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Del Rey ‘Immemorial’ CD/LP 2010

27th October 20103rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2010, Ambient, CD, Del Rey, Experimental, Golden Antenna Records, Immemorial, LP, Paul Robertson, Post-Rock, Review

Del Rey. The name makes me think of 50s throwback greaser bands for some reason. No idea why. Probably because

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Author & Punisher ‘Drone Machines’ CD 2010

4th September 20102nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2010, Ambient, Author & Punisher, Doom, Drone, Drone Machines, Experimental, Heart & Crossbones, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review, Tristan Shone

The words ‘ground breaking’ and ‘innovative’ get bandied around with all too often when describing bands who walk on the

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Luder ‘Sonoluminescence’ CD 2010

3rd September 20103rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2010, Ambient, CD, Experimental, Grunge, Luder, Ollie Stygall, Review, Scott Hamilton, Small Stone Records, Sonoluminescence

It’s quite common for these days for a band or artist to form a label with a view to releasing

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Kuwahara ‘HoneyCult’ CD 2010

4th August 20103rd September 2019 Paul Robertson Ambient, Avant-Garde, Drone, Experimental, HoneyCult, Industrial, Kuwahara, M.Peck, Mike Honeycutt, Noise, Paul Robertson, Review, Waiting World Records

The sound-world of Kuwahara, a duo consisting of M.Peck and Mike Honeycutt, is one of grainy kaleidoscopic twilight murk shot

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Iroha & Fragment ‘Bittersweet’ CD/LP 2010

17th June 20103rd September 2019 Paul Robertson Ambient, Andy Swan, Collaboration, Denovali Records, Diarmuid Dalton, Drone, Experimental, Fragment, Industrial, Iroha, Paul Robertson, Review, Shoegaze, Split, Split CD

An interesting CD, here, with a heavy Justin Broadrick connection. Iroha feature Andy Swan, ex-of Broadrick’s Final project AND current

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Kerretta ‘Vilayer’ CD/LP 2010

5th June 20103rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2010, Ambient, CD, Golden Antenna Records, Heavy, Instrumental, Kerretta, LP, Paul Robertson, Post-Hardcore, Post-Rock, Review

It seems that everywhere you go these days you trip over another instrumental ‘post-rock’ band, all ‘quiet-LOUD-quiet’ dynamics and brooding

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Locrian ‘Territories’ LP 2010

11th May 20103rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2010, Ambient, At War With False Noise, Avant-Garde, Basses Frequencies, Bloodlust!, Dark, Drone, Experimental, Industrial, Locrian, LP, Noise, Paul Robertson, Review, Small Doses, Territories

In order to fully accommodate the full scope of their vision, the core duo of Locrian – Andre Foisy and

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IRA ‘Visions Of A Landscape’ CD 2009

10th December 20092nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2009, Ambient, CD, Golden Antenna Records, Heavy, IRA, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Post-Hardcore, Post-Rock, Review, Visions Of A Landscape

Hailing from the university town of Konstanz in Germany, IRA are clearly deep thinkers and I don’t mean that in

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Aidan Baker + Tim Hecker ‘Fantasma Parastasie’ CD 2008

3rd April 20093rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 2008, Aidan Baker, Alien8 Recordings, Ambient, Andrew Sloan, CD, Collaboration, Drone, Electronic, Experimental, Fantasma Parastasie, Nadja, Noise, Review, Tim Hecker

Here is a collaborative endeavour from drone specialist Aidan Baker (better known as one half of duo Nadja) and experimental

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Gathiens ‘Nesh’ CD 2009

1st April 20093rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 2009, Ambient, Andrew Sloan, CD, Gathiens, Heavy, Murkhouse Recordings, Nesh, Post-Rock, Review, Shoegaze

Well let’s get that first hurdle over with, Gathiens are post-metal! It’s a term that once inspired excitement and anticipation

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Locrian ‘Drenched Lands’ CD 2009

24th March 20093rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2009, Adam Stone, Ambient, At War With False Noise, CD, Dark, Drone, Experimental, Industrial, Locrian, Noise, Review

Dark dark noise that emanates slowly and rises like a black fog from the decaying anus of the mummified corpse

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