Andrea Fioravanti and Mohammed Ashraf have definitely kept themselves busy during lockdown. Since the latest Postvorta album, Porrima, was released in February, they’ve both contributed to Riccardo Pasini’s Desert Sessions Home Edition, and Mohammed has released his latest Pie Are…
View More Postvorta – Siderael, Pt. OneAuthor: Nick Hudson
Use Your Platform – Speak Up Thursday
Systemic and inherent racism are being widely spoken about, if not always widely understood, topics at present. It might seem that music is above all that, but while by no means all who make the music, promote the music, or…
View More Use Your Platform – Speak Up ThursdayPie Are Squared – muri
Pie Are Squared has been Italy-based Egyptian musician Mohammed Ashraf’s vehicle for musical exploration and experimentation for many years now, and he has amassed quite a catalogue of varying sounds and styles. Pie Are Squared’s latest release, muri, is part…
View More Pie Are Squared – muriOutside In – Karmatrain
I have noticed a strange phenomenon this year. For whatever reason, though there have been many (and will yet be many) albums playing upon the theme throughout the years, 2020 seems to have a disproportionately high amount of albums describing…
View More Outside In – KarmatrainKooba Tercu – Proto Tekno
Kooba Tercu’s latest album, Proto Tekno, barely needs a review. You either like cacophonous chaos like this, or you don’t. But if you do, then you’ll love Proto Tekno. It’s like a militant march of zombified Zeuhl Zoophytes callously cracking…
View More Kooba Tercu – Proto TeknoGrandval – Descendu sur Terre
Grandval are a new band to me, but have immediately endeared me with their sound. Grandval may have begun as a solo vehicle for Henri Vaugrand, but for second album, Descendu sur Terre, they sound like a band – even…
View More Grandval – Descendu sur TerreFren – Where Do You Want Ghosts To Reside
Fren is a band that seems to have come from out of nowhere with their debut album, Where Do You Want Ghosts To Reside. I’ve seen all manner of people mentioning the album on social media in glowing terms, so…
View More Fren – Where Do You Want Ghosts To ResideEternal Wanderers – Homeless Soul
Samsara. A word in Sanskrit that means ‘wandering’. The aimless wandering through successive states of mundane existence. The endless cycle of birth, growth, decay and death. Eternal wandering of a homeless soul. It seems obvious, but I have to admit…
View More Eternal Wanderers – Homeless SoulRoman Spektor – Functionality
For three years, Roman Spektor has been working on his debut album, Functionality. It was released at the end of April and is Roman’s first release since the three track Moss EP released in January 2016. That EP showed the…
View More Roman Spektor – FunctionalityJupiter Hollow – Bereavement
Back in 2017, a friend suggested that I check out an EP by a young Canadian duo. The EP was Odyssey and the duo were Jupiter Hollow. That EP was amazing, and even more so for being made by just…
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