Krysalisound The latest release from sound sculptor Wil Bolton takes the listener on a journey in seven distinct parts through a diffuse landscape populated by everyday sounds that are framed in such a way that everything around us appears languid and slightly unfamiliar; that intoxication that comes from an unknown country, the first visit holding smells and tastes and sounds that are unfamiliar. The movement is slow and […]
Daily archives: 28/07/2021
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Dais I’ve been enjoying the broken mirror of Cindytalk’s music for well over thirty-odd years now. The blazing rawness of Camouflage Heart was a great starting point, and the weird dichotomy of it’s follow up In This World reinforced the love with its contrasting chromatics of classical ambiance and psychotic passion. Now the follow-ups to these early albums, The Wind Is Strong… (1990) and Wappinschaw (1995) finally see […]
Discus Another sonic adventure from Discus finds Alex Ward‘s abilities on the various instruments used here being stretched to their limits. He plays everything here, and that covers guitar, bass, drums, woodwind, keyboards and various dizzying noisemakers. Not only is it an instrumental tour de force, but the musical styles that the album encompasses are varied in the extreme, bursting through: free jazz, metal, math rock and ambient […]
Strut The prolific catalogue of venerable jazz legend and cosmic child Sun Ra is such that there are always new discoveries to be made. His output is so voluminous that one might struggle to find a place to start. The flipside of this is that new cabochons are being discovered under the floorboards all the time. Here is yet another facet to the collection. The reissue of 1978’s […]