Darkspace, Dark Space -II, France, Season of Mist, SOM776 CD digisleeve / vinyl LP (2024) With the departure of bassist
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Dawit Yifru (self-titled): songs hearkening back to the Golden Age of Ethiopian jazz
Dawit Yifru, self-titled, Ethiopia, Muzikawi, vinyl LP (2023) This compilation of songs performed by keyboardist Dawit Yifru and several other
Continue readingContranatura: a three-stage descent into the deepest part of Hell
Reflection of Misery, Contranatura, Nicaragua, Exnihilo Records, ENR07, CD (2023) Onto their third recording and second album “Contranatura”, and already
Continue readingBlack Tides: a whimsical ride through blackened surf rock / psychedelia and Lovecraft-lite horror
Kólga, Black Tides, United States, self-released, CD / vinyl LP (2024) One look at that wacky album cover and I
Continue readingAsphalt / Concrete: everyday sounds in urban Osaka become portals to microworlds beyond our experience
Masayuki Imanishi, Asphalt / Concrete, Belgium, Unfathomless, U82 CD (2024) For the past several years since the global COVID-19 pandemic
Continue readingEcclesia Gnostica: an ambitious melodic black metal debut in esoteric spirituality and Gnostic philosophy
A/Oratos, Ecclesia Gnostica, France, Les Acteurs de l’Ombre Productions, AO 230 CD / LPAO-231 vinyl LP (2024) Nearly five years
Continue readingVissiones ov Naeku the’e Plowmanne: a mediaeval English pilgrimage through forest and mountain landscapes of northern India
Piyakdu, Vissiones ov Naeku the’e Plowmanne, United States, Grime Stone Records, (no catalogue number) cassette / CD (2023) Partly inspired
Continue readingAha: tape deck compositions still sound fresh after nearly 40 years
Anne Gillis, Aha, Belgium, La Scie Dorée, limited edition vinyl LP (2024) Nearly 40 years after its first release, French
Continue readingOdium: blackened death metal / industrial soundscape journeys through a hostile, malevolent cosmos
Mahr, Odium, Germany, Amor Fati Productions, AFP250 CD / vinyl LP (2023) Like fellow Prava Kollektiv bands Arkhtinn, Hwwauoch, Pharmakeia
Continue readingTago Mago: a classic of joyful, jazz-inspired improvisation embracing trance, funk, psychedelia and experimentation
Can, Tago Mago, United Artists Records, UAS 29 211/12 X, 2 x vinyl LP (1971) The news of Damo Suzuki’s
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