#subexotic

Just in time for the holidays, The Subexotic Shopping Centre Trilogy arrives, and would make a wonderful gift for the discriminating vinyl consumer, especially one who lives in Britain.  Carlisle City Council‘s The Lanes Re-Development is a tribute to the cobbled streets and working class area replaced by The Lanes shopping center in 1984; James A. Jaycock‘s Music for Space Age Shopping doubles…

2024 has been a great year for alternative sacred music, exemplified in albums from Shards, Salt of the Sound, Andrzej Pietrewicz and Wild Up (performing the music of Julius Eastman).  Now we can add the Ghostwriter quartet, led by Mark Brent, to the mix. Brent is responsible for the music, while the singers are Michael Weston King of My Darling Valentine, Anglican bishop Andrew Rumsey (competing…

We’ve reached a tipping point in the appreciation of retro sci-fi music.  Most of the original composers are gone (Bebe and Louis Barron’s Forbidden Planet, released in 1956, is cited by The Galaxy Electric & Droog Mulholland as an influence).  Original fans, who received the music as futuristic, are dying off, while younger fans, who regard the same music as nostalgic, are replacing them like…

Nightmare Folk Art by boycalledcrow

If you like your electronic music big, dark and elegant then this is going to take you away. Think icy but elegaic synths, crisp drums and warmest, deepest bass. It made me think a little bit of peak Biosphere. That high fidelity sound, the sharp minimalism and intense atmosphere. The rhythm providing more for the composition than the dance floor There’s something immensely immersive about the…

Pulselovers ~ Circles Within Circles

We’re currently working on an article about compilation albums at ACL, which has prompted a few thoughts regarding the tracks included. We’re covering all manner of compilation, from collections of existing tracks to themed CDs of new and unreleased material. The question with the latter is: are these tracks merely an artist’s off-cuts, or do they dread sending a submission to the label, wishing…