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ADA#41 (A Different Aspect ~ Un Aspecto Diferente)

Un Aspecto Diferente #41

In this update we have the first of a two part Spanish ADA Special featuring: • Fruteria Toñi – El Porvenir Está En Las Huevas • Moura – Moura • Abstracción – Abstracción • Glasswork – Metabolé • dCoded –…

Quest Ensemble – The Other Side

One of the standout releases of 2016 was the debut, and to date the only release from London based quartet Flux. ShadowLines was an enthralling and utterly delightful collection of tracks imbuing Western and Indian cultures and textures, resulting in…

Tic Tic – Comfort in the Echo

Norwegian duo Tic Tic’s debut album, Comfort in the Echo, is my surprise hit of the year. I’d probably never have come across the album, were it not released on Apollon Records (one of several labels I like to keep…

Fish on Friday – Black Rain

Reasons to review Black Rain: 1. You like Fish 2. You like Fridays 3. The name of the band appeals This is Album 5, I have now listened to three of the others as well as Black Rain. If I…

Aesthesys – Alignments

Two years ago I was introduced to Russian band Aesthesys, via their album from that year, Achromata. The most exciting aspect of their music was the use of soaring violin parts over their post rock music. By no means the…

Dukes of the Orient – Freakshow

Two years after releasing their exceptional debut, Dukes of the Orient return with their sophomore release, Freakshow. I must confess, I hadn’t expected there to be a second album as the release of the debut felt more like unfinished business;…

J. Zunz – Hibiscus

Last year’s De Facto was the fifth release by Mexican duo, Lorelle Meets The Obsolete, the third of their albums to be released internationally, and the first that I heard. It grabbed me immediately, from its jarring and bruising opener.…

Vulkan – Technatura

I don’t know if it’s something they add to the water supply in Sweden, but it has been a hotbed of great new progressive music for years now, with a seemingly endless list of new bands emerging each year to…

OHHMS – Close

Recently, ArcTanGent Festival posted on their Facebook page asking their followers what they thought the top five post-rock releases of 2020 were so far. There were a lot of familiar and expected names, but one I was surprised to see…

Jargon – The Fading Thought

2018, Islington O2, four flights of stairs – justice would have made me fit. I wheezed out the question to Jargon, defibrillator in one hand, oxygen mask in the other: What was coming for the following year? More Verbal Delirium…

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