Kilo The Wildernis EXPERIMENTAL STUDIO BRIGITTENAU EXB 002 CD + DVD (2012) With exceptions, the few friends I have know
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The Lost Entrance of the Just: soft and pretty black metal pop with an ominous, brooding edge
Circle of Ouroborus, The Lost Entrance of the Just, Handmade Birds Records, HB-020 (vinyl release 2012, CD release 2013) Originally
Continue readingZombie Skin: black metal kiddie pop debut on mainstream talent television show
Aaralyn and Izzy, Zombie Skin, America’s Got Talent auditions (Season 8, Episode 4), New York, recorded 25 June 2013 Waaal,
Continue readingGrievous Bodily Charm: a patchwork of hooky tunes that manage to be dull
Mr Vast, Grievous Bodily Charm, Spezialmaterial Records, CD (2013) A kooky retro-Eighties Eurodisco lounge lizard recording this promised to be
Continue readingStereo Space: ruminating on modern life and how it breaks people
Pilesar, Stereo Space, self-released CD (2012) Piloted in the main by Jason Mullinax, responsible for vocals, keyboards, programmed percussion, most
Continue readingKuopio: cool electronic minimalism gets a nervy beat-driven treatment
Vladislav Delay, Kuopio, Raster Noton, CD R-N 144 (2012) I only hope our man Sasu Ripatti knows what he’s doing
Continue readingDiscipline: an efficient electronic pop machine lacking in soul and originality
Electric Electric, Discipline, Herzfeld H26 CD (2012) French trio Electric Electric plays a highly rhythmic and dance-oriented electronic art-punk style
Continue readingAmesoeurs (self-titled): one and only album is inconsistent black metal pop
Amesoeurs, self-titled, Code 666, CD (2009) At least in a very short career, truncated in part by the unexpected success
Continue reading… if a night: trippy jazz big on smooth and suave tricks and not much else
Shijo X, … if a night, Bombanella Records / Five Roses Press, CD (2012) A very nice surprise here …
Continue readingForbidden Generosity
Not one but three bass clarinets can be heard on The Name By Which The World Knows Them (PEIRA 13),
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