News from the Conning Tower: Nerja Sound, A Love Song and future presentations

Hello. Yes, not dead. Been busy. Unless you have managed to avoid our social media onslaught, you will be aware of our latest big album, a collaboration between elegantly wasted guru and all-purpose troubador t.r. hand and anarcho-syndicalist sommelier and multimedia artist Glove of Bones. Entitled Nerja Sound it's a brilliant postcard from southern Spain, …

News from the Conning Tower: Wilfried Hanrath and Manipulant releases

Two new releases to tell you about. First up and out now is the the beautiful new album from Wilfried Hanrath, Glow. Available in a beautiful limited edition digipak, Glow is an album of captivating and mesmerising music. The music comprises improvisations based on, and re-workings of, the music of Matt Getchell (Matt and Wilfried release music …

New Release: Binary Planet from Hypercube & UNIC6

Today sees the release of the uncompromising new album from Hypercube and UNIC6, Binary Planet. It's a fiercely experimental album, fusing hard glitch electronics and organic, jazz-infused acoustic instruments. Binary Planet is available today as digital download or CD from Bandcamp, with other digital platforms following next week.

Toneshift Review of Das 7. Siegel by Hans Castrup

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Hans Castrup | Das 7. Siegel
Submarine Broadcast Company (CD/DL)

A document of a 3-channel electroacoustic sound installation at Museumsquartier OsnabrĂ¼ck by musician and visual artist Hans Castrup.Das 7. Siegel (aka The 7th Seal) is based on a print by Albrecht DĂ¼rer from 1498. The piece runs for over thirty-six minutes, opening with a soft smouldering drone. A dragging clang and whistling wind enter. The atmosphere just drifts, that is until a series of what sound similar to the magnitude of computer dial-up penetrates the peace. And suddenly its whispery winds once again.

This cyclical channeling of pitch is not lost on callous ears, instead it brings with it a auditory chasm, bridging the state of mind and body. While it would be easy to offer a cauldron of pure noise effects, or go the opposite way and wallow only in the murky sleep-inducing drone, Castrup has opted…

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News from the Conning Tower: Menhir and leaving richmond

Our final two releases of the year will be released in December; both are new artists to the Submarine Broadcasting Company, with contrasting styles but both represent the highest quality of music possible. First out the blocks are Spanish project Menhir, with their beautiful and startling Sound Track, part of their multimedia project, Desert Series. …