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9 februari 2011

Korouva - Sleepwalker

Year: 2009
RYM / Here

KOROUVA is a musical project based in Portland, Oregon. The music is known for it’s lo-fi aesthetic and mysterious aura. Lyrics are often muddled, live shows are almost unheard of, and information on the group is sparse. Whether the group is actually the sole project of portland artist Miranda Lehman remains unknown. Most information on the band surfaced when black metal act Velvet Cacoon, allegedly plagiarized the 2007 release, Shipwreck & Russian Roulette. No known photographs of the band/artist exists anywhere. -Last fm

31 januari 2011

Pavementsaw - Da indi in qua mi four le serpi amiche

Year: 2005
RYM / Here

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Pavementsaw - Hekatomb

25 november 2010

The Vulture Club - Live Young, Die Fast and Leave an Exquisite Corpse

Year: 2007
RYM / Here

Jason Crumer - Walk With Me

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Year: 2009
RYM / Here

11 november 2010

Mnemosyne - The Air Grows Small Fingers

Year: 2004
RYM / Here

3 oktober 2010

D.A. - Odeon

Year: 2009
RYM / Here
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

"D.A.’s darkly cosmic constructs neighbor the lazerbeam meditations from Emeralds and Infinity Window, with a distinctly dystopian vantage point as witnessed from their reported rooftop performances that overlook the Los Angeles police departments training grounds for riot control. Minor key melodies flutter over rotating sequences of electronics and slow-burning crescendos, all of which blossom with spectral washes of guitar and oceanic white noise. Dare it be said that D.A. might have outdone Emeralds’ nearly impeccable album of kosmische poetics on What Happened? Yeah, they probably did." - The Wire

31 augustus 2010

Tangerine Dream - Sorcerer

Year: 1978
RYM / Here

Highly Recommended...... Again? Yeah, I can't help it either. A forgotten soundtrack from a a forgotten film. both deserve a better fate, William Friedkin delivered this high budget masterpiece after the exorcist, but for some reason the film flopped at the box office. The same goes for the accompanying soundtrack by Tangerine Dream. It's really on the same level as their highly acclaimed albums from the same period (Phaedra anyone?), but never got the attention it deserves. What is and what should never be. On a personal note: I never listened to this album when I was young, because I thought the music was too creepy :)