Zond, self-titled, R.I.P. Society Records, CD RIP012 (2010) Not quite a noise band nor a rock band, not quite free-form
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German Oak: claustrophobic bunker music is a trip into deep black inner space and time
German Oak, self-titled, Flash Back, FBCD1001 Originally released in 1972 and only selling eleven copies at the time (according to
Continue readingFlak Planet: an intense journey of avant-garde jazz / industrial / post-metal force and energy
Combat Astronomy, Flak Planet, Zond, zond03CD (2011) Stars Wars it ain’t without George Lucas’s Industrial Light & Magic company that
Continue readingSpear of Gold and Seraphim Bone Pt. 1: a series of black metal / noise / improv soundscape nightmares
Aderlating, Spear of Gold & Seraphim Bone Pt. 1, Consouling Sounds, CD SOUL0013 (2010) Aye, it be a series of soundscape
Continue readingOlrolin Proto-Sculptures and Axon-Scopes
Workshop of the Telescopes LHZ + H may be an ad-hoc formation or group…but it does feature many excellent European
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Highly inventive work from the Austrian performer Mia Zabelka on her M (MONOTYPE RECORDS MONO 045 CD). She’s got an
Continue readingNazoranai: a gripping and terrifying debut from Dark Overlord Keiji Haino’s new trio
Nazoranai, self-titled, Editions Mego / Ideologic Organ, CD SOMA009 (2012) No sooner had I heard of Keiji Haino’s revival of
Continue readingPhase Two: acoustic guitar meets noise-glitch electronics on tiny release
Anonymeye, Phase Two, Australia, Sound & Fury, 3″ CD-R, S&F011(2007) Sitting in its tiny blank green sleeve among shelf-loads of
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From the Gas Festival Some crisp and snappy improv music from the trio of Axel Dörner, Werner Dafeldecker and Sven-Åke
Continue readingSustained Ghost Train
This is the last item to be heard in the January package from the German label Attenuation Circuit. Sustained Development
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