Ibyss - Obsydian

2017-01-17 / Alastor / Reads: 2713

I have no idea what the guys from Ibyss had in mind while recording this album… Maybe it was about creating something new? Some strange music without any single sound of bass? Or music which is so one-dimensional that it’s impossible to find any sound depth? If so – congratulation...

Technolorgy - Dying Stars

2017-01-17 / DamienG / Reads: 3187

Greek dance-floors were lucky to have Technolorgy follow up their 2013 debut with last year's Dying Stars, and indeed all the fans of dynamic electro beats can enjoy this new release equally, even if band's cultural roots are not abandoned fully, but providing instead an enticing and unique ingredient absent...

V/A – Covered In Darkness

2016-06-30 / pcod / Reads: 4229

Panta rei - said someone once, and he was probably right. Songs which a man brought up with as time pass become "cult" (or just old) and in the life of every music reviewer comes a moment, a day that: damn it! It's been 20 years since the release of...

Bluetown Electronica - Is It Time Yet?

2016-06-21 / pcod / Reads: 3785

"My beloved …where can we go tonight?" In the county of Kent near the mouth of the river Thames a small island Sheppey is situated. The island has an area of ​​91km² (for comparison area of ​​Warsaw is 517km²). I have checked it. On the island in a local...

V/A - Nightmares and Dreamscapes

2016-06-16 / pcod / Reads: 3353

Maybe you were considering sometime about idea of late modernity. It is off course broad topic if we already have been living in post-modern times, or are we still rather traditional society? However, it seems that this sociological term is a good way to evaluate a small niche label (Uncoiled...

Oomph! - XXV

2016-06-08 / Alastor / Reads: 4971

Wait, wait a minute - which studio album from Oomph! it is? Ah, yes - the twelfth! Hardly any band can boast with such artistic achievements. Another thing is that "XXV" is sadly no longer the material to match predecessors. Could they be still gaining from the past achievements? Probably....