Vrag, Exile, Germany, Schattenkult Produktionen, CD SKP076 (2017) “Exile” is a very fitting title for Vrag’s most recent recording: in
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Author: nausika
Perpetual Despair is the Human Condition: not with this album, that’s for sure
Cara Neir, Perpetual Despair is the Human Condition, Broken Limbs Recordings, BLR057, 12″ vinyl (2016) Strange that Cara Neir’s discography
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¡Ahora! – a welcome reissue of wild experimental electronic music
Ivan Pequeño, ¡Ahora!, Creelpone Records, CP 203 CD(2016?) ¡Hola! Here’s a welcome reissue of a rare recording of musique concrète
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HØST: a wild ride into the most deranged realms of acid BM fury
Holokauston, HØST, New Zealand, The Dark Thursday, digital album TDT71 / Ukraine, Depressive Illusion Records, floppy diskette FNR218 (2017) As debut
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Life, Sex and Death: a homage to a Tantric Hindu goddess and what she represents
Cult of Fire, Life, Sex & Death, Czech Republic, Beyond Eyes, CD BE04 (2016) Judging from the very ornate cover,
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No One Deserves Happiness: an adventurous sludge / doom progression into songs of love and loss
The Body, No One Deserves Happiness, United States, Thrill Jockey Records, CD digipak THRILL 047 (2016) I admit I haven’t
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Robert Filliou Sings Marquis de Sade: oddball spoken voice recording whose rationale is unclear and deliberately ambiguous
Robert Filliou, Sings Marquis de Sade, Goaty Tapes, cassette #73 (2016?) Here comes one of those obscure oddball recordings that’ll
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Boa / Cold: a mesmeric fusion of droning desert Western doom and cold heavy industrial techno dub
Earth / The Bug, Boa / Cold, Ninja Tune, ZEN12394 12″ vinyl (2014) I sure did not see this collaboration
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An Insect on the Other Side of the World Climbing up a Table Leg: a quirky and charming stream-of-consciousness work
Matthew Revert, An Insect on the Other Side of the World Climbing up a Table Leg, Caduc CD #CA17 (2016)
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Black Wisdom: taking dissonant black / death metal into dark ambient and prog-rock realms
Grey Heaven Fall, Black Wisdom, Russia, Aesthetics of Devastation, CD AOD-2 (2015) True it is that French avant-garde black metallers
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