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TRACK – 4’33 – THE NORMAL
Despite creating Mute Records, launching Fad Gadget and Depeche Mode, and then blazing a trail with Yazoo, The Birthday Party and a zillion more to become the indie label of all time, founder Daniel Miller’s moniker, The Normal has been strangely quiet since 1978. His one release, ‘TVOD/Warm Leatherette’ that initially launched the label was …
News: Magma to release new album “Zëss”, see review trailer
Legendary French experimental/prog band Magma have announced they are to release a new album – “Zëss” on June 28th via Seventh Records. It’s taken the band some time to pull it together into a studio recording because the first drafts were made in 1977. After a gradual process finishing the record, the band debuted it on …
Track: Horror In Clay – Heck Cattle Grazing
“Heck Cattle Grazing” is the first work to be released by Auckland art-folk/experimental group Horror In Clay. The group, featuring former members of popular group Girls Pissing on Girls Pissing, recorded the work with local engineer Rohan Evans and revealed the track last week with little-to-no warning except for a post on their label MUZAI Records‘ …
Track: Farai – Rebirth Remixed
“Bankers are gangsters” – that was the immortal line that beckoned listeners to the works of Farai late last year, as Big Dada released the producers work, Rebirth, to critical acclaim. “National Gangsters” happened to be one of the stand out tracks among the admittedly many great songs Farai and producer TONE dropped on their release, so it …
New Music – Aniseed – Geranium EP
Aniseed is a musician working quietly in the Norfolk countryside who over the years has been building a catalogue of work and sound experiments across a swathe of styles. This single release comprises of music recorded through a combination of magnetic tape and modern recording techniques, with roots in both electronic and acoustic traditions. Fragments …
Album Review – Black Moth Super Rainbow – Panic Blooms
That theme song from Silicon Valley? The incredible off-kilter synthpop played on a ribbon? That’s Tobacco – the enigmatic front-man who started life with Pittsburgh’s Black Moth Super Rainbow. Perhaps unfairly overlooked among some circles as another acid-laden, synth driven indie-psych band in the same era as Late Of The Pier and every mum’s favourite …
See: Soft as Snow reveal new video for Pink Rushes
The Norwegian-born, Berlin-based duo Soft as Snow will release their debut album ‘Deep Wave’ on April 6th, via Houndstooth. It was created by Soft as Snow members Oda Egjar Starheim and Øystein Monsen, with additional mixing and production by WIFE (of Tri Angle Records). Their oblique leftfield pop recalls Cabaret Voltaire, Throbbing Gristle, deep Detroit …
News: Queen Kwong Announce European Tour Dates
In support of the new Album ‘Love Me To Death’ , Queen Kwong will be playing a string of European dates in May. The brainchild of Carré Callaway, ‘Love Me To Death’ is set for an April 13th release on Edison Sound. As with every Queen Kwong release to date, the songs on Love Me …
News: Erased Tapes to re-release Penguin Cafe Orchestra’s final album Union Cafe
To mark the 20th year since his untimely passing, Penguin Cafe Orchestra’s mainstay Simon Jeffes son, Arthur, who carries on his fathers legacy under the name Penguin Cafe, has colluded with the brilliant Erased Tapes label to re-release the PCO’s final studio album ‘Union Cafe’ on December 1st, including a vinyl edition, the first time …
Album Review : Diagnos’ ‘Diagnos’
Listening to Diagnos’ debut self-titled record is a beguiling experience. It falls somewhere between ambient noise pop and hypnotic electronica. There’s moments where you get lost in the melodic drone only to be pulled from the ether by a ghostly vocal track. But don’t be fooled, this album belongs to the production work of the …