Deena Abdelwahed – Jbal Rrsas (جبل الرصاص)

Deena Abdelwahed is an artist and DJ who hails from Tunisia and cut her chops in the music in the capital of Tunis before relocating to Paris, France.  Her sound is brutal, slow, mixing a nearly tribal Industrial sound with authentic music from her homeland.  Brutiful, if I can beg Continue Reading

若潭 ruò tán – 石 Stone

ruò tán are China’s more organic answer to old post-Industrial/cassette-culture bands like Germany’s Cranioclast.  The music is eerie, yet so utterly engaging.  Probably the best reference to this music is for those of you who remember not only the aforementioned band but the early works of projects like O Yuki Continue Reading

Steve Roach & Vir Unis – Body Electric

Originally released in 1999, this album by American composers and ambient music legends Steve Roach and John Strate-Hootman (operating here as Vir Unis) combine tribal electronic music with what was then erroneously called New Age music.  From the release’s Bandcamp site: “Steve Roach and Vir Unis combine different rhythmic sensibilities Continue Reading