A New World (ANNIHAYA RECORDS END 15) was sent to us by Lebanese composer Marc Codsi from a Paris address,
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Tag: electronic
Homenagem: an old style of fusion Afro-European music has a new lease of life with electronics experimentation
Leonardo V Boccia, Homenagem, Brazil, Lugar Alto, LA001 vinyl LP (2019) Appropriately for a reissue of an album first released
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Something veiled: the sonic universe of caves as heard through a veil of field recordings
Leo Okagawa, Something veiled, Belgium, Unfathomless, U60 CD (2019) Some artists go to quite extraordinary lengths to create soundscape art.
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Synch Your Device
Received copy of Synchronized (DINZU ARTEFACTS DNZ37) around 28 May 2019 – I see the cassette edition has already sold
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Modular Network Activity
Very good solo record is Sowari Modular (LINEAR OBSESSIONAL RECORDS LOR097) from Phil Durrant, the English improviser who’s been on
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Bantou Mentale (self-titled): more lively and easy listening than challenging as African-Western fusions go
Bantou Mentale, self-titled, Germany, Glitterbeat Records, GB073LP (2019) Bantou Mentale is a recent quartet based in Paris, of which three
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Spatters of Paint, Bloody Wrist: more peaceful, radiant and serene than what the title says
Appropriate Savagery, Spatters of Paint, Bloody Wrist, Russia, Perfect Aesthetics, AEST-043 limited edition double cassette set (2019) Active since 2017
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Brief bulletin for May
Many listeners (including me) have a soft spot for the great Kevin Martin on account of landmark projects like Techno
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Into Frosty Waters
Finding very little to enjoy in the murky textures of Nekyia (ART FIRST RECORDS ATF072), an album created by the
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The Grey Dawning
An intense and foreboding set is Den Förföljdes Gryning (iDEAL RECORDINGS 178), realised by the formidable Daniel Rozenhall in Stockolhm,
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