Cinema Perdu * Pod Tune
Environmentally inspired music featuring the sounds of Amsterdam Central Station by Cinema Perdu.
Plus ‘non-eco-schmaltzy’ whale sounds on a compilation with an impressive array of artists.
Paul Schütze * Freiband * Dead Neanderthals
Drones… Different Drones…. Enhance your environment with the sounds of Paul Schütze, Freiband (Frans de Waard) and (a surprising release by) Dead Neanderthals.
Pjusk * Nadia Struiwigh * Sonae
Short three-track collaboration EP from Pjusk, and new albums by Nadia Struiwigh and Sonae exploring the uncharted terrain between abstract electronica and techno.
Lingua Lustra * 7PRS * From Here To Tranquility vol. 9
A selection of new releases on Kim Cascone’s Silent Records label: Lingua Lustra‘s ‘Eternal Being’, 7PRS‘ ‘Division By Zero’ and the ‘From Here to Tranquility – vol. 9’ compilation subtitled ‘In Dreams’
Frank Bretschneider * Rapoon
‘Funky’ electronic music from Frank Bretschneider (on ‘Lunik’), and impending airstrike doom as predicted by Robin ‘Rapoon’ Storey
DreamScenes – April 2018
It’s cauld – it’s dark – through the dread waste
Yon starn, sae red, and sma,
Presses its weak, encumberd, beam,
To perish in the sna’.
Och! Och! it’s mirk – the furious storm,
Howls round the hill sae high;
And black, and awfu’, on the earth,
Sits down the laiden sky.
[Robert Couper, 1804]
Capac * Strië
Capac celebrates the cold winter season with a fascinating collection (and an unprecedented combustible edition) * Strië tells about the perpetual journey of Laïka the Russian space dog.
The National Pool * Andrew Sherwell * R Beny
Different kind of memories and mixed emotions: about the Russian space travel era in the late 50’s, about bedtime stories of mysterious central european cultures as told by a travelling grandfather, and about ‘Saudade’ – feelings to cherish.
Swoop And Cross * Overshift * Ed Carlsen
Swoop and Cross tells stories of disintegration, Overshift plays with light and shade, and Ed Carlsen displays elusive frames…