Musique Machine Reviews

From Musique Machine:

Cunnan – Foxfire and Aconite
This extremely limited cd-r of thirty copies is an art edition release with hand painted wrap around sleeves and a vellum bi-fold with lyrics and recording information. The album was originally released as a download only edition by the alternative folk Website Woven Wheat Whispers, which sadly shut down last summer. This cd-r was actually released in 2006, according to Cryptantus Records’ Myspace page. Cunnan are Alan Trench, Christopher Patinios and Stephen Robinson of Temple Music with Tracy Jeffery of Orchis on vocals and Julie Brackenbury on violin. Alan Trench is a multi-instrumentalist also notable for his work with Martyn Bates, and also known as the man behind World Serpent Distribution, which also shut down a few years back. He’s credited here with Lute, Guitars, Keyboards, Samplers, Synthesizers, percussion, whistles, dulcimer, tenor recorder and, among other things, shadows(?).

Emit – Abortions
Emit bend, melt and pummel Black metal music and spirit into a very strange, sinisterly psychedelic and bizarre place. This wonderful yet un-nevering and varied disk is a highly consistent and strange collection of tracks from through out the projects 9 year descent into darkness and sonic madness.

Expo ’70- Be Invisble Now! – Self Titled
This two way split brings together two tracks a piece of hypnotic tinged Krautrock from Expo 70 who come from the USA & Be Invisible Now! from Italy. And for a split release surprisingly this(for most the part) flows rather well as a glorious tripped out whole