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Albums of the Decade: Deakin – Sleep Cycle (Domino, 2016)

Chris — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 21:46:19 +0000

So much changes when you commit to some self-reflection, does it not? We all have our own foibles and neuroses that we carry with us through life, but recognising these aspects about ourselves helps enormously with our processing, and acceptance, of them. Things very much came to a head for me about this time last […]

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Sigur Rós – Route One (XL Recordings, 2018)

Chris — Sun, 17 Jun 2018 17:10:54 +0000

Whilst it has a few names depending on where you are in the country, the main road that runs Iceland’s perimeter is known as Route 1. It is a lifeline, a circumferential artery that connects the principle townships along the country’s coast, an asphalt nerve that crosses rivers and sandurs and fjords to unite the […]

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Triac – Here (LINE, 2016)

Chris — Sun, 01 Oct 2017 17:27:01 +0000

It’s grey outside here, the sky ashen and featureless, the horizon sucked in close and a cold breeze on the air; Autumn is well on its way and you’d think by how impenetrable the clouds look we’ll never see blue sky again. I just splashed a little water on my face: a slight dampness still […]

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The Top 20 Albums of 2016

Chris — Wed, 07 Dec 2016 20:41:09 +0000

I had thought to write something about 2016 here, as I often do in these end of year lists, but what is there to say? Personally, societally, what a mess of a year it’s been; it feels like I’d rather not sit here and dwell too much on the past 12 months but at least […]

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Steve Hauschildt – Strands (Kranky, 2016)

Chris — Sat, 12 Nov 2016 17:09:49 +0000

Rivers carry the most precious resource on Earth: water. Without their sinuous redistribution system that carries water back to the open oceans, the continents would be barren and lifeless places. We owe them a lot, our towns and cities built atop and around them for sustenance and transport. In recent years though, the waterways that […]

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Federico Durand – Jardín de invierno (SPEKK, 2016)

Chris — Wed, 26 Oct 2016 16:38:23 +0000

Durand’s “Winter Garden”, though recorded in the past, is set in a world just a few months away from now; Autumn is here in full force but it won’t be long before we return to the season that is spelled out with such longing here. Unlike the dreamy reminiscences of A Través Del Espejo found earlier this year, Jardín de […]

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2814 – Rain Temple (Dream Catalogue, 2016)

Chris — Wed, 19 Oct 2016 17:05:21 +0000

Originally of Vaporwave fame, 2814 prefer to craft music reminiscent of a different time, imbibing their sound with an older, 1980’s pastiche, a retro futuristic noir vibe that gives the unknown a certain seductive mystery. Rain Temple moves somewhat away from their former style, seemingly to the disappointment of some of their fans, but into a direction […]

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Biosphere – Departed Glories (Smalltown Supersound, 2016)

Chris — Sun, 09 Oct 2016 13:58:37 +0000

I was in Scotland again recently and finally got a chance to see some Bronze Age cairns and standing stone circles that I’ve been meaning to visit for some time, ancient remnants of human spirituality that have endured upon the landscape for perhaps up to five thousand years. The heather was in full purple force […]

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Padang Food Tigers & Sigbjørn Apeland – Bumblin’ Creed (Northern Spy Records, 2016)

Chris — Fri, 30 Sep 2016 17:00:54 +0000

We’ve officially entered Autumn now, the bittersweet month. Summer’s over and the grey, lifeless harshness of Winter will soon be upon us, but the world loves to leave us with a last flush before it crumbles. Golden light and leaves will soon grace the crisp air and our pining for warmth will begin; it’s here […]

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Shovels Beat The Sun – Sky Wires (BITROT, 2016)

Chris — Fri, 23 Sep 2016 16:29:44 +0000

The atmosphere is a place of tremendous dynamism and power, eternally restless and shifting. Its organically variable output feels almost human at times: today calm and tranquil, contented; tomorrow, dark and blustery and harsh, angry. It’s nothing more than personification, projection of humanity on something unconscious and unthinking, but that doesn’t make it unrelatable. This is […]

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