Most excellent album in the form of While The Recording Engineer Sleeps (STAUBGOLD 138) by The Cocoon, a 1985 recording
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Tag: psychedelic
Fin: a stunning collection of bleak and darkly beautiful soundscapes
Jabladav, Fin, self-released CD-R (2014) This one-man ambient black metal act was very quiet for a few years after the
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The Stars That Burn
Very happy to receive the double LP from Flaming Fire, a vinyl collection called Surge and Burn: 2000-2014 (CUNIGLIUS RECORDS
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Golden The Ship Was – Oh! Oh! Oh!
Golden Diskó Ship Invisible Bonfire SWITZERLAND SPEZIALMATERIAL RECORDS SM046CD026 CD (2014) Eight bejewelled and glittering creations from art-pop astral traveller
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Garden of Delights
Astonishing, bright, intellectual pop music from Esa Shields, making his debut with his Ovum Caper (GR2031) LP which has found
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Aq’Ab’Al: black metal psychedelia exploring the journey through darkness to light
Volahn, Aq’Ab’Al, Iron Bonehead Productions, CD (2015) One of the hardest-working musicians in black metal has to be one Edward
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The Wedding of Idiots: an introduction into the work of a major Soviet rock music performer
Yuri Morozov, The Wedding of Idiots / Svad’ba Kretinov, recorded 1974 – 1976, released 1977? We first met Morozov last
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Croce: obsession with crucifixion, sacrifice and apocalypse doesn’t quite go far enough
Father Murphy, Croce, The Flenser, CD FR54 (2015) San Francisco-based label The Flenser might just be my favourite label for
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Hingus: ambitious cosmic psychedelia with a message of transcendence
Sven Grunberg, Hingus, Melodiya C90-16301-2 (1981) Despite the name, Sven Grunberg is not Swedish or Finnish: he was born in
Continue readingThe Inexplicable: a cheerful and lively recording of Soviet experimental rock fusion
Yuri Morozov, The Inexplicable, recorded 1978 but never officially released Inexplicable all right, that this 1978 album and its 1979
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