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“Who needs enemies, with friends as fucked up as these?”, to mangle an old phrase. And mangling is very much what Tobacco (aka Thomas Fec, aka creative mastermind of psyche synth act, Black Moth Super Rainbow) likes to do. Whether it’s the sound of his own voice through a vocoder, or those he wrings out … Continue reading Tobacco – Fucked up Friends 3 (2021)
Releasing an album of nihilistically-minded synth-driven psyche and calling it 'Panic Blooms' in 2018 might’ve seemed like a perfectly justifiable reaction to the state of the world at that time. But given the events of 2020, and to be fair much of 2021 so far, it seems comically naive. To be fair to Black Moth … Continue reading Black Moth Super Rainbow – Panic Blooms (2018)
Fennesz - Black Sea (2008). I find myself listening to much more ambient music these days, as an appropriate backdrop for days spent working from home. Austrian artist, Christian Fennesz is often lauded for the very unusual way he makes use of the guitar in his music: combining it with digital effects to produce something … Continue reading 10/08/2020 This week I have been mostly listening to…
The Black Dog - Spanners (1995). This has been on the to do list for ages, as by all accounts it’s an absolute classic of 90s electronic music - by y’all know how it is: so much music, so little time. Anyway, my sporadic listening on headphones while walking around doing other stuff is not … Continue reading 04/11/19: This week I have been mostly listening to
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