Herewith two newish tapes received as part of the 7th March 2022 package from Rinus Van Alebeek. These two are
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How to Slow Down Time / Robot Arms
Package of cassette tapes from Rinus van Alebeek sent from Berlin. It seems like we haven’t received anything from Staaltape
Continue readingThe Tormented Wanderer Trilogy: exploring existential pain, despair and hopelessness in a cosmic trap
Reflet Crépusculaire, The Tormented Wanderer Trilogy, Italy, Canti Eretici, CANTO XX limited edition cassette (2023) Released originally as three separate
Continue readingDeep City Wanderings / Experimental Tape 1987-2022: a remarkable micro-universe of sound stored on a cassette for 35 years
Quartz Locked, Deep City Wanderings / Experimental Tape 1987-2022, Netherlands, Staalplaat, limited edition cassette (2022) Recorded and kept on a
Continue readingHostile Architecture
Got a nice package of tapes from Michal Lichy sent from his Bratislava address. Two of them are on his
Continue readingA Fate Worse Than Home: a balancing act between two very different musical poles
Iravu, A Fate Worse Than Home, United States, Fiadh Productions, FP076 / VP19 limited edition cassette / CD (2023) The
Continue readingIlat Mahru (self-titled): sinister soundscapes of atmospheric lo-fi black metal immersion
Ilat Mahru, self-titled, United Kingdom, Death Prayer Records, limited edition cassette (2023) Mystery horde Ilat Mahru’s debut release might be
Continue readingTriumphs: a bizarre alternative blackened post-industrial world of Rome as a corrupt industrial power
Theatruum, Triumphs, Italy, Xenoglossy Productions, XP057 limited edition cassette (2023) Listening to “Triumphs”, the debut album from mystery raw BM
Continue readingCoruscation Drain
Here’s a CD anthology of poetry and spoken word pieces by the American poet John M. Bennett, called A Flattened
Continue readingOur Future Lies in the Soil
Quite nice field recording cassette by Matilde Meireles…on Life of a Potato (CRONICA 180-2022), she proposes that we have taken
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