Re-cycle (Beyond)
Danny and Oxide Pang, Hong Kong filmmakers based in Thailand are probably best known for…
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.
Amampondo – African Classics (Sheer Sound/ Planet Company)
South African ensemble Amampondo are a revelation. Their energy is infectious, these incredible percussion jams,…
Josh Russell – Sink (Quiet Design)
It begins with a flood of woolly electronics, a digitized bottom end bouncing around frenetically,…
Pump Up The Volume (Reel)
The best thing about this 1990s teen angst flick was its soundtrack. After all what’s…
Mala Noche (Directors Suite)
Made for only $25,000 Gus Van Sant’s (Goodwill Hunting) gritty first feature from 1985 is…
Lucky Dragons – Dream Island and Laughing Language (Mistletone/Fuse)
Lucky Dragons is really quite and intriguing offering. It’s experimental music with a real world…
Epidemic (Accent)
“A film should be like a pebble in your shoe,” offers a typically wry Lars…
Liquid Architecture 9: Eamon Sprod, Lawrence English & Phillip Samaratzis
Australia’s premier sound art festival has begun. I spoke with Eamon Sprod, Lawrence English and…
The Devil Came in On Horseback (Siren Visual)
The Devil Came in On Horseback shows you what other films do not. It shows…
Dark Tooth Encounter – Soft Monsters (Lexicon Devil)
There’s something incredibly unassuming about the debut album for Dark Tooth Encounter. It comes from…
Debashish Bhattacharya – Calcutta Chronicles: Indian Slide Guitar Odyssey (Riverboat/ Planet Company)
What’s not widely known is the link between Hawaiian guitar music and Indian music, thanks…
Etran Finatawa – Desert Crossroads (Riverboat/Planet Company)
If you’re a little concerned that many attempts at fusion with ‘world music’ verge on…
The Very Best of Congolese Rumba – The Kinshasa – Abidjan Sessions (Marabi/ Select Audio Visual)
Some of the giants of Congolese rumba appear on this double cd 31 track cd…
Cheb i Sabbah – Devotion (Six Degrees/ Fuse)
Algerian born electronic adventurer Cheb i Sabbah has returned to India for his seventh album…
Ben Vaughn – Presents Designs in Music (Vampisoul/Fuse)
There’s a late night easy listening vibe that permeates Designs In Music. It’s an album…