September 2011
2 posts
Talibam! - "The Excusable Earthling LP" [Pendu...
Tracklist:
A: Explosive Soul (17:36)
B: One Way Foot (17:30)
regreased unripe salugi motion.
underground mythopoetized nonpurposiveness.
TRY.
Giant Claw - "Tunnel Mind" [digitalis industries]
Playful yet epic synthesizer porn. Reminds me of the best parts of a soundtrack to a sci-fi PC game I played in the 90’s.
Grab this gem (name your own price, no minimum!) at Giant Claw’s bandcamp.
May 2010
2 posts
Oneohtrix Point Never/Caboladies - "Split c30"...
“This split unfolds as a singular and flowing journey. Caboladies reaches out to solar gods above while Oneohtrix Point Never wanders through the arid deserts of the mind and heart.” -nu new age
“caboladies’ transformation from zenith-aspiring droners to nuno canvarro acolytes has certainly won them a place close to my heart. their side here intermingles some rather...
Mist - "Glowing Net" [Pizza Night, 2010]
“the newest sounds from the duo of sam goldberg and john elliott. recorded between late summer and mid-fall of 2009. shows the zone where mist is heading, focusing intensely on composition as well as furthering the sonic spectrum of clouded out drones and sparkling sequences that made their self-titled lp so hallucinogenic.” -meditations
Highly recommended! More New-New-Age synth...
March 2010
1 post
Mark McGuire - "A Pocket Full Of Rain" [Pizza...
Tracklisting:
A: ”Forecast”
B: ”The Marfalights”
C1: “A Pocket Full of Rain”
C2: “Radioflyer”
C3: “The Lonesome Fog Horn Blows”
D1: “Aquaduct”
D2: “Sick Chemistry”
Many of you are probably already very familiar with Mr. McGuire’s output in groups such as Skyramps, Emeralds, and Sun Watcher....
October 2009
1 post
Earthen Sea - "Seeking Enlightenment 12oz at a...
So I started to write a review of this incredible tape, and then I saw Aquarius Records’ review, and felt ashamed. Nothing could describe this in a more perfect way. Why try?
“Earthen Sea, what a killer name, however, the tape’s title, Seeking Enlightenment 12 Oz. At A Time, had us expecting some sort of lo-fi, damaged and drunken sludgerock slugfest, but nothing could be...
September 2009
1 post
Bones of Seabirds - "Sacrament" [Small Doses,...
Tracklisting 1: Belial (5:34) 2: Serpent (6:05) 3: Earthborn (Forging of the Chalice) (6:00) 4: Sine Fine (Altar of Manik) (3:50) 5: Noosphere (8:31) 6: A Mere Offering (Octahedral Visions) (6:18) 7: The Great Attractor (7:02) 8: Gaijin (Falling Through Mercury) (5:32)
My apologies for the lengthy break in posting. I’m back in action now and have some insane stuff to post.
Bones of...
July 2009
1 post
Oneohtrix Point Never - "Betrayed in the Octagon"...
Tracklisting:
1: Woe Is The Transgression
2: Behind The Bank
3: Eyeballs
4: Betrayed In The Octagon
5: Woe Is The Transgression II
6: Parallel Mind Over
8: Weird Times Docking This Orb
Analog sunshine breaking through a murky tape-warble cloud cover. This is synthesizer manna for the post-Boards of Canada generation lost in the desert. The poor man’s Vangelis. Highly...
April 2009
1 post
Wicked Messenger - "A Three-Eyed Fox Lurking In...
1: Zuben Elschemali (5:14) 2: The Three-Eyed Fox (5:50) 3: The Rings Of Saturn (5:36) 4: Many Are The Dead, Few The Living (6:10) 5: A Little Sick Boy Tending The Corpse-Eating Sheep (While His Sister Rides The Horse Of Death) (5:49) 6: Jupiter (And Beyond) (8:02) 7: Wisdom Of The Sea (4:59) 8: The Serpent’s Throat (8:13) 9: Zuben Elgenubi (6:02)
As Plague Haus aptly put it:...
March 2009
6 posts
Super Minerals - "The Piss" [DNT Records, 2008]
Super Minerals = Phil and William from Magic Lanterns, but this project is definitely not overshadowed by their main gig. This release kicks off with that especially murky drone that I’m so fond of, deep and echoey. Throw in a few distorted screams looped to infinity and distorted beyond recognition, and a harmonica somewhere in the mix, and you have a pretty brain-melting slab of drone....
Bonecloud - "Galloping Moths"[Noise Not Music,...
Harsh guitar feedback loops and riffs. Bonecloud is particularly adept at keeping 10-15+ minute drones interesting. Constantly shifting and adding texture, the odd vocal filters through the mix occasionally. Dense soundscapes.
Try it
Albero Rovesciato - "Ancient Shining Drums of the...
Chaotic percussion seemingly created by whatever happened to be near them at the time. All acoustic, all natural. Gongs, cymbals, sticks, pipes…you name it.
The two tracks on this cassette drift from frantic percussion storms to contemplative crystal drones. Hard to describe, but well worth repeated listening. The Italian scene is going strong!
Try it or Buy it.
My Cat is an Alien/Fabio Orsi - "For Alan Lomax"[A...
Dedicated the legendary collector of folk music Alan Lomax comes this latest release from the incredibly prolific Italian brothers Roberto and Maurizio Opalio aka My Cat is an Alien. This time around the bring fellow Italian experimental type Fabio Orsi along for the ride, who kicks the disc off with a 40 minute slice of utterly breathtaking ambience. Using field recordings, guitars, a piano...
Ettrick - Feeders of Ravens[Not Not Fun 2007]
Evil duel-drum set death jazz with sax skronk stalking at a brutal pace. Out of Print and highly recommended.
Try it.
Check out Ettrick playing live in Columbus:
Another haunting track by Grouper. I loved last...