Some items from the Polish Zoharum label, all arrived 19th October 2020. NOR_POL is a collaborative effort between Norwegian player
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Optisonic Debris
A pleasure to hear from Thomas Dimuzio, the uncategorisable American composer and sound artist who has been flourishing since the
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Roel Meelkop is a Dutch hero of sound art who I find it convenient to put in a Netherlandish seraglio
Continue readingI Remember You (Original Sound Track): a funereal set of dark ambient mood pieces
I Remember You (Original Sound Track), United Kingdom, Cold Spring Records, CSR287CD digipak (2020) The official soundtrack to the 2017
Continue readingInformation Overload Unit: seminal early 1980s work of noise and industrial music
SPK, Information Overload Unit, United Kingdom, Side Effects Records, ser01 vinyl LP (1981) Lord a’mercy … it’s been 40 years
Continue readingDer Grosse Preis: a lush and polished debut of synthpop and sparkling digital dub
Neuzeitliche Bodenbeläge, Der Grosse Preis, Germany, Bureau B, vinyl LP BB 359 (2020) Its English-language translation being “The Grand Prize”,
Continue readingSolar Prominence in the Mountains
Strom | Morts are nothing to do with strøm, the latter being the Swiss duo of Gaudenz Badrutt and Christian
Continue readingImpedance: an album of instrumental electronic music defying categorisation
Alina Kalancea, Impedance, United States, Important Records, IMPREC 491 CD / vinyl (2021) Here comes an album of entirely instrumental
Continue readingCollecting Reverberations
Another two releases from the Canadian Small Scale Records label, once again sent to us by the good graces of
Continue readingEsse Est Percipi: to perceive is to believe in post-black metal / blackgaze debut
Autumn Nostalgie, Esse Est Percipi, Japan, MAA Productions, MAA042 CD (2020) Black metal has more than its fair share of
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