M.B., Bactérie, Taalem, mini-CD alm 34 (2006) Rummaging through my music collection one day, I found I had a few
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Ensemble Pearl: debut album of low-key cavernous drone soundscapes
Ensemble Pearl, self-titled, Drag City, DC544CD (2013) Led by Stephen O’Malley and featuring Michio Kurihara, Atsuo of Boris and William
Continue readingUnfolk + Live Book: psychedelic journey and call for justice in folk music adventures
Alessandro Monti, Unfolk + Live Book, Diplodisc, 2 x CD DIPL 005/6 (2012) News reached me the other day of
Continue readingManiacal Meditations: extreme death metal invades microtonal realms
Last Sacrament, Maniacal Meditations, Microtonal Records, cassette MR003 (2011) In my immediate previous review (Jute Gyte’s “Discontinuities”), I mentioned that
Continue readingDiscontinuities: a new way of seeing the world in hidden musical tones
Jute Gyte, Discontinuities, Jeshimoth Entertainment, CD JE063 (2013) Jute Gyte is a very prolific act that has so far released
Continue readingKentucky: an impassioned and fiery black metal / bluegrass clarion call for justice and the preservation of history
Panopticon, Kentucky, Pagan Flames, CD (2012) My loyal, faithful fans – they probably number no more than a few misguided
Continue readingNoize 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,
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