Cold Spring is set to relaunch a genuine cult artefact, the complete soundtrack of Decoder, the visionary 1984 German film that fused industrial noise with cyberpunk dystopia. Three decades after its creation, the music accompanying this seminal work will finally see an independent CD release, offering a new generation the chance to experience its...
A kalpa (劫) is eternity distilled into time, a single moment stretched into myth. Imagine a drop of water falling onto the hardest stone, just once every thousand years. Now wait. Wait until the entire rock crumbles to dust beneath that intermittent drip. Or picture a mountain grazed, century after century, by the silk dress...
Arigto is an experimental music project founded by Noah Haußmann and Sebastian Stauß, based in Berlin and Leipzig. To date, they have released three EPs and three albums, in addition to composing soundtracks for works such as the award-winning short film Island of the Dolls (Julio César Padilla) and Aria (Bruce Tetsuya), as well...
According to the permission of the Koran, the Khan could have four legitimate wives. In ancient times, such a measure was a precaution taken against the development of prostitution and a means to keep men at the family hearth, which led to an increase in the Islamic population. The Quran states that every partner can...
Galya Bisengalieva is a Kazakh composer, producer and violinist whose work transcends genre. Known for her striking originality and virtuosic command of her instrument, she occupies a singular space in music. Her first two releases, EP ONE and TWO, were issued on NOMAD Music Productions, the label she founded to champion experimental sounds. Galya Bisengalieva...
Brothers Pierre and Romain Audoynaud, along with their sister Charlotte, form an artistic universe where music, words, and imagery merge into a single expression. Romain weaves verses and vocals that whisper like ancestral echoes, while Pierre sculpts soundscapes with synthesizers and pedals, transmuting technology into electrified nature. Charlotte completes this circle with her visual perspective,...
Vrna and Ens Imperfectissimum are two important names in Italian ritual/dark ambient underground. The first is the brainchild of Gianluca Martucci, involved in Il Prato Dei Desideri and Sagenhaft too, the second is the project of an anonymous member of Occult Odyssey. Their sound is ominous, evocative and highly informed by occult practices...
MauSS' mutant project Costume has always been an unpredictable entity, totally informed by the whims and changing desires of its creator. House music, retro Italian pop, new wave, punk, trance, techno, noise, are just some of the genres touched by the Independent outfit - often in the same album. So, it's no surprise that just...
Alex Coleman, known under the alias d’ARC, returns with WAYSIDE², a free-spirited and ambitious sequel to his previous work WAYSIDE (2024). This new album, composed and recorded in just one month (February 2025), showcases his versatility as a solo artist, blending diverse influences into a cohesive yet multifaceted auditory experience. Featuring 12 tracks, WAYSIDE² unfolds as...
Velvet Textures marks the third release on Scotland’s Hobbes Music by acclaimed Osaka producer Kiji Suedo, furthering his sonic exploration following the explosive 2022 album Riot and the introspective 2023 EP Hosek. This new work inhabits a liminal space where fidelity fractures and the tangible turns ephemeral. Rhythmic seams fray, tones buckle under their...
