The new album Glimmer came out in April, but right now I am going to drag your attention to Lunar Paths’ single release “A Star At Dawn.” It dropped in March for the duo of Diane Dubois and Kevin Hunter, and I think it deserves its own time in the moonlight. A depth to the electronics, an undercurrent of something ancient in the Middle Eastern lilt of the vocals and instrumentation, while the drums pick their way on the odyssey. Like Venus at the end of night, Dubois‘ vocals light the way and are a bridge between the past and present. Lunar Paths are masters of intertwining darkwave with wor ..read more

Now here is a conundrum…. Washington based project Zabus has dropped two albums within three months of each…this year. Soooo, I have decided to showcase the latest release, The Future Of Death, which is out on the non-profit label Saccharine Underground. Jeremy Moore (Thee Rise Ov Sadistic Youth, Zero Swann, Garozde) started Zabus in 2023, joined by fellow musicians Peter Hallock (Garozde), Alkane Shimizu (Zero Swann) and, for this album, Jeroen Achterburg. By the way, is it just me or is the cover channelling New Order’s Movement? From the get go, there is the jangly guitar with reflective e ..read more

Yeah, there was no way I was going to give up the chance to review an EP called Fuck, from a noise artist by the name of Conan The Accountant. Is this all adding up yet and does he get upset by magic? We have not all the answers, but I can tell you that the three tracks on the EP have been woven with whatever noise that Conan (known to his friends as Ben) can push out of a Fender Stratocaster. There might be a ghost in the machine when it comes to the first track “Of Death And Taxes,” as strange vocalisations issue forth from an miasma of laid back noise. It is off to the demon faire to see t ..read more

Since the late 1990s, Ji Jianhong has been a much vaunted musician of the experimental crowd, especially expressing himself through live recordings, a reflection of his home town Fenghua, in China. Melbourne independent based label, Ramble Records has released Soul Solitary, a two track album which runs for nearly forty-five minutes. Blasts of chords greet your ears before the free form jazz infused rock guitar leaps forward, sometimes with great vigour causing vocal outbursts. The wave after wave of sound assaults your senses, vibrating and prolonged chords hang in the air searing your brain ..read more

The label Cioran Records, has released the experimental album Les Couleurs d’une Fièvre, by French group Flagorne. Maquerelle (vocals, lyrics, synthesizers, samplers) and Afga06l (additional voices, computer, digital instruments) make up the group which combines industrial noise with black metal. And so the decent into Hell begins with “Salutations,” brutally assaulting your ears. Salut à vous! or hello to everyone, though this welcome is full of bad tidings for the listener. Drawn taut and extruded, the music and vocals speak of pain before there is a pause, when the voice expresses how all ..read more

Choose Euphoria is the latest album from UK project The Resonance Association, released in 2023. The brain child of Daniel Vincent and Dominic Hemy, has been around since 2006, and according to their Bandcamp page…. ‘They seek to produce hallucinatory music to transport the listener to uncharted realms of space and time.’ The first track off the rank, “Force Majeure,” leaps out at you, its enthusiastic rock guitar with walls of sound bursting forth joyously, adventuring like a cosmic snake. The electronics continue this journey of sound with “Invocation,” more subdued than “Force Majeure,” bu ..read more

On the day of his birthday, Sebastian Sünkler released the single “Bohdi” with his main industrial project, STAHLSCHLAG. The German noise master never fails to amaze with how productive he is, and before we know it, the new full-length album will be upon us. Become one with the drone of “Bohdi” as STAHLSCHLAG take you into another realm, outside of your being, to where celestial souls transverse the stars, god like, as the rhythms continuously make you aware of your own heartbeat. The combination of luminous and mystical vocals with noise is perfection. The second track, “Sri Stuti,” continue ..read more

1990 was the year the iconic album, The Good Son, was released by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. It spawned several singles, which included the slow burn wonder that was “The Ship Song.” 2023, and Lunar Paths has taken this classic track and given it their experimental, electronic sheen. Walking in Cave’s deep, sonorous vocal footprints is no easy task, but female lead singer, Diane Dubois, pulls it off with great aplomb. The synths in the background are a constant, swelling and dropping, voluptuous in their role and the live drums of Kevin Hunter are an excellent accompaniment. “The Ship Song ..read more

Need a little extra spooky in your life since the aftermath of Halloween? Then we can offer you an extra bit of stalky stalker in the form of Ian James’s new single, “Come A Little Closer,” out on Blue FX Records. Ah, the dulcet tones of James’s vocals creep up on you like a sexy time Jason Vorhees, with his favourite knife. The music conveys an electronic and consistently funky, going to get you honey buns attitude, rather than the old fashioned plinky plonky norm. So, “Come A Little Closer” darling, and let Ian James croon sweet icy nothing’s into your ears. Lovely! Ian James – Come A Littl ..read more

Did someone say they need more experimental music in their lives? You really can’t get more experimental than free improvisation done live. This is where we throw at you Sordid Amok!, hailing from Harrisonburg, Virginia and their new track “Warehouse 12 October 2023.” From what I can gather, Sordid Amok! are a duo, who are joined by different guest musicians, to jam away and just see what magic happens. “Warehouse 12 October 2023” goes just a tad over twenty-one minutes as five humans build upon each other’s additions, creating a soundscape that one could lose themselves in. There is a rawnes ..read more