Reverse Image – Éclipse Dissonante (FMOA Audio Postcard Series)
From our friend Reverse Image, who offers this 18-minute sound collage: “Reverse Image (Y’ng-Yin Siew) is a sound artist from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She builds her works using a hybrid of analogue and digital tools, with which she explores the…
Ancient My Enemy – Ancient My Enemy
Once upon a time, there was an astounding good band based in Los Angeles called Pressurehed. They were utterly phenomenal to watch live, and were kings of the “20-minute psychedelic jam,” so to speak. Members would form the equally brilliant…
Ezra Sturm & Ernesto Diaz-Infante – Live at Day of Noise
This is the second time I get to present the father-son due of Ezra Sturm and the consistently wonderful Ernesto Diaz-Infante. In this live improvisation, I get to hear more of a space rock sound. There is a sci-fi element…
Various Artists – WEEDIAN: Trip to China
“As genres, Stoner, Sludge, Doom, and Heavy Psych are still new to the Chinese audience, but it has become a niche music scene that thrives on their uniqueness.” So quotes WEEDIAN, the record label who scours the globe looking for…
Dimitar Dodovski – Liminal
(North) Macedonian composer Dimitar Dodevski offers a shimmering album blending Jon Hassell’s “Fourth World” sound with ambient and jazz fusion. A gentle, relaxing wade into dark waters.
Revista Bastardo
No record reviews today, but I would like to point you to a Mexican blog/magazine who cover Rock-In-Opposition, Avant-Prog and Krautrock and freaky art, all written in Spanish, called Revista Bastardo. They’re a new name to me, but certainly one…
Slermpy Fishkins – I WANT TO PRODUCE FOR MY FAVORITE RAPPERS BEFORE THEY DIE
This is a weird one, admittedly, but it has enough charm for me to share it. Slermpy Fishkins hail from Riverside, California, not terribly far from where I lived in California before moving to China. They produce a grubby, lo-fi…
Various Artists – Passed Records: The Passed Year – 2023
Passed Records come from Uppsala, Sweden. This is a fine introduction to their label, which produces trip-hop, electronica, drone and post-punk. These guys are going to be fun to follow.
Maâlem Mokhtar Gania & Bill Laswell – Tagnawwit: Holy Black Gnawa Trance
Maâlem Mokhtar Gania & Bill Laswell collaborate on bringing Gnawa music up-to-date in the 21st Century. There have been a good number of Gnawa-related recordings which have come out over the past few decades, but having Laswell’s thundering bass supporting…
Capricorni Pneumatici – Witchcraft
I don’t ever recall using the word haunting to describe the sound of a record on this blog, but Witchcraft by Capricorni Pneumatici deserves that adjective. There is a horrific, claustrophobic vibe to the album, as though it were made…