April 8, 2024

חיבוקם של שלושה עולמות

 
(Shye Ben Tzur (שי בן צור) is an Israeli musician who lives in India and Israel. He composes Qawwalis, instrumental and devotional music in Hebrew, Urdu and Hindi. Ben Tzur has been living and creating music in India and Israel for over a decade. He first visited India while searching for a classical Indian music teacher. After years of studying Indian classical music in the traditional manner, Ben Tzur began to compose traditional Sufi Qawwali music in his own language, Hebrew. (Qawwali is a form of ecstatic devotional music). 

Jonny Greenwood (Oxford, 1971) is a British lead guitarist, keyboardist, programmer and composer; he is the lead guitarist and keyboardist of the rock band Radiohead, and has composed numerous film scores. 
 
Greenwood is a multi-instrumentalist and a prominent player of the ondes Martenot, an early electronic instrument. He uses electronic techniques such as programming, sampling and looping, and writes music software used by Radiohead. He described his role as an arranger, helping transform Thom Yorke's demos into finished songs. Radiohead albums feature Greenwood's string and brass arrangements, and he has composed for orchestras including the London Contemporary Orchestra and the BBC Concert Orchestra).
 

Racconti dalla terra rossa

 
(His Electro Blue Voice is an Italian band formed in 2013 by Andrea Napoli, Claudia Manili andFrancesco Mariani; derivatives of art post-punk, hip hop, krautrock, house, noise, psychedelia, rave flavours, hyperpop, played instruments, cut samples and dozens of treated voices are just some of the elements that mix, suggest and create new prototypes. Vocal and textual decompositions in AI style but with reversed roles).
 

S'émerveiller devant la lueur de l'automne

 
(Princess Thailand is a French Alternative/Post Punk/Noise band from Toulouse).
 

Alone in front of salty breeze

 
(The KVB is a British audio-visual duo formed by Nicholas Wood and Kat Day, from London, UK.

Formed in 2010 by singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Nicholas Wood as a solo project, The KVB got started with a number of limited cassette and vinyl releases, then vocalist/keyboardist/visual artist Kat Day joined Wood in 2011. Their sound has been described as a combination of electronic, psychedelic, post-punk and shoegaze).
 

The future sky is open wide

 
(Novella is an English Indie/Alternative rock band with a psychedelic edge from London, formed by Hollie (Guitar/Vocals), Suki (Bass), Sophy (Guitar/Vocals) and Iain Laws (Drums)).
 

March 29, 2024

Crollo mentale prolungato nel tempo

 
(Thee Maldoror Kollective is an Italian band from Turin, Piedmont. The project started in 1991 as a Black Metal band called Funeral Fog, then changed name to Maldoror in 1997 and finally in Thee Maldoror Kollective in 2001; since the last name change they evolved in an Industrial/Avant-garde sound).
 

Mieux vaut ne pas affronter les réalités qui font mal

 
(Princess Thailand is a French Alternative/Post Punk/Noise band from Toulouse).
 

Two poems for the end of mankind

 
(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)).
 

L'amour dans les temps d'oubli éternel

 
(Forever Pavot is a musical project formed in 2012 by five musicians around Émile Sornin (vocals, keyboards) with Antoine Rault (guitar), Cédruic Laban (drums), Arnaud Sèche (keyboards, transverse flute) and Maxime Daoud (bass)).
 

ნისლით შეხებული სევდა

 
(Sara Stuttgart  is a Post Punk/Coldwave one man project located in Tbilisi, Georgia).
 

Gefluister van oud hout

 
(Ioana Iorgu is a Groeningen-based Dutch independent music producer, a self-taught guitarist and drummer. After experimenting with ambient music, Ioana kicked off a new chapter by honing her sound further, employing dissonant guitar riffs and thumping drum beats.

At the age of 14, while living in Malaysia, she was greatly inspired by her English teacher whom she played in a band with, and introduced her to some of her formative records. Ioana released her first instrumental album Silent Scream with songs she composed in 2015 and after that produced another EP, the shoegaze saturated Fiction. After experimenting with ambient music, Ioana kicked off a postpunk chapter employing dissonant guitar riffs, thumping bone-cold drum beats and spoken, unsettling vocals. All instrumentals and recordings are written & produced by Ioana herself. Live, she is accompanied by a session drummer).
 

Preso dai tentacoli della follia

 
(His Electro Blue Voice is an Italian band formed in 2013 by Andrea Napoli, Claudia Manili andFrancesco Mariani; derivatives of art post-punk, hip hop, krautrock, house, noise, psychedelia, rave flavours, hyperpop, played instruments, cut samples and dozens of treated voices are just some of the elements that mix, suggest and create new prototypes. Vocal and textual decompositions in AI style but with reversed roles).
 

The last twilight of life

 
(Blouse is a Post Punk/Ethereal/Shoegaze band from Portland, OR, formed by Charlie Hilton, Jacob Portrait and Patrick Adams).
 

Food for noise-hungry crowds

 
(Lana Del Rabies is the solo dark electronic, genre-bridging solo project of Phoenix based musician, producer and multimedia artist Sam An. With origins as an experimental project that re-contextualized the more ominous aspects of modern pop music made by women, Lana Del Rabies incorporates industrial, gothic noise and metal, with experimental, darkwave and ambient elements).
 

March 25, 2024

მოახლოებული ომის სიცივის ქვეშ

 
(Sara Stuttgart  is a Post Punk/Coldwave one man project located in Tbilisi, Georgia).
 

À la recherche de la beauté absolue

 
(Tannhaüser Dream is a French Paris-based Post Punk/Shoegaze/ Coldwave band).
 

Opening the portals to the eternal fire

 
(H6llb6nd6r is an Experimental/Drone/Noise duo from Roscoe, NY, formed by Toby Poser and Zelda Adams).

March 7, 2024

Des miaulements gutturaux venus d'au-delà

 
(Princess Thailand is a French Alternative/Post Punk/Noise band from Toulouse).
 
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Dreaming of an imaginary land

 
(Novella is an English Indie/Alternative rock band with a psychedelic edge from London, formed by Hollie (Guitar/Vocals), Suki (Bass), Sophy (Guitar/Vocals) and Iain Laws (Drums)).
 

March 6, 2024

Photonic particles decaying in a vacuum

 
(Sweeney is a one man project leaded by Australian musician and composer Jason Sweeney; For about twenty years Jason Sweeney has been composing and recording either solo, under the alias of Panoptique Electrical, Other People’s Children and Simpático, or with friends in various musical projects like Pretty Boy Crossover, Sweet William, School of Two, Luxury Gap, Par Avion, Great Panoptique Winter, Mist & Sea, Winter Witches, GIRL and many others. He has also been directing and creating interactive works for the internet, experimental films, projects for galleries and theatre spaces and has collaborated with some of Australia’s leading performing arts companies and organizations. 
 
The music of  Sweeney is constructed around fragile vocals, layers of string section drones, slightly processed piano, cinematic cello samples performed and recorded by his frequent collaborators Zoë Barry and Jed Palmer respectively, minimal beats, subtle electronic glitches, other odd noises and field recordings).
 

Secret passages into the unknown

 
(Ov Pain is a Darkwave/Dark Ambient/Drone band from Aotearoa, New Zealand, formed by Renee Barrance and Tim Player).
 

March 5, 2024

Canções frias baixo o sol quente

 
(The Sorry Shop is a Brazilian Dream Pop/Shoegaze band from Rio Grande do Sul, formed by Régis Garcia (bass, vocals), Marcos Alaniz (vocals, keyboards), Mônica Reguffe (vocals, keyboards), Rafael Rechia (guitar), Kelvin Tomaz (guitar) and Eduardo Custódio (drums)).
 

The place where angels die

 
(Thantifaxath is a Canadian black metal band based in Toronto, Ontario; the band consists of three anonymous members).
 

Listy odumierajú spolu s jeseňou

 
(Luneth is a Ambient/Shoegaze/Neofolk duo from Košice, Slovakia, formed by Dandelion and Zuzka).
 

Millenniets mörkaste natt

 
(Isoberlinia is a Swedish Darkwave/Shoegaze duo; Isoberlinia is located in a dark space between 80s/90s shoegaze and electronic music; their soundscape is built upon atmospheric soothing guitars driven by electronic beats, creating an almost trip hop-feeling, and embedded within is a voice that’s as soft as it is enigmatic).
 

Et smil til tabte kærligheder

 
(The Crooked Spoke is a Danish Dark Jazz/Cinematic/ Lounge duo formed by Asger Baden (keyboards and more) and Peter Leth (drums and more); the guys met ten years ago through Copenhagen’s tight-knit music community and have played together in various constellations until The Crooked Spoke was born.
 
The One You Left Behind is a collection of compositions which evolved organically with no particular style or genre in mind. The Crooked Spoke don’t hold back – dramatic effects and powerful emotions activate the senses. To them, escapism is no bad thing – it describes the dreamy journey they want to take you on.
 
The production of the music was an undeniably central to the The One You Left Behind. But the melody and composition remains at the music’s core. The melodies captivate and appeal but the often radical studio production magnifies the ambience; they did get help from a number of prominent collaborators including Claus Hempler, whose smooth and timeless vocals grace the album’s title song. The singer Maria Laurette Friis (Tys Tys) contributes her unforgettable voice to the track Black Tower Hotel with guitarist Per Moellehoej’s dream-like gypsy-jazz solo floating below as a melodic counterpart).
 

Ode d'amour à mère nature

 
(Lůn is a French one-woman project leaded by multi-instrumentist, musician, composer, researcher  and dancer Mayline Gautié; her music is related to nature, elements, vital energy and mysticism. Through its invented language and by merging neoclassical music, world & neofolk music, Lůn brings and opens to the exploration of new worlds).
 

Per i momenti in cui tutto va storto

 
(Noir Stocking Jazz is a Dark Jazz compilation made by Italian label Signora Ward Records).
 

Memories of an uncertain future

 
(Lana Del Rabies is the solo dark electronic, genre-bridging solo project of Phoenix based musician, producer and multimedia artist Sam An. With origins as an experimental project that re-contextualized the more ominous aspects of modern pop music made by women, Lana Del Rabies incorporates industrial, gothic noise and metal, with experimental, darkwave and ambient elements).
 

Godersi la libertà della follia completa

 
(His Electro Blue Voice is an Italian band formed in 2013 by Andrea Napoli, Claudia Manili and Francesco Mariani; derivatives of art post-punk, hip hop, krautrock, house, noise, psychedelia, rave flavours, hyperpop, played instruments, cut samples and dozens of treated voices are just some of the elements that mix, suggest and create new prototypes. Vocal and textual decompositions in AI style but with reversed roles).
 

Welcome to the dazzling sparkles forest

 
(Lamp of the Universe is an Acid Folk/Psychedelic/Space Rock band from Hamilton, New Zealand, formed in 1999 as an one-man project of Craig Williamson (known also from the heavy/stoner rock band Datura and Arc of Ascent)).
 

In the brightness of the night

 
(Ghostwoods is a Dark Ambient/Drone/Experimental group from Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, formed by Andrew Saragossi, James Lees, Karl O'Shea, Mark Angel and Rohan Seekers).
 
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La nuit où les morts ressuscitent

 
(Dead. is a Post Punk/Industrial band from Rennes, France, founded in 2013, formed by Bernard Marie, Berne Evol and Brice Delourmel).
 

February 19, 2024

A heartfelt tribute in deep silence

 
(The Soft Moon was an Oakland, CA based neo-post-punk band founded and leaded by Luis Vasquez as a solo project in 2009).
 
RIP Luis Vázquez 
(1979-2024)
 
 

Oscillazioni quantistiche della materia oscura

 
(Thee Maldoror Kollective is an Italian band from Turin, Piedmont. The project started in 1991 as a Black Metal band called Funeral Fog, then changed name to Maldoror in 1997 and finally in Thee Maldoror Kollective in 2001; since the last name change they evolved in an Industrial/Avant-garde sound).
 

Het geluk van het leven bezorgd

 
(Ioana Iorgu is a Groeningen-based Dutch independent music producer, a self-taught guitarist and drummer. After experimenting with ambient music, Ioana kicked off a new chapter by honing her sound further, employing dissonant guitar riffs and thumping drum beats.

At the age of 14, while living in Malaysia, she was greatly inspired by her English teacher whom she played in a band with, and introduced her to some of her formative records. Ioana released her first instrumental album Silent Scream with songs she composed in 2015 and after that produced another EP, the shoegaze saturated Fiction. After experimenting with ambient music, Ioana kicked off a postpunk chapter employing dissonant guitar riffs, thumping bone-cold drum beats and spoken, unsettling vocals. All instrumentals and recordings are written & produced by Ioana herself. Live, she is accompanied by a session drummer).
 

Inhaling the humidity of lower hallways

 
(Chelsea Joy Wolfe (born November 14, 1983) is an American singer-songwriter and musician (vocals, guitar and piano). Her work has blended elements of gothic rock, doom metal, and folk music).

 

Touching the heart of the desert

 
(Beats Antique is a World fusion group, based in Oakland, California, USA, active since 2007, formed by  David Satori, Sylvain Carton, Tommy Cappell and Zoe Jakes.The group forges a curious alliance between middle eastern traditions and potent west coast circus, underground hip hop, breakbeat brass band, downtempo, glitch and dubstep).
 

Distant stellar brightness decay

 
(93MillionMilesFromTheSun is a shoegaze band from Doncaster, England, formed by Nick Mainline (Guitar, Noise, Vocals), Jase Burns (Drums, Loops, Samples, Noise), Kenno (Bass, Noise)).
 

Longing for better times gone by

 
(29 Niebolt Street is a Darkwave/Synth one man project from Flint, MI, leaded by Jason Messler, who is inspired by horror and sci-fi soundtracks of the 80's).
 

Following the phantom of fungus

 
(The Residents is a great historic US avant-garde master group based in San Francisco. The official inception of the Residents was the release of Meet The Residents in 1974, but members of the group had worked together since 1969 or perhaps earlier. The band is known for its wide range of named guest stars and collaborators, its multitude of concept albums, its ambitious multimedia, audiovisual, and stage projects and the mystery surrounding much of its activities, from its history as a band to the identity of its members).
 

February 18, 2024

Reverberating circles into spinal fluid

(The KVB is a British audio-visual duo formed by Nicholas Wood and Kat Day, from London, UK.

Formed in 2010 by singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Nicholas Wood as a solo project, The KVB got started with a number of limited cassette and vinyl releases, then vocalist/keyboardist/visual artist Kat Day joined Wood in 2011. Their sound has been described as a combination of electronic, psychedelic, post-punk and shoegaze).

 

A fresh walk across golden trees

 
(Maston is a one man project leaded by multi-instrumentalist Frank Maston, who grew up in the suburbs of Los Angeles, soaking in both the summery atmosphere and the musical and cultural history of his surroundings. Early on, Maston developed a love for the sunny chamber pop of Van Dyke Parks and Brian Wilson, as well as more California-inspired moments of rock magic from Harry Nilsson and Phil Spector.
 
He eventually sculpted these influences into what would become his own music, a completely self-sufficient menagerie of dark pop sounds informed by '60s and '70s studio magicians and loner geniuses).
 

La première étape de l’invasion

 
(Forever Pavot is a musical project formed in 2012 by five musicians around Émile Sornin (vocals, keyboards) with Antoine Rault (guitar), Cédruic Laban (drums), Arnaud Sèche (keyboards, transverse flute) and Maxime Daoud (bass)).
 
 

January 23, 2024

Spreading unrest in dark lands

 
(Whatitdo Archive Group is a Cinematic/Exotica/Funk band from Reno, NV, formed by Aaron Chiazza, Alexander Korostinsky and Mark Sexton; the movie itself was understood to be unusual for its time: a globetrotting adventure/western-noir written and directed by aspiring visionary, Stefano Paradisi. Unfortunately for Paradisi, the tragic loss of his masterpiece during a fire also meant the end of his short lived career in movies.

People who worked on the film have been cited as saying this film was very ambitious, set to be a turning point in Paradisi’s carrier putting him on the map alongside the likes of Sergio Leone and Antonioni; long thought to be lost alongside the movie itself by the production studio, the soundtrack's master reels were recently recovered and its audio meticulously restored and remastered by J.J. Golden in Ventura, CA., while the movie never saw the light of day, the soundtrack by Whatitdo Archive Group has thankfully been recovered).
 

Exhaling life in a blue garden

 
(Magic Wands is a Shoegaze/Dream Pop duo formed in Nashville, TN, by guitarists and vocalists Chris and Dexy Valentine. Based in Los Angeles, the band is known for their shimmering and dreamy sound, which incorporates elements of gothic post punk, and dark dream pop. Their music is characterized by its heavily-textured guitars, droning synths, and ethereal vocals, which are designed to create an otherworldly atmosphere).
 

January 21, 2024

Under den røde himmel går fortabte sjæle

 
(Martin Dirkov is a Danish filmcomposer, sounddesigner and musician. He graduated from the Danish filmschool in 2011. He is based in Copenhagen but collaborates with people all over the world.
 
Martin has composed music for several documentaries and feature films including “Gräns” (Border) by Ali Abassi, “Shorta“ by Anders Ølholm &Frederik Louis Hviid, “Holiday” by Isabella Eklöf, “The Charmer” by Milad Alami and “Shelley” by Ali Abassi.
 
He also does sounddesign on films, commercials, animation and art films and quite often blends music and sounddesign on these if appropriate).

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Respirando a humidade do bosque encantado

 
(trajedesaliva is a Spanish Vigo-based Galician Dark Ambient project  (formed by Mon Ninguén & unavena), teams up with Madrid-born singer and pianist Maud the Moth (Amaya López-Carromero) to create a soundtrack to Remedios's Varo work , a painter born in Spain in 1908, who lived in exile in Mexico until her death in 1963.

Making use of analog synthesizers, an arsenal of acoustic instruments and multifaceted voices, both art projects bring their respective idiosyncrasies to the palette, creating a soundtrack riddled with symbolism and references to the pictorial work of Remedios. Like this work, the musical compositions and arrangements seek to explore associations of the subconscious and exploit the beauty of chance. Many of the instruments used in this album are sensitive to weather conditions or are found objects; pianos or guitars which have fallen out of tune providing notes with which to construct invented scales as if guided by the hand of a mystical Hildegardian god.
 
Finally, unavena's poems serve as a narrative structure, which frames the landscapes and territories sonically traversed).

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