Sandra Cross ‘The MMs Bar Recordings’ (Trunk, 2011)
As someone who writes about a lot of weird music, I can get desensitised to it. The soundtrack to an imaginary film about school dinners? Meh.
Tan Cologne
Dreampop duo widen horizons
Sarah Davachi ‘Figures In Open Air’ (Late Music)
As a companion piece to her most recent album, ‘Cantus, Descant’, Canadian musician and composer Sarah Davachi releases……
Maths Balance Volumes ‘A Year Closer’ (Penultimate Press)
If an album like The Caretaker’s ‘Selected Memories From The Haunted Ballroom’ summons up the spectral resonances of……
J Peter Schwalm & Arve Henriksen ‘Neuzeit’ (RareNoise)
This collaboration between the German composer J Peter Schwalm and Norwegian trumpeter Arve Henrikson feels almost elemental, as……
Charlemagne Palestine ‘theeOorgannnissstheeGgreattestttSsynthesizerrrEverrrrr’ (Meakusma)
Like a super time-stretched diminished chord, infinitely punctuating the terrifying twist of some real-life horror movie, ‘theeOorgan…’ slowly……
Merzbow, Mats Gustafsson and Balás Pándi ‘Cuts Open’ (RareNoise)
Over 40 years of activity, Japanese musician Masami “Merzbow” Akita has created and collaborated on so many records……
Blue States ‘Nothing Changes Under The Sun’ (Memphis Industries)
Originally released in 2000, Memphis Industries are reissuing Andy Dragazis’ misplaced gem for its 20th anniversary. While there……
Rafael Toral ‘Aeriola Frequency’ (Black Truffle)
Portuguese producer/composer Rafael Toral has built the delicately reverberating soundscapes of ‘Aeriola Frequency’ by manipulating electronic feedback loops……
Jacaszek ‘Gardenia’ (Touch)
Using field recordings collected in the subtropical Gardenia region of South Africa, Polish musician and composer Michael Jacaszek……