Sortlegeme, Awe, Russia, Perfect Aesthetics, AEST-042 limited edition cassette (2019) As far as I can make out, Sortlegeme is a
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Nodus Tollens: rich and contradictory post-black metal soundscapes of beauty, brutality and harshness
Calvaire, Nodus Tollens, Singapore, Lithe Records, LITHE009 limited edition cassette (2019) The debut full-length album of Singaporean post-BM band Calvaire,
Continue readingConcealing a Trace of Exile: a lush ambient soundtrack for the decline and fall of Western civilisation
Lilac Pavilion, Concealing a Trace of Exile, Australia, Vienna Press, Keys to the Field 032, cassette (2019) Here is a
Continue readingIvory Trade / lilac (self-titled): leaving a lasting impression of a future post-industrial world where inhuman cyber-critters reign
Ivory Trade / lilac, self-titled, Canada, (1.8)sec.records, cassette (2017) Based in Winnipeg, the city made famous as a focus of
Continue readingHendes Bregneøjne: an inner world of nostalgia within repetitive looping piano minimalism
øjeRum, Hendes Bregneøjne, Russia, Perfect Aesthetics, AEST-040 limited edition cassette (2019) Yes, on one level this is mournful minimalist piano-loop
Continue readingSeven Movements for M.R.M.: an unassuming and quiet work of brooding ambience, liquid beauty and charm
Fountains for Assisi, Seven Movements for M.R.M., Australia, Vienna Press, Keys to the Field 034, cassette (2019) Not often do
Continue readingGlass Braid: a self-contained, complex sonic universe of beauty and oppression
Lisa Lerkenfeldt, Glass Braid, Australia, Vienna Press, Keys to the Fields 010 double cassette (2017) Active since early 2015, Melbourne-based
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Health and Safety (self-titled): a debut of surprisingly dark and powerful ambient melancholy
Health & Safety, self-titled, Denmark, Posh Isolation, PI-181 limited edition cassette (2017) Awww – such a woeful expression on that
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Avtomat Proshlogo: a pleasant and sometimes trippy voyage in an eclectic sea of space rock, psychedelia and jazz
Ciolkowska, Avtomat Proshlogo, Russia, [Addicted label] / noname666, digipak CD #730 (2018) Started in Saint Petersburg in 2012, Ciolkowska are
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Phantoms: strange yet familiar messages from an otherworldly parallel universe
Sonologyst, Phantoms, Italy, Unexplained Sounds Group, CD digipak (2019) Sonologyst is Raffaele Pezzella who runs the Unexplained Sounds Group label
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