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Alexander Hacke – Blast: Distorted Memories – From Einstürzende Neubauten to Symphonic Drone "[is] a comfortable read, no daunting blocks of text and plenty of archival black and white pics to entertain you along the way. Each chapter’s contents is conveniently bookmarked by handy subject markers that have you skipping against the flow, dipping in and out of the action with ease." https://freq.org.uk/reviews/hacke-blast/ #bookreview #musicreview #neubauten

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Pan•American – Fly The Ocean In A Silver Plane https://freq.org.uk/reviews/panamerican-fly/ Whilst it takes some patient listening to peel back the hidden layers contained within, the pensive Fly The Ocean In A Silver Plane provides plentiful rewards through its serious-minded but soulful roaming through the expansive inner-world of Pan•American. #postrock #musicreview

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Scholars Of The Peak – The Seawatch Observatory Tapes https://freq.org.uk/reviews/scholars-seawatch/ Whereas its predecessor saluted the scenery of the Peak District across a smorgasbord flavoured with kosmische Tortoise-tinted post-rock and retro-futuristic synth sculpting, this follow-up honours the North Sea-facing coastline of the UK, on a somewhat less divergent yet deeper-cooked buffet of sounds. #musicreview #postrock #electronica

Freq 5d ago

Keiji Haino (live at The ICA) https://freq.org.uk/reviews/keiji-haino-live-at-the-ica/ ..it's certainly singular and perhaps dry, but it's equally a showing of some breathtaking capacity for keeping the listener on their toes. He closes with some leaping and clattering that belie his 73 years -- Keiji Haino's not ready to stop hitting shit really fucking hard and long may he continue. #livemusic words: @Hakarl Pix: @polycamerous

Freq 6d ago

The Bride! https://freq.org.uk/reviews/the-bride/ The #Gothic romance of James Whale’s 1935 #horror classic The Bride Of #Frankenstein is drastically relocated to #Prohibition-era Chicago and New York, although that element of #camp which made the original such a beloved #cult item remains intact, and the new setting offers a sly metatextual nod to the era in which it was made. #filmreview

Freq Mar 16

Plankton Wat – The Vanishing World https://freq.org.uk/reviews/plankton-wat-the-vanishing-world/ ...brings together older material that has been fermenting in other canonical places with newer pieces cooked-up afresh between the foursome. The result is an album that intrepidly tips a lot into a collaborative cauldron and pours out plenty of impressive distillations. #psychedelic #rock #musicreview

Plankton Wat - The Vanishing World

...brings together older material that has been fermenting in other canonical places with newer pieces cooked-up afresh between the foursome. The result is an album that intrepidly tips a lot into a collaborative cauldron and pours out plenty of impressive distillations.

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Freq Mar 14

Tuva Halse – Reconnection https://freq.org.uk/reviews/tuva-halse-reconnection/ ..thoughtful, measured shapes of the violin are carefully released and there is an air of subtlety to the support, with even the warm caress of the bass providing a sense of solace. The arms around the shoulders allow space for these musical tales to unfold from the vocal, piano and trumpet reflecting a concerto melancholy.. #jazz #violin #musicreview

Freq Mar 9

Maninkari – L’Océan Rêve Dans Sa Loisiveté 4th Session / Daniel Szwed – Standard Cap https://freq.org.uk/reviews/maninkari-locean-reve-dans-sa-loisivete-4th-session-daniel-szwed-standard-cap/

The latest two releases from experimental label Rope Worm find French improvisational duo Maninkari and Polish exploratory drummer Daniel Szwed expanding sound in very different directions, but both leaning very much towards esoteric instrumentalism.

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Freq Mar 9

Harry Christelis – Preserving Fictions https://freq.org.uk/reviews/harry-christelis-preserving-fictions/

There are hints of #jazz inflection here and there, but the album offers far more: a very personal view that recognises some tropes but disguises them with their own subtle sway. In places the bass and drums shapeshift, rolling like marbles with a willingness to forgo structure for texture when it seems right and allow light to pierce through. #musicreview

Freq Mar 9

Mammal Hands – Circadia https://freq.org.uk/reviews/mammal-hands-circadia/ ..UK trio Mammal Hands are continuing on their trajectory combining #pastoral, spiritually aware #jazz with hints of #minimalism and #classical to evoke a space that is constantly moving, but at a pace that is adventurous yet welcoming. #musicreview