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, Band of Pain, Lord Bath, Sion Orgon, Andrew King, Nick Mott,

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Discography

Releases

*An Un World (Infraction, 2001) *Love Song (Macrophonies Org, 2002) *Miscellany (Pipkin, 2002) *All Closed Doors (Infraction, 2003) *Anal Aura Gram (Macrophonies Org, 2003) *Aural Anagram (Macrophonies Org, 2003) *Interpolations (Pipkin, 2003) *Miscellany – Deluxe (Pipkin, 2003) *Drone Works No. 7 (Twenty Hertz, 2004) *My Long Accumulating Discontent (Nextera, 2004) *New York Doll (Infraction, 2004) *The Gazogene Machines, Seidlitz Powders, Bruising Roots & Rhizomes EP (Klanggalerie, 2004) *Vital Static (Macrophonies Org, 2004) *Four Compositions Created for an Imaginary Performance by the Legendary John Fare (Pipkin, 2005) *Mother & Son (Starfiresun, 2005) *Mother Goose's Melody Or Sonnets for the Cradle (ICR, Klanggalerie, 2005) *The Astronomical Entomologist (

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, 2005) *Without Season (Twenty Hertz, 2005) *Eggs (Important Records, 2006) *In My Father's House Are Many Mansions ( Fourth Dimension Records, 2006) *The Astronomical Entomologist (

, 2006) *The Dead Submariner (A Concerto For Bowed Guitar And Reverberation in Three Movements) (

, 2006) *The Dying Submariner (A Concerto For Piano And Reverberation in Four Movements) (

, 2006) *The Dying Submariner (Amalgamation, Codicil And Appendix) (

, 2006) *Tubercular Bells (Somnambulance To Dream General) (Pipkin, 2006) *Black Paper (

, 2006) *Black Beauty (

, 2007) *Black End (

, 2007) *Black Hole (

, 2007) *Black Mamba (

, 2007) *Black Market (

, 2007) *Black Out (

, 2007) *Black Panther (

, 2007) *Black Pool (

, 2007) *Black Sheep (

, 2007) *Black Widow (

, 2007) *Black Sea (

, 2007) *Iron Lung – Glass Bones (Twisted Knister, 2007) *Torch Songs (Die Stadt, 2007) *Auto Manipulator (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th & 8th Degree) (Lumberton Trading Company, 2008) *Burn (Not on Label, 2008) *Fini! (Dirter Promotions, 2008) *Gone Every Evening (Die Stadt, 2008) *No Birds Do Sing (Dirter Promotions, 2008) *Ostinato 23 (Oral, 2008) *Ouarda (The Subtle Art of Phyllorhodomancy) (Dirter Promotions, 2008) *Somnambulance To Dream General (Klanggalerie, 2008) *The Progeny of Flies (

, 2008) *Miscellany Deluxe (Souvenirs Perdus D'antan) (

Vinyl on Demand Vinyl On Demand is a record label that targets vinyl collectors of 1970's and 80's minimal synth, industrial, and avant-garde music. Along with sales to distributors, Vinyl On Demand provides a subscription service. Most releases are limited to ...

, 2009) *Anal Aura Gram(ophone) (Beta-lactam Ring Records, 2010) *Aviatophobia (Sound of Break Up – Sound of Impact) (Not on Label, 2010) *Monster Munch E.P. (Tourette, 2010) *Miraculous Mechanical Monster (Dirter Promotions, 2010) *Mind Mangled Trip Monster (Dirter Promotions, 2010) *Honey Monster (Quasi Pop, 2010) *As If Punk Rock Never Happened (Dirter Promotions, 2011) *First Aid Box (Ultra Mail Prod., 2011) *Muldjewangk, Morgawr & other Monsters (Tourette, 2011) *Schmetaling Monster of Rock (Dirter Promotions, 2011) *Murderers, Maniacs, Madmen & Monsters (Merzbild, 2013)

Remixes

*Bass Communion: Ghosts On Magnetic Tape (Headphone Dust, 2003) *Nurse with Wound: Natal Moonies (track ''Rock'n Roll Station (Lost Bottle Mix)'') (United Jnana, 2006) *

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: Destroying The Night Sky (tracks ''Defiled (At The Crossroads)'' and ''Degraded (Fireship)'') (Klanggalerie, 2008) *Current 93: Dawn (as ''Dusk'') (Durtro, Jnana Records, 2008) *Current 93: Dogs Blood Rising (as ''Dogs Blood Ascending'') (Durtro, Jnana Records, 2008) *Current 93: In Menstrual Night (as ''The End of Red Dreams'') (Durtro, Jnana Records, 2008) *Current 93: Live at Bar Maldoror (as ''Dead at Bar Maldoror'') (Durtro, Jnana Records, 2008) *Current 93: Nature Unveiled (as ''Nature Revealed'') (Durtro, Jnana Records, 2008) *Pantaleimon: Heart Of The Sun (track ''All The Brids (Melting Canvas)'') (Durtro, Jnana Records, 2008) *Current 93: Faust/I Have A Special Plan For This World (as ''Haunt Invocation (Apadno.)'') (Dirter Promotions, 2010) *Current 93: Where the long Shadows Fall (Dirter Promotions, Pipkin, 2010) *Sutekh Hexen: Breed in Me the Darkness (Aurora Borealis, Merzbild, and Pesanta Urfolk 2013) *Kommissar Hjuler und Frau: Commendatori/House Arrest (Psych. kg 093, 2013)

Mix

*Current 93: Birth Canal Blues (Durtro, Jnana Records, 2008) *Current 93: Birth Canal Blues ( Coptic Cat, 2008) *Current 93: Birth Canal Blues Live (EP) (Coptic Cat, 2008) Appears On: *The Harbinger Of The Decaying Mind (Old Europa Cafe, 2004) *ScatterBrain JukeBox 1 (Statutory Tape, 2005) *The Accidental (Elsie & Jack Recordings, 2005) *Soundpooling (ICR, 2006) *Black Ship In The Underworld (Durtro, Jnana Records, 2007) *Amfetamin (Cold Spring, 2008) *Aspiring To An Empty Gesture Volume 1 (Errata In Excelsus, 2008) *Birth Canal Blues (Durtro, Jnana Records, 2008) *Birth Canal Blues (Coptic Cat, 2008) *Birth Canal Blues Live (Coptic Cat, 2008) *Huffin' Rag Blues (Dirter Promotions, 2008) *Tall Trees (Abaton Book Company, 2008) *The Bacteria Magnet (Dirter Promotions, 2008) *Aleph At Hallucinatory Mountain (Coptic Cat, 2009) *May The Fleas Of A Thousand Camels Infest Your Armpits (United Dairies, 2009) *Monohallucinatory Mountain (Coptic Cat, 2009) *Schiphorst 2008 (Salamanda 2009) *The Surveillance Lounge / The Memory Surface (United Dirter, 2009) * Tracks Appear On: *First (CD) *A Certain Step (Operative Records, 2001) *Il Programma Di Religione (CD) *Benedict XV (1914–1922) *Boyarm, (Slight Record, 2005) *Sampler 1 Fall/Winter 2005–2006 (CDr, Smplr, Promo, Ltd) *Journeys (Infraction, 2005) *ScatterBrain JukeBox 1 (DVDr, DVD-V, Comp) *Away All Boats (Extract) (Statutory Tape, 2005) *Appliance 4 (LP) *The Time Work Manageme... (Appliance Japan, 2006) *Breaking Down The Barriers 1995–2005, Ten Years Of Afe (File, MP3, Comp) *Hippopotamus (Afe Records, 2006) *Mind The Gap Volume 63 (CD, Comp) *Reis (Gonzo Circus, 2006) *Swarm (2xCD, Car) *Sea Man Or Giordano Gi... (Cold Spring, 2006) *Danza De La Vida – Rest In Peace, Again, Syntactic (CD, Ltd) *In This Vegetable Glas... (Klanggalerie, Syntactic, 2007) *Mental Mood Music (CD, Smplr) *As On A Dung Hill (

, 2007) *Moraines II (CD, Album, Car) *Moraines (A Sysyphus E... (SmallVoices, 2007) *Rough Trade Shops – Counter Culture 06 (2xCD, Comp, Mixed) *Orville's Engastrimyth... (V2 Records, Inc. 2007) *Brainwaves 2008 (3xCD, Ltd, Comp) *Burnt (Brainwashed Recordings, 2008) *Mind The Gap Volume 73 (CD, Comp) *Onion Cordial (Gonzo Circus, 2008) *Mind The Gap Volume 76 (CD, Comp) *The Drummer Is on Valium (Gonzo Circus, 2008) *Peace (For mother) (2xCD, Comp, Car) (Brainwashed Recordings, 2008) *Resonant Embers (CD, Comp, Ltd) *The Relentlessly Banal... (Edition Sonoro, 2008) *Rough Trade Shops – Counter Culture 07 (2xCD, Comp) *VTR (Counter Culture Records, 2008) *Mind The Gap Volume 78 (CD, Comp) *Swamp Thing Gonzo Mix (Gonzo Circus, 2009) *Ød Lot (CD, Comp) *The Tadpole Variations... (United Dairies, 2009) *The Machine Started To Flow into A Vein (Vol.3) (CD, Comp) *Camberwick Green (Moontrix, 2012)

References

External links

Andrew Liles' official website

Andrew Liles discography
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