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My take on the sublime new @andrewrumsey.bsky.social album for @freqzine.bsky.social... ⤵️

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 […]

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 […]

Thanks @freqzine.bsky.social for such an in-depth review.

Mammal Hands - Circadia

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 […]

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@acloudtotheback.bsky.social reviews @andrewrumsey.bsky.social 's latest LP via Gare du Nord "With such well-measured richness to unpack in its roomy interiors, Blank Arcades is another captivating .. place to get lost inside."

#musicreview

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V/H/S/Halloween ...the latest in the V/H/S series -- the eighth, in fact, which is impressive for a series devoted to the found footage format, which has long had its day. In fact, calling them VHS just seems weird a...

@stoatie.bsky.social : "I’m usually a bit of a seasonal purist when it comes to #horror #movies ..I gotta admit, it did feel weird at first ... I had a lot of fun and will probably watch it again once Spoopy Season rolls around.. #anthology #filmreview from @shudder.com
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BELLASTRA (London) by BELLIGHTNING is out on the Eukaryotic label 18th February. Pre-order available now.

eukaryotic.bandcamp.com/album/bellas...

BELLIGHTNING is a project that includes JS Adams (BLK w/ BEAR) Katie English (Isnaj Dui) and Mark Kluzek.

#experimental #improvisation

Meteoric Heralds of Danger is the 5th Doomed Bird album.

Release date 20th March.

Pre-order now:

Norman Records (LP vinyl) www.normanrecords.com/records/2139...

Bandcamp (LP vinyl, download) thedoomedbirdofprovidence.bandcamp.com/album/meteor...

#wrecklesseric #livemusic #musicreview

Always a pleasure and good to see the Bohman Brothers back on the pages of Freq in particular.

My freshest @freqzine.bsky.social review... ⤵️

@btlabel.bsky.social bring #avantgarde #improv #spokenword chaos to the Reading stage, as found in a #musicreview @michaelrodhamheaps.bsky.social "this was definitely an opportunity not to be missed"

With @dollydavid.bsky.social, Sophie Sleigh Johnson and Secluded Bronte

Bellightning - Bellastra (London)

Bellightning – BELLASTRA (London) https://freq.org.uk/reviews/bellightning-bellastra-london/ ..a half-hour album filled with minute-long sketches, each inhabiting its own little world. The BELLASTRA is a random prompt generator that used found sounds to guide […]

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Olly Chalk's In Those Remote Stars freq.org.uk/reviews/olly... ..throw[s] #jazz y-adjacent kaleidoscopic shapes that nuzzle up with #folk and often contain muscular rhythms that rumble and jounce like an off-road vehicle. #musicreview

@acloudtotheback.bsky.social "...a neatly-distilled #pop #noir affair ..shifts between layered moodscapes and shadowy minimalistic grooves... @glenjohnson.bsky.social is clearly unafraid to wander wherever his perennial penchants take him" via @2ndlanguagemusic.bsky.social #musicreview t.ly/afDfo

Crime 101 ...as stylish and well executed as the crimes it depicts, while revealing the weaknesses in the chains binding its litany of incident together. But believable characters and a sly sense of humour lubr...

Crime 101 freq.org.uk/reviews/film... ...as stylish and well executed as the crimes it depicts.. believable characters and a sly sense of humour lubricate its procedural plot, easing us around its numerous chicanes without diluting their thrill factor. #la #filmnoir #heist #filmreview

Another review bundle from me on @freqzine.bsky.social, centered around the @skepwax.bsky.social family...⤵️

@acloudtotheback.bsky.social 's February @skepwax.bsky.social roundup with releases featuring @would-be-goods.bsky.social @ianbutton.bsky.social @pmomtch.bsky.social @heavenlyamelia.bsky.social #indie #indierock #musicreview freq.org.uk/reviews/skep...

@michaelrodhamheaps.bsky.social : "the hypnotic pull of the words shimmer in a peppery abstraction that invites you to taste the kernelling kinetics behind what’s being spoken. #avantgarde #spokenword #electronica #musicreview
Out tomorrow via
@muterecords.bsky.social
freq.org.uk/reviews/phew...

Interview with Peter Zinovieff Rise and Fall of EMS London : Interview with Peter Zinovieff

Rise and Fall of EMS London : Interview with Peter Zinovieff

One of my latest reviews for @freqzine.bsky.social... ⤵️

Another fresh @freqzine.bsky.social review from me... ⤵️

@acloudtotheback.bsky.social "..this second full-length set from Melbourne’s capital letter-averse kisses has a lot to live up to... the quintet’s own utterly sublime self-released eponymous album from 2024" #musicreview freq.org.uk/reviews/kiss...

...a product of near-seamless mind-melding that traverses multiple timelines of choice historic influences, without any fashion-focused anxiety.

@acloudtotheback.bsky.social "..near-seamless mind-melding that traverses multiple timelines of choice historic influences, without any fashion-focused anxiety." Errata from @johnhaughey.bsky.social & @tarotplane.bsky.social is out via @woodfordhalse.bandcamp.com #electronica #musicreview t.ly/QXQ92

Direct link #jazz #flute #musicreview freq.org.uk/reviews/isab...

Isabelle Bodenseh – Dignity https://freq.org.uk/reviews/isabelle-bodenseh-dignity/ opens with a five-part suite that delves into Isabelle’s feelings of dignity .. with the other players lending a hushed setting which allows the flute to travel, snaking carefully and wavering gently as the […]

My take on the new @whitelands.bsky.social album via @soniccathedral.bsky.social up on @freqzine.bsky.social... ⤵️

@acloudtotheback.bsky.social "London-based #shoegaze adherents ... return on their second full-length sounding like a band refreshingly upping their youthful ante ... a substantial and soulful step forward" - out via @soniccathedral.bsky.social freq.org.uk/reviews/whit... #indie #rock #musicreview

Bellbird - The Call

Bellbird – The Call https://freq.org.uk/reviews/bellbird-the-call/ If you imagine a post-hardcore band had ditched guitar and voice and replaced them with two saxes, this is the sound you would have.. things start out one way and end up somewhere else, tone […]

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