REQUIEM PRODUCTIONS

New album and a 7" split from NXP

2011-10-26T12:38:00.000-07:00

NXP release his new album "Beauty Takes Out The Worst In People" tomorrow. The date is the beginning off the NØDUTGANGfestival. NXP plays at Dama di this Sunday on the last day off the festival.

The new album shows a more rhythmic attitude than before, from this experimental musician and composer. as always he is exploring new musically territory. This time with tracks he think off as pop, but that says more about his mind than anything else.

NXP will also release a split 7" with Kjetil Hanssen, tomorrow. The split release ends with a locked groove at both sides so it could be seen as an 7" album. NXP side has three tracks and a locked groove.

Review of both releases in Vital Weekly (#811);

NXP - BEAUTY TAKES OUT THE WORST IN PEOPLE (CDR by Requiem Productions)
KJETIL HANSSEN/NXP (split 7" by Requiem Productions/Ambolthue Records)
Tore Stemland's musical history goes back many years. He was a member of Asod Dvi and Psykisk Tortur in the 80s as well as various punk bands. Nekro XP was also in those the name for his solo project, later shortened to NXP. This new album is his 11th as NXP since 1984 and released on his own Requiem productions. In this album he wants to combine his various interests in creating music: "field recordings, avant-garde, rhythmic noise and other forms of music in that field", and that is indeed what he does here. The rhythmic noise has the upper hand here, and it makes that the album is perhaps a bit dated. Maybe the addition of Jim Jones talking helped that idea a bit. The use of spoken word returns in a few other pieces, and the whole thing sounds pretty retro: good lo' classic industrial music. Minimal rhythms, fed through a bunch of sound effects/synthesizers and such like, as said with occasional use of spoken word. Sometimes the variation is a bit poor per track, and it gets stuck in a few loops for a bit too much time. But the closing title, also by far the longest of this release, the rhythm is surprisingly absent and we have a fine piece of ambient drone music, and here the length works quite well. Maybe those roads are to be explored more and move away from the same what dated old rhythmic sound? Unless of course its this variation he wants so much.

There is also a new 7", with three short tracks by NXP on one side and one longer piece by Kjetil Hanssen on the other. Things have changed, after some failed 7" releases in the 80s. NXP's tracks all revolve about heavy rhythm, feeding through some effects to create industrial distortion. Since time is limited, these are all to the point. Excellent. Kjetil Hanssen is sometimes known as Torstein Wjiik, when it comes to harsh noise and is from younger generation of Norway's Noise scenery. Under his own name he creates far more interesting music, not entirely free of noise either, but certainly not HNW either. He uses samples without permition [sic] from Marhaug, Stine K and Swamps up Nostrils and with these he creates a rather lo-fi set of electronic sounds, densely layered. Perhaps a bit unfocussed. Both sides end in a lockgroove, so remixers have more fun out of this. Nice one. (FdW)

NXP - One Minute Later (XP 11) out now.

2011-03-05T15:24:00.001-08:00

"One Minute Later" is the new album from NXP. It is a free album for everyone to share (as long as no one charges anyone for this music). It is released by both Go To Gate Records (GO TO DL 20) and Requiem Productions (XP 11). For more about NXP look here, here and here. NXP will release a split 7" with Torstein Wjiik, later this year. Also a new album to be released when a company are willing to released it. Anyone interested?

The album was partly done after listening to one off NXPs favorite albums "Commercial Album" by The Residents and partly after contributing to Hal McGees International Email Audio Art Project, so many thanx to them both. After this he was into the groove and made several one minute tracks and love the restriction in time. After a while he had to draw a line and concluded if Residents could do 40 tracks, so can NXP. Well here is the results is for your pleasure only.

Free download (including cover) in MP3 256 kbps here; Mediafire, Megaupload or Internet Archive. PS if you put it out on a blog or whatever, please send me a link and thank you in advance for promoting this album.

New NXP video

2009-10-29T06:35:00.001-07:00

XP 8 Et utvalg av bevegelser out now

2008-12-09T08:50:00.000-08:00

A double CD-R album called "Et utvalg av bevegelser" is out now for 90,- Norwegian kroner. Ask for your price including postage & packing at this mail address. or buy it from Loop. The album is a collection of more repetitive music that hasn`t been released before. "Mantra for mind" was the working title and it says much about the themes on this album. The title "Et utvalg av bevegelser" is Norwegian for "A Collection Of Movements".

XP 10 Kela out now

2008-10-28T15:50:00.000-07:00

A brand new mini album by NXP called "Kela" (it´s my dialect for noise). Perhaps the most noise release from this artist since his debut album back in 1984. Free download RAR including artwork here.

NEWS

2007-12-01T10:53:00.000-08:00

REQ 035 NXP - Kill Kill Kill released today 1. November 2007. this is a compilation where you get tracks from every NXP release, including next years XP 9 album. REQ 035 includes a unreleased track as well. Only 50,- Norwegian kroner. Ask for your price including postage & packing at this mail address. The album is also available from Ambolthue records mailorder.

REQUIEM PRODUCTIONS by numbers

2007-11-21T16:07:00.001-08:00

REQ 000 catalogue nr 1 (1985)

REQ 001 Requiem #1 (fanzine) (1983) NXP & Laila "R.I.P." Mellum made it. Free download here.

REQ 002 Requiem #2 (fanzine) (1984) NXP & Øystein "Ølstein" Nilsen made it. Free download here.

REQ 003 Requiem #3 (fanzine) (1986) NXP made it. Free download here.

REQ 004 Jeg falt - Levende nedfallsfrukt (c-90) mc (1983). (Rerelease from a Nirvana tapes release that came out in one copy only. Even the band themself hasn`t got the original release.). Free download in three parts here; 1, 2 and 3.

REQ 005 various artists - Quest ce quil y a? (c-90) mc (1983). Cover was a A5 paperbag with two inserts. Artists is; Autentisk film/" "/Greg Hulak/Johnny Larsen/Attrition/Magthea/LLL/Enhänta bödlar/Unit 731/Die desultorische detonation KG/Absolut body control/P16 D4/Termisk sammenbrudd/J.R. Smets/Der akteur/Cultural amnesia/Pascal and Luc/Mygel i metall/Sirius B/Mike Vargas/H.C. electronic orchestra. Free dowload in three parts from here; 1, 2 & 3.

REQ 006 various artists - Die young, stay pretty (c-60) mc (1984). Artists is; Bristles/Bleah/Rattus/Fatal existence/X/Skjit Lars/Blå S/SWA/Civil dissident/Mental crisis/Diet of worms/Dead virgins/Bloody riot/Chronic disorder/Vicious circle/Perdition/End result. Free download in two parts here; 1 & 2.

REQ 007 Paul Kelday - Tantra (c-60) mc (1984), rerelease.

REQ 008 Paul Kelday - Negative hallucination (c-60) mc (1984), rerelease.

REQ 009 Nekro XP - Drømmer om frihet (poem collection) (1984) Limited edition off 20 copys. In a plastic bag and included post art made by NXP & Hild "DSD" Strandbakk.

REQ 010 Nekro XP/Hild "DSD" Strandbakk - Untitled sculpture too the art exhibition "Ung cultur" at Bodø svømmehall in 1984. A photo off the sculpture was later mailed as postart with the same prefix number as the sculpture. The photo is lost now so if anyone out there has a copy i would be glad if i could get at least a scan off it.
REQ 011 various artists - Untitled (c-60) mc (1984). Artists is; System lilliput/Martin Howard Naylor/GX Jupiter Larson & the Haters/Fâlx Çèrebri/Vous/Famlende forsøk/Dan Mc Kinney/Ny gate/Termisk sammenbrudd/De pravity (et bein). (Cover by Runar Karlsen) Free download here.
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REQ 012 Asod dvi contribution to a post art/audio art exhibition called "Predictions for the year 2000". Asod dvi mailed over the track "Year 2000 a unreleased escape into space" while the post art was titled; "Is This Art? Attack 15".

REQ 013 various artists - Requiem EP (7" white label test press only in 10 copys) (1989) Artists is; GX Jupitter-Larsen & the Haters/Sadomaoistan/PLX 15/Njurmännen. Originaly intented to be included with REQ 044. Free download here.

REQ 014 various artists - International audio communication compilation no 1 (c-60) mc (1984) rerelease. Artists is; Attrition/Stefaan Van Biezen/Alle tiders duster/SS 20/Entràcte/Maniacs/Syndromes/Philippe Laurant/Vox populi/Skating for cover/ Dark entries/Im nebel/Soft jokes. Free download in two parts here; side A side B

REQ 015 Asod dvi - E.S.N.R.S. (c-5) mc (1986) limited edition off 20 copys. The cassette was taped on the backside off a A3 poster along with the lyric sheet. Free download here.
REQ 016 Nekro XP/Hild "DSD" Strandbakk - Is This Art?. (1984-86) 50 numbered different post art works that was mailed to various post art magazines, artists etc through out the world.

XP 1 Nekro XP - Cafe muzak (c-46) mc (1984). Limited edition off 20 numbered copys. Free download here.

REQ 018 Test dept - From Sheffield to Wakefield... (c-90) mc (1985). Only about fifteen copys sold before Test Dept. wanted us to cancel it since it was a bootleg. We couldn`t say no.

REQ 019 Asod dvi - We live in black, and die in white (c-20) mc (1988). In a hermetic closed metal can that includes a cassette, post art and the post art map "21-1" (looka at REQ 043 for more information) in a second print that counted 20 copys. The box was a limited edition off 20 copys. Free download here.

REQ 020 What we had off free zines at the time off the order (mostly copys off Vital).

REQ 021 Fâlx Çèrebri - Rite 64 (c-60) mc (1985) rerelease for Norway. Available from the marvellous The Ting on the Doorstep blog.

REQ 022 various artists - Adios amigo (c-60) mc (1984). The ten first copys in handwritten yellox covers. After that in a A5 plastic bag with two inserts. Artists is; Camino al desvan/Entràcte/Ym stammen/Asod dvi/Human flesh/Psykisk tortur/F/i. Free download here.

REQ 023 Throbbing gristle - New TG (c-60) mc bootleg (1985)

REQ 024 various artists - Katacombe vol 2 (c-90) mc (1985) rerelease (includes two inserts) Artists is; Perimeter/Vous/Nisus anal furgler/Metalic fuck/ Hapunkt fligenstrumpf/Neo zelanda/Asod dvi/Fem diriö/Comando bruno/Diseno corbusier/Der 7.versuch/Tranquilizer and electricity/Bande berne crematorium/Camino al desvan/No unauthorized/Avant dernieres pensees/Das syntetische mischgewebe/Fâlx Çèrebri/GX Jupiter Larson & the Haters/Dr. Strangelove/Guerra pagan. Free download in two parts here; side A side B

REQ 025 X - Live i Oslo (c-30) mc (1985) Limited edition off 10 copys. All in plastic bag and included a badge.

XP 2 Nekro XP - The fine art of doing nothing (c-45) mc (1985). Free download here.

REQ 027 Nekro XP - En samling (poem collection) (1988)

XP 3 Nekro XP - D PR B (c-60) mc (1985) Free download in two parts here; 1 & 2

REQ 029 Nervøse lidelser - Datamatic Destruction (c-60) mc (1985)

XP 4 Nekro XP - Mekanikk (c-60) mc (1986). Free download in two parts here; 1 & 2.

REQ 031 various artists - Stress (c-60) mc (1986) rerelease. Artists is; Kromozom 4/Terveet kädet/Societys problems/Second Auschwitz/N*B*C/Büld/Direkt attack/Bloedbad/Massacre. Free download in two parts here; side A side B or track by track from here.

REQ 032 div artister - Some shit you can`t smoke vol 14 (c-60) mc (1986). Limited edition off 50 nr copys. Artists is; Crawling with tarts/F/i/Remi/Specimens/Morten live at Wembely. Free download here; Side A side B.

REQ 033 Asod dvi/Kapotte muziek - The Love Of Knowledge Is The Hate Of Life (splitt 7" that was canceled because off financial problems.).

REQ 034 Mauro Theo Teardo - Abraxa (c-20) mc (1987). Free download here.

REQ 035 Nekro XP - Kill Kill Kill (CD-R to be released 1. November 2007.)

REQ 036 F&F - Disappearences (c-60) mc (1987). Free download in two parts here; 1 & 2.

REQ 037 Nekro XP - NXP (c-60) mc (1986) Limited edition off 10 copys.

REQ 038 F&F (Poster) (1987) Both in A3 and A4 size.

REQ 039 Catalog nr 2 (1987)

REQ 040 various artists - State of the art (c-46) mc (1987) Artists is; Arvid Tuba/Asod dvi/Juryen & Psykisk tortur/The Misz/War of destruction/Åreknuteknyterne. Free download here.

REQ 041 Der akteur/Die desultorische detonation KG - Harmony (c-60) mc (1987) splitt release. Free download here; side A side B

REQ 042 PLX-15 collected works. Originaly planed as a cassette release but are now changed to be a CD-R release that will come sometime in 2008.
REQ 043 Asod dvi - 21-1. (Post art map) (1988) Released in 15 copys. (Second print in 20 copys was only available with REQ 019)

REQ 044 Requiem #44 (fanzine) (1989) NXP & Jan Martin Jensen made it. Free download here.

REQ 045 Uterus 28 - For sensorium (c-60) mc (1987) rerelease, with booklet. Free download here.

REQ 046 Fanz magazine #1 (fanzine) (1988) Sex pistols special. NXP made it. Free download here.

REQ 047 Sadomaoistan - 1. mai 1985 ' 1.mai 1988 (c-20) mc (1988). First in metalbox with booklet, later as a regular casette without booklet and the metalbox.

PRO 048 Attrition - Norway demo 87 (c-20) mc (1987). Promo only cassette given away to media in connection with that Requiem had Attrition over to Norway for concerts in Oslo and Bergen. With booklet.

REQ 049 Fanz magazine #2 (fanzine) (1998) NXP made it. Free download here.

REQ 050 Fanz magazine #3 (fanzine) (1999) NXP made it. Free download here.

REQ 051 (ISBN 82-995383-0-0) Bodøs pop & rock 1952-99 (bok) (1999) by Tore Stemland. Enclopidia over pop and rock artists from Bodø, Norway between 1952-99. Some organisations, venues, zines and labels had their entrys as well.

REQ 052 Svartedauen - Kjæm igjen... CD-R (2002) in 50 copys with booklet and badge.
REQ 052B Svartedauen - Kjæm igjen...bærre på jævel CD-R (2002) (without the booklet and the badge). Free download here.

TFJ 01 Terror for Jesus - Introducing Yo core! (2002) 7" ps with booklet, inserts and a badge. All came in a A4 plastic bag. Limited edition off 10 copys. Free download here.
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XP 8 Nekro XP - Et utvalg av bevegelser (2xCD-R) (2008)

XP 9 Nekro XP - Beauty Takes Out The Worst In People (CD-R) (27 October 2011)

XP 10 Nekro XP - Kela (MP3 free download only) (28 October 2008) Download here.

XP 11 NXP - One Minute Later (MP3 free download only) (5 March 2011) Download here

REQ 111 various artists - Bla bla vol 1 (c-60) mc (1986) Limited edition off 50 nr copys. Released together with SRD tapes. Artists is; De pravity (et bein)/Kråka/Snickers/Brain searchers/SRD. Free download here.
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REQ 222 various artists - 6X10=60 (c-60) mc (1986). Released together with Calypso Now/El consumo del miedo/Graf haufen Tapes/Korm plastics/ZSF Productions. Artists is; Merzbow/Bande berne crematorie/Asod dvi/Comando bruno/Fâlx Çèrebri/Throw me your finger.

REQ 333 PLX 15 - From Ritual to Romance (c-15) mc (1986). Released together with SRD tapes and Kassett Cassettes. Free download here.

REQ 444 Hjertesvikt A/S /Norgez bank - Split 7" ep (1999) with insert. released togheter with Underground records.

REQ 555 various artists - Fuckin`North Pole Punk Rock Collection Vol. 1 (2000) 7” ps ep with insert. Released in 300 nr copys that was on three different coloured vinyl in 100 copys each. The colours was red, green and blue. Off each colour there was 50 copys with the Requiem ps and 50 with the Underground cover. Artists is; Nagasaki/Preslex/Skjit-Lars/Nikkeby lufthavn/The Nihilists. (scan off the Requiem ps)

REQ 666 NXP/Kjetil Hanssen - Split (7" EP/Album) (27 October 2011) This is a limited edition off 200 copies where some are on green vinyl, some are on red vinyl and most copies are on black vinyl. Released together with Ambolthue Records.

REQ 1515 PLX 15 - Kort prosess (c-30) mc (1987). The first 15 copys in a limited edition cover that was completly different to the unlimited cover version that has been used since. Was originaly to be released on SRD tapes but since it never came out we just had to release this great album. Free download here.
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Other links off interest; #1 #2

Links to artists on Requiem Productions;
Absolute Body Control #1 #2 #3
Alle tiders duster #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7
Arvid tuba #1 #2 #3 #4
Asod dvi #1 #2 #3 #4
Attrition #1 #2 #3 #4
Autentisk film #1 #2
Avant-Dernières Pensées #1
Bande Berne Crematoire #1 #2
Stefaan Van Biezen #1
Bloedbad #1
Bloody Riot #1
The Bristles #1 #2
Camina al desvan #1
Civil Dissident #1 #2
Commando Bruno #1 #2 #3 #4
Crawling with Tarts #1 #2 #3
Cultural Amnesia #1 #2
Daft #1
Das Synthetische Mischgewebe #1 #2 #3 #4
De Pravity (et bein) #1
Der 7. Versuch #1
Der akteur #1
Die Desultorische Detonation KG #1
Diet of Worms #1
Diseño Corbusier #1
Dr. Strangelove #1
Enhänta bödlar #1
H.C. Electronic Orchestra #1
End Result #1
F/i #1
Fâlx Çèrebri #1 #2
Famlende forsøk #1 #2 #3 #4 #5
Fem dirio #1
Guerra Pagan #1
Kjetil Hanssen #1
Hapunkt Fliegenstrumpf #1 #2
Hjertesvikt A/S #1 #2
Greg Hulak #1
Human Flesh #1
Im nebel #1 #2
Kapotte muziek #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7
Paul Kelday #1
Konstruktivits #1
Kromozom 4 #1 #2 #3
Kråka #1
GX Jupitter Larsen & The Haters #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11
Johnny Larssen #1
LLL #1
Magthea #1 #2
Dan Mckinney #1
Merzbow #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
Metalic Fuck #1
Mygel i metall #1
Martin Howard Naylor #1
Neo Zelanda #1 #2
Nervøse lidelser #1
Nikkeby lufthavn #1 #2 #3 #4
Nisus anal furgler #1
Njurmännen #1 #2 #3 #4
No Unauthorized #1 #2 #3
Norgez bank #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
NXP #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8
Ny gate #1 #2 #3
P 16 D4 #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
Pascal & Luc #1
Perdition #1
Perimeter #1
PLX 15 #1 #2 #3 #4 #5
Preslex #1 #2
Psykisk tortur #1 #2 #3
Rattus #1 #2 #3
Sadomaoistan #1 #2 #3 #4 #5
Sirius B #1
Skating for Cover #1
Skjit-Lars #1 #2 #3
Sluk #1
J.R. Smets #1
Society`s Problems #1
SS 20 #1
Svartedauen #1 #2 #3
System liliput #1 #2
Mauro Theo Teardo #1
Termisk sammenbrudd #1 #2
Terror for Jesus #1 #2 #3 #4
Terveet Kädet #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
Test Dept. #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10
Throbbing Gristle #1 #2 #3 #4
Throw Me Your Finger #1
Tranquilizer and Electricity #1
Unit 731 #1
Uterus 28 #1
Mike Vargas #1 #2 #3
Vicious Circle #1
Vous #1
Vox Populi #1 #2
War of destruction #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8
X #1 #2 #3
Ym:stammen #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8