Here we present Retribution (THACOAC3), the unholy collaboration between rhythmic noise annihilators Prometheus Burning (Pittsburgh) and mad cyberpunk author Kenji Siratori. Gleaming, illicit wetware forged in an aging blast furnace, affixed to the subcutaneous in an experiment gone horribly awry. A dancefloor killer for the cyborg with discriminating tastes.

This 4-track 12" is on red vinyl and adorned with a nightmare-inducing cover from Paul McCarroll.
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Limited to 200 copies.

One of the few electronic musicians who truly defy comparison, Pittsburgh's Xanopticon has been steadily and thoroughly annihilating dancefloors since around 2000AD. This fiendish bastard doesn't hesitate to carve new and horrifying neurological pathways into his victim's brains with razor-thin sonic shards of unknown alien origin. Will you dance? Or will you peel your obsolete flesh from your fragile, useless body? Reactions are as confounding and troubling as the catalyst.

So, dear reader - who would dare toy with such madness? Madmen, of course. On Alembic (matrix number THACOAC2), 4 of the most talented electronic musicians from across this filthy planet each take a stab at righting the wrong that is a Xanopticon track.

Enter first the brave DJ Hidden from the nether lands. He has unearthed Xanopticon's monstrosity "Symptom" and dragged it back to his northern lair to torture and mutilate. What he has produced simply should not be: a violent, haunting slice of drum n bass with basslines that will collapse your lungs as you gasp for one last breath.

Abelcain is no stranger to the macabre. He has combined the meatiest morsels from "Stormtower" with grim, unearthly components in his foul cauldron. The resulting concoction is both wondrous and disturbing, crawling further under your skin with each listen.

Next, coming up to bat is heavyhitter Duran Duran Duran with what could be the dance hit of the year. Spine-shattering beats light up the night sky with the tattered remains of "Tinw" in a marriage that will invariably end in a bitter divorce.

Atomhead has more aliases than a cold-war era Soviet spy. You may know him as Undacova. Or Erratic. Or 1/2 of Duncan Avoid. Or 1/Nth of xE Phalanx. Or that guy who plucked the last shred of sanity from your fevered grasp with his punishing, throbbing distortion of Xanopticon's "4 Hit Points".

This tender slice of 12" perversion is on red vinyl and wrapped in a full-color jacket illustrated by the diabolical Keith Thompson and is available June 2007.
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Jagoff Uprising (matrix number THACOC1) is the first product to ooze it's way out of the Thac0 Records factory. This release is a box set featuring original material from all of the musicians and graphic artists with websites on rhinoplex.org. This box set is comprised of 2 12" records and 2 Compact Discs.

Each 12" record is orange vinyl running at a brisk 45RPM. The first record contains tracks from Pittsburgh's legendary Xanopticon, cock rock stallion Duran Duran Duran, rythmic noise champions Prometheus Burning, and that thing lurking in your closet that haunts your dreams, Shatterbreak. The second record in this box raises the stakes with tracks from splatterbeat destructor Devnull, hardware-melting madman Syne Lapse Variate, rogue mutant Ovulus, and one of the finest names in US drum and bass, Sileni.
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You may be thinking "god damn". And you'd be right.

The first Compact Disc is an audio mix CD from Wrecked Distro's dark overlord, DJ Cutups. His finest mix to date, this CD is an unrelenting onslaught of breakcore from start to finish. It includes tracks from all of the artists on the above records, as well as unreleased material straight out of the oven from some of the biggest names in music.
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The second Compact Disc is a sample of offerings from Toronto's unstoppable juggernaut, Dross:tik Records. This CD includes a shitload of singles from Belladonnakillz, Sincere Trade, Skeeter, Unitus, Laf-O, and Yara, as well as a mind-blowing 4 (yes, 4 ) DJ mixes from the Dross:tik grand poobah, C64, all in high-quality mp3 format. You might remember C64 from that time he was smashing in your brains during his European tour with Venetian Snares in the spring of 2005. You were there and you had a great time, man.
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All of the brain-puncturing art featured on the box, cover, records, and CD's was supplied by Sileni, Telladictorian, Shatterbreak, and DJ Cutups, each with websites on rhinoplex.org.

Jagoff Uprising will be available December 2005.
Limited to 300 copies.
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A 12" record from Pittsburgh's Mike N' Ike Jones. Think Hellfish, but with original rhymes from the notorious Ike Jones. Guaranteed to be the party jam of 2008.

This record will be available sometime
before the end of days.