Catching Up With 2014: Woodbines & Spiders – Woodbines & Spiders (Gecophonic)
When you hear the name Woodbines & Spiders, perhaps you envision some sort of creaking, cantankerous steamwheel, maybe behind the decayed album cover. Or maybe you just think of some … Continue reading
Catching Up With 2014: NeoTantrik – Omnichrom (Pre – Cert Home Entertainment)
Modular waves; deep space ambiance; temple bells and bone dance dub techno, from this power trio of occult electronics Regular readers probably need little introduction to the names … Continue reading
Catching Up With 2014: The Advisory Circle – From Out Here (Ghost Box)
The Advisory Circle depart the rolling green hills of England, for the inky infinite expanses of the unknown, on their spaciest album to date. The Ghost Box cabal, and hauntology … Continue reading
Catching Up With 2014: Jane Weaver – The Silver Globe (Bird Records)
Jane Weaver creates a cosmic motorik folk concept record, based on a banned Andrzej Żuławski film, on her most ambitious and well-realized album to date. Jane Weaver is a lynchpin … Continue reading
Catching Up With 2014: Jon Brooks – 52 (Clay Pipe Music)
The Advisory Circle’s Jon Brooks revisits his grandmum’s house, with this spectral suite of retrophonic synths and concrete melodies. Everybody has a yearning for their childhood, for that feeling of … Continue reading
Catching Up With 2014: Micachu – Feeling Romantic Feeling Tropical Feeling III (DDS)
Mica Levi‘s idea of feeling romantic is a frightening thing: all discordant, squealing strings, and cocooning synthesizers. This is what it sounds like to make out in the shower at … Continue reading
Catching Up With 2014: Bvdub – A History Of Distance
The prolific producer Bvdub chronicles the many aspects of distance, from his new home in China, for the excellent electronic label n5md. Distance is a complicated subject. On one hand, … Continue reading
Movie Star Junkies – Evil Moods (Voodoo Rhythm Records)
Evil Moods, the debut LP from Movie Star Junkies, is a psychic sludge crawl through the mean streets of LA, as informed by the crime noir of Dashiell Hammett or … Continue reading