Sunday 25 September 2022

Earth Sounds (Report #1)

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Somnoroase Păsărele - TORINO I


(MuteAnt Sounds, 2022)

Genre : experimental noise/avant-garde/drone

This album is one long-form experimental noise piece by Romanian painter & musical composer Somnoroase Păsărele. Nearly 30 minutes of stuttering and drilling atonal noise. It's like being viciously attacked by a swarm of bio-synthetic wasps...yet at the same time it's strangely meditative and ambient. 

Alien Mike approves.

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Conducive - Hidden Canals EP

(Veinte33 Records, 2022)

Genre : experimental, sound art, noise, drone, dark ambient

An EP of dark abstract sound collages comprised of ominous drones, industrial machinery, subtle ambient textures and bizarre field recordings taken from busy French city streets. Disturbing and terrific noise art.

Alien Mike approves.

https://veinte33records.bandcamp.com/album/hidden-canals-ep

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Lalén Ríos Luna - The Silence At The End of the World


(self-released, 2022)

Genre : avant-garde, abstract, sound art, electronica, musique concrete

Grey abstract apocalyptic musique concrete. Fractured voices, urban field recordings and stuttering electro-acoustic noise swirling around in a strange ambiguous void. Avant-garde sound art for end times.

Alien Mike approves. 

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Smoke & Tea - Oceans on Mars 


(2021, Not Yet Remembered)

Genre : ambient, electronica, soundscape, psychedelic

Angelic voices and fuzzy swells of euphoric synth chords stretched over vast soundscapes of glistening ambience and churning symphonic electronica. A long sweeping beautiful journey through a surreal world of strange colours and textures.

Alien Mike approves.

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Lars Haur - Traverse the Existentialist Void (2022) 


(self-released, 2022)

Genre : experimental, noise art, sound art, electronica, field recordings

Dark dystopian synthetic noise art that is both frightening and dazzling. Artificial soundscapes filled with violent laser shots, glitchy electronica, erratic rhythms, scratching stuttering swells of indistinct noise, and various other types of strange sonic abstractions. The overall effect is jarring and unsettling, bizarre and intriguing...

Alien Mike approves.

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Leslie Keffer - Reverie (2022)


(NO PART OF IT, 2022)

Genre : experimental, noise, drone, industrial

A hypnotic noise record made from an interesting array of radio static frequencies, garbled voices, dark drones and post-industrial electronica. Powerful and unyielding throughout its entire duration. Delve into this enthralling noise.

Alien Mike approves.

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Yifeat Ziv - Amazonian Traces of Self 


(Flaming Pines, 2021)

Genre : sound art, field recordings, drone

A hypnotic and meditative sound collage of Amazonian field recordings and entrancing echoed vocalizations performed by sound artist Yifeat Ziv. This one 18-minute sound piece is a slow and patient build up to a glorious cacophony of vocal harmonization and sonic rapture. In this album the rainforest is very much alive and communicating something mystical, divine and powerful from within. 

Alien Mike approves.

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Phalioo - Night in Depth 


(Veinte33 Records, 2021)

Genre : abstract, dark ambient, drone, field recordings, noise

Rippling tones of eerie dark ambience, wavering walls of distortion, creepy industrial noise and abstract field recordings are used to create ominous soundscapes that are thick with tension and dread. The atmosphere of this album is dark and threatening, but the source of the danger is ambiguous. A haunting album.

Alien Mike approves.

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Roberto Vodanović Čopor - Tout Se Dissout Dans La Lumière (2022)


(Mahorka, 2022)

Genre : experimental, sound art, abstract, noise

This is a really unnerving abstract drone album from Croatian experimental artist Roberto Vodanović Čopor. Eerie drones waver and bend through the haunted soundscapes as the foreground is taken up by all kinds of fragile and unnerving noises - cards shuffling, glasses tinkling, and various other objects clanging, banging, thumping and echoing in this strange claustrophobic environment. A dark and satisfying sound experiment. 

Alien Mike approves. 

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SVR - Gemini (2022)


(self-released, 2022)

Genre : drone, electronic, minimalism

Eerie drones drifting slowly and heavily over soft minimalistic electronic beats. The effect is cinematic and mesmerizing. Music for ambling through empty concrete buildings. The walls have a story to tell, but walls cannot speak... so you just let go and become part of the ominous drift. 

Alien Mike approves.

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Of One - Feedback Loops 2


(Front End Synthetics, 2022)

Genre : experimental, electronic, noise

Blistering walls of noise, rhythmic electronic pulses and damaged ambient techno make up this album of deep immersive feedback loops. This album is cacophonous and rather frightening at times, but despite its wildness - it's also deceivingly melodic and makes for a powerful listening experience. 

Alien Mike approves.

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