V/A – Full/Void

The Antifrost label from Greece seems to be one of the most active upcoming labels in the field of ambient/concrete/noise music. Their releases include known and unknown artists from the field of experimental sound recording and composition. This double CD compilation presents a lot of known and unknown artists who work in the same field (although their methods vary immensely)…

Gilles Gobeil / Rene Lussier – Le contrat

[this review also deals with Stephane Roy – Migrations] Empreintes Digitales simply keeps bombarding the world with their high-quality releases of old and new electro-acoustic composers…

Stephane Roy – Migrations

[this review also deals with Gilles Gobeil / Rene Lussier – Le contrat] Empreintes Digitales simply keeps bombarding the world with their high-quality releases of old and new electro-acoustic composers…

Nexus Sun – s/t

Nexus Sun is a new guitar drone project from France that uses loops to create a wall of drones. The sounds used for the loops are from various sources (bass and computer generated sounds), and have been heavily manipulated…

Faust vs Dalek – Derbe respect, Alder

On this CD two unlikely collaborators collaborate. Faust is a well known experimental rock-band from Germany, that operates somewhere in the Krautrock areas, while Dalek is an American Hip-Hop artist. The combination actually seems to work quite well. Droning guitars and (post)rock-structures are accompanied by hip-hop beats and raw vocals…

Jirku, Tomas – Bleak 1999

Surprisingly the new CD by Thomas Jirku was released on a sidelabel of the electro-acoustic label ?Empreintes Digitales?. Jirku is known for his previous releases on labels such as Intr.Version (the label of Mitchell Akiyama) and Substractif (the alien8 sidelabel). Apparently Empreintes Digitales created the new label to release more ?poppy? music…

Jarl – Out of balance

After some releases with his project IRM (on Cold Meat Industry), Erik Jarl presents some of his solo recordings on the Malignant label. Instead of the raging and bleak power electronics assault with the distorted vocals that IRM is now well known for, this work is a lot more subtle in its approach and lacks the vocals…

Lopez, Francisco – Untitled#150

I have been following the works of Lopez since his ?Azoic Zone? was released in 1993. Since that time Lopez has gained a considerable reputation for his recordings and his excellent live ?experiences? (if you have a chance to ?experience? one of his concerts, please go)…

V/A – Lux Nigra Allstars

For some reason the Lux Nigra label decided they needed to do a compilation of tracks that were mostly published on their own label already. This could of course have been a very nice ?best of? album, with only the highlights of the label?s achievements. The CD does contain a lot of these highlights, like nice tracks by Arovane, Zorn, Biochip C and Artificial Duck Flavour…

Crno Klank – Etat dex lieux

Crno Klank is another project of C-drik, who worked with Xingu Hill, Ammo, Axiome and Ambre. This album is an attempt to create tribal industrial music, which is something we?ve seen earlier in acts such as Zoviet France or Deutsch Nepal. As with C-drik?s other releases I?m not really convinced of the musical quality of this release…

Korber – M?ller – Steinbr?chel – Momentan def.

This collaboration between Tomas Korber, Gunter Muller and Steinbruchel is the result of a live recording session, which is presented here as the first track. Each artist then reworked this live material on the following three tracks. The music presented is perhaps best classifiable as ?microscopic?…

Sumugan Sivanesan & Dur?n V?zquez – Product

Product is a split CD, in the good old ?vinyl? tradition, between Sumugan Sivanesan (from Australia) and Dur?n V?zquez (from Portugal). The first 8 tracks are by Sivanesan, and the other 7 by Vazquez. There are also two data tracks and an empty track to separate the two artists…

Autodigest – A compressed history of everything ever recorded vol.1

It is not clear to me who or what this project called ?Autodigest? is exactly, but from the moment I pressed the play button of my CD player I was totally awed by this CD. Apparently this project comes from the Portugese electronic arts and experimental music scene, and somehow compressed all their works on this CD (or is it really a history of EVERYTHING ever recorded? It makes you wonder?)…

BMB con. – #10 CD

BMB con is a project from the Netherlands by Justin Bennett (look for a forthcoming review of his solo work on this website), Willem ?t Hooft and Roelf Toxopeus. BMB con makes subtle noise-scapes with microphones and any sort of found object that they can get their hands on. On this CD, which is BMB con?s first studio album, are 8 tracks of subtle distorted sounds with various characters…

Daniel Menche/Kiyoshi Mizutani – Garden

For this collaboration CD called ?garden? Daniel Menche and Kiyoshi Mizutani used an interesting concept. Menche took care of the low end of the frequencies, while Mizutani did the high end of the frequencies. Daniel Menche is well known for his low rumbling soundscapes, while Kiyoshi Mizutani usually operates in the mid-range of our hearing…

Magwheels – Lanterns + Treatkor

Magwheels is a relatively new project by a musician called David Sullivan. Magwheels uses influences from both post-rock and guitardrone music as well as industrial and dark-ambient music. This results in a very interesting and original mix between the two. Lanterns and Treatkor are both self released CDR?s on David?s own Treatkor label…

Mnem – For delta relics

After an impressive 7? release on drone records, the Finnish project Mnem delivers a full length CD on the Kaos Kontrol label. This full length album contains a mixture of dark ambient, concrete drones and electronic loops…

Moljebka Pvlse – Duhka

Slowly but steadily Moljebka Pvlse seems to be getting more attention. After his amazing first CD on Pre-feed, his second CD on Cold Meat Industry and a collaboration with Negru Voda on Old Europa Caf? (Negru Pvlse), here is his third full-length album…

Current 909 – The price for existence is eternal warfare

Current 909 is the more soundtrack oriented project of the Austrian producer/dj Pure, who released noise oriented works on labels such as Mego and Praxis, as well as some hardcore-techno oriented stuff. This CD contains 8 tracks of soundtrack-like material and some rhythmic material. The tracks are all made with synthesizers and all sound like they were made in the 80?s horror movie industry…

Kaffe Matthews – CD Eb+Flo

Kaffe Matthews is a girl/woman from London who is (and has been) very active in the experimental music scene. She has collaborated with various artists, such as; Fennesz, Andy Moor (the Ex), Ikue Mori, Zeena Parkins, etc. All sounds on this CD were made by a small theremin and its feedback in a room. These sounds were later processed…