Grim, Folk Songs for an Obscure Race, Haang Niap Records, CD HAANG-002 (2009) A weirdo industrial junk folk record, this
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Marihiko Hara Flora DRONE SWEET DRONE RECORDS DSD011 CD / NIGHT CRUISING NCD-02_2013 CD (2013) Marihiko Hara’s Flora is a
Continue readingMaru Sankaku Shikaku (Circle Triangle Square): long shamanistic rituals of free-form experimentation
Maru Sankaku Shikaku (Circle Triangle Square), self-titled, Bamboo BAM3CD7010 (2013) Long dormant artifacts from the halcyon days of Seventies Japanese
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The plaintive cry of Loren Connors and Suzanne Langille is I Wish I Didn’t Dream (NORTHERN SPY RECORDS NSCD 031),
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Koji Asano Mileage Reimbursement JAPAN SOLSTICE SOLSTICE048 CD (2012) Koji Asano’s titular concern with getting money back from mileage is
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The lovely EM Records label in Japan has been busy with more of its characteristically wonderful reissues of scarce, choice
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
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Nice team-up between mystical percussionist and performance artist Z’EV with the Portuguese musician and composer David Maranha on Obsidiana (SONORIS
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Another item from the Attenuation Circuit envelope of January 2012 is by the Finnish musician Esa Ruoho. As Lackluster, he’s
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Creative Destruction (HYPNAGOGIA GIA07) is a two-disc set of Japanese harsh noise which slipped into the collecting sack on 23
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