IROHA - END OF AN ERA 10''/MP3


Out now! Four new songs from this great project! Vinyl has heavy covers, black inner sleeves, comes with a free mp3 download code. 100 pieces on clear vinyl w/ grey haze, 200 pieces on black vinyl.


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After a collaboration record with FRAGMENT. from France and the S/T debut full length, THE END OF AN ERA constitutes the third release of IROHA – the new project consisting of Andy Swan (FINAL), Diarmuid Dalton (GODFLESH, JESU) and Dominic Crane (THE BOATY MAN, RUMBLE FISH). The 4 tracks (with a total playing time of 25 minutes) express their love to shoegaze just as much as their interest in the sound of new wave acts like NEW ORDER – all this mixed with a metal orientated sound basis and little ambient influences. Iroha have a great feeling for melodies and know how to combine them with powerful sound elements to create a fuzzy warm mood in every new track.







IROHA - S/T 2xLP/2xCD


The first full length of IROHA including a bonus disc/lp with mixes & remixes from JESU's Justin K Broadrick! CD comes in a nice triple gatefold digipak. LP comes in a thick matte gatefold, 180g vinyl, available on grey / gold vinyl A/B effect (100 pcs.), clear gold vinyl (100 pcs.), and black vinyl (300 pcs.).


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Finally the first full length from Andy Swan's new project IROHA. It includes 2 different mixes of the album and several remixes of befriended artists like JESU or TRANSITIONAL.

Andy Swan - born in Birmingham, England. At the age of 12 Andy became interested in the punk and post-punk music scene of the late 70’s and early 80’s. At the age of 16 Andy met justin broadrick (godflesh, jesu) and, discovering their mutual love of bands as diverse as Throbbing Gristle, Joy Division, Crass and Swans, formed the experimental electronics outfit, Final. With an eye on the burgeoning Power Electronics scene they based their sound around harsh tones, twisted tape loops, structured noise and recorded samples. Another chance meeting led to nic bullen (napalm death) joining Final for several recording sessions. With a growing library of recorded material, Andy and Justin created post mortem rekordings. as an outlet for Final’s material. Based around the DIY ethic of punk, this tape-only label not only released all of Final’s early output but also material by other like-minded groups such as Un-Kommunity (featuring Tim Gain now of Stereolab), Con Dom and Grey Wolves.

After gradually becoming creatively dis-illusioned with the dance scene it was only after meeting up again with Justin Broadrick and Nic Bullen in 2007 that Andy decided to return to a more experimental, guitar-based sound. Combining his love of shoe-gaze with the melancholic 80's sound of New Order, Andy created Iroha, naming his new project after a Japanese poem.

Early 2010 IROHA joined Denovali Records to release a collaboration record with FRAGMENT. from France. Now they're back with their first full length. The clou concerning this debut is the fact that people are getting two cds / lps with 2 different mixes and several remixes of befriended artists. Disc one features the original IROHA mix from Andy Swan. Disc two includes a finish from JUSTIN K. BROADRICK and several remixes of TRANSITIONAL, JESU and BLACK GALAXY.







IROHA & FRAGMENT.
BITTERSWEET LP/CD


Out now! LP comes in thick glossy gatefold covers with special 3D effect. 150 on 180g heavyweight brown vinyl with black haze and 350 on 180g black vinyl. CD comes with thick cardboard covers. We also offer screenprinted tshirts with the album design, strictly limited to 30 pieces!


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An original member of seminal Birmingham experimentalists Final (alongside Justin Broadrick (Godflesh, Jesu) and Nic Bullen (Napalm Death, Scorn), Andy Swan's new project, IROHA, mixes layers of textured guitar and basslines with heartbreaking melodies and brutally slow beats to produce songs of melancholic beauty. For their first release IROHA team up with the very talented drone/ shoegaze/ ambient artist FRAGMENT from france to create a stunning 6 song sound collaboration. The songwriting is excellent. melody and melancholy start to emerge from behind the concrete foundations and work their way to a very emotional climax. 6 songs (2 from iroha, 2 from fragment, one collaboration track and one remix) in 45 minutes with perfectly fitting beautiful vocals and a dignified feeling for good melodies. Enjoy!