Assemblage 23 - Compass

2011-07-28 / Jo Pawley / Reads: 3234

Tom Shear began constructing music at home under the moniker Man On A Stage in the late 1980's. While working on Man On A Stage, Tom Shear also was playing bass live for a punk-influenced band collectively known as the Advocates. In 1988 at a Depeche Mode concert, Assemblage 23...

Hyoscyamus Niger - Sen

2011-07-27 / shade / Reads: 4230

Hyoscyamus niger (black henbane) - poisonous fetid Old World herb having sticky hairy leaves and yellow-brown flowers. All parts of the plant contain alkaloids. It grows near wilderness as well as wastes and dumping grounds. In spite of being poisonous it is widely used in medicine. I am welcomed by...

Ascii.Disko - Black Orchid: From Airlines To Lifelines

2011-07-25 / hellium / Reads: 2269

An artist who claims his work to be a satanic youthful acid, knows how to grab attention. Ascii.Disko comes from Madrit, and it is unbelievable that he is again up to make a fuss about dark electronic music scene. What he creates is something between Jimi Tenor and Vangelis’ works....

The Crystalline Effect - Identity

2011-07-23 / Jo Pawley / Reads: 3368

Emerging from Australia, The Crystalline Effect have been called "a genre bending icestorm", combining elements of electro, EBM and trip hop with female vocals. The band is a duo comprised of Elenor Rayner (vocals and lyrics) and Pete Crane (music) who met in 2002. The Crystalline Effect have reached...

Ten Data Keshin - Neo Neon Generation

2011-07-21 / fiuri / Reads: 2298

The first album of a French musician, in my humble opinion, did not stir up any over-excessive amount of interest. Just a piece of electro with a bit of drum'n'bass, which, even though there is some potential to it, it did not manage to stay in my mind for a...

[haven] - [A2982]

2011-07-21 / fiuri / Reads: 4465

I must honestly admit that the way things turned out to be was something I had least expected. After two wonderful albums by Marcin Jarmulski, the project [haven] returs with yet another release, which definitely drifts away from what many fans got accustomed to. The material we get in exchange...