Tape Tuesday: The Voice of Saturn – Gratitude (WF35)
It’s all about the little things on Travis Thatcher’s most recent synth-driven odyssey for Woodford Halse! Let’s be real… for the most part the last almost 2 years have been … Continue reading
Shortwave Symphonies: Rupert Lally – Hidden Transmissions Vol. 1 (Woodford Halse) cassette review
On his first release for Woodford Halse, Swiss composer/electronic musician/multi-instrumentalist Rupert Hally recreates a lost radio transmission. It’s a reminder of the thrill of curiosity and musical discovery. The internet … Continue reading
Tape Tuesday: Field Lines Cartographer – Formic Kingdom (Woodford Halse) album review
Lancaster’s Field Line Cartographer revives 70s progressive electronics for a concept album about giant ants on his first outing for the essential Woodford Halse cassette label. Ah, the 70s – … Continue reading
Ryan Garbes – Tabbed View (Moon Glyph) album review
On his first solo album in 7 years, Wet Hair/Raccoo-oo -oon noisemonger Ryan Garbes returns with his most immediate, vibrant album to date. As part of some of the most … Continue reading
Electroacoustic Alchemy: Charlotte Law – Ice Since Fire tape review (Linear Obsessional)
Electric guitars become tidal pools, walls of fog, delicate latticeworks of frost and ice on Ice Since Fire, Charlotte Law’s debut album for the lovely Linear Obsessional cassette label. Electricity … Continue reading
Cosmic Jazz For The Age Of Spiritual Machines: Cloud Diameter – Cloud Diameter 2 tape review
Getachew Mekuria + John Coltrane + Count Zero = Cloud Diameters 2 “The story of evolution unfolds with increasing levels of abstraction.” RAY KURZWEIL, How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human … Continue reading
Opal Tapes August 2019 Batch Review
From deconstructed bass music from Seoul, South Korea to alien hip-hop to subtle noise, Opal Tapes’ newest batch is satisfyingly eclectic and diverse. It is increasingly uncommon to go to … Continue reading
Palace Of Swords – La Belle Epoque (2010 – 2014) (Reverb Worship)
La Belle Epoque (2010 – 2014) is an Atlantean opium dream – a sub-aquatic star portal to extradimensional space. La Belle Epoque is what it might sound like if Arthur … Continue reading
Horrorscores: Xunholm – Asleep In The Shattered Mirror (Skrot Up)
There she is, the woman of yr dreams, all silken coal hair and cherry sucking lips. You almost can’t believe she wasn’t standing there a moment ago. The incantation worked! … Continue reading
Isobel Ccircle~ – The House In Harbour Park (Auditory Field Theory)
Are you familiar with the method of loci mnemonic device for public speaking, where the speaker places the pertinent points of interest around a mental construct of their home? This … Continue reading