In this episode, the machines take over.
Ensemble De Cadavres Exquis / Apparitions & Phenomena
In C : Flea Market // Greg Nieuwsma
Terry Riley’s “In C” is a magical piece of music. It is a piece of music with no single definitive version – on the contrary, the rich variety of interpretations echo the smorgasbord of wares on display at the flea market.
Palpable // Expose Your Eyes
On this release by Palpable old school E.Y.E tactics of drone, tone and texture steadily but constantly change when thrown into a shifting sandpit of technology - somehow smooth but gritty and raw at the same time.
Structures // The Gaye Device
Hazy and ethereal sonic walls of future retro cyber synth cascading and slowly evolving, creating an ambient and dreamy soundscape, transporting the listener to other worlds via cinematic synthetic lush wonder.
Daniel Vujanic // Paramnesia
Paramnesia is lean and minimal in its movements, but with great depth and soul in its compositions. It's thoughtful and beautiful throughout.
The Town That Was Murdered // Draaier
"'The Town That Was Murdered' is an homage to the book written by Red Ellen Wilkinson about north-eastern town Jarrow. Forgotten at best, actively dismantled at worst, Jarrow is a signifier of the treatment of Northern industrial towns. Pitch black in places but not without glimmers of hope, there is a violence and frustration that …
German Ocean // The German Ocean
“Once upon a time, we looked outward”…. The German Ocean formed in late 2020, a partnership between Darren j Holloway of SINNEN and Gavin Martin.
Shame and Portent / Dogs Versus Shadows
Shame and Portent is a sonic biography of the annus horribilis that was 2020. A year of lockdowns, shutdowns and sh!tshows.
News from the Conning Tower: new release round-up
Blimey Charlie, it's been busy. Several new releases to catch-up on, so straight to business, if you please. Flavigula: JēmarazJēmaraz is an album incorporating ambient krautrock soundscapes, samples and live instrumentation that will delight fans of progressive and art rock. Each composition on Jēmaraz creates colourful, heady landscapes that are simultaneously dark and light, disorienting …
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News from the Conning Tower: coming attractions
Hello you. How's things? It's all a bit weird at the moment, isn't it. One of the benefits of operating from a submarine is that isolation is all part of the gig. So as far as new releases go, it's full-steam ahead. But without the steam, obvs. Two new releases that have snuck under the …
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