CD, Impulsive Art, 2008 www.neverdie.ru With quite a few IDM-influenced downtempo releases coming out on a regular basis, it is quite easy for one to become jaded about this subset [ … ]
Tag: 2008
Surma – Allocutio
CD, The Eastern Front, 2008 www.theeasternfront.org Surma’s initial foray into the desolate world of martial ambient electronics, on the split EP “Viltis” (shared with fellow Eastern Front grouch-merchants, Kreuzer) was [ … ]
:papercutz – Lylac
CD, Apegenine, 2008 www.papercutzed.com I seem to be overcome with a wealth of different possible artists I could relate with :papercutz to begin with – to get you to pay [ … ]
Noises of Russia – Experimental Structure
CD-R0, Zhelezobeton, 2008 www.noises.ru “Experimental Structure” documents a live performance by Noises of Russia in St. Petersburg. Musically it is quite an excursion from the deep death industrial that I [ … ]
Cyclotimia – Music For Stockmarkets
CD, Zhelezobeton, 2008 www.cyclotimia.com Cyclotimia is the brainchild of Max K. and Leonid M. from Moscow. The prolific duo has been releasing material for about ten years and is billed [ … ]
Connect_icut – They Showed Me The Secret Beaches
12″ vinyl, CSAF Records, 2008 www.connect-icut.com It would be easy (and lazy) for some to simply compare Sam Macklin’s work as Connect_icut with someone such as Fennesz. However, doing this [ … ]
Terra Sancta – Disintegration
CD, Malignant Records, 2008 www.terra-sancta.com While I am an outspoken fan of accomplished artists within the dark ambient realm, “Disintegration” clumsily stumbles on its intended target, creating fifty-seven minutes of [ … ]
Nommo Ogo – Space Cross
12″ vinyl, Record Label Records, 2008 www.nommoogo.org An experimental project with a fondness for acoustic instruments, abstract soundscapes and drones, Nommo Ogo is a collective of multi-sensory artists and musicians [ … ]
Murder By Static – Danceland Dead
CD, Deadsix Communications, 2008 www.murderbystatic.com Having already written a review for an earlier Murder by Static album, I can throw this album on the (generic and over-rated) Cartesian plane to [ … ]
Cisfinitum – Nevmenosis
CD-R, Afe Records, 2008 www.aferecords.com A professional violinist, Eugene Voronovsky has been active under the name Cisfinitum since the late 90’s and has accumulated a respectable discography since his first [ … ]