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The latest little adventure…

It’s been quite a while since I posted a review, and that’s because I’ve been focusing mostly on making noise in my own little studio. It doesn’t mean that reviews are permanently stopped–if the right album comes along or gets submitted (physical releases only), then I will take the time to review it. In the mean time, please have a listen to this and let me know what you think–thanks in advance:

Mariska Baars / Rutger Zuydervelt – eau

CD and Download Time: 30:10

https://machinefabriek.bandcamp.com/album/eau

There is an awakening, but the mind is foggy, vision blurry and hearing is trying to clarify.  Then the realization, the nearly imperceptible, but ever-present rhythm of waves, and the enduring ebb and flow of the tides.  It is caused by the slow dance of the Earth and Moon, and the atmosphere.  The flow is incoming, then…

Dolphin Midwives – Liminal Garden

Available Formats: LP & Digital

Time: About 40 minutes

Labels: Sounds et al: ETAL011 & Beacon Sound: BNSD031

dolphinmidwives.us

soundsetal.com

wearebeaconsound.com

Tracks: 1) Grass Grow, 2) Junglespell, 3) Castleshell, 4) Flux, 5) Temple IV, 6) Mirror, 7) Labyrinth I, 8) Temple V, 9) Satya Yuga, 10) Iridesce

From an early age I have been fascinated by the sound and look of a harp.  While some…

Silmus – Laaksum

Volkoren 82 – CD Time: 43:53

1) Laaxum 2) Dancing On The Pier, Discovering The Sea 3) Hectanred 4) The Spirit of Morning Light 5) Raise Up 6) Meeting At Stonerow 7) Silence Is Black 8) Sacred Place 9) Wintering 10) Lay Myself Down

Gert Boersma (electric guitars, bow, khim, bass, melodica, harmonica, synthesizers, percussion, samples, effects and field recordings) is from the Netherlands, and is…

Karl Culley – Last

  Format: Digital only

Time: About 74 minutes

Tracks: 1) Perfection Only Exists In The Mind 2) Nastassya 3) In A Sky Of Infinite Suns 4) Listen 5) Mistakes 6) The Föhn Wind 7) Wedding And Funeral Shoes 8) Amethyst 9) Devil In A Damn Fine Suit 10) Being Alive 11) 1, 2, 3 12) Delivered (My Maja) 13) Windows 14) Ghost Made Blood 15) Reality Is Like The Sun 16) How It Works 17) The Siege Of Antioch1…

Gone Quiet…

…in words, but not in music, for now… Please have a look and listen, and stay tuned. https://wajobu.com/sounds/ Thanks for listening and reading. A teaser…

Review: Almost Charlie – A Different Kind Of Here

Label: Words on Music WM43  CD Time: 36:55 Label: http://www.words-on-music.com/almostcharlie.html Band: http://www.almostcharlie.com/ Tracks: 1) Shadow Boy 2) Ambivalent 3) The Sadness Of The Snow That Falls In May 4) Defective 5) The Loneliness Of Sharks 6) Waiting 7) Robot 8) A Different Kind Of Here 9) Sunset In The Elysian Fields 10) Expect For Her Name 11) Gold 12) I’ll Still Be Missing You…

Review Soon For Braeyden Jae’s Latest Album

Stay tuned.

On Sabbatical, Except…

As perhaps some of you have noticed, I’ve been on a bit of a sabbatical from regular reviews.  I haven’t stopped doing reviews at all, but I have less to say for the moment.  Instead I’ve been focusing more on my day job (designing buildings) and making some noise of my own (which better informs music reviews). Please do continue to submit requests for reviews, but keep in mind that I might be…