Saba Alizadeh, Scattered Memories, Germany, Karlrecords, LP / digital album KR060 (2019) A current musical trend across the globe is
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Mass Observation (Expanded): study in invasive digital surveillance as relevant and shocking now as it was in 1994
Scanner, Mass Observation (Expanded), Australia, Room40, CD limited edition / digital (2018) Originally recorded with Jim O’Rourke and Robert Hampson
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We very much enjoyed Volume 1 of Historische Aufnahmen in 2011, noting it in the pages of TSP 20. A
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Received two records featuring Angélica Castelló from the Mikroton label this season. Castelló is usually associated with the paetzold bass
Continue readingPTOOFF! – an album a decade ahead of its time still has the power to sting
The Deviants, PTOOFF!, United Kingdom, Underground Impresarios, vinyl LP IMP1 (1967) If you didn’t know anything at all about The
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Another unusual conceptual release from Corvo Records, the German label devoted to producing full-on art productions with a lot of
Continue readingDolomite Dub: a brisk adventure in dub through mountain soundscapes
Ulrich Troyer, Dolomite Dub, Austria, 4Bit Productions, 4Bit-P008 CD / LP / MP3 (2019) Part adventure travelogue / part homecoming
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Quite nice short electronica-dub thing from INRA, the duo of Adam Ben-Nun and Philipp Rhensius. The Content Consuming Its Form
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Michael Lightborne made sound recordings of projection booths in UK cinemas, and now releases the results as an LP called
Continue readingIgitur Carbon Copies: a pleasant and serene if slightly sinister and tense tapestry of found sound recordings
Reinier van Houdt, Igitur Carbon Copies, Switzerland, Hallow Ground, vinyl HG1807 (2018) Based on an apparently unfinished work of Gothic
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