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Review: Kogumaza - S/T

Kogumaza is real “desert mirage” music – the soundtrack to trudging across endless sandy plains under an unrelenting sun, wearily succumbing to the hallucinations that form as shimmering washes of colour on the horizon. Sludgy guitars provide the propulsion, swirling in psychedelic loops and gradually mutating into different tonal shapes, while

Review: Tim Catlin & Machinefabriek - Patina

For their second collaboration, Tim Catlin and Rutger Zuydervelt (aka Machinefabriek) stick to the construction process established in their first outing – Catlin prepares recordings for guitar and sitar, and then sends them onto Zuydervelt to be sequenced, added to, processed, completed. It’s a method that tends to achieve very

Review: Gareth Hardwick - Sunday Afternoon

Sunday Afternoon carries all of the traits you might anticipate from a record with such a title – it’s tranquil, undemanding, modestly constructed, minimal in activity, bright and sanguine in mood. There’s a depth to explore here, but it’s not placed out of reach, and doesn’t make

Review: Ex-Easter Island Head - Mallet Guitars One

Recorded in the roof space of a neo-classical church by two performers and three horizontal electric guitars on stands, Mallet Guitars One is a record that explores the interaction of the instruments and the resulting resonance and overtones – rhythm is used as a basis on which to form a dancing,

Review: Gareth Hardwick - Of the Sea and Shore

Of the Sea and Shore is summed up nicely by the dreary, dilapidated boat that sits stranded and neglected on the album cover. Directly influenced by the to-and-fro of the tides at various points on the UK coast, this third album from Nottingham-based Gareth Hardwick is a solid display of

Review: Spartak - Verona

Recorded in just two days, Verona is the music of impulse – of sporadic ideas without the relentless tweaking and perfecting of retrospect, unleashed and recorded and left relatively untouched. That considered it’s surprising how cohesive and well structured this album is, clearly existing as a celebration of putting faith