CD+DVD, Synthetic Symphony, 2006 www.welle-erdball.info The trend for retro electropop sounds has continued unabated for some time now since the close of the 1990s, and given the state of more [ … ]
Tag: 2006
Erdem Helvacioglu – Altered Realities
CD, New Albion Records, 2006 www.erdemhelvacioglu.com The contradiction of Erdem Helvacioglu’s “Altered Realities” lies in its title, one that boldly claims the latent ability of its musical contents to have [ … ]
Battery Cage – A Young Person’s Guide to Heartbreak
CD, Metropolis, 2006 www.batterycage.com “A Young Person’s Guide to Heartbreak” is the second release from this US-based four-piece to be released through the Metropolis label. With a pretty good track [ … ]
Maurizio Bianchi + Maor Appelbaum – Environmental Meditations
CD, Topheth Prophet, 2006 www.topheth.org Maurizio Bianchi is a name I have heard many times, considered legendary among noise musicians, he has been recording music since 1979 and has an [ … ]
Xavier Charles & Robert Piotrowicz – ///
CD, EMD.pl, 2006 emd.pl/records “///” is the combined work of noise improvisation experimentalists Xavier Charles and Robert Piotrowicz. Recorded on July 26th 2003 onboard the MS Stubnitz, a World War [ … ]
Niko Skorpio – Escape From Heaven
CD, Some Place Else, 2006 www.someplaceelse.net Performer, composer and sound designer Niko Skorpio releases his music through a wide range of labels and is a member of many concurrent projects, [ … ]
Hansel – Lorentzian Lineshaper
CD, D-Trash Records, 2006 www.hansel.org Hansel hails from Boston, and has come a long way since their first full-length, “Respond_Violence” (2002). With a more focused and direct second album, “Lorentzian [ … ]
V/A – CrO2: A Tribute to Analog
CD, [walnut + locust], 2006 www.walnutlocust.com Many moons ago, Chromium Dioxide tapes were my first step into audiophile geekery and, as I placed this CD in my hi-fi, I fondly [ … ]
Seventeen Migs Of Spring – Live in Hateiva
DVD-R, Zvukoprocessor, 2006 www.zvukoprocessor.com I’m never really sure how to review live DVDs. This is partly because I don’t buy them often myself, except as records of gigs or tours [ … ]
Igor Krutogolov – White
CD, Auris Media / Topheth Prophet, 2006 www.topheth.org Tel Aviv’s prolific Igor Krutogolov not only releases in his own right but also as Kruzenshtern & Parohod and the toy orchestra [ … ]