Gûldur is part of a wonderful collective based in Porto Alegre, Brazil, a place I would like to visit before I rest my bones in this Earth. Some of the bands and labels associated with this scene produce consistently good experimental, noise, dungeon synth and other related genres, which brings Continue Reading
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Various Artists – In Heaven, Everything is Fine: A David Lynch Experimental Noise Tribute (2025)
David Lynch was a very weird man, and I mean that in the best sense of the word. His directorial body of work will stand the test of time. He passed away recently, so the net label Red Tape has issued a compilation of noise music in his honor. I Continue Reading
Holger Czukay / Die Angel & Zappi W. Diermaier – Gvoon: Version 1
As much as I loved the work of Can bassist Holger Czukay, there are a couple of his releases that I passed by. This one features die ANGEL, whom I have never heard of previously, and Faust drummer Zappi W. Diermaier. This sounds far less like Krautrock and more like Continue Reading
Carme López – Quintela
One of my people has done us proud! From Carme López’s Bandcamp site: “Quintela’, the debut album by Carme López, a performer, teacher and researcher of traditional oral music from Galicia, is a new experimental work for Galician bagpipe. Influenced by the approach of composers like Éliane Radigue or Pauline Continue Reading
Virus2020 – A Frog A Gun And A Sad Man
We have a new artist to introduce to you. Virus2020 is a project out of Sousse, Tunisia, and you can read more about his work here, courtesy of his release’s Bandcamp page: “Virus2020 is the solo project of Rami Harrabi, a Tunisian artist born in 1989 in Sousse (TN), enthralled Continue Reading
Lea Bertucci – Hold Music
Rather beautiful for drone, this one. Lea Bertucci is a composer based in New York and on this recording offered by Dinzu Artefacts (fellow Los Angelinos whom I hope are safe), she offers music that is meant to be infinite. From the label’s Bandcamp site: “Hold Music is a pair Continue Reading
Abul Mogard & Rafael Anton Irisarri – Live at Le Guess Who?
Abul Mogard and Rafael Anton Irisarri, from Italy and Spain respectively, are two of the most outstanding ambient music composers going today. They collaborate here on a live work that sounds so atmospheric as to be nearly holy, especially since it was performed at a church in Utrecht.
Jeff Gburek – Heliopathy
As the calendar winds down for 2024, we still have a few more treasures to share. This one comes from Jeff Gburek, who should need no introduction to regular readers here. On this release, it comes out courtesy of Post Orientalism Music from Berlin, Germany. From the release’s Bandcamp site: Continue Reading
Lisa Bella Donna – Afterimages
Lisa Bella Donna is a composer and performer whose release, Afterimages, is a rich tapestry of moogs, loops, drone and a tip of the cap to the Berlin School made famous by Tangerine Dream. A touch lo-fi, but I enjoy the overall effect.
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 intersection between repetitive motifs and moments of discontinuity. Her debut Continue Reading