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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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Beehoover ‘Heavy Zooo’ CD 2008

30th January 20093rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2008, Bass & Drums, Beehoover, CD, Doom, Exile On Mainstream Records, Experimental, Heavy Zooo, Noise-Rock, Ollie Stygall, Prog Rock, Review, Two Piece

Ah you just have to love those crazy Germans!!! It’s often been said that the Germans don’t have a sense

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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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Album & EP Reviews G 

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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Celebrity Love Crisis – Demo 2008

14th November 20083rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2008, 3" CD, Analysis Of Bison Kills, Celebrity Love Crisis, Classic Rock, Demo, Experimental, Ollie Stygall, Prog Rock, Review

I’m a big fan of album packaging. Growing up in the 80’s before the CD boom vinyl packaging was part

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The Sontaran Experiment – S/T – CD 2008

21st October 20083rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2008, Adam Stone, CD, Doom, Experimental, Hardcore, Industrial, Paul Catten, Review, The Sontaran Experiment, Undergroove Records

The thing is, Sontarans do love technology, almost as much as they enjoy incessant warfare. Field Marshall Styre would undoubtedly

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Morkobot ‘Morto’ CD/LP 2008

11th October 20083rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2008, Adam Stone, Avant-Garde, CD, Doom, Experimental, LP, Morkobot, Morto, Noise-Rock, Review, Supernatural Cat

Lin, Lan and Len have been at the mushrooms again. This is a sonically stout and viciously noxious offering from

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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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Album & EP Reviews I 

I Klatus ‘Borningroom’ CD 2008

23rd August 20083rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2008, Adam Stone, Avant-Garde, Borningroom, CD, Dark, Experimental, I Klatus, Industrial, Noise, Review, Self Released

A newly released album by electronic avant-experimentalists I Klatus was available as a free download, this collection of nine tracks

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Album & EP Reviews Q 

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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