Xanthocephalus--s/t CD (SK-006)

A xanthocephalus is a yellow blackbird. Like its namesake, this project is not what it seems on the surface. Churning, dissonant, and noisy to be sure, but possessed of a surreal calm within its roaring texture that gives a subtle depth to all of its storm and clatter. Mastered by Chris Lapke at Hospital Productions.

Urkas--Should Hostile Aircraft Be Seen CD (SK-005)

Urkas return, with the sounds of entanglement. Huge washes of synth noise are battered by massive low-end particles drifting away from a central, malformed nucleus. The memory of abandoned places, the moldy footprints of discarded idols, and paranoia all coexist within us....this is our space, in a universe that never stops expanding.

Parashi year-end mention in Foxy Digitalis

We're quite happy in Skell's basement these days, it was a good year this year.....and to cap it all off Parashi's The Wine Is Safer Than the Water grabbed a spot on Eric Hardiman's Best of 2010 list in the category of best cd-r. Thanks to Eric and all at Foxy Digitalis.

news/future releases

Parashi's two recent discs are available at Flipped Out Records. Go visit their catalog, there's a lot to take in. The next two Skell releases are nearly finished, and they will be Urkas' Should Hostile Aircraft Be Seen (SK-005) and the debut release from Russ Aldertone's Xanthocephalus (SK-006).

Parashi--the Wine Is Safer Than The Water CD (SK-004)

Derangement of the senses always tastes better than hot, brackish water. Stagnation can never measure up to euphoria. Who would want to exist in the days before time? Recorded live using synthesizers, metal objects, contact microphones, and various percussive devices. No guitars were utilized during this recording.

Edition of 50/$7 ppd. SOLD OUT.

Parashi--Dimmer CD (SK-003)

Recorded by candlelight but made with electricity. Someday the sun will be no more, and so will we...or will something straggle out of a wretched hole in a frozen landscape to behold the light of a new sun?

Edition of 50/$7 ppd.

Parashi--Perihelion c34 (SK-002)

Being burned at the moment of closest orbit to the sun. Synthesizers are abused, contact mics dragged and scraped, and tape loops built carefully and then destroyed with fire. The universe is an indifferent place, in case you have forgotten.


Edition of 20/$6 ppd. SOLD OUT.