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Diagonal – S/T – CD/LP 2008

9th March 20093rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 2008, Ambient, Andrew Sloan, CD, Experimental, LP, Prog Rock, Psychedelic, Review, Rise Above Records, Space Rock

It was the first time you took LSD, during your second year at university at some art course party in

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Queen Elephantine ‘Kailash’ CD 2008

7th March 20093rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2008, Adam Stone, Ambient, Avant-Garde, Concrete Lo Fi Records, Download, Drone, Experimental, Kailash, Queen Elephantine, Review

Stoner droner mystics Queen Elephantine, the oft travelling Lords of (sonic) Lethargy, have produced yet another striking opus of snaking

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A Death Cinematic ‘A Parable on the Aporia of Vengeance and the Beauty of Unpenetrable Sadness’ CD 2009

26th January 20093rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 2009, A Death Cinematic, A Parable on the Aporia of Vengeance and the Beauty of Unpenetrable Sadness, Ambient, Andrew Sloan, CD, Drone, Experimental, Noise, Review, Self Released

It’s always good to see artists put a bit of effort into their work and this new self-released double album

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Grails ‘Take Refuge in Clean Living’ CD & ‘Doomsdayer’s Holiday’ CD 2008

12th January 20093rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 2008, Ambient, Andrew Sloan, CD, Doomsdayer's Holiday, Drone, Experimental, Grails, Important Records, Post-Rock, Review, Temporary Residence Limited

2008 saw Grails release two records, the first an ep (‘Take Refuge in Clean Living’) and then their third album

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Queen Elephantine ‘Surya’ CD 2008

7th September 20083rd September 2019 Adam Stone Adam Stone, Ambient, Avant-Garde, Concrete Lo Fi Records, Drone, Experimental, Queen Elephantine, Review, Surya

It is dusk upon the river Ganges. Your gap year has prematurely come to an end because you are sooooooo

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Queen Elephantine ‘Yatra’ CD 2008 & ‘Tartarus’ CDEP 2008

18th August 20083rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2008, Adam Stone, Ambient, Avant-Garde, CD, CDEP, Concrete Lo Fi Records, Drone, Experimental, Queen Elephantine, Review, Tartarus, Yatra

Imagine the eldritch and arcane sound of a cultish band of blind, hooded, albino acolytes, engrossed within their eerie sonic

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This Will Destroy You – S/T – CD 2008

8th August 20083rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 2008, Ambient, Andrew Sloan, CD, Heavy, Magic Bullet Records, Post-Hardcore, Post-Rock, Review, This Will Destroy You

They play elegiac post-rock, deeply cinematic in its presentation, they veer towards the more ambient end of the spectrum and

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Mountains Became Machines ‘Paths’ CDEP 2008

3rd August 20083rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 2008, Ambient, Andrew Sloan, CDEP, Heavy, Mountains Became Machines, Paths, Post-Rock, Review

A few years back a new form of rock music emerged, rather pretentiously coined Post –rock. It was cinematic graceful

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Asva ‘What You Don’t Know Is Frontier’ CD 2008

1st August 20083rd September 2019 Mark Burns 2008, Ambient, Asva, CD, Drone, Experimental, Mark Burns, Review, Southern Records, What You Don't Know Is Frontier

Not a record for passive consumption was something I read in a recent review for this the latest Asva album,

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Nortt ‘Galgenfrist’ CD 2008

14th June 20086th September 2019 Mark Burns 2008, Ambient, Avant-Garde, Avantgarde Music, Black Metal, Dark, Experimental, Galgenfrist, Mark Burns, Mournful, Nortt, Review

When I first got this CD I was abit under-whelmed with it compared to their other releases, but I’m glad

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Jesu ‘Lifeline’ CDEP 2007

23rd November 20076th September 2019 Pete Worth 2007, Ambient, CDEP, Diarmuid Dalton, Hydra Head Records, Industrial, Jesu, Justin K Broadrick, Lifeline, Pete Worth, Review, Shoegaze

With the rate of his output, it’s clear that Justin Broadrick is deeply committed to Jesu and he has outdone

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