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FEATURES
it's a long list mainly of record reviews but with the odd gig review and feature. Scroll enough and you might even find an interview. This stuff doesn't work very well on a phone screen.
TREES - 50th ANNIVERSARY BOX SET
both classic albums and some extras
JON COLLIN AND DEMDIKE STARE - SKETCHES OF
EVERYTHING / FRAGMENTS OF NOTHING
stunning collaboration, rural blues abstraction
PHARAOH OVERLORD - 6
2020 appropriate: cosmic hypno-electro with doom metal vocals
ANDREW LILES - CRACKED
2020 sounds made out of old records
ANNA VON HAUSSWOLFF - ALL THOUGHTS FLY
2020 also sounds a lot like this - dark pipe organ meditations
ULVER - FLOWERS OF EVIL
2020 definitely sounds like this - electro pop pessimism
PRANA CRAFTER/RAGENAP - NO EAR TO HEAR
split LP of lush, blissed psychedelia
LAIBACH - PARTY SONGS
a mini album taking further gold out of the group's North Korea trip
DDT - ENTER THE BEND
a stunning collision of White Manna and Carlton Melton
SIX ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE - COMPANION RISES
it's been a while but here's a triumphant return
PRINCE - 1999 SUPER DELUXE EDITION
crass cash in or cultural treasure trove? or both?
CHROMATICS - CLOSER TO GREY
the leaders of melancholic electropop come back brighter
THE SLOWEST LIFT - PLUTONIC SHINE
first video review in about a year, it's the noise pop band of your dreams
WAQWAQ KINGDOM - ESSAKA HOISA
global psychedelic wonderbeat
SPIRAL WAVE NOMADS - SPIRAL WAVE NOMADS
ecstatic guitar/drum combo
STARBIRTHED - STARBIRTHED
cosmic devotional music glowing from the grooves of the vinyl
DIAZEMUM - A PSYCHOBIOGRAPHY
an evocative and emotional journey by drone
BEN FROST - DARK CYCLE 1 & CYCLE 2 SOUNDTRACK
the long-awaited score to the Netflix show. Tough, eerie and otherworldly.
THE COSMIC DEAD - SCOTTISH SPACE RACE
gigantic heavy psychedelic rumbles
CARTER TUTTI VOID - TRIUMVIRATE
stunning electro-funk-drone farewell from this scorching collaboration
SUNN O))) - Mesa Arts Center
we attempt to describe being internally cleansed by metal drone
ALEXANDER TUCKER - GUILD OF THE ASBESTOS WEAVER
cosmic pastoral psych rock pop but more complicated than that
STEVE GUNN & THE BLACK TWIG PICKERS -
SEASONAL HIRE
4 years after it was written, I finally post my review of this joyous team
up
HOUSE AND LAND - ACROSS THE FIELD
a vivid breathing modern folk tradition in beautiful life
DANIEL W J MACKENZIE & RICHARD A INGRAM –
HALF DEATH
otherworldy soundscapes
PINK GLOVES - LOS ANGELES
beautiful,melancholic synth pop
TEETH OF THE SEA - WRAITH
jacking psyche experimentalism with beats
SPAZA - SPAZA
Stunning freeform psychedelic jazz from Africa
20 GUILDERS - ACOUSTIC MOTHERFUCKERS
two noise mongers turn campfire troubadours
ASTRAL SOCIAL CLUB AND GRUMBLING FUR TIME
MACHINE ORCHESTRA - PLASMA SPLICE TRIFLE
a stunning sonic kaleidoscope
ANDREW LILES - COLOSSUS PART TWO
even more imaginative reconstructions of former hit singles, so big it
took me 11 pages to review the fucker
DEAFKIDS - METAPROGRAMAÇÃO
scorching percussive noise rock
PRANA CRAFTER - MINDSTREAMBLESSING
psychedelic wonderment
MATT LAJOIE - THE CENTER AND THE FRINGE
beautiful guitar explorations
BLACK TO COMM - SEVEN HORSES FOR SEVEN KINGS
out-there electronic deconstructions
ANDREW LILES - THE GEOMETRY OF SOCIAL
DEPRIVATION
an epic of found sound and experimentation
SCANNER - MASS OBSERVATION
extrodinary experimental electronic minimalism and voyeurism
HEATHER LEIGH - THRONE
pedal steel monster turns ballad-weaver
ULVER - SIC TRANSIT GLORIA MUNDI ep
supplemental musical goodness from Norway's new mythology
M GEDDES GENGRAS - LIGHT PIPE
astonishing space journeys
NAUJAWANAN BAIDAR - VOLUME 1
An authentic distillation of Western psych and the more tranced elements
of Afghan folk
WILLIAM FOWLER COLLINS - FIELD MUSIC
a rich, varied drone album of disquiet
LAIBACH - THE SOUND OF MUSIC
the grand provocateurs tackle North Korea and Julie Andrews with enormous
succcess
NIGHTS WITH FRIENDS
a video review of a book! Don't worry, it has plenty of pictures, its
celebrating 10 years of Phantom Limbo gigs
MOODSETTERS
wild and wonderous collection of Library Music on Burried Treasure
compiled by expert crate digger Alan Gubby
CURRENT 93 - THE LIGHT IS LEAVING US ALL
a landmark album from the long running experimental project of David
Tibet
ULRICH ROIS - EVERYTHING IS MERGING
blissed-out guitar psychedelia
PRINCE - PIANO & A MICROPHONE 1983
a step back in time to a lonely genius with his piano
ROSS GOLDSTEIN - THE EIGHTH HOUSE
cinematic experimentalism
THE HARROWING OF THE NORTH
cracking compilation of new music from Yorkshire
HHY & THE MACUMBAS - BEHEADED TOTEM
strange, percussive pleasures
LIME EYELID - WEEK OF WONDERS
slow ghost psych, wonderfully weird
ANDREW BERNSTEIN - AN EXPLODED VIEW OF TIME
astonishing horn hypnosis
DEAD OTTER - BRIDGE OF WEIRD
cosmic Glasgow/space rock
DEAD RIDER TRIO feat. MR.PAUL WILLIAMS - S/T
A wtf jam from intense American improvisers with a very intense British
vocal performer
ZU93 - MIRROR EMPEROR
David Tibet of Current 93 teams up with Italian experimental band Zu. The
results are predictably great
NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND (EXPERIMENTAL SOUNDS
BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN)
astonishing comp of Eastern European communist-era experimental music
ALEXANDER TUCKER - DON'T LOOK AWAY
dreaming underground rural pop
psychedelia
ONE-ELEVEN HEAVY - EVERYTHING'S BETTER
feel-good rock n roll boogie
THE FALL - 458489 A-SIDES
the well-loved compilation has been reissued
JOHN RENBOURN - LIVE IN KYOTO 1978
surprise discovery of this stunning live recording of the master in
session
THE STAR PILLOW - SYMPHONY FOR AN INTERGALACTIC
BROTHERHOOD
dream-like guitar ambience
HELLVETE - DROOMHARMONIUM
epic celestial drones
Various Artists - FREEDOM OF THE PRESS
rip-roaring benefit album with all sorts of treats and surprises
from the likes of Wooden Wand and Hans Chew
ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE & THE MELTING PARAISO
U.F.O. - ELECTRIC DREAM ECSTASY
Twin Peaks covers, krautrock work-outs, psych-folk and rock n roll
HIGH RISE - HIGH RISE 2
deluxe vinyl edition of the Japanese psychedelic noise rock classic
AL DOUM & THE FARYDS - SPIRIT REJOIN
stunning psychedelic jazz explosion
BONG - THOUGHT AND EXISTENCE
triumphant return of the most cosmic doom group ever
SEABUCKTHORN - A HOUSE WITH TOO MUCH FIRE
its guitar, Jim, but not as we know it
HAWTHONN - RED GODDESS (OF
THIS MEN SHALL KNOW NOTHING)
beautiful, ritualistic music
DATASHOCK - KRÄUTER DER PROVINZ
your cosmic dreams come true
ACID CANNIBALS -
WHY NOT EVERY NIGHT?
storming hard rock duo debut 7" skull-splitter
EKCA LIENA - GRAVITY AND GRACE
deep and dark soundscapes yet oddly psychedelic
FATHER MURPHY - RISING: A REQUIEM FOR FATHER MURPHY
the enigmatic Italian band draw to an incredibly enigmatic ending
live report: ALVARIUS B + FAT GRAY CAT
back down in downtown a day later
live report: 6 ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE + SUNN TRIO
Ben Chasny solo in downtown Phoenix!
LEAFCUTTER JOHN - RESURRECTIO
video review for a work of divine beauty
WK569 - OMAGGIO A MARINO ZUCCHERI
video review of experimental Italian electronics
CHRISTINA VANTZOU - NO.4
an album of depth, space, strength and beauty
CATH & PHIL TYLER - THE AX
& THE OX
exquisite folk interpretations
DELPHINE DORA AND SOPHIE COOPER - DIVINE EKSTASYS
stunning dark duo improvisations
FEDERICO DURAND – EL IDIOMA DE LAS
LUCIÉRNAGAS
a video review of this beautiful album of abstracted ambience
PSYCHIC LEMON -
FREQUENCY.RHYTHM.DISTORTION.DELAY
ignore the band name, this is great beat-heavy psychedelic rock
ANDREW LILES - COLOSSUS
gigantic album of 50 minute reinterpretations of twenty five chart-topping
hits
THE SLOWEST LIFT - S/T
stunning collaboration between Sophie Cooper & Julian Bradley of
Vibracathedral Orchestra
CARLTON MELTON - MIND MINERALS
the psychedelic rock lords return with another expansive album
SLOMO - SUPER-INDIVIDUAL: COLLECTIVE RITUAL
12 remixes from the likes of Andrew Liles, Gnod, Teeth of the Sea and 9
more
DREAM WEAPON RITUAL - THE UNCANNY LITTLE
SPARROWS
strangely beautiful music from Italy
SUZUKI JUNZO - SHIZUKA NA HEYA DE ASHIOTO HA
classic rock meets the PSF legacy in a supernova explosion
DEAN McPHEE - FOUR STONES
miraculous guitar compositions
PRETTY LIGHTNING - THE RHYTHM OF OOZE
two man psychedelic blues stomp
MICHAEL BEGG - TITAN
getting high up with Michael Begg's sonic ode to a crane
LA TENE - TARDIVE / ISSIME
hypnotic French jams, wild folk-ragas
Cosmic Winnetou Autumn 2017 batch
we tuck into new tapes by Sasha Mishkin, Dry Valley & Inspired School
of Astral Music
RAISING HOLY SPARKS - SEARCH FOR THE VANISHED
HEAVEN
a synth roadtrip through the mystical, historic underbelly of Europe
DEAN HURLEY - ANTHOLOGY RESORUCE VOL.1: △△
strange sounds from Twin Peaks
JARBOE & FATHER MURPHY - EP
two stella talents combine for this special 10"
CARLTON MELTON - HIDDEN LIGHTS
more technicolor melting psyche rock
THE MYRRRORS - HASTA LA VICTORIA
spectacular desert psyche, burning bright
THREE EYED MAKARA - MOONMILK ROOF
sparks fly with these robust improv sessions featuring two Woven Skulls
LAL
& MIKE WATERSON - BRIGHT PHOEBUS
lost classic folk album that ranges from psychedelic pop to folk
horror bleakness
BALDRUIN - BIOTISCHE VERWITTERUNG
dark, experimental, disorientating electronics
SUNN TRIO - SUNN TRIO
cosmic wildness on a global scale
QUINTA - THE QUICK OF THE
HEART
wistful and sophisticated pop
PSYCHIC TV - ALLEGORY AND SELF / PAGAN DAY
classics reissued
YURI MOROZOV - STRANGE ANGELS
stimulating primer on the Russian studio genius
ALISON O'DONNELL - CLIMB SHEER
THE FIELDS OF PEACE
Mellow Candle/United Bible Studies singer delivers exemplary solo album
CIRCLE - TERMINAL
the definite word in erotic Viking psychodelic 80s krautmetal
Ascetic House
we review a whole batch of eight releases from Ascetic House. 22nd
Centruy machine funk strangeness
SOPHIE COOPER & JULIAN BRADLEY - THE BLOW
VOLUME 3 SHIP
stunning surreal pop
KEITH SEATMAN - ALL HOLD HANDS AND OFF WE GO
ghostly electronic psych grooves
WOODEN WAND - CLIPPER SHIP
long awaited new classic from Wooden Wand
LEJSOVKA & FREUND - MUSIC FOR SMALL
ENSEMBLE & COMPUTER
beautiful and strange, like Four Tet remxing Max Richter
BRANDON SEAKBROOK - DIE TROMMEL FATALE
powerful, strange band sounds
REVBJELDE - REVBJELDE
a mind-boggling journey through the other England(s)
ULVER - THE ASSASSINATION OF JULIUS CAESAR
upbeat, lively tragedy-pop
somesurprises
spellbinding musical craftsmanship
RICK TOMLINSON - PHASES OF DAYLIGHT
video review of former Voice of the Seven Woods & Thunders mainman
ZU - JHATOR
strange, exotic soundscapes
WORST - MMXVII
rowdy psychedelic punk explosion
ISIS - LIVE VII
an explosively vivid live album recorded on their last tour
MARK DAGLEY - COLLECTED WORKS 1978 - 2016
wonderful collection of mostly unreleased works
PIZZA - KEYNOTE MIXTAPE
video review of some kinetic electronic improv from Germany, probably
BUS GAS - LIVE ON LEAVE
spellbinding post-rock drone
VICTOR HERRERO - ASTROLABIO
taking the Portugese guitar to Jack Rose territory
GÜNTER SCHLIENZ - AUTUMN
dr.analogue returns with more electronic visions
ASEETHE - HOPES OF FAILURE
epic doom
EXPO 70 - AMERICA HERE AND NOW SESSIONS
live, slow, glowing psyche rock
SLOMO - TRANSITS
deep, spacial drone
THE FOREST / THE WALD
Another mysterious compilation from A Year In The Country
MICHAEL ZERANG & SPIRES THAT IN THE
SUNSET RISE - ILLINOIS GLOSSOLALIA
beautiful strange collaboration
KWANGKAY
Funerary music of the Dayak Benuaq of Borneo
BURIAL HEX - PENTECOST
discomforting soundscapes
UNIFORM - WAKE IN FRIGHT
Fierce, harsh, angry but sharp
ERIC ARN - ORPHIC RESONANCE
righteous guitar sounds
ULVER - RIVERHEAD
a stark but beautiful soundtrack
ANDREW LILES - MONSTROUS MEDICAL MISHAPS
(HORRENDOUS HOSPITALS AND DISASTROUS DENTISTRY)
Medical shockrocktechno madness
SUNN TRIO - LIVE AT THE DOUBLE NICKELS
COLLECTIVE
the future sound of Phoenix
DATASHOCK - HD_TRAILER
the heirs of the German sound
BERTONI / BOCCARDI / MONGARDI - LITIO
tight Italian trio
TERMINAL CHEESECAKE - DANDELION SAUCE OF THE
ANCIENTS
psychedelic sludge party music
MICHAEL BEGG - A MOON THAT LIGHTS ITSELF
the master of abstract sound returns
VARIOUS ARTISTS - STAND WITH STANDING ROCK
justified and ancient
GRUMBLING FUR - FURFOUR
British psychedelic pop experiments of the highest order
ITASCA - OPEN TO CHANCE
beautiful folk song
NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS - SKELETON TREE
everyone else has already reviewed it but can't help myself
THE STARGAZER'S ASSISTANT - REMOTENESS OF LIGHT
mind-expanding percussion lead genius
NOT WAVING - REDACTED
experimental techno head mash
THE COSMIC DEAD - RAINBOWHEAD
Scotland's finest psycheheads get reviewed with dodgy metaphors
CARA AND MIKE GANGLOFF WITH THE GREAT AMERICAN
DRONE ORCHESTRA - KNOCK ON LIFE'S DOOR
classic song gone drone
HYPNOPAZUZU - CREATE CHRIST, SAILOR BOY
David Tibet of Current 93 and Youth of Killing Joke collide and
explode
THE CHILLS - KALEIDOSCOPE WORLD
compilation of the band who should have ruled the 80s
TRÄD, GRÄS OCH STENER
ahnds down reissue of the year
SONGS OF THE BLOOD MOON
a compilation for the blood moon
THE QUIETENED BUNKER
more compiled mysteries
BERT JANSCH - FROM THE OUTSIDE
Jansch studio rarity revived and remastered
THE DWARFS OF EAST AGOUZA - BES
global psychedelic masterpiece
GAVIN PRIOR - ALL WHO WANDER
guitar & field recordings road trip
ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE & THE MELTING
PARAISO U.F.O. - WAKE TO A NEW DAWN OF ANOTHER ASTRO ERA
a new line-up go in new space
CHARLIE ULYATT - DEAD BIRDS
electric guitar wizard
THE QUIETENED VILLAGE
mysterious compilation
GIRL SWEAT - BAD HAPPENINGS
its a noisy party
ULRICH ROIS - ALONG THE BELT, AROUND THE BEND
banjo ecstasy
GROUNDHOGS - SPLIT-UP A EXHUMATION BY ANDREW LILES
Groundhogs classic album gets reworked!
RAZGRAAD - THE WATER TOWERS
debut release from this bright electronic talent
MICHAEL BEGG : HUMAN GREED - LET THE COLD STOVE
SING
back again and wonderful as ever
DAVID KEENAN - ENGLANDS HIDDEN REVERSE
eagerly awaited new edition of the book about Nurse With Wound, Coil
and Current 93
C JOYNES NICK / JONAH DAVIS - SPLIT ELECTRIC
serious guitar meditations
IN THE CITIES OF YOUR EYES
beautiful sad fundraiser compilation for Greek refugee camps
RANGDA - THE HERETICS BARGAIN
Corsano, Bishop and Chasny get it together
DELPHINE DORA - L'AU DELA
beautiful improvisations
ULVER - ATGCLVLSSCAP
an astounding sonic monument of the undefinable
HEATHER LEIGH - I ABUSED ANIMAL
haunting album, reaching between sparse and intense
NOVELlER - GLACIAL GLOW
stunning soundscapes of electronic drones and guitar
ZETA ONE - DREAMSNAKE II
cosmic synth dreams
FATHER MURPHY - LAMENTATIONS
a demented celebration of gloom
THE COSMIC DEAD / GIRLSWEAT - SPLIT
fucking great split tape
MICHAEL BEGG : HUMAN GREED - HIVERNANT
another stunning production
BALDRUIN - PORTAL
great new German electronics on vinyl
WOLF EYES - I AM A PROBLEM : MIND IN PIECES
trip metal goes bigtime
SHAPES - SHAPES
great synth tape with lots of moods
UNITED BIBLE STUDIES - THE ALE'S WHAT CURES
YE
a perfect landmark in modern experimental and traditional folk
CARLTON MELTON - OUT TO SEA
pure psychedelic joy
MANUEL GÖTTSCHING - E2E4 live in Hebden!
we went to a gig and danced
JOHN BAKER - THE VENDETTA TAPES
MUGSTAR / THE COSMIC DEAD - SPLIT
psychedelic magick
RAISING HOLY SPARKS - TRANCES OF THE
BLAST
classic Popol Vuh meets classic black metal!
WOVEN SKULL - FAT BABY BLUES
beautifully wild tape or download
CHICALOYOH - LES SEPT SALONS
white vinyl EP of black magic
AUGENMUSIK - AUGENMUSIK
feral, mind-scraping electronics & violin
ERIC ARN - MISUSE
spectacular live solo CD of guitar mastery & magic
SQUADRA OMEGA - ALTRI OCCHI CI GUARDANO
musical acrobatics and inventions
BONG - WE ARE, WE WERE AND WE WILL HAVE BEEN
majestic, hypnotic otherworldy doom
BAD GUY - BAD GUYNAECOLOGY
demented funny sludge rock excitements
CARLTON MELTON / KANDODO 3 - split
blue vinyl psychedelic bliss
DARREN TATE - NOTHING BY CHANCE
our world made strange through field recordings and drones
JARBOE & HELEN MONEY - s/t
the unworldy blues singing of Jarboe meets Helen's amplified cello and
conquers all
BLOWN OUT - JET BLACK HALLUCINATIONS
heavy fucking guitar overload
EKCA LIENA - GRADUALS
The way overdue return of one of the master of dark and light
COLIN POTTER - ENTERING AGAIN
Classic tape reimagined and reissued on vinyls
GÜNTER SCHLIENZ - TREEHUT VISIONS
expert head-melting analogue electronics
CORE OF THE COALMAN - NEW CHORDS
experimental drones on tape
NIGHT FLIGHTS - NIGHT FLIGHTS VOLUME 1
Carlton Melton side project of nocturnal summer synths
SUZUKI JUNZO - 7
guitar reinventions and folk/blues distortions
THURSTON MOORE & JOHN MOLONEY - FULL BLEED
wild experiemental rock explosions
BLOWN OUT - DRIFTING WAY OUT BETWEEN SUNS
Bong's Mike Vest pays tribute to the dark void of space through guitar
noise
SLEAFORD MODS - CHUBBED UP
singles compilation of punk beat poetry fury genius
HUMAN GREED - WORLD FAIR
video review of this haunting & beautiful album
STEVE GUNN - WAY OUT WEATHER
makes me want to roadtrip
SUNFIGHTER - GOLDEN EAGLE OF ILLUMINATION
bright orange liquid psych
GÜNTER SCHLIENZ / HERING UND SEINE SIEBEN
SACHEN / MICROMELANCOLIÉ - TOUR TAPE 2014
far out electronics
SOPHIE COOPER - OUR AQUARIUS
special acoustics and songs for the hair on the back of your neck
COURTIS / MOORE - KPPB
exciting collaboration serves up a banquet of sound
ANDREW LILES - PREMATURE MATURITY
stripped down vintage synth experimentation
DEATH SHANTIES - CRABS
mad free jazz with a lot of soul
BASTARD MOUNTAIN - FAREWELL,
BASTARD MOUNTAIN
Folk with a hint of drone from this Scottish supergroup
CONTROL UNIT - BURN
video review of this blistering cassette
O'DEATH - OUT OF HANDS WE GO
very appealing album of alt country folk
OPAL ONYX - DELTA SANDS
electronics, cello and beautifully moody vocals
WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM - CELESTITE
startling synth-based experiment
MONSTER KILLED BY LASER - TENDER CRAWLER
power proj majesty
EARTHLING SOCIETY - ENGLAND TAKE MY BONES
new psyche rock
WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM - CELESTITE
startling synth-based experiment
GONZALEZ AND STEENKISTE - DIMLY LIT
video review of these majestic drones
GUM TAKES TOOTH - BURIED FIRES
deadly world beats with Cut Hands remix
ENDLESS CAVERNS and OUTER VERTEX - split
cassette
wonderful guitar soundscapes
MIMINOKOTO - USOBUE
Japanese psych blue trio in full swing
ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE & THE MELTING PARAISO
U.F.O. - ASTRORGASM FROM THE INNER SPACE
double the vinyl, double the fun
NEIL YOUNG - A LETTER HOME
the King of Canada takes a trip in the TARDIS
DONATO EPIRO - FIUME NERO
wild, percussive psyche sesh
LA PIRAMIDE DI SANGUE - SETTE
high tech experiments in psychedelia and dub
MONTIBUS COMMUNITAS & Ø+YN - OFFERINGS
FOR THE DESTROYER
Super team-up of S.American lysergists
PANCHASILA - PALLQA
high tech experiments in psychedelia and dub
CRASHING DISEASES AND INCURABLE AIRPLANES
astonishingly uplifting and psychedelic drone metal
GERMAN ARMY - MILLERITE MASAI
mad, high tech dark electronics
DATASHOCK - KEINE OASE IN SICHT
desert-fried psyche rock ecstasy
CURRENT 93 - I AM THE LAST OF ALL THE FIELD THAT
FELL
the greatest lyricist in music returns with his best band yet
WOODEN WAND - FARMER’S CORNER
welcome sunny return for our favourite song writer
SLY & THE FAMILY DRONE - UNNECESSARY
WOE
wonderfully sick electronic rock
KPTMICHIGAN - BLACK WOOD
psyche rock genius & deep drones on vinyl
Delia Darlings Tour - Hebden Bridge Trades
Club
review of the tour celebrating the work of Delia Derbyshire
BIRD PEOPLE - AUTUMNAL HUM
deep nature drones on vinyl
RAPA NUI AND Ø+YN - ECO PARADIGMA
genius collab of Peruvian free jazz & Argentinian freak-folk
SNOQUALMIE FALLS - DREAM SEQUENCE
epic bliss
JONAS REINHARDT - GANYMEDE
amazing LP of way-out synth sound
ASTRAL SOCIAL CLUB - GLAMANIMALS
quick tree-based review of this psychedelic house jam
COLIN POTTER - TWO NIGHTS
beautiful vinyl reissue of this classic cassette given chaotic video
review treatment
PLURALS - BUGENÈS MELISSAE
dark drones blowing yr mind while fundraising for bees
LISTENING MIRROR - THE HEART OF THE SKY
landmark ambient album makes its CD debut
JUNG AN TAGEN - VIELHEITEN
excellent techno music for your brain on tape
CYCLOBE - THE VISITORS
their classic 2nd album back in print at last
LAVENDER COUNTRY - self titled
stone cold classic gay alt country from 73 gets reissued
JON PORRAS - LIGHT DIVIDE
half a Barn Owl unleashes a mesmeric electronic odyssey
CYCLOBE - SULPHUR-TAROT-GARDEN
the masters awaken sound
NICHOLAS SZCZEPANIK - NOT KNOWING
a power headphone journey
C O L L E C T R E S S - MONDEGREEN
beautiful quartet music from members of Penguin Cafe, Bat For Lashes
& Patrick Wolf's band
an interview with CYCLOBE
we don't normally do interviews but it IS Cyclobe
Ø+YN - MANOS DE JABALÍ / UN TÉ DE LAS RELIQUIAS DE
SATURNO
more wonderful strangeness from Ø+yn
FLAMINGO CREATURES - HYBRIDS UNLIMITED
a tape of strange acoustics
split tapes by IGNATZ / SOPHIE COOPER and
HELLVETE / JAKE BLANCHARD
video review of two split tapes
RAY FENWICK - INTERVIEW FOR FIVE VOICES
hypnotic, mind-massaging vocal treatments
MATT BALDWIN - IMAGINARY PSYCHOLOGY
wide-reaching, high-flying guitar work
MACHINEFABRIEK -
ATTENTION, THE DOORS ARE CLOSING!
exciting new dimensions in sound
NEW BUMS - VOICES IN A RENTED ROOM
magical touch of Ben Chasny & Donovan Quinn in perfect synch
BONG - STONER ROCK
the kings of smoked-out doom return in mighty gorm
THE COSMIC DEAD - EASTER FAUST
yoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow!
PELT PART WILD GATE - HUNG ON SUNDAY
tape of some deep live subaquatic antiquity
RAINBOW ISLAND - ROAD TO MIRAPURI
go on an exotic journy into sound
MARK BANNING - JOURNEY TO THE
LIGHT
essential new age reissue, beautifully remastered
ANCIENT OCEAN - WIEN
tape of some deep live subaquatic antiquity
DOUG TUTTLE - S/T
psychedelia in all its vivid glory
FATHER MURPHY - PAIN IS ON OUR SIDE NOW
a video review of some glorious darkness
DEMDIKE STARE - GIG REVIEW
I went to a gig!
Ø+YN & UTON - SOLID GEOMETRY
brain whisking tape rituals
SUNN O))) WITH ULVER - TERRESTRIALS
hugely organic and engrossing collaboration
HENRY BLACKER - HUNGRY DOGS WILL EAT DIRTY
PUDDINGS
rooooooooooooooooooooooooock!
RHYS CHATHAM - HARMONIE DU SOIR
the master lets loose with a truely varied album
BEAR BONES, LAY LOW - OCCULTCITI
synth-heavy electronics in excelsis
THE PRIMAL BARBER TRIO -
BARBERBarberbarbr
3" cd acapella madness
GUNN GANGLOFF - MELODIES FOR A SAVAGE FIX
Steve Gunn & Mike Gangloff team up for some dawn inducing sound
rituals
BOBBY BEAUSOLEIL - ORB
vinyl debut for Beausoleil's 2001 synth world meditations
MYSTICAL WEAPONS - CROTESQUE
invigorating noise rock action
BIRD PEOPLE - TERMA
deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep trip tape
BURNT HILLS / RAMBUTAN - EYE OF THE
SUN
video review of this vital and wild split tape
ENDLESS CAVERNS - COLOUR BREATHING
mind melting guitar psyche on tape
various artists - I AM THE CENTRE
a defining compilation of private press new age music form 1950 to
1990
KK NULL & ORE - DAWN OF TIME
7" collaboration between Japanese digital explorer and Birmingham tuba
doom duo
SOPHIE COOPER - LABYRINTH
wonderful tape where the song waltzes with the avant garde
LOOP - Leeds Brudenell Social Club
we get lost in a void of psychedelic drone rock action
SUZUKI JUNZO - PORTRAIT OF MADELEINE
ELSTER
his other album out this season is a guitar mediations classic
ANTONYMES - THERE CAN BE NO TRUE BEAUTY
WITHOUT DECAY
haunting, collaborative beautiful music on Hibernate
NURSE WITH WOUND - CHROMANATRON
video review of this landmark Nurse With Wound album that sees them
working with the archive of mysterious kruatrock band Sand1
MV & EE - SHADE GROWN
godamn beautifully dubbed out psychedelic album from our fave duo
WOODEN WAND & THE WORLD WAR IV - S/T
astounding full band album jammed with jams
THE CHILLS - SOMEWHERE BEAUTIFUL
surprisingly amazing live album
THE COSMIC DEAD / PIGS PIGS PIGS PIGS PIGS PIGS
PIGS - split LP
loud psychedelic action
TROUBLE BOOKS - LOVE AT DUSK
joyous meditations in pop, electronics and noise
BARDO POND - PEACE ON VENUS
wonderous stoner rock
MIKE GANGALOF - POPLAR HOLLOW
video review of this stellar solo album from Black Twig Pickers member
Mike
SUZUKI JUNZO - SINGS II
the psychedelic troubadour unleashs his best album yet
CARLTON MELTON - FOUR EYES
blue vinyl, blissed-out psychedelic dream
HERING UND SEINE SIEBEN SACHEN / PARASHI -
split tape
two sides of amazing soundscapes that will flip your mind
CHRIS FORSYTH - SOLAR MOTEL
wonderful guitar delights
Various Artists - TRAVEL EXPOP SERIES #2 : Great
Britain
a cracking vinyl compilation with The Oscillation, Mugstar, Listening
Mirror & Ben Nash
TRIP SHRUBB - LEVDER VAN FROHR
3 x 90 minute cassette compilation of avant garde electronic versions
of everything on the American Folk Anthologies
DESTRUCTION UNIT - DEEP TRIP
blazing wild rock n roll action from Arizona
CHICALOYOH - FOLIE SACRÉE
powerful, cinematic music from French star Chicaloyoh, chanteuse of
the dusk
GORGES - OUR THROATS, LIKE VALLEYS
haunting singing, harmonium drones, honking horns...all recorded in a
disused basement car park
MONTIBUS
COMMUNITAS - HACIA AQUELLOS BOSQUES DE IMMENSIDAD
stunning South American psyche sounds
CHALAQUE - SOUNDS FROM THE OTHER IDEOLOGY
- Feathered Coyote Records/Golden Lab Records
blast your face off rock n roll noise
PHIL TYLER - WE SUNK THE SHIP TO GET RID
OF THE RATS - Tor Press/Riff Mountain
beautiful banjo blues
LAUBE – AUSMERZEN
mellow post-jazz meditations
JON COLLIN – THE GREAT STINK
wild guitar sounds
THE ENTRANCE BAND - DANS LA TEMPETE
magic EP of psychedelic rock delight
CHICALOYOH + BEAR BONES LAY LOW
review of a live gig in Bradford from August 25th
WHITE HILLS - SO YOU ARE...SO YOU'LL BE
mighty new psyche rock masterpiece
ECSTATIC COSMIC UNION - XCU
a new wave of Kosmische electronique on tape
KOMMISSAR HJULER - NO!kopf
insane tape art action
MB - INDUSTRIAL TAPE
surprise reissue of this intense noise cassette from 1980
DESERT HEAT - CAT MASK AT HUGGIE TEMPLE
amazing collaboration between Cian Nugent, Steve Gunn and John
Truscinski
former_airline - AN INCIDENT AT TERMINAL
BEACH
extrodinary electronic inventions on cassette
MOON ATE THE DARK - MOLT AND GROW
beautiful modern classical magic
CIAN NUGENT & THE COSMOS - HIRE
PURCHASE
beautiful rural psychedelia on 7"
CHALAQUE - HELDERBERG HOWL
rowdy 7" of rock n roll deconstruction
HERBCRAFT - FLOWERING
a very bleated video review of this psychedelic treat
DATASHOCK - STATUS BLÖD / MODUS DUMMHEIT
staggering communal vibe psychedelic rock megaliths
MV & EE - FUZZWEED
we arrive late for the party of the year
MICHAEL BEGG/HUMAN GREED - OMEGA O.S.T.
a haunting carnival noir symphony
MY HOME, SINKING - s/t
beautiful, mesmeric album on Fluid Audio
various artists - SEVENTY YEARS OF SUNSHINE
double CD compilation celebration LSD's 70th anniversary
GNOD / BEAR BONES LAY LOW - split
wild sonic frequencies via Russian label Full of Nothing
NAUTILUS - PUMPKIN II
sublime minimalism and dreamily psychedelic
WOVEN SKULL & CORE OF THE COALMAN - s/t
international collaboration of avant folk wonderment
PLANETS AROUND THE SUN - COSMIC JOB
great psyche rock tape action
3 LEAFS - EP
another wild, varied tape release from 3 Leafs
STEVE GUNN - TIME OFF
magical summery acoustic sounds
THE MASTER MUSICIANS OF BUKKAKE - FAR WEST
astouding psychedelical explorations of lost lands
KOMMISSAR HJULER – IN GENUA
NICHTS NEUES
reissue of a solo outing from the Kommissar back in 2001
ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE & THE MELTING
PARAISO U.F.O. - IN SEARCH OF THE LOST DIVINE ARC
a full-on psychedelic rock album from AMT
CARLTON MELTON - LIVE IN EUROPE
one of favourite psychedelic rock bands caught live on vinyl
EVAN PARKER - VAINCU. VA! LIVE AT THE WESTERN FRONT
1978
wild saxaphone antics beatifully mastered for your aural pleasure
PIOTR KUREK - HEAT
stunning, kaleidoscopic whirl of an album blending melody and innovation
THE FLAMING LIPS - THE TERROR
dark, despairing melodic electronic minimalism from the mainstream's
strangest band
IMPLODES - RECURRING DREAM
darkly dizzying album of dreamgaze rock
TEMPLE OF THE SMOKE - THE LOST ART OF
TWILIGHT
stunningly ambitious but very succesful psychedelic prog rock album
SAVAGING SPIRES - S/T
the psychedelic folk wonderkind revisit their debut album with startling
results
SUNWØLF – MIDNIGHT MOON
haunting post-rock beauty
METZENGERSTEIN - ABERO SPECCHIO
stunning otherworldy psyche noise
ASIO OTUS - OTUS, ASIO. CROSS CULTURAL
OBSERVATIONS OF SOUNDS INDUCED BY RELIGIOUS PRACTICES IN HUMAN HEARING
RANGE
kaleidoscopic whirl of sounds and field recordings
ENSEMBLE ECONOMIQUE/HEROIN IN TAHITI -
split album
wild global sound trips
SUNNY DUNES - VILLAGE GLOBAL
a moorland video review of this magical bit of warped electronica
DATASHOCK - LIVELOVEDATA$
video review of this excellent, way-out, psyche-rock tape
jffstnhs - BROKEN
strange, sinister minimalism
THE COSMIC DEAD - INNER SANCTUM, LIVE AT THE
NOTE & ORBITING SALVATION
triple review of the new action from The Cosmic Dead
AIDAN BAKER & PLURALS - GLASS
CROCODILE MACHINE
drone lords team-up for a Latitudes session with hypnotic results
KAWABATA MAKOTO'S MAINLINER - REVELATION
SPACE
the world's heaviest ever psychedelic band rise from the grave
IN ZAIRE - WHITE SUN BLACK SUN
psychedelic wig-out rock mayhem
BAXAMAXAM - BAXAMAXAM
amazing African blues experiments
ENDLESS BOOGIE - LONG ISLAND
epic, spaced-out, dirty rock
SWANS - live review
we witnessed a devastating sonic assault from the increasingly
all-conquering new Swans
CHELSEA LIGHT MOVING - s/t
Thurston Moore's new band lay down a blazing rock n roll exploration
ENSEMBLE PEARL - s/t
Stephen O'Malley's extrodinary new outfit delve into some deep territories
LUTTO LENTO – DUCH GÓR
field recordings & drones meshed strangely together
LEVERET / BIRD PEOPLE - OFFERINGS
wonderfully atmospheric drone rituals on tape
HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER - HAW
fantastic sunshine songwriter
JAMES BLACKSHAW & LUBOMYR MELNYK - THE
WATCHERS
a staggeringly beautiful collaboration
JOOKLO & METABOLISMUS - PERCEPTION
OF THE ILLUSION OF THE OPPOSITION OF CONTRARIES
video review of this epic team-up tape
LUNAR MIASMA - BLACKEST HAZE
video review of this wonderfully transcendent cassette
NATURAL SNOW BUILDINGS / ISENGRIND /
TWINSISTERMOON - THE SNOWBRINGER CULT
double CD or two single LPs and a double LP reissue for this classic slice
of beautiful strangeness
BARDO POND - TICKET CRYSTALS
double vinyl reissue of this stoner rock classic
MICE PARADE - CANDELA
the wonderful Mice Parade return with their ninth studio album
HOOKWORMS - PEARL MYSTIC
juicy debut album from the deft Leeds space-rockers
JAKE BLANCHARD - ARCHAIC PRACTISES
heavy, way-out drones
DEATH SHANTIES - live review
live review of drummer Alex Neilson's wild new free jazz project at
Sowerby Bridge Puzzl Hall on February 5th 2013
GROUPER - THE MAN WHO DIED IN HIS BOAT
Liz Harris kindly opens her vaults and lets a lost Grouper classic out
GNOD - CHAUDALANDE
mighty, freaked-out rock joy
CONNY PLANK - WHO'S THAT MAN
4 cd box set compilation celebrating the work of legendary Krautrock
producer Conny Plank
THURSTON MOORE, MICHAEL CHAPMAN &
DEAN McPHEE - live review
we relax and enjoy someone else's gig at Hebden Bridge Trades Club on
February 3rd 2013
SMALL THINGS ON SUNDAYS - SEARCHING FOR
we're back in action with this evocative ambient drone album
SUNWØLF – BEYOND THE SUN
beautiful post-rock
3 LEAFS -
TECHNICAL DEATH METAL PARKING LOT
freaked out krauted up tape wig out
WOODEN WAND - BLOOD OATHES OF THE NEW BLUES
The Wand rediscovers his weird while keeping it blues
CLOUDLAND CANYON - AURELIUA
exonic electronic action
UNCLE ACID & THE DEADBEATS - BLOOD LUST
amazing psychedelic metal album
THE WHITE MEADOWS - A TIME FOR DRUNKEN
HORSES
wild global sound trip
BARDO POND - YNTRA
heavy psychedelic heaven
RED CROSS STARE - HE STOLE MY RADAR
neo classic meets avant garde electronics
WOODPECKER WOOLIAMS - PATRYOSKA
Russian cassette release of a very English artist
BBBLOOD / UMEZ - split album
mighty split album action
MUGSTAR - AXIS
bouncing psychedelic rock action from Liverpool
COLIN POTTER - ANCIENT HISTORY
mighty box set excavating the forefront of classic 80s experimental
electronics
AL DOUM & THE FARYDS - POSITIVE FORCE
like Amon Duul II jamming with Sun Ra & Fela Kuti....on a good day
BRAMBLE - CYCLE STASIS
haunting minimalism on cassette
ARSZYN - B
excellent new wave avant garde from Eastern Europe
BIRD PEOPLE - A PULSE IN THE VOID / SKY
HUNTRESS
wonderful psychedelic folk adventures on tape from Austria
3 LEAFS - LIVE AT CAFE DU NORD
freaked out and funked up live album
HERING UND SEINE SIEBEN SACHEN - ON KWAS
beautiful and wild electronic excursions
ROBERT HAMPSON - SIGNAUX & SUSPENDED CADENCES
two reviews for the price of one as we dive in to the new Robert Hampson
releases
GUENTER SCHLIENZ - TAPE STUDIES
excellent analogue electronics
MARK BRADLEY - OFFERINGS
cassette of electronic imaginations
OM - ADVAITIC SONGS
an even more Eastern sound from the innovative duo
BONG - BONG
expanded reissue of their mighty debut album
MY CARAPACE IS LEAKING / ASTRAL SOCIAL CLUB -
split cassette
magic noisey actions on a beautifully packaged tape
FIFTY-FIFTY & METABOLISMUS - ARMED RESISTANCE IN
WEST GERMANY
jazz noise cassette excitement from Germany
various artists - LUNAR JAMS FOR TOM CARTER
staggering double cassette set with free bandcamp download
NATURAL SNOW BUILDINGS - NIGHT COERCION INTO
COMPANY OF WITCHES
very handy reissue of rare drone release by French enigmas
TALVIHORROS / EKCA LIENA - SWARMS WITH SWARMS
two of our favourite guitar abusers/laptop saints put out a perfectly
split album
ANCIENT OCEAN / EXPO 70 - split
epic primordial drones on split vinyl
SUZUKI JUNZO - EIGHT-SIDED INFINITY
hellishly good guitar reinventions
THE COSMIC DEAD - THE EXALTED KING
might space rock action
A STORY OF RATS / HELLVETE split tape
dark experimental music
BIRDS BUILD NESTS UNDERGROUND - KISS
more strange tape action
CARLTON MELTON – PHOTOS OF PHOTOS
psychedelic stoner rock album of the year
ATLANTIS - THE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
beautifully alien tape sounds
IAN WATSON - 20/20
noise cassette action
GARY WAR - JARED'S LOT
psychedelic electronic downer pop, video reviewed in Berlin
HUMAN HORSES - PART WILD HORSES MANE ON BOTH
SIDES + HUMAN COMBUSTION ENGINE = HUMAN HORSES
astounding live team-up
FLAMINGO CREATURES / LIMPE FUCHS -
TRAMPELPFAD
split tape mayhem
SAMARA LUBELSKI – WAVELENGTH
the queen chanteuse of psychedelic pop returns
ROBEDOOR - ROCK BOTTOM
vinyl re-release for this cassette classic psychedelic garage fuzz-out
SARIN SMOKE - VENT
Tom Carter & Pete Swanson work up some gee-tar magic
SPARKLING WIDE PRESSURE - NO NEED FOR A MEANING
awesome outside blues noise on tape
DIAMOND TERRIFIER - KILL THE SELF THAT WANTS TO
KILL YOURSELF
beautiful, wild sax explorations
SWANS - THE SEER
astounding new album from Swans
SIX ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE - ASCENT
Ben Chasny gets all psyche rock on yr ass and sends it to the moon
WITXES - SORCERY/GEOGRAPHY
debut album from this French producer
HAXAN CLOAK - THE MEN PARTED THE SEA TO DEVOUR THE
WATER
another great Latitudes session, this time very electric strangeness
OLAN MILL - PATHS
video review of a stunning multi-media package of neo-classical richness
VENN RAIN - CYMATIC CYMBOLS
blissful synthed out cassette meditations
LT.CARAMEL / KOMMISSAR HJULER UND FRAU - split
LP - not safe for work album art
sonic violence of the imagination
WIL BOLTON - UNDER A NAME THAT HIDES HER
video review of fascinating multi-format Hibernate Recordings release
GUIDE TO KRAUTROCK HUNTING IN BERLIN
updated version of the classic record shop guide by John Wray
SUNBURNED - THE TINGLE OF CASUAL DANGER
blazing live set from Cafe Oto with an all-star line-up
0+yn and GMC – POPOLUS AJENO
shamanic acoustics and electronics
ISNAJ DUI - ABSTRACTS ON SOLITUDE
flute and electronics in synchornised melancholy
LA PIRAMIDE DI SANGUE – TEBE
tight, frentic, melodic but experimental Italian combo
ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE & THE MELTING PARAISO U.F.O. -
SON OF A BITCHES BREW - NSFW cover art, of
course
oh....my......god............*head explodes*
GRUMBLING FUR – ALICE
Daniel O'Sullivan & Alexander Tucker team-up for experimental pop
heaven
NEIL CAMPBELL & ROBERT HORTON -
TROJANDROPPER
mad, beat-crazed, noise bliss collaboration
SUNFLARE - GHETTO BLAST
rip-roaring, distorted, psychedelic rock n roll action
JOOKLO DANISH GROUP - MIXTURE OF ENERGIES
wonderfully wild free jazz celebration
KAWABATA MAKOTO AND A` QUI AVEC GABRIEL - GOLDEN
TREE
dazzling narcotic collaboration of experimental folk drones
CONRAD SCHNITZLER - ROT
timely reissue of electronic masters (possible) debut solo album
GONZALEZ & STEENKISTE - STUFFED WITH THE DOWN
OF THE EIDER
lovable tape madness from America
SIX ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE - PARSONS BLUES
7" of rock action from Ben Chasny and his old Comets on Fire buddies
EKCA LIENA - LIGHT PROCESSION
new release from one of the finest producers around
M GEDDES GENGRAS - REBIRTH LOS ANGELES
video review of a Russian cassette release of Los Angeles sonic bliss
THE GRAY FIELD RECORDINGS - NATURE DESIRES
NATURE
stunning experimental folk strangeness
SYNDROME - NOW AND FOREVER
guest reviewer Daniel Mackenzie tackles something powerful and affecting
CARLTON MELTON - SMOKE DRIP
kings of wild frontiers of widescreen, buzzed-out psyche rock return
ENSEMBLE ECONOMIQUE - NO GPS
video review of Starving Weirdo Brian Pyle's journey into the heart of
darkness
MUGSTAR - AD MARGINEM
experimental soundtrack work from Liverpool psych rockers
ROBERT HAMPSON - RÉPERCUSSIONS
Main/Loop mainman returns with a stunning, deep, digital session
TRAILING - OPACITIES & ALLURES
beautiful, freaked-out tape release
SLEEP - DOPESMOKER
beautifully remastered new version of the 63 minute apogee of stoner metal
MOON ATE THE DARK - S/T
beautiful, haunting improvisations on piano and effects
CHORD - GMAJ7
stunning chord drone experiments that bend time
CAN - THE LOST TAPES
a box....of 3 CDs.....of vintage Can from the vaults......swoons
SYLVESTER ANFANG II - untitled
live, heavy kosmische psyche session
THE MELVINS LITE - FREAK PUKE
kings of sludge team up with Trevor Dunn on the double bass for good times
JOOKLO DUO & BILL NACE - SCRATCH
improv trio that'll burn your fucking face off
MICHAEL BEGG / HUMAN GREED - DIRT ON EARTH: A
POCKET OF RESISTANCE
a strange, dream-like, chilly journey to the centre of the night
SUZUKI JUNZO - ODE TO A BLUE GHOST
extrodinary guitar reinventions
JK FLESH - POSTHUMAN
Godflesh mainman returns with a dark, post-industrial, dubstep-influenced
sound
PAINTING PETALS ON PLANET GHOST -
TRANSPARENT WINTER
spetctral beauty on vinyl from Blackest Rainbow, featuring My Cat Is An
Alien members
PAULINE OLIVEROS - REVERBERATIONS: TAPE &
ELECTRONIC MUSIC 1961-1970
12 CD box set to celebrate 80th anniversary of major avant garde
composer
MOON OF OSTARA - The Star Child
psychedelic new wave of sound from Earthling Society's Fred Laird
LICHEN GUMBO - ZOOM ZOOM OHM UMPHA
tape of lo-fi psychedelic, post-punk, experimental rock
ISLE OF SODOR - GOSHEN
video review of this deeply mellow electronic tape
THURSTON MOORE / JOHN MOLONEY - FUNDAMENTAL SUNSHINE
explosive guitar/drum fire in a live setting
VODER DETH SQUAD - II
live sci-fi darkness on cassette from Jeremy Kelly & M.Geddes
Gengras
PLEQ AND LAUKI - PERCEIVING PERSPECTIVE
video review of some ambient, neo-classical cassette fun
TROUBLE BOOKS - CONCATENATING FIELDS
gorgeous, mellow psychedelic electronic pop joy
THE CONGOS / SUN ARAW / M GEDDES GEDRAS - ICON GIVE
THANK
astounding culture collision in dub technology and rasta spirituality
0+YN / THE FAILED N.A.S.A. EXPERIMENT split
fiery split cassette of incendiary improv, like an exploding Sunburned
Hand of the Man
CHRIS FORSYTH & KOEN HOLTKAMP - EARLY
ASTRAL
searing, visionary team-up
STRIË – ÖHTUL
enigmatic neo-classical soundscapes
THE TREMBLING BELLS with BONNIE ‘PRINCE’
BILLY – THE MARBLE DOWNS
psyche folk pop heaven, possibly album of the year 2012 already
BONG – MANA YOOD SUSHAI
majestic psychedelic heaviosity
NATURAL SNOW BUILDINGS - MONSTERS/DEPTHS
video review of this Record Store Day exclusive 7"
HUSH ARBORS / ARBOURTEUM - AUREOLA
psychedelic rock split album action
LISTENING MIRROR - WHAT'S WRONG WITH MIRACLES
stunning void soundtracks
UFOMAMMUT - ORO: OPUS PRIMO
stunning, psychedelic, epic stoner rock ecstasty
CHURCH + STATE – LIVE AT HUNTINGFIELD CHURCH
29/01/10
mysterious live album of atmospheric drones
LA OTRACINA – THE AQUARIAN WIND
hard psychedelic rock thrills on vinyl
FROM THE MOUTH OF THE SUN - WOVEN TIDE
video review of this stunning work of soundscaping
ARANOS - IN SNOW ON ICE CABBAGE DANCES
tape release of strange, tribal experimental compositions
various artists - HEAD MUSIC
covers of Can, Neu!, Popol Vuh, Tangerine Dream & co by the likes of
Bevis Frond, Earthling Society, Vibravoid and many more
LUNAR MIASMA - IMPERMANENT NATURE
beautiful electronic tape
CELER - IN ESCAPING LAKES
deep, aquatic minimalism
WHITE HILLS + MUGSTAR + HOOKWORMS @ Leeds
Brudenell, March 22nd 2012
live review
ASIO OTUS - TAIVAALLISIA TULIA
video review of an insanely varied psychedelic tape action
HOOKWORMS - S/T EP
punked-up psyche action
BURIAL HEX - FOR GRANTED IS HIS WILL
video review of an amazing cassette release, as innovative as it is
evocative
S.CHALMER'S TUSK - MYTHS AND BEASTS
strange, distubing, sonic manipulations
WHITE HILLS - FRYING ON THIS ROCK
they're back, its psyche-rocks NYC champions
GOOD WEATHER FOR AN AIRSTRIKE - UNDERNEATH THE
STARS
full length album of post-classical post-rock on Hibernate
JAMES BLACKSHAW - LOVE IS THE PLAN, THE PLAN IS
DEATH
brand new, full length album of stunning new compositions
TEMPLE MUSIC – CHILDREN OF THE SUN
amazing handmade CDR
CONCESSIONAIRES – ARTICIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
deep, electronic otherworldly madness
DUANE PITRE – FEEL FREE
stunning meditative improv on Important Records
FELICIA ATKINSON - CRYSTAL ARROWS FOR A
COSMIC KING
cassette release of sheer spectral space sounds
ANTONYMES - LIGHT DISPERSED
evocative postcard release from Hibernate
NADJA – EXCISION
double CD compilation of rare vinyl detonations
GARY SMITH, SILVIA KASTEL & NINNI MORGIA - BRAND
strange, skeltal sonic explorations
RICHARD YOUNGS – AMARANTHINE
classic Youngs, all lost in sound & wonder
EXPO 70 – HOVERING RESONANCE
one-sided 12" of deep Kosmische explorations
PLURALS – IMAGINING PERPETUAL TOWER
tour only 12" but well worth hunting down
LISTENING MIRROR – RESTING IN ASPIC
sublime compilation on Hibernate
MATT ELLIOTT - THE BROKEN MAN
absolutely stunning blend of Leonard Cohen and Nick Drake for the modern
age
THORN1 - OBLIVION
Siberian sounds of beauty and desolation
TWO PEOPLE IN A ROOM - self titled
video review of this CD on Home Normal
JAMES MURRAY - FLOODS
tinkling soundscapes of water-based exploration. I think.
MI & L'AU - IF BEAUTY IS A CRIME
have the tender folk spirits of the Finnish forests really gone
electropop? kind of
MOTION SICKNESS OF TIME TRAVEL / LISTENING MIRROR -
split cassette
video review of this narcotic split cassette
BLEEDING HEART NARATIVE – ALL THAT WAS MISSING WE
NEVER HAD IN THE WORLD
stunning album of soundscapes and heartbreak
MAPS AND DIAGRAMS - LIGHTS WILL CALL ON YOU
rich, layered & frosty minimalism
RICHARD GINNS - SEA CHANGE
video review of this deep, experimental ambient album
DANIEL MENCHE - GUTS
extreme noise pleasure
BIRCHALL/CHEETHAM DUO – TIPPING POINT
searching improv duo explore new sounds in music
STEFFEN BASHO-JUNGHANS - IS
12-string & pedal steel explorations from this heartfelt German
maestro
DZJENGHIS KHAN - PREHISTORIC ROCK LIVE IN S.F.
live, raw and very loud rock n roll from a line-up that never hit the
studio
NICK HUDSON - A DAY WITHOUT COMFORT
beautiful & disturbing music halfway between Morrissey & Current
93
MICHAEL BEGG - LIVE DARK ARTS AT THE CLASSIC
dazzling live album from the Human Greed/Fovea Hex sound controller
BURIAL HEX – IN PSYCHIC DEFENSE
technoir explorations
USTAD ABDUL KARIM KHAN – 1934 TO 1935
compilation on Important Records of classic Indian 78s from this
incredible singer
DAVID THOMAS FREEMAN - THE BEAUTY OF DOUBTING
YOURSELF
celestial otherworldy broadcasts
FUNK POLICE – HOT WE ARE FUNK WE PLAY
raw, dirty, scraped-down funk
PART WILD HORSES MANE ON BOTH SIDES – POISSON
extraordinary release from this flute and percussion experimental duo
AL DOUM & THE FARYDS -
self titled
astounding self-released mini album of world rhythms & psychedelic
freakout
KLEEFSTRA/PRUIKSMA/KLEEFSTRA - DEISLIEPER
handwritten review of this very curious experimental album on Hibernate
Recordings
tucking into the back catalogue of SLOW FLOW
REC - part 1
to brighten up the cold, wet winter days we, go on a musical binge
SCISSORS AND SELLOTAPE - ...FOR THE TIRED &
ILL AT EASE
another video review, this time for a stunning package on Facture
MENAGERIE#3
a compilation of sight & sound where the music of Ben Nash, C Joynes,
Twinsistermoon & Isengrind inspires and is inspired by cutting edge
illustrators
MAMA BÄR – BILDNEREI DIE GEISTESKRANKEN VOL.2 “RUHE”
we return to our binge on the German fluxus musician artists
BENGALFUEL - TOTH
another spaced out 3" on Hibernate
PORTRAITS - s/t – Important Records
supergroup featuring all of Barn Owl plus members of Date Palm, Tarentel
and others
KING DUDE – TONIGHT’S SPECIAL DEATH
dark acoustic Americana
SUNN O))) meets NURSE WITH WOUND - THE IRON SOUL OF
NOTHING
Nurse With Wound drag Sunn O))) into another dimension
ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE & THE MELTING PARAISO
U.F.O. - LIVE AS TROUBADOUR
yep, them again. this time live, acoustic & magnificent
TRANS/HUMAN - THE 8 HOUR DANCE
devastating rock noise cassette
WOODEN WAND & THE BRIARWOOD VIRGINS -
BRIARWOOD
at last! new Wooden Wand sounds....and amazing they are too
JANEK SCHAEFER – DOUBLE EXPOSURE
major compilation of recent work from the soundmeister Schaefer
SUNN O))) – 00 VOID
drone metal classic reissued so we reapraised
ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE OVERVIEW
we dig into their epic back catalogue and come back with some
recomendations for you
FREIBAND & CARLOS VILLENA – split tape
more cassette noise experimentation of the highest order
RAINBO VIDEO - SHADOW RELICS
ecstatic tranced-out guitar celebrations
MOON POOL & DEAD BAND - s/t
amazing new synth duo of Nate Young & David Shettler
STEVE HAUSCHILDT - TRAGEDY & GEOMETRY
huge, dense synth workouts from Emeralds scientist-in-chief
ANTONYMES meets SLOW DANCING SOCIETY - WE DON'T
LOOK BACK FOR VERY LONG
sublimely dreamlike remixes
KOOLAID (GLOBAL TYRANNY) - s/t
breakout debut album of psychedelic rock madness
LISTENING MIRROR - THE HEART OF THE SKY
stunning dream soundtracks on cassette
GAUNTLET HAIR - s/t
stunning psychedelic harmony pop with a subtle funk
ERIC LUNDE / KOMMISSER HJULER split LP
continuing our adventures with the Hjluer back catalogue in our first
video review for a while
ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE & THE MELTING PARAISO U.F.O.
– THE RIPPER AT THE HEAVEN’S GATES OF DARK - a
little bit of nudity on the cover
the most essential album in years from the main AMT collective
BARDO POND / CARLTON MELTON - split
crushingly good psychedelic heavy
THE NOTHING MACHINE - NMTR v1
brain-warming ambient experimentalism
BABY DEE – GOES DOWN TO AMSTERDAM
wonderful live album from this talented performer
CIRCLE + SECRET CHIEFS 3
review of an amazing @ Islington Mill, Salford.
MICHAEL FLOWER & NEIL CAMPBELL, FEATURING JOHN
GODBERT
blazing double-cassette of psychedelic noise
CHRISTINA VANTZOU – NO.1
sublime ambience of the highest calibre
SANKT OTTEN - GOTTES SYNTHESIZER
80s style synthesizer soundtrack experimentation
MAMA BÄR – BILDNEREI DIE GEISTESKRANKEN VOL.1 “ES IST
SO”
continuing our binge with Flexus experts
MORKOBOT - MORBO
mental hardcore with two bass guitars and a drumkit
JEAN-CLAUDE VANNIER - ROSE ROUGE SANG / ELECTRO RAPIDE
past & present collide for this French legend who helped Serge
Gainsbourg reach his finest moments
TITAN - PACIFIC LIVING
amazing live prog-psyche cassette
AIDS WOLF - MA VIE BANALE AVANT-GARDE
serious rock noise excitement
CHARALAMBIDES - EXILE
stand-out new album from the cosmic Texcans
ORFANADO – ITER
amazing psychedelic sounds
SPHERULEUS – VOYAGE
stunningly nocturnal dronescope from Hibernate
MEG BAIRD - SEASONS ON EARTH
Beautiful folk for the new school and the old
KOMMISSAR HJULER UND FRAU – JACOB UND WILHELM GRIMM
wild fairy tale earfeed
SAVAGING SPIRES - s/t
amazing lysergic woodland freakout party but damn catchy
FAREWELL POETRY - HOPING FOR THE INVISIBLE TO
IGNITE
staggering work of elegant, post-rock genius
KLAUS GIRNUS / KOMMISSAR HJULER UND FRAU - split
LP
two sides of low-fi sonic madness
US AND THEM with FROBISHER NECK – SUMMERISLE EP
Fruits De Mer hit us with a 7" of songs from the Wicker Man
ACID BIRDS - III
scorched blasting improv of the holiest, primal kind
JAMES BLACKSHAW - HOLLY
new solo EP from the guitar wizard on Important Records
QLUSTER - RUFEN
dazzling album from Roedelius' post-Cluster project
MIMINOKOTO – HITOYOGIRI
dazzling Japanese psyche featuring members of Acid Mothers Temple,
Overhang Party and Che-Shizu
CAM DEAS & JACK ALLETT - OUTGROWING THE
WRETCHED CRADLE
a dazzling work of avant garde guitar and electronics
ROLL THE DICE - IN DUST
blasting clustertronics into a new century
CLANDESTINE SERIES CASSETTE # ONE
amazing four track compilation tape
CAVE - NEVERENDLESS
hypnopsychedronekrautheavy rock masterpiece
SILVIA KASTEL - LOVE TAPE
wonderfully warped electronics
ISIDORE DUCASSE - s/t
amazing new drone rock LP on Blackest Rainbow
QUIVERS/CHORA SPLIT LP
devastating LP of scorched improv on Ultramarine
TALVIHORROS - DESCENT INTO DELTA
a video review of the epic drone work on Hibernate Recordings
DVD: THE MINERS HYMNS
we get lost in this collaboration between film-maker Bill Morrison &
composer Johann Johannsson
HUSH ARBORS - ALIVE
double LP packing in two very different live sets
VESSELS - HELIOSCOPE
beautiful rock explorations
KOMMISAR HJULER UND MAMA BAER & NINNI MORGIA
AND SILVIA KASTEL
split album of intense sonic insanity
OFFTHESKY - THE BEAUTIFUL NOWHERE
video review of Hibernate Recordings second ever vinyl release
MARCELLO MAGLIOCCHI - MUSIC FOR SOUNDING
SCULPTURES IN TWENTY-THREE MOVEMENTS
stunning cassette from this genius percussionist, reviewed in a photoshop
happy style
y0t0 - URIARRA ROAD
strange, dark soundscapes from Fluid Audio
EKCA LIENA / A DEATH CINEMATIC –
PRETERNATURAL
split album of experimental sounds
FLOTEL - VALENCE
another video review of another lysergic cassette from Chemical Tapes
AIDAN BAKER – STILL LIFE
deep, jazz-fueled sonic explorations
PRINCE RAMA - TRUST NOW
eastern classical meets western rave-up. results winning, trust now
BARN OWL - LOST IN THE GLARE
the Owl Lords of drone rock return with their most masterful recording yet
BENGALFUEL - EDGEMERE
3"s of space sounds & beats
MOHAVE TRIANGLES - SMOKED MYSTICS
video review of this very smoked tape
ANNA ROSE CARTER & PLEQ - MY PIANO IS
BROKEN
video review of the latest Rural Colours release
THE.BÄND / Z’EV / CARLOS VILLENA – split cassette
can't beat the drums. Don't know what I'd be without that noise.
CHANTING CAFETERIA PROJECT - FJÄRDE SOLUPPGȦNGEN
stunning album from Sweden that charts maps across a new sonic space
ADAM A.WILLIAMS - ANOTHER DAY THE SAME
video review of Hibernate's latest postcard release
AFTERNOON BROTHER - MODERN FLORIDA
spazzcore jazz for Cardiacs & Bungle-heads
CHRIS DOOKS - TRIPLE TRIAGE
Hibernate's exemplary postcard series continues
BALACLAVA - CRIMES OF FAITH
hardcore metal on Southern Lord
THE FINER POINTS OF SADISM - ADMINISTERING & THE
PEAK/DEATH BY LSD
three inches of sonic madness
CORNUCOPIA / CARLOS VILLENA - split cassette
strange, dark abstraction
WOODEN SHJIPS - WEST
fuzzy psyche-rock good times
WIL BOLTON - CHIMES FOR A WALL DRAWING
video review of this epic chime-based drone pice
FAT CAT SPLIT SERIES#21: FOOT VILLAGE / SUPER
KHOUMEISSA
drum-heavy sounds from California & Africa
DVD: DEEP END
the lost classic from 1970 out on DVD at last
UMBER – MORNING’S PASS
beautiful little mini album
PANABRITE - OMNI CENTRE
all-enveloping analogue electronics tsunami of peace
PIKACYU * MAKOTO - OM SWEET HOME: WE ARE SHINING
STARS FROM DARKSIDE
power duo collision of Acid Mothers Temple guitar hero and Afrirampo super
drummer & vocalist.
CONSTANT LIGHT - MAG AMPLITUDE
motoric, melodic and intricate
THE COLOURS WILL ERASE US - THE END
rain-lashed video review of this stunning blend of post-rock &
ambience on new label Itsu Jitsu
DARREN HARPER & GIMU - FIELD & FERN;
MOUNTAIN & SEA
video review of Rural Colours 40th release
BARN OWL - SHADOWLAND
essential EP release from the duo of dreams
EARTHLING SOCIETY - STATIONS OF THE GHOST
psychedelic space rock
SIMON BAINTON - SUN SETTINGS
a beautiful tribute to Anglesey
NICHOLAS SZCZEPANIK - PLEASE STOP LOVING ME
video review of this startling work of ambience
PJE - HIDDEN STONE
lush, beautiful and mysterious EP
MARS TO STAY - E.P.
marvelous little EP from this haunting guitar band
KANSHIN
video review for scene-defining compilation album raising funds directly
for Japan
DANIEL W J MACKENZIE - TEETH SLEEP UNDER WINKING
BLACK EYELID
Ekca Liena man goes under his own name for this beautiful and sparse album
IN THE BLEAK WILDERNESS OF SLEEP
a compilation CD from Audio Gormet
ASTRAL SOCIAL CLUB - SNAEFELL
video review of this wonderful outpouting of electronic mentalism
CANNIBAL MOVIE - AVORIO
blazing drums and organ duo unleash their sick debut EP
LAUREL HALO – HOUR LOGIC
an EP of electronic tonics
RURAL COLOURS SUBSCRIPTION PACK 12
EPs from Dentist, Ex Confusion & Isnaj Dui & Hybernation
G.S. - SUTRA
strange and beautiful work
THE COSMIC DEAD - s/t
devastating space rock action
YAJÉ - YAJÉ
self-titled debut EP of extreme garage psyche
LISTENING MIRROR - EVEN IN THE QUIETEST MOMENTS
a self-released 3" postcard CD of immense celestial drones
NATURAL SNOW BUILDINGS - CHANTS OF NIFLHEIM
experimental video review of mind-bending psyche drone record store day
special
LUNAR DUNES - GALAXSEA
summer spacerock sounds
CAUGHT IN THE WAKE FOREVER / KARINA ESP / SHEEPDOG
- SADNESS & STATIC
astounding collaborative EP on Hibernate
BLACK STEPDAD - YOU, ME AND THE HEAT DEATH OF THE
UNIVERSE
head-rattling noise ambience
HUMAN GREED - FORTRESS LONGING
a dense, intense work of extraodinary production & composition
RICHARD A INGRAM – HAPPY HOUR
electronic sonic urban ambience
JACK ALLETT - THE COLLAPSING MIDDLE
cosmic guitar play for fans of Fahey and Rose
ALEXANDER TUCKER – DORWYTCH
pastoral songwriter composer soundscapes and beyond
MACU Vs FEDERICO BARABINO – WAVES
a sonic blast of static dreams
QLUSTER - FRAGEN
phase three for electronic legend Rodelius
NATURAL SNOW BUILDINGS - WAVES OF THE RANDOM SEA
video review of the French folk/drone magicians
CHRISTINA CARTER - TEXAS BLUES WORKING
once again, I discover an album late after everyone else but it's great!
WHITE HILLS - H-P1
staggering album of new psyche genius
MOUNTAINS - AIR MUSEUM
an album of intense tone float
IMPLODES – BLACK EARTH
burning rock explorations on Kranky records
THE PSYCHOGEOGRAPHICAL COMMISSION - WIDDERSHINS
another video review, this time for a startling 3" cd
DANIEL MENCHE & ANLA COURTIS - YAGUA OVY
video review of some storming, echoing, bass-heavy, rhythmic noise on
vinyl
RELIGIOUS KNIVES - SMOKESCREEN
fucked-up, fuzzed-out, dirty & delicious psyche-rock
SYZMON KALISKI - OUT OF FORGETTING
hauntingly beautiful neo-classical mini album
KYLE BOBBY DUNN - WAYS OF MEANING
celestial minimalism
BENGALFUEL - SPRAGUE
startling little EP from Hibernate that should re-educate Tangerine Dream
fans
RICHARD A INGRAM - CONSOLAMENTUM
a strange, dark, extraordinary work
STROM NOIR - DNI STRATILI SVOJU FARBU
immersive drones from Slovakia
INTERNET ARCHIVE: INTERVIEWING IRMIN SCHMIDT
& KUMO
the internet achive saves another lost feature
BANDCAMP
an appreciation for our favourite source of digital music
FELICIA ATKINSON - THE DRIVER
video review of the first vinyl release from Hibernate Recordings
EKCA LIENA - SLOW MUSIC FOR RAPID EYE MOVEMENT
startling work of invention on Dead Pilot
BIG BLOCK 454 - BELLS & PROCLAMATIONS
Musical Mancunian madness
RURAL COLOURS SUBSCRIPTION PACK 10
video review of releases from Davis, Kleefstra & Kleefstra, Richard
Ingram & Arkonia
CARLTON MELTON - COUNTRY WAYS
new psychedelic guitar sounds
EARTHLING SOCIETY - GREEN MANALISHI
more Fruits De Mer covers madness
DAMIAN VALLES - THE WAVES THAT DESTROY
postcard#4 from Hibernate Recordings
SUNFLARE - YOUNG LOVE
incendiary guitar explorations
MARS TO STAY - MARS TO STAY - redux
haunting new cassette release. now with a proper photo of the goods
LISTENING MIRROR - OUTSIDE HEAVEN
ethereal otherworlds of sound
KPTMICHIGAN / BLACK STEPDAD - split cassette -
redux
drone noise funtime with not safe for work nudie
artwork. now with a proper photo of the goods
PONYTAIL - DO WHATEVER YOU WANT ALL THE TIME
psychedelic joy
CURRENT 93 - HONEYSUCKLE AEONS
video review of the dazzling new album
MESSAGE TO BEARS - DEPARTURES
a must for all fans of the strange acoustic
SARGASSO SEA - MADONNA
dark, post-punk pop explorations
CLEM LEEK - A LETTER
video review of a very special 3" CD
ITHACA TRIO - CLARITY
is it a postcard? is it a 3" CD? no, it's both
HAUSCHKA - SALON DES AMATEURS
new classical meets basement house music
SEASONS (PRE DIN) - LESSER AND STILL
more transmissions from another place
ANTONYMES - THE LICENSE TO INTERPRET DREAMS
a work of delicate beauty
SIX ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE - ASLEEP ON THE
FLOODPLAIN
a welcome return from the ultimate acoustic act
CHRISTINA CARTER - OF THE GUTTER
video review of this live album from a unique artist
DEAF CENTRE - OWL SPLINTERS
genre defying work of great beauty
STEFFAN MATHIEU - A STATIC PLACE
epic drones
MV & EE - FREAK FLAG (I WANNA MAKE YOU MOAN
LIKE KAREN BLACK)
seriously, a real highlight from their live series
CLUTTER - LIVE
IN THE BURNED OUT CHURCH
uncanny sounds from Cumbria
NICK HUDSON - MY ANTIQUE SON
there's no snappy one-liner for this, just read
PLEQ - GOOD NIGHT
small hours electronics from Eastern Europe
QUINN WALKER - THE WEIGHT OF CARE
video review of this new EP on Rural Colours
HIDDEN LANDSCAPES
a videeo review of this excellent compilation album by and in support of
net label Audio Gourmet
MANI NEUMEIER & KAWABATA MAKOTO - SAMURAI BLUES
Guru Gure leader meets Acid Mothers Temple leader with explosive results
AKRON/FAMILY - S/T II or THE COSMIC BIRTH &
JOURNEY OF SHINJU TNT
a mouthful of a title and a real meal of an album
ALVIN LUCIER & NICK HENNIES - STILL AND
MOVING LINES OF SILENCE IN FAMILIES OF HYPERBOLAS
Nick Hennies approaches the work of pioneering composer Alvin Lucier
HAKOBUNE - AWAY FROM THE LUNAR WATERS
mesmeric guitar explorations
ELIAN - APPARITIONS
startling mini CD of intense sound
MAJEURE / SANKT OTTEN
a mysterious split release
SUBLAMP - IN OUR HIDING VOICE
strange, dark and subtle music
THE FLAMING LIPS - TWO BLOBS FUCKING
a 12-part surround space rock youtube extravaganza ready for you now
BILL ORCUTT - NEW WAYS TO PAY OLD DEBTS
insanely dirty guitar sound
INTERNET ARCHIVE: SONGS OF GREEN PHEASANT
I'm pretty sure I was the first person to interview this massively
under-rated drone/psyche/folk act
FAT WORM OF ERROR - BROODS
our very first ever VIDEO review. Erm, as in the review is a video not the
review is of a video. The big quesiton is, will it also be the last?
ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE SWR & UMEZU KAZUTOKI - SAX IN
THE CITY
free jazz punk madness
ROQUETING THROUGH SPACE
Fruits De Mer unleash more inspired cover versions
THOUGHTS FROM SCREECHING LAKE
mind-burning compilation from Singing Knives
ENSEMBLE - EXCERPTS
French genius on Fat Cat Records
DRUMMS OF CHAOS & JENS UWE BEYER - MAGAZINE 3
Jake Liebezeit's drum ensemble finally put out an album!
CLUSTER - CLUSTER 71
the debut Cluster album! re-released with the original running order
BARN OWL - ANCESTRAL STAR - now
up
and running
epic slow-burn sonic landscapes
FAUST - SOMETHING DIRTY
Faust! Faust! Faust! Faust! Faust! Did I tell you it was Faust? FAUST!
EMPHEMETRY - A LULLABY HUM FOR TIRED STEETS
stunning ambinet post-rock songwriting
CORY ALLEN - PEARLS
exquisite ambient release, hopefully not for the swine
THE HUNTER GRACCHUS - THE BOLSHEVICS SHAT IN MY BRAIN
mind-fuck from the backstreets of Sheffield
GAMES - THAT WE CAN PLAY
mind-bent synth pop
WOODEN SHJIPS - OH TANNENBAUM / OLD LANG SYNE
festive psyche rock!
DANNY SAUL - KINISON GOLDTHWAIT
mind-blowing Hibernate release
THE HATERS / HAL HUTCHINSON
split cassette of noise
FIELD ROTATION - ACOUSTIC TALES
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CHAZ KNAPP - FINGER
piano, strings & electronics
WIL BOLTON - TIME LAPSE
mind-bending electronics & field recordings
WOODEN WAND - DEATH SEAT
back so soon? Good.
PLEQ - MY LIFE BEGINS TODAY
quality electronic experimental experience
ANDREW LILES - MIND MANGLED TRIP MONSTER
sounds like a tribute to our readership
ZOMBIE ZOMBIE - PLAYS JOHN CARPENTER
does what it says on the tin, now get your can opener
WOODEN WAND - WITHER THOU GOEST, CRETIN
bloody limited, fucking brilliant acoustic album
SWANS + JAMES BLACKSHAW
live review of Leeds University gig 29th October 2010
WOLF PEOPLE - STEEPLE
psyche-folk-rock fun
TEETH OF THE SEA - YOUR MERCURY
bold statement of post-post-rock
BEN NASH / MAGIC LANTERN
another mad, mighty split LP from Blackest Rainbow
ANTONY & THE JOHNSONS - SWANLIGHTS
wow
THE PSYCHOGEOGRAPHICAL COMMISSION - PATIENT ZERO
the dark underbelly of Britain illuminated
SHIGETO - FULL CIRCLE
strange future soul music
DAVID A JAYCOCK - PRESETS
strange folk music from the small hours
SENDELICA - A NICE PEAR
more 7" cover version madness from Fruits De Mer
SWANS - MY FATHER WILL GUIDE ME UP A ROPE TO THE
SKY
can't believe I am reviewing a new Swans album
STARVING WEIRDOS - B/P/M 1
piano madness
GREGORY & THE HAWK - LECHE
Meredith returns with her stunning new album
PLEQ & SEGUE - THE SEED
ambient global collaboration
HESSIEN - OBELISK/STELEA
deep space electronics
SILJE NES - OPTICKS
beautiful whimsy from Fat Cat Records
HAUSCHKA - "FOREIGN LANDSCAPES"
composition of mystery & wonder
CLOSEDEYESAREDANCING - "SLEEP COLLAGES"
electronic mentalism (and free)
HUSH ARBORS - "NOTHING ELSE (ANDREW LILES REMIX)
a digital ride of the valkyries and a bargain too - fixed
ANDREA FERRARIS/MATTEO UGGERI WITH MUJIKA EASEL
& ANDREA SERRAPIGLIO - "AUTUMN IS COMING, WE'RE ALL IN SLOW MOTION"
amazing exploratory ambient on Hibernate
MIMINOKOTO - "CHOFU, EKODA, KOENJI"
live Japanese psyche action - review now properly
available
CLEM LEEK - "HOLLY LANE"
mysterious minamilism
MOON UNIT - "HELL HORSE AND HEADY STRATUS"
blistering space rock
SUZUKI JONZO - "BURIED SKY, SPIDER TORN TO
PIECES"
wild Japanese psyche sounds
MARK HARRIS - "THE BOY OBSERVES THE OCEAN"
more Hibernate ethereal otherness
THE HUNTER GRACCHUS / KOMMISSAR HJULER UND FRAU - split LP
two highly charged sonic particles collide on one piece of vinyl
MICE PARADE - "WHAT IT MEANS TO BE LEFT-HANDED"
one of the worlds best-kept musical secrets
TWINSISTER MOON - "THEN FELL THE ASHES"
mysterious drone folk from France
NURSE WITH WOUND - "HUFFIN RAG BLUES"
we tuck into the new vinyl mix of this modern NWW classic
AFRIRAMPO - "WE ARE UCHU NO KO"
noise rock goddesses say goodbye
ARKHONIA - "TRAILS/TRACES"
secret sound of the suburbs
SEASONS (PRE-DIN) - "OCCASIONALLY, I FORGET TO
BREATHE"
haunting soundscapes
VINCENT KUHNER - "NO MINUTE..."
an album with a very long name + FREE DOWNLOAD LINK
JAMES BLACKSHAW - "ALL IS FALLING"
the Lord of the 12-string returns
CLUTTER - "YELLOW LIGHT DISCARDED"
excellent experimental little 3"
FIELD ROTATION - "WHY THINGS ARE DIFFERENT"
icey sounds
MOON DUO - "ESCAPE"
heavy psyche grooves
GUILD - "REQUIEM"
majorly mysterious minamilism + FREE DOWNLOAD LINK
CURRENT 93 - "BAALSTORM, SING OMEGA"
major new release from David Tibet and his current crew
WORMROT - "ABUSE"
mind-crushing grindcore from Singapore on Earache
GUSTAVO JOBIM - "TRAPPED IN A DAYJOB"
electronic soundwaves from Brazil
MAX RICHTER - "INFRA"
new album from the innovative composer/producer
NANCY GARCIA - "BE THE CLIMB"
more irresistible madness from Ecstatic Peace records
CARLTON MELTON - "PASS IT ON"
heavy psyche kicks from the West Coast
FAUST
live review of the Manchester Ruby Lounge date
HAUSFRAUEN EXPERIMENT
4 classic songs get taken up the analogue electric avenue
DAVID NEWLYN - "FRIDAY NIGHT CHOIR PRACTISE"
manipulated cathedral field recordings
TALVIHORROS - "MUSIC IN FOUR MOVEMENTS"
a free-flowing, stream of conciousnes review of a strange ambient record
DAMON & NAOMI - "1001 NIGHTS"
A DVD compilation from the former Galaxie 500 rhythm section turned
acoustic troubadours
CARLOS VILLENA - "OSCI.LACIONS EN LA PENOMBRA DE LES
TAQUES SOLARS"
a 3" disc from another world. probably.
MUSHROOM - "NAKED, STONED & STABBED"
more sultry, sunny sounds
CARIBOU - "SWIM"
new album from Dan Snaith and it's joyous
WOODEN SHJIPS - "VOL.2"
a compilation of essential but rare Wooden Shjips moments
IT'S SPRINGTIME!
a spotify playlist for your next barbeque, garden party, game of croquet
or hillside booze session
HARUKI - "THE LAND THAT LIES BEHIND US"
a stunningly abstract mini-album on 5" cd
VIBRAVOID - "WHAT COLOUR IS PINK? EP"
a 7" that takes early Pink Floyd over to Dusseldorf
FURSAXA - "MYCORRHIZAE REALM"
some seriously psychedelic folk
JACK ROSE - "LUCK IN THE VALLEY"
lovely old time jam with the sadly recently deceased guitarist
THE PSYCHOGEOGRAPHICAL COMMISSION - "GENIUS LOCI"
tripping through England's hidden reverse
RBE: RAUDIVE BUNKER EXPERIMENT
80s experimental electro compilation
WHITE HILLS - "WHITE HILLS"
white-hot, shit-hot, white-out rock 'n' roll reviewed
HARMONIA & ENO 76 - "TRACKS & TRACES
re-issued"
better late than never, a review of the new version of Eno's collaboration
with his German mentors
HANNAH PEEL - "REBOX"
a little EP of big songs with a little sound
NICK HENNIES - "LINEAL"
more haunting ambience from the ever-poignant SRA label
KAWABATA MAKOTO & MICHISHITA SHINSUKE - “MARU
SANKAKU SHIKAKU (CIRCLE TRIANGLE SQUARE)”
another collaboration between the Acid Mothers Temple & LSD March
mainmen
SUNBURNED HAND OF THE MAN - "A"
Latest collaboration with Four Tet - fucking a!
KRAUTROCK: Cosmic Rock & it's Legacy
we review a book!
HUSH ARBORS - "YANKEE REALITY"
More great modern American new rock sound
WHITE OUT with JIM O'ROURKE & THURSTON MOORE -
"SENSO"
Incendiary live document
MV & EE - "BARN NOVA"
Super cosmic woodland rock n roll
STARLESS & BIBLE BLACK - "SHAPE OF THE
SHAPE"
Mancunian folk-rock space exploration
SAMARA LUBELSKI - "FUTURE SLIP"
gorgeous downtempo album from the former Hall Of Fame, The Tower
Recordings member
RICHARD YOUNGS - "UNDER STELLAR STREAM"
a hand-written review of one of 2009's finest
THE YELLOW MOON BAND - "POLARIS (SPACE AND TIME REMIX)"
what's 12"s long, yellow and give us pleasure?
BORIS - "8 / HEY EVERYONE"
first in a new series of Boris 7"s entitled "Japanese Heavy Rock Hits"
SPACEMEN 3 / WOODEN SHJIPS
a split 7" of Spacemen 3 songs
MICHAEL YONKERS & PLASTIC CRIMEWAVE SOUND
- "BLEED OUT"
lp of guitar noise joy
CAVE - "THE RIDE"
a little 7" packed full of power
ALOG / ASTRAL SOCIAL CLUB
latest release in Fat Cat's Split Series
MAX RICHTER - "MEMORYHOUSE"
composers debut album finally available again
PENS - "HEY FRIEND WHAT YOU DOING?
sick, psyche punk pop thrills
THE FLAMING LIPS - "EMBRYONIC"
it's not often you'll find us enthusing about Time Warner produce but
every rule has it's exceptions
CELER - "CLOSE PROXIMITY AND THE UNHINDERED CARE-ALL"
a stunning work of minamilism and emotion
OM - "GOD IS GOOD"
the bass/drum duo leap off further into space
VARIOUS ARTISTS - "ALL KILLER"
Gaslamp Killer makes a mix CD out of the Finders Keepers catalogue
THE TWILIGHT SAD – “FORGET THE NIGHT AHEAD”
The Scottish miserbalists return and still on form
SIX ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE – “LUMINOUS NIGHT”
Ben Chasney is back with another classic album
VIBRAVOID – “KRAUTROCK SENSATION EP”
A 4 track EP on coloured 7" vinyl of.....krautrock cover versions!
MÚM “SING ALONG TO SONGS YOU DON'T KNOW”
Twinkling, odd pop music from Iceland
TWINKRANES - "SPEKTRUMTHEATRESNAKES"
A review of the forthcoming debut album on Twisted Nerve from this Dublin
trio. Hand-written and cut-up
BAKU: SYMPHONY OF SIRENS. SOUND EXPERIMENTS IN THE
SOVIET AVANT-GARDE
Andy Wilson reviews Recommended Records compilations of Soviet era
avant-garde music.
SUNN O))) - "MONOLITHS & DIMENSIONS"
A hand-written review of the recent Sunn O))) album
JEFFREY LEWIS - HEBDEN BRIDGE TRADES CLUB - 27/9/09
A mathematical hand-written gig review
MAHIKARI - "MAHIKARI"
A review of the collaboration between Kawabata Makoto of Acid Mothers
Temple and Yamamoto Seiichi formerly of The Boredoms
NICHOLAS SZCZEPANIK – “THE CHIASMUS”
A review of a modern masterpiece of mood-driven, ambient minimalism
FAUST "C'EST COM...COM...COMPLIQUE"
A hand written review of the new Faust studio album
WAS IST DAS SPOTIFY PLAYLIST
Listen to a list of recommended tracks, both classic & modern
ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE "ARE WE EXPERIMENTAL?"
An excedingly odd album reviewed in all it's glory
"OPEN STRINGS: Early Virtuoso Recordings From The
Middle East, And New Responses"
Excellent new compilation on Honest John's Records
RHYS CHATHAM - "A CRIMSON GRAIL (FOR 400 ELECTRIC
GUITARS)"
Not a new release but just for the sake of it, here's a review
WASISTDAS VERSION 1.0
All the files were lost due to computer death while the site was offline. However, in a few wonderful corners of the internet, I managed to find traces and remnants presented here for historical and sentimental reasons
ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE. - "MYTH OF THE LOVE
ELECTRIQUE"
A review of one of their 2006 releases
JANEK SCHAEFER - HUDDERSFIELD TOWN HALL
A review of a gig from November 20th 2005, part
of the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
JEAN-HERVE PERON OF FAUST INTERVIEWED
One of the earliest articles on the old website,
an e-mail interview with Jean-Herve Peron of Faust.
INTERNET ARCHIVE
I found a 2006 version of my website saved on the internet archive. Thanks to them, here are the rest of the articles
AMON DUUL II - "PHALLUS DEI" DVD
JOHN PEEL - "MARGRAVE OF THE MARSHES"
MUSIC OF TODAY- an overview of Embyro by Lee Brady
FAUST - "COLLECTIF MET(Z)"
TUSSLE - "KLING KLANG"
FAUST + Ectogram - Newcastle Academy 2, UK, 8th
November 2005
TONY CONRAD & FAUST - "OUTSIDE THE DREAM SYNDICATE ALIVE" (Table Of
The Elements)
SUPERSILENT @ Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Saturday 19th
November 2005
AMON DÜÜL II - Mean Fiddler, London, UK, November
13th 2005
DAMO SUZUKI NETWORK - The Cornerhouse, Huddersfield,
Friday 27th January 2006
BRAIN LABEL REMASTERS - DIGIPAK ISSUES
ROTHER, CURTIS & KLINGHOFFER @ The Bowery Ballroom, NYC, USA, 4th
March 2006
THIRD & FINAL BATCH OF CAN REMASTERS
MICHAEL ROTHER & MOEBIUS – Picture
House, Hebden Bridge, 14th July 2006
ANDY WILSON - “STRETCH OUT TIME: 1970-1975” - book about Faust
THE FLAMING LIPS - “AT WAR WITH THE MYSTICS 5.1”
TUSSLE – “TELESCOPE MIND”
FAUST – Irish Centre, Leeds, 5th June 2007
HARMONIA - “LIVE 1974” (Gronland)
ommited are:
1. A very obsolete article about legal music download websites.
2. Lee Brady's excellent article on Embryo does not seem to be on
the web archive. BAH! It was really good, trust me.
3.An article on the Huddersfield Festival of Light which was little more than a bunch of poorly-taken photos
4.A review of a single by !!! which I think was the first review I ever did on the site. If memory serves, I took it down after a year or two for no particularly good reason. Internet Archive did not capture it.
