conceptual – The Sound Projector

12/09/2022 nausika

The Gleam: a stark and minimal presentation on human responses to and interactions with light

Park Jiha, The Gleam, tak:til / Glitterbeat, GB119 CD / vinyl ( 2022) As its title suggests, “The Gleam” revolves

01/09/2022 Ed Pinsent

Equine Therapy for Self-Identification

Welcome return of Alessandro Bosetti, the Italian polymath composer who has regaled us many times in the past with his

29/08/2022 nausika

Red Heaven: a powerful style of depressive black metal / post-BM beauty

Ebola, Red Heaven, Japan, Zero Dimensional Records, ZDR083 CD (2022) The front cover artwork of Ebola’s “Red Heaven” album featuring

25/08/2022 Ed Pinsent

Eight into Four Won’t Go

Four new items from the Japanese small label Kirigirisu Recordings, last noted in these pages in April 2021. The owner

03/08/2022 nausika

The Dystopian World of J. G. Ballard: a dark and sombre sound art compilation with few shocks or surprises

Various Artists, The Dystopian World of J. G. Ballard, Italy, Zero K, limited edition CD (2022) Having read some of

28/07/2022 nausika

THING: dark ambient soundscape art on second CD in compilation series

NLC – EISENLAGER – Occupied Head – Wilfried Hanrath, THING, Germany, Attenuation Circuit, ACUF 1002 CD (2022) The second in

27/07/2022 nausika

THING: the first of a compilation series in experimental sound art from Attenuation Circuit

b°tong – EMERGE – If, Bwana – Gerald Fiebig, THING, Germany, Attenuation Circuit, ACUF 1001 CD (2022) In 2021, German

20/07/2022 nausika

Aavikon Varjo: Finnish outsider black metal duo still strong with 20th album

Circle of Ouroborus, Aavikon varjo, China, Goatawarex, WAXGOAT203 2 x vinyl LP (2022) Never would I have thought, when I

12/07/2022 nausika

The Might of Waves: oceanic ambient black metal with a raw noisy edge

Uzlaga, The Might of Waves, United Kingdom, Blackmetalgram, BLAME004 limited edition cassette (2022) I’d been impressed enough by Uzlaga’s earlier

01/07/2022 nausika

Fictions: raw experimental black metal inspired by Borges’s literary universe

Reflet Crépusculaire, Fictions, United States, Witchcult Records, WC043 limited edition cassette (2022) Inspired by Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges’s short