Reviews: Avant Garde

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TR/ST – The Destroyer – 2

Pronounced “Trust”, The Destroyer – 2 is darkness done oh so well; an intriguing blend of 80’s new wave, modern electro and ambient layering.

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Tim Hecker – Anoyo

Like most of Hecker’s music, it can be rough on ears or difficult to understand, but worth it in the end.

Fennesz – Agora

If you’ve heard anything from experimental electronic musician Christian Fennesz before, then you already know that this is going to get weird.

Craün – III

Do you like ambient music? This 5 track headphone cinema from Australian-based musician and sound designer Aris Hatzidakis is a good test. Composed as a

Robot Koch – Sphere

Beautifully weird ambient trip-hop type music for the contemporary citizen from award winning German artist Robot Koch. Sphere is a cinematic experience, lifting you up

Rasmus Juncker – Ophold

The debut album from Danish musician Rasmus Juncker lands somewhere between modern classical and noisey electronica. “I used multiple microphones on the same sound sources

Johnny Jewel – Themes for Television

A collection of ambient material intended for the “Twin Peaks” series reboot makes a surprise drop via the indie label Italians Do It Better. Jewel

Solo Organ – Frequency Illusion

What a weird and scary record from San Francisco based artist Douglas Katelus twerking a Hammond Organ next to “a couple custom Bob Schleicher and

Chaines – The King

You have to wonder when someone describes an album, or anything for that matter, as simply “interesting.” And what we have here from Manchester U.K.