Aurora Dorey Alice, Inside Outside, Sygil Records, cassette 013 (2013) A gorgeous if sometimes slightly sinister and deranged psych-folk offering
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Womb C: a wide range of genres searching for communion with dark sinister cosmos
Womb C, self-titled, Bestial Burst, CD BeBu-059 (2013) Dark space ambience, post-industrial percussion, sinister electronics, black metal and trance psychedelia
Continue readingTeban Slide Art: triple set that casts parallels between Nazi Germany and current times
M.B., Teban Slide Art (The Come Organisation Files), Menstrual Recordings, 3 x CD LH40 (2013) “M.B.” refers to Maurizio Bianchi,
Continue readingInstant Satisfunction: a bewildering set of beat-dominated looping rhythmscapes
Rioteer / Urbanfailure / Gotharman / Axiomid, Instant Satisfunction, Slovakia, Urbsounds Collective, CD 26 (2012) Four acts come together to
Continue readingVast Chains: a mighty mammoth microtonal missive of intense derangement and moments of silent terror
Jute Gyte, Vast Chains, Jeshimoth Entertainment, CD-R JEO65 (2014) Holy heck, here comes another mighty microtonal music missive from the
Continue readingGrün ist grau: green gets ground out on this post-industrial dystopian music travelogue
Ravi Shardja, Grün ist grau, Grautag Records, 2 x LP GTR#005 (2013) Aye aye, Captain Shardja … green is grey according
Continue readingBlakesianWilliamness: a heady noise psychedelic journey of inner space
Holism Gaea, BlakesianWilliamness, Heart & Crossbone, CDR-HCB042 (2013) As its title suggests, this debut album by new duo Holism Gaea is
Continue readingCults Percussion Ensemble (self-titled): a mix of kitsch and sublimely dreamy music
Cults Percussion Ensemble, self-titled, Trunk Records, JBH046CD (reissued 2012) A very obscure release from 1979, copies of which were usually
Continue readingKwjaz (self-titled): lush soundscapes of Sixties / Seventies psychedelic nostalgia
Kwjaz, self-titled, Not Not Fun Records, CD NNF 238 (2012) Originally released on cassette, this self-titled debut from one-man project
Continue readingAkkord (self-titled): pulling in a huge range of influences for a spacey dark techno album
Akkord, self-titled, Houndstooth Records, HTH015CD (2013) If you’ve been following my reviews obsessively – in which case, I would advise
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