Kalamine Records offers a new release from French composer Philippe Simon, whose work I’ve had the pleasure of hearing before. His album sits somewhere between the Berlin School (think early-period Tangerine Dream) and post-Industrial cassette releases from the 1980s. The sound is clean, yet there’s a deep grittiness to it. This is great late-night listening Continue Reading
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Jonah Parzen-Johnson & Lau Nau – A Few We Remember
From November 2025, we have a very good free improv release worth checking out. From Jonah Parzen-Johnson’s Bandcamp site: “A Few We Remember is the new album by Jonah Parzen-Johnson and Lau Nau. The recording debut for the new duo of Finnish composer Lau Nau, aka Laura Naukkarinen, and American Continue Reading
DOBRAWA CZOCHER State Of …
DOBRAWA CZOCHER State Of Matter (130701 / FatCat, 2026) La solitudine del violoncello e la desolata bellezza costiera della natura del Baltico si … DOBRAWA CZOCHER State Of …
Ian Hawgood – 朝 (Morning)
I stumbled across Ian Hawgood’s work some months ago, and I ended up quite enjoying it, mainly because of the soft, gentle, natural droning sounds he comes up with. It’s best to read about his methodology below. From his Bandcamp site: “During the first lockdown here in the UK, I Continue Reading
Internal Fusion – Conte de la pensée dernière
Our dear friends at Mahorka Records bestow us a fine album of frighteningly good electroacoustic music, brutal in its tenor. From the label’s Bandcamp site: “Eric Latteux aka Internal Fusion is a dark ambient artist, born in 1964, based in Britany (France). He has been active since the early ’90s Continue Reading
Saba Alizadeh – Rituals Of The Last Dawn
Being an insomniac has some advantages. As is normal for me, I stayed wide awake until 4 a.m. listening to music. While doing so, I came across an album by kamancheh maestro Saba Alizadeh which was so eerily beautiful that I had to suggest it for your perusal. The avant-garde Continue Reading
Jeff Gburek – Nowruz 26
After the stresses (and occasional joys) of 2026 so far, I have a feeling that I may have found my favorite album of the year. Jeff Gburek has made a sublime album that nods at the direction of De Lucía and the Romero family, all while putting his own mark Continue Reading
Bneleti (ბნელეთი) – Bneleti (ბნელეთი)
We have brutal experimental music on offer by an American who has integrated himself into the Tbilisi experimental music scene. From the Bneleti Bandcamp site: “Bneleti (ბნელეთი), named after a pre-Christian Georgian word that translates to “Land of Darkness,” is a project by Ben Wheeler. His first full-length, self-titled album Continue Reading
Margarida Garcia and Manuel Mota – Domestic Scene
The latest release by two of Lisbon, Portugal’s top improvisers, Margarida Garcia and Manuel Mota, sounds less like experimental music and more like the soundtrack to a minimalist horror film. It’s intensely oppressive (yes, that’s a compliment) and creates an uncomfortable, eerie atmosphere, but I found it hard to stop Continue Reading
Robert Scott Thompson – Ice and Ember
Blog friend and fine American composer Robert Scott Thompson offers his latest release, one which would qualify as a Mimi-album or EP, but which sounds deeply calming and engaging. From his Bandcamp site: “Ice and Ember is a distilled meditation within my larger body of ambient and electroacoustic work—a 14-minute Continue Reading