Carbonscape, Artistry of Exhaustion II, www.carbonscape.bandcamp.com (2011) Carbonscape, the ambient twin of black metal act Petrychor, has three digital albums
Continue readingEffigies and Epitaphs: black metal meets melodic flamenco guitar
Petrychor, Effigies and Epitaphs, Khrysanthoney, 2xCD (2011) The set under review includes the Effigies and Epitaphs album proper plus the
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NRIII, Solus Patior, Neon Doom Records, CD (2011) It had to happen one day: an album where Whitehouse-styled power electronics
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The Mind Robber Hobo Sonn might be Ian Murphy. We last heard from him in 2008 with The Thundering Nature
Continue readingTwo Weeks in Alert Bay: spotlight on a traditional First Nations society in western Canada
Hein Schoer, The Sounding Museum: Two Weeks in Alert Bay, Germany, Gruenrekorder, CD Gruen 082 (2010) I never know quite
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Ten songs of a rather lugubrious hue from the Italian singer-songwriter who calls himself Rella The Woodcutter. Previous albums have
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The Sound Projector Radio Show Friday 30th March 2012 Extra Life, ‘Righteous Seed’ From Dream Seeds, USA NORTHERN SPY NS022
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Space to think in Filament Form Vitor Joaquim wages a one-man war against information overload on Filament (KVITNU 19), his
Continue readingThree meaty bites from Sutekh Hexen’s “Larvae”
Sutekh Hexen, Larvae, Handmade Birds, HB034 (2011) A fairly new band to my ears and already notching up Album No
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Pillow Talk Very nice to have discovered the vocal work of Bonnie Barnett, appearing on In Between Dreams (PFMENTUM PFMCD063)
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