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Sturqen - Piranha

Sturqen, Piranha, Kvitnu, Neural, César Rodrigues, electronica, industrial, noise, techno, David Arantes, Neural, Aurelio Cianciotta, Sturqen_Piranha.jpgCD - Kvitnu
Intricate rhythmic sequences, hovering techno-trance fascinations and noise attitudes are contaminated with an energetic and chaosmotic mood in "Piranha", the latest release by Sturqen. The recording is imbued with a dark, electronic feel, heavy with collisions that could be fitted to industrial dance  ... [ Continue ]


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breakcore . experimental . industrial

Somatic Responses - Digital Darkness

Somatic Responses, Digital Darkness, Hymen Records, Electronic, Breakcore, IDM, industrial, Nickmeuster.Deviantart.com, Shockwave, Praxis, Ant-Zen, Ad Noiseam, plug-in, artwork, John e Paul Healy, Aurelio Cianciotta,SomaticResponses_DigitalDarkness.jpg CD - Hymen
“Faceted” juxtaposition of rhythmic structures, technoid and “stepped”, catering to Industrial and Breakcore taste with intricate textures, changing atmospheres, digital “darts”and excesses. Welshmen John and Paul Healy (known as Somatic Responses) have been using dissonant mixtures for the last  ... [ Continue ]


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abstract . audio art . experimental . industrial . noise

COH aka Ivan Pavlov + Cosey Fanni Tutti - COH Plays Cosey

COH aka Ivan Pavlov + Cosey Fanni Tutti, COH Plays Cosey, Raster-Noton, Ivan Pavlov, abstract, audio art, experimental, industrial, noise, Aurelio Cianciotta, Christine Carol Newby, post-punk, muzak, Stockhausen, Varese, CohPlaysCosey.jpg CD - Raster-Noton
It remains surprising to recognize in this album booklet Christine Carol Newby, aka Cosey Fanni Tutti, in the clothes of a very stiff contemporary English gentlewoman, being embraced by the 'youngster' Ivan Pavlov. Although it seems ages since Throbbling Gristle and those vehement sessions of post-punk  ... [ Continue ]


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experimental . industrial

Foetus Inc - Silk

Foetus Inc, Silk, Some Bizarre, Thatcher, experimental, post-punk, art-rock, no wave, industrial, summer of love, Trainspotting, Aurelio Cianciotta,foetusinc_sink.jpg CD - Some Bizarre
Featuring many instrumental tracks, here comes this new edition of 'Silk'. Originally, this double album by Foetus, released first in 1989, then in 1995 (in audio cd version) was presented as a 'best of' compilation of this group, with several new songs and excerpts from previously released albums and singles that  ... [ Continue ]


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electronica . experimental . industrial

Test Dept - The Unacceptable Face Of Freedom

Test Dept, The Unacceptable Face Of Freedom, Some Bizzare, industrial, wave, dark, synth-pop, rave, noise, electronica, experimental, Audioglobe, culture, Aurelio Cianciotta, testdept_theunacceptable.jpg CD - Some Bizzare/Audioglobe
This is a reprint of the historical second album by Test Dept, an original combo from London which has been active since the very early Eighties, which saw, aside from the 'dark' and 'synth pop' waves, the first steps of the industrial culture. It was an original idea whose goal was, with the use of waste  ... [ Continue ]


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experimental . industrial . noise

Merzbow - Metamorphism

Merzbow, Metamorphism, Very Friendly, noise, industrial, experimental, hum, buzz, fossilised Ammonite, marble box cd package, screen-printed hessian bag, special edition 500 copies, Aurelio Cianciotta, merzbow_metamorphism.jpg CD - Very Friendly
Merzbow's huge discography grows even more. He's an exceptionally prolific experimenter, emotional in his approach to sound, compressed in a continuum of dissonant, metallic and chaotic frequencies. Its compositions are, in a way, full of passion in their excess of aggressiveness and decibels shot out  ... [ Continue ]


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experimental . field recordings . industrial . noise

KK Null - Fertile

KK Null, Fertile, Touch, Family Affair, experimental, field recordings, noise, industrial, Kazuyuki Kishino, Blossoming Noise, Important, Chris Watson, z'ev, Zeni Geva, Kakadu National Park, punk, Aurelio Cianciotta, Neural, kknull_fertile.jpg CD - Touch/Family Affair
This is the first solo album for Kazuyuki Kishino, who used to release his works under the same moniker with Chris Watson and z'ev in 2005. Other albums are already on their way to be released for the American labels Blossoming Noise and Important, and for the Russian Electroclub. 'Fertile' is a  ... [ Continue ]


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abstract . experimental . industrial

Gintas K - Lengvai/60 x One Minute Audio Colours Of 2kHz Sound

Gintas K, Lengvai, 60 x one Minute Audio Colours Of 2kHz Sound, Cro—nica, gintask_lengvai.jpg 2CD - Crónica
From Lithuania, via Crónica Electronica (Portugal), comes a double CD that's explosive in its articulations of refined experimental sequences, minimal and abstract. It's an incursion in post-techno territories by Gintas Kraptavicius, aka Gintas K, coherent and systematic in its structures, which aren't  ... [ Continue ]


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abstract . experimental . industrial

Miller + Fiam - Modern Romance

Miller + Fiam, Modern Romance, Expanding Records, millerfiam_modernromance.jpg CD - Expanding Records
This is the debut for the Australians Dave Miller and Harry Hohnen, a very refined collaboration, a perfect mix of melancholic and charming sample sequences and more traditional music structures. Hybrid melodic forms that put together perceptions and  ... [ Continue ]


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