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Here Marc Almond and Michael Cashmore bring to atmospheric and often tuneful life two poems by Count Eric Stenbock- an 18th century poet and writer of macabre & fantastic fiction who was once called 'drunkard, poet, pervert, most charming of men'- through he did'nt half write beautiful prose.
This as it titles suggests is the second compilation of Japanese noise on the Austrian Steinklang label, taking in near on 80 minutes and 16 tracks of mayhem and sonic chaos featuring the likes of The Incapacitants, Government Alpha, KK Null, Dissecting table and Aube.
This is a very welcome reissue of this 2002 NWW album that surfaced briefly on World Serpent here it comes with a second unreleased disk of different mixes and one unreleased track.
The excellent Zelphabet series returns for its third volume in the proposed 26 volume series and once again it’s another highly enjoyable collection of experimental and noise matter this time around we’ve got four tracks on offer with one each from Charlemagne Palestine, Chop Shop, Contagious Orgasm and C Spencer Yeh.
Teip is a twenty minute manic, deranged and often surreal pile-up of sound, noise and music by Norwegian composer and noise maker Maja Ratkje.
Sole and the Skyrider band sees sole's distinctive, wordy and sometimes angered rap flow backed by real and dense instrumental textures, along with a return of the organic and detailed sound textures found on last years mansbestfreinds Poly.Sci.187. All to make this one of the most rewarding, varied and clever releasers not only by Sole but by the Anticon label and collective as a whole.
Language without words in a glorious clash of jazz, funk, blues, electronica and world music tones in a often manic and delirious manner, but instead of being like the likes of Squarepusher who’s mix of jazz & electronica often feels a little lifeless and show offish Akai Ikuo really brings the mix to vibrate, fun and atmospheric life.
Where the Moon was Red is a splendid and consistent compilation of dark and ocultic hued English folk that celebrates the work of Cryptanthus Productions, bringing together out of print songs along with exclusive tracks for the compilation all for the cheap as chips price of £2.50!.
This brings together two long live collaborative pieces of sawing, grating, noisy and creative sound matter from two of USA’s most well know, respected and prolific figures in the noise scene today.
Von Himmel self titled album offers up three long slices of rough ‘n’ ready space jam haphazard jazz rock tracks that are encrusted synth and organ weaves/ groans. Often having the feeling like it’s been hooked from deep space covered with space barnacles,ect.
React is an edgy, sometimes darkly tinged and cinematic up beat ambient/ electroinca/ collaboration between US ambient artists Robert Rich and Uk electroncia artists Ian Boddy. This is the third collaboration the pair have done together, with Rich handling MOTM Modular, keyboards, flutes and lap steel Guitar and Boddy Apple Macbook, Pro/Albeton live, sampler & synths.
Motif Volume one is a collection of solo one man guitar pieces by Steve Howe(Yes, Asia, ect) mainly played on acoustic guitars -that’s very down to earth, often easy going, tuneful, playfully and not in the least bit pretentious.
“One person’s noise being another’s sweet music” is a quote from the companion book to Justin Bennett’s Noise Map album which is a great description of any type of noise and ones levels of enjoyment of said sound(s). Really anything and everything can be either noise or music and that’s what’s investigated in much of Mr Bennett’s work –it’s really up to you were the line is drawn.
Papa November are neither a Gangster rap project or a metal band as their name might suggest instead their a project that comes up with an rather original mix of lo-fi glitch and percussive electronic matter with Post/ avant rock, dark indie rock tone, soundtrack elements and the odd more upbeat lo-fi pop moment.
This is a wonderfully blackened, often claustrophobic, sometimes noisy, dense and ritual tinged collaboration between Australian guitarist and percussionist Oren Ambarchi and prolific American percussionist and sound artists Z’ev. The pair forge together three long tracks of tension, percussion and an atmosphere that almost cuts you.
Take refuge in clean living sees this US five piece instrumental collective step out from their post rock/ doom metallic label to present an album that’s embraces and mixers many genres together in a high conducive, epic and accomplished manner.
Ghosts on Magnetic tape is a reissue of a wonderfully heady and dark Bass Communion album from 1997 that’s joined by a second remix of the album by Andrew Liles. Bass Communion is the dark ambient/ drone project of Steven Wilson of UK prog rockers Porcupine Tree.
Live at the marquise dance hall is a four way collaboration of improv and free jazz featureing Tom Abbs on Contrabass, Mike Brown on Contrabass, Lathan Hardy on saxophone, and Ryan Jewell on percussion.
Dislocation is another reissue in the on going series of older Hafler Trio albums with their often complex, puzzling and plush original artwork by Korm Plastics. This originally came out in 1990 on Staalplaat and I have to say it’s one of the more active and up front rewarding works I’ve heard from Mr McKenzie.
Light Ships is the first release by this new percussion heavy electro/ guitar and noise duo featuring William Sabiston (ex Axolotl) on Drums, Electronics and Jon Alcatraz on guitar- it’s also the first release on the newly formed label of Peter Swanson( Yellow Swans,ect) freedom to spend.
The Demolition Series is Jasmina Maschina’s debut album that offers up a collection beautiful sung and played pop folk songs, all of which flow with such effortless, fresh and self assured air you’d imagined she’d been homing her craft for many years.
Star Peace was the one and only album by this synth and moog bound French three piece from the 1970’s and what a great camp ride of space influenced electronics, disco, funk and general addictive cheese this is.
Journey is this German four piece debut album that offers up an invigorating, tuneful and atmospheric mix of 70’s influence instrumental rock with jazzy, blues, funk and filmatic touches.
Casiotone for the painfully alone is the brainchild of American film school drop out Owen Ashworth. And the projects name really tells you what to expect this its low grade/ lo-fi tinny synth pop music with a quirky, geeky and outsider tinge. Think early Anticon but with out the rap edge or a more up-beat John Maus & you’ll be close.