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Roberto Detree - Architectura Celestis 1982
Balmy ambient improvisations with a deep, almost ritualistic feel. Acoustic
guitars and additional self-made instruments are used, creating spheric layers
of what sounds like some kind of ethereal glass strings. It might be more of a
meditation- or wellness-record, but with something enigmatic about it!
(Review by Wormholio) listen

X.Y.R - Mental Joruney To BC 2015
Like a sonic time machine that takes you to the stone age. There you jam with
troglodytes in a nice upscale cave with a view on the forest treeline and by
a nice little freshwater lake. A safe area. Far removed from bear or sabre-tooth
tiger attacks. A littlebit simplistic at times - But the sounds are so nice
and uplifting its actually very ok and you wished it went on for another
20 minutes. listen here
SW

Terekke - Plant Age (2017) L.I.E.S. -
A collection of eight feel-good reverby tracks, which feel like a slow
and soft spin into infinity.  Terekke’s debut album follows a succession of
EPs on L.I.E.S and a latest self-released 2015 album funnily titled “( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)”.
Very much the same deep vibe like 154's Strike album - so #*@(*#(@ ethereal
and out there it seems like Terekke is some kind of vaporous mind energy being
from a Star Trek TNG episode (one with Will Wheaton and the traveler in it
ofcourse) Combines perfectly with any houseplant care ritual too.
(Review by Wesley Crusher) listen here


Fauli – Jugend Unsinn 1982 – Gry Records.
Jugend Unsinn is the first out of two albums released by Danish minimal synth
musician and film-maker (ie. punk cult movie "De skrigende halse") Søren Fauli,
which precedes the slightly better-known but equally rare Fauli til Dauli LP
(1983), released on Copenhagen's defunct Gry Records. Both albums have
surprisingly not seen a re-issue on any of the punk and minimal wave re-issue
labels. Jugend Unsinn is an enigmatic 11-track never-sold-on-discogs C40 tape
release with untitled tracks, which takes the listener on a maddening journey
of staggering industrial rhythms, D-I-Y punk aesthetics, sweaty jungles, unholy
organs, with vocals sung in Danish, English and German, and uncomfortable
(but catchy) falsetto back-up vocals by Fauli himself. Jugend Unsinn is a
collection of intimate and unabashed minimal wave gems that will take you for
a ride. (Review by Penelope Schnitzel)

German Army - Pyura Chilensis 2017 – Luce Sia.
Anthropological studies on a remote island, green moss growing
uncontrollably, basement goth parties, and vast uninhabited deserts, are
among the images evoked by prolific and entrancing German Army. Among 17
releases from the 2016-2017 period - including on Opal Tapes and Total Black
labels - Pyura Chilensis (described as a 'tunicate that somewhat resembles a
mass of organs inside a rock' and which has the ability to self-fertilize) is
on the mossy side of things. And it is addictive. The album artwork feels
intrinsically part of the album and so does German Army's extensive video work;
after buying PC on bandcamp this Fall I received an e-mail from Peter Kris -
founding member of German Army - five days later asking whether I wanted some
GA vids with my purchase. Off course, intrigued, I responded in the affirmative.
Two days later I received a wetransfer link to a couple dozen entrancing
GA videos, bringing new dimensions to the listening experience.
(Review by Penelope Schnitzel)

Wigsplitaz - Represent the Dead 2017 - Samling Recordings/Pop'Em Records
Recent cassette release of a 2013 digital album by Swedish horrorcore duo,
picked up at Today's Art festival in The Hague in September. I was mostly
drawn to the artwork (a bloodied hand holding a mic) and the format. The
tape revealed chilling synth melodies, deep vocals, and gruesome text, likely
influenced by memphis-rap. Just what you want to listen to when you feel like
drinking strychnine and frying brains for breakfast on a Saturday morning.
Zombie themes are arguably redundant, but at least they compensate in humor.
(Review by Penelope Schnitzel) listen