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Artist: le_mol Featured Work: White Noise Everywhere Website: le_mol Bandcamp 12-minute Read In the beginning of Chris Cunningham’s bizarre video for Squarepusher’s “Come on My Selector,” a television plays an interview with Squarepusher mastermind Tom Jenkinson, with a host asking him, “How do you play all the instruments at the same time?” Jenkinson scrunches his... Continue Reading →
Artist: B R I Q U E V I L L E Featured Work: Quelle Website: Briqueville.comEight-minute Read Abstract video footage and TV snow played on a large screen behind an unlit stage for several minutes, accompanied by minimal music. Eventually, as the first song kicked up, lights illuminated the stage and three musicians were... Continue Reading →
Artist: Jonathan Nido Featured Work: Coilguns - Watchwinders Website: Hummus Records Bandcamp 15-minute Read Featured image photo and Millennials cover artwork: Noé Cauderay Swiss metal and hardcore guitarist Jonathan Nido found a silver lining in the cloud of 2020, and he found it early. After deciding to write much of the next Coilguns album alone... Continue Reading →
Artist: Micko and the Mellotronics Featured Work: 1/2 dove - 1/2 pigeon Website: Landline Records 9-minute Read Featured image artwork and album cover artwork: Twinkle Troughton. London-based art-punk quartet Micko and the Mellotronics will release their debut album, ½ dove – ½ pigeon, on Landline Records on November 27. The Mellotronics are the brainchild of... Continue Reading →
Artist: Micko and the Mellotronics Album: 1/2 dove - 1/2 pigeon Website: Landline Records 11-minute Read Featured image artwork and album cover artwork: Twinkle Troughton. British musician Micko Westmoreland has made an eclectic living in the entertainment industry. He portrayed glam star Jack Fairy in Todd Haynes’s 1998 film Velvet Goldmine, but primarily, he’s been... Continue Reading →
Artist: strom|morts Featured Work: "R0 - Spectral Impulse Control" Website: strom|morts Bandcamp 10-minute Read On July 31, Swiss experimental drone trio strom|morts released the track “Spectral Impulse Control” digitally onto their Bandcamp page. The song stands out from their other material for a number of reasons. Chief among them, “Spectral Impulse Control” is the first... Continue Reading →
Artist: The Ocean Featured Work: Phanerozoic II Website: The Ocean Profile at Pelagic Records 8-minute Read Two paleontologists from the Natural History Museum Luxembourg, Drs. Lea Numberger-Thuy and Ben Thuy, have discovered a new species of brittle star and named it after the German progressive metal band The Ocean, sometimes known as The Ocean Collective.... Continue Reading →
Musician: Arms and Sleepers Featured Work: Leviathan (In Times Of) Website: Arms and Sleepers Bandcamp 10-Minute Read On April 14, electronic duo Arms and Sleepers posted on Facebook that they had recently released a surprise album, Leviathan (In Times Of). Lead A&S architect Mirza Ramic said the album, pictured above, was “written during my mandatory... Continue Reading →
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