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cruelnaturerecs.bsky.social
Independent tape label based in North East England supporting artists world-wide. Purveyors of sonic diversity since 2013 https://linktr.ee/cruelnature
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Hour one by the sea... @chemicalbrothers.bsky.social @acidklaus.bsky.social @bobmouldmusic.bsky.social @analoguetrash.com @cruelnaturerecs.bsky.social @wormholeworld.bsky.social @woodfordhalse.bsky.social @tephratephcomusic.bsky.social @gregnieuws.bsky.social @everydaydust.bsky.social

Back online....long story...but here we are with the April Digest. Features new music from Staraya Derevyna @ramblerecords.bsky.social, Michael Sarian, iyatraQuartet, IOM @cruelnaturerecs.bsky.social Plus a Conrad Schnitzler double-bill of albums. monolithcocktail.com/2025/04/25/t...

www.thepensivequill.com/2025/04/pred... The new #Predominance column looking at new releases from @coldspringrecords.bsky.social @cruelnaturerecs.bsky.social and many others. As ever thanks to @anthonymcintyre.bsky.social for the platform. #NewMusicFriday #FridayThoughts

OUT NOW Machine Mafia “Zoned” (6 copies left) cruelnaturerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/zoned Pound Land off-shoot getting down with "As The Veneer" era Mark Stewart / On-U sound infected dub-electronoise while Cabaret Voltaire and Throbbing Gristle look on

OUT NOW Kitchen Cynics / Margery Daw / Grey Malkin “To The Green Round” (10 copies left) cruelnaturerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/to-the... strange, psychedelic, magical, ambient folktronica

OUT NOW Greg Nieuwsma & Antonello Perfetto “Bird Brain” (6 copies left) cruelnaturerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/bird-b... Avian life-cycle viewed through a lens of free jazz, Indian raga, psychedelia and post-rock @gregnieuws.bsky.social

OUT NOW AR Guda “Isolamendurako Praktikak” cruelnaturerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/isolam... shifting tonal blocks and subtonal conceptual sound art from the Basque Country

OUT NOW Cody Brant & Diurnal Burdens “A Panacea Nurtured Gurgles” cruelnaturerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/a-pana... other people’s problems, passions and power washers captured in a mosaic of splatter pattern composition. Hammer time.

OUT NOW Moss & The Cowpunchers “Thoracian Blue” (10 copies left) cruelnaturerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/thorac... droned out guitars and electronic beats alternate between drunkenly lurching and furiously galloping across a desert horizon @jehu.bsky.social

Release day! Explorations of avian consciousness via extended guitar and drum improvisations. Out now on @cruelnaturerecs.bsky.social. Come have a listen: cruelnaturerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/bird-b...

OUT NOW Kae Takahashi & Jaw Surgery “Paranoia Survive” cruelnaturerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/parano... uncompromising confrontational power electronics, harsh noise, grindcore collaboration from one-half of Sete Star Sept

Review: IOM – Spiritual Wastelands // Jarosław Mak anxiousmagazine.pl/recenzje/iom... @cruelnaturerecs.bsky.social

OUT NOW F.E.F. “Before The Skeletal Dance Of Our Festering Jesters” (2 copies left) cruelnaturerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/before... sociopolitical outrage & a deep personal journey through disability played out over low-end dub-infused experimental electro noise

#NowPlaying The Silent North - Slow Utopia All Kinds Of Light (Cruel Nature Records) cruelnaturerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/all-ki... @cruelnaturerecs.bsky.social

Watch the exclusive video for Machine Mafia “Where’s The Money Gone? (Failed Direct Debit Remix) thanks to Birthday Cake For Breakfast birthdaycakebreakfast.wordpress.com/2025/04/24/e...

Weirdo Rippers #17 Ft. @poppyhproducer.bsky.social (@fortevilfruit.bsky.social) | @melondruie.bsky.social ( @cruelnaturerecs.bsky.social) | @hellonhearth.bsky.social | Neutrino Effect (@labilerecords.bsky.social) | Hekla | Tree Gardner / Empyrean Pines & more. sun-13.com/2025/04/24/w...

Pre-order closes 19 May Reserve your copy cruelnaturerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/origin...

Pre-order closes 19 May Reserve your copy cruelnaturerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/origin...

“This breathtaking collaboration… with grandiose, Bowie-esque opulence layered over introspective and occasionally brittle electronic collages… reminiscent of late-career David Sylvian and the more melodic side of Coil.” Electronic Sound cruelnaturerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/prosth...

News: Andrew Spackman reveals soundtrack to 1929 surrealist classic as first taste of forthcoming Sad Man album regenmag.com/news/news-an...

A brand new tape by BOW & Aidan Baker - FR/DE arrived this week from @cruelnaturerecs.bsky.social #Cassunday aidanbakercollaborations.bandcamp.com/album/fr-de

Happy 12th birthday to @cruelnaturerecs.bsky.social and thanks for putting some of our nonsense out over the years

Cruel Nature is 12 years old TODAY Get 20% off all items by using the code “twelve” when checking out on Bandcamp Offer ends at 11:59 PM UTC tonight cruelnaturerecordings.bandcamp.com

Featured on Zaph Mann’s show - The Beat Goes On - inmemoryofjohnpeel.com/2025/04/19/t... Tunnel by Machine Mafia @machinemafia @planponynoise "Zoned" on Cruel Nature Records @cruelnaturerecs.bsky.social 2025 cruelnaturerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/zoned

Featured on Zaph Mann’s show - The Beat Goes On - inmemoryofjohnpeel.com/2025/04/19/t... Armed With Flapjack by Pound Land "Can't Stop" on Cruel Nature Records @cruelnaturerecs.bsky.social 2025 cruelnaturerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/cant-s...

Featured on Zaph Mann’s show - The Beat Goes On - inmemoryofjohnpeel.com/2025/04/19/t... Wayland's Smithy by Kitchen Cynics / Margery Daw / Grey Malkin "To The Green Round" on Cruel Nature Records @cruelnaturerecs.bsky.social 2025 cruelnaturerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/to-the...

Cruel Nature is 12 years old tomorrow! So we're giving 20% off all items purchased this weekend. Use the code "twelve" when checking out on Bandcamp. Ends 11:59 PM UTC on 20 April 2025 cruelnaturerecordings.bandcamp.com

This tape, conducted by a squeegee and a mossy bag of bugs, was left molding in a ventriloquist suitcase near Braintree since the Summer of 1991... Brought to you by the fab @cruelnaturerecs.bsky.social Pre-order/listen now. Out 25th Apr. cruelnaturerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/a-pana...

Out 25 April Pre-order now cruelnaturerecordings.bandcamp.com

Cody Brant & Diurnal Burdens - Inch Phonier A Panacea Nurtured Gurgles (Cruel Nature) cruelnaturerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/a-pana...

#Tracklisting: #ColinSpencer Programme #150 ▶️ www.mixcloud.com/ColinSpencer... featured 9 worldwide #exclusive firstplays amongst the output of labels inc. @cherryredrecords.bsky.social @cruelnaturerecs.bsky.social @heavenlyrecordings.bsky.social @muterecords.bsky.social @stateofbassuk.bsky.social

My latest album out on the 30th May on @cruelnaturerecs.bsky.social Cruel Nature Records is based on a short story. You can read it here: www.andrewspackman.com/copy-of-sad-...

Thank you @luminousdashmusic.bsky.social for the @melondruie.bsky.social review! Album out now. luminousdash.be/reviews/melo...

It’s RECIPE number XI onze Moonday evening! The Dark Train will depart from UFO Central [Warminster Community Radio] at 2200 BST. With a superb Train announcement from Stephen Lilley!! (@stephendarkale.bsky.social) 🍄🌿❤️🌱

Featured on Zaph Mann’s show - The Beat Goes On - inmemoryofjohnpeel.com/2025/04/12/t... FR 1 by BOW & Aidan Baker @aidanbakermusic "FR/DE" on Cruel Nature Records @cruelnaturerecs.bsky.social 2025 cruelnaturerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/fr-de

Thank you @luminousdashmusic.bsky.social for the review of IOM “Spiritual Wastelands”. Album out now luminousdash.be/reviews/iom-...

‘Spring’ is the first instalment of my 4 part suite of naive seasonal cave people music, out on @cruelnaturerecs.bsky.social in a very limited release: cruelnaturerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/spring