We received a bundle of five items from the & Records label of Montreal which arrived here 20 January 2012.
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The Iron Soul of Nothing: beautifully hypnotic ambient drone music mystery
SunnO))) meets Nurse With Wound, The Iron Soul of Nothing, Ideologic Organ, CD soma005 (2011) My copy of “The Iron
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Orpheus in the Underworld Christof Kurzmann attempts grand things on El Infierno Musical (MIKROTON RECORDINGS CD 20). He composed all
Continue readingQuiet parts of in-between
Got a fine hour-long performance here by the mighty English duo of Keith Rowe and John Tilbury, two men who
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A Fold in the Fabric Gill Arno has rescued a document of a performance piece from 2006, where he perfomed
Continue readingMoving Slowly but in Different Ways
From two American cities come two releases that deal in slow-moving, expansive music that might loosely be filed under “drone.”
Continue readingThe Clearing: gentle, meditative music that can be uplifting and joyful
Rebecca Joy Sharp and Simon Whetham, The Clearing, Germany Gruenrekorder Gr077 CD (2010) A very pleasant and relaxing recording of
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 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
Continue readingSong of the Second Moon: space-age electronic pop blast from the Cold War past
Tom Dissevelt and Kid Baltan, Song of the Second Moon, The Omni Recording Corporation, CD OMNI 155 (2012) Ah! Here is
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