Cut Hands

William Bennett - founder and sole constant member of Whitehouse - earned considerable acclaim for his reincarnation last year as Cut Hands and the release of the album Afro Noise Vol.1. His sophomore full-length in this guise, Black Mamba, is due out on Susan Lawly in Autumn; to herald its arrival, Blackest Ever Black is releasing it's thunderous title track as a 12'' maxi single. On the A-side Africa's deadliest, most beautiful snake breeds with insane, vaudou-obsessive polyrhythms to give birth to the monstrous, consuming, convulsive 'Black Mamba' - without doubt the most potent manifestation of Cut Hands' malign energy yet. On the flip: 'Krokodilo Theme', an extraordinarily pensive, heart-rending piece first aired on the soundtrack of last year's Siberia: Krokodil Tears documentary. This is a vinyl-only release; first edition of 1000 copies in full picture sleeve with original artwork by Mimsy DeBlois.

• 1 Black Mamba
• 2 Krokodilo Theme