Wereju - Who and what we are

Over 3 hours of guitardrones on 4 tapes.

7/10

Black Mountain Transmitter - Theory & Practice (Lysergic Earwax)

Their 2009 cdr Black goat of the woods is one of my favorite pieces of musical darkness ever.

Their 2010 tape brings darkness into light, Sunno))) slides into a Tangerine Dream.

9/10

Bowed Metal Music - Untitled (Semata Productions)

Modified Bow Chimes + Configured Zildjian Cymbals = "steel cello" -> drones
Sounds like a new Sunno))) side project only these guys were first.

8.5/10

Expo 70 - Psychic Funeral (Sonic Meditations)

What was first a double 3" cdr is now 2 sides of tape full of kosmik guitardrones: the way it was meant to be.

8.5/10

Matt Hill - Untitled (Sonic Meditations)

Matt Hill uses (raga style) guitar, drones and effects to create a pretty minimal, repetitive sound with maximum results on ears and brain.

8/10

Brother Raven - Timewinder (Taped Sounds)

Brother Raven gets better with every release. Prepare for mindtravelling through memories .... into the future.

9.5/10

Locrian - Falling Towers / After The Torchlight (Black Horizons)

Noise, feedback, postmetal, drones, ambient.

8/10

Roman Wolfe - Ylem (905 Tapes)

Kosmik Synth Ritual
Klaus Schulze Revival

8/10

Annapurna Illusion / Gitche-Anahmi-Bezheu - Split (Ikuisuus)

Shamanistic emissions ...

7.5/10

Knit Prism - Orbs (Gift Tapes)

Synth + guitar + electronics + tapes -> altered reality -> inner orb.

8.5/10

Anna's Temple - Folle Eglise (Kaugummi)

Ghostly female voices combined with hazy guitar, synth and drums makes Grouper comparisons inevitable. However, on it's own, it's a great tape.

8/10

Harmonizer - Harmonizer (NNA Tapes)

Harmonizer is Greg Davis and Toby Aronson. Electronics, ethnic influences and total harmonizer worship.

7.5/10

Evelyn War/Guyute - Mountains (Early Mourning Recordings)

New age synths, gentle guitars, drones ...

7.5/10

Brainworlds - "..." (Sonic Meditations)

Brainworlds is Mason Brown. This release features 2 side long, 30 minute tracks of slowly evolving, psychedelic guitar meditation creating an atmosphere of reflection.

8/10

Kosmische Keuterboeren - Harvest (Sloow Tapes)

Kosmische Keuterboeren ("cosmic small farmers") are ready for harvest. For years they've been playing primitive folk music in their barn. Then crop circles started to appear. This didn't really affect their daily life, but in the barn things started changing: their music became even more primitive and also distorted and alienating. The end result is now out on Sloow Tapes: two sides of ritualistic folk/kraut jams from cosmic farmville.

8/10

Dylan Ettinger - Interstellar pleasures (Digitalis Limited)

I know, I know ... it's starting to look like a Dylan Ettinger fan blog over here but his output over the last months has been amazing. This time he takes us on a cosmic synth trip of stellar beauty.

9/10.

Steve Kenney - Outside the circles of time (905 Tapes)

2 side long synth patterns that take you to the center ...

8/10

Brett Naucke - Southern California (Arbor Infinity)

"New new age" is what some people call this, I call it pure meditative headphone bliss.

8.5/10

Robert Turman - Chapter Eleven (Hanson records)

CHAPTER ELEVEN is a massive eight cassettte box reissue containing 4 hours of Turman’s music recorded through the years 1976 - 1987. A wonderful discovery: early noise, meditative electronics, guitar explorations and so much more. Absolutely essential.

9/10

Dylan Ettinger - New Age Outlaws (Not Not Fun)

Dylan Ettinger is cracking out a great string of tape releases over the last months. His new release on Not Not Fun records sounds like a doped 80's soundtrack from outer space which is off course a good thing. Next up is a lp on Foxy Digitalis. Can't wait.

8.5/10

Sean McCann - Continent (Catholic tapes)

One of the best McCann tapes ever, and that's saying something.
Meditative soundscapes ...

8.5/10

Head Boggle - Alto Coloratura In Synthesize (Catholic tapes)

Field recordings vs freaky synthness. Makes your head spin.

7/10

Colored Mushroom And The Medicine Rocks - The Sundial Metaphysical Center (Wagon)

Imaging standing under a waterfall in a tropical mushroom forest ... Close your eyes and listen. Transportation.

Featuring John Elliott of Emeralds.

8/10

Colored Mushroom And The Medicine Rocks - Sea Channels (Wagon)

Imaging standing under a waterfall in a tropical mushroom forest ... Close your eyes and listen. Transportation.

Featuring John Elliott of Emeralds.

8/10

Synaptic Foliage - Synaptic Foliage (Wagon)

Ambient/drones/field recordings.

7.5/10