ACTUARY AND +DOG+: THE 2024 COLLABORATION

AFTER SOME MUCH NEEDED TIME OFF I DECIDED LAST YEAR THAT A COLLABORATION WITH SOME CLOSE CATS WOULD HELP GET THE NOISE RECEPTORS HOT….. AND THE HEATING WAS ACHIEVED SUCCESSFULLY WITH THE RESULT BEING  “ASTRAL REFLECTIONS OF A DIGITAL PROJECTION (CROSSED WIRES/ WIRES CROSSED)” OUT NOW ON THE WEST COAST LOVE EARTH MUSIC BANDCAMP :

https://loveearthmusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-astral-reflections-of-a-digital-projection-crossed-wires-wires-crossed

ONE SYRUP LIKE TRACK OF MINDFUL SONIC MEDITATION THE ACTUARY SIDE OF THIS BACKED UP BY SEAN SOCCO (SUFFERING LUNA SCALP LOCK) AND D. JOHNSTON ….CERTAIN TO PUT YOU IN THAT STATE OF EASE THAT YOU CRAVE SO MUCH. GET IT WHILE YOU CAN AND MANY THANKS TO STEVE DAVIS AND +DOG+  FOR PUTTING IT DOWN FOR THE HOME TEAM.

ALSO IN THE NEWS WE ARE WINDING DOWN ON FINISHING OUR SPLIT WITH TUBE TENTACLES FROM SPAIN AND SO FAR IT’S SOUNDING COMPLETELY OUT WITH LABEL TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON. WILL ALSO BE PREPARING FOR A SHORT JAUNT IN JUNE SO STAY TUNED FOR MORE…..

AS USUAL WE GIVE YOU THE UTMOST THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND CONTINUED LISTENING….. MORE SOON AND MANY PRAISES!

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LOOSE CHANGE/THE DIRT

THE BIG STORY IS: THERE IS NO BIG STORY…. AT THIS POINT, NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS, AND THATS GOOD. WHILE LIFE HAS CERTAINLY PROVIDED IT’S SHARE OF SIDETRACK-WORTHY SITUATIONS, WE HAVE ALL BOTH COLLECTIVELY AND INDIVIDUALLY BEEN WORKING ON NEW IDEAS, SOUNDS, AND AUDIO CRIPPLING DEVICES TO DISTURB THE NEIGHBORS AND SOOTHE THE SOUL. DUE TO CHANGES IN DYNAMICS IN GENERAL, AS WELL AS FOCUS ON OTHER MUSICAL AND NON-MUSICAL PROJECTS, THERE IS STILL A BIT TO WORK ON ON THE ACTUARIAL FRONT. HOWEVER, THINGS ARE SLOWLY STARTING TO TAKE SHAPE , AND WE WILL MOST CERTAINLY KEEP YOU POSTED AS THE NOISE STARTS TO HIT THE FAN AGAIN, SO TO SPEAK. UNTIL THEN, MANY PRAISES TO THOSE THAT CONTINUE TO INQUIRE, LISTEN, AND SUPPORT OVER THE YEARS…..MUCH LOVE!

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UNBROKEN CODES: THE ACTUARY \CIPHER PRODUCTIONS CONNECTION…

i KNOW ITS BEEN A HOT MINUTE SINCE WE HAVE ACTUALLY REPORTED OUR ACTIVITIES AND INTENTIONS  FOR OUR CONTINUING WAR ON SOUND, BUT FRET NOT; WE’RE STILL TAXING AND BANGING, HOLDING IT DOWN, AND EVER TOILING ON BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS…..

THE PARTS OF THE SYNECDOCHE THAT INDIVIDUALLY MAKE UP OUR MULTIVERSE HAVE BEEN BUSIER THAN EVER , FIGHTING REAL-LIFE (GASP!)  OUTSIDE OF SOUND AND MUSIC, WHILE ACTUALLY LAYING THE GROUND WORK FOR NEW PROJECTS RESPECTIVELY. ……IT ONLY GETS BETTER….OR WORSE DEPENDING ON YOUR OUTLOOK ON  LIFE, WHICH MAY BE PRETTY FUCKING TWISTED IF YOUR ON OUR SIDE OF THE FENCE. THE VIEW IS GREAT INDEED…..THERE’S NO TOWN LIKE THE UNDERGROUND….

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE  BEEN WAITING FOR THAT THUNDER DOWN UNDER, WELL ITS HERE. WE HAVE THE EXPRESS HONOR OF PRESENTING ACTUARY’S NEW “LAST THING” TO KICK THE ASS OF THE NEW YEAR OFF RIGHT:

http://cipherproductions.storenvy.com/collections/994176-cipher-productions/products/28679078-actuary-last-thing-c-12

THE CIPHER TELLS US THIS MUCH: “Last Thing’ is packaged in hand-assembled and painted boxes with a wire cutout and collage artwork, and is limited to 50 copies” BASICALLY THE PACKAGING MIRRORS ITS INSIDE TWO TRACKS OF OF HOW BEAUTIFULY FUCKED THE WORLD IS, BUT DONT TAKE OUR WORD FOR IT:

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THE LINEUP ON THIS BEAUTY BOASTS C. DODGE/ A. MASOE/ J. WELLMAN/ AND D. JOHNSTON AND IS SURE TO GIVE YOU AN UNSETTLING FEELING OF BROKEN HOPE IF YOUR NOT ALREADY THERE WITH US. THE TRUE HEROS HERE BEING C. GROVES AND HIS CIPHER PRODUCTIONS…..WE ARE ENTIRELY GRATEFUL AS WELL AS HONORED TO GRACE SUCH AN CONSISTENT AND LONG TIME SUPPORTER OF THE DARK SOUND ART. ALL PRAISES DUE!

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SO DONT SLEEP. LITERALLY. BUT ALSO GET ON IT AND GET THIS SPECIAL TREAT BEFORE ITS GONE! AS WE SPEAK ACTUARY IS MOLTING AGAIN, GETTING READY TO RECORD WITH NEW COLLABORATORS IN THIS BIZARRE WORLD OF SONIC HELL.

AS WE BEGIN TO RESHAPE OUR SOUNDS, WE ALSO ARE GETTING READY  TO WHORE AROUND IN WHAT MIGHT BE OUR BIGGEST COLLABORATIVE WORK YET FOR A 12″ SPLIT WITH JAPANS OWN MASTER, ASTRO HISAGAWA! ITS GOING TO TAKE TIME AND TEST WHAT LITTLE PATIENEC WE HAVE SO IT WILL NO SURPRISE  THAT YOU’LL BE SEEING MORE OF US ATTENDING SHOWS THAN ACTUALLY PLAYING THEM AS ACTUARY….

TRUST THIS WILL BE A GOOD THING FOR  IN THE MEANTIME WE SHALL FILL THE INTERSTITIAL  VOIDS  WITH NEW SOUNDS, NEW PROJECTS, AND THE PHYSICAL BEATDOWN OF THE NON BELIEVERS AND MAKE BELIEVERS BOTH…….COLLECTIVELY  ALLOWING MORE QUALITY RECORDING TIME AND SHOW APPEARANCES….EXPECT NOTHING BUT THE BEST AS USUAL, JUST PERHAPS LESS OF IT THIS YEAR.

THERE ARE RELEASES STILL COMING DOWN THE PIPELINE ……. BLSPM IN PARTICULAR, THAT WILL MELT MINDS, SO THERE IS STILL MUCH IN IN STORE : NEW SHIRTS / STICKERS……PERHAPS NOR CAL NOSE FEST LATER THIS YEAR AND LOOKING TOWARDS OUR FIRST TRIP TO THE EAST COAST AT SOME POINT. LIFE IS GOOD. FOR US. MORE ON THAT SOON.

FOR THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING US AND NOT THE HYPE, YOUR THE REASON FOR THE SEASON, AND WE THANK YOU ETERNALLY.  STAY TUNED HERE AS WE’LL BE ALSO POSTING THE GOING ONS OF OUR SOLO PROJECTS AND OTHER SUCH CATASTROPHES AS THEY HAPPEN…..

AS ALWAYS, MANY MANY PRAISES……SEE YOU ON THE FRONT LINES.

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NO CUTS, NO BUTS, NO COCONUTS; A SHOW AND THEN SOME….

. TOMORROW NIGHT ON FRIDAY 4/19 WE HELP KICK-OFF A SERIES OF SHOWS THAT WILL MAKE YOU SWEAT IN CELEBRATION OF 8 YEARS OF THE HANDBAG FACTORY…… ACTUARY WILL PAY A HEAVY HOMAGE THE ONLY WAY WE KNOW HOW: LOUD AND SONICALLY SINISTER…… DON’T MISS OUT, IT’LL BE HOT LIKE POP TARTS!

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TREES, EXISTENTIAL TERMINAL VELOCITY, SHOWS(!), AND EXPERIMENTAL THINKING…..

IF A TREE FALLS IN A FOREST AND TOPPLES MANKIND, CRUSHING IT TO DEATH, THE SNAPPING AND POPPING OF A THOUSAND GENERATIONS OF BONES AND LIMBS FILLING THE AIR LIKE THUNDER, AND NO ONE IS LEFT ALIVE TO SEE IT……DID CIVILIZATION EVEN MATTER? DOES ONE STILL EXIST OUTSIDE OF SOCIAL MEDIA? OFTEN TIMES, MUCH LIKE HUMAN BEING THEMSELVES, THINGS SUCH A PROJECT OR ART ARE NEVER TRULY FINISHED SO MUCH AS “TIME” DESIGNATES IT DUE…..

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SUCH WAS THE CASE FOR OUR LATEST RELEASE. OVER YEARS IN THE MAKING, OUR NEW SPLIT 12″ LP WITH THE ALMIGHTY BASTARD NOISE IS NOW AVAILABLE. IT BOAST AN EXPLODING PURPLE LIKE COLOR AS WELL A 17 X 24 BLACK AND WHITE DOUBLE SIDED POSTER….THEE ACTUARY SIDE COMES COMPLETE WITH THEORETICAL RANTS AND ORIGINAL ARTWORK BY SCOTT STATE. THE SONIC DESTRUCTION CAPTURED HEREIN HAVE BEEN CRITICALLY SCULPTED TO THE POINT WHERE THE SOUND BEGINS TO MIRROR OUR LIVES AS WELL AS EXUDE THE COLLABORATIVE STRENGTH WE HAVE CULTIVATED BETWIXT OURSELVES AS A UNIT AND IN A WAY FORESHADOWS THE FUTURE OF ACTUARY…….MAKE NO MISTAKE, THE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING, THESE SONGS WILL CUT YOU. GIVE A LISTEN TO THE TRACK ” NYCTO” AND YOU WILL KNOW WHAT WE MEAN:

 

WE GIVE THE UTMOST THANKS TO DEEP SIX RECORDS FOR PUTTING THIS MAMMOTH MILESTONE TOGETHER FOR US……WE ARE BEYOND EXITED TO GRACE SUCH A POWERHOUSE LABEL. WE ALSO SEND OUR LOVE AND GRATITUDE TO OUR HEROES, TEACHERS, AND FRIENDS BASTARD NOISE. THE LINEUP OF HUFF/WOOD CONTINUES TO SLICE, PUREE, AND DICE EARS AND MELONS AS THE LEAD THE WAY IN THE ABOMINABLE SOUND EXPERIMENTATION THAT HAS INSPIRED THE LIKE OF ACTUARY FOR SOME TIME.

YOU CAN GET YOUR COPY STRAIGHT FROM THE LABEL HERE:

http://www.deepsixrecords.com/soundbytes.htm

AND OF COURSE WE HAVE A FEW ARTIST COPIES YOU CAN NAB BY EITHER EMAILING US AT TASTETHEBURN(at)YAHOO(dot)COM OR BY GRABBING ONE WHILST THEY LAST AT A SHOW…..

 

AND SPEAKING OF SHOWS, WE GOT EM. WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE WE WILL BE PLAYING THIS YEARS NORCAL NOISEFEST NEXT WEEKEND IN SACRAMENTO!
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THIS YEARS LINEUP BOASTS SOME HEAVY HITTERS, SOME OLD FRIENDS, AND SOME NEW BLOOD AS WELL…..WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THIS TIME-HONORED SOUND EXTRAVAGANZA. ACTUARY PLAYS NIGHT 2 ON SATURDAY SO IF YOUR IN THE AREA, PLEASE STOP BY AND GET YOUR EARS ROCKED.

LATER THIS MONTH FINDS US WITH TE SUPREME PRIVILEGED PLAY WITH AND SUPPORT CONCORD’S OWN UNUSUAL AFFAIRS (S. KINDBERG OF WAKES THE MACHINES, SHE WALKS CROOKED) IN THE PAMONA REGION…..

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THE D.A.. CENTER IS A GREAT PLACE TO EXPERIENCE NOISE SHOWS, AND IF YOU HAVEN’T BEEN THERE  GO CHECK IT OUT…..ITS PROBABLY NOT AS FAR AS YOU THINK.

FOR NOW, THATS IT. AS YOU CAN SEE WE ARE BUSIER THAN A ONE LEGGED MAN IN ASS KICKING CONTEST…….AND WINNING! WE ARE PREPARING TO GO BACK INTO THE STUDIO TO RECORD FOR A FUTURE SPLIT WITH LEGENDARY ASTRO  HYSEGAWA THAT WILL BE NEXT LEVEL FOR SURE. THERE WILL ALSO BE MORE ACTUARIAL GOODNESS WITH THE LIKE OF BLSPHM ON GRIMOIRE TAPES AS WELL AS A SOLO BLASTER ON THE MIGHTY CIPHER PRODUCTIONS THAT WILL BE SURE TO CLEAN YOUR CLOCK.!

STAY DETAINED………I KNOW WE WILL.

 

 

 

 

 

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THE END OF SILENCE AS WE KNOW IT: SPLITTING “SKULLS” WITH BLUE SABBATH BLACK CHEER….

RARELY DOES A RELEASE COME ALONG THAT  IS SO PROFOUND AND EXEMPLARY FOR US THAT WE DIDNT EVEN HAVE TO TRY AND MAINTAIN OUR EXCITEMENT DURING THE ENTIRE 4 YEARS THIS TOOK TO COME OUT! YOU DONT RUSH A NIGHTMARE COME TRUE LIKE THIS, AND WE WEREN’T ABOUT TO TRY EITHER. THE TIME HAS FINALLY COME AND THE LONG AWAITED SPLIT ONE SIDED LP IS OUT NOW ON THE EPIC FUSTY CUNT RECORDS WITH THE EVER UNHOLY, UNQUIET, AND UNLOVING RELENTLESS AUDIO DEPRAVITY  THAT IS BLUE SABBATH BLACK CHEER.

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RUMORED TO BE ON A “HIATUS” OF SORTS, BUT STILL LURKING IN THE SHADOWS WORKING THERIR CRAFT, THE CLASSIC BSBC DUO OF REED AND RAGE OFFER UP THEIR FIRST PROPER RELEASE IN  YEARS.  BLEAK SONIC SORCERY THAT IS AS COLD AND CALM (OR DEAD) AS IT IS ABRASIVE WITH A TRACK  ENTITLED  “RITUAL MURDER, BURNED IN THE BOG” ………. ONCE AGAIN THE MASTERS TAKE US FOR A WALK TO THE FOREST OF UNCONVENTIONALITY……..ONE THAT IS AS SCARY AS IT IS FOREIGN, YET WE FOLLOW NONETHELESS. CHECK OUT A GLIMPSE OF THE DARKNESS HERE:

 

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(A FLIPPING OF THE BIRD CAN BE SEEN ON THE MIRROR LIKE BLANK SIDE OF THE “SKULLS” 12″)

THE ACTUARY SIDE OF THIS BANGER IS JUST AS BEAUTIFUL. THE FIRST TRACK TO FEATURE BOTH P. MAJORS AND D. JOHNSTON ON VOCALS, WE LITERALLY ASK YOU TO GO ON A SONIC JOURNEY WITH US……ONE THAT IS POSSIBLY DANGEROUS, YET NECESSARY. INSPIRED BY THE UNCONVENTIONALLY DEMONIC AUDIO PROCESSES OF BSBC  AS WELL AS GENERALLY NEGATIVE RELATIONSHIP DYNAMICS, WE WEAVE TOGETHER THE MOST AMBIENT, ANXIETY RIDDEN DRONES,ONLY TO BE COUPLED WITH HARSH INTRUSIONS OF STEEL AND OSCILLATORS FEEDING BACK, THIS TRACK MIRRORS THE PERFECT CO-DEPENDENT RELATIONSHIP THAT WE MAKE WORK BETWEEN SOUNDS THAT DONT ALWAYS HAVE A WHOLE LOT IN COMMON…..OR EVEN SPENDING THAT RENT MONEY ON PUTTING OUT ANOTHER RELEASE.

ARE YOU CONFUSED YET? GOOD, THAT MEANS WE STILL KNOW WHAT WE ARE DOING……..AND WE’RE DOING IT GOOD. ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW IS THAT THIS RECORD IS MASSIVELY BAD ASS. DID I MENTION THAT THIS IS A ONE SIDED 12″?YEP………NOT ONLY THAT BUT THE B-SIDE IS STENCILED WITH ORIGINAL ACRYLIC SKULLS BY JR……….MIX THAT WITH THE ORIGINAL FOUR COLOR COVER ART BY THE SKILLFULLY CREATIVE MASTER OF THE PEN, DEMIAN JOHNSTON, AND YOU CANT GO WRONG……..ALL EXPERTLY HAND SILK SCREENED BY SAM STOXEN. (OF THE LEGENDARY PHAGE TAPES LEGEND) ……ALL THAT AND A HAND DRAWN BLACK AND WHITE DOUBLE-SIDED INSERT COVERED IN……..YOU GUESSED IT, SKULLS! I MEAN DAMN, WHO WOULD WANNA BE RIGHT? UNFORTUNATELY THEY ARE LIMITED TO  ONLY 150 AND THE WILL MOVE SO GET YOURS DIRECTLY HERE:

http://fustycunt.bigcartel.com/product/blue-sabbath-black-cheer-actuary-split

TO WORK WITH SOME FOLKS WHO HAVE DIRECTLY INFLUENCED OUR SENSE O F SONIC STYLE SO MUCH IS TRULY AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE. WE THANK THE BSBC CREW FORM THE BOTTOM OF OUR BLACKENED HEARTS, YET MOST IMPORTANTLY WE WOULD LIKE TO THANKS THE FUSTY CUNT FAMILY FOR MAKING IT ALL HAPPEN IN THE MOST PROFESSIONAL OF MANNERS AND ORCHESTRATING SUCH A WONDROUS EXAMPLE OF DIY DONE RIGHT WITH A ROSTER OF MUSICIANS THAT IS PRACTICALITY  UNRIVALED!

http://fustycunttapes.blogspot.com/2017/10/bsbcactuary-split-lp.html

WE CANT SAY ENOUGH GOOD ABOUT THE RELEASE AND EVERYONE INVOLVED IN MAKING IT………………WE ARE BLEEDING GRATITUDE, AND BESIDE OURSELVES WITH JOY AS THIS RELEASE HAS COMPLETELY  EXCEEDED OUR EXPECTATIONS IN EVERY AREA AND HAS GIVEN US A BURST OF INSPIRATION AND MOTIVATION TO HIT THE STUDIO SOON TO START TRACKING OR NEXT GREAT MASTERPIECES: A MONSTER SOLO RECORD , SOME MASSIVE SPLITS, AND A COLLABORATION THAT WILL USHER IN A NEW  WAVE OF SONIC  SORCERY THAT WILL BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT IN STRUCTURE AND SOUND, YET STILL PACK IT WITH THAT SEAMLESS HEAVINESS AND RELENTLESS  CONTRASTS THAT MAKE ACTUARY WORTH TAINTING YOUR MIND AND HEARING WITH!

SO GO GET YOUR SKULL A TREAT  AND GRAB “SKULLS” FROM FUSTY CUNT NOW WHILE IT LASTS…….WE HAVE JUST FINISHED PUTTING TOGETHER EVERYTHING FOR OUR SPLIT CASSETTE WITH THE BAD AS HELL BLSHPM FOR GRIMOIRE TPAES…….LOK FOR US TO PREMIER A TRACK OFF THAT VERY SOON! WE ALSO MAY BE SEEING THE SPLIT WITH BASTARD NOISE RELEASED BEFORE THE YEAR IS OUT, WHICH WILL BE WICKED BEYOND COMPREHENSION AS WELL AS OUR TAPE ON THE MASSIVE OLD SCHOOL AUSSIE SUPER LABEL CIPHER PRODUCTIONS,  THAT FEATURES THEE MAN HIMSELF, C. DODGE, BACK  PUTTING IT DOWN WITH THE HOME TEAM FOR A RELEASE THAT IS AS HAUNTING AS IT IS STRANGE……..

ITS ONLY GONNA GET BETTER…….OR WORSE DEPENDING ON HOW YOU LOOK AT IT, NEVERTHELESS, WE THANK YOU AS ALWAYS FOR YOU SUPPORT AND INTEREST IN WHAT WE LOVE TO DO……..

MORE SOON AND MANY PRAISES!

 

 

 

 

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SHOWS, RELEASES, AND THE WAR ON MUSIC; REFLECTIONS OF ACTUARIAL AUDIO ASSAULT ACTIONS IN REAL TIME…..

WHERE TO BEGIN? WE’VE BEEN BUSY……….THATS ABOUT ALL THERE IS TO IT……TAXIN AND BANGIN…..WE’VE SLOWED DOWN A BIT TO TAKE CARE OF PERSONAL THINGS AND (GASP) OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE ALSO DEAR TO US, BUT YOU KNOW HOW WE ROLL……..THE AUDIO JUGGERNAUT KNOW AS ACTUARY IS ALWAYS CONSTANT, EVER MOVING…..

WHILE WE’RE BUSY FINISHING UP SOME OF OUR WORKS IN PROGRESS, WE’VE ALSO BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO STARTING SOME OF OUR FUTURE HAPPENINGS…….ONE OF WHICH IS THAT WE WILL BE WORKING SOON ON A SPLIT WITH THE INFAMOUS AND LEGENDARY ASTRO HYSEGAWA! IT WILL BE A SPIT LP OUT ON PSYCH KG OUT OF GERMANY AND IN TRUE ACTUARIAL FASHION, WILL NOT DISAPPOINT. MORE ON THAT AS IT DEVELOPS.

WE WILL ALSO BE FEATURED ON THE KFJC FUNDRAISER CD :LIVE FROM THE DEVILS TRIANGLE VOL. 2 THAT FEATURES VARIOUS LIVE PERFORMANCES FORM RECENT LIVE SHOWS IN TH E PIT AT KFJC. A GREAT CD FOR A GREAT CAUSE……MORE SOON ON THAT AS WELL.

ACTUARY HAS THE FINE PLEASURE OF  DOIN THE DIRTY WITH THE LEGENDARY COCK ESP WHEN THEY RETURN TO LA TO GET NASTY LATER THIS MONTH ON THE 23RD @ COAXIAL……SURE TO BE A GREAT TIME IF IT ENDS UP BEING LIKE THE LAST, WHICH IT WILL……SO DONT MISS IT! WE ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING TO GO ON A SMALL WEST COAST TOUR STOPPING IN SEATTLE, PORTLAND, AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AT SOME POINT……WE SHALL SEE THOUGH. WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING INTO IT….THAT AND DOING THE EAST COAST TOO, BUT WE JUST GOTTA SEE IF WE CAN GET THE TIMING RIGHT, WHICH CAN BE TOUGH!

ONE REASON WE WANTED TO GO UP NORTH WAS TO PLAY WITH THE MIGHTY BLSPHM…..OUR SPLIT WITH HIM IS JUST ABOUT FINISHED UP, BUT BE THE FIRST TO SEE THE COVER HERE:

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THE ART OF COURSE IN THIS CASE BY THE EVER TALENTED DEMIAN JOHNSTON WHOSE SIDE OF THE SPLIT IS OBLIVIOUSLY JUST AS BADASS. SOME MASTERING AND OTHER DETAILS WILL FINISH IT UP TO BE SENT OVER TO THE GOOD FOLKS AT GRIMOIRE CASSETTES…….WE ARE STILL EVER EXCITED, AND THE MATERIAL IS SOME OF OUR BEST YET, HAVING WROTE THEM DURING OUR LAST SESSION SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS PROJECT AS WELL AS OUR SPLIT WITH OUR BROTHERS IN SOUND BASTARD NOISE……

ON THAT NOTE, THE BASTARD NOISE SPLIT IS FINISHED AND OFF TO THE PLANT…..WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH OUR FAVORITE ARTIST TO CONCOCT AND FINALIZE OUR COVER WHICH IS SURE TO BE JUST AS ASS BAD ASS AS IT SOUNDS. TO GIVE YOU A TASTE, CHECK OUT OUR NEW TRACK “NYCTO” IF YOU HAVEN’T ALREADY AND HEAR FOR YOURSELF:

THAT WILL BE TOUCHING DOWN SOON ON DEEP SIX RECORDS……….

OUR SPLIT WITH BLUE SABBATH BLACK CHEER IS ALMOST FINISHED……..JUST WAITING ON THE SCREEN PRINTED COVERS TO BE DONE BUT FUSTY CUNT IS ON TOP OF IT, AND ANYTHING SUPER BAD ASS IS GONNA TAKE TIME…….AND THESE ARE SUPER BADASS. SAME GOES FOR OUR TAPE EP ON CIPHER PRODUCTIONS WHICH IS JUST WAITING ON ART AS WELL………ANY OF THESE COULD DROP AT ANYTIME……JUST LIKE NUCLEAR WAR, BUT LETS HOPE FOR THE BEST.

THE ONLY WAR WE REALLY WANNA SEE IS THE ONE WAGED  AGAINST FUCKED UP MUSIC, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, OUR OWN PERSONAL WAR WITH SOUND IN GENERAL……..THE STUDIOS AND VENUES ARE THE BATTLEGROUNDS, OUR WEAPONS OF CHOICE: HIGH VOLTAGE OSCILLATORS AND RELENTLESS VOCALS AND ELECTRONICS…..

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MUCH PRAISE……

 

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THE DIRT: ACTUARIAL INFORMATIONAL ON SHOWS AND RELEASES….

IT HAS BEEN A BUSY ONE HERE IN OUR CAMP…………NEVERTHELESS, WE LIVE THIS STUFF, AND ALWAYS MAKE TIME TO NOISE IT UP……AS WELL AS GRIND IT UP.

THIS SATURDAY, OVER A YEAR IN THE MAKING, THE ACTUARY “BAND” IS REUNITING ONE NIGHT THIS SATURDAY IN DOWNTOWN LA…….TO ANNIHILATE AND DESTROY AS A THREE PIECE BASS, DRUM, NOISE, AND THIS TIME VOX…….IT WILL BE AN ACTUARY SET LIKE NO OTHER. JOIN US IF YOU CAN IF NOT FOR THE AWESOMELY STACKED ROSTER FEATURING A FEW DEEP SIX RECORDS ALUMNI……

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….AND SPEAKING OF DEEP SIX RECORDS, OUR 12″ SPLIT WITH BASTARD NOISE HAS BEEN MASTERED AND WILL BE SENT OFF TO THE PLANT SOON. WE ARE MUCH EXCITED ABOUT THIS……MEMBERS OF BN HAVE STATED THAT THIS “…IS THE BEST ACTUARY RECORD EVER…” AND WE WOULD HAVE TO AGREE. WE’LL LET YOU BE THE JUDGE OF THAT AND WILL PREMIER A TRACK WITHIN THE COMING WEEKS, SO STAY TUNED!

WE ALSO GOT WORD THAT THE TEST PRESS’ FOR OUR 12″ WITH BLUE SABBATH BLACK CHEER HAS ALSO ARRIVED, AND THAT THE COVERS ARE BEING MADE…….WE ARE BEYOND STOKED AND LOOKING FORWARD TO IT COMING OUT LATER THIS YEAR…….

WE ALSO GOT WORD THAT OUR RELEASE ON CIPHER PRODUCTIONS WILL ALSO BE COMING OUT LATER THIS YEAR AS WELL……THIS WILL BE A TAPE THAT FEATURES VOCAL WORK FROM CHRIS DODGE AND WILL NOT DISAPPOINT.

FOR NOW WE FINISH OUR LAST ROUND OF TRACKING FOR OUR SPLIT WITH THE ALMIGHTY BLSPHM ON GRIMOIRE TAPES THATS GOING TO BE BAD AS HELL…….AFTER THAT WE WILL BEGIN RECORDING FOR SOME NEW PROJECTS THAT WILL BE SURE TO WHET YOUR SOUND WHISTLE.

THATS ALL …….FOR NOW. A CRAZY WEEKEND AHEAD AND SOME SICK RELEASES ON THE WAY.

MORE SOON AND MANY PRAISES!

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SPRING IS THE THING: UPCOMING SHOWS AND MUSINGS…..

WHILE THE REST OF THE WORLD IS SEEMINGLY DEVOLVING, WE HERE AT ACTUARY HAVE BEEN HARD AT WORK ADVANCING OUR SOUND PASSIONS, SHARPENING OUR SWORDS, AND RAISING OUR OWN PERSONAL AUDIO “BAR”….YET TIME FLIES WHEN YOUR HAVING FUN AND ITS ALMOST TIME TO GO OUT AND “PUT IT DOWN” IN THE LIVE ARENA……..

THE FIRST OF WHICH IS THE HANDBAG FACTORY’S SIX YEAR ANNIVERSARY. YEAH, IT SEEMS LIKE IT WAS ONLY YESTERDAY WE PLAYED THE FIRST SHOW THERE AND HAVE BEEN HONORED TO BE ABLE TO WATCH THE PLACE GROW AND EVOLVE, AS WELL AS HONORED TO BE A PART OF THIS MASSIVE TWO DAY PARTY……..ACTUARY WILL PLAY THE FRIDAY OF THE TWO DATES, DETAILS FORTHCOMING AS THEY ROLL THROUGH….

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THE FOLLOWING MONTH WILL BRING US TO THIS MAMMOTH BASTARD…….YES, SUMMER GRIND FEST IS GONNA BE ALL SORTS OF CRAZY…….WHILE THE SHOW IS MOSTLY GRINDCORE, WE ARE GONNA BRING THE NOISE AS WELL AS THE GRIND IN AN EPIC SONG FOR SONG BATTLE WITH GODS AMERICA. WE ARE EXCITED TO BRING THE BLAST BEATS, NOISE, AND THIS TIME SCREAMS……..WE GO ON ROUND 6 OR 7…..NOT TO BE MISSED! MORE DETAILS AS WELL AS THEY COME THROUGH…..

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MORE SHOWS IN THE WORKS FOR THIS SUMMER AS WELL AS HITTING THE ROAD AND GOING UP NORTH FOR A FEW DATES IN THE FALL…….MORE SOON ON THAT AS IT DEVELOPS. WE ARE CURRENTLY PUTTING THE FINISHING TOUCHES ON THE BASTARD NOISE SPLIT AS WELL AS THE TRACKS FOR THE BLSPHM SPLIT……GOING TO BE SOME NEXT LEVEL SHIT AS FAR AS  OUR OUTPUT IS CONCERNED.

THERE’S STILL SOME MAMMOTH RELEASES ON THE VERGE OF SEEING DAYLIGHT AS WELL…….OUR SPLIT WITH BLUE SABBATH BLACK CHEER AND A TAPE ON CIPHER PRODUCTIONS JUST TO NAME A FEW. NATURALLY WE’LL UPDATE YOU AS WE GET INFO!

WE’LL START WORK ON RELEASES WITH +DOG+, ASTRO, AND A LITTLE SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR THE LOVE EARTH MUSIC BANDCAMP, WHICH BY THE WAY HAS A NEW PULSATING CYST SINGLE UP……..CHECK IT:

https://loveearthmusic.bandcamp.com/

YEAH, WE STAYS BUSY…..YOU KNOW HOW WE ROLL. EXCITED FOR OUR UPCOMING RELEASES AND THESE MAMMOTH SHOWS…….WE HOPE YOU ARE AS WELL…..IF NOT, OH WELL, GO FUCK YOURSELF……HA HA. JUST KIDDING…..SORT OF 🙂

SERIOUSLY THOUGH, WE CANT WAIT…….BUT IT LOOKS LIKE WE’LL HAVE TO. WE’LL PUT SOME NEW MUSIC TEASERS UP AS THEY ROLL IN AND WE HOPE TO SEE SOME OF YOUR MUGS SOON!

MANY PRAISES.

MANY PRIASES

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THE ACTUARY/SEAMSTRESS IS GO!

THAT’S RIGHT FOLKS………ALL THE AUDIO EVIL YOU CAN HANDLE, ALL IN ONE BEAUTEOUSLY PACKED CASSETTE FOR YOUR LISTENING DISPLEASURE.

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WE’VE BEEN GOING ON ABOUT THIS FOR A MINUTE NOW SO YOU KNOW THE SCORE…….. ABOUT 20 MINUTES PER SIDE OF THE HARSH AMBIENT PARADOX THAT YOU SO DESIRE IN YOUR LIFE, PICK ONE UP HERE:

http://skintraderecordings.blogspot.com/

A FEW ARTIST COPIES ARE AVAILABLE FROM US AS WELL SO PICK ONE UP WHILE YOU CAN. WE CANT THANK EVERYONE ONE ENOUGH……..MANY THANKS TO OUR BOYS IN SEAMSTRESS AND SKIN TRADE RECORDINGS FOR PUTTING TOGETHER SUCH AN AWESOME RELEASE, AS WELL AS A THE RELEASE PARTY…….MANY THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT AND CHILLED WITH US ON THE RAINY ROOFTOP NIGHT….SHIT WAS AWESOME.

AS YOU WERE……BACK TO THE GRIND. MORE SOON AND MANY PRAISES!

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