L’Acephale, Decollate, Black Horizons, Canada, cassette (2013) L’Acephale‘s latest release “Decollate” is a short five-track set on cassette that includes
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Strata: documenting sound worlds within nooks and crannies of urban landscapes
Tarab, Strata, Unfathomless, CD U18 (2013) For years the Australian artist Eamonn Sprod, working under the project title of Tarab,
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Every so often we get musicians who decide they must get back to first principles and start asking fundamental questions
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I’m warming to the music of Noteherder & McCloud, an English duo who are really growing on me with their
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A highly powerful set of heavy ambient droning is Oranur III: The Third and Final Report (COLD SPRING RECORDS CSR174CD)
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Sindre Bjerga’s Black Paper Wings (LF RECORDS LF030) is a nice snappy piece of live electro-acoustic performance performed at an
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Three more doomy cassettes from Andre Foisy’s Land Of Decay label. Line ’em up in a row and you have
Continue readingThrough a Pre-Memory: a heavyweight sound experience of alienation and despair
ÄÄNIPÄÄ, Through A Pre-Memory, Editions Mego, CD 175 (2013) On their own and with other collaborations, Mika Vainio and Stephen
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Gintas K Slow FRANCE BASKARU KARU:22 CD (2013) Gintas Kraptavicius is from Lithuania and active since 1994. At the beginnings,
Continue readingLife Cycle of a Massive Star: a grand operatic work that falls short of great wonder and drama
Roly Porter, Life Cycle of a Massive Star, Subtext Recordings, SUBCD005 (2013) At just over 35 minutes in length, how does
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