Ekin Fil, Dora Agora, United States, Helen Scarsdale Agency, HMS067 vinyl LP (2022) Having been active for over 20 years
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Suicide Social: soundtrack to a personal descent into hell, in a society of forced and false happiness
Broyeur d’Enfance, Suicide Social, France, Acid Vicious, AVCD33 CD digipak (2022) Living in a society where pursuing happiness, comfort and
Continue readingSonbonbela: cosmic Afro-beat music takes you on a wonderful ride to trance heaven
Baba Commandant and the Mandingo Band, Sonbonbela, United States, Sublime Frequencies, vinyl LP (2022) An infectiously joyous album with a
Continue readingOcularchy: occult-themed war metal with a blackened punk / industrial edge
Graal, Ocularchy, Canada, self-released, cassette (2022) Despite the alarming artwork on their debut album and the violent nature of their
Continue readingFever Collapse: harsh noise industrial electronics and dark ambient describing a world in breakdown
Absolute Key, Fever Collapse, France, Asylum Tenebris, cassette (2022) I only discovered Absolute Key and its prolific output very recently
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Three items from the Neuma Records label. Daniel Pesca is a talented pianist, but his Promontory (Neuma 147) is not
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Mako Sica are a group from Chicago whose progress I haven’t been following diligently. As a trio they’ve been active
Continue readingGospel et le râteau: swansong work by an idiosyncratic and eclectic artist
Ghédalia Tazartès, Gospel et le râteau, France, Bisou Records, BIS-014-U CD / vinyl LP (2022) A compilation of previously unreleased
Continue readingW: a work of calm and serenity through deep, immersive soundscapes
Boris, W, United States, Sacred Bones Records, SBR287 CD / vinyl LP (2022) Into their 30th year together as Boris,
Continue readingLUX – Theatre Works: a compilation of theatre scores filled with light and benevolence
Mario Bajardi, LUX – Theatre Works, Italy, self-released CD (2021) Like many artists whose works we review here at The
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