drone
ALBUM REVIEWS: Andrew Elaban – ‘Variegated Tributary’/Claire Rousay – ‘Tuufuhhoowaah’: by turns, handsomely dronesome and fiercely plunderphonic
WHITED SEPULCHRE is one of those loving little curators of out-musics that play nuanced and important roles in our lives: their guiding light is that these creations are out there, finding the ears of those who are receptive, who will swoon, who’ll gather little aural treasures to their chests. The label has been operating out …
SEE: Less Bells – ‘The Fang’: fashioning beauty from grief for Kranky
YOU may well have heard Julie Carpenter, if you have not yet heard of her. A graduate of the University of North Texas, multi-instrumentalist and composer Julie has been called upon to add violins to work by the Eels and the Brian Jonestown Massacre, amongst others. But she has also been creating deep, ambient drone …
ALBUM REVIEW: Bing & Ruth – ‘Species’ – majestic and meditative
SOMETIMES the cliches can ring true. It’s a marriage made in heaven. Take 4AD, Ivo Watts-Russell beautiful stable, which has given us such moments as … well, Victorialand. Need we say more? Take also then, New York’s David Moore, who had quietly – and quietly again is le mot juste here – been making beguiling, …
ALBUM REVIEW: Eternell – ‘Imagined Distances’: fine, glimmering ambient drone
SOUND IN SILENCE is a label concerned with the liminal and ambient fringes of music. Operating out of Athens for nigh on a decade and a half, it can boast releases by artists such as blissed-back Italian shoegazers Port-Royal and out-hiphop producer and founder of Anticon, Odd Nosdam, among its catalogue of strictly limited physical …
ALBUM REVIEW: Yair Elazar Glotman and Mats Erlandsson – ‘Emanate’
FATCAT’s boutique 130701 imprint is one of the leading go-tos for the experimental edge of modern composition: that zone where classical bleeds and blends with modern rock and electronic thinking, cross-fertilizing and moving forward. Out now is a first full-length collaboration for the label between Berlin’s Yair Elazar Glotman and Stockholm’s Mats Erlandsson, who have …
Say Psych: Album Review: Father Sky Mother Earth – Father Sky Mother Earth
German drone duo Father Sky Mother Earth have previously released only two records since 2016. That is set to change with the release of the re-recorded offering through Dirty Filthy Records on limited edition white vinyl and download on 27th April. When asked about the release, the duo said “after the feedback on our first …
See: Bong reveal new video for ‘The Golden Fields’
Taken from new release ‘Thought and Existence’ coming May 4th. “The Golden Fields” is the epitome of BONG’s psychedelic drone craft, immersing the audience into a sensory mirage of intense hallucinatory shapes and spectrals, slowly unfurling and expanding into a phantasmagoria of melancholic mystery. The track sonically manifests as an aura of luminosity and transcendence …
Say Psych: Premiere: Radar Men from the Moon – Black Canvas, Dark Majesty
Following their recent collaboration with Salfordians Gnod, under the Temple ov BBV pseudonym, Eindhoven art-punk collective Radar Men From The Moon (RMFTM) announce the third and final instalment of their Subversive album trilogy; Subversive III: De Spelende Mens, which will be released on 1st December 2017 on Fuzz Club Records. Ahead of the release, the band are sharing …
Say Psych: Premiere: BLACK’EX #1
Belgian label EXAG Records announce the arrival of their BLACK’EX split series and Backseat Mafia are honoured to provide you with the premiere. The concept for the series is to take two artists, from two different countries, press on top vinyl and in doing so create connections between artists from around the world, building bridges …
Say Psych: Live Review: Gnod & Blondi’s Salvation – The Golden Lion, Todmorden, 13.04.2017
The Golden Lion, Todmorden has garnered a reputation as of late for hosting some of the best live experiences in England as well as a whole other feast for the senses. Promoter White Rabbit create a slice of psychedelic heaven with stunning visuals, great in-between music selections and stunning live bills. Tonight’s juxtaposed bill is set …