Panopticon, Kentucky, Pagan Flames, CD (2012) My loyal, faithful fans – they probably number no more than a few misguided
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Noize 2005: jazz klezmer fusion that’s born to be wild … or mild
Kruzenshtern i parohod, Noize 2005, Auris Media, CD aum033 (2011) In spite of its title, this is an album of
Continue readingHidden Album: a breezy klezmer jazz improv fusion
Kruzenshtern i Parohod, hidden album, Auris Media, CD aum031 (2011) Apart from a couple of those suggestive little black silhouettes
Continue readingCypher: black metal fusion soundtrack tracking our path to Hell
Spektr, Cypher, Agonia Records, ARCD102 (2013) It’s been several years since I heard anything by this duo and one reason
Continue readingKuxan Suum (self-titled): spacey psychedelia and black / death metal fusion inspired by Mayan mythology
Kuxan Suum, self-titled, Fallen Empire Records, LP FE-2012-02 (2012) Belonging to the Black Twilight Circle of southern Californian black metal bands,
Continue readingCloaks versus Grain: blank snapshot of future society in industrial techno dubstep album
Cloaks, Versus Grain, 3by3, 3by3002CD (2009) It has a certain cache for one track “R.F.I.D.” which contains samples from a
Continue readingFistula: a complex and temperamental sound beast of many moods
Sujo and Sun Hammer, Fistula, Inam Records, CD 107 (2012) “Fistula” is a medical term describing a passage between two
Continue readingStereo Space: ruminating on modern life and how it breaks people
Pilesar, Stereo Space, self-released CD (2012) Piloted in the main by Jason Mullinax, responsible for vocals, keyboards, programmed percussion, most
Continue readingOff / On: reinventing the Kraftwerkian wheel
Forma, Off / On, Spectrum Spools / Editions Mego, SP 024CD (2012) Forma is a trio (Mark Dwinell, Sophie Lam,
Continue readingVaporware / Scanops: quiet electronic wonderworld shyly waits for visitors
Bee Mask, Vaporware / Scanops, Australia, Room 40, RM450 (2012) Deceptively innocent and cheerful, this spacey and spaced-out recording by Bee
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