Amalgamated’s method is telegraphed by its name: improvise, then “finess,” edit all the elements into comprehensive textures. In essence, the result of regular get-togethers by […]
Tag: Noise
Andreas Brandal :: The Merchant of Salt (Dumpster Diving Lab)
The Merchant of Salt has a big, warm sound, an almost naîve, early radiophonic workshop charm and inquisitiveness, while remaining utterly contemporary in arrangement and […]
Holzkopf :: Papa Don’t Think Nothin’, Mama Don’t Say Nothin’ (Isolated Now Waves)
Although caked and crusted in noise, it is meticulously assembled of minutiae, colourful debris caught up in a tornado. Jake Hardy from Saskatoon possesses a […]
Philipp Münch :: Mondo Obscura (Ant-Zen)
Industrialized wastelands, noisy rhythms and vocal treatments round off the edges of Mondo Obscura—one of those hard to define albums to say the least. [Release […]
Caaldruun :: Headstone (Fox Den)
The grinding of pockmarked millstones, smashing electricity between unforgiving surfaces, spitting out sparks, sucked into a wind tunnel, scattered. [Release page] As Caaldruun, New Yorker Erik […]
VNDL :: Gahrena: Paysages électriques (Hymen)
Glitch is counterbalanced with contorted bass, alien landscapes, layered and abstract tonal shifts as VNDL unravels obscured musical passages. Philippe Vandal (aka VNDL) hailing from […]
Release your ears 2.0
A list of some recent, current and forthcoming titles that are piquing our ears lately—it’s our attempt to point you to some notable releases worth […]
Riverz End :: Transfer (Lagunamuch)
Time doesn’t seem to have hindered Riverz End’s progress, however, as Transfer is a tranquilized blend of sonic experiments, broken synthesizers, detailed ambience and scattered […]
Mike Dunkley & Dalglish :: Double review (Record Label Records)
Jus Forrest dives into Corpus Clock (by Mike Dunkley) and Benacah Drann Deachd (by Dalglish) and uncovers beautiful expeditions into complete heartfelt ambience and a […]
Pete Swanson :: Man With Potential (Type)
It’s not often one can legitimately use the word “unique” to describe a new album these days, but in the case of the mind-bending Man […]
Perispirit :: Spiritual Church Movement (Digitalis)
For a record as borderline obliterated as this there’s a strange warmth that envelops Spiritual Church Movement, much like the sable trimming surrounding the oddly […]

















