Frode Gjerstad Trio + 1, Forgotten City, Norway, PNL Records, PNL050 CD (2020) I must confess, after having heard previous
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Timelapse: homage to synthesiser and electronic music of the 1970s – 80s is a work of delicacy and dark beauty
Meridian Arc, Timelapse, United States, Broken Press, cassette (2020) One of the busiest people in Seattle, Washington state, these days
Continue readingAd Absolutam Essentiae: a tough and uncompromising occult mediaeval BM work
Litanie, Ad Absolutam Essentiae, France, Non Posse Mori Records, NPM-021 CD digipak (2020) As French mediaevalist BM bands go, and
Continue readingIki: a plain and homely work created with self-made pipe organ reveals an astonishing sonic world
FUJIIIIIIIIIIITA, Iki, Switzerland, Hallow Ground, HG 2003 vinyl LP (2020) In English translation, the album’s name is “Breath” but this
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Have heard a couple of charming musical forays from UK genius Stuart Chalmers in the past, for instance Fata Morgana
Continue readingMoondweller / Thanatonaut (self-titled split)
Moondweller / Thanatonaut, self-titled, Russia, GS Productions, GSP 301 CD (2020) Two cosmic darkspace BM solo projects on Russia’s GS
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It seems I only get to hear about industrial music when a package from Cold Spring Records arrives (notwithstanding the
Continue readingRétablir l’Eternité: a dark doomy post-rock / prog rock commentary on contemporary Western society
WuW, Rétablir l’Eternité, United States, Prosthetic Records, PROS104081 CD / vinyl (2020) For some reason doom metal bands that experiment
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Brian Harnetty Shawnee, Ohio GERMANY KARL RECORDS KR066 CD (2019) I have an old friend who is habitually eagle-eyed when
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All-keyboard oddity from the Baltimore musician Liz Durette, who has made a couple of records of her piano improvisations for
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