Our beloved friend Alessandra Celletti has graced us with a new piano piece, a single called Lumen. There is a haunting, quiet minimalism on this track. It is dark, somewhat eerie, but achingly charming at the same time.
Italy
The Last Five Minutes – Blind End Now
The ever-dependable Mahorka Records out of Bulgaria blow us away with yet another intriguing release. This one comes from a duo known as The Last Five Minutes, who hail from Italy. The music on offer here is drone-laden, with an electroacoustic base. It is experimental, but warmly so. Nothing particularly jarring was heard Continue Reading
Various Artists – Unexplained Sounds Group: Kinetic Void
It has been a while since the ever-magnificent dark ambient label Unexplained Sounds Group graced our blog. One of their recent releases, curated by Mike Borealla and label owner Raffaele Pezzella, collects bleak, mournful sound art from artists like Richard Bégin, Autistici, and Gianluca Becuzzi, among other artists.
Aether – III
This release comes from May, 2026, and I’m glad I took the time to hear it. Andrea Grumelli is the bassist for the band Aether, and he is joined by Andrea Ferrari on guitars & keyboards, Andrea Serino on Fender Rhodes & keyboards, and Matteo Ravelli on drums. From the Continue Reading
Cloud Canyons – Wisdom
We have a new release from Italy’s neo-Krautrock bamd Cloud Canyons, and it’s even mellower (yet deeper) than their previous disc! From their Bandcamp site: “Body Wisdom is the second full length from Cloud Canyons, the electronic Italian quartet whose sonic research is renovated by an invigorating and adventurous record. Continue Reading
Upupayāma – Honesty Flowers
From the band’s Bandcamp site: “‘Mount Elephant’ is organic psychedelia at its finest. These are drifting, pastoral meditations rooted in the “joy and rhythms” of Eastern music and one of the most precious luxuries of our time: doing things slowly. Italian multi-instrumentalist Alessio Ferarri’s third Upupuyāma record and first on Continue Reading
The End Of Eternity – Code
When I first listened to the work of The End Of Eternity, they had a more Berlin Sound. This new EP changes things up a bit, going more for something that sounds like late-80’s-era Electronic Body Music (EBM).
Lia Bosch – Ever Expanding
Lia Bosch, as I understand it, is a sound composer from Italy who has made an album that feels like the soundtrack to my mind these days. It’s quite a dark listening experience, mixing drones, a sort of 1950s B-movie soundtrack vibe, and post-industrial menace. Quite powerful listening, if a Continue Reading
Elsio Mancuso, Berto Pisano – Decameron nº2 – Le altre novelle del Boccaccio
Italian soundtracks from the late 1960s and early 1970s are in a league of their own. The music generally qualifies as easy/cheesy/sleazy listening, and this album, scored by Elsio Mancuso and the legendary Berto Pisano, makes me want to enjoy a good whiskey and a puff of the pipe. Easy Continue Reading
F.P. & The Doubling Riders – Doublings & Silences Vol. I
I discovered this album by F.P. & The Doubling Riders in the 1990s, and I struggled to classify it. While it had an ethereal quality, it shared similarities with bands like Tuxedomoon. I loved the album, but unfortunately, I lost it a few years ago. Thankfully, it has now been Continue Reading