Lotus on the Shore – Gloom

[bandcamp width=400 height=241 album=3304408068 size=large bgcol=333333 linkcol=e32c14 artwork=small] In the piece called "The Path", a gong can be heard ringing out with some subtle, evenly spaced metallic percussion in the background, accompanied by footsteps. A thundering, low percussion comes in, like an ominous gargantua. There is a distor…

fernand – New Quantum-profundis-133

[bandcamp width=400 height=274 album=286705909 size=large bgcol=333333 linkcol=e32c14 artwork=small] “133-a” begins the release, with a fade-in of some noise (both tonal and not) crashing like waves while a synth-brass patch plays some melodies. The noise and brass interact, creating on one hand chaotic noise, and a sense of relative order …

die ANGEL – Utopien I

[bandcamp width=400 height=274 album=38720040 size=large bgcol=333333 linkcol=e32c14 artwork=small] Utopien I begins with “Epikouros”, which starts with a heavy, distorted, brassy pad that is soon accompanied by higher pitched bell-tones that play forward and backwards in a repeating pattern. A reso-sweeped synth joins the fray, and soon so…

Karnivulgar – Terjebak

[bandcamp width=400 height=439 album=879335001 size=large bgcol=333333 linkcol=e32c14 artwork=small] Terjebak starts out with “Kamu Bohong”, which begins with some resonant periodic noise with slightly ring-modulated tones played in the background. There is also a wall of white noise that can be heard. After a bit, another wall of noise com…

Sewnshut – Sewnshut

[bandcamp width=400 height=406 album=2601976616 size=large bgcol=333333 linkcol=e32c14 artwork=small] Sewnshut’s self-titled mini-album starts with “Peak Convergence”, which begins with a guitar melody floating on distortion that is soon accompanied by electronic beats and a simple synth patch which plays a melody of its own. A resonance …

Accidental Tones – Disordered

[bandcamp width=400 height=274 album=1658874607 size=large bgcol=333333 linkcol=e32c14 artwork=small] This release by Accidental Tones starts with “Untitled A”, and the sound of water dripping and flowing with reverb on it fades in, with a deep rumble present as well. There is the sound of something being tapped occasionally with a large am…

kel – kel

[bandcamp width=400 height=472 album=1078425924 size=large bgcol=333333 linkcol=e32c14 artwork=small] Kel’s self-titled album starts with “horizontal drop”. It begins with a fade in of a choir synth with some flubbing in the background, which makes way for some scattershot beats, which are soon joined by a pluck synth with a filter being …

Orson Carroll – Here, Tomorrow, Here/Half Light

[bandcamp width=400 height=208 album=1720243888 size=large bgcol=333333 linkcol=e32c14 artwork=small] This release by Orson Carroll, Here, Tomorrow, Here/Half Light, begins with a low, droning synth pad. A pad with a hint of bell harmonics plays, and there is a little bit of dissonance as the lower frequencies fight for space. The notes are not…

Jo Johnson – Knowledge of the Possible

[bandcamp width=400 height=241 album=4256976527 size=large bgcol=333333 linkcol=e32c14 artwork=small] Knowledge of the Possible begins with “Haunted by the Legend of Better Days”, and the sound of noise, perhaps with some ring modulation, can be heard fading in slowly, then out slowly. A richly textured brass pad is heard next, as sustained…

Black Robert – Antalya

[bandcamp width=400 height=406 album=4032767405 size=large bgcol=333333 linkcol=e32c14 artwork=small] The first track of this album, “Outside the Antalya” begins as a synth pad with a long attack plays, and a xylophone-like patch plays a melody. A rhythm is played with little bits of white noise made into a percussive instrument, and soon t…