Various Artists, This is Zologo Beat, Netherlands, Makkum Records, MR 35, CD digipak / vinyl LP (2023) Dutch label Makkum
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Black Tides: a whimsical ride through blackened surf rock / psychedelia and Lovecraft-lite horror
Kólga, Black Tides, United States, self-released, CD / vinyl LP (2024) One look at that wacky album cover and I
Continue readingStrange Attractors: eerie and unearthly soundscapes produced by feedback systems
David Lee Myers, Strange Attractors, Portugal, Crónica, Crónica 203 limited edition CD (2023) Sometimes working under his own name and
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I’ll admit to a soft spot for the music of Swedish composer Åke Parmerud ever since hearing his 2015 Growl
Continue readingEcclesia Gnostica: an ambitious melodic black metal debut in esoteric spirituality and Gnostic philosophy
A/Oratos, Ecclesia Gnostica, France, Les Acteurs de l’Ombre Productions, AO 230 CD / LPAO-231 vinyl LP (2024) Nearly five years
Continue readingMetaMorph: a wide range of musical metamorphoses from young improv jazz trio
Other:M:other, MetaMorph, Austria, Klanggalerie, gg424 CD (2023) Based in Vienna, Other:M:other is an improvisational jazz / experimental / beats-oriented trio,
Continue readingViva in Pace: expressing frustration, anger and despair at the world’s current path towards war and violence
Roel Meelkop, Viva in Pace, Portugal, Crónica Electronica, Crónica 201 CD (2023) Roel Meelkop’s career as a sound artist stretches
Continue readingVissiones ov Naeku the’e Plowmanne: a mediaeval English pilgrimage through forest and mountain landscapes of northern India
Piyakdu, Vissiones ov Naeku the’e Plowmanne, United States, Grime Stone Records, (no catalogue number) cassette / CD (2023) Partly inspired
Continue readingComplicated Message Delivery
The great Burkhard Beins has surfaced in these pages with tremendous performances in groups such as Polwechsel, Trio Sowari, and
Continue readingMind Mapping Basics
Richard Scott is tracing some Delirious Cartographies (ARBITRARY 13)…this composer / improviser fellow is very au fait with analogue synths,
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