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Shrine :: Somnia (Cyclic Law)

Reviews 03/06/2013 by Stephen Fruitman

But though Somnia has its head in the clouds, it drags its tail on the ground, skims the water, passes through the teeth of grinding cogwheels […]

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Zilverhill :: Laodoicean (Adept Sound/Blind Shouter)

Reviews 01/28/2013 by Stephen Fruitman

A sacral-industrial passage suggests some creepy cathedral attached to a munitions factory. In the end, something wounded limps away, dragging its heavy tail in the […]

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LPF12 :: Fahrenheit EP (Self-Released)

Reviews 01/22/2013 by Philippe Blache

Fahrenheit EP provides elaborate sonic sound tapestries, spaciously dense and mesmeric. Definitely recommended for those who love the reflective, post-structural ambient dreamscapes. [Release page] LPF12 (Low […]

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Maëror Tri :: Emotional Engramm (Zoharum)

Reviews 01/01/2013 by Stephen Fruitman

The trio’s distinct sound was the result of its refined treatment (the seven pieces were three years in the making) of acoustic instruments, primarily guitar, […]

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V/A :: Accretion (Tympanik Audio, 5-year Anniversary Compilation)

Reviews 12/28/2012 by Eric Sorenson

For fifteen dollars, the price of cappuccinos and pastry for two, you get half a gigabyte of high-quality MP3s, which amount to nearly four hours […]

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V/A :: Sequence5 (Futuresequence)

Reviews 11/27/2012 by Andy Gillham

For fans of all things experimental, ambient and neo-classical you can do no wrong with Sequence5—and if that’s not enough for your ears then head […]

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Kreng :: Works For Abattoir Fermé 2007 – 2011 (Miasmah)

Reviews 11/25/2012 by James Knapman

As we approach the end of 2012 it’s time for all those lovely independent record labels to indulge in fierce session of one-upmanship, pulling out […]

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Michael Begg & Human Greed :: Dirt on Earth: A Pocket of Resistance (Omnempathy)

Reviews 11/25/2012 by Stephen Fruitman

Too dramatic, almost literary, to be called ambient, too idealistically engaged to be postmodern, Dirt on Earth: A Pocket of Resistance is a quietly roiling, […]

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Day Before Us & Nimh :: Under Mournful Horizons (Rage in Eden)

Reviews 11/24/2012 by Alan Lockett

This is not a place to look for serenity or quietude, as the two grimly conjoin their respective musical arts in a paean to sadness […]

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Treah Sektori :: Sorieh (Cyclic Law)

Reviews 10/23/2012 by Philippe Blache

Soriehl delivers an outstanding and tumultuous collection of demonic-entrancing soundscapes made of deep sonorous synth waves, monochordal choir laments, isolationist detached guitar patterns, breathy murmuring […]

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Xambuca :: Joulupukki (Erototox Decodings)

Reviews 09/16/2012 by Stephen Fruitman

Each track is a vigorously constructed matrix of beats, flexible but muscled and oiled up, arranged in a lattice of suggestion and ideas. [Release page] […]

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