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State-X New Forms presents first 10-inch: Machinist & Mendel Kaelen / Boom Boom du Terre

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The State-X New Forms festival for experimental music, based in The Hague, introduced its very own band and artist contest in 2009: X-Vektor. Two aspiring Dutch artists were the winners of the contest, and the reward was not only a performance on the festival itself, last December, but [...]

New Tenhi Album ‘Saivo’ Teaser Online

The new album by Finnish progressive folk masters Tenhi is due to appear in summer 2010, according to the label, Prophecy Productions. A teaser for the album has been put online on YouTube recently:

The clip is, of course, not as impressive as the previous complete video for “Kausienranta”, but [...]

Dutch Label Betontoon Launched

The new Dutch experimental music label Betontoon was launched recently. It was first used as a label for the Cyclus I EP by Machinist in 2008, but with the release of 8pmcityscapes by Hystersis this fall, the label truly saw the light of day.

Betontoon focuses on experimental music that explores the dynamics between sound [...]

New Agitated Radio Pilot EP on Rusted Rail

Irish label Rusted Rail have released a new Agitated Radio Pilot EP, entitled A Field Day.

It contains six tracks in a style that reminds me a bit of Dave’s earlier Australia-inspired works, with a bit of Holt thrown in as well. Summery feelings, a bit of the usual melancholia, and [...]

:EOL01: Richard Moult - Suite for Hippolyte

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Suite for Hippolyte is a new piece for solo piano by English composer and painter Richard Moult, who has released several solo records, and has worked with artists like David Tibet, United Bible Studies, Far Black Furlong and Agitated Radio Pilot.

This suite is one of a set of shorter works released [...]

Review: The Triple Tree – Ghosts (2008)

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artist: The Triple Tree release: Ghosts format: CD year of release: 2008 label: Cold Spring duration: 58:01

detailed info: discogs.com

Ghosts is one of those albums I had been waiting for for quite some time. Tony Wakeford started this project with the MP3-only album The Turning Wheel on Woven Wheat Whispers in 2006, but has [...]

Review: Mathias Delplanque – Ma Chambre Quand Je N’Y Suis Pas [Montréal] (2006)

artist: Mathias Delplanque release: Ma Chambre Quand Je N’Y Suis Pas [Montréal] format: CD year of release: 2006 label: Mondes Elliptiques duration: 45:14

detailed info: discogs.com

Ma Chambre… is a concept album, based on a sound installation Mathias Delplanque made for an exhibition. The sounds are created in their entirety from recordings made in the [...]