Graal, Ocularchy, Canada, self-released, cassette (2022) Despite the alarming artwork on their debut album and the violent nature of their
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Fake: dynamic duo leading the way into a retro space jazz dystopian underworld
Lorenzo Feliciati & Dominique Vantomme, Fake, India, Subcontinental Records, SCR049 CD digipak (2022) Two veteran musicians (and long-time friends) in
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Sand On Your Feet
Ashley Paul here with her new cassette Another Sand (WAGTAIL RECORDINGS 008), this one credited to a new trio of
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The Gleam: a stark and minimal presentation on human responses to and interactions with light
Park Jiha, The Gleam, tak:til / Glitterbeat, GB119 CD / vinyl ( 2022) As its title suggests, “The Gleam” revolves
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Confined To Quarters
Modern classical music from Ensemble Dal Niente, a Chicago music group whom we did hear in 2014 with their fine
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Pound For Powndak
Superb solo electric guitar work from Mikel Vega on his cassette tape Powndak Improv (CRYSTAL MINE 84). He exhibits an
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Fever Collapse: harsh noise industrial electronics and dark ambient describing a world in breakdown
Absolute Key, Fever Collapse, France, Asylum Tenebris, cassette (2022) I only discovered Absolute Key and its prolific output very recently
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Cement Images
Curious mix of electronica and modern musique concrète from Niton…perhaps concsious of the musique concrète thing, they have wittily elected
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Under a Canopy
Three items from the Neuma Records label. Daniel Pesca is a talented pianist, but his Promontory (Neuma 147) is not
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Air-Ice Operations
Norwegian guitarist Fredrik Rasten with his latest solo work Svevning, this time released on the Swiss label INSUB.records. This fellow
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