yibai must have clenched his teeth around a hundred thousand times in his sleepwhile making these tracks between March 2022 and November 2023. His rawest and darkest works yet, they represent taking it one day at a time – seven different coping mechanisms with only a vague idea of what they are truly coping...
Last summer we reported on Donna Haringwey's latest album released on the Dutch label Strange Therapy, a label that, as we said at the time, fits in perfectly with the musical philosophy of this artist, as it has been enriching its catalogue with proposals very similar to the visceral and heartbreaking sound that...
recoilprodukt, a pioneering recording studio/label that first emerged in 1984 with its defiantly iconic recordings for Psyche, F451, and Vanishing Heat, is returning with an initial release that fittingly resurrects its imprint. Titled „Catalyst,“ this two-track EP is the first instalment of a haunting scifi narrative series. A deep dive into dark-world building. Side one of...
We became aware in the middle of the last decade of Arturo Marín's fervour for the musical genres that prevailed in the clubs of eastern Spain in the 1980s, just when this artist came into the world. We were surprised by his debut album, self-released and released in 2016, and the great impact it had...
The Stroymachine, a DIY industrial music collective from Slovenia, is a group composed of virtuoso percussionists, multi-instrumentalists and innovative creators, ardently exploring the frontiers of musical possibilities. Despite their predisposition and character for industrial sound, their artistic expression is not limited to any particular genre or style, but they revel in varied soundscapes and...
First compiled as a double CD in 2002, 'Moon’s Milk (In Four Phases)' is a suite of four EPs that Coil released seasonally via their in-house Eskaton imprint across 1998. The line-up for these sessions were John Balance, Peter "Sleazy" Christopherson, Drew McDowall, and William Breeze. Recorded primarily at their home studio in Chiswick,...
For an artist, the design and release of an album is much more personal than any other format because it is not just about creating a release for a specific purpose, such as a few tracks aimed exclusively at one type of dancefloor or a specific audience. An album should be introspective, heterogeneous and show...
Berlin-based producer Joey Gonzalez aka Blush Response has ended a very active 2023 with the full length Dimensional Research - published on Erika Synths’ label Kontaktor Records. If the previous album Neuroscape added a human dimension to its industrial-techno/IDM core via vocal interventions from guests and Joey himself, this time the artist indulges in his...
UK label Brachliegen Tapes releases an album with 16 tracks by different artists for charity. for charity. Request Stop is a compilation of 16 tracks that revolves around bus travel and its infrastructure. All proceeds from this release will be donated to Autonomous Winter Shelter, a housing network and self-help initiative that aims to provide...
Still Distant returns a few years later to the shared album format in which on this occasion, the second time it has released an album signed by various authors, it shows the Scottish label's own style, as the selection of artists participating is divided between some regulars, such as New Town...
