"Our favorite six-string shaman is waving that axe around again! Sir Richard Bishop wrenches forth fresh damnable truth and beauty from a musical kamikaze run through histories both known and unknown. Turning a gimlet eye to the American Primitive guitar style, Sir Rick ...
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"So here is the 6th and penultimate installment in our series. As usual, it culls old historical pieces, little-known gems, and even a few previously unreleased tracks from the greatest Japanoise bands, a few representatives of the younger generations (from all around ...
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The tenth anniversary edition of Venetian Snares' Traditional Synthesizer Music adds ten more tracks and alternative versions previously available only on a limited edition compact disc from the artist's Bandcamp.Traditional Synthesizer Music is a collection of songs ...
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A cocktail of rebellious queer vocal fragments, deceptive percussive granules and swaying hammered vibrations, upsammy and Valentina Magaletti's first collaboration trembles with suspense. The seeds of 'Seismo' were sown following a commission from Amsterdam's ...
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Lucciole is Silvia Tarozzi's luminous follow-up to the intimate re ections of Mi specchio e ri etto and the deeply rooted folk dialogues of Canti di guerra, di lavoro e d'amore with Deborah Walker. Here, Tarozzi draws together voices, memories, and musical lineages to ...
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With Grumpy Pieces, Düsseldorf-based musician Harmonious Thelonious (Stefan Schwander) returns with an album that condenses the core elements of his sound while intentionally pulling them apart. Pan-African and Middle Eastern rhythmic concepts, repetitive minimal ...
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El Pulso del Acero: Shinkansen is Esplendor Geométrico's electrifying new album, blending trance-inducing industrial rhythms with bold voice and noise collages. Featuring 16 tracks, it revisits the raw power of their 80s classics while exploring futuristic industrial ...
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"The album was recorded earlier this year in von Oswald's Berlin studio, and across eight tracks the German artist's synth manipulations are paired with Molvaer's trumpet." (label info)
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"Back in 1981-83 New York Based Ike Yard were amongst the leading acts within the booming post punk/ no wave scene. After an explosive, yet shortlived career, with an album released on legendary Mancunian Factory Records, the band called it quits in 1983. The history of ...
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