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Album Format Label & Cat. Number Description Year Price (incl. 19% VAT)  
English embers (SOLD OUT) 7inch Drone Records DR-05 lim. 200, handmade covers, coloured vinyl (two colours) 1994  
A live Coal under the Ashes CD Tesco 010 1992 saw the release of CONTRASTATE's third proper album (after two brilliant self-released LPs) on Tesco, with a packaging no one had seen before: a CD placed "inside" a clear die-cut vinyl LP; this is the re-issue of the CD with one bonus-track, their mixture of experimental ambience, ritual industrial and poetry / lyrics let's this still stand out! "There is an odd sense of mania whilst listening to ‘A Live Coal’ strange whistling, off key guitar strings and trance like paranoia" [blackaudio] 2008 €13.00
A breeding Ground for Flies CD Dirter Promotions DPROMCD91 the return of the unique dark/poetic/surrealistic post-industrial group (and legendary early Drone Rec. artist) from UK !! lim. 500 oversized slipcase & booklet 2012 €13.00
No Eden without Annhiliation LP + CD Tesco Organisation TESCO 109 the sister release to "A breeding Ground for Flies" features live recordings made at various venues throughout Europe from 2012-2014, further refining their vision of apocalyptic / deeply critical music, a mixture of ambient industrial, ritual music and noise with a strong emphasis on the thought-provolking lyrics, thus often generating a compelling psychic vortex; lim. 300 with CD version of the same album included 2016 €25.00
True Believer / The 10 40 Window 7inch Dirter Prom. DPROM 115EP two brand new tracks by the UK cult band - great silver foil cover, lim. 500 2016 €10.00
An Exercise in deFascination 7inch Black Rose Recordings BRV17-1015 two pieces inspired / dedicated to the Italian "Giallo" film genre, these are alternate mixes of ongoing studio recordings for the next album - "It reminded me of the first time I heard Contrastate and I was reminded straight away why I like it so much back and still would play with great fondness." [Vital Weekly] - lim. 250 copies on yellow vinyl & with colourful cover art 2019 €10.00
The Illusion of Power CD Old Europa Cafe OECD 285 re-issue of the rare lathe-cut 10" (released for the OEC festival in Italy in 2019) plus unreleased material, inspired by the BREXIT topic - "A sonic soundtrack to an apocalyptic world that is hypnotic, yet still full of dynamic sounds and shifts...- somewhere inside the dark ritual ambience of the electronic avant-garde shot through with a vein of experimental noise and sarcophetic vocals strewn amongst industrial surrealism." - ed. of 300 copies 2020 €13.00
35 Project 10inch Black Rose Rec. BRV 20-1020 four new studio tracks, dark industrialized collages of superb quality and vision! - ' "Their current sound insinuates itself inside the dark ritual ambience of the electronic avant-garde shot through with a vein of experimental noise and stentorian vocals that are strewn amongst touches of industrial surrealism and sonic soundtracks." - lim. 250 copies on white vinyl, UK import 2022 €16.50
Life without Agriculture CD Drone Records SYM:05 an album as "re-imagining" some of the DADAist, futurist, and surrealist clubs of the 20th century, from Moscow 1918 over Tehran 1966 to Münster 1997; a wonderfully surprising and experimental work by the British post industrial and ambient performance trio...-"The arc that links them all is the experimentation, the exchange of ideas, and the platform to perform free from the “social norms” of the time." [Stephen Meixner of Contrastate] - lim. 250 copies - OUT NOW!! check promo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACZmOWEB8Eo 2024 €13.00