Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words – Lost In Reflections

[CD, Killer Pimp] [AEONFLOW RECOMMENDS]

The wonderfully named Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words is the brainchild of Thomas Ekelund, a Swedish graphic designer, musician and visual artist. With a long list of releases to his name dating back to 2000, “Lost in Reflections” is Ekelund’s first release for Killer Pimp. Recorded at the end of 2005 and first quarter of 2006 just after he was diagnosed with a potentially debilitating mental illness, Ekelund chose to look deep into the shadows and describe what he found Continue reading…

Aidan Baker / Thisquietarmy – A Picture of a Picture

[CD, Killer Pimp]

“A Picture of a Picture” is the second release from the collaborative venture of Aidan Baker (Nadja, ARC) and Eric Quach (Thisquietarmy and Destroyalldreamers). This album is a much more subdued affair than their sought-after debut EP “Orange” that was released in an edition of just 200 copies on Quach’s own Thisquietarmy Records label in 2006. Continue reading…

Tapage – Fallen Clouds

[CD, Tympanik Audio]

“Fallen Clouds” is Tijs Ham’s latest release as Tapage for Tympanik Audio.  This, his second album for the label, follows last year’s “The Institute of Random Events” and is limited to 333 copies.  Having previously released a couple of hardcore EPs, Ham’s releases for Tympanik Audio have seen him refocus on his IDM roots without completely dispensing with his love of breakcore. Continue reading…

SE – Epiphora

[CD, Tympanik Audio]

SE is German Sebastian Ehmke’s solo project which takes its name from the initial letters of his first and last name. Having recorded albums for friends and associates in the past, Ehmke joins the critically acclaimed Chicago-based Tympanik Audio label to release is debut album “Epiphora”. The word epiphora is a medical term meaning an overflow of tears due to a blocked tear duct. Continue reading…

Blood Money – Blood Brotherhood

[CD, Killer Pimp]
Three years after the release of Blood Money’s “Axis of Blood” – their debut album on Killer Pimp – the trio of  academic and vocalist Ken Ueno, musician and founder of brainwashed.com Jon Whitney and experimental music artist Tom Worster return with their second album, “Blood Brotherhood”. Continue reading…

Orchestramaxfieldparrish presents ÆRA – To the Last Man / Index of Dreaming

[CD, Faith Strange Recordings]

“To the Last Man / Index of Dreaming” is the debut 2CD release from Mike Fazio – the man behind Orchestramaxfieldparrish – in the guise of ÆRA. Packaged in a mini-gatefold sleeve, the first 50 copies also come with a bonus three inch CD of the exclusive track “Pæan No.1 – Paradise Syndrome” that is exclusive to this disc. Continue reading…

Famine – Cocytus

[MP3/CD, Bugs Crawling Out of People]

Cocytus is the river in Hell referred to in Greek mythology as the river of wailing and described by Dante as a frozen lake. Inhabiting the ninth and lowest circle of Hell are the perpetrators of the most despicable and reviled acts of betrayal and treachery, Dante describing Cocytus as imprisoning Lucifer himself from his waist down in ice, the lake replenished by his tears and frozen by the flapping of his wings as he tries to escape. Continue reading…

Aphorism – Surge

[CD, Tympanik Audio]

“Surge” is the debut album from Chicago based Josh Pyle, otherwise known as Aphorism, a word meaning ‘a terse saying embodying a general truth or an astute observation’.  After spending many years on the industrial music scene Pyle’s influences are many and varied, ranging from Wax Trax to Berlin techno to dub and drum ‘n’ bass. Continue reading…

Totakeke – The Things That Disappear When I Close My Eyes

[2CD, Tympanik Audio]

“The Things That Disappear When I Close My Eyes” is the follow-up album to 2008’s “Elekatota – The Other Side of the Tracks” – also on Tympanik Audio – from Frank Mokros, the New York based producer who made several releases on the highly regarded German industrial noise label Hands Productions under the name Synth-etik. Continue reading…

Keef Baker – Pen Fifteen

[CD, Hymen Records]

Keith Baker has maintained a steady output of an album almost every year since his debut, “The Widnes Years”, on n5MD in 2004. Having recorded albums for Ad Noiseam and n5MD, Baker has found a home on Hymen Records, the sister label of respected German label Ant-Zen. Continue reading…