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Illusion of Safety Elgin, Illinois
Since 1983, Burke and his many conspirators under the IOS banner have over the course of 40+ releases traversed most every facet of the avant sound plane, from early industrial pop deconstruction to blindingly minimal sound art to densely surreal found-sound collage, creating uneasy music that is dense and dystopian and yet also beautiful. ... more
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Everything is Fine Until it Isn't
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razed abandon is what i love about this project, no holds barred all out frontal delivery of the feelings at hand, no filter, real freedom of expression. blistering and detailed
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Radio & My Voice
by Hali Palombo
like a trip to another world somewhat opaque in nature, like a cloud surrounding your field of sound and vision, clarity is almost attainable and you float in obtuse syrupy gel
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Powers & Principalities
by homogenized terrestrials
fascinating blend of who the fuck knows what! and i mean that in the best possible way. reminds a bit of one of my favorites The Hafler Trio, unknown sounds put together in a concise narrative
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Sheer Hellish Miasma
by Kevin Drumm
supported by 21 fans who also own “Probe Two”
inferno is unquestionably the best, most uncompromising noise track ever imagined and brought to life
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Written in response to the climate crisis, “Leviathan” is a brooding and beautifully unsettling batch of dark ambient songs.
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