Quote from: Balor/SS1535 on December 19, 2025, 06:12:29 AMQuote from: BirdBolt on December 18, 2025, 07:59:52 PMAnother fantastic year for new releases.
Sverige På 80-Talet - Tre Små Rätter
Ruusuriimu - Tánc a Rothadásért
Kartio - Alkeis
Robert Fuchs - Shutters & Anchors
Primitive Isolation Tactics - All Pressures Past
Skärgård / BRYSKT / Heppakirjat - Hurrinoise Samling
Carousel - Awakened Spirits of Ancient Mischief
Skullflower & Culver - Poison for the Fairies
Kristian Olsson - Molna I Mull
Giärmäi - Boreaaliset Syvät Vedet
Tyhjä Pää - High Magnetic Intensity
Erik Nystrand - Brain Damaged By Head Meat
Moss Harvest - Redux Amalgam
Haaska - Akrasia
Kadef / Star - Wer Seinen Spaß Hat, Vermißt Die Träne Im Augenwinkel Nicht
Still waiting on the new Spring of Life 12" - sure that will be amazing, too.
Reissues:
Total / Merzbow - Merzbow Mixed Total
Redneck - Bloodcraving
The Day of the Antler - Rural Industrial
People's Person - People's Person
Richard Ramirez - Tracking Device
Odal - Lenin Stinkt
Dead Body Love - Lo-Fi Power Carnage
I feel like I have heard little about the Kadef/Star split, so it is cool to see it here. What makes it so strong for you? (For context, I have not heard it!)
It's a really coherent release, for a start. I dunno if the two were in touch before recording their tracks, but it sounds like everything's coming from the same place. There's a real rough minimalism and simplicity to everything both projects are doing, and a lot more melody than I was expecting. The Star tracks, in particular, are quite different to his recent releases and all the better for it.
And it's quite a melodic / despondent release, too. Some of the loops have a similar feel to Andrew Chalk's strange synth miniatures, like they're loaded with meaning but still strangely cold.
But when it gets more aggressive, it sits somewhere between a muted 80s industrial/PE feel and 80s cassette culture strangeness - simple flanger/phaser (I can never tell which is which) and primitive drum machines against really rough, muffled textures. And it all flows naturally out of the more melodic tracks.
It's very atmospheric / hypnotic, and a lot of simple ideas produce some really beautiful results. Lots of replay value to this one - well worth picking up.
