Ithi, Within, Land of Decay, cassette catalog 024 (2011) Here’s a dark, creepy ambient soundscape cassette release from a duo consisting
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Grey Lunar Seas
The Peregrine (EXPERIMEDIA EXPLP020) by Lawrence English came out in 2011 as a vinyl LP, offering two sides of virtually
Continue readingI will Never Have the Right: minimalist power electronics album masks anger and frustration at world
Iron Fist of the Sun, I will Never Have the Right, Finland, Freak Animal Records, CD (2011) Iron Fist of
Continue readingHypnos: for once, the hype fails to live up to the music – wonderfully delirious and immersive
Mario Diaz de Leon, Hypnos, Shinkoyo, CD SHIN040 (2012) Third solo album for this musician / composer and apparently a
Continue readingElektra Bidasoa: little sense of power of nature versus machinery in experimental soundscapes
Francisco López and Xabier Erkizia, Elektra Bidasoa, Ferns Recordings, CD ferns_stem_02 (2011) Environmental field recording expert Francisco López teams up with
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An intriguing mix of methods was used by Szilárd to realise his Spokes (PALAVER MUSIC PM001) album, which happens to
Continue readingBeyond Ancient Space: immersive doom drone becomes an arduous, monotonous journey
Bong, Beyond Ancient Space, Ritual Productions, CD RITE006 (2011) No doubt about it, this is one seriously stoned-out doomy drone
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Glossolalia (HUBRO CD2503) is harmonium player Sigbjørn Apeland‘s debut solo album, recorded for the relatively young Hubro imprint. It is
Continue readingArtistry of Exhaustion III: a smooth but still quite dark ambient work
Carbonscape, Artistry of Exhaustion III, www.carbonscape.bandcomp.com (2012) Another online ambient offering from Tad Piecka who masterminds the black metal project
Continue readingAngels of Darkness, Demons of Light II: highly immersive yet quiet, laconic and minimal
Earth, Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light II, US, Southern Lord, CD LORD149 (2012) Following its predecessor of the same
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