Vital Weekly 634
Frans de Waard presents the experimental releases of the week.
CD Feature/ The Orb: "The Dream"
Genial unpredictability: The Orb have doubled back to amniotic sci-fi weird-scapes.
CD Feature/ Christian Weber: "Wacheturm Solo"
An intruiging display of benign schizophrenia: For 38 minutes, the stage belongs to no one but Weber and his Contrabass.
CD Feature/ Yasushi Yoshida: "Little Grace"
A fragile cobweb of insinuations and metaphors: Dreamy melancholia and delightful misery.
Metal Visions International 1
A planet forged of steel: Exploring Metal releases from all around the world.
Weezer: "The Red Album "
Xanax-bratitude anthems: For those willing to indulge in their inner idiot now and then.
The [law-rah] Collective: "...as it is..."
Akin to observing a sculptor modelling his objects in real time: Psychoactive sounds and a stringent script.
Vital Weekly 633
Frans de Waard presents the experimental releases of the week.
CD Feature/ Alva Noto: "Unitxt"
Unexpected Poetry: Carsten Nicolai forces Techno through a series of reincarnations.
Random Stabbings 35
June's round of interesting records, subjectively compiled by Eric Saeger.
CD Feature/ Taylor Deupree: "Northern"
A striking degree of "realness": A sonic volubility and emotive vulnerability which will be hard to follow up on.
CD Feature/ Steve Roach: "Landmass"
True to his own tradition: Steely minimalism, nerved by an erotic film noire ambiance.
Vital Weekly 632
Frans de Waard presents the experimental releases of the week.
CD Feature/ Mathias Delplanque: "La Plinthe"
Kissing your lover to a piece of sound art: Capable of touching the listener in the sentive area of his ...
CD Feature/ Sawako: "Bitter Sweet"
Emphasises harmony instead of information: A cocoon for a brightly coloured butterfly.