Soundscapes

Album & EP Reviews L 

Review: Leila Abdul-Rauf ‘Phantasiai’

6th July 202113th August 2021 Spencer Reid Cloister Recordings, Cyclic Law, Leila Abdul-Rauf, Soundscapes

Phantasiai unmoors feelings and thoughts, casting them adrift to float in spirals, spirals which move neither up nor down. The

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Album & EP Reviews W 

Review: Witnesses ‘IV’

22nd January 202124th February 2021 Lee Beamish Cinematic, Independent, Soundscapes, Witnesses

Back in June of twenty twenty I was given the task of reviewing the album Doom II, for the band/

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Album & EP Reviews S Z 

Review: Sataray / Zania Morgan ‘Argyropoeia’

21st January 202122nd February 2021 Lee Beamish Ambient, Argyropoeia, Sataray, Scry Recordings, Soundscapes, Zania Morgan

Sometimes something comes along, and it is so unique, it makes you stop, and give it your full attention, just

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Album & EP Reviews S 

Steve Moore ‘The Mind’s Eye’ (OST) 2016

11th May 20173rd September 2019 John Reppion 2016, Electronic, John Reppion, OST, Relapse Records, Review, Soundscapes, Soundtrack, Steve Moore, The Mind’s Eye

NYC based musician Steve Moore is best known to many for his work with Anthony E. Paterra as Zombi. Taking

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Album & EP Reviews M 

Mirrors For Psychic Warfare – S/T – CD/LP/DD 2016

3rd May 201611th September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2016, Drone, Experimental, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Mirrors For Psychic Warfare, Neurot Recordings, Review, Sandford Parker, Scott Kelly, Self Titled, Soundscapes

Scott Kelly (he of Neurosis fame) and Sandford Parker (Buried At Sea) have clearly enjoyed working together on the Corrections

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A Album & EP Reviews 

Aires ‘Fantasma’ DD 2015

30th March 201611th September 2019 Jorge Miguel 2015, Aires, Brutal Panda Records, Digital, Drone, Experimental, Fantasma, Jorge Miguel, Review, Soundscapes

Aires is a Portuguese musician/sound artist who creates haunting yet awe-inspiring drone. If you visit his label’s bandcamp page you

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Album & EP Reviews U 

Ulver ‘ATGCLVLSSCAP’ CD/LP/DD 2016

8th February 20161st November 2019 Guido Segers 2016, Ambient, ATGCLVLSSCAP, CD, Digital, Experimental, Guido Segers, House Of Mythology, LP, Review, Soundscapes, Ulver

Ulver returns triumphantly with another masterpiece, at least that’s my modest opinion after listening to ATGCLVLSSCAP. Though it has been

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Album & EP Reviews C 

CHVE ‘Rasa’ CD/LP/DD 2015

9th January 20161st November 2019 Guido Segers 2015, CD, Church Of Ra, CHVE, Colin H Van Eeckhout, Consouling Sounds, Digital, Drone, Experimental, Guido Segers, LP, Rasa, Review, Soundscapes

The artist name CHVE stands for Colin H. Van Eeckhout. For the lovers of the complex and heavy, this name

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Album & EP Reviews B 

BIG|BRAVE ‘Au De La’ CD/LP/DD 2015

9th October 20152nd September 2019 Will Beattie 2015, Au De La, BIG|BRAVE, CD, Digital, Drone, Experimental, LP, Review, Soundscapes, Southern Lord, Will Beattie

If a band can sound both abrasive and introspective in equal measure, then that is the sound of Montreal’s BIG|BRAVE.

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Album & EP Reviews N 

Northumbia ‘Bring Down The Sky’ CD/DD 2014

5th April 20153rd September 2019 John Reppion 2014, Ambient, Bring Down The Sky, CD, Consouling Sounds, Digital, Experimental, John Reppion, Northumbia, Soundscapes

Northumbia are an ambient metal duo based in Toronto, Canada. Jim Field plays guitar, Dorian Williamson plays bass and between

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Album & EP Reviews C 

Creation Myths ‘It Only Gets Worse’ DD 2014

14th September 20142nd September 2019 Guido Segers 2014, Ambient, Creation Myths, Digital, Experimental, Gnaw Their Tongues, Guido Segers, It Only Gets Worse, Matt Finney, Mories, Review, Self Released, Soundscapes

Matt Finney is a spoken word artist. To put out something new that you can listen from your easy chair,

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