Lutebulb is the fifth album from this Vienna-based trio who create an often jaunting carnival bound blend of jazz and avant-rock.  It’s a six-track affair, which is clearly trying to be quirky/ oddly edged- though sadly it comes off as somewhat flat/ dull- due to its largely bland guitar-focused sound, unispired/ bad songscraft, and decidedly undynamic recording.

The curiously titled {scope} is the coming together of three musicians and one producer. It all started in 2020, when Laura Agnusdei (tenor and baritone sax, kazoo, synth, sampler), Matteo Pennesi (synths, granular synthesis, piano) and Luca Sguera (prepared piano, percussions, synths) gathered at the Holydays Festival in Scopoli, Umbria having been selected for the artist residency there. Fast forward four years and the trio are now releasing their sophomore album Nightcap, this time accompanied by producer Francesco Piro.

All Ladies Do It was the 17th film from erotically charged, at times arty euro auteur Tinto Brass. The early 90’s film is a highly stylised erotic drama-comedy, which utilises jarring moments of hardcore action and kinkily arty eye.  Here from Cult Films is a recent Blu-Ray release of the film- featuring a lush new print, commentary track, and a few other things.

Amateur Porn Star Killer is a faux-snuff film come experimental mumblecore drama. The early 2000s production is largely captured in grainy & jumpy black ‘n’ white stock- with darts/overlaying of colour super 8-like footage. It’s a film that shifts between being awkward & unsettling with moments of both general shock & messy film-craft. All making it a decidedly difficult film to review- as for every effective moment of unease, there are as many moments  of ham-fisted-ness/ general bad filmmaking. Here from Wild Eye’s Raw & Extreme series is a region-free DVD of the film- taking in two commentary tracks, and a trailer.

Mexico Barbaro 2 is a late 2010 Mexican horror anthology featuring seven stories. They move from tales of vengeful soldiers, children with sleeping problems, teen girl curses, and demented junky fare. Here from Unearthed Films is a recent region A Blu-ray of the film- taking in a few extras.

The pairing in the title of Mike Cooper & Jason Kolàr’s Mauve/Pink signals a duality not just in name but also in the working methods of the two musicians as played out over the ten tracks that make up the release. A kind of dialogue between the two artists ensues, one in which the organic seems to meet the processed and vice versa.