Tetsuo: Iron Man & Body Hammer (Siren)
Was it Devo or Neil Young who said “rust never sleeps?” Not only is rust…
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.
Various Artists – Rio Baile Funk: Favela Booty Beats (Essay/ Fuse)
This music is wild. It’s the sounds that grind through dance parties in the favelas…
Various Artists – Super Cool California Soul Vol 2 (Ubiquity/ Creative Vibes)
There’ something incredibly lively yet smooth about Super Cool California Soul. Taking in northern soul,…
Election 2 (Hopscotch)
Johnnie To’ Election is one of those rarefied sequels that doesn’ require viewing of its…
Alice (Siren)
It’s Alice in Wonderland with an edge; perhaps one that it always had until it…
Jimi Tenor & Kabu Kabu – Joystone (Ubiquity/ Creative Vibes)
Smooth Finnish composer Jimi Tenor has come a long way from his time as the…
Various Artists – Angola: As 100 Grandes Musicas Dos Anos 60 e 70 (Difference/ Creative Vibes)
Angola rarely figures in discussions of African music. Yet this has less to do with…
Twin Peaks – The Second Season Part Two (Paramount)
Things start to get a little interesting in David Lynch (Eraserhead) and Mark Frost’s (Hill…
Twin Peaks – The Second Season Part One (Paramount)
Revisiting the world of Twin Peaks some 15 or so years later, a few things…
Sage Francis – Human Death Dance (Epitaph/Shock)
No one does the dangerously verbose, on edge frustrated, barely controlled rage like US hip…
Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait (Madman)
If he wasn’ already known as one of the greatest players to have played the…
Rampage (Madman)
So Australian documentary filmmaker George Gittoes is filming his acclaimed Soundtrack to War in Baghdad.…
Igor Krutogolov – White (Auris Media)
White is a strange ambitious and intriguing document. Conceptually it’s packaged like an artefact, with…
Johnny Osbourne & The Sensations – Come Back Darling (Trojan/ Fuse)
Jamaican reggae reissues are steeped in folklore. Every second artist was the ‘Godfather’ of something…
Erdem Helvacioglu – Altered Realities (New Albion Records)
If playing an acoustic guitar in a room is reality, then Turkish composer/guitarist Erdem Helvacioglu’…