On January 17th, 2016, the USPS raised their prices on a variety of services, some of which we use to ship packages. While we're bummed about having to increase our shipping prices, we've had nothing but positive experiences with the USPS throughout our entire life cycle, and will continue to use them into the future. […]
Beginning a few months prior to Auris Apothecary's first release, we started interning with a local screen printer & musician, Jarod Isenbarger. Unbeknownst to us at the time, he had played in bands we saw in dimly lit basements and excitedly listened to their records all through high school. Continuing through the life of Auris, […]
For 7 years, we have worked to destroy the status quo and instill confusion in its place. For 7 years, we have unleashed sounds foreign and uncompromising in their delivery. For 7 years, we have fostered a community of miscreants under a flag of the abstract. Here's to another 7. - AA
A few days ago, the online monthly radio program Indeterminate Transmissions live-streamed their newest episode with a theme centered around the"superimposition and demolition of sounds." The entirety of the broadcast was comprised of a live mix of sounds from a large portion of Unholy Triforce's back catalog, forming a caustic composition totaling around 40 minutes. […]
Although we're technically late to our own celebration, it's because we've had a busy All Hallow's week! Two Halloween concerts, all-night screen printing sessions, tape dubbing, tape melting, photograph taking and more. And as a special twist this year, in place of our Halloween batch we're doing one in honor of Samhain, November 1st, the […]
It is with great excitement that we announce the imminent arrival of the 2015 Autumn Batch, featuring only 2 releases but packing the punch of many more. AAX-121 : Alder Glade - Exordium AAX-117 : Joey Molinaro - Say At Last : I Who Will Forever Evil, Yet Do Forever Good
After an entire summer's worth of planning, months of composing, a Midwest/East Coast tour, and tons of last minute rendering & mixing, ARIADNE's debut physical release Tsalal is officially available for purchase. In addition to being one of the most immersive albums we've ever had the pleasure of working on, Tsalal exists as an exercise […]
History ARIADNE is a "sacred music duo" hailing from Brooklyn, New York comprised of Benjamin Forest & Christine Lanx, both graduates of Indiana University's esteemed music school. We first met ARIADNE in 2010 when they were performing with their past band PANTREE OWL at a Live From Bloomington concert for the 2010 compilation CD, of which […]
With shipment completed of the Summer 2015 Batch to all reaches of the Earth, we're thrilled to announce a handful of news items which are helping us usher in the second half of the year with a seriously heavy wave of darkness. To begin, a new audio/visual experience that we have been eagerly working on […]
With shipment completed of the Summer 2015 Batch to all reaches of the Earth, we're thrilled to announce a handful of news items which are helping us usher in the second half of the year with a seriously heavy wave of darkness.
To begin, a new audio/visual experience that we have been eagerly working on behind the scenes for most of Summer is set for official release on August 24th, 2015, with a group we have desired to work with since our inception. Although only recently formed under the banner officially, sacred music duo ARIADNE have been performing together for years, always in differing forms, but always captivating and surreal to behold.
Tsalal, which is Hebrew for the concept "to grow or become dark," is the title of the brand new 6 track album (and first physical release ever) from ARIADNE. It is a full-frequency, multi-sensory audio/visual experience totaling almost an hour of subsonic tones, glitched out rhythms, synthesized melodies, and extravagant choral passages with hints of Gregorian chants & hymnal somberness. Contained on an absolutely tiny 4GB microSD card housed inside an equally miniscule clear plastic case, Tsalal is tangibly minimal yet digitally immersive, featuring the complete audio compositions as ultra high quality lossless WAV files, as well as matching HD videos of synchronized digital environment renders created by ARIADNE as visual stimuli to further enhance the intricate nature of Tsalal's brooding aesthetic.
ARIADNE just started their 2015 Summer Tour on August 12th in Chicago and will be traveling throughout the Midwest and East Coast for the next few weeks. If you get the chance to catch them in your city, we encourage you to attend! Their set utilizes video projections quite effectively, and starting on the 16th of August at Black Mass XXXIII, you'll be able to purchase Tsalal before its official release on Monday, August 24th. Follow them on FACEBOOK to stay up to date with their tour schedule.
Speaking of Black Mass, after nearly a year away, we've returned with Black Mass XXXIII, scheduled for Sunday, August 16th, 2015 at the Artifex Guild, our venue/space (now run as a private collective!) in Bloomington, Indiana. We're pumped to bring ARIADNE back to the city we first met in, and also performing will be AA founder DANTE AUGUSTUS SCARLATTI as well as local electro-acoustic ensemble GOODHANDS TEAM.