Grisha Shakhnes, Being there, Belgium, Unfathomless, U61 CD (2019) Israeli artist Grisha Shakhnes is blunt about this release: it’s a
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Patience: two gentle instrumental pieces of rich meditative soundscape art
Monotronique / Quiet Evenings, Patience, Germany, Vaagner, VAKNAR 22 cassette (2019) Appearing on quite a few people’s bandcamp collections, this
Continue readingAnd Soom The Darkness
Ukranian doom band album Soom have their album Dzhyebars (NO NAME) released on that broad-minded net label in Russia which
Continue readingThe way you make me feel: a private struggle reveals a sonic world of fragile and hypnotic beauty
Vanessa Rossetto, The way you make me feel, Belgium, Unfathomless, U35 CD (2016) In contrast with most other releases I’ve
Continue readingSpatters of Paint, Bloody Wrist: more peaceful, radiant and serene than what the title says
Appropriate Savagery, Spatters of Paint, Bloody Wrist, Russia, Perfect Aesthetics, AEST-043 limited edition double cassette set (2019) Active since 2017
Continue readingBrief bulletin for May
Many listeners (including me) have a soft spot for the great Kevin Martin on account of landmark projects like Techno
Continue readingAevum: a technically accomplished work that falls far short of greatness
Vukari, Aevum, Germany, Vendetta Records, vendetta records #183 CD / LP (2019) Originally formed as Vucari in 2013 – strange
Continue readingInto Frosty Waters
Finding very little to enjoy in the murky textures of Nekyia (ART FIRST RECORDS ATF072), an album created by the
Continue readingThe Forcing Season: Further Acts of Severance – impressions of Planet Earth being engulfed by a chaos from within
Sky Burial, The Forcing Season: Further Acts of Severance, Opa Loka Records, OL1904 CD (2019) Sky Burial is the solo
Continue readingDoctrine: first step on a long dark (and hopefully fruitful) journey in the Left Hand Path
Qayin Regis, Doctrine, Spain, BlackSeed Productions, SEED052 CD / vinyl (2019) With a name that includes the Hebrew form of
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