i've had this remix album sitting around forever now, and finally remembered to finish writing a piece on it. all that and more can be found this week on Connexion Bizarre.
unless you're into really eclectic designed sounds, IDM and experimental electronics, i'd skip this one. however, by all means, please feel free to read the review. this and a slew of other reviews posted this week at Connexion Bizarre.
so i'm not getting any better at remembering to post new reviews in a timely manner these days. at least the two below are from this week's update. as usual, much more to be found at Connexion Bizarre. the reviewers have been rather productive these past couple weeks.
forgot to post this one last week, appropriately reviewed in time for Halloween as it was. Connexion Bizarre!
Displacer - The Witching Hour
Brace yourself for a hair-raising, ultra-chill experience. Oxymoronic,
without doubt, but apt all the same when describing Morton's latest
tour de force, "The Witching Hour." Listen to "The Witching Hour" past
midnight, if you dare, but keep careful watch on the shadows, and be
sure to glance behind once in a while...
now that life has simmered down in some areas (though, never a dull moment, ratcheted up in others), i can get back to working with Connexion Bizarre on a regular basis once more. while several others are on the horizon, this long overdue review was finally written and posted this week. highly recommended.
after the annual updating hiatus (where mr. chief editor man goes on holiday and accomplishes some important site redesign), some stuff about new reviews and stuff....blah blah, Connexion Bizarre.
Junkboy - Three
"Three" might well be called vapid or monotonous by impatient critics
looking for something less hermitic and more conspicuous than idle,
syrup-dipped compositions. However, it is precisely these jejune traits
that lend Junkboy its special, engrossing character. When the mood is
right, "Three" fits just fine.
a little gem of a release that's been on the back burner for a while, finally written and posted on Connexion Bizarre.
wrapped this one up right before the website update this week on Connexion Bizarre. some good drone work, a recommended start if you're interested in getting into the genre.
Thomas Watkiss - Ancestor - Phase 1: Silence
What is exceptional about "Silence" is its undeniable delicacy of
movement. As with many of its peers, this is music of meditation and
patience, funereal reverb and thick layers of emptiness. Its power lies
in the understated and tentative, the barely audible oscillations,
passionate organic textures and rumbling arrays.
so not only do i deliver two reviews to read this week at Connexion Bizarre, but also must encourage you to enter the giveaway for the new Flint Glass album. the site is offering five free copies, courtesy of the record labels. find details on the main page to enter. it's a great release (just read the review to be assured), and maybe you'll be picked to win!
Flint Glass - Circumsounds
Flint Glass (Gwenn Trémorin), having built a name in post-industrial
dark electronics through various releases, remixes and side projects
(notably Tzolk'in), not to mention tireless creativity and production
prowess, delivers a natural winner with "Circumsounds."
pumping them out as fast as we can... two new reviews to read this week on Connexion Bizarre. further incentive: one of these albums was given a "10" by this author...
