John Lithium & {AN} EeL – The Dip & The Drift Now Available!

•February 7, 2025 • Leave a Comment

Hello all. I am proud to announce that I have a collaborative EP with {AN} EeL just released today on his label. As with my previous appearances on some of his h{EE}l collaborative collective, I provided some of the base sound materials, which he would further refine and mutate. Turning lead into surrealist, experimental, avant-garde gold. This one is arguably a bit spookier than some of my previous appearances but then again we live in darker times. Headphones are recommended for this one.
I’m really happy at how this turned out and I hope you will be as well.

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2025 Update I

•February 1, 2025 • Leave a Comment

-Deleted all music review posts from the former version of this site, as well as a few additional posts that either were obsolete or referenced releases or planned events that didn’t happen.

-I have been slowly adding some obscure tracks from the vaults to my YouTube and/or Bandcamp pages. Here is one from 2014 that was originally released under a different pseudonym I used briefly:

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2024 Update V

•December 24, 2024 • Leave a Comment

Hello all. A few quick updates to round out 2024:

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-I was fortunate enough to have the “Cousin Silas & John Lithium – Nocturnal Lullabies Volume 28” (https://cousinsilas1.bandcamp.com/album/nocturnal-lullabies-volume-28) appear on the “black_ops 100 for 2024” favorites list (https://taktentradio.com/?cat=7022). Also, several friends of the label and known associates are also on here so check it out!

-I have a new mix of an old track on the new “Quadrants 4 – Part 1” compilation recently released by The Cousin Silas Emporium. As always, many of the Emporium members also contribute tracks to Argali every once in a while, so well worth your while to give it all a listen.

-Also have the “single version” of my “Winter Solstice” songs on the new Petroglyph Music compilation.

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-I was fortunate enough to be interviewed by the Internet Daemon netlabel. I am both more and less boring than you would imagine. Check it out here (https://cian-orbe-netlabel.blogspot.com/2024/12/interview-to-john-lithium-2024.html).

-Finally, I updated my Discography page.

-I’m hoping to be more musically active in 2025, as I was sidelined a few times this year due to some short-lived health issues, as well as a longstanding internet issue that lasted for about three months before it finally got resolved. Hope everyone is doing well out there, take care, and stay safe out there.

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2024 Update IV

•September 13, 2024 • Leave a Comment

Hello all. Smaller update this time around, most of it corrections and clean up. To begin with, while I had previously posted regarding the recent discography standardization, that of moving the “Nathan J Carter” albums to the “John Lithium” attribution, I had not updated the Discography section of this website. This has now been corrected.

I am slowly continuing to work on creating music videos/visualizers for the recently released album I did with Cousin Silas, “Nocturnal Lullabies Volume 28” (https://cousinsilas1.bandcamp.com/album/nocturnal-lullabies-volume-28). This is for the fifth track, and also features source material from FRBH Recordings (https://frbh.bandcamp.com/)

Finally, I make an appearance on the Means Magazine “Means 4” compilation, which coincides with release of their first volume of their print magazine.

Thanks all for the continued support. Take care and stay safe out there.

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Cousin Silas & John Lithium – Nocturnal Lullabies Volume 28 Now Available!

•September 9, 2024 • Leave a Comment

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Hello all. I’m proud to announce that I have a new collaborative album out with Cousin Silas, the twenty-eighth volume of the “Nocturnal Lullabies” album series. This series, which includes many experimental music luminaries, sees the recipient alter, mutate, and evolve these initial building blocks into their own particular musical style. For these tracks, while the majority of them would be considered “dark ambient” or “drone” (which, for better or worse, seems to be what I’m known for), there are also a few beat-centered experimental electronica tracks as well in addition to some more (arguably) avant-garde sounds and styles as well.
Special thanks to Cousin for letting me participate in this project, as well as Thomas Mathie for the fantastic artwork, and just anyone in general who has supported my music over the years.
THIS ONE’S FOR YOU.

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2024 News III (HUGE UPDATE)

•August 24, 2024 • Leave a Comment

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Hello all. I have finally gotten around to completing some general standardization of the John Lithium back catalogue, including a few remasters, corrections and updates. Here are the main updates:

I have moved most of the singles I have released over the years into a “Collected Singles” album. None of these tracks have been remastered, although a few have new track graphics and/or titling fixes. Due to the process in which Bandcamp allows for tracks to be moved from one page to another, the original release pages were deleted, so if you are wondering where the tracks went, they are now in this collection.

The “Fragments Of Persona” album has been retitled to “John Lithium” from the previous moniker as part of the discography standardization process. The cover art was also slightly altered. This is the 2022 remaster, and the original album is still available for those who either purchased it separately or bought the full discography.

The “Philosophy” album has been retitled to “John Lithium” from the previous moniker. The cover art was adjusted. Unfortunately, due to Bandcamp file size restrictions, this album was not able to be remastered. However, due to the style and genre of the album, this thankfully is not a huge issue.

The “Persona (Light)” album was retitled to “John Lithium”. All of the tracks were remastered this year, and the album art was slightly changed.

The “Persona (Dark)” album was retitled to “John Lithium”. Half of the tracks were remastered this year, and the album art was slightly altered.

The “Sounds In Clouds” album was retitled to “John Lithium”, and was completely remastered this year. This release also features completely new artwork.

Finally, there were a few miscellaneous fixes and updates to a few of the soundsources and rarities albums. Thank you all, and have a great weekend.

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2024 News II

•June 4, 2024 • Leave a Comment

Hello all. Apologies for the lack of updates recently, have been mainly focused on my netlabel Argali Records Netlabel in addition to improving my diet/exercise/stress levels (to varying degrees of success). However, I did manage to contribute some sound sources to the “Project 8 (The Injured Files)” collaborative remix project, along with Mike Benoit and seven other (including myself) bands/musicians. Surreal dark ambient industrial soundscapes.

Also, I continue to slowly add tracks to the “Lithium Toolbox IV” collection.

Am aiming to be more active musically in the second half of the year. I have a few EP/album ideas in reserve, the trick is to create something worth listening to and releasing. We will see how it goes.

Thank you all and stay safe out there.

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Note Regarding Archived Music Reviews/Analysis

•January 14, 2024 • Leave a Comment

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Hello all. This isn’t a music update, but since this is new year, I decided to get some house cleaning out of the way while I am still thinking about it.

Specifically, regarding the archived music review/analysis on this site: initially these were written for a communications class I took back in college during 2005-2007, with several written afterwords. A few, such as the reviews regarding Ulver, Beyond Sensory Experience, and Swans (these are the ones I can remember offhand in any event) were kindly displayed by the relevant parties band pages during those times. There were also a very small few that attracted the ire of the band/project in question. Can’t win them all. 😅

The point is that I have not looked at any of this material for over a decade. Some of these reviews were also of material that is not easily available in physical format. If it wasn’t for the fact that some of these articles continue to get regular traffic to this day, I probably would have deleted them all already. But since some people seem to get value or information out of them, I decided to keep them up. If you have any questions regarding them, I will do my best to answer them, but it should be clear I am not a subject expert on the bands/albums in question, and may or may not still agree with any opinions I had at the time of the original writing (people and their interests change over time, after all).

Would I like to resume ‘semi-pro’ music reviews in the future? Yeah, maybe. But I already have a music project and a netlabel to run, so I’m not eager to further whittle down what free time I have. Thank you all and have a great 2024. Take care, and stay safe out there.

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2024 News I

•January 14, 2024 • Leave a Comment

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Hello all. This is rather late, but I recently released a self-titled album on January 1st. Here is the official description:

Six “mostly new” sonic explorations of a human psyche. Features various permutations and combinations of industrial, including techno-industrial, industrial dub, power electronics, and dark ambience. The sound of the future encroaching. All purchases go towards defraying the costs associated with running Argali Records Music label, in addition to helping keep music software up to date etc. Thank you all, take care, and stay safe out there.

After this, I will be working on Argali Records Netlabel activities for a while, but I have been encouraged to work on some new material in a few different directions. I also have at least one collaborative project I will begin working on soon (no definite release yet for this), and have at least one track upcoming in a future compilation (possibly two but this has not been confirmed yet).

As always, many thanks for your kind support and encouragement. Stay safe, and take care out there.

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2023 News IX

•December 24, 2023 • Leave a Comment

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Hello all. Quick year-end update: the current soundsource collection, “Lithium Toolbox IV”, will probably take a short hiatus as I focus on new content. As always, this (and most Lithium Industries content in general) is Creative Commons licensed, so if you can find a use for this audio, by all means have at it.

I released a single for the Winter Solstice 2023. Mostly dark ambient in nature.

Finally, I have a new self-titled release out on January 1st, 2024. I think people will like this one.

Take care, and stay safe out there.

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