Vanessa Tomlinson, The Space Inside, Room 40 / A Guide To Saints, SNT022 cassette (2018) I had not heard of
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The Thundering Heard (Songs of Hoof and Horn): creating its own doom desert-Western mythology of shamanistic human-nature interaction
Eagle Twin, The Thundering Heard (Songs of Hoof and Horn), United States, Southern Lord Recordings, CD LORD250 (2018) Some six
Continue readingIn Another Life: a wistful album of post-rock / electronic fusion, searching for a simpler, gentler utopia
Sandro Perri, In Another Life, Canada, Constellation Records, CD CST136 (2018) Hailing from Toronto, Sandro Perri has had a prolific
Continue readingDaqa’iq Tudaiq: lush blend of classical Arabic tradition and Western experimental methods
Jerusalem In My Heart, Daqa’iq Tudaiq, Canada, Constellation Records, CD CST137 (2018) Here is a very bewitching and hypnotic blend
Continue readingA Philosophy Warping, Little By Little That Way Lies A Quagmire (Live): Keiji Haino goes head-on with free jazz ensemble Konstrukt
Konstrukt and Keiji Haino, A Philosophy Warping, Little By Little That Way Lies A Quagmire (Live), Berlin, Karlrecords, vinyl LP
Continue readingFallow Memory: a quiet, minimal yet dignified piece of atmospheric sound art
Jérémie Mathes, Fallow Memory, Belgium, Unfathomless, CD U31 (2015) Inspired by a visit to an old abandoned food-processing factory in
Continue readingOne Two Three Four Five: a marriage of piano and electronics made in heaven
Bart van Dongen & Richard van Kruysdijk, One Two Three Four Five, Opa Loka Records, CD digipak (2018) Pianist Bart
Continue readingPlanet Doom – First Contact: sampler EP of four tracks ranging from psych stoner rock to sludge slug-doom metal
Mos Generator / Messa / Vokonis / Slomatics, The Planet of Doom – First Contact, United States, Ripple Music, CD digipak
Continue readingDisappearing In A Mirror: a series of soundscapes that could have said so much more
Giulio Aldinucci, Disappearing In A Mirror, Germany, Karlrecords, KR055 CD (2018) Sound artist Giulio Aldinucci comes to my attention with
Continue readingIn[Core]Wat[t]: a collage of field recordings united in a serene mood and attitude
Jérémie Mathes, In[Core]Wat[t], Belgium, Unfathomless, CD U53 (2018) For the past three years Jérémie Mathes has been living in Cambodia
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