Merzbow Monday: Merzbow – Kakapo (Oaken Palace)
Heavy Noise For A Heavy Bird Being so tuned into the world, with so much information at our fingertips and the ability to see macro structures at work, it can … Continue reading
Meditate & Destroy: 3 Moons – 3WordSword (Sonic Meditations)
Energy follow attention. This may be the simplest, most direct axiom in occult philosophy. We are masters of our own destinies, defining our paradigms and our reality tunnels with countless … Continue reading
Merzbow Monday: Merzbow and Gareth Davis – Atsusaku review
Atsusaku, the collaboration of “king of noise” Merzbow and avant-bass clarinetist Gareth Davis, is 40 minutes of burning wind, crumbling static, squealing feedback, klaxons, and sirens. It’s like walking through … Continue reading
Sounds From Outside: Tape Loop Orchestra – The Invisibles (Other Ideas)
“We fear the abyss called death because of a lack of imagination. Give up your death! Other dimensions exist beyond this material world, and the people there are shining a … Continue reading
Complicit Listening: Marc Kate – Despairer
In 2001, the Montreal anarcho-classical-neo-punk collective Godspeed You! Black Emperor released their fourth proper LP, Yanqui U.X.O., with a striking, spider-webbed diagram adorning the back sleeve. The diagram showed virtually every … Continue reading
Vinyl Of The Week: Problems That Fix Themselves – Which Is Worse (Already Dead Tapes And Records)
Chicago/Brooklyn electronic noise duo Problems That Fix Themselves make a strong argument for noise still being relevant, on this 2014 gem on the always essential Already Dead Tapes And Records. … Continue reading
Like A Lazy River: Mark Pritchard – Under The Sun (Warp)
On his newest LP for Warp Records, Mark Pritchard gently drifts through every electronic music genre of the last 2 decades like a lazy river. At his height, prolific Australian … Continue reading
Music For Dark Skies & Ominous Portents: April Larson – Undergrounding In A Storm (Arell)
Louisiana’s April Larson delivers 20 minutes of graceful, sparking anti-gravity drones for the mail art imprint Arell. I. Storm Tower I wasn’t sure if I’d done it intentionally, not even … Continue reading
Various Artists – An Electrical Storm (Aetheric Records)
Aetheric Records’ stunning new compilation is a perfect storm of drone, lovely ambiance, and harsh noise, in honor of Delia Derbyshire’s classic White Noise project. A storm can have many … Continue reading
Occult Electronics: Ataraxia – The Unexlained: Electronic Musical Impressions Of The Occult
Magickal modular synths and deep space adventure from The Wozard Of Iz, Mort Garson. It’s surprising that more musicians haven’t turned to electronic instruments to evoke the occult, particularly modular … Continue reading
