Sektor 304 - Vertical Structure Control

Video for "Vertical Structure Control", taken from the "Utopia / Decay" 12'' split LP with Dissecting Table.
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DISSECTING TABLE / SEKTOR 304 "Utopia / Decay"

2014 seems to be a full year when it comes to releases, but in fact most of the material put out recently was recorded in the period between 2010 and 2013. 

The exception was this new split with Dissecting Table, released a few days ago on Malignant Records.

The recordings, which began in 2013 and finished in early 2014, were done by the original duo and have the contributions of Martin Bladh (IRM) and  Miguel Azevedo (Plus Ultra).

DISSECTING TABLE / SEKTOR 304 "Utopia/Decay" LP

(press release)

A follow up to 2012’s split CDr on UPD Organization brings these projects together once again, this time for a limited split 12”. Dissecting Table (aka Ichiro Tsuji) is one of the most iconic names in the history of industrial music, and has been pushing the envelope in extreme music as far back as 1986. Early material was completely groundbreaking… over the top, maniacal drumming, dirty bass, and guttural vocals that was like grindcore meeting death industrial before either term even existed. Their influence was undeniable, and can still be felt today, even as recently as Sektor 304’s previous release, the “Engage…Forward” 7”. Newer Dissecting Table material has moved into a more psychedelic, fully chromatic and glitched out area, but the tracks here bridge the gap between the two eras, mixing a veritable mine field of percussion and metal bashing with spastic electronic mis-wirings and crazed oscillations. For those unfamiliar with Ichiro’s work, this is a great introduction.

The flip side gives us perhaps the most perfect collection of Sektor 304 material to date…4 tracks flowing together and carefully sculpted into a sprawling and epic display, encompassing all aspects of the their sound; pummeling sheets of tribalized junk metal percussion in the early part, to desolate decay and pure apocalyptic dystopia in the mid-section, where radioactive transmissions intersect low slung bass, and the infected vocals of Martin Bladh (IRM/Skin Area) . The final piece, Power Through Strength, is one of most ominous and oppressive tracks they've ever done…a slow, shambling dirge of looping, mechanized percussion, industrial drone and resonating steel mill din with an almost Karjalan Sissit style rigidity. It’s a monster of a track and the perfect closing statement from a band that continues to grow and mature into something truly astounding.

Lmtd to 200 copies, this is a must for all appreciators of the tried and true old school sound.

SEKTOR 304 on New Approach Records

For all those who purchased the box edition of the "Engage... Forwards", New Approach Records will send all the orders this week.

This box contains the "Engage... Forwards" 7inch ep, "Live Reaction" and "Communiphones" CDs, "A Leak Of Time Through Crumbling Monuments" CDr and a fanzine containing and interview and a few other texts and graphics.

If you wish, you can also order the "Live Reaction" and the "Communiphones" CDs separately.

LIVE REACTION

This is a compilation of live recordings in several locations from 2010 and 2012. Vocal recordings on tracks 1 & 5 supplied by Martin Bladh for the Radio Sonores Project 2012.

COMMUNIPHONES

"Communiphones" was recorded only by Gustavo Costa and André Coelho and consists of a long track built on synthesizers and field recordings, aiming for a monolithic and dronish paranoid ambience.

Please, contact New Approach Records for more info and purchase:

newapproachrecords@gmail.com

http://newapproachrecords.tictail.com/

SEKTOR 304 live @ Passos Manuel, Porto

Dia 2 de Maio, Sexta-Feira, às 22:00
Concerto: Sektor 304
Local: Passos Manuel
Entrada – 5 euros

"Com fundações assentes no Industrial mais rude, o projecto portuense Sektor 304 realizará uma actuação no próximo dia 2 de Maio, sexta-feira, no cinema Passos Manuel, Porto. Neste concerto serão apresentadas novas composições, assim como remontagens de faixas de várias fases e lançamentos da banda, desde os seus primórdios mais brutistas e ruidosos ao industrial mais estruturado e denso que apresentam nas suas últimas edições. A centralidade da percussão metálica, labirintos eléctricos e loops opressivos continuarão presentes, assim como o emaranhado vocal e a fisicalidade da interacção amplificada entre corpo e o dejecto industrial, numa actuação inserida no ciclo Rumori que assinala a comemoração do centenário dos primeiros concertos da Orquestra de Intonarumori de Luigi Russolo, faz a ligação do percurso e identidade da banda com as referências primordiais do estilo musical que exploram."

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cartaz de Micaela Amaral

UTOPIA / DECAY

Another split with Dissecting Table is on the brink of being released, this time through Malignant Records on a 12'' format.
Below you will find the promo video. This should be out in late April.

SEKTOR 304 "Engage... Forwards" ep

A new two tracks EP on 7’’ vinyl format, limited to 250 copies entitled “Engage... Forwards” was released on the Portuguese label New Approach Records! Recorded and mixed outside the band's confort zone by Manuel dos Reis and mastered by James Plotkin!

A special Box is also in the making, but not available yet, and will include, besides the 7’’, 3 extra CD’s (consisting of live recordings, raw junk metal material and brand new compositions) and a Zine exclusively dedicated to the band, all in a Metal Box limited to only 30 copies. Detailed information and photos will be posted on our web site as soon as the Box is ready.
Reservations can be made now. E-mail for details and estimated price.

7'' record available now for 7€ plus postage.

Orders to newapproachrecords@gmail.com

LE SYNDICAT & SEKTOR 304 LP

Classic french Industrial monsters LE SYNDICAT have teamed with SEKTOR 304 and the result was the collaboration LP "Geometry of Chromium Skin", released through Rotorelief.

Here's a promotional video with edited audio featuring moments from all the 5 tracks from the LP.