eardrops – nightfall over concrete

Listening to some of the early masters of electroacoustic music and musique-concrète, it seemed that the goal of the music was to imitate the real world, and certainly, the masters like Pierre Henry, Pierre Schaeffer and François Bayle did so elegantly.  Now, in 2025, we have incredibly good digital recording Continue Reading

Leandro Fresco & Rafael Anton Irisarri – Una Presencia En La Brisa

Argentine composer Leandro Fresco and American artist Rafael Anton Irisarri have collaborated on several albums in the past, but this one might be their most intriguing yet. Each track exudes a cosmic atmosphere, with sounds cascading gently into an acid-like experience at times, only to lift back up into a Continue Reading

Yegor Zabelov – Triggers

Triggers is a nearly 41-minute track composed and performed by Belarusian accordionist Yegor Zabelov.  Yegor came highly recommended by friends who see him as a maestro of the accordion, so I expected something along the lines of other wonderful masters of the instrument like Kepa Junkera, but this one hit Continue Reading

Various Artists – Kalamine Records: Inside / Beside X

Kalamine Records hasn’t been featured on the blog for quite some time now, so it’s time to remedy this!  Their latest offering is a compilation of the dark ambient they are so famous for curating and hard electronic music that you could almost dance to.  Standout artists on the compilation Continue Reading

Christophe Bailleau O’Farrell – Locust bean gum

When I started listening to Christophe Bailleau O’Farrell’s latest EP, titled “Locust Bean Gum,” I was initially taken aback by the abrupt stops and transitions between songs. However, after reflecting on it, I began to feel that this music serves as a soundtrack for fleeting dreams. The band that comes to Continue Reading

Borghesia – Clones

Borghesia is a prominent Slovenian electronic rock band that was established in Ljubljana (then part of Yugoslavia) in 1982. Formed by members of the alternative theater group Theatre FV-112/15 and Teater Performans, Borghesia carved out a distinctive aesthetic that boldly embraced imagery that was deemed forbidden, taboo, and repressed. At their peak, they stood shoulder to shoulder with influential bands like Deutsch Amerikanische Continue Reading

Dust Of Time – The Waking Hours

Greek composer Manolis Fasoulakis (Dust Of Time) joins with the Last American Poet, Shane Beck for an album which deftly combines Fasoulakis’ ethereal sonic landscapes with the haunting poetry of Beck.  If you are into bands like Dead Can Dance, Lycia, Zahmia Lehmanni-era SPK or bands of this caliber, The Continue Reading

Jean-Michel Jarre – Deserted Palace

Much respect to Transversales Disques who have lovingly reissued (on vinyl and digital, no less!) the first album of Jean-Michel Jarre before he became a commercial success in France and then worldwide.  From the label’s Bandcamp site: “Transversales Disques proudly presents the first official LP reissue of Deserted Palace, a Continue Reading