12″ EP, Lovethechaos, 2007 www.funckarma.com Though Quench is not a new project, Dutch electronic musicians Don and Roel Funcken are surely better known for their extensive discography as Funckarma, as [ … ]
Tag: 2007
Life’s Decay – Szilentia
CD, Abstraktsens Produktions, 2007 www.lifesdecay.com Military pop, an exciting and rousing progression from the neo-folk and martial industrial scenes, steadily gaining popularity throughout the last decade. The catchy melodies of [ … ]
V/A – Emerging Organisms
2CD, Tympanik Audio, 2007 www.tympanikaudio.com “Emerging Organisms” hatches from an attractive digipak of cool, muted colors and minimal design. An admirable first effort from Chicago-based Tympanik Audio, it was released [ … ]
Abominations Of Yondo – Abominations Of Yondo
CD-R/free download, Earthrid, 2007 www.earthrid.com Better known for his association with H. P. Lovecraft and the Cthulhu Mythos, Clark Ashton Smith is, in his own right, a master of weird [ … ]
Robert Piotrowicz – Lasting Clinamen
CD, Musica Genera, 2007 www.musicagenera.net Being a musician myself, and very much a so-called ‘gearwhore’, I am always curious on how different synthesizers sound. More so because most of them [ … ]
Thermidor – 1929
CD, Brume Records/Thisco, 2007 www.thermidor-project.net Thermidor is the solo project of the mysterious Portuguese artist known only as ‘J.’. Taking his project beyond the realms of just music, J. has [ … ]
Totakeke – eLekatota: The Other Side Of The Tracks
CD, Tympanik Audio, 2007 www.myspace.com/elekatota Frank Mokros is perhaps better known in Rhythmic Noise and Industrial music circles for his releases as Synth-Etik. Perhaps less-known is his Totakeke persona, under [ … ]
Algol – Deep Thoughts About Universe
CD, Cold Graey, 2007 www.coldgraey.com The tracklisting on Algol’s “Deep thoughts about universe” reads like something approaching the catalogue of a surrealist art collection (exemplified by “Aware of universe’s inevitable [ … ]
Null Device – Excursions
CD, Nilaihah, 2007 www.nulldevice.com It does seem like an excursion… To India, at least. The opening track “Triangular” draws a lot – and literally – from Indian Music, and mixes [ … ]
Parade Ground – Rosary
CD, Sleep Walking Records, 2007 www.parade-ground.net The 80’s were an amazing decade in different areas of human activity and music was no exception. Musically it was a time of experimentation [ … ]