Drug Money Ltd.

You Know, I Have a Very Bad Reputation.

2011-01-24T19:14:00.000-08:00

From Sydney Pollack's The Firm.

Preparatory to the Great Adventure

2010-10-25T11:02:00.000-07:00

With people like us our home is where we are not.

Of Dying in Public Places

2010-08-15T21:28:00.000-07:00

With the weight of the world on our backs,
Tirelessly chasing the bright lure of god.

Putting Dreams To Rest

2010-08-05T09:37:00.000-07:00

Pilot Talk

2010-07-31T19:01:00.000-07:00

"Niggas catch feelings, we catch jets."

The Third Degree

2010-07-30T11:56:00.000-07:00

"I went through what I went through because God said go through it."

Get Lifted

2010-07-26T11:19:00.000-07:00

"I just want to die on top of the world,
making love to my favorite girl."

Never Forget

2010-07-22T10:00:00.000-07:00

"Basketball is in my blood. It is my obligation to try."

No Mercy

2010-07-22T08:19:00.000-07:00

"He could breathe.
It's not like he was losing air or anything like that."

It's All Over Now

2010-07-20T11:22:00.000-07:00

"Always choose Paris. Always."

Tonight Tonight Tonight

2010-07-20T10:18:00.000-07:00

"We don't cry over spilled milk."

Young Money

2010-07-19T12:26:00.000-07:00

"Because when I look in the mirror,
I know I'm not an unattractive person."

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2010-07-19T12:05:00.000-07:00

“There’s no way, with hindsight, I would’ve ever called up Larry, called up Magic and said, ‘Hey, look, let’s get together and play on one team. But that’s … things are different. I can’t say that’s a bad thing. It’s an opportunity these kids have today. In all honesty, I was trying to beat those guys.”

Politics as Usual

2010-07-19T08:49:00.000-07:00

"At the start of free agency, the Nets erected a 127-foot billboard of Prokhorov and Jay-Z across from Madison Square Garden. Knicks owner James Dolan was irate, called Jay-Z and told him the mural intimidated his employees."

Get High, Rule the World

2010-07-18T23:05:00.000-07:00

I got blood brothers, bitch- I ain't got pals.

Welcome Back

2010-07-16T13:25:00.000-07:00

Our hearts would not have been whole without you.

Motivation

2010-07-16T11:59:00.000-07:00

A New Era

2010-07-15T13:42:00.000-07:00

Drug Money United.

New website and record announcements

before the summer is over.

No Ceilings, 2010.

2009-09-04T20:00:00.001-07:00

More posts in the past few days than ever.
Here is an updated list of the Drug Money - Oct./Nov. release schedule. The cassettes will be released concurrently in a single batch, and as usual, each will consist of an edition of 100 copies. There will be a discounted price for those who purchase all of the available titles. I do believe there will be one very valuable addition to the list, but I'll wait on an absolute confirmation before posting about it. Until then...

DMRoo8
Echo West-"Signals From the Deadzone" CS
In celebration of this German minimal electronic outfit's 15th year.
Echo West combines the abrasive and confrontational cacophony of early industrial and power electronics with the restrained tension of coldwave. Detached and cold vocals ring out over primitive and relentless industrial rhythms. Unsettling and unendingly bleak. Includes tracks culled from the first two albums, Signalisti and Some Thought Us Dead, as well as the limited single, Stars. In addition to the overdue rerelease of this essential early material, Signals From the Deadzone will also include 4 unreleased tracks originally intended for inclusion on Signalisti.

DMRoo9
Total Abuse-"Live at the Broken Neck/Live on WFMU" CS
A pair of live distortions from these perverse dregs both recorded over the summer of the 2009th year of our Lord. The two offerings seem to occupy antipodal ends of the sonic spectrum. The first recording is a hiss saturated set played to a half-empty warehouse in the middle of the night. A paranoid night-stalking down an unfamiliar alley. The second, a daylit radio performance with an undoubtedly higher degree of clarity and fidelity, provides proof that the prowler does not rest or relent, even in the noon hour. Includes tracks from the upcoming LP on Post Present Medium.

DMRo1o
York Factory Complaint-TBA CS
Convulsive and terminal industrial electronics emitted from within the confines of the impenetrable, oppressive metropolis. Still rooted in the mire and refuse of the city, Y.F.C. manages to craft sonic fragments of ascension and revelation while still moored in those foundations of asphalt filth. Transcendence achieved without relinquishing the carrion from talon. Personell involved consist of Michael Berdan (Whip & The Body) and Ryan Martin (Dais Records). A celebratory tenth release for Drug Money.

DMRo11
Cairo Pythian-TBA CS
A thrilling release. Equal parts Bowie, Coil, Metro, Replicas, and the Ferry-penned Roxy hits, Cairo Pythian's salacious serenades stand as a monument to all that is suffocatingly sensual. Strikingly vivid aural retellings of the seediest neon-lit dances and nocturnal rituals only spoken of under hushed breath. Smoke-billowing, leather-strapped, and dripping with sweat. The disconcerting soundtrack to all the nights you were better off sleeping through.

DMRo12
Nuit Noire-TBA CS
"The only fäerical blasting punk band in the world." The two brothers, Tenebras and Akhron, reunited at last for the first time in seven years. Freshly written behemoths and updated renditions of familiar classics. Wild and anomalistic punk-soaked black metal with a sense of wonderment and magic that shines through the whirlwind of buzzing and shrieks like the gleam of a full moon. The forest comes alive once we close our eyes.

2009-09-04T08:11:00.001-07:00

It appears as though the Nuit Noire recordings will be in my hands sooner than later. I'm hoping to release it with the previously mentioned batch of releases as the 11th Drug Money release. Thanks all.

2009-09-03T13:31:00.001-07:00

Okay, the last of the HIV cassettes have sold out through Youth Attack. None of those lurking around. I do have a couple zines left, as well as a handful of Homostupids and Rita tapes.
Here's what's officially on the agenda:

DMRoo8-Echo West-"Signals From the Deadzone" CS
DMRoo9-Total Abuse-"Live at the Broken Neck/Live on WFMU" CS
DMR010-Cairo Pythian-TBA CS

Expect these around November.
Perhaps a few other instant classics in the works too.

2009-08-29T16:45:00.000-07:00

All tapes sold out. Maybe a couple slivers hiding around if you want to inquire.
Check Youth Attack! on Monday for some new and out of print Drug Money wares.
Coming up next is a Cairo Pythian tape and an Echo West collection of early material to be released in conjunction with each other. Let's all hope I can remember to post about those on here when they are out, but no promises!
A couple private releases released recently that can also be acquired through a simple electronic inquiry.

2008-11-15T15:00:00.000-08:00

OUT NOW:

DMoo3-Total Abuse-"Eight Song Demo Tape" CS

Raging and unhinged take on 80's hardcore with a seriously damaged recording. Fucked and uncomfortable. 300 shrinkwrapped and stickered copies.

SOLD OUT!

DMoo4-The Homostupids-"Our Best Shit" CS

Primitive drugpunk featuring members of Nine Shocks Terror. Twisted outsider rock with definite 80's hardcore stains left all over it. Tracks culled from singles, upcoming releases, and unreleased material.

SOLD OUT!

DMoo5-The Rita-"Reptilian Corpse and Dirt" CS

Reissue of this elaborately packaged 2006 release, formerly called Graveyard of Whorer. No graveyard dirt on this one. Relentless- the wall only drops to reveal a highly technical crunch of a different nature than most other the Rita releases. Essential documentation of a rare devation from the master of the unchanging walls you have come to love. Experimentation without sacrificing the uncompromising militance.

SOLD OUT!

DMoo6-H.I.V.-"Demo" CS

Raging reissue of this Northwest hardcore band's only recorded and barely distributed output. Militantly base, disgusting. Members of Sex Vid and Cold Sweat. 2005.

SOLD OUT!

UPCOMING:

DMoo7-Coconuts-"Jawohl" CS

Gorgeous songs saturated with deep downer psychedelic vibes and layers of feedback. The debut release. Edition of 50.

DMoo8-Total Abuse-"Rehearsal + Live" CS

Limited live release.

Maybe One Day:

DMoo9-Zac Davis-TBA CS

Acoustic and electric guitar explorations from member of Lambsbread, Skyjuice, etc. 420 friendly.

DMo10-Aspirin Feast-"Rare and Live" CS

One of the sole torch-bearers of the frenzied and discordant Void & Deep Wound style of hardcore throughout the 90's. Criminally overlooked. Compilation tracks and previously unreleased live material.

DMo11-Nuit Noire-"Reunion Rehearsal" CS

The two brothers reunited. Wild and anomalistic punk-soaked black metal. True nocturnal music. New and old renditions. "The only fäerical blasting punk band in the world." Expect this around January.

"Have you ever been in a desert at night and go out and look at all- look in the sky? And look at all those stars and say, 'What can i possibly have an idea about? How could I hold a mind up in the face of that?' You know. We've got to clean the water up. Or there's going to be no water. We've go to clean the air up, or there's going to be no air. We've got to get off the trees, or there's going to be no air or water. We're taking our life support systems away. Let me say this. You walk 60 miles, it takes you three days. You get in a car, it takes you an hour. You don't realize how long 60 miles it. And how big a jet airplane travels through the sky, burning all the atmosphere up. And how fast you can get from California to England when it used to take us years and years. The world it a little place. The world is not a big place. Wake up. The world is a computer. The world is a spaceship."