A speedy overview of vinyl that’s skimmed across Paul Rigby’s desk lately. This is an awareness video, so each release is not investigated too deeply but there’s a few comments thrown…
We recently received the sad news of the passing of composer, Harold Budd from complications due to the coronavirus at the age of 84. He was a talented and unique artist…
Who needs a neat and tidy Top 5 or a Top 10 CD review list when you can pick a random number out of thin air like…14? (Actually, it’s all to…
This week, in issue 13, I thought I’d do an even split between CD and vinyl for you CD THE APARTMENTS Title: In and Out of the Light Label: Talitres Formed…
This week, in issue 9, I offer you eight recent releases for review, splitting the content mostly into vinyl with two CDs tagged on the end YAIR ELAZAR GLOTMAN & MATS…
This week, in issue 7, I offer you eight recent releases for review, splitting the content mostly into vinyl with a CD tagged on the end ON VINYL JACKSON BROWNE Title:…
This week, in issue 6, I offer you eight recent releases for review, splitting the content into CD and Vinyl ON CD JON BALKE Title: Discourses Label: ECM A bloke and…
This week, in issue 5, I offer you a round dozen of recent releases for review, splitting the content into CD and Vinyl ON CD WINTER DANCE PARTY 1959 #2…
This week, in issue 4, I offer you a round baker’s dozen of recent releases for review, splitting the content into CD and Vinyl ON VINYL SUPERCAR Title: Original Television Soundtrack …
This week, in issue 3, I offer you a round dozen of recent releases for review, splitting the content into CD and Vinyl For your delectation, this week… ON VINYL TIMO…
Last week I offered you a dozen or more pieces of vinyl for review. This time I’m mixing it up a little, splitting the content into CD and vinyl For your…
I’ve recently been suffering from a build up of wax – the Doc suggested that the best way to clear it would be to do more reviewing! So here it be.…
Title: Recurring Dreams Label: Kscope It’s a group without any original members. A combination of living memorial and pension scheme for the estate of founder, Edgar Froese. As such, I would…
Title: Perhaps Label: Cherry Red Billy Mackenzie and Alan Rankine, straight from Edinburgh, Scotland, managed to pull it off. They managed to produce a creative entity that was, in my eyes…
Title: Human’s Lib/Dream into Action Label: Cherry Red I’ve been watching a few recorded vintage episodes of Top of the Pops via BBC TV’s BBC Four. The time is the mid-80s…
Title: Music by Xolotl Label: Wah Wah Born in France, Xolotl moved to California when he was 17 although he offered a rather enigmatic opinion of his home base, “I am…
Title: To The Land of No Return Label: Wah Wah Originally released on France’s Musical Touch Sound in 1983, Yan Tregger was best known as a creator of library music. As…
Title: BBC Radiophonic Music Label: Silva Screen Formed in 1956, the BBC’s Radiophonic Music was created to be the in-house music team, creating incidental and title music for a host of…
Title: Voyage aux fonds de la Mer Label: Wah Wah We’re taking a trip to the bottom of the sea on this outing with Alain Meunier. The LP was originally released…
Title: In A Wild Sanctuary/Gandharva/All Good Men Label: Righteous Krause was a former manager of the Weavers folk group and producer at Elektra, he teamed up with Beaver who was a…
Title: Extended Label: Chrysalis I have harboured a secret love for the end of many Ultravox’s songs. An odd revelation, I admit. The reason? Ultravox liked to stop singing near…
Title: Strange-Eyed Constellations 2 Label: Disco Gecko We’ve had to wait a while since the original passed our senses, 2015 was the launch date of the original. Then again, the contents…
Title: Evenfall Label: Disco Gecko A low-toned ambient piece that fits snugly into the soundscape genre, this album features six pieces that flow gently in the wind. There’s the solitude of…
Title: The Complete Recordings 1980-81 Label: Cherry Red A new wave outfit with synths, the Berlin Blondes were not, in fact, from Berlin at all but Glasgow. Yes, that fair city…
Title: The Fifty Eleven Project Label: Kompakt Bjorke hails from Denmark, first making a name for himself during the 90s disco-house oriented outfit known as Filur. That lasted for four albums…
Title: Spaciousness Label: Lo Recordings Pay careful attention to this one, you might need time for everything to sink in. This double album focuses on ambient music and invite a host…