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Here’s a rather roughshod, seared, and crudely cluttered wall noise split, bringing together two Italian projects. There’s Cuneo’s Spietate Agonie, and Turin’s Rumonoise- with each severing up a thirty-minute ‘wall’
25 Sept 2026
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.
10 Sept 2026
The God Of The Sea finds this long-time wall noise scenester offering a rather primal and abstract wall, with both bassy batters & textural knocks, scrapes, and swirls.
Here’s a brutal ‘n’ searing wall of noise split, bringing together Holland's Uitgeschakeld and USA’s See Through Buildings. Both offer up a single thirty-minute wall, and each is as thick & punishing as the other.
Stockholm and drone music have become synonymous over the past few decades. Stretching back to the pioneering artistry of Catherine Hennix - herself influenced by the likes of LaMonte Young and Henry Flynt, Stockholm has produced some of the most prominent musicians of the genre. Kali Malone, Ellen Arkbro, Caterina Barbieri - artists who have taken ambient minimalism and drone to a new intensity and continue to do so. And this evolution of the Swedish capital into the epicentre of drone music is in no small part thanks to support from state-funded institutions and artist-led non-profit enterprises such as Fylkingen and Elektronmusikstudion (EMS) - nurturing environments where musicians can meet and alliances flourish. One such connection is that of musician, sound artist and EMS sound assistant Mats Erlandsson and renowned experimental double-bassist Gus Loxbo. Longstanding collaborators, as well as, old friends who have worked together so regularly it’s surprising that Minnets Långa Kedjor marks their first recorded album.
My Only Friend's a Corpse — My Only Friend's a Corpse( Blu Ray)
23 Sept 2026Godflesh — Decay
23 Sept 2026Vomir — Energia Exhausta
22 Sept 2026Stéphane — Stéphane (Blu Ray)
22 Sept 2026Killer Party — Killer Party(Blu Ray)
22 Sept 2026Helvig Mollestad Weejuns — Bitches Blues
18 Sept 2026Sigh — Goh-Ka
18 Sept 2026Darkthrone — Pre-Historic Metal
18 Sept 2026
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
Jasper Sharp interview
In the year 1971, Nikkatsu, the oldest/ at one point, the biggest film production company in Japan. Did something quite daring/ some would say crazy- they completely switched over their production to softcore adult films, which would become known as Roman Porno. Between 1971 and 1988, the company produced around 850 of these titles. The thing that made these films stand out from general softcore films is the often creative & inventive choices made- yes, the films primal focus is sleaze, but great examples of the genre are so much more than that. In the last year or so, there has been a spate of reissues of films in the genre from labels such as 88 Films, Third Window Films, and Klubb Super 8. One of the key figures/contributors behind these releases is Jasper Sharp- one of the world's experts on the genre, and the wider Pink genre it’s connected to. Jasper kindly agreed to give us an email interview discussing his history with the genre, his contributions to releases, and the new/updated edition of his book Behind The Pink Curtain: The Complete History of Japanese Sex Cinema on Fab Press.
King Futile Interview
King Futile is the new project from Scotland-based Lea Cummings( Kylie Minoise, Official Music Team, etc), and it’s a big departure from his normal noise or retro sample & electronica sound. It's lo-fi acoustic music, with an outsider feel, and often quite tongue-in-cheek/ sharply sarcastic tone to the lyrics. So far, the project has put out three albums- Casual Misery, How To Have Fun, and Zen As Fuck. I tracked down Lea for an email interview.
