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From Arrow Video, both in the UK and stateside, is a release of one of the classic slices of cinematic sci-fi, Forbidden Planet. From the late fifties, the film blends epic other-world backdrops, memorable sets, iconic robot design, and a wonderful ahead of it’s time/ influential electronic score. The film is set in the 23rd century, where a United Planets starship is dispatched to the distant planet to determine the fate of an earlier expedition. It’s a captivating blend of sci-fi wonder and adventure into the unknown, with a keen sense of mystery and unfolding awe. This new release comes as either UHD or Blu-ray; it features, for the first time, the original Cinemascope aspect ratio of 2.55:1 with its theatrical "Perspecta" stereo soundtrack and a new 4K restoration. With a new commentary track & appreciation of the score, and a good selection of archive extras.
7 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
29 Sept 2026
The Falling Sky is a 2024 Brazilian documentary about the profound connection between indigenous people and nature, and the threat deforestation poses to their ecosystem. Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha (I’m Still Here, Passione, and Morde and Assopra) and Eryk Rocha (Pachamama, Transeunte, and Cinema Novo) directed the film.
Here’s, I believe, the second release from Germany's At War With Everything That Moves On Tracks. The project themes all of their work around train crashes and serves up a mix of wallish noise, muffled harsh noise & grim ambience.
Matriarch serves up two short, extremely searing shots of walled noise from this Oregon-based project. Each track hits dead on the ten-minute mark, and each is as intense as the other.
Vacant Align — 10426
6 Oct 2026Where The Dead Woke Up — Esumazione
6 Oct 2026Delirium — Delirium (Blu Ray/ UHD)
6 Oct 2026Crushed — Crushed (VOD)
2 Oct 2026Various Artists — A Strange Light From The East( CD boxset)
2 Oct 2026Message — The Dawn Anew Is Coming/ From Books And Dreams
2 Oct 2026The Nine Demons — The Nine Demons( Blu Ray)
2 Oct 2026Date With A Vampire — Date With A Vampire( Blu Ray)
1 Oct 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.
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.
