Ant-Zen
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Ant-Zen Audio and Visual Arts is a German independent record label
Independent record label
An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...

 founded in 1994
1994 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1994.-January–February:*January 25 – Alice in Chains release their Jar of Flies album which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, becoming the first ever EP to do so....

 by Stefan Alt (aka recording artist S.Alt), who serves as the art director. Visual arts from Ant-Zen are typically bleak but astonishing landscapes, or microscopic studies of what is often overlooked. Over the years, the Ant-Zen name has become synonymous with the rhythmic noise
Noise music
Noise music is a term used to describe varieties of avant-garde music and sound art that may use elements such as cacophony, dissonance, atonality, noise, indeterminacy, and repetition in their realization. Noise music can feature distortion, various types of acoustically or electronically...

 and power noise
Power noise
Power noise is a fusion genre among noise music and various styles of electronic dance music. It should not be confused with "power electronics", which lacks rhythmic elements and is closer to harsh noise...

 movement within the industrial music
Industrial music
Industrial music is a style of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by the band Throbbing Gristle, and the creation of the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". In general, the...

 scene. The name is derived from the phrase "Anti zensur," which serves as the modus operandi of activities as new and uncensored expressions. A fascination with insects, particularly ants, is shared among labelmates, who make references in artwork or samples
Sampling (music)
In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion, or sample, of one sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or a different sound recording of a song or piece. Sampling was originally developed by experimental musicians working with musique concrète and electroacoustic music, who physically...

 in the music.

Ant-Zen's artists include Iszoloscope
Iszoloscope
Iszoloscope is an industrial band from Aylmer, Quebec, currently based in Montreal. Iszoloscope's music ranges from harsh, rhythmic noise to ambient soundscapes...

, Imminent
Imminent (band)
Imminent is a Belgian musical project formerly, and still commonly known as Imminent Starvation. It is a staple act of Germany’s industrial and power noise record label, Ant-Zen. -Members / History:...

, Asche
Asche (band)
Asche is a German musical project, one which encompasses the spectrum of noise, power electronics, and droning ambient. It is a staple act of Germany’s industrial and power noise record label, Ant-Zen.-Members / History:...

, P.A.L
P.A.L
P·A·L is a German musical project whose style ranges from power noise to ambient. It is a long-time act on Germany’s Hymen Records and Ant-Zen record labels.-Members and history:...

, This Morn' Omina, Axiome
Axiome
Axiome is a Belgian musical project combining elements of rhythm, industrial, breakcore and noise. It has been releasing music on Germany’s Ant-Zen record label since 1999.-Members / History:...

, Synapscape
Synapscape
Synapscape is a German recording duo specializing in the creation of dark noise, teknoid, and power electronics. It is a long-time act of Germany’s industrial music record label, Ant-Zen.-Members / History:...

, and Scott Sturgis
Scott Sturgis
Scott Sturgis is a Seattle, USA-based music producer, best known for his power noise/rhythmic noise project Converter. The harsh and distorted sounds of Converter were influenced by noise music and artists featured on the Ant-Zen record label...

, and are regularly featured at the Maschinenfest
Maschinenfest
Maschinenfest is a yearly, three-day underground music festival featuring industrial, power electronics, noise and other alternative electronic performers. There are both independent and signed bands who are booked to play, as well as many vendors for music and related paraphernalia...

, C.O.M.A.
C.O.M.A.
C.O.M.A. was a yearly weekend underground music festival held in Montreal, Canada, from 2004 to 2007 featuring industrial, power electronics, noise and other alternative electronic musicians and DJs. There were both independent and signed bands who were booked to play, as well as many vendors for...

, and Infest
Infest (festival)
Infest is an annual three day music festival held at the University of Bradford Union in the United Kingdom, featuring alternative electronic music acts from genres including industrial, EBM, futurepop, synthpop and power noise...

 alternative electronic
Alternative electronic
Alternative electronic is an umbrella term used to describe a range of lesser-known electronic music genres which are related in some fashion to industrial music....

 music festivals.

Ant-Zen also releases material on its imprint label, Hymen Records
Hymen Records
Hymen Records is an imprint of the Ant-Zen record label, founded in 1997 by Stefan Alt . Hymen mainly releases material of a technoid, power noise/rhythmic noise, dark ambient, IDM, breakcore or similar experimental electronic nature....

.

Discography

Cat # Artist Title Format Notes
Act 01 V.A. Men-An-Tol MC Limited to 300 (150 normal, 150 special)
Act 02 Music For Flagellants Scourge MC Limited to 40
Act 03 V.A. Veromon MC Limited to 200
Act 04 Telepherique Sound Object MC Limited to 156 (56 special, 100 normal)
Act 05 Stin Scatzor Toxic MC Limited to 52
Act 06 Leiche Rustikal Epitaph MC Limited to 100
Act 07 P.A.L
P.A.L
P·A·L is a German musical project whose style ranges from power noise to ambient. It is a long-time act on Germany’s Hymen Records and Ant-Zen record labels.-Members and history:...

Plugged/Live
Plugged/Live
Plugged/Live is the second tape by German industrial music artist P·A·L. It was the first P·A·L release on Ant-Zen records. It was released in K7 format.-Track listing:# "Workout"# "Josef Reiserer's Dead"# "Noise-Nonsense-Nothing"# "Career's End"...

MC Limited to 120 (20 special, 100 normal)
Act 08 V.A. Zyklus D LP Limited to 525 in 4 different versions (27, 100, 125, 273)
Act 09 Pineal Gland Symptomatic 7" Limited to 300 (30 special, 270 normal)
Act 10 Salt Re-Active 7" Limited to 300 (100 special, 200 normal)
Act 11 V.A. Xerosma LP Limited to 525
Act 12 Mondblut Man's Infinite Soul 7" Limited to 330
Act 13 P.A.L. Consent 7" Limited to 300
Act 14 Iugula-Thor The Hollywood Smack 7" Limited to 300 (100 special, 200 normal)
Act 15 Sshe Retina Stimulants Hadaka 7" Limited to 300
Act 16 Ars Moriendi The Last Document 7" Limited to 300
Act 17 Templegarden's Ov 7" Limited to 300
Act 18 Msbr/Salt 7" Not released, limited to 100
Act 19 V.A. 4B Pic-7" Limited to 545
Act 20 Nimoy The Spark 7" Limited to 300 (100 special, 200 normal)
Act 21 Stin Scatzor Industro 7" Limited to 330 (100 special, 230 normal)
Act 22 V.A. Oktagon 2LP Limited to 525
Act 23 V.A. Parasit LP Limited to 498
Act 24 Vromb
Vromb
Vromb is an electronic music act from Montreal Canada. Vromb has been international active since early 1990s....

Transmodulation A.M.P. 7" Limited to 329
Act 25 Stigma Structures Of Chaos 7" Limited to 327
Act 26 V.A. C-Lektor LP Limited to 589
Act 27 Synapscape
Synapscape
Synapscape is a German recording duo specializing in the creation of dark noise, teknoid, and power electronics. It is a long-time act of Germany’s industrial music record label, Ant-Zen.-Members / History:...

Synapscape CD
Act 28 Iugula-Thor/Sshe Retina Stimulants Wrist CD Limited to 579
Act 29 Con-Dom Retribution 7" Limited to 515 (101 special, 414 normal)
Act 30 Pineal Gland/Salt Symptom 2 7" Limited to 250
Act 31 Pineal Gland/Salt Symptom 3 7" Limited to 250
Act 32 :Wumpscut: Bukertor 7 LP+CD (Box) Limited to 1001
Act 33 P.A.L. Signum CD/Box Box limited to 100
Act 34 La Nomenklatur La Legende De Voix CD
Act 35 Hybryds Ein Phallischer Gott Pic-7" Limited to 561
Act 36 Aube/Small Cruel Party Across The Water 12" Limited to 502
Act 37 Pineal Gland/Salt Symptom 1 7" Limited to 250
Act 38 Vromb Le Facteur Humain CD Special edition limited to 505
Act 39 Contagious Orgasm/Brume Memoir 7" Limited to 296
Act 40 Asche/Morgenstern Split LP Limited to 523
Act 41 Contagious Orgasm Examination Of Auditory Sense CD Limited to 729
Act 42 Maeror Tri
Maeror Tri
Maeror Tri was an ambient noise and drone music band from Germany founded in the 1980s which consisted of Stefan "Baraka H" Knappe, Martin "GLIT[s]CH" Git and Helge Siehl....

Exorbitant 7" Limited to 304
Act 43 Aube
Aube (band)
Aube is the name used by Japanese musician for his experimental noise records. He has released many CDs, LPs and cassettes since 1991, and is regarded as one of the most important noise musicians working today. He himself does not like to term his work "music," preferring the term "design": "I...

/Telepherique
Daseinsspanne Pic-7" Limited to 488
Act 44 Deutsch Nepal
Deutsch Nepal
Deutsch Nepal is the solo industrial/dark ambient project of Swede Lina Der Baby Doll General .- Works :Under the name Deutsch Nepal, Lina has issued eight studio albums and a 7" as well as contributing to various compilations including a split CD with In Slaughter Nativesand another with The Moon...

Environment Pic-7" Limited to 542
Act 45 Law Pariahs Among Outcast LP Limited to 493
Act 46 Sonar
Sonar (band)
Sonar is the name of a Belgian musical group, combining rhythmic noise, soundscapes, and industrial music. It was formed as a side-project of noise artists Dirk Ivens and Patrick Stevens.- Members / History :...

Sonar Pic-LP Limited to 332
Act 47 Brume Anastomose Pic-10" Limited to 497
Act 48 Stormline Tunnel 10" Limited to 495
Act 49 V.A. 40 Wings LP Limited to 491
Act 50 V.A. Global Pattern Pic-7" Limited to 561
Act 51 Telepherique Licht Und Schatten CD
Act 52 K2
K2 (Japanese band)
K2 is the influential noise music project of Japanese musician Kimihide Kusafuka. K2's work typically consists of crashing, creaking, and scraping sounds made with pieces of junk metal, usually edited in a jarring, unpredictable style, and often accompanied by the sounds of various electronics...

Anybody Can't Catch Up With This 10" Limited to 338
Act 53 Crawl Unit Malfunction For Orchestra 7" Limited to 299
Act 54 Stigma Inhumanity CD
Act 55 P.A.L. Reel MCD
Act 56 Deutsch Ne P.A.L. Pic-7" Limited to 457
Act 57 Synapscape Helix Pic-7" Limited to 509
Act 58 Mondblut Angsterfüllter Morgen CD
Act 59 Imminent Starvation Human Dislocation
Human Dislocation
Human Dislocation is an album recorded by the Belgian power noise act, Imminent Starvation. It was released in Compact Disc format on Ant-Zen records in 1997, under the catalogue number Act 59.-Contributing Members:...

CD Special edition limited to 1001
Act 60 Aube Embers CD
Act 61 Ars Moriendi Memorandum CD+LP Limited to 501
Act 62 Yasnaia Onokoro Pic-7" Limited to 466
Act 63 P.A.L. M@rix CD
Act 64 Beequeen The Sorrough Gate 10" Limited to 476
Act 65 Sonar Dislocation 10" Limited to 554
Act 66 Noisex
Noisex
Noisex is the name of a power noise and industrial music act from Germany. It has long been releasing music on the Ant-Zen record label and Rudy Ratzinger's label, Mental Ulcer Forges.-Members / history:...

Over & Out CD
Act 66.6 Noisex Over & Out CD+7" (Box) Limited to 492
Act 67 Synapscape Rage CD
Act 68 DKF/Thorax Red Blood Cells LP Limited to 299
Act 69 Pineal Gland Zirbeldruese Dawn-Rise-Death CD
Act 69.6 Pineal Gland Zirbeldruese Dawn-Rise-Death CD (Box) Limited to 202
Act 70 Hybryds Tectonic Overload CD Limited to 599
Act 71 Telepherique V=S/T CD
Act 72 Ambre Enclave CD
Act 73 Andxesion Live Punishment 03 LP Limited to 496
Act 74 Hypnoskull
Hypnoskull
Hypnoskull is the name of Belgian musical group whose style borrows elements of noise, industrial music, jungle, breakbeat, lo-fi, and techno. Hypnoskull currently releases music through Germany’s Ant-Zen record label.-Members / History:...

Rhythmusmaschine CD
Act 75 V.A. Ant-Thology 2CD
Act 75.7 V.A. Ant-Thology 2CD (Box) Limited to 790
Act 76 Templegarden's Culture Vs. Nature CD
Act 77 Mental Destruction Before The Night 7" Limited to 404
Act 78 Imminent Starvation/Synapscape Pic-10" Limited to 503
Act 79 Maeror Tri
Maeror Tri
Maeror Tri was an ambient noise and drone music band from Germany founded in the 1980s which consisted of Stefan "Baraka H" Knappe, Martin "GLIT[s]CH" Git and Helge Siehl....

Pleroma Pic-10" Limited to 434
Act 80 Contagious Orgasm In My Heart Pic-10" Limited to 480
Act 81 Nightmare Lodge Nosferatu Pic-7" Limited to 477
Act 82 Silk Saw Preparing Wars CD
Act 83 Converter Shock Front CD 2 editions
Act 84 Black Lung
Black Lung
Black Lung is an electronic and industrial music project by Australian musician David Thrussell, also known for his industrial bands Snog and the more ambient Soma....

Silent Weapons For A Quiet War Pic-LP Limited to 884
Act 85 Mother Destruction
Mother Destruction
Mother Destruction, formerly Six Comm / Mother Destruction, is a neopagan electronic music project of Amodali and Patrick Leagas.- Discography :* 1990: Sixth Comm/Mother Destruction - Seething* 1990: Sixth Comm/Mother Destruction - Archive 1...

Fetch Pic-12" Limited to 888
Act 86 Noisex Ignarrogance 2CD
Act 86.6 Noisex Ignarrogance 2CD+7" Limited to 686
Act 87 Synapscape So What 2CD
Act 88 Morgenstern
Morgenstern
Morgenstern is a Germanic surname meaning morning star.-Surname:* Barbara Morgenstern , German musician* Erin Morgenstern, American author* Joe Morgenstern, American film critic...

Zyklen CD
Act 89 Imminent Starvation Nord CD
Act 89.8 Imminent Starvation Nord CD (Box)
Act 90 Klangstabil Sprite Storage Format LP Limited to 511
Act 91 Noisex Rotation U.S.A. CD Limited to 505
Act 92 Black Lung And Xingu Hill
Xingu Hill
Xingu Hill is a musical project of musician John Sellekaers.During the last ten years, John has released about forty records on various labels . Sellekaers has also recorded under names such as Dead Hollywood Stars, Ambre, Urawa, Uncotones, Moonsanto and Ammo...

The Andronechron Incident 10" Limited to 470
Act 93 P.A.L. Release CD
Act 93.9 P.A.L. Release CD+3"CD Limited to 749
Act 94 Hypnoskull Ffwd > Burnout! CD
Act 95 Ultra Milkmaids/Celluloïd mata Acti-Room 10" Limited to 473
Act 96.9 Noisex 2870.00 CD (Box) Limited to 777
Act 97 Black Lung Rhic-Edom 12"
Act 98 m² (Squaremeter) 14ID1610S CD
Act 99 Axiome
Axiome
Axiome is a Belgian musical project combining elements of rhythm, industrial, breakcore and noise. It has been releasing music on Germany’s Ant-Zen record label since 1999.-Members / History:...

Rictus CD
Act 100 Salt Re.Wasp 3"CD Limited to 606
Act 101 Vromb Périmètre 3+10 3"CD+Pic-10" Limited to 472
Act 102 Monokrom CD
Act 103 Imminent/Synapscap Screenwalking CD
Act 104 Ah Cama-Sotz The House Of The Lordh LP Limited to 601
Act 105 Asche Distorted Disco CD
Act 106 Silk Saw 4th Dividers CD
Act 107 Celluloïd Mata Sable CD
Act 108 Vromb Emission Pilote CD
Act 109 m² (Squaremeter) Kopyright Liberation LP Limited to 680
Act 110 Ultra Milkmaids Disco 2K EP 10" Limited to 585
Act 111 Vromb Episodes CD
Act 111.1 Vromb Episodes CD+5" (Box) Limited to 740
Act 111.11 Vromb Episodes 2-12"+7" (Box) Limited to 446
Act 112 Veruschka The Secret 10" Limited to 454
Act 113 Converter
Converter
-Electromagnetics:*Frequency converter*"voltage converter", another name for**electromagnetic transformer**switched-mode power supply**DC to DC converter-Electronics:*Digital-to-analog converter*Analog-to-digital converter...

Blast Furnace CD 2 editions
Act 113.1 Converter Blast Furnace CD+3"CD (Box) Limited to 777
Act 114 Hypnoskull Electronic Music Means War To Us CD
Act 115 Azure Skies CD
Act 116 Axiome Ça Ne Nous Rendra Pas Le Congo CD
Act 117 Synapscape Positive Pop CD
Act 117.7 Synapscape Positive Pop CD+3-10" (Box)
Act 118 Morgenstern Cold CD
Act 119 Black Lung Profound And Sentimental Journey CD/12"
Act 120 David Thrussel The Voices Of Reason CD
Act 121 Vromb Le Tourne-Disque 3"CD/10"
Act 122 Monokrom 12"
Act 123 Converter/Asche/Morgenstern Erode CD
Act 124 Noosa Hedz Hoola Hopz 10" Limited to 509
Act 125 Celluloid Mata Spectrum 2CD
Act 126 Templegarden's Done Rooms CD Limited to 506
Act 127 Rob(u)rang & Friends CD
Act 128 Silk Saw Walksongs LP Limited to 473
Act 129 L'ombre Medicine For The Meaningless CD
Act 130 Telerotor Modern Times CD
Act 131 Contagious Orgasm The Cause Of The Flow CD
Act 132 Black Lung And Xingu Hill The Anronechron Incident CD
Act 133 P.A.L. Retro CD
Act 134 Hypnoskull Operation Tough Guy! CD
Act 134.1 Hypnoskull Operation Tough Guy! 2-12"
Act 134.4 Hypnoskull Operation Tough Guy! CD (Box)
Act 135 V.A. Ant.Colony CD
Act 136 Klangstabil Taking Nothing Seriously CD
Act 137 Synapscape Raw CD
Act 138 Iszoloscope
Iszoloscope
Iszoloscope is an industrial band from Aylmer, Quebec, currently based in Montreal. Iszoloscope's music ranges from harsh, rhythmic noise to ambient soundscapes...

Au Seuil Du Néant 2CD
Act 138.3 Iszoloscope This Monstrosity Is Part Of My Fibric LP
Act 139 Axiome Va-t-il Faire Beau? 12"
Act 140 Ambre Le Mensonge CD
Act 141 Ars Moriendi In Memoriam 7"
Act 142 This Morn' Omina 7 Years Of Famine CD
Act 143 Converter Expansion Pack/Expansion 2-10"/2-3"CD
Act 144 Muslimgauze
Muslimgauze
Muslimgauze was a music project of Bryn Jones , a prolific British ethnic electronica and experimental musician, influenced by conflicts in the Muslim world with an emphasis on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict...

Dome Of The Rock CD
Act 145 Asche Distorted DJ 2-12"/2CD
Act 146 Merzbow Timehunter 4-3"CD (Box)
Act 147 Black Lung The Sound Of Meat 10"
Act 148 m² (Squaremeter) War Of Sound CD
Act 149 L'ombre Simulations 1.0 CD
Act 150 V.A. Daruma 2CD First edition includes posters, postcards, stickers
Act 151 Vromb Rayons CD/12"
Act 152 This Morn' Omina Le Serpent Blanc - Le Serpent Rouge 2CD
Act 152.3 This Morn' Omina Nagash 3"CD
Act 153 Individual 180 Bullets Per Man CD
Act 154 Roger Rotor Malleus Maleficarum CD
Act 154.4 Roger Rotor Malleus Maleficarum 12"
Act 155 Cell Auto Mata The Devil Is In The Detail CD
Act 156 S:Cage Remote CD
Act 157 Synapscape Hands On Centrozoon CD
Act 158 Ab Ovo Le Temps Suspendu... 2CD
Act 159 Brian Evenson with Xingu Hill & Tamarin Altmann's Tongue CD
Act 160 Ultra Milkmaids Pop Pressing CD
Act 161 Vromb Jeux De Terre CD/2-12"
Act 162 This Morn' Omina The Drake Equation [ECF] CD
Act 163 Converter Exit Ritual CD
Act 164 Black Lung The Grand Chessboard CD/LP
Act 165 Genetic Selection Orbital Ground Attack CD
Act 166 Silk Saw Empty Rooms CD
Act 167 Synapscape Act! CD
m² (Squaremeter) Squaremeter Aswad CD
Act 169 L'ombre Simulations 2.0 CD
Act 170 Telerotor Mobilität CD
Act 171 Contagious Orgasm Dessert Addicts Will Return To This 2CD
Act 172 This Morn' Omina Les Passages Jumeaux: 25°~33° 2CD
Act 172.7 This Morn' Omina Au Delà De Tous Les Degrès CD
Act 173 Szkieve Ékranoplanes 3"CD
Act 174 Hypnoskull Dark Skies Over Planet E. CD
Act 175 Mimetic Desire Sacred Aim DVD
Act 176 Ab Ovo Empreintes CD
Act 177 Gjöll Way Through Zero CD
Act 178 Iszolosque Les Gorges Des Limbes CD
Act 179 Axiome Il Pleut Des Cordes 12"
Act 180
Act 181 Geneviéve Pasquier Soap Bubble Factory CD
Act 182 Monokrom Tales Of Rabbits And Hares CD
Act 183.1 Imminent/Synapscape The Incredible Three 7"
Act 183.2 Imminent/Synapscape The Revenge Of The Incredible Three 7"
Act 183.3 Imminent/Synapscape The Return Of The Incredible Three 7"
Act 184 Black Lung Karmageddon 12"
Act 185 Genetic Selection Darwin's Voyage CD
Act 186
Act 187
Act 188 Morgenstern Two Different Faces CD
Act 189 Iszoloscope The Audient Void CD
Act 190
Act 191
Act 192 Synapscape/Asche Scenes From A Galton's Walk CD
Act 193 Converter Expansion Pack 2.0 2CD
Act 194 Black Lung The Coming Dark Age CD
Act 195
Act 196
Act 197 Ab Ovo Mouvements CD
Act 198 m² (Squaremeter) The Frozen Spark CD
Act 199
Act 200
Act 201
Act 202
Act 203
Act 204 Black Lung Concrete Octopus 12"

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