Bèlènou – Emosyon Tambou​-​a

Today’s release is quite a stunning little gem out of Martinique that mixes both a creole jazz element with a sound reminiscent of Afrobeat in some way.  From the band’s Bandcamp site: “In the early eighties, Edmond Mondésir, professor of philosophy and Léon Bertide, trade unionist, founded the Bèlènou group. Continue Reading

Various Artists – Future Sounds Of Kraut Vol. 3 – Compiled by Fred und Luna

Our friends at Compost Records have the third release in the series Future Sounds of Kraut, but it comes on the heels of some heartbreaking news.  May good Rainer Buchmüller rest in peace.  He has left quite a legacy behind.  From Compost’s Bandcamp site: “Chapter 3 of the successful compilation Continue Reading

高妮妮 (Gāo nī nī) – 红蜻蜓 (1984)

This is a peculiar release.  Electronic music does not have a deep history in China, but composers have been active since at least the mid-1980’s.  Composer Gāo Nī Nī collaborated with the Yangtze River Light Music Band to produce something that, while not comparable to, say, Vangelis or Tangerine Dream, Continue Reading

Hybrid Rain and Liquid Paper by Hans Castrup + James Hill – Each Star Pulses Two Colours

Imagine a gorgeous trumpet and piano sound immersed inside of electronic blips and beeps.  It’s eerie, sounding something like a film-noir film soundtrack as performed by improvisational or experimental musicians (think Jon Hassell or Toshinori Kondo).  That is what you have with this collaboration by Hybrid Rain and Liquid Paper.  Continue Reading

Deficit – Elämä Toisesta Paikkasta (With Marcelo Diaz / Mads Records)

Deficit is a project of Vyacheslav Ismagilov, an author of electronic experimental music from Tashkent, Uzbekistan, so says his Bandcamp site.  The drones are rather gentle for noise music and made for a fascinating listening experience.  This is one you want to use your headphones for. His collaborator, Marcelo Diaz, Continue Reading

Dean & Britta & Sonic Boom – A Peace of Us

Dean Wareham is someone who could be called Shoegaze royalty.  He has been partnering with Britta Phillips for some time now making some fine records, but this is a different, even more interesting beast.  The Spacemen 3 centerpiece Sonic Boom collaborates with Dean & Britta for an album which combines Continue Reading

Karolina Ossowska & Jeff Gburek – Witch​-​Hazel

We have another elegant experimental/electroacoustic album by violinist Karolina Ossowska and her partner in this release, Jeff Gburek.  There is a Nurse With Wound-meets-György Ligeti vibe to this release, maybe even references to Krzysztof Penderecki’s earlier avant-garde works, but given a gritty, ghostly treatment.  Another glorious release.

Throbbing Gristle – Thirty​-​Second Annual Report

Don’t let anyone ever tell you differently.  Ministry, Front 242, Frontline Assembly, as much as I love all of those bands, are NOT Industrial music in its purest form, nor are any of the ghastly ‘industrial metal’ bands.  Only Throbbing Gristle and associated bands, such as SPK, early Cabaret Voltaire Continue Reading