Listen to an excerpt of Entomologists from David Toop, Scanner, and Lawrence English
It seems that Brisbane artist Lawrence English has used the global pandemic as an opportunity…
Author Bob Baker Fish
Bob Baker Fish
Bob is the features editor of Cyclic Defrost. He is also evil. You should not trust the opinions of evil people.
Watch the gorgeous video for ‘The Rain’ off Claire Deak & Tony Dupé’s debut album
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LexvWpZEoQ The Old Capital is the debut album from Melbourne composers Claire Deak and Tony…
Listen to a jazz take on Radiohead’s ‘Everything In Its Right Place’ from Rick Simpson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNTaLRfv3qY&feature=youtu.be It comes from Simpson’s reworking of the entire Kid A album, called Everything All…
Cat People (Cinema Cult)
Paul Schrader’s Cat People could not be more 80’s. It’s equal parts mysticism and hokem.…
Listen to Midland’s ‘Play it as it Lays’
So we were driving around the other day and heard this song on the radio…
Criss Cross (Cinema Cult)
In 2020 film noir, particularly classic noir from the late 1940’s Hollywood feels like the…
Watch an Alva Noto remix of SHHE’s ‘Boy’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRsTlFemXsc&feature=youtu.be SHHE is the alias of Scottish-Portuguese artist and producer Su Shaw. Not as much…
Listen to Standtype “ANALAPOS -b” from Japanese sound artist Akio Suzuki
This strange sonic gestural world comes from a 1984 cassette, originally released on German label…
Watch a short video for incredible Pakastani singer Ustad Saami’s new album
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KqUPDpGO8o&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR0s5nDbQ_dOfTmWcOHVDLXc3no018P7uCzk5ltIQnCvzw5o5hPtda8fqp8 For this writer at least, the best album of last year was from a…
Listen to Acid Mothers Temple cover Black Sabbath’s ‘The Wizard.’
Legendary Japanese noise jammers Acid Mothers Temple have elected to cover Black Sabbath’s ‘The Wizard’.…
The Carpetbaggers (Imprint)
In the audio commentary to the first blu ray release of this searing 1964 melodrama,…
Listen to a reworked ‘Angels and Demons at Play’ off Sun Ra Arkestra’s first album for 20 years
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8wbqgy_q3k In October Sun Ra Arkestra, under the direction of the 96 year old Marshall…
Listen to Alvin Curran’s Inner Cities from pianist Gabriella Smart’s forthcoming album
Gabriella Smart is an Australian pianist, composer, improviser and curator she has collaborated with the…
Numün – Voyage au soleil (Musique Impossible)
Numün is a New York based trio of musicians between Bob Holmes of ambient-country pioneers…
Laurence Pike: “There’s literally nowhere to hide.”
Sydney percussionist Laurence Pike is a restless musician. Aside from his work in PVT (formerly…