Library Tape returns to Resonant after their debut album “Alone in the Bright Light of a Shattered Life”. The second full-length release is entitled “Feelings for Something Lost” and it features more lonely piano drenched in melancholy. It sets the mood for the rest of the 7-track mini-album and this is in both a good… Continue reading Library Tapes, Feelings for Something Lost [Resonant – RESCD020, 2006]
Month: April 2007
Z-arc, Ion Traffic [October Man Recordings – OCTOBER MAN 17, 2006]
Electronic craftsmanship would summarise this release by Z-arc on the label with the most sympathetic motto around “small enough to care” and the label in question would be October Man Recordings. Z-arc has previously released music on ClickClickDrone as well as on Boltfish. The “Ion Traffic” EP sees more of the flowing electronic landscape styled… Continue reading Z-arc, Ion Traffic [October Man Recordings – OCTOBER MAN 17, 2006]
David Newlyn, Ancient Lights [Boltfish Recordings – BOLT036, 2007]
After his delightful “I Didn’t Know Where I Was” EP on his very own October Man Recordings the time has now come for his solo debut on label friends Boltfish. It’s a label that both have a clear vision and the capacity to keep the releases coming. David Newlyn’s debut album “Ancient Lights” counts in… Continue reading David Newlyn, Ancient Lights [Boltfish Recordings – BOLT036, 2007]
Taborshell/Sektor, The Tandem Series 6 [Boltfish Recordings – BOLT034, 2006]
Two new debutants for Boltfish that goes by the name: Taborshell and Sektor. On what is the sixth instalment in the ongoing series of split releases aptly entitled “The Tandem Series”. The concept is simple enough, two artists co-habiting the same release. Taborshell contributes with four tracks saturated with nostalgia and big drums. Soothing electronica… Continue reading Taborshell/Sektor, The Tandem Series 6 [Boltfish Recordings – BOLT034, 2006]
[guÿôm], Cacelorazo [Ego Twister – ETW007, 2006]
Ego Twister is a French label and some time ago they released the debut album by an artist called [guÿôm]. His punk rock background wouldn’t necessarily be a relevant factor, but given his production I think it is. It’s a high paced frenzy of samples and sampled beats all more or less distorted. Apparently [guÿôm]… Continue reading [guÿôm], Cacelorazo [Ego Twister – ETW007, 2006]