Prude - The Dark Age of Consent

2015-03-24 / DamienG / Reads: 2898

It would be fascinating to trace the collective genealogy of Prude, from the radical lyricism of Chemlab's Jared Louche, through Matt 'Caustic' Fanale penchant for the gritty, demented and distorted, Marc Plastic's leather clad rock panache, Phil Disiena's binary encoded, electronic manipulations and Howie Beno's production mastery over this combined...

Antigen Shift - Brotherhood

2015-03-20 / DamienG / Reads: 2921

Much has changed in between Nick Thériault's début as Antigen Shift at the dawn of this century and his latest record Brotherhood. Not only did his long time live collaboration with Jairus Khan of Ad·ver·sary finally gave birth to a full fledged merger of their musical concepts but also provided...

Lisa Morgenstern - Metamorphoses

2015-03-16 / carpenterk / Reads: 4420

Last Friday of holidays brought fans of widely understood gothic EP "Metamorphoses". This is the second release after a very successful debut in 2013 namely "Amphibian" from Lisa Morgenstern. Living in Berlin songwriter, composer who plays the piano and vocalist in one person once again proves top class. Each of...

Aquavoice - Grey

2015-03-13 / fiuri / Reads: 3633

I met Tadeusz Łuczejko, the man behind Aquavoice, during the Ambient Festival 2011, where he was both an organiser and a performer. Those who recall my report on the event know that I regarded the concert of Łuczejko as one of the brightest and most memorable moments of the festival’s...

Kult of Red Pyramid - Broken Mirror

2015-02-20 / hellium / Reads: 3554

Kult of Red Pyramid operates on the music scene for 15 years, but now it is time we have the pleasure to acquaint with their new album. The second album contains 9 premiere songs, recorded for new Xperiment XIII label, which band lately joined, and as a part of limited...

Lingua Fungi - Melankhton

2015-02-17 / fiuri / Reads: 3832

Frankly speaking, Jaakko Padastu has never managed to properly stir my interest in his music, making me want to follow his career further on. Of the two longplays I listened to, and which I reviewed quite highly, only one tune stayed with me for longer, which I suppose is a...