CD, self-released, 2007 www.manicproject.com Somebody give this guy a Grammy already. With vocals at times reminiscent of “Broken”-era Nine Inch Nails, and guitar-driven song structures that regularly slide into the [ … ]
Tag: 2007
Freeze Etch – Pejorative
CD-R, self-released, 2007 www.freezeetch.com Adam Duckworth, a.k.a. Freeze Etch, has impeccable taste in packaging. The direct result of this is that the limited print of “Pejorative” is a particularly beautifully [ … ]
Phragments – The Burning World
CD, The Eastern Front, 2007 www.constructdestroy.com Out of Slovakia comes “The Burning World,” the second full-length release from Phragments. The CD is enclosed in a glossy three-panel foldout that focuses [ … ]
V/A – Imaginary Friends
CD, Sublight Records, 2007 www.sublightrecords.com During its short existence, the Canadian label Sublight Records was home to artists such as Venetian Snares, Enduser, Fanny, Richard Devine and Datach’i, with a [ … ]
Control Alt Deus – Control Alt Deus (demo 2007)
CD-R, self-released, 2007 www.myspace.com/controlaltdeus Within a genre as oversaturated with mediocrity as that of dark electro (or “Endzeit EBM,” “Hellektro,” or what-have-you) it is a rare pleasure to find something [ … ]
Avsky – Silent Decay
CD, Reverse Alignment, 2007 www.myspace.com/avskymusic Norwegian music sometimes strikes me as warm, which is in general the opposite of Swedish music, which is colder. Take for example Biosphere, whose compositions [ … ]
Darren Tate – Small Worlds
CD-R, Quiet World, 2007 www.quietworld.co.uk Active in music and sonic experimentation since the mid-1980s, British drone-artist Darren Tate (not to be confused with the DJ/producer, also British) has under his [ … ]
Sci Fi Industries – Arts And Crafts
CD, Thisco, 2007 www.thisco.net “Drafts and Crafts” is the fourth full-length Sci Fi Industries release from the Portuguese Thisco label, and follows “The Air Cutter,” an album released two years [ … ]
Schultz – BioMekanikal
CD, self-released, 2007 www.vdreyetschultz.tk Schultz presents a set of fairly nondescript harsh industrial rhythms on his first full-length release, “BioMekanikal.” Expectations are high following the ambience of the introductory track, [ … ]
V/A – Whiteline Vol. II
12″ vynil, AEntitainment, 2007 www.aentitainment.com “Whiteline Vol. II” is a vinyl-only, limited edition release consisting of five exclusive tracks from a few rising artists in the post-industrial domain of noisy [ … ]