Various Artists – Unexplained Sounds Group: The Third Mind. A Sonic Tribute to the Dreamachine

As someone who once owned a homemade dream machine, it’s nice to see this old relic get a sonic reassessment.  Our dear friends at Unexplained Sounds Group start the year off with yet another brilliant experimental music compilation.  From the label’s Bandcamp site: “The Dreamachine, conceived by Brion Gysin with Continue Reading

Senyawa – Istana (Live)

Today is a workday for us in Beijing, so there is no review today, but I did want to point you to an Indonesian band called Senyawa, who is featured on Rafaelle Pezzella’s incredible Unexplained Sounds Group‘s digipak retrospective called the Far East Music Collection.  It is a reissue of Continue Reading

Various Artists – Anthology Of Experimental Music From Japan

One of the most remarkable things about the series of compilations released by our friends at Unexplained Sounds Group is the great number of new artists they come into contact with, and serve as a launching board for. Of all the artists on this compilation, only Ryo Murakami’s work rings Continue Reading

Various Artists – New State Of Flux

The second release from Raffaele Pezzella’s Unexplained Sounds Group’s latest acquisition, the magnificently dark Reverse Alignment record label. This is a different affair from yesterday’s compilation, which was more extreme in sound.  New State of Flux doesn’t have the same reach in terms of geography, but it covers music which Continue Reading