CD, Fluttery Records, 2009 http://www.lc.dds.nl/gate/ “No Exit” is the first release by Tokyo-based Lajos Ishibashi-Brons’ noise/jazz improv project “|**|” (pronounced “Gate”). Post-production on this album consisted only of fading in [ … ]
Category: Reviews
Nicholas Szczepanik – The Chiasmus
CD, Basses Frequences/SRA, 2009 www.nszcz.com Back in 2008 I was fortunate enough to end up with a review copy of Mr. Szczepanik’s “Iomicin” and, when offered the chance to review [ … ]
Nosens – The Final Step
Digital download, Wild Net Label, 2009 www.myspace.com/nosenshails Illuminati conspiracy tracklisting? Check. Suitably misanthropic grayscale cover art? Check. Intriguing classification of sound or style? Check. Substantial, rewarding listening experience? Hum… not [ … ]
Punish Yourself vs. Sonic Area – Phenomedia
CD, Audiotrauma, 2010 www.myspace.com/phenomediamusic This is, by all accounts, a bloody odd coming-together of minds. I’ve come across Punish Yourself before, an insane French industrial-punk-dayglo soundclash of a band, but [ … ]
Steel Hook Prostheses – Exploring The Outer Lesion
CD-R, Clinical Records, 2009 www.myspace.com/steelhookprostheses The Texan duo of J. Stillings and L. Kerr have been operating as Steel Hook Prostheses for just over ten years now, churning out some [ … ]
V/A – Emerging Organisms Vol. 3
2CD, Tympanik Audio, 2009 www.tympanikaudio.com The Tympanik catalogue expands with a third volume of the “Emerging Organisms” series (“EO3”), an overview of what this label – a rising star of [ … ]
Stratvm Terror – This Is My Own Hell
CD, Reverse Alignment, 2008 raisondetre.coldmeat.se Side projects are a popular activity in the electronic music scene, a chance for musicians to try something different from their trademark sound or to [ … ]
Heal – Supernatural
12″, Sound on Probation, 2009 www.soundonprobation.com Laurent Perrier, the man with many faces, surprises again. We know him from releases under his own name, as Pylône, as Zonk’t, as Cape [ … ]
Innfallen – Three Days of Darkness
CD, First Fallen Star, 2009 http://www.myspace.com/innfallen “Three Days of Darkness” is the soundtrack to a Catholic prophecy in which the Earth is held in a cold starless night for three [ … ]
Impurfekt – Human
CD, Shinto Records, 2009 www.impurfekt.com “Human” is the second full length release from American industrial artist Aaron Russell. In an era of overblown image, hype, pretension, fashion, and vanity, this [ … ]