Various Artists, Elvis, United Kingdom, Penultimate Press, digital release (2023) Usually we don’t review items if they don’t have a
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Category: Current listening
III, Ascension: cycle of life, death and beyond portrayed in an immersive epic experimental soundtrack
Feigur, III, Ascension, France, Steelwork Maschine, SMR024 CD, vinyl LP (2022) Formed in 2007 by French multi-instrumentalist Adrien Tibi, originally
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Ode to the Bearer of Good News: overblown symphonic rock kitsch and dreamy space ambient electronics in Olympic Games music soundtrack
Edward Artemyev, Ode to the Bearer of Good News, USSR, Melodiya, C60 21277 005 vinyl LP (recorded 1980, released 1984)
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faux naturel: field recordings demonstrate the artifice inherent in natural world / human-made world polarity
João Castro Pinto, faux naturel, Belgium, Unfathomless, U77 CD (2022) Most soundscape recordings that feature field recordings concentrate on one
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Turbulence: more stable and steady than turbulent and tormented noise electronics
Jim Haynes, Turbulence, Germany, Verlautbarung, mitteilung 40 vinyl LP (2022) If “Turbulence” is the prequel, as claimed by the blurbs
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crawlspace: a soundtrack of the space in a stormwater drain through its echoes, reverberations and ambience
Eamon Sprod & David Prescott-Steed, crawlspace, Belgium, Unfathomless, U76 limited edition CD (2022) Armed with their microphones and recording equipment,
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Ràithean: sweeping cinematic atmospheric black metal immersion lifts you up but casts you down as well
Uamh, Ràithean, United States, Fiadh Productions, FP32 cassette (2022) A solo atmospheric black metal project based in Montana, in the
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NON baNd (self-titled): new lease of life for skronky post-punk / new wave cult band’s debut album
NON baNd, self-titled, Germany, TAL, TAL04 clear vinyl LP (2017, reissued 2022) Originally released back in 1982, the only album
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Autuala: blackened post-punk desolation from Finland’s veteran outsider duo
Circle of Ouroborus, Autuala, Greece, His Wounds, NAIL060 vinyl LP (2022) Coming a few months after Album No 20 “Aavikon
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Dora Agora: wistful dream ambient folk pop of insubstantial form and deep emotion
Ekin Fil, Dora Agora, United States, Helen Scarsdale Agency, HMS067 vinyl LP (2022) Having been active for over 20 years
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