After leaving us wanting more with their tease, “Imaginary Falcons” on Night People, they’re finally back. “936,” out on both vinyl and CD is an intensely amazing but insanely difficult album to describe.
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Reviews
Peaking Lights, “936″
Tetragrammaton, “Point of Convergence”
“Disjecta Membra,” the opening track on “Point of Convergence,” leads us into the set as if down a sweaty staircase into the dank bowels of an old monastery.
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V/A, “SMM: Context”
Ghostly has been using the SMM acronym on their releases for quite a while now, and while they haven’t quite explained what it means, it signifies their more abstract, drone-based side, as opposed to their dancefloor material.
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Cold Circuit / Gii split tape
Reviewers of abstract music (myself included) frequently invent or misuse words for onomatopoeic purposes – to describe the seemingly indescribable sounds that they hear.
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Skully, “Vilagur” tape
Thomas Gerendas’ Skully project is a slippery one; and this tape, entitled “Vilagur,” appears to be his last under the Skully moniker.
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Byron Westbrook, “Corridors”
Byron Westbrook’s Corridors is really more of an installation than a CD.
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Sohrab, “A Hidden Place” LP
Utilizing what are now staples of electronic music (Reason 3, MIDI controller and sampler) Tehran-based Sohrab presents a slab of shifting, groove influenced, ambient soundscapes.
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Rob Magill, “Live At Bart’s Books” tape
Little bit of a changeup here from Deep Tapes in the form of Rob Magill’s loose and fun “Live At Bart’s Books” cassette.
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Long Distance Poison, “Voltage Voids” tape
Another excellent tape of analog synth jams from one of my favorite new bands.
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With Moths, “negative canyon” 3″
The humble 3” CDr yields another gem that will probably get lost among larger product.
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Tim Hecker, “Ravedeath, 1972”
This is a simply masterful drone record, bursting through its edges in texture, form, and performance and building on Tim Hecker’s respected status as one of the most extraordinary sound artists working today.
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Subtle Lip Can s/t
I have resolved this year to not give preferential treatment to albums based upon the year in which they were released.
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Alastair Galbraith, “Dances for the Blind Owl” 3″ CDr
On “Dances for the Blind Owl,” New Zealand sound artist extraordinaire Alastair Galbraith offers up a brief taste of some music sourced from his own homemade instruments in dedication to Sadeq Hedayat, author of the novel “The Blind Owl.”
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