Russian duo Perforated Cerebral Party had the recent honour of being the very final act at Estonia’s showcase festival Tallinn Music Week, closing the techno venue HALL on the outskirts of the city. They were […]
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Boomelant – TARŁO: An EP made from porn sounds that’s actually quite SFW
I found this electronic curio while stuck in a Bandcamp wormhole, digging around “field recordings” tags, trying to find some Chris Watson-type nature recordings to help me sleep. But instead of the ambient sounds of […]
Sansibar makes some Finnish EBM-techno noise on White Swan
Helsinki producer Sansibar has been turning the dial in recent years, flitting between trip-hop, dark techno and even lo-fi punk as Shoplift – but hopefully he doesn’t change the station after hitting a bullseye with […]
Overexposed at the edge of town: Mart Avi – Back 2 Light
There’s something spectral and unearthly about Mart Avi’s avant-garde pop, and he further explores the nocturnal outer limits on his new video for the single Back 2 Light. The song is taken from the Estonian […]
Non-stop erotic cardboard cabaret: Sado Opera’s new NSFW video, In the Dark
“Beyond the glare of streetlights, neon signs and policemen, there’s another world taking shape in the shadows and the music gets louder as you approach,” is the latest tantalising once upon a time intro from […]
Yes we Can: Tronik Youth – Moreish
In a recent interview with Bandcamp Daily, Tronik Youth aka Berlin-based producer Neil Parnell addressed his label Nein’s prolific output, admitting: “I keep saying, ‘I’m going to slow down, I’m going to slow down… but […]
Anything’s Humanly Possible: Stratis – New Face (1983)
For the last 10 years, San Francisco label Dark Entries has been unearthing rusty and out of circulation cult electronic records and giving them a new life outside their few hundred plays on YouTube or […]
Enjoy the silence: Laibach ‘cover’ John Cage’s 4’33”
Mute Records has just announced a box set with 50 acts ‘performing’ John Cage’s infamous 1952 avant-garde composition 4’33” – which directs musicians not to play any instruments. It’s just the kind of high-concept piece […]
Longform industrial dread on Vatican Shadow – Opium Crop Airstrikes
Musicians often talk about random flashes of inspiration, or ‘a sign’ – but Dominick Fernow was compelled into his latest Vatican Shadow project by a moment of almost supernatural gravity. After hearing of the serious […]
Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement’s Digital field ecologies
Dominick Fernow hits the jungle once more in his ritual ambient dub form as Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement – this time with a more ecological message than the usual voodoo undertones. He says it’s “a turning […]
‘Black medieval grind’ on this Prurient / Autoerotichrist split – Blizzard
January is bleak enough, without its soundtrack oozing from the mind of Dominick Fernow, the prolific New Yorker behind some of the most arresting productions of the last two decades – from dark, ritualistic ambience […]
Hibernate with Elizabeth Veldon’s 16-hour minimal drone piece, A Night In Winter
Elizabeth Veldon is a sound artist who works in “long form drone, minimalism and improvisation” according to her Bandcamp bio – and she’s taking the long form aspect to new levels in her latest project. […]
Kirkis channels Bowie and MJ, but mostly the fear on Dead Nightclub
Here’s a new brain-wrong video from Melbourne artist Kirkis, who’s got plenty more weirdness where that come from. Dead Nightclub is the first track from his second album Kirkis 2 and follows his debut Vide […]
‘Defining mortality’ on new Dopplereffekt EP Athanatos
Electronic conceptualists Dopplereffekt have just announced details of a new EP, which seems to be another exploration of their later period science themes. Athanatos apparently build on the concepts of 2017’s Cellular Automata (Moo Kid’s […]
