Once again it’s that time of year when Waystyx, the Russian label of avant-garde music, generously decides to favour me
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Motets and Spiders
From Mind Twisting Records in Poland we received this far-out album of improvised gut-wrenching doomy-drone-jazz, which appealed to me instantly.
Continue readingSix Nihilists in a Box
We received this splendidly packaged cassette box set from Andy Ortmann in July 2010, I think at the instigation of
Continue readingAura Absence
Aura (ETUDE 021) is an excellent process piece put together by Spaniard King of Austerity Alfredo Costa Monteiro. It’s constructed
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Some exceptionally fine modern composition from German cove Alex Nowitz, who can compose, play keyboards, and sing as well, and
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No self-respecting Merzbow fan can afford to be without Live At The Henie Onstad Art Centre (PRISMA RECORDS CD710), assuming
Continue readingA rock without the sea
Here’s the great Bernhard Gál with Same Difference (GROMOGA GRO 11001), a work which comprises 12 suites all based on
Continue readingCoherent Light Waves / Serpentine Gaze
Piiptsjilling is a fairly unusual cultural mix, with three Dutch improvising guitarists Romke Kleefstra, Mariska Baars and Rutger Zuydervelt, plus
Continue readingPaw Music / Troubled Elephants
Generic City (TWO ACORNS 2A01) is a collaboration between the Japanese artiste Yui Onodera and Celer, a project which envelops
Continue readingBats of Pure Energy
PAS is the acronym for Post-Abortion Stress, not an especially savoury name for your band, but Robert L. Pepper and
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