03.23.11 NEW Welcome to Sonick Sorcery, Spring 2011... We want to take a moment to update you all on items we have been working on.

All sonicksorcery releases previously released are now available for streaming and digital download on the following dizzying array of musick providers;iTumes, Amazon, Napster, Lastfm, Zune, eMusic, Limewire, Verizon, myspacemusic and many more.Full albums and singles are now available for preview and puchase.

We are also fiendeshly working on a follow-up release to Marches and Meditations- to be entitled New Mythologies. We are currently finalizing tracks and artwork and tis slated for rlease as sonicksorcery.06 / fall 2011. Stay tuned for further information

09.22.10 We are very pleased to have released on our Musick Page the first trickle of new live video documents. All captures occurred at outdoor performances here in amazing California over the last few years. Most of these videos are of exclusive unreleased tracks we have been performing live <Special thanks to Brian Traylor for the nice footage>. We hope you enjoy them.

C.O.T.A. are also slated to play at URCK Records' fourth installment of Offerings to the Sunrise, October 22nd-24th, in Jawbone Canyon, CA. Performances by: The Deglet Noor Fakirs, Night at Noon, Swamplands, +Dog+, Upside Down Face, C.O.T.A., Phaul, Andorkappen, Amps for Christ, Hans Keller, The Vaginals, Bill Wesley, Neither/Neither World, Steve Mackay (The Stooges), Marlon Kasberg, and Sikhara. For more information please check the URCK Records site.

Select your favorite C.O.T.A. songs for purchase online at the very reasonable price of $0.99. Now available here on our Musick page, or on facebook + myspace. 95% of
all musick is stolen- please support the arts...


06.10.10 Manifest Destiny, various artists, TRSKL002, digipak CD
Luftwaffe, David E. Williams, The Soil of Langemark, Cult Of Youth, Valence, In Ruin , Awen, Gnomonclast , Verdandi, C.O.T.A., Eric K., H8!, Steel Hook Prostheses, deform uniform
DESCRIPTION: Triskele Recordings is proud to offer this ambitious compilation which spotlights American artists working within the dominantly European Post-Industrial, Experimental, and Neofolk fields. Each artist has worked within their own relentless vision to produce individual works of remarkable will and quality. Comprised of many exclusive tracks from established artists and newcomers alike, this American document is the first of its kind
in the genre. A new sound from the New World!


06.23.10 vitaignes corpus lignum V/A online compilation dedicated to the Summer Sun "as our position in thee north approaches thee solar zenith: at this blue ov noon; where our shadows seem to disappear: an offering ov gratitude tis extended to these purveyors ov thee dark arts for thee sonorous gifts which they graciously bestow unto us as offerings whilst thee shadows again begin to grow in thee warmth ov thee solar flames!!" Expected Average, Paintings For Animals, Testing Vault, Vivimancer/I.N.R.I. The Joy Of Nature,Teatro Grotesco, Incus, Critical Theatre, Elysium Obscura, Djynnx, Barbarossa Umtrunk , Under the Same Shadow, AC Way, Teatro Satanico , C.O.T.A, Sere, A Somber Boreal, Vilfos, Port Of The Sun, Nezzy Idy, Nature Morte, LIMBO, A Minority Of One, At The Head Of The Woods, She, Ben L. Robertson, A.:S.:., VelgeNaturlig, Kanopic Descent, An Exquisite Corpse, Kenji Siratori & takedown UAV,


06.10.10 SUMMER SOLSTICE / June 18th-20th KATABATIK SOLSTICE 2010 CAMPOUT
With Special Guests: C.O.T.A., Night At Noon, Hands Like Ice, R.M.S., Nuit Hadit, Nezzy
Idy, Zania Morgan, Dimentia, Djynnx, DJ Megabitch, Nada, DJ Pink.Noize. , DJ D-SYN +
others TBA... Location will be approximately 3.5 hours from the SF Bay Area.Contact solstice@katabatik.org for directions and additional information http://www.katabatik.org/solstice/


05.01.10 May 7th & 8th, Fri-Sat / DUNG MUMMY's NOMADIC TRANSMISSIONS OFFERINGS TO THE SUNRISE III, Jawbone Canyon, CA / 16 BANDS / 2 NIGHTS CAMPING / FREE--->Huhm Druhm, Keith & Also Anthony, Sneaky Snake, +DOG+, Deglet Noor Fakirs, Volcanosis, Grapes & Nuts, Night at Noon, Amps For Christ, The Upsidedown Face, Naked Marching Gamelan Ensemble of CalArts, Oscillator, The War of The Sons of Light and The Sons of Darkness <COTA acoustic project>, Bavab Bavab, Blipvert, and Actuary. Come out and play!


10.28.09 new mythologies.ed2
This is installment #2 in an ongoing series of photographic prints captured from some of the
same amazing wilderness that inspires much the music of C.O.T.A. This edition comes in professional 8x10 glossy format. Each print is available direct from the artist for $15 postage
paid worldwide.


10.23-10.25.09 The URCK Records folks are at it again with Offerings to the
Sunrise II. Friday + Saturday, October 23rd through the 25th with 26 acts performing over two starry nights in the Mojave Desert - think T.A.Z. here, and come out for a weekend of the unconventional and unexpected. Highlights to include: C.O.T.A.,Sikhara, Night at Noon, Volcanosis, Amps for Christ, Death of the West, Hop- Frog's Drum Jester Devotional, Ain Soph Aur, and many more... This is a festival venue on B.L.M. land . If attending, it will be necessary to prepare for the environment. Bring camping essentials including: warm clothing, 2 gallons
of water per person per day <recommended>, food, and firewood <if possible>.FREE!


09.25.09 Special Thanks to those who participated and came out for the Stella Natura Festival. We truly appreciated the efforts of all involved to make this a memorable time for all involved. We look forward to doing again sometime. Arnica / Changes / C.O.T.A. / Fauna & Core / Halo Manash / Katabatik Metacommunicatins Platform / Lux Interna /Novemthree / Procer Venificus / Ruhr Hunter / Sere / Velnias / Voice Of Eye / Wolfskin


07.03-07.12.09 This year we decided to head out to another location here in beautiful California outside of the Sierras. This year's excursion, a 40 plus mile , 5000 ft up then down adventure into the wylds of NW California's Trinity Alps. Photos posted in our LIVE REPORTS section- Sasquatch lore galore...