Night Terrors 16
A monthly traipse through the latest dark & esoteric soundscapes (plus a smattering from yesteryear).
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Night Terrors 15
A monthly traipse through the latest dark & esoteric soundscapes (plus a smattering from yesteryear).
Saele Valese - IVIC
“It was impossible to take at one gulp the realisation that in the mind of this trim modern creature he had known in completest intimacy, there was a whole great area he had never dreamed of.” – Fritz Leiber
First off, an apology: I’m mighty sorry that this has taken such a long time to draw from my stone-filled veins.
Night Terrors 14
A monthly traipse through the latest dark & esoteric soundscapes (plus a smattering from yesteryear).
Night Terrors 13
A monthly traipse through the latest dark & esoteric soundscapes (plus a smattering from yesteryear).
Night Terrors 12
A monthly traipse through the latest dark & esoteric soundscapes (plus a smattering from yesteryear).
Coil - The Golden Hare With A Voice Of Silver (A Guide For Beginners - The Voice Of Silver / A Guide For Finishers - A Hair Of Gold
Let’s get the woolly mammoth in the room out of the way straight off the bat. How do you condense a sizeable back catalogue, particularly one as varied and prolific as Coil’s, into a mere double album? Can it be distilled to such a meagre offering and still retain a valid representation of the breadth of their work?
Boris With Merzbow - 2R0I2P0
They say that familiarity can breed contempt. I’m not sure if contempt is the aim of the game in this 8th pairing of Boris & Merzbow but there’s certainly a pugnacious streak burning its way through the heart of 2R0I2P0.
Night Terrors 11
A monthly traipse through the latest dark & esoteric soundscapes (plus a smattering from yesteryear).
Top 25 Records of 2020
Flippin’ ‘eck. That was a lot, weren’t it? I doubt I need to belch on about the trials and tribulations of this bastard year so it’s probably enough to say that I didn’t really feel like ranking music this time round. Aligning most accurately with my shifting and seasonal tastes isn’t exactly a competition. Despite the fetid state of this year, the quality of music released was astounding. To the point that anyone dropping this sort of list a month ago now seems a little foolhardy as late additions have bumped otherwise locked-in records straight out of the running. If that seems a little unfair or callous, even, here’s a little run down of those nearly-theres:
'Twas The Night Terrors Before Christmas
A seasonal traipse through the latest dark & esoteric soundscapes (plus a smattering from yesteryear).
Constantine Skourlis - Eternal Recurrence
Constantine Skourlis is no stranger to crisis. Whilst he was in a Lesbos cave weaving together his masterful debut, Hades, small boats bearing the broken bodies of human beings began making their way towards that very same island. This became one of the worst humanitarian tragedies in recent memory. Now, 3 years later, with the world in a bafflingly worse state, his follow up Eternal Recurrence is being unleashed.
Alessandra Novaga - I Should Have Been A Gardener
The latest foray into 6 string explorations from Alessandra Novaga is a generally quiet and contemplative affair. It’s less like barging through a splintered and dangling door and more akin to seeking refuge on a stranger’s cosy sofa. The longer that you take up residence, however, the more there is that is demanded of you.
Night Terrors 10
A monthly traipse through the latest dark & esoteric soundscapes (plus a smattering from yesteryear).
Drew McDowall - Agalma
An integral part of the industrial and experimental scenes during the unwinding of the 20th century, Drew McDowall lent both his sonic nous and his penchant for magick to the cults of Coil and Psychic TV before striding out on his own. He’s spent the past decade collaborating with and remixing the likes of Rabit, NIN, and Uniform, as well as Posh Isolation stalwarts Croatian Armor, Puce Mary, and Varg.
Knifedoutofexistence - Just Barely
For some people playing live is a luxury – just an added benefit of this music indulgence. For others it’s a chore, or, worse still, a source of sheer, debilitating, panic. There is another group, however, who thrive on the experience. They need it to survive. The act in itself is cleansing, like performing an exorcism on oneself: a cathartic purging of thoughts and feelings in order to reach inner peace.
Night Terrors 9
A monthly traipse through the latest dark & esoteric soundscapes (plus a smattering from yesteryear).
Night Terrors 8
A monthly traipse through the latest dark & esoteric soundscapes (plus a smattering from yesteryear).
J. Zunz - Hibiscus
As summer dribbled away, dark clouds more befitting of 2020’s mood scampered into place along the British skyline. Concurrent with this meteorological shift arrives J Zunz’s Hibiscus. One half of the hypnotic psychonauts Lorelle Meets The Obsolete, J Zunz (real name Lorena Quintanilla) has eschewed collaboration this time in favour of a deeply personal delve into her own psyche. What emerges is something nuanced, confident, and throbbing with paranoia.
Night Terrors 7
A monthly traipse through the latest dark & esoteric soundscapes (plus a smattering from yesteryear).
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