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.
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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
George Christian – Requiem para Minha Mãe Cigana, Margarida
Our old friend George Christian has released a two-track album for Post Orientalism Music out of Berlin, Germany. Though some will bill this as experimental, I hear more of a wild psych-influenced space rock mixed together guitar improvisations that works wonderfully well. It is best to let George tell the Continue Reading
Reverse Image – Towards the Nocturnal Sun
This is the second Reverse Image album we have had the pleasure to review (you can read the first one here). Whereas the first album was more experimental in nature, this one continues on that vein, has has an even more sophisticated take on electroacoustic music sitting well inside an Continue Reading
The Resian Folk Group – Resia Valley: String-Band Music from Eastern Alpine Italian Villages ca. 1978
The Resian Folk Group were from the Resia Valley in the Italian Alps. What sets them apart from their countrymen are their folk traditions and language, which seem to have a strong Slovene influence. Canary Records does their usual outstanding job remastering this collection. It sounds absolutely gorgeous considering the Continue Reading
Tears For Fears – Songs For A Nervous Planet
One of the greatest of the new wave bands, Tears For Fears return with an album bearing four new tracks and many live versions of their hits.
Various Artists – Light in the Attic Records: Even the Forest Hums: Ukrainian Sonic Archives 1971-1996
Ukraine has always been a rich vein when it comes to music. Our friends at Light In The Attic Records have put together one of the best introductions to Soviet folk, disco, rock and alternative music to come out of Ukraine during their musical 70’s, 80’s and partially, the 90’s. Continue Reading
Al Wootton – Lifted From The Earth
From the Bandcamp site: “Guess-again shapeshifter Al Wootton continues a fertile streak of releases for ZamZam, Livity and his own Trule label, as well as an acclaimed collab with Susumu Mukai and Valentina Magaletti as Holy Tongue, on a killer new album for Berceuse Heroique’s tape series, a screwed navigation Continue Reading
Joseph Benzola – Stained Glass Meditation
I’m more than pleased to announce a new recording by my online friend, Joe Benzola. It’s quite sparse and minimalist, perhaps even Cageian, mixing piano and percussion, and it requires you to pay attention. What can I say other than, “Well done!”?
AGDISTIZ – Audaus Minor
Our friends at Kalamine Records introduce us to AGDISTIZ, a band who, if my memory serves me right, is from Romania. The drones here are sumptuous, like listening to a warm, thick drone during days when the cold is becoming crisper. Really a pleasant release if you can handle a Continue Reading