If there’s a must-purchase cassette on this Tape Tuesday, it’s this Pacific Support compilation from DRAFT (a Gift Tapes subsidiary). It features thirteen unreleased tracks from experimental electronic musicians including Rene Hell, Pulse Emitter, Keith Fullerton Whitman, Carl Calm, Flowerman, Golden Retriever, Brother Raven, etc. The songs and services were donated, so all proceeds will [...]

…aka the slow and weird pulsations of the post-rave electronic fallout; wherein we examine musical patterns discovered by the newest decade of halcyon-daze burn-outs. To the point: Brother Raven are the duo of Jamie Potter and Jason E. Anderson; two dudes channeling synth, tape and effects to reaffirm the previously discarded new-age vibrations of the German [...]

Sean’s high-profile in the drone scene seems to have scored him a few well curated vinyl pressings – but his cassette output is still first-rate, allowing him the space needed to stretch out and compose his smeared drones and soothing layers of sound. It’s a perfect soundtrack for zoning out, zoning in, or simply for [...]

We’ve all had to start using the term “blown-out” quite a bit lately thanks to groups like this. There’s just not many other ways to describe the cacophony of sound. Metal Rouge released a wonderful LP on their own Emerald Cocoon label last year (it’s still available); this new outing for cassette promises similar sonic [...]

Kyle Bobby Dunn is a name that has been blipping consistently on the drone scene radar lately. His patient, slow-epic compositions hold up with the best from superstars like Sean McCann and even Stars of the Lid. There is a special art edition of Ways of Meaning available for $30, or a regular edition for [...]

The newest long-player on the increasingly essential Miasmah label comes from the cheekily titled Kaboom Karavan. The album’s not so cheeky though, is it? A bit nightmarish even, at times. The sound is hard to place, definitely; the label write-up mentions Jazz and Dadaism specifically as cornerstones, and I’ll accept that. But don’t believe anything [...]

BJ Nilsen once again teams up with the Stilluppsteypa duo, achieving stunning results on this vinyl release for The Helen Scarsdale Agency. $15 is the admission price for this strange carnival, wherein three shadowy figures conduct intoxicating waltzes for imaginary episodes of science-fiction ghost stories. At least that’s what I gather from the sound-clip on [...]

I’m not really sure why Surfaces of a Broken Marching Band never got an analog pressing, but it sounds like Type’s newest catalog number, courtesy of the artist Ezekiel Honig, follows in the spirit of that album – I suppose that’s good enough for me. Dilapidated melodies lay down and breathe their dying breaths on [...]

I have been patiently waiting for this album to come out on vinyl. Apparently I should have been tucking some bills under my mattress as well, because this 2xLP “special edition” just rang up at fifty fucking doll-hairs. I’m not sure which of the specifications fit that price tag (glow-in-the-dark ink? matte finish?) but the [...]

This record sold out with a quickness when it first hit the virtual shelves. It topped a few high profile top ten lists last year as well, and for good reason. The music on here will slowly and deliberately pummel your head into a bloody mash, which is apparently enjoyable for some folks. A truly [...]