The Sound Projector – Page 452 – Better Listening Through Imagination since 1996

01/09/2015 nausika

Meridian: mystery soundscapes of rich texture and shadow with an ulterior aim

Evan Caminiti, Meridian, Thrill Jockey Records, CD 7-90377-03932-0 (2015) A darkly lush and mysterious collection of electronic soundscapes, all shadowy

31/08/2015 nausika

The Lady with the Krar (Ethiopiques 16): a glimpse into one individual’s place and frustration with society

Asnaqetch Werqu, Ethiopiques 16: The Lady with the Krar, Buda Musique, CD 822652 (2004) On the cover of this album and

31/08/2015 Ed Pinsent

Hot As Sun

Parallel Tracks (S.C.A.P. Records Vol. 1) is an unassuming and modest record of quite pleasant electronic and electro-acoustic meanderings by

31/08/2015 nausika

Nigredo: a melodic post-metal / prog rock reworking of an earlier release

Janvs, Nigredo, Avantgarde Music, CD AV 224 (2014) My interest was piqued when I heard that Janvs had re-recorded an

31/08/2015 nausika

Verses of Perdition: debut needs a more distinct style and identity

AION, Verses of Perdition, Goathorned Productions, CD GOAT018 (2014) “Verses of Perdition” is the debut release for this Swiss trio and

30/08/2015 Ed Pinsent

Presque Noir

French drummer Philippe Foch has devoted a lot of time to learning to play the tablas, from attending workshops in

30/08/2015 Ed Pinsent

Everybody Knows this is Nowhere

English player Chris Cole used to be a member of Movietone, who in the later 1990s and early 2000s scored

30/08/2015 Ed Pinsent

Venceremos

The cassette tape Wir Triumphieren: Bergedorfs Kinderbandszene 1981-1986 (ALARM AT013) purports to be a compilation of early, unheard and unreleased

28/08/2015 Ed Pinsent

A Sanguine Disposition

Scarlet (HELEN SCARSDALE AGENCY HMS030) is a most excellent cassette in which Jim Haynes, up to now widely perceived as

28/08/2015 Ed Pinsent

Alley Oop

We seem to have been passing through a small rash of “high energy” records lately, including the Norwegian power trio