Philip Samartzis – Unheard Spaces (Microphonics)
Melbourne sound artist and academic Phil Samartzis has built a career on his uncompromising approach…
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First Nation – First Nation (Paw Tracks)
This weirdo folksy tribal poppy beast is a three piece from New York that seem…
Phillip Samartzis & Kozo Inada – h()(Room40)
The first collaboration between Melbourne sound artist and electro acoustic performer Philip Samartzis and Japanese…
Pawel Grabowski – The Beautiful Schizophrenic / James Eckrippie & Paulo Raposo – Product (Cronica)
Polish born dark ambient guy Pawel Grabowski begins proceedings on the 6th instalment of excellent…
Lawrence English & Philip Samartzis – One Plus One (Room40)
It’s huge, this giant mechanical, pulsating, booming repetitive, skipping electronic beast that blunders along gathering…
Grundik Kasyansky – Light and Roundchair (Creative Sound Recordings)
Grundik Kasyansky is a sound artist composer and sound designer who apparently divides time between…
Tod Dockstader – Aerial #3 (Sub Rosa)
The invariant, ill-omened drones and ghostly striations which flit across this, Tod Dockstader’ third and…
Eugene Carchesio & Leighton Craig – Leaves (Naturestrip)
Everybody loves hanging out in their garden on a warm summers day. If for example…
Greg Davis & Jeph Jerman – Ku (Room40)
Utilising found objects the sounds of this perplexing duo are a series of squelches, bangs,…
Animal Collective – Hollinndagin (Paw Tracks)
Rescuing their obscure 2002 live album from eBay hell, The Animal Collective have re-released Hollinndagin…
Lloyd Barrett – Mise En Scene (Room40)
There is a certain sense of aggression or violence implied in the filmic Mise En…
Various Artists – West African Gold (World Music Network/MRA)
With independence coming to Sub Saharan West Africa in the 1950′ and 60′, West African…
Ali Farka Toure – Savane (World Circuit/MRA)
The master of the Desert Blues Mali musician Ali Farka Toure died earlier this year…
Various Artists – La Ghriba: La Kahena Remixed (Six Degrees/MRA)
Last year Algerian born Cheb I Sabbah offered the exceptional La Kahena, in which he…
Snog – The Kings of Hate (Psy Harmonics)
Whilst local outfit Snog are creating controversy with their lyrical finger pointing and politically charged…