I guess that there’s a case to be made that a collection of (loosely speaking) avant-/psych-/drone-folk covers of the soundtrack to The Wicker Man is a bit of a niche endeavour. But if your ears pricked up at that description, then I urge you to go seek this record out, ‘cos it’s cracking good stuff. […]
Author: dogrando
Sometimes, a big slab of industrial techno seems to really hit the spot with me. Stately in tempo, foreboding in tone, and portentous in track-title, this record ticks all the boxes. It’s also excellently produced, and full of catchy melodies and little details to keep your attention. If tracks like Temple of Hera don’t get […]
The only Rrose record I actually owned before this one was their version of James Tenney’s Having Never Written A Note For Percussion, in which they played a single note on a gong for 27 minutes — first quietly, then loudly, then quietly again. And then did it again on the B-side. It was an […]
I had an odd moment when the first track here, Tale Of Devotion, started playing: it sounds uncannily like Jane Weaver covering I Feel Love. Which is not a bad thing, just a hard thought to get out of your head. The next track, Only For Tonight, is rather different: if we’re playing the likenesses […]
This lockdown project is a thing of field recordings and twinkling chimes and found sounds (including reel-to-reel tapes of choral music) and the odd electronic glitch and the like. It’s very easy to make some very forgettable music this way. This, however, I find utterly bewitching. Carr immerses you in a sound world which is […]
The “postcards” of the title is quite apt here. We have ten tracks, each with something of the feel of a sketch, of modern classical music leaning towards drone. Instrumentwise, this Belgian ensemble have dug up some deep cuts from musical history, featuring (according to the blurb) hurdy gurdy, recorders, chalumeau, violone, the splendidly bonkers […]
Ach, he’s only bloody gone and done it again. I love Landings Skelton’s 2010 album of ragged string studies, which was one of my first forays into the world of what Boomkat used to call Home Listening / Modern Classical / Ambient. I love the epic drone of Limnology, and I was bowled over by […]
Laura Naukkarinen’s HEM. Någonstans is a smashing record, combining traditional Finnish folk instruments with modern electronic production. It was one of my albums of 2015, and one that has stood the test of time, too. This is quite different, all bubbling Buchla loveliness (the Caterina Barbieri comparison is inevitable) and layered wordless vocals. It’s warm […]
It seems like Erika Sherman and the label she co-runs have been quite a big deal in Detroit since the late nineties, without ever really seeking fame outside the midwest. Which is a shame, as this is utterly smashing. Everything from the name Interdimensional Transmissions to the high-concept sci-fi sleeve notes are very second-gen Detroit, […]
Well, this is a little gem. I guess it hovers in a kind of grey area between the jazzier end of techno and a kind of technoid jazz. Rhythmically, it combines a kind of motorik drive with a liquid fluency, which is pretty cool. (There’s both drum machines and live percussion in the mix.) And […]
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