Rocket Probes – December 2023

Well here we are at the end of another year, and we are sad to reveal that this is also going to be the end of our Rocket Probes transmissions.

Our first Rocket Probes was June 2009 and for 175 months we have shared new and old music that graced Mission Control's decks. And at the end of our 25th year, it feels a good time to end this Rocket institution.

We will still keep on updating the Rocket Probes spotify playlist with new music so please keep listening/following the playlist – but there will be no more of these blog/FB transmissions. 

Thanks for listening... 

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Goat – Levitation Session
https://goat.bandcamp.com/album/levitation-sessions

La Baracande – La Baracande
https://la-novia.bandcamp.com/album/la-baracande-4

Volume – Permission To Land
https://volume-rocks.bandcamp.com/album/requesting-permission-to-land

Ranking Ann – Moonlight Lover
https://melodiesinternational.bandcamp.com/track/ranking-ann-moonlight-lover

Eberhard Weber - The Colours of Chloë
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ozDjHFOvBGA

Dactyl Terra – Dactyl Terra
https://dactylterra.bandcamp.com/album/dactyl-terra

Spirit Possession – Of the Sign...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTUKg68TKjM

James Ellis Ford – The Hum
https://jamesellisford.bandcamp.com/album/the-hum

PC Worship – Tides II
https://pcworship.bandcamp.com/track/tides-ii

Bill Callahan – Spring
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSTpobFTW_Y

Kakara – Proxima Centaury
https://karkara.bandcamp.com/track/proxima-centaury

Elaine Howley – See Saw Seen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pRCYHWmCek

Various – Web of Braided Willow (The Folklore of the Wickerman)
https://folkloretapes.bandcamp.com/album/a-web-of-braided-willow-the-folklore-of-the-wickerman

Universal Harmonies & Frequencies – Tune In
https://yeyehninih.bandcamp.com/album/tune-in

La Tène – Ecorcha/Taillée
https://lateneband.bandcamp.com/album/ecorcha-taill-e

J.T. IV – If There Is Something
https://jtiv.bandcamp.com/track/if-there-is-something

Forest Swords – Bolted
https://forestswords.bandcamp.com/album/bolted

Autopsy – Mental Funeral
https://peaceville.bandcamp.com/album/mental-funeral

Creation Rebel – That's More Like It
https://creationrebel.bandcamp.com/track/that-s-more-like-it-3

White Boy – I Could Puke
https://youtu.be/cid02Gsbff8

Ros Sereysothea – Jam 10 Kai Thiet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJu5dWFj2Gc

John Francis Flynn - Look Over the Wall, See the Sky
https://riverlea.bandcamp.com/album/look-over-the-wall-see-the-sky

Kevin Richard Martin – Love You Much, Love You Too Much
https://kevinrichardmartin.bandcamp.com/track/love-you-much-love-too-much

Listen to and continue to follow our Rocket Probes Spotify playlist here:

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Rocket Seasonal '40% OFF' Sale

As it draws to the end of our 25th Year we thought we would have a one week '40% OFF' seasonal sale that will run from 10am Christmas day and will end midnight on New Years Day.

So refill your  stockings and use the code 'rr25' at our Bandcamp checkout:

Bandcamp

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2023 End Of Year lists

It is that time of year when we see everyone's 'Albums Of The Year' lists, and once again it has been a humbling show for our 2023 Rocket releases (will updatepost  if more come in after posting):

The Quietus
Teeth Of The Sea – Hive

Moundabout – An Cnoc Mór

Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs – Land of Sleeper

The Quietus (Compilations/Reissues etc)
Various – Launch300

The Quietus (Tracks)
Teeth Of The Sea – Megafragma
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs – Mr Medicine

Louder The War
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs – Land of Sleeper
The Shits – You're A Mess
Goat – Medicine

Loud and Quiet
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs – Land of Sleeper

Norman Records
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs – Land of Sleeper
Marlene Ribeiro – Toquei no Sol
Goat – Medicine
Teeth Of The Sea – Hive
Gnoomes – Ax Ox
The Holy Family – Go Zero

Resident Records
Goat – Medicine
Bonnacons Of Doom – Signs
Teeth Of The Sea – Hive
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs – Land of Sleeper

Piccadilly Records
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs – Land of Sleeper
Goat – Medicine

Rough Trade
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs – Land of Sleeper

Stranger Than Paradise
Goat – Medicine

Jumbo Records
The Shits – You're A Mess

At The Barrier
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs – Land of Sleeper

Sister Ray Records
Goat – Medicine

Drift Records
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs – Land of Sleeper

Far Out Magazine
Gnoomes – Ax Ox
Goat – Medicine

God Is In The TV (Tracks)
Goat – Join The Resistance

MusicOMH
Teeth Of The Sea – Hive

Get Into This
Teeth Of The Sea – Hive
Gnoomes – Ax Ox
The Holy Family – Go Zero
Smote – Genog

MusikExpress
Marlene Ribeiro – Toquei no Sol

A Model Of Control (Tracks)
Teeth Of The Sea – Megafragma
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs – Ultimate Hammer

The Pop Corporation
Marlene Ribeiro – Toquei no Sol

Monolith Cocktail
The Holy Family – Go Zero

Fat Out
Marlene Ribeiro – Toquei no Sol

Sun13
Bonnacons Of Doom – Signs

Mix It All Up (Tracks)
Gnoomes – Loops

The Pensive Quill
Teeth Of The Sea – Hive

Boomkat
Marlene Ribeiro – Toquei no Sol

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Thanks to everyone above for all their support of our releases in 2023 – it really does mean a lot!!

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Watch the full set of Goat's Levitation Session

If you haven't watched it yet, then we really advise you to set an hour aside to sit back and immerse into this rather stunning Levitation Session GOAT have filmed.

You can also listen to/buy the album version of the session here:

Listen

Buy

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Rocket Recordings 2023 playlist

We have compiled an end-of-year playlist of music Rocket released in 2023, our 25th Anniversary year.

It is not a 'best of', just a selection of tracks taken from all our years launches - one track per release.

Listen here:

Soundcloud

Spotify

Thanks to all who have purchased a Rocket album or two this year, your support of our band is appreciated more now than ever before, so thank you!! 

Bandcamp

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Rocket Probes – November 2023

Och / Flowers Must Die – Split tape
https://flowersmustdie.bandcamp.com/album/och-fmd-split

Musta Huone – Valosaasteen sekaan
https://mustahuone.bandcamp.com/album/valosaasteen-sekaan-2

MXLX – Kitab Siriyun
https://kindarad.bandcamp.com/track/kitab-siriyun

Brian Brown Quintet – Carlton Streets
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8elBVbBK3o

Faust - Listen To The Fish
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsrUhKItAN4

Yør Kultura – Shimming
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1flcgQlxG9w

The Circling Sun – Spirits
https://soundwayrecords.bandcamp.com/album/spirits

Merciless death – The Curse of Pharaohs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26m6yTYZN1M

Lisa O'Neil – All Of This Is Chance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFxcx0iER1g

M. Sage – The Florist Wears Knee Breeches
https://florabelle.bandcamp.com/track/the-florist-wears-knee-breeches

Prince Douglas - Tongue Shall Tell Dub
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCXoH5LSVM0

Drift – Data dada
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJy9dlK1ZRw

Sunburned Hand Of The Man – Firescape
https://sunburnedhandoftheman.bandcamp.com/track/fire-escape

Pierre Cavalli - Chasse à l'Homme
https://holywax-records.bandcamp.com/track/pierre-cavalli-chasse-lhomme

Flying Saucer Attack – Popol Vuh 1 and 2
https://flyingsaucerattack.bandcamp.com/track/popol-vuh-1

Penza Panza – Bullet Fast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVo3CoRTj7k

The Psychotic Monks – It's Gone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcHAUhsIplw

Jeanne-Marie Sens - Tape Tape Tape
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkVjdYL04s0

Tandy Love – Indian Zone Killer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzIAhNGmkQI

Prince Paul - The Men In Blue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6-vIz7h8Wc

Serge Gainsbourg – Transit à Marilou (Version instrumentale)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4QQp6sO748

Irreversible Entanglements – root ᐸ=ᐳ branch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2GwO-1-pzU

Melanie De Biasio – Il Viaggio
https://open.spotify.com/album/62NqtfXGL54DbrdnNmvavA?si=ZsFrchpHS8qF2IpyGp-R8A

Armand Hammer  – We Buy Diabetic Test Strips
https://armandhammer.bandcamp.com/album/we-buy-diabetic-test-strips

Mu - The Clouds Went That Way
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnFXz8Y7SRE

Listen to and follow our updated monthly Rocket Probes Spotify Playlist

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November Bandcamp Friday

It's Bandcamp Friday, and we have some things you might like?

Warehouse finds
(The last few months we have scoured the warehouses of our distributors from across the globe and found lots of previously sold out albums that we have taken back and have put them up onto Bandcamp, so some rare Goat, Gnod, Teeth of the Sea, Shit and Shine, Josefin Ohrn and many, many more – so happy hunting!)

Goat – Commune (unique sleeve – ltd to 50)
(We have a ltd to 50, hand numbered, red/blue sleeve of Goat's Commune up for sale)

Goat – Medicine T-Shirts
(These special made-to-order t-shirts go off sale this Sunday, so today is the best time to get your order in. Two designs and each comes in three different colour ways – we will only manufacture what is ordered)

Bonnacons Of Doom – Signs
(The bands new album available on Ltd on Transparent Yellow vinyl and housed in beautiful gatefold sleeve)

Teeth Of The Sea – Hive
(Latest album from your Rocket faves, available on Ltd Yellow vinyl + obi Strip)

Yoke – Yoke LP
(Debut album by Smote members, only 200 copies w/ hand-numbered insert, last few copies)

Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs – King Of Cowards  LP
(Repress of their masssive second album on splatter vinyl)

Moundabout – An Cnoc M​ó​r
(Last few copies of the bands second album, on Mushroom colour vinyl)

The Holy Family – Go Zero
(Second album by this unique band, on fluro Yellow vinyl and eye-popping diecut sleeve)

Various – Launch300 LP
(Compilation LP celebrating our 25 Anniversary – all unreleased music by Goat, Gnod, Utopia Strong etc, last few copies)

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Plus there's lots of other great releases and t-shirts from many of your Rocket faves, all via here:

Rocket Bandcamp

Rocket Probes – October 2023 playlist

Yoke – Yoke
https://yoke-uk.bandcamp.com/album/yoke

Settima Tacca – Last Wonder (KIKOK rework)
https://youtu.be/CnsKkyWOV9M?si=nGWQZBuYiJCu-ykI

Vanishing Twin – Afternoon X
https://vanishingtwinmusic.bandcamp.com/album/afternoon-x

Luca Giovanardi – Storia Notturna
https://lucagiovanardi.bandcamp.com/album/storia-notturna

Gazelle Twin – Black Dog
https://gazelletwin.bandcamp.com/album/black-dog

GØGGS – GØGGS
https://goggs.bandcamp.com/album/s-t

John J Presley – Chaos and Calypso
https://godunknownrecords.bandcamp.com/album/chaos-calypso

Zancudo Berraco – Sistema de Luz
https://teslatapes.bandcamp.com/album/zancudo-berraco-sistema-de-luz

Maquina – Dirty Tracks For Clubbing
https://salivadiva.bandcamp.com/album/dirty-tracks-for-clubbing-2

Nihiloxia – Source Of Denial
https://nihiloxica.bandcamp.com/album/source-of-denial

William Basinski – The Disintegration Loops
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjnAE5go9dI

Alpay – Seni Dileniyorum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4LOxDenZsw

Swithold – Slowburner
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdsG55dJ8Jo

Feederz – Ever Feel Like Killing Your Boss?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aEdVbl7eew&t=1768s

Ame Son – Catalyse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIKihLIbrYY

Spring Heel Jack – Disappeared 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaNxhf3fvO4&t=820s

Den Osynliga Manteln – Lila Skog
https://denosynligamanteln-cis.bandcamp.com/track/lila-skog

Between – And The Waters Opened
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StYaNaanOc0

Jon Hopkins – Athos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CN8Fg91wiKg

Michal Turtle – Are You Psychic?
https://music-from-memory.bandcamp.com/track/are-you-psychic

Entombed – Left Hand Path
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNgbaiN2mXI

Chouk Bwa & The Ångstromers – Kimelem
https://choukbwa.bandcamp.com/track/kimelem

Florian T M Zeisig – You Look So Serious I + II
https://enmossed.bandcamp.com/album/you-look-so-serious-i-ii

Kim Gordon – Hungry Baby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLDkP43qXRU

Meyhem Lauren - Red Pesto
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h4lpbQ1G00

Maxime Denuc – Agoraphobia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WPIpbjOpxQ

Andrzej Korzyynski – Third Part Of The Night
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqRneR_qHYQ

Dave Burbeck – Koto Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jwuYoXTftM

Listen/follow our monthly updated Rocket Probes spotify playlist:

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Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs 'Live In New York' album is released today – plus new US dates announced

"Revel in extreme heaviness." Pitchfork

"A mind-bending sonic vortex." The Guardian

"A a slab of awe-inspiring heaviness." Clash Magazine

Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs 'Live In New York' album is released today.

Recorded at The Mercury Lounge in New York City in April 2023 and mixed by Sam at Blank Studios in Newcastle upon Tyne. You can stream/buy from here:

Live In New York

The band also have a special yellow and purple splatter vinyl (limited to 500 copies) that can only be purchased via their website or at a show: 

Buy ltd LP

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The band have these dates coming up, including a Feb tour of North America, tickets go on sale via pigsx7.com on the 31st October:

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UK:
Nov 11 - Sunderland - Waves Festival
Nov 18 - Liverpool - What Music? Festival

NORTH AMERICA:
Oct 29 - Austin, TX - Levitation @ Hotel Vegas
Oct 31 - Troy, NY - No Fun
Nov 1 - New Haven, CT - Space Ballroom
Nov 2 - Cambridge, MA - The Sinclair
Nov 3 - Brooklyn, NY - Elsewhere
Nov 4 - Washington, DC - The Atlantis – !! SOLD OUT !!

AUSTRALIA:
Dec 8 - Victoria, Meredith Music Festival
Dec 9 - Melbourne - Northcote Social Club – !! SOLD OUT !!
Dec 10 - Melbourne - Northcote Social Club - 2nd show on sale now
Dec 13 - Canberra - Basement *
Dec 14 - Sydney - Crowbar - new headline show on sale now
Dec 15 - Sydney - Metro *
Dec 16 - Brisbane - Tivoli *

* Supporting The Mark of Cain.

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NORTH AMERICA:
Feb 18 - Los Angeles, CA - Teragram Ballroom
Feb 20 - Denver, CO - Hi-Dive
Feb 22 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall
Feb 23 - Detroit, MI - Third Man Records: Cass Corridor
Feb 24 - Toronto, ON - Horseshoe Tavern

Tickets on sale via Pigsx7.com from October 31st.

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Bonacons of Doom's 'Signs' is released today

“Beckoning the aliens to beam down and join us.” The Quietus

“Simply divine.” Sleeping Shaman

“Bonnacons of Doom are a hard band to beat.” Clash

“This is the sign you have been waiting for.” Echoes And Dust

Today sees the release of Bonnacons of Doom's new album 'Signs'

There are three gatefold sleeve vinyl versions of 'Signs' available. A very special numbered Dinked version that has unique sleeve art, a cutout and keep 'Doom' mask and is pressed on exclusive Silver vinyl:

Dinked

You can also pick-up a ltd edition Yellow vinyl via the Bandcamp link and a ltd edition Frosted Clear vinyl via all good record shops:

Bandcamp

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Building on the intimidating intensity of Bonnacons Of Doom’s self-titled debut, 'Signs' offers a sonic response to the tension between the urge to pursue continuity with our past and to adapt to our changing present. Hypnotic grooves and the monomaniacal intensity of the riff are fractured by digital interplay, electronics and the incantatory vocals of ceremonial leader Kate Smith, coalescing into a metaphysical force which stands defiant of easy categorisation. 

Within these otherworldly manifestations on 'Signs' lurks solace in a place where the transcendent powers of heavy amplification, electronic sonic explorations and forces darker and more unknowable can coalesce to cathartic and redeeming effect. 

See the band live at their home town show, with more dates TBA:

11 November / Liverpool / Quarry

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