Jason Zeh A Series Of Objects (Banned Prod.): Mr. Zeh doing that subtle, obscure tape-based sound manipulation. Not as impacting as
A Vacant Lot To Be In felt. I imagine the presence of the performance would change everything.
Vertonen Bloodshifts (Banned Prod.): Side A = a little more aggressive than the usual Vertonen fare. Side B = the usual Vertonen fare...deep drone.
Michael Muennich Abbitte (Banned Prod.): First listen to Muennich. Barely treated acoustic noise. Great!
Brume Charlemagne (Membrum Debile Propaganda): The best Brume piece I've ever heard?
Mlehst A Puritan Am I (Belief): Gold! Not much different from the last few years of Mlehst, but I love it all.
Mlehst Dreams Crossed Out (Self Abuse): Favorite in the Murder Series.
Mlehst The Longest Lie (Black Horizons): Collection of older sounds on three tapes. I think I'm done binging on Mlehst for a while now, lest I start buying overpriced rarities.
Small Cruel Party Seminal Brainpan (Dom America): Much more intense than most SCP releases I've heard. Fantastic!
Small Cruel Party &
Sudden Infant Play Stalker (eM 13n): As great as a collaboration as you'd expect, with Lanz's presence being less subdued than you'd predict.
Lionel Marchetti &
Jérome Noetinger Paris – Genève (Πτώματα Κάτω Από Το Κρεββάτι): Dueling Revox B77's...fuck man, this is amazing. Great cover art from "The Ruins of Detroit" photo series: (
http://www.marchandmeffre.com/detroit/).
Burried Machine Stoned Mirror (Rockatansky): Only familiar with
Bulkface and
Aoral Portion, but this is in that vein those releases are, but...better! Killer artwork.
RM Current Logic (Second Sleep): Woah! Not at all what you'd think to hear from one half of
Lettera 22...rhythmic as all hell.
Jeph Jerman A Fidgety And Excitable Engine (Second Sleep): It's Jerman...look at the title. Think a minute...you got it! Another stellar work.
Cédric Dambrain Subjective Slave (Roughledge): Wow...like
Tommi Keränen playing
Pain Jerk at 16 2/3 rpm and at times like the
CMI catalog playing electro-acoustic music. Just...complete brain frying, face fucking music. Gonna be a 2014 contender.
Anla Courtis &
Ralf Wehowsky Return Of The Stone Spirits (Beta-lactam Ring): Way more harsh than you typically see Wehowsky; which is how I recall their other collaboration being.
Johannes Frisch &
Ralf Wehowsky Tränende Würger (Korm Plastics): More acoustic-sourced than the above. Reminds me of the amazing
Sechs Abstände album.
