Our second (and final) release for July is Sommer by DR (Dominic Razlaff from Germany). Sommer is a collection of ambient drones combined with field recordings and found sounds, ideal for drifting away to on these long and languid summer days. Sommer is available as digital download, exclusively on Bandcamp.
News from the Conning Tower: Cousin Silas and Iyari
Two new releases this week, hand-crafted by artisans and curated just for you by our very own Captain Bob. First up is the new album from stalwart of the ambient scene, Cousin Silas. A Night in Centralia is an album of sombre, sobre pieces on different themes. Similar in tone to our previous Silas release Radio …
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News from the Conning Tower: GOATS ‘Far Out’
Next month we have another big release, the much anticipated new album from experimental supergroup GOATS. Far Out is GOATS' second album, and it is a different beast from the first album. There has been a change of personnel, and this time the album is a single 38 minute piece; chief goat herder Alan Morse Davies …
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News from the Conning Tower: t.r. hand and Glauber K. de Souza
Ah, autumn, season of mists and mellow fruitlessness. Our release for the tail end of September is 'Suburban Solitude' from our resident mystic t.r. hand in collaboration with Glauber K. de Souza of the Amao Quartet. The album contains the field recordings and sound collages you've come to expect from t.r hand, but taken in …
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News from the Conning Tower: June releases
After the madness that was May, it has been a blessed relief to release a mere two albums in June, but blimey Charlie, what a pair of albums they are! First out of the traps was the second installment of Martin Neuhold & Friends 'Dialogue' series, cunningly entitled 'Dialogue 2'. Like the first Dialogue album, …
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News from the Conning Tower: New Release Round-Up
It's been super busy here at SBC for the past month or so, and we have snuck out a few releases with relatively little fanfare nor ballyhoo. So, let's rectify that straight away. Back at the beginning of May, we released the debut EP from the immensely talented singer/songwriter Sil Fiore, who performs under the …
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Review: The Modul 303 Benefit Album Vol 2
One of the revelations of operating in the world of netlabels was when I realised there is no huge gulf between the big name successful acts and the independent artists; there is quality to be found at every level of fame and accomplishment, you just need to know where to look. I mention this because …
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New release from Cousin Silas
We are delighted to announce that we have today released our first album from Cousin Silas. 'Sketches, Rough Drafts and Early Ideas' is a collection of previously unreleased material, curated by the man himself, dating back to David's first adoption of the Cousin Silas name. Despite being early material, the pieces are remarkably mature and …
Review: Ian Haygreen/The Tides Erase All Things
'The Tides Erase All Things' is the latest release from Ian Haygreen, self styled "Classically trained pianist who buggers around with electronic music in several genres as the mood fits". The mood in this instance is revealed in a footnote that indicates this release is 'Droneseries #1'; it's a long-form piece comprising a single track …
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Monolith Cocktail review: Post:Soc
Monolith Cocktail’s detailed review of Post:Soc. Definitely +1hp for use of “moiety”.
NEW MUSIC REVIEW ROUNDUP
WORDS: DOMINIC VALVONA
A somewhat shorter selection but just as much quality and eclecticism, my final roundup of the year includes the cinematic pop and harrowing void explorations of Alpine Those Myriads; the latest compilations from Edinburgh label of alternative and post rock mavericks and sonic explorers, Bearsuit Records’ The Invisible & Divided Sea, and the altruistic, charity driven Submarine Broadcasting Company’s latest sprawling collection, Post:Soc; the fourth edition of Knitting Factory’s curated Fela Kuti box sets, with albums chosen by that rebel soul songstress and polymath Erykah Badu; and for the first time ever the entire – admittedly small – 1970s recorded oeuvre of one of Cameroon’s leading Gandjal rhythm providers, Hamad Kalkaba and his Golden Sounds band.
Alpine Those Myriads ‘Visions & Disorders’
See Hear Feel Smell, out now.
Set adrift out into the void, though…
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