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24/05/2019 nausika

Tretiy 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)

22/05/2019 nausika

Karl 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

17/05/2019 nausika

Philos: traditional Korean instruments used in innovative ways to address issues of modern life

Park Jiha, Philos, tak:til / Glitterbeat, GB077 LP vinyl 12″ ( for release June 2019) Originally released as a digital

16/05/2019 nausika

Scattered 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

11/05/2019 nausika

Terra Alta: minimalist coldwave with a techno feel from Barcelona

Fatamorgana, Terra Alta, United Kingdom, La Vida Es Un Mus, LP MUS188 limited blue vinyl (2019) Begun as a bedroom

11/05/2019 nausika

The End of Electronics: plenty of pop-friendly singles material from Russian one-man coldwave project

The End of Electronics, self-titled, Russia, Serpien Records, CD (2018) Impressively named act The End of Electronics is a one-man

10/05/2019 nausika

Etazhi: ghosts of Kraftwerk, Joy Division, New Order and others in retro post-Soviet coldwave

Molchat Doma, Etazhi, Germany, Detriti Records, vinyl 12″ DR-004 (2018) Imagine that the coldwave / darkwave bands that arose from

08/05/2019 nausika

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

03/05/2019 nausika

Have Robot Dog, Will Travel … striving to describe the difficulties of the human condition in an age of technology and technocratic values

Stephanie Pan, Have Robot Dog, Will Travel – A Song Cycle for the Technological Age, Netherlands, ARTEk, ART004 CD (2018)

27/04/2019 nausika

PTOOFF! – 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