Ariya, Maniya Velichiya, independently released in 1985 At long last I found a hitherto long-forgotten and ancient Judas Priest album where
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The Wedding of Idiots: an introduction into the work of a major Soviet rock music performer
Yuri Morozov, The Wedding of Idiots / Svad’ba Kretinov, recorded 1974 – 1976, released 1977? We first met Morozov last
Continue readingElectronic Music by Young Hungarian Composers: an enjoyable if studious ride through late 1970s electronic soundscapes
Various Artists, Electronic Music By Young Hungarian Composers, Hungaraton, LP SLPX 12371 (recorded 1975 – 1981, released 1983) In the
Continue readingCroce: obsession with crucifixion, sacrifice and apocalypse doesn’t quite go far enough
Father Murphy, Croce, The Flenser, CD FR54 (2015) San Francisco-based label The Flenser might just be my favourite label for
Continue readingKsiezyc (self-titled): experimental neo-folk inspired by past and present music traditions
Ksiezyc, self-titled, Poland, OBUH, CD D17A (reissued 2014) Originally released by the OBUH label in Poland way back in 1996,
Continue reading24 Worter: opening up creative possibilities and connections with twinned reiterations of words signifying aloneness
Jurg Frey, 24 Worter, Edition Wandelweiser Records, CD EWR 1407 (2014?) Actually there are 27 short pieces on this album,
Continue readingUlibka: a short and sweet dip into Soviet kitsch electronic space lounge pop
Vyacheslav Mescherin Ensemble, Ulibka, EP (1964) Of the various unheralded minor pioneers of electronic music who tried to promote their
Continue readingMetamorphoses: Soviet electronic space-ambient renditions of formal classical music pieces
Eduard Artemyev, Yuri Bogdanov, Vladimir Martynov, Metamorphoses, Melodiya, C10—13889-90 (1980) Admittedly the idea behind this album is not very original:
Continue readingDarkspace III I: riding once again into deepest, darkest space
Darkspace, III I, Avantgarde Music, CD AV239 (digipak) (2014) Those of us who’ve been following this Swiss trio for a
Continue readingMusical Offering: showcase of avantgarde 20th-century formal Soviet composition in space electronics
Alfred Schnittke, Edison Denisov, Sofia Gubaidulina, Oleg Buloshkin, Edward Artemiev, Musical Offering, Melodiya C60 30721 000 (recorded 1971, released 1990) Modestly
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