July 30, 2019

How to receive love in three steps

(Amp is an English ambient/space/drone group based around the core members Richard Walker and Karine Charff. Walker was a member of a band in Bristol called The Secret Garden that incubated a number of groups including Flying Saucer Attack and Third Eye Foundation). 

Cold golden winter afternoons

(Glass Vaults is a New Zealand indie/shoegaze/ethereal rock band formed in Wellington, New Zealand by Richard Larsen, and Rowan Pierce in 2010. Their name was inspired by the vaulted ceilings of cathedrals). 

Dried eyeball in pain

(Spectres is an UK Bristol based noise rock/post punk/shoegaze band formed by Joe Hatt (Guitar + Vocals), Adrian Dutt (Guitar), Dom Mitchison (Bass) and Andy Came (Drums)).

La juventud sónica invade las tierras Tapatías

(Lorelle Meets The Obsolete is a noisy/shoegaze/krautrock project from Guadalajara, México, formed by Lorelle (aka Lorena Quintanilla) (songs, guitar, vocals, bass guitar), The Obsolete (aka Alberto González) (drums, guitar, bass guitar), and live guests including Fernando Nuti (bass), Dario Lucchesi (drums), Scott Johnston (bass), Landon Bates (drums), Richard Venegas (bass) and Adam Payne (drums)). 

July 29, 2019

Into electronic shades

(Robedoor is a wide-ranging stoner and space-rock band from Los Angeles, CA, USA, formed by Alex Brown, Britt Brown and M. Geddes Gengras).

Three trips to the collective unconscious

(The Cult Of Dom Keller is an UK based psychedelic/space rock band. formed by Ryan Delgaudio (Vocals/Guitars/Keys), Neil Marsden (Vocals/Keys), Jason Holt (Bass/Synthesizer/Bk Vocals) and Al Burns (Drums/Percussion / Noises). Since 2007 these sonic alchemists have been creating whacked out soundscapes and songs that appear to have been born from another universe, all from the confines of their sonic bunker).


In a constant narcoleptic state

(Abstract Spirit is a band from Moscow, Russia, that borders between playing funeral doom and doom/death, perhaps falling just onto the side of the former subgenre. Some hints of Dolorian-like doom/black can also occationally be heard. The music can be described as intense, menacing, eerie, and above all, majestic. Ennui is a funeral/doom band from Tbilisi, Georgia, formed in 2012 by Daniel Neagoe, David Unsaved and Sergi Shengelia).

Four praises to the hidden universe

(Der Blutharsch is the primary musical project of Austrian musician Albin Julius; Originally a side project to The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath a Cloud, the early recorded material was very dark ambient in sound, heavy on historic samples and post-industrial melodic drones. As the discography progressed, the material became more lively, with the more bombastic approach and a focus on a form of martial industrial with emphasis on neoclassical instrumentation combined with experimentalism. Subject matter and imagery largely derived from historical topics relating to the history of Germanic Europe.Now the band is formed by Albin Julius, Jörg Buchmüller, Marthynna, Mazo Tomez and Natascha Schampus.

Aluk Todolo is a Grenoble based french instrumental power trio performing Occult Rock since 2004. Their music is a methodical exploration of the powers of musical trance. Part occult black metal fend and part snide kraut menace, the band conjures rabid obsessive rhythms and abyssal disharmonic guitars, subliminal spiritualist vibrations and bizarre, magick summonings. Aluk Todolo reduces psychedelic improvisation to a bare, telluric instrumentation, in which dry, spare percussion grievously mines the scrapes, shrieks and shimmer of mutated guitar and bass. The band’s sound is monolithic and stabbing, hypnotic but unpredictable, minimalist yet teeming. 
The name was brought back from a mountainous region of South Sulawesi in Indonesia, it’s an ancient religion with animist beliefs meaning "The Way of the Ancestors").
 

Will see you in firelands

(A Place To Bury Strangers is a three piece New York based noise rock/shoegaze band, formed by Dion Palmer, Lia Braswell and Oliver Ackermann, who is also famous for his manufacturing of infamous guitar noise pedals used by Lightning Bolt, Serena Maneesh, Wilco, Spoon and TV on the Radio, among others).

Black wrong feelings

(The Soft Moon is an Oakland, CA based neo-post-punk band founded by Luis Vasquez as a solo project in 2009).

July 28, 2019

Tesla-propelled atomic death rays

(The Telescopes is an experimental/shoegaze/noise band formed in 1986 in London, England, as a vehicle for music written, produced, arranged and performed by Stephen Lawrie featuring like-minded musicians).

Defocused rays from infinity

(Air Formation are an English indie/postrock/shoegaze band from Crawley, UK, that debuted with their first 7" in the summer of 1998 under the name B.E.A.B. Approved. In early 2000 they were forced to change their name, they chose Air Formation. They split in April 2011 before reforming in 2014). 

In the beginning there was a light... an still it's so good

(Sonic Youth was an American rock band based in New York City, formed in 1981. Founding members Thurston Moore (guitar, vocals), Kim Gordon (bass, vocals, guitar) and Lee Ranaldo (guitar, vocals) remained together for the entire history of the band, while Steve Shelley (drums) followed a series of short-term drummers in 1985, and rounded out the core line-up. 

The band emerged from the experimental no wave art and music scene in New York before evolving into a more conventional rock band and becoming the most prominent of the American noise rock groups. Sonic Youth have been praised for having "redefined what rock guitar could do" using a wide variety of unorthodox guitar tunings and preparing guitars with objects like drum sticks and screwdrivers to alter the instruments' timbre. The band is considered to be a pivotal influence on the alternative and indie rock movements). 

Incinerating the creatures of light

(Splashgirl are three norwegian musicians Andreas Stensland Løwe, Jo Berger Myhre and Andreas Lønmo Knudsrød, playing their own one-of-a-kind music inspired by any number of musical genres, mainly involved in contemporary dark jazz scene).

....Is the gate to another life

(Nicholas Edward Cave, australian, borned 22 September 1957, musician, singer-songwriter, author, screenwriter, composer and occasional film actor, or if you prefer, a genius. Perhaps the greatest active artist, the genius of Nick Cave, extrapolates adjectives, or explanations, his sound work, from the beginnings with the Boys Next Door, later The Birthday Party to the Grinderman, and obviously with his official band, Bad Seeds, is simply worthy of analysis. This is a tribute compilation made in 2009 by Renato Malizia from The Blog That Celebrates Itself Records label).

Unohtamatta syntejä menneisyydestä

(Oranssi Pazuzu is a finnish Black/Experimental band, formed in 2007 by Jun-His (vocals, guitar), Korjak (drums), Ontto (bass guitar), Moit (guitar) and Evill (synthesizers, organ, effects). Oranssi (Orange) in the band's name refers to cosmic energy and the color of the first light rays in the Big Bang, while Pazuzu is a mythic demon of the wind, also appearing in the film The Exorcist).

Мечтать в космическом путешествии

(Supernova 1006 is a coldwave/post-punk band based in Saint-Petersburg, Russia, formed by Andrey Yukhovich (singer/songwriter/guitar) and Elizabeth Dolgikh (drums/synthesizers)).

Burning false idols

(Single Lash is an american Austin TX based shoegaze band, formed by Nicolas Nadeau, Neil Lord and Xander Harris. From within a cloud of crushing shoegaze intensity, Single Lash deliver guitar-driven melodies reminiscent of 80s cult acts like The Chameleons and Echo and the Bunnymen).
 

Partage des pilules contre les maux

(13th Hole is a french noise rock/shoegaze/experimental band from Rennes. Formed by Pascal (guitare), Loïc (bass), Hervé (guitare, chant), Anne (chant) and Franck (batterie), the band delivers us a noisy and melodic rock, playing as much on noisy dissonances as melodies).

Blood in the mirror

(Spectres is an UK Bristol based noise rock/post punk/shoegaze band formed by Joe Hatt (Guitar + Vocals), Adrian Dutt (Guitar), Dom Mitchison (Bass) and Andy Came (Drums)).

Here

言葉のない歌

(Burrrn is a japanese shoegaze band from Tokyo, which was formed in 2005 by Hitomi Torii (Vocals, Bass), Hideharu Watanabe (Guitar, Vocals) and Yana (Guitar, Chorus)).

July 23, 2019

Vergiss niemals alle Opfer im Namen der Macht

(Wiener Aktivisten is an austrian industrial noise collective formed by Anna Gardeck and Sven Bussler (Ophir, Sigrun Heid, Transform Collage, Wappenbund and Coinside)).

Descent into ruin

(Bongripper is an American instrumental doom band from Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 2005, is formed by Daniel O'Connor, Dennis Pleckham, Nick Dellacroce and Ronald Petzke).

Sunrise under metaphasic plate

(Tony Wakeford (Anthony Charles Wakeford) is an English neofolk and neoclassical musician who primarily records under the name Sol Invictus. Steven Peter Stapleton is a London based english musician and the only constant member of experimental improv outfit Nurse with Wound. He is often seen as one of the pioneers of the British industrial music scene, alongside bands such as Throbbing Gristle, Coil and Psychic TV, although in his music he has explored a wide range of styles, including free-form improvisation, folk, and even Latin American dance rhythms). 

Tales from the cold winter land

(Tony Wakeford (Anthony Charles Wakeford) is an English neofolk and neoclassical musician who primarily records under the name Sol Invictus.He started his music career as bassist in '77 British punk band Crisis. In 1980 Crisis disbanded and Wakeford formed Death In June together with guitar player Douglas Pearce

In 1984, after being asked to leave, he formed his own personal project, called Above The Ruins. The music continued in the vein of early Death In June and Joy Division, with a nervous and dramatic post-punk sound. The new band disbanded quite soon. He came back in 1987 with Sol Invictus, involving Ian Read and shortly later Karl Blake of Lemon Kittens and Shock Headed Peters. The music of Sol Invictus on the first recordings was a mixture of acoustic and electronic sounds, creating some epic and dramatic songs which stand against the decadence of the West and of modern society. He's also active with the project L'Orchestre Noir, HaWthorn, and a series of collaborations with different artists).

Dancing with Lilith in a carnival festivity

(Ordo Equilibrio was a Stockholm based personal project of swedish multi-instrumentalist Tomas Pettersson. Formed in 1993, their sound is a kind of gothic, icy, desolate electronica, although the terrifying atmosphere is occasionally lit by medieval-sounding acoustic ballads; the anti-Christian concepts in their albums delved into a form of profane folk inspired by Death In June).

Here

Down to hell on earth

(Matt Howden is a critically acclaimed multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and producer who records primarily under the name Sieben. Based in Sheffield, UK, he has released five Sieben albums to date; Forbid the Sun’s Escape, The Line and the Hook, Our Solitary Confinement, Sex and Wildflowers and Ogham Inside the Night. He also composes and records neo-classical work, and releases include Hellfires, Intimate and Obstinate, Spurge the Sun and Voyager. Using a loop pedal, a violin, and his voice, Matt layers melodies and harmonies, singing and playing over the top. Matt tours nationally and internationally and also records and plays live with HaWthorn, Raindogs and previously with Sol Invictus).

Les ténèbres sont les bienvenues

(Dernière Volonté is a one man french post-industrial project created by Geoffroy D. Originally started with heavy martial industrial sounds with elements of dark folk and modern classical, project lately mutated into so-called martial pop and even invaded into synth-pop / minimal wave territory). 

Screaming at exosphere

(Flying Saucer Attack is an experimental space rock band that formed in Bristol, England in 1992. David Pearce was the core member of the group, and Rachel Brook (of Movietone, another Bristol band) was a member for most of the band's lifetime.

The band were marked by quiet vocals and sheets of feedback with similarities to contemporary shoegazing bands, or The Jesus and Mary Chain. FSA were able to create a small but enthusiastic fanbase as one of the more remarkable experimental bands of the day. The band were notable for recording most of their output at home into a normal home stereo system, avoiding recording studios as much as they could. This gave their music a DIY feel and gave them the freedom to experiment as much as they wanted). 

Far away from normal senses

(Windy & Carl is a minimalist shoegaze/ambient group formed in 1993 around the core husband-and-wife duo of guitarist Carl Hultgren and bassist/singer Windy Weber; cited as "A leading light of the Michigan space-rock scene" by Allmusic, the music of Windy & Carl borrows heavily from the sounds of 1980s era bands on 4AD Records, specifically that of Robin Guthrie of the Cocteau Twins and various other dream pop and shoegazer acts. Amp is an English ambient/space/drone group based around the core members Richard Walker and Karine Charff). 

Resting in the dream of the opium house

(Grivo is a shoegazer stoner rock project trio from Austin, Texas, formed by Timothy Heck, Matthew Heck and Ricardo Tejeda).

Aktiviranje erogenih con z mikrovolti

(300,000 V.K. [Dreihudert Tausend Versiedene Krawalle] is a slovenian experimental electronic sideproject band of Laibach, formed by Dejan Knez, Iztok Turk and Peter Mlakar).

言葉なしで歌を歌う

(Burrrn is a japanese shoegaze band from Tokyo, which was formed in 2005 by Hitomi Torii (Vocals, Bass), Hideharu Watanabe (Guitar, Vocals) and Yana (Guitar, Chorus)).

Into a labyrinth of daily death

(Mansion is an american experimental/postpunk band based in Oakland, CA, formed by Adam Keith (Guitar), Candace Lazarou (Vocals), Jeff Cook (Drums, Programming) and Ronny Burke (Guitar)). 

Эфирное путешествие по загробной жизни

(Supernova 1006 is a coldwave/post-punk band based in Saint-Petersburg, Russia, formed by Andrey Yukhovich (singer/songwriter/guitar) and Elizabeth Dolgikh (drums/synthesizers)).

July 18, 2019

There is no time to forgive your sins

(The Third Eye Foundation is an english experimental/illbient/shoegaze band leaded by Matt Elliott, producer, guitarist and singer-songwriter, originally from Bristol, England and now based in France).

Last dreams of insomnia

(None is an experimental/coldwave/darkwave/post-punk solo project of Berlin based german musician Anna Nin).

Deadly skeletons slowly dancing

(The Telescopes is an experimental/shoegaze/noise band formed in 1986 in London, England, as a vehicle for music written, produced, arranged and performed by Stephen Lawrie featuring like-minded musicians).

Poems for a long sad evening

(Cathode Ray Eyes is a british Nottingham based experimental/psychedelic solo project of Ryan DelGaudio (Cult Of Dom Keller, Monumentals, Psychotic Reaction, Terrashima and The Swarm).

Hoppa till förbjudna platser på jorden

(Heavïness is an experimental rock/shoegaze/alternative/psychedelic band from Stockholm, Sweden)

Swimming across deep dark fluids

(Cosmicdust is a one-man shoegaze band, influenced by My Bloody Valentine and Slowdive. The band's lone member calls himself "Y.A.F." and describes his music as atmospheric, booming and downy with sweet melodies. He plays all the instruments, sings and produces his albums by himself).

Back to first painful times

(Mansion is an american experimental/postpunk band based in Oakland, CA, formed by Adam Keith (Guitar), Candace Lazarou (Vocals), Jeff Cook (Drums, Programming) and Ronny Burke (Guitar)). 

The beginnings of all ends

(Spectres is an UK Bristol based noise rock/post punk/shoegaze band formed by Joe Hatt (Guitar + Vocals), Adrian Dutt (Guitar), Dom Mitchison (Bass) and Andy Came (Drums)).

A song for the drugstore queen

(Medicine is an american LA based noise-rock band which was formed in 1991 and led by veteran musician Brad Laner (also of Steaming Coils, Debt Of Nature, Savage Republic and solo project Electric Company). The band is formed by Brad Laner (Guitars, Programming), Shannon Lee (Vocals) and Jim Goodall (Drums)). 

July 8, 2019

Trapped where flies sleep

(Spectres is an UK Bristol based noise rock/post punk/shoegaze band formed by Joe Hatt (Guitar + Vocals), Adrian Dutt (Guitar), Dom Mitchison (Bass) and Andy Came (Drums)).

Meditations into a plastic world

(Cosmicdust is a one-man shoegaze band, influenced by My Bloody Valentine and Slowdive. The band's lone member calls himself "Y.A.F." and describes his music as atmospheric, booming and downy with sweet melodies. He plays all the instruments, sings and produces his albums by himself).

Useat epäonnistumiset silmäkirurgiassa

(Oranssi Pazuzu is a finnish Black/Experimental band, formed in 2007 by Jun-His (vocals, guitar), Korjak (drums), Ontto (bass guitar), Moit (guitar) and Evill (synthesizers, organ, effects). Oranssi (Orange) in the band's name refers to cosmic energy and the color of the first light rays in the Big Bang, while Pazuzu is a mythic demon of the wind, also appearing in the film The Exorcist).

Lost in geometrical rooms

(Grivo is a shoegazer stoner rock project trio from Austin, Texas, formed by Timothy Heck, Matthew Heck and Ricardo Tejeda).