Aelter, Dusk Dawn / Follow You Beloved, Crucial Blast, 2xCD (2011) A repackaging of two recordings that were originally self-released
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Vox Humana
Imaginative and inspired use of the human voice to make modernist compositions by Leo Kupper on his Digital Voices (POGUS
Continue readingDoom in Bloom: more bloom, less doom needed here
The Botanist, Doom in Bloom, Israel, 2xCD Total Rust Music, TRUST025 (2012) After the first two albums, reviewed in an
Continue readingVantaa: Vladislav Delay at his warmest and most beautifully lush
Vladislav Delay, Vantaa, Raster-Noton, CD R-N 136 (2011) Reliable electronic-minimalist warhorse Vladislav Delay surfaces with “Vantaa”, a beautifully warm and
Continue readingBehind the Throne: black metal / noise tornado is coming at us
Sutekh Hexen, Behind the Throne, Magic Bullet Records, CD (2012) No sooner did Sutekh Hexen’s first full-length album appear on
Continue reading… On Sea-Faring Isolation: warm oceanic sound cocoon to float away in
Dolphins Into The Future, … On Sea-Faring Isolation, Fonal Records, CD FR-84 (2012, Fourth Edition) Originally released on Not Not
Continue readingThe Past Sure is Tense
Hear Richard Sanderson‘s melodeon improvisations radically transformed on Tone Chambers (LINEAR OBSESSIONAL RECORDINGS LOR 003)…it’s an unsettling listening experience even
Continue readingNovaya Zemlya: less an urgent warning than a cold and sometimes scary polar ambient soundtrack
Thomas Köner, Novaya Zemlya, Touch CD TO:85 (2012) It’s of great contemporary significance that Thomas Köner has named this album
Continue readingRuins of Morning: a serene and mellow painting of a fresh beginning
Nadja, Ruins of Morning, Broken Spine Productions (2010) Well, this is a surprise for me: I had given up on
Continue readingSevenstars: Fennesz in an 18-minute nutshell
Fennesz, Sevenstars, Touch, CD EP Tone44 (2011) Not much of an album here, being only 18 minutes long, but at
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