From Sonomu:
Various Artists, Echoes of Polyhymnia (Hypnos)
Hypnos now boasts a long history and impressive discography of highly-accomplished ambient music hovering in dark, but not lightless, regions, several of which are compilations of exclusive tracks. Recently it added to this bounty with two anthologies released more or less simultaneously. … [read]
Posted by Stephen Fruitman at 07:49, 13 Aug 2009Coppice Halifax, Ocean Lion (CDR Milieu Music)
In some baffling way, Ocean Lion has a dual effect on body and mind. It lulls the body into sweet submission with captivating, textured beats, while simultaneously engaging the mind with a background sky awash in brand-new pastel colours, ones you can´t find in your box of crayons. I flash back… [read]
Posted by Stephen Fruitman at 07:51, 12 Aug 2009Raz Mesinai´s Badawi, Unit of Resistance (ROIR)
Unit of Resistance is one component of a project Raz Mesinai takes very seriously – the demonization of Islam by the Bush administration, which first manifested itself in Mesinai´s protest action against the Republican National Convention in New York City in 2004. Mesinai is ably qualified to… [read]
Posted by Stephen Fruitman at 14:15, 11 Aug 2009