Review: Mark Solotroff ‘Not Everybody Makes It’
How important is it to be acquainted with the oeuvre of an artist before embarking on the listening required to
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Drone
Review: Fading Tapes ‘Cartographer’
One of the later chapters in Harry Sword’s excellent book Monolithic Undertow: In Search of Sonic Oblivion concerns itself with
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Review: Malvost ‘Oljud’
The Book Of Lamentations sees the destruction of Jerusalem as an act of Gods hand, due to the sins of
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Premiere: Malvost ‘Oljud’ – Releases Friday, 16th July, Via Trepanation Recordings
If ambient soundscapes of drone is the order of the day, then read on as it’s The Shaman’s absolute pleasure
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Review: Eeli Helin ‘The Lurks’
When The Shaman sent over the most recent list of gems for review, my interest was immediately piqued by the
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Review: Nadja ‘Luminous Rot’
Monolithic in their prolific status Canadian power couple Nadja began in 2003 as a solo project by Aiden Baker and
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Review: Monstruwacan ‘Mourn At The Grindstone’
For the most part drone music tends to embody certain aesthetic characteristics that make it a rather oblique and metaphysical
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In Search Of Tone: Tanya Byrne & Joe Rawlings Of Bismuth
Bismuth was new to me and learning that this duo was a bass drum combo got me intrigued. I always
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Premiere: Cortége ‘Circling Above’ – Taken From Legends Of The Desert Split With The Penitent Man
Since we first heard Cortége earlier this year with the release of their spellbinding two track affair Chasing Daylight EP,
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Review: Legends Of The Desert: Volume 2 – The Penitent Man & Cortége
Curated by Desert Records head honcho Brad Frye, he invites us to descend further into the desert to hear two
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Review: Great Dismal Swamp ‘Virginia’
The name Great Dismal Swamp sounds like it might have been made up with a slight tongue-in-cheek nod to the
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