All we can really say is that listening to a new LP by the Thee Oh Sees is a true seat-of-the-pants ride.
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Thee Oh Sees – Mutilator Defeated At Last
Focus on Barreuh Records
Barreuh don’t promise an easy ride but, when experienced as a whole, and over time, their catalogue is certainly something that allows a (Dutch) reappraisal on avant-garde electronic music.
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Labasheeda – Changing Lights
This new one sounds like a tougher, more raw-edged record than earlier efforts; and one that seems to want to explore their grungier side.
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De Kliko’s – De Kliko’s
But in these days where the hippest of the hip flock to see Ethiopian dance bands or Ghanaian kologo, surely there’s nothing wrong with taking in a bit of Dutch beat?
Gnod – Infinity Machines
Only the Throbbing Gristle/Coil axis come close to this spaceward/Satanic Mill industrial sound.
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Garden of Elks – A Distorted Sigh
A Distorted Sigh is saturated with feelings that popped up in an earlier age; rewind 25 years and this would have been seen as a classic Generation X record.
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Wire – Wire
Wire adopt the role of urban shamans, and look to allow people some gateway to intuition, some breathing space in these fractured times.
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Echo Lake – Era
Kreng – The Summoner
One thing to note is that it can be a fucking quiet record; lots of passages of sound are quite content in sitting in the background.
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The Soft Moon – Deeper
…what The Soft Moon do really, really well is build up a very accessible, Drury Lane sense of drama and cod-personality.
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