Kyle Carey – The Art of Forgetting (World Music Network)
Refreshing in its simplicity, straightforwardness and sense of unhurried calm, Kyle Carey’s The Art of…
Author Lachlan Wrong
Allred & Broderick – Find the Ways (Erased Tapes)
Allred & Broderick’s Find the Ways is a balm for those run ragged by our…
Janka Nabay – Build Music (Luaka Bop)
If Afrobeat had been created right now rather than in the 1970’s, it probably would…
Loess – Pocosin (n5MD)
I doubt that many people listen to ambient or drone and say to themselves: ‘You…
Jeich Ould Badu and Ahmedou Ahmed Lewla – Top WZN (Sahel Sounds)
‘Perception Bias’ is a much-discussed term nowadays, and I believe that it applies to music…
David Chesworth – 50 Synthesizer Greats (Chapter Music)
I would wager that pretty-much everyone who loves unusual music has a soft spot for…
Dali Vision – Hell on Earth (JASS)
You would think that a recording entitled ‘Hell on Earth’ would be a bit hard…
Seabuckthorn – Turns (Lost Tribe Sound)
Turns, the new full-length release from Seabuckthorn aka U.K. solo acoustic guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Andy…
BANANA – LIVE (Leaving Records)
Frank Zappa once asked if humour belongs in music, and I’d like to ask the…
Chihei Hatakeyama – Above The Desert (Dronarivm)
To me, the true test of ambient music is whether or not it takes you…
Knife in the Water – Plays One Sound and Others (Sonic Surgery Records)
It’s a shame that it’s currently somewhat unfashionable for odd or unusual bands and artists…
Amadou Binta Konté and Tidiane Thiam – Waande Kadde (Sahel Sounds)
When you hear or read the phrase ‘desert blues,’ particular associations immediately come to mind:…
Various Artists – The Rough Guide to Hillbilly Blues (World Music Network)
Blues aficionados, lovers of country and collectors of the rare and obscure should rejoice –…
MME Chandelier – Post Coital Tristesse (Ruptured)
There aren’t many shades of grey when it comes to post-rock – it tends to…
Seabuckthorn – I Could See The Smoke (Lost Tribe Sound)
If you could only use two words to describe Seabuckthorn’s I Could See the Smoke…