An unspeakable crime against music listening and appreciation has been committed and a victim lies supine on the ground with
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August 53rd: a soundtrack to a futuristic post-industrial society in decay
Fossil Mining Project, August 53rd, The Helen Scarsdale Agency, LP HMS043 (2018) Amazing what can be done with old tapes
Continue readingPolyagogy / Keyboard: a double-set reissue of two compilations of Greek experimental music
Various Artists, Polyagogy / Keyboard, Creelpone, 2 x CD 240 – 241 (?) Way back in the 1970s or 80s
Continue readingWake the Dead: this rage against the machine ends up looping over and over in its own dubstep rut
Third Eye Foundation, Wake the Dead, Ici d’Ailleurs, IDA 119CD (2018) A very sinister and unsettling soundtrack to contemporary life
Continue readingRadiophonic Tape Composition in Australia: a compilation of fine experimental music from the 1980s
Various Artists, Radiophonic Tape Composition in Australia, Creelpone, CP 244 CD-R Now known as Fine Music 102.5, the former 2MBS-FM
Continue readingYama: a pleasant journey through ambient minimal electronica that reaches a plateau and stays there
Raskol’nikov & Hjalmar Yama POLAND ZOHARUM ZOHAR158-2 (2017) On one level, this album of ambient electronic soundscapes traces a journey
Continue readingFreigeist: a throbbing, pulsing power electronics album demanding (and taking over) all your attention
Kotra, Freigeist, Ukraine, Kvitnu, CD 56 (2018) Kotra is the main art / music project of Ukrainian musician / producer
Continue readingSpots in the Sun: an immersive sonic universe of much mystery, turbulent activity and beauty
Matt Shoemaker, Spots in the Sun, The Helen Scarsdale Agency, CD HMS010 (2007) Like other releases of his which I’ve
Continue readingSoundtrack for Dislocation: a beautiful and beguiling album … that’s also very moody and intense
Matt Shoemaker, Soundtrack for Dislocation, Elevator Bath, CD eeaoa034 (2010) A front cover sleeve of radiant daylight striking a forest
Continue readingPasar Fosil: an incredible immersion into a dark and monumental drone universe
Fosil Sangiran, Pasar Fosil, United States, The Helens Scarsdale Agency, cassette HMS047 (2018) Released together with the beats-oriented “Khayal Kuno”, this
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