March 2019 – Page 4 – The Sound Projector

14/03/2019 Ed Pinsent

Grey Matter

Here be three records from Belgium of high-quality minimal / slow music. They’re all credited to TONUS, which is the

13/03/2019 nausika

Parachute: disillusionment results from city flight to the country

The Pretty Things, Parachute, United Kingdom, Harvest, vinyl LP SHVL 774 (1970) After the commercial failure of “S.F. Sorrow” and

12/03/2019 Ed Pinsent

Marine Boy

Aquadelique (ADAADAT ADA0055) is an unusual watery item, ambient music designed to be heard while the listener is under the

12/03/2019 Ed Pinsent

Broth of Life

Recently heard Bill Brovold on the cassette Superstar, from the Eh? Audio Repository label, a hugely enjoyable tape of guitar

12/03/2019 nausika

Iijanaika: a patchy effort from a pioneer Japanese ’60s psychedelic rock band

The Mops, Iijanaika, Toshiba Liberty, vinyl LP LTP-9025 (1970) Founded in 1966 by high-school students, Japan’s The Mops originally were

10/03/2019 Ed Pinsent

Out of the Earth

David Bremer is not known to us, but he has appeared on a few Swedish records of a noisy and

10/03/2019 Ed Pinsent

Double Shadow

Indifferent cover art, banal title – but the music on Actions Soniques (VAND’OEUVRE VDO1850) deserves a curious lugger or two

10/03/2019 Ed Pinsent

The Cassandra Crossing

Last heard from Jana Irmert, the Berlin sound artist, in 2017 with her End Of Absence record. That overly-atmospheric item

09/03/2019 Ed Pinsent

Coup de Vent

Unusual clarinet improvisations from French players Xavier Charles and Jacques di Donato on their Ilex (PROTAGONISTE PROTA1801) album. Using only

09/03/2019 Paul Khimasia Morgan

Windmill Exercises

Three items whose common denominator is Salford’s most prolific polymath, purveyor of free/jazz/noise, promoter, label head and uttapam-fan David Birchall.