Tag Trip Hop
This album explores memory for its theme. Dementia being a terrifying thief of personality and experience that is affecting more and more of our aging population in the West. It is somewhat ironic that I had forgotten, until I searched… Continue Reading →
For her second album Hildring (Engl. mirage) Lindy-Fay Hella of Wardruna has joined forces with fellow Norwegians Dei Farne (Roy Ole Førland and Ingolf Hella Torgersen). Following her solo debut Seafarer (2019) which regarding themes and soundscapes was close to… Continue Reading →
Bit of a Tricky one this, in more ways than one. Firstly, we are told that “It is a record for the single individual in a contemplative state,” no problems with that as the way things are many of us… Continue Reading →
I will admit that, despite the logo appearing familiar to me, Belgium’s Emptiness have not entered my auricular notice before. As such the dreamy, dark, post punk meets trip hop compositions of Vide do not surprise me so much as they would fans of the bands earlier Black and Death metal oeuvre …. Continue Reading →
We do get the odd bit of strangeness into the Ave Noctum presidium now and than. Which is always welcomed by one or other of the scribes. A bit of avant-garde noodling, some abstract noise, some Satanic jazz salsa; whatever… Continue Reading →
First a word about the label. Dur et Doux “defends a singular vision of amplified music”, they tell us. I have experienced the music of Ni and PoiL, both on the label roster, and it’s clearly a collective for interesting… Continue Reading →
Dylan Neal’s other band, Botanist, might not be to everyone’s taste (hammered dulcimer black metal anyone?) but it certainly makes a change from listening to a very long line of black-metal-o-likes queuing up to deliver their take on something that… Continue Reading →
Norwegian band Manes recently released “Slow Motion Death Sequence”, their fifth album. This is a band which has experienced various transformations and name changes since 1991, but whose music has always been unusual and on the edge. To find out… Continue Reading →
To cut a long story short involving temporary releases, compilations and different band names, Manes are from Trondheim in Norway and thoroughly impressed me with their creative album “Be All End All” (2014). The trick lies in the moods and… Continue Reading →
Trip Hop is a funny beast. As sludge is to NOLA the heady mix of rhythmic dance, hip hop and electronica slithered from Bristol in the 90’s. How strange to hear it’s influence so heavy in End Christian. This is… Continue Reading →
Well fuck me (Er..don’t actually. Pretty sure neither of us would enjoy it…), a PR sheet that speaks the truth! ‘A metallic version of Ulver’s Perdition City.. ‘ Yep, that’s it. Or a melodic death metal version at least. Now… Continue Reading →
One of the most innovative albums I have ever heard was Netra’s “Sørbyen” (2012), a bleak and atmospheric album with the unusual and effective inclusion of trip-hop. The urban street feel of that album features on the artwork of this… Continue Reading →