CD, UMB Kollektif, 2010 www.umbkollektif.com This is a free compilation celebrating the landmark of 10 years for the UMB label and includes a variety of artists from the label. Geneviève [ … ]
Neutral Lies – A Deceptive Calm
CD, BOREDOMproduct, 2010 www.neutrallies.online.fr Lies, it is generally accepted, are a bad thing, bringing no good to anybody, except perhaps short term gain to the liar. White lies might be [ … ]
Aspectee – Morben
CD, First Fallen Star, 2009 www.myspace.com/aspectee German dark ambient takes a variety of forms, but rarely does it feel as organic as “Morben”, the first full-length album from Aspectee. However [ … ]
Dead Turns Alive – Maelstrom
Digital, Vendetta Music, 2010 www.myspace.com/deadturnsalive Initially I thought this was a new artist, although the name sounded vaguely familiar from somewhere. Helpfully their MySpace page fills in the gaps – [ … ]
Program 20100719-0725
Part 1 (“A Metal Ink’d Tea” with music selection by Tom Bad Sekta) Flint Glass – Connexion Bizarre Podcast identifier [exclusive] Vangelis – Tears in the Rain [Blade Runner – [ … ]
Fractured Transmission: an interview with Nick Viola
Fractured Transmission was created in early 2004 by Nick Viola as an experimental noise project drawing influences from Merzbow and Imminent Starvation and was often nicknamed “the Mono No Aware [ … ]
Program 20100712-0718
Part 1 (“Une Fleur Karnivour” with music selection by :JW:) Flint Glass – Connexion Bizarre Podcast identifier [exclusive] Mediaeval Baebes – Kinderly (0:31) [Worldes Blysse – Nettwerk America] Dead Can [ … ]
Somatic Responses – Neon
CD, Ant-Zen, 2010 somatics.c8.com Somatic Responses were once shock troops of the stormcore/underground gabber scene associated with the Dead by Dawn parties in London and Datacide magazine. Over a very [ … ]
Cyanotic – The Medication Generation
CD, BitRiot Records, 2010 www.cyanotic.com Remarkably, it’s now nearly five years since “Transhuman” first made its splash into the industrial world, and “The Medication Generation” takes up similar lyrical themes [ … ]
Evestus – This Is Dramacore
CD / digital, self-released, 2010 www.evestus.net Maybe it’s just me, but the idea of an album with Dramacore in the title would immediately suggest an emo band favoured by teenagers, [ … ]