Current listening – The Sound Projector

21/10/2021 nausika

Porter Ricks (self-titled): reissue brings back a world of minimal dub techno, ambient, funk and glitch electronics

Porter Ricks, self-titled, Germany, Mille Plateaux, MP35 CD / MP42 2 x 12″ vinyl LP (reissued 2021) I remember owning

13/10/2021 nausika

Cilicium: a solid debut of dark droning cold-space black metal

Issolei, Cilicium, Norway, Terratur Possessions (Van Records), VOICE 132, CD digipak / 12″ vinyl LP (2021) Mystery Norwegian horde Issolei

11/10/2021 nausika

Recurring Nightmare: blackened sludge doom soundtrack to the reality of capitalist societies

Lunar Ark, Recurring Nightmare, Spain, Lunar Seas Records, cassette limited edition (2021) / United Kingdom, Trepanation Recordings, CD limited edition

08/10/2021 nausika

Maniac Manifest: reclusive ambient black metal entity dives into new musical territory

Pa Vesh En, Maniac Manifest, Germany, Iron Bonehead Productions, CD digipak / cassette / vinyl LP (2021) For an entity

07/10/2021 nausika

Poleas: a secret sound universe uncovered behind the most crowded transit railway line in the world

Juan José Calarco, Poleas, Belgium, Unfathomless, U71 CD (2021) Unlike most people (including me) who commute daily to work by

06/10/2021 nausika

Nirjara: an intense and powerful blackened death journey towards realisation and escape from endless rebirth

Tattva, Nirjara, Netherlands, Void Wanderer Productions, VWP023 cassette (2023) / United States, Road Rat Records, RRR00024 CD (2021) In the

29/09/2021 nausika

Alteleyeshegnem: a funky makeover and introduction into the work of a major Ethiopian artist

Alèmayèhu Eshèté, Alteleyeshegnem, Germany, Philophon, PH45011 vinyl 7″ single (2017) As my way of farewelling Alèmayèhu Eshèté, the great Ethiopian

22/09/2021 nausika

The Procession: scrolling through a raw and savage Middle Eastern / BM fusion treatment of Ancient Egyptian mythology

Lycopolis, The Procession, Sweden, Azure Graal, AG16 cassette (2021) / United States, Snow Wolf Records, SW-022, CD limited edition /

20/09/2021 nausika

These Wounds Are My Cathedral: polished atmospheric black / blackgaze / folk fades to colourlessness

Onryo Over October, These Wounds Are My Cathedral, Bulgaria, BMC Productions, CD digipak limited edition (2021) / United States, WereGnome

16/09/2021 nausika

Zwart Vierkant: arty blasting BM / jazz / progressive rock fusion appealing to the head but not the heart

Grey Aura, Zwart Vierkant, United Kingdom, Onism Productions, ONISM006 CD digipak limited edition / vinyl limited edition (2021) A tough