Boris Hegenbart with 19 Artists, Instrumentarium, Monotype Records, CD mono055 (2012?) What a wondrous tapestry of soundscapes the digital experimenter
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Courtis / Kiritchenko / Moglass: three-way collaboration not quite a holy trinity of equals
Courtis / Kiritchenko / Moglass, self-titled, Carbon Records / Gold Soundz / Tibprod / Nexsound / 1000+1 TiLt, CD I’d
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Magda Mayas is a young percussionist from Berlin but her favorite instrument is the piano. And this is sheer luck
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Rdeca Raketa, Wir werden, GOD Records, GOD 11 (2013) Second album by a Viennese duo specialising in electroacoustic improv, “Wir
Continue readingEternal Zio: free-ranging folk drone improv psychedelia weaves a strange spell
Eternal Zio, self-titled, Boring Machines BM043LP / Black Sweat Records BS003LP, LP (2012) Don’t let that label name Boring Machines
Continue readingOrdine ’91 – ’96: a varied palette ranging from post-punk / garage to severe minimal abstraction
Starfuckers, Ordine ’91 – ’96, Sometimes Records, CD SR_02 (2010) Here’s an interesting compilation of songs by Italian band Starfuckers
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Ressuage Semelles De Fondation FRANCE BLOC THYRISTORS VINYLE 0090 / BIMBO TOWER RECORDS 017 LP (2011) Another nice French vinyl
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Thought Forms are the trio of Romijn, Dhariwal and Metcalfe, playing a delicious form of acoustic trance music on their
Continue readingEnsemble Pearl: debut album of low-key cavernous drone soundscapes
Ensemble Pearl, self-titled, Drag City, DC544CD (2013) Led by Stephen O’Malley and featuring Michio Kurihara, Atsuo of Boris and William
Continue readingUnfolk + Live Book: psychedelic journey and call for justice in folk music adventures
Alessandro Monti, Unfolk + Live Book, Diplodisc, 2 x CD DIPL 005/6 (2012) News reached me the other day of
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