Masaki Uchida, Xenolinguistics, United Kingdom, Loose Lips LL012 LP / cassette (2017) With this debut solo album, producer Masaki Uchida
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Tracer: a haunting evocation of a possible post-apocalyptic future where entropy reigns
Omit, Tracer, United States, The Helen Scarsdale Agency, HMS005 2 x CD (2005) Never one to do things by halves
Continue readingDesert Drone Cycle: a soundscape of worlds disintegrating under water erosion
Cristopher Cichocki, Desert Drone Cycle, United States, Helen Scarsdale Agency, HMS052 cassette (2019) Hailing from the Coachella Valley in southern
Continue readingRumspringa: low-key and dark power electronics expressing guilt, shame and secret complicity
She Spread Sorrow, Rumspringa, United Kingdom, Cold Spring Records, CSR212 CD (2015) Since 2014 at least, through her current solo
Continue readingConcrete Desert: desert doom drone and techno dub conjure up a dystopian world of faded dreams and post-industrial collapse
Earth versus The Bug, Concrete Desert, United Kingdom, Ninja Tune, vinyl LP / CD / digital ZEN239 (2017) In their
Continue readingTretiy Album: retro-1980s darkwave from a world of bleakness, depression and casual violence
Pyat’shest’tri, Tretiy Album, Germany, Detriti Records, cassette DR-034 / Squall Recordings, cassette (2018) Pyat’shest’tri (the name means “five-six-three” in Russian)
Continue readingKarl Marx’s 200th: a compilation of busy and fiddly electronic music for a noble cause
Various Artists, Karl Marx’s 200th, Germany, Karlrecords, KR-058 2 x CD (2018) Last year (2018) was the 200th anniversary of
Continue readingScattered Memories: a meditation on modern Iran combining traditional and modern musics
Saba Alizadeh, Scattered Memories, Germany, Karlrecords, LP / digital album KR060 (2019) A current musical trend across the globe is
Continue readingThe Penitent Woman
Chilling industrial-tinged electronic and voice work by She Spread Sorrow on her album Mine (COLD SPRING RECORDS CSR231CD), only her
Continue readingWhen Glory Shone Around
PLYXY’s Gloryland EP (HALLOWGROUND HG1806) seemed at first spin like just another ambient set, but creator Ros Knopov has invested
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