CD-R, Edgetone Records, 2008 www.edgetonerecords.com/ministryofrites.html Another output of self-termed ‘sonic art’, a description that sometimes holds as much trepidation for me as it does joy. I did approach this album [ … ]
Tag: 2008
Blindhaed – Whether That Will Make People Want To Become Archaeologists, We’ll Have To See
12″ vinyl (single-sided), ini.itu, 2008 www.myspace.com/blindhaed2 As far as poetic titles go, Blindhaed wins. This single-sided LP, with almost twenty minutes playing time, carries the illustrious title “Whether That Will [ … ]
MCKMN – Orphan Ristophe
CD, Mockmoon Records, 2008 www.mockmoon.com I never look forward to reviewing bands with no prior discography, especially when the band is classified, however vaguely, as IDM or experimental, because most [ … ]
V/A – Manoeuvres 2: A Collection of Vancouver Electronica
CD, So Called Recordings, 2008 www.socalledmanagement.com This is downtempo progressive that seems to have time-warped from the decks of a chill-out room, circa 1994; ideal for a sleepy evening lounging [ … ]
Hoarfrost – Ground Zero
CD, Zoharum, 2008 www.hoarfrost.darknation.eu While there may not seem to be that much happening over the 37-minute span that is Silesian dark ambient producer Hoarfrost’s debut release, “Ground Zero”, it [ … ]
Candiru – Piscatorial Terror
digital download/CD-R, D-trash Records, 2008 www.dtrashrecords.com In the early 90s, Candiru was formed as an industrial/death metal hybrid act, and they laid down a few tracks in 1991, releasing an [ … ]
Kirdec – Das Gemeinsame Schicksal
3″CD, Syrphe, 2008 www.myspace.com/cdrk Named presumably after the poem by Friedrich Schiller (“Shared Fate”), this short EP from Kirdec A.K.A. C-drik presents a dark-ambient styled take on dubstep and breakbeat. [ … ]
Sikhara – Anduni
CD, URCK Records, 2008 www.myspace.com/sikhara Sikhara are by all accounts a prolific live act, and this album – inspired apparently by Armenian and Georgian culture – provided the material for [ … ]
Alaska Highway – Closure
digital download, self-release, 2008 www.alaskahighway.com Alaska Highway is the alter-ego of UK-born Mike “Moose” Best, created in 1993. By 2001 Moose moved to Los Angeles (USA) and shortly after Alaska [ … ]
Erdem Helvacioglu – Wounded Breath
CD, Aucourant Records, 2008 www.erdemhelvacioglu.com It is not often that music from eastern Europe gets an open ear in western society. So, to see a Turkish artist being released on [ … ]