As someone who once owned a homemade dream machine, it’s nice to see this old relic get a sonic reassessment. Our dear friends at Unexplained Sounds Group start the year off with yet another brilliant experimental music compilation. From the label’s Bandcamp site: “The Dreamachine, conceived by Brion Gysin with Continue Reading
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Aidan Baker with Felipe Salazar – At Komma
From Aidan’s Bandcamp site: Five track album (one streaming sample) recorded live at Komma in Esslingen, Germany in February 2014. Live sound and mastering by Ralv Milberg, released on limited CD by Tokyo Jupiter Records.
Cousin Silas & the Glove of Bones – Petrichor In Abundance
From the press release at Submarine Broadcasting Company’s Bandcamp site: “Our new release and the last for 2025 is a return for Cousin Silas & the Glove of Bones. “This is either the seventh or eighth CS & GoB collaboration over the last 10 years. The last one being 2022 Continue Reading
Various Artists – taâlem: Homework – Year 9
Belgium’s taâlem Records is one of Belgium’s most venerable labels and one of the world’s best for experimental music in general. This is their ninth edition of tracks collected for the year, and this one has 71 pieces to go through.
Ken Clinger – KC.60
Ken Clinger is one of those Bandcamp artists who release a ton of stuff, but he has quite a few gems in this catalog. This one reminds me of artists like Visage and Gary Numan.
Jeff Gburek & Friends – Decembryonic Journey 2025
As the year heads to a close, our friend Jeff Gburek offers up one of his last releases of 2025. From his Bandcamp site: “Although most of these tracks were realized in October and November, I’ve chosen to give the title over to the coming moon of December and the Continue Reading
Gil Sansón – The perspective of the lizard
From the sirr-ecords Bandcamp site: “The perspective of the lizard is an exercise in microsound, benefitting from a long gestation process with decantation and distillation as central procedures. The intent, as the title suggests, is to focus on small sonorities, amplified to reflect perception attuned to smaller scale. For this Continue Reading
MOREGO – Middle Eastern Dub
Our friend MOREGO’s latest album is a dub masterpiece, combining the better aspects of Lee Perry and Muslimgauze while retaining his own unique flavor.
Lawrence English – The Peregrine
Lawrence English is one of Australia’s finest sound sculptors. This particular piece reminds me of the last moments of Andrey Tarkovsky’s seminal film, Solaris, where the ocean swallows up Kris Kelvin and his father to end the film.
Yara Asmar – Everyone I Love Is Sleeping and I Love Them So So Much
I can’t pin down why, but Lebanese experimental music composer Yara Asmar’s latest album is almost heartbreaking in its beauty. I’ve never heard electroacoustic music that left such a deep emotional scratch. Sublime.