100 words music reviews
The attraction of this record is obvious within its first few notes. Just Mustard’s sophomore record is an industrial, wailing statement—one that, despite occasionally losing its bite, offers testing, visceral material. There’s a depth to ‘Heart Under,’ as it purposefully traverses raw sensations with fierce musical intent. It’s a record to dive into, without knowing […]
This 2002 compilation of Abfahrt Hinwil’s short-lived electronic existence is a sprawling, metallic opus of ambient dance music. As one Discogs reviewer types: ‘(S)trictly digital romance’. This record, put on wax for the first time in May of 2020, exhibits prismatic sonic bursts that are perhaps no more mysterious than the beating steel heart of […]
We are now in the sixth decade of Yasuaki Shimizu’s career, which has involved work with artists from Towa Tei to Helen Merrill. Invariably, Shimizu brings a pace-conscious curiosity to musical proceedings—one which features diverse sonic expression, but which always seems to bounce off the same bizarre stage that this great artist sets. ‘Kiren’, the […]
100 words music reviews 