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A certain temperament is all that separates a truly compelling ambient work from one that is anything but. There is no formula, sadly; you know it once you’ve found it. Maintaining a particular mood over the course of an album is even more remarkable when the work in question is the result of pieces sent between collaborators, with little physical time spent with one another in the studio.
31 Oct 2026
Severin
2026 is the twentieth anniversary of Severin- one of the best-known and respected labels in cult/ b-movie circles. At M[m], we’ve been reviewing the label's output for around ten years now- racking up around one hundred and fifty of their releases covered on the site. So, we’ve decided to look back and select our top twenty releases to date!... These include releases from the sub-labels InterVision & Severin Kids, with indepth reviews for each!
8 Oct 2026
Here’s a double-headed Blu-ray release bringing together two weird, wacky, at times troubling, and difficult-to-genre-label films from Japan. Both films are from the early 2000’s, were first released by Omega Pictures (Audition, Love Exposure), were produced by Takashige Ichise (Juon, Dark Water), written by Hiroshi Takahashi (The Ring series) and directed by Hirohisa Sasaki. This recent Third Widow release includes a commentary track and a mix of new/ archive extras
Devil Times Two purports to be a lost/ cursed film from the 1970’s. It’s an Italian affair set in a run-down/ derelict convent and its surrounding autumnal countryside, where two mysterious/ ghostly women keep attacking people, getting closer & closer to the convent to open the gates of hell. The film blends moments of decent eeriness, nudity, and bloody gore with long blocks of rather tiresome dialogue. Here from SRS Cinema as either a Blu-ray or DVD, with just behind-the-scenes footage/ trailer for extras.
The Mothman Prophecies — The Mothman Prophecies( UHD/ Blu Ray)
28 Oct 2026Cartilage — Operating Altar
28 Oct 2026Jonas Cambien’s Maca Conu — Popular Misconceptions
26 Oct 2026Game Over — Crimes Against Reality
26 Oct 2026American Driller Killer — American Driller Killer (DVD)
23 Oct 2026Stephen Thrower — Soundtracks 1970-2014
22 Oct 2026Beyond The Beat — Where It Starts, Where It Ends
22 Oct 2026Adam Lion, Evan Lipson & Jake Smith — That Which is Placed Upon the Altar
22 Oct 2026
Olion Interview
Active since the early 2020’s, Olion is one of the key projects within the euro wall-noise scene. To date, it’s put out around seventy releases- taking in both physical and digital form- with stand-alone releases, splits, and collaborations. Sound-wise, their output moves between pummelling, thick-yet oddly soothing. To more texturally layered, and forays into ANW. Behind the project is Olek Browiński from Olsztyn in northern Poland, and he kindly agreed to give us an email interview
A Julian Cope Primmer
Erupting into the mainstream on February 19th 1981, The Teardrop Explodes’ debut ‘Top of the Pops’ television performance featuring their brassy, bouncy hit ‘Reward’ is to this day probably the moment from which most people recall Julian Cope. If your image of Julian remains that of an earnest young budding pop star sporting a fleece-collared flying jacket and a shaggy bowlcut of shoulder-length tresses, if you failed to maintain pace with his entry into the cosmos, if you dismissively describe him (as I’ve seen thereabouts) as “a Smash Hits pin-up”, you have one hell of a lot of catching up to do. Musique Machine have tasked me with leading their readers through the psychedelic jungle and beyond, here, and I have to say that Julian probably merits the ‘beginners’ guide to’ / ‘recommended records’ treatment more than just about any other artist in the music sphere, at least in terms of how public perception and the ‘reality’ (if such a word is appropriate in this extreme case) have a near-unbridgeable gulf.
Orchestra Of The Upper Atmosphere Interview
Early this year, the band released their most recent album Theta 7, on Discus Music-which is sadly to be their last. Band leader Martin Archer kindly agreed to give us an email interview, discussing the project's history & why they’ve decided to call it a day.
Vacant Align Interview
Active since October 2025, Wisconsin’s Vacant Align is one of the more atmospheric and texturally inventive wall noise projects to appear in some time. It’s a project that takes its time in releasing work, and you can certainly hear it, as each of their releases so far is a perfectly crafted blend of expressive and engaging textures. Behind the project is John Engman, who very kindly agreed to give us an email interview
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