One can only hope more material to remix will be unearthed and that Western’s musical legacy will find further incarnations such as this collective masterpiece. Throughout the record, Western’s uncanny knack for pure invention shines through, guiding us along one more late night journey of blissful inner exploration.
Tag: Industrial
Aelk Minsur :: Want For Naught EP (Self Released)
The entire work pulses with a hauntological current, drawing from distant memories yet telling a story utterly untold. With warped instrumental frameworks and surreal compositional craft, Aelk Minsur and Devvin Giorgio prove themselves as masterful architects of otherworldly sound.
Oberman Knocks :: Vhoid-tek Rhoutes EP (Schematic)
Twisted and askew, yet irresistibly magnetic, Oberman Knocks delves ever deeper into fractured electronic frequencies, drawing us into his richly textured realms of intricate, noise-laden trajectories.
H. Ruine, Mikhail Kireev :: Imagined / Awakenings (Mestnost) — [concise]
Despite being a split release, Imagined / Awakenings strikes a careful balance between two talented audio sculptors, offering a propelling blend that entices listeners to return again and again, discovering new layers with each play.
Takeshi Muto :: El Pato Electronico (Schematic)
El Pato Electronico presents a seamless, commanding, and dynamic collection; fusing the cutting-edge spirit of Takeshi Muto’s vast sonic landscape into an unyielding force of auditory abstraction.
En Direct :: The Illusion Of Control (Clear Memory)
Despite the black matter of the eight tracks, the floor is not forgotten with the Leipzig outfit delivering some angular and angry body music amongst their lancing electro and psychological experiments. A soundtrack for the world we, somehow, find ourselves in.
Heavenly Silences and Earthly Noise :: Drone and Ambient Guitar on Silent Records
Sometimes what comes in a flash unfolds over a long period of time. Such a flash came to Silent Records label founder Kim Cascone one winter night as a kid. “I remember sitting in a snowbank and looking up at the stars. I spotted the blue star in the Orion constellation and gazed at it for a long time. Suddenly I had a flash, like one of those speed-collages in a film where hundreds of events all race past in a split second. I call this ‘my download’ & have been unpacking its meaning ever since.”
Contre son :: Infinity of Dreams (Gladivs)
Titled Infinity of Dreams, this effort is a hybrid of styles operating a crossover between neo-classical orchestrations, mystical-liturgic ambient obtained by various synthetic chords and slightly pulsating ritual music.
Neutrino Effect :: FAMINE (Labile)
Radiating enigmatic industrial-electronic pulses from Omaha, Neutrino Effect (aka Jon Sanford) ventures into an entirely different dimension with FAMINE, a fourteen-track assemblage, fleeting in length but with the cosmic force of the universe propelling us through its boundless depths.