Dalila Kayros – KHTHONIE

2025-04-04 / khocico / Reads: 638

I first wrote down my impressions before discovering the meaning behind the title — and yet it was as if my intuition had already known. KHTHONIE is derived from the Greek word khthonios (χθόνιος), meaning "of the earth" or "from the underworld." It refers to powers dwelling beneath the surface...

Golden Apes - The Highest Point

2025-04-03 / khocico / Reads: 712

From the resonant heart of their unique sonic landscape, Golden Apes gift us "The Highest Point" — a single that feels less like a mere track and more like a profound statement etched in velvet shadow and shimmering light. This is not just music; it is an atmosphere, an ascent,...

Synaptic Defect - Lost

2025-03-31 / khocico / Reads: 635

The new EP by Synaptic Defect, titled Lost, is a raw, dark electro mini-odyssey — where distorted vocals meet noise-infused, metallic textures that pierce like sharpened steel. It's a collision of chaos and control, where pulsing beats soften the jagged edges just enough to let the tracks breathe, but never...

Rokas Zubovas & Phil Von – Live at Kotryna

2025-03-30 / khocico / Reads: 746

I was handed this album by someone I admire deeply — not only as a musician and performer, but also as an actor. We met in Warsaw, during a festival of post-punk and electronic music, of all places. That alone makes this gift more special. It felt unexpected, intimate. Before...

Rina Pavar - six

2025-03-26 / khocico / Reads: 627

There’s a special kind of thrill when an album begins in a way that makes you sit up and whisper to yourself, "This is going to be something extraordinary." Six, the second full-length release by Rina Pavar, opens exactly like that — with a subtle jolt to the senses, with...

Manic P – God’s Laughter

2025-03-25 / khocico / Reads: 782

The first thing that came to mind when I saw the title God’s Laughter was that old saying: "If you want to make God laugh, tell Him your plans." Somehow, it fits—because this EP by Manic P is full of contradictions: elevated and sensual, catchy and cerebral, steeped in nostalgia...