acoustic – The Sound Projector

17/10/2021 Ed Pinsent

Don’t Mourn, Organize

Jon Collin is a UK guitarist who might be based in Sweden just now. He has issued his own work

14/10/2021 Ed Pinsent

Industrial Farmhouse Laundry

Got a new 10-inch release by Little Skull, following on from the 45 RPM single which was the second release

09/10/2021 Ed Pinsent

An Intellectual Curveball

Double-disc set of restrained, subdued, quiet and slow acoustic music from Bertrand Gauguet and John Tilbury, on their Contre-Courbes (AKOUSIS

01/09/2021 Ed Pinsent

The Moon Is Shrinking

We recently noted Australian player Judith Hamann in March 2021 with her excellent Music For Cello and Humming CD –

19/08/2021 nausika

Fiori Chiari, Fiori Oscuri: a mix of sunny worlds of children’s dreams and an introspective solo piano melody

Alvin Curran, Fiori Chiari, Fiori Oscuri, Australia, Black Truffle, BT078 vinyl LP (reissue) (2021) First issued in 1978 on the

15/08/2021 nausika

Lastenkerääjä: leading listeners down a rabbit hole of dark and grim folk

Akkajee, Lastenkerääjä, Finland, self-released, AKKACD-002 (2021) In Finnish, “lastenkerääjä,” means “child collector”, referring to a child’s mind in which the

09/08/2021 nausika

Arbre V: bleak and wintry ambient raw black metal with orchestral ambitions

Arbre, V, France, Distant Voices, DV060 limited edition cassette (2021) French black metal act Arbre – in English, “Tree” –

20/07/2021 Ed Pinsent

Natural Juices

Excellent set of live music from the trio of Christiane Bopp, Jean-Marc Foussat and Emmanuelle Parrenin on their Nature Still

25/06/2021 nausika

Sompas-Naga: a mesmeric black metal / Thai folk music fusion

Lotus of Darkness, Sompas-Naga, Colombia, Namtaru Records, NR008 CD (2021) Here comes very melodic black metal folk music with distinctly

22/06/2021 nausika

Eminence: a dense, intricate and manic blast through European / French Fin-de-Siecle culture

Passéisme, Eminence, France, Antiq Records, CD / vinyl LP (2021) Ha! Like many others I was taken in by Passéisme’s