So there you have it: a rush of noise if ever there was one. This one minute attack the band has perfected is pretty tremendous, there is a plan in all of this, despite the idea that this record is of the moment.
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Borngräber & Strüver – Clouds
Immediately you know this is a release endowed with some High Magicke as well as a ridiculous amount of confidence
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Hiva Oa – Hello, Handshake, Kiss
I recall their EP being similarly phantasmagorical in places and tracks like Thunder don’t do much to dispel the notion that they conjure with things unseen.
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Gudrun Gut – Wildlife
Musically though, as ever, there’s a lot to enjoy. She’s absolutely brilliant at giving the most simple beat a resonance or weight; her current sound, for all its roots in (classic German) minimalist electro-pop is a rich and emotive one
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Bonne Aparte – Bonne Aparte
Maybe good things really do come in small doses. And I’d wager this is still the sound of the Netherlands’ more remote backwaters.
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Carlton Melton – Photos of Photos
Somehow the fact that all songs were “recorded at the Dome by Brian” propels the whole thing that bit more spaceward. Who is Brian? Where is the Dome? Maybe these things are best left undiscovered.
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Julia A Miller – Solo Variations (Live)
I’m no expert as to what’s going on in terms of how the guitar is treated and what pedals are being used, etcetera, etcetera, but the end effect does sound often like a whole jumble of cut up notes spilling out of the monitors like paper after being fed into a shredder.
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Implosion Quintet – Organ Grinder
…the lad’s a little in love with those 60’s soundtracks and jingles, from Morricone to Studio G, and is all for having a pop at creating a log cabin take on this oeuvre.
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Parastatic – Lost Highway
The Cosmic Dead – The Exalted King
Given it’s 30 odd minutes long you’ll think I was thick by saying this is an essentially patient piece of music but that’s how it strikes you – a powerful and serene cosmic jam in no hurry to blow its steam.
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