Crystal Cage – III

Crystal Cage - III

Based in Finland, theirs is a sound described as a combination of black metal, early 90s techno and jungle, with some Gothic minimalism thrown into the mix. In the vein of 80s UK group Cranes. Cage tell me this informed the vocal structure and style of the first album, and the later blockiness of the structure, usually without a chorus, because they say everything is the chorus.

The music released under the project morphs stylistically as it develops. The most recent material of which channels influence from the Berlin school, notably of Tangerine Dream’s Edgar Froese, with drone, industrial and noise elements thrown into the sonic soup. [Darkfloor.co.uk]

Digital Album (free download)

Posted on July 28th, 2019 under Releases,

Pinkman: Identified Patient & Sophie du Palais – Don’t Exclude Anything

Identified Patient & Sophie du Palais - Don't Exclude Anything

Identified Patient and his notorious femme fatale are back with another record of deranged darkroom anthems for Pinkman. This 12” is where crunchy drums and heavy bass are laced with aggressively seductive vocals by Sophie Du Palais. While the theme of the songs, compared with their previous record, goes in a rather kinky direction, the raw ferocity that never fails to grip a dance floor remains.

EP / Digital Album

Posted on July 26th, 2019 under Releases, , ,

Pinkman: Five Years of Tears Vol. 2

Five Years of Tears Vol. 2

Pinkman delivers another sturdy record for the connoisseurs of discomforting electronics. The second 5 Years Of Tears release unifies 6 artists, each with their own interpretation of the labels ill-famed sound, embodied in vibrating basslines, metallic beats, and corrosive acid. Gear yourself up for yet more nerve-racking music and get accustomed to the obscurity of this series of releases, because the madness is all but finished.

EP / Digital Album

Posted on July 24th, 2019 under Releases,

Eleven Pond – Drive

Eleven Pond - Drive

DRIVE // past Eleven Pond albums were named after sculpture genres, this one is not. the ‘Drive’ title comes from an obsession with vehicles and the freedoms, experiences or excitement they brings via sports car, truck, motorcycle, scooter, race bike , stunt jet, submarine, etc… but it also has to do with a drive to find love, something much harder to acquire than fast objects.

CD / Digital Album

Posted on July 22nd, 2019 under Releases,

Artoffact Records: Sólveig Matthildur – Constantly In Love

Sólveig Matthildur - Constantly In Love

Constantly in Love, the second record from Kælan Mikla keyboardist and back-up singer Sólveig Matthildur, is an emotional, poetic, and breathtaking creation. From the light-hearted but dead serious first single and video (“Dystopian Boy”), to the medieval symmetry of the album’s construction (spoiler: it’s a massive envelope poem), Sólveig has, quite possibly, written album for the ages.

Channeling influences as varied as trip-hop pioneers Portishead, to black metal band Urfaust, to French post-punk chanteuse Hante, Sólveig’s sophomore album is one part darkwave, one part spoken art-poetry jams, and one part electronic downtempo compositions. Rolling Stone’s David Fricke likely put it best: after seeing Sólveig live, he called her “a tablet-age reincarnation of the post–Velvet Underground Nico.”

LP / CD / Digital Album

Posted on July 19th, 2019 under Releases, ,