu releases, so he chose to mix these songs this year and compile them for their own release. Available to buy now on pre-order and shipping in early October, the CD is housed in a full colour 6 panel digipak and contains 8 songs, 4 of which are instrumental, song 4 'The Playgrounds Are Empty' can be heard over at the official Jesu myspace site within the next 24 hours...

In January 2008 'Pale Sketches' will also be available from the Avalanche Store on 180 grm double vinyl, along with the long awaited vinyl version of the first Jesu release 'Heart Ache' and a new FINAL studio album on picture disc only. These items will be available to buy on pre-order in January 2008 and shipping in late February.

Please visit the Avalanche Store HERE
and scan down the Avalanche Recs catalogue until you reach 'Pale Sketches' which can be purchased immediately.

All Avalanche Recordings releases are available ONLY from the Avalanche Store or from selected Justin K Broadrick related concerts, albeit in an extremely limited quantity.

N.B -
WORLDWIDE JESU TOUR DATES INFO ANY DAY NOW !!!!!!
NEW JESU EP 'LIFELINE' ON HYDRA HEAD OCT 9TH !!!!!
Wednesday, July 04, 2007 


JESU / ELUVIUM Split
TRR126
BUY NOW DIRECT : VINYL LP -
Temporary Residence Version - SOLD OUT

Hydra Head Version now available, DIRECT LINK -SOLD OUT


from the Temporary Residence website -

"For the second installment in the collaborative series of split albums between Temporary Residence Ltd. and Hydra Head Records, we find a match made in heaven with the ethereal, grandiose dirge-pop of Jesu splitting sides with stately, deserted majesty of Eluvium. Already fans of each other¹s music, the two artists sought to compliment each other and in the process stretched their individual sounds to their outermost limits. Jesu shoots for the moon with a trio of fuzzed-out tunes that owes more to first-wave British shoegaze groups like Swervedriver and Ride than Broadrick's own roots in Godflesh and Napalm Death. It's a beautiful and brilliant evolution in Jesu's already accomplished career. Eluvium aims for the heart of the sun with his magnum opus, a three-part collaboration with Jeremy deVine that stretches Eluvium's contemplative drones to a staggering twenty-one minutes, in which time the song transforms from a lonely rattle to a seismic, swirling storm of sound that grinds the piece to haunting quiet. As with all records in this series, this is strictly limited to 4,000 copies - 2,000 Hydra Head versions and 2,000 Temporary Residence Ltd. versions. The music and the artwork is the same on all copies, but the vinyl colors, label colors, and outer sticker colors will vary. We live to comfort you with our music, and confound you with our methods."

TRACK LISTING
1. JESU: Farewell
2. JESU: Blind & Faithless
3. JESU: Why Are We Not Perfect?
4. ELUVIUM: Time-Travel Of The Sloth Parts I, II, & III

Hydra Head out now...