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Hawkwind ‘Onward’ CD/LP 2012

8th June 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, Ambient, CD, Dave Brock, Eastworld Recordings, Hawkwind, LP, Ollie Stygall, Onward, Psychedelic, Review, Space Rock

My relationship with the weird and wonderful world of Hawkwind started nearly 30 years ago when, as an impressionable young

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Gauchiste – S/T – CD/LP 2012

2nd April 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2012, Ambient, Atmospheric, CD, Drone, Experimental, Gauchiste, Little Black Cloud Records, Loincloth, LP, Paul Robertson, Review, Self Titled, Tannon Penland

Somewhere out there on the fringe, sonic explorers of the of the outer dark Gauchiste skirt the orbit of drone

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Mehata Sentimental Legend ‘Noum Zeccyou’ DD 2011

13th February 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Ambient, Atmospheric, DD, Digital Download, Experimental, Instrumental, Mehata Sentimental Legend, Noum Zeccyou, Paul Robertson, Review

A little something slightly off the beaten track for The Shaman here as Mehata Sentimental Legend from, where else, Japan

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Earth ‘Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light II’ CD/LP 2012

12th January 20123rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2012, Ambient, Americana, Angels of Darkness Demons of Light II, Drone, Dylan Carlson, Earth, Experimental, Instrumental, Review, Southern Lord, Tom McKibbin

Let’s start by stating the obvious: Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light II is a world away from Earth’s pivotal

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Thisquietarmy ‘Resurgence’ CD/LP 2011

4th January 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Ambient, Atmospheric, CD, Denovali Records, Drone, Eric Quach, Experimental, Paul Robertson, Psychedelic, Resurgence, Review, Thisquietarmy

Washing into earshot on a wave of shifting, multilayered drone before piling in with a throbbing bassline, pounding JAMC-style steamhammer

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Locrian ‘The Clearing’ LP 2011

5th December 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Ambient, Atmospheric, Avant-Garde, Dark, Doom, Drone, Fan Death Records, Industrial, Locrian, LP, Noise, Paul Robertson, Review, The Clearing

Allow me, if you will, to get esoteric and mystical on your collective ass. Indulge me. Listening to The Clearing

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Aun ‘Phantom Ghost’ CD/LP/DD 2011

2nd November 20113rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2011, Ambient, AUN, CD, DD, Denovali Records, Digital Download, Drone, Electronic, Experimental, LP, Phantom Ghost, Review, Tom McKibbin

Taking Aun’s Phantom Ghost at face value you could probably do a fair job of predicting the sounds within. The

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Wolves In The Throne Room ‘Celestial Lineage’ CD/LP/DD 2011

26th October 20112nd September 2019 Pete Green 2011, Ambient, Atmospheric, Black Metal, CD, Celestial Lineage, DD, Digital Download, Jessika Kenney, LP, Pete Green, Review, Southern Lord, WITTR, Wolves In The Throne Room

Where do you start with a record you can barely comprehend in its dense complexity? Where do you start to

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Obake – ST – CD 2011

10th October 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Ambient, Atmospheric, CD, Doom, Experimental, Heavy, Obake, Paul Robertson, Rare Noise Records, Review, Sludge

An Obake, for the ignorant among you, is a form of shape-shifter or ghost in Japanese folklore – Indeed, the

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Tom Hall ‘Muted Angels’ Cassette/DL 2011

7th October 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Ambient, Axxonn, Cassette, Complicated Dance Steps, Download, Drone, Electronic, Experimental, Muted Angels, Paul Robertson, Review, Sonoptik, Tom Hall

A bit off the beaten track for The Sleeping Shaman, this one, due to its lack of guitars, hair, fuzzboxes

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Album & EP Reviews K 

Kerretta ‘Saansilo’ CD/LP 2011

30th September 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Ambient, CD, Golden Antenna Records, Heavy, Instrumental, Kerretta, LP, Paul Robertson, Post-Hardcore, Post-Rock, Review, Saansilo

‘Difficult Second Album’ syndrome can be a real bitch – Do you follow the same formula? Is this the right

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