Aquarius Records Highlights of the week - NEW ARRIVALS List #282 (28 December 2007):

STEPHEN KASNER Works: 1993-2006 (Scapegoat Publishing).

Most of you probably won't be familiar with the name Stephen Kasner, but most readers of the AQ list, and therefore very likely owners of many weird
and obscure and heavy records, will most definitely recognize his work. A well respected visual artist, Kasner is probably best known, at least to us, as the man responsible
for lots of iconic album cover art, having created covers for Sunn 0))), Khlyst, Integrity, Ruhr Hunter, Himsa, Trephine, Rotting Christ, and tons more.

His art is amazing. Very striking and quite haunting. Bleak, austere, dark, and nightmarish. Mysterious figures,
faces and shapes, animals and figures, signs and symbols, all suspended in fields of washed out browns and greys, blacks and off whites,
strangely lit, weirdly textured, each image looking like some old parchment, recovered from the ruins of an ancient temple, the images at once
hellish and horrific, lovely and utterly entrancing. Layered and textured, incredibly detailed, but subtly so, you can gaze into Kasner's paintings
and feel like you're falling in, or being dragged in.

Record cover fetishists will definitely dig, but art freeks into photographers like Joel Peter Witkin, Max Aguilera-Hellweg, and visual artists like Francis Bacon,
Odd Nerdrum, H.R. Giger and AQ customer Justin Bartlett (who's done many of your favorite heavy records as well).

It's a gorgeous cloth covered hardback book, 10.5"x10.5", 160 pgs, beautifully laid out, includes text from Dwid of Integrity, Seldon Hunt and more...

ps: Coming soon: a new series of releases on Utech, all with original Kasner artwork and featuring such aQ faves as Skullflower, Aluk Todolo, Vulture Club and more. Can't wait!

Tattooed on Krista by Mike Oliver, Philadelphia, PA.

www.alarmpress.com

Circle-9 is proud to announce the release of six new Stephen Kasner limited edition prints.

Skyscapes, a series of selected photographs taken in 2006, are surreal and ethereal views 'upward'.
Images from this series comprised the end papers of the WORKS book, and are rare examples of
Kasner's dreamy photography.
Each print is limited to only 3 copies, signed and numbered by the artist, 36 x 24".

Aluminums, a selection of three mixed media drawings created between 1994 to 2006.
These exquisite limited editions are printed on .016 gauge brushed aluminum and beautifully enhance the
metallic nature of Kasner's work.

Each print is limited to editions of 10, signed and numbered by the artist. The aluminum prints also come framed
in heavy black frames with silver accents, complimenting each print beautifully.
Each piece is 11 x 8.5", 18 x 15.5" framed.



For full details see P R O O F section or visit Circle-9

J. Bannon, Dwid Hellion, and Stephen Kasner are "Irons".

"Irons" are a collaborative effort of these three artistic visionaries. A collective effort to create apocalyptic, non-linear music from a primal fine art based mindset.

Idiom(s):
Nautical.
Lying head to the wind and unable to turn either way.

Idiom(s):
Irons in the fire.
An undertaking or project in progress: has many irons in the fire this year.

The blade of a carpenter's plane.
Slang; a pistol.
A harpoon.

"Irons" are currently writing/recording/collaborating for a future 2008 release on Deathwish.


Members are also currently working on their own material:
J. Bannon: Currently recording his "Wear Your Wounds" album and other releases.
Dwid Hellion: Currently working on future Roses Never Fade and Integrity releases.
Stephen Kasner: Currently mixing his Blood Fountains debut solo release.

More information regarding "Irons" will be released soon.
In the meantime, visit our individual news resources on the web:

http://www.deathwishinc.com
http://www.convergecult.com
http://www.stephenkasner.com
http://www.rosesneverfade.com
http://www.myspace.com/integrity


Click here to Befriend "Irons"