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16/08/2021 Ed Pinsent

Cleaning Duties

From Krakow in Poland, we have the Polish avant-rock group Stare Tasmy with a fine release called Kryzys Czytelnictwa (SOROS

29/07/2021 nausika

Sylva Sylvarum: a spellbinding work of otherworldly soundscapes describing fantastical locations and utopian societies

Ora Clementi, Sylva Sylvarum, Australia, Black Truffle Records, BT077 vinyl 2 x LP (2021) Hands up who stopped by Black

21/07/2021 Ed Pinsent

Zucht und Ordnung

In March 2021 we noted the excellent survey of 1980s East German punk rock, called Too Much Future on Edition

19/07/2021 Ed Pinsent

Time Stands Still

German composer Matthias Engelke is here with an unusual item Resonant Dowland (GRUENREKORDER Gruen 197), on which he presents his

19/07/2021 nausika

Sentence: more like a full-blown tome of thrashy punk melodic black metal aggression

Au-Delà, Sentence, France, Epictural Productions, ADS2021 CD (2021) “Sentence”? This debut album from French black metallers Au-Delà perhaps deserves the

06/07/2021 Ed Pinsent

String Fuse Holders

Got a couple of new cassette tapes from Blue Tapes, the Surbiton label which, as is slowly dawning on me,

26/06/2021 nausika

Putoo Katare Yire: lively lessons and moral guidance with dance rhythms and beats

Ayuune Sule, Putoo Katare Yire, The Netherlands, Makkum Records, MR30 CD / vinyl LP (2021) Its name translating from the

23/06/2021 Paul Khimasia Morgan

Crisis Apparition

Matt Elliott Farewell To All We Know FRANCE Ici d’ailleurs IDA141 CD (2020) Released on the 27th of March of

21/06/2021 nausika

Binga: a minimalist Songhay folk / blues album on politics and social justice issues in Mali

Samba Touré, Binga, Germany, Glitterbeat Records, GB110 CD / LP (2021) I must admit not knowing Malian guitarist Samba Touré

17/06/2021 nausika

City of Blood: Iranian folk / black metal message against war

Akvan, City of Blood, Iran, self-released, cassette (2021) Dedicated to the Iranian soldiers who fought and died in the Iran-Iraq