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Tatiana Alamartine ~ Searching

We tend to roll our eyes whenever we see Nils Frahm name-checked in a press release; but this time, the comparison rings true.  Tatiana Alamartine is the real thing, and while Searching may be more “Ambre” than “Tristana”, her Bosendörfer pieces do share the timbre of Wintermusik.  The artist plays a lot of notes with a lot of feeling; even the two-minute tracks hold more ideas than many tracks…

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Paskine ~ The Shapes of Collapses

Paskine ~ The Shapes of Collapses

Paskine has recorded a ferocious, unstoppable event. Things are falling apart – collapsing – on a massive scale, the universe itself vomiting out intergalactic dust. Dead stars litter a pale sky emitting only a cold, crushed radiance. This isn’t just the sound of collapse but the crumpled shape of it. An intense and unforgiving blockade of noise kicks things off. A tame flame morphs into a funnel…

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Paskine ~ The Shapes of Collapses

Paskine ~ The Shapes of Collapses

Paskine has recorded a ferocious, unstoppable event. Things are falling apart – collapsing – on a massive scale, the universe itself vomiting out intergalactic dust. Dead stars litter a pale sky emitting only a cold, crushed radiance. This isn’t just the sound of collapse but the crumpled shape of it. An intense and unforgiving blockade of noise kicks things off. A tame flame morphs into a funnel…

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Gaetan Gromer ~ Noise Level

Gaetan Gromer ~ Noise Level

Noise Level sits in a dim, recessed corner as sounds within its mind mechanically spin and hum, turning like the inner wheels of a worn clock. After the field recording has been captured, an infant of sound comes into being – a new sound which is more of a mutation and less of a clone – and the sound of something as familiar as the coffee machine becomes an abstract, industrialized clang. You may…

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Damien Valles ~ Strand

Damien Valles ~ Strand

Two years after Exposure, Damien Valles returns to VoxxoV Records with Strand.  The new cover (a painting by James Whistler) may be a bit brighter than the last, but the music is just as dark.  If anything, it’s gone from bleak to dangerous.  We’re not the first to notice the industrial influence, but it’s all over this set, beginning with the very first note, a muted metallic thunk.  After this,…

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The Frozen Vaults ~ 1816

The Frozen Vaults ~ 1816

1816 is a winter album, released when most of us are enjoying spring.  But don’t worry ~ this work is a winter music classic, and is likely to be enjoyed for years.  Its time will come around. Word of the album was first announced in the waning days of summer 2011, and I’ve been waiting (not very patiently) for years for it to appear.  The tracks have slowly been revealed since then, many…

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Paskine ~ Nimrod

If the cover of Nimrod reminds our readers of Damien Valles’ Exposure, it’s because Paskine is responsible for both.  The earlier album strode across snow, while the latest excursion delves into magma.  Look closer and one can see black-and-white behind the green and red.  Human life cannot be sustained here.  While the cold cover displayed travelers, the hot landscape is barren.

One can hear the…

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Paskine - Leviathan

"NIMROD" LP (voxxov-records - Apr 2014)

full album: http://voxxov-records.bandcamp.com/album/nimrod