Release year: 2024Label: Steinklang Industries A couple of years back, we took a stab at pulling apart and reviewing Belgian In Search Of Death’s previous release, simply titled II (see here). It contained material recorded in the early noughties, recently … Continue reading IN SEARCH OF DEATH: I
Release year: 1990/2024Label: ZNS Tapes/Zoharum The promo sheet for Polish Zoharum’s recent re-release of German Maeror Tri’s 1990 tape Ambient Dreams mentions that it was created entirely from sounds sourced from natural sources. No electronic sound sources were apparently used. … Continue reading MAEROR TRI: Ambient Dreams
Release Year: 2024Label: Zoharum Tunnels Of Āh are a dark ambient act who’ve been releasing material for a bit above ten years now, most of them via renowned UK label for dark, weird and experimental music Cold Spring. So whilst … Continue reading TUNNELS OF ĀH: The Charnel Working + Klesha File
Release year: 2023Label: Zoharum And once more, we arrive at Polish Zoharum’s doorstep to see what peculiarities they have put out. Schröttersburg, also from Poland, are already on their sixth album according to the promo sheet, several of which have … Continue reading SCHRÖTTERSBURG: Kosmogonia
Release year: 2023Label: Zoharum Oh those weird, weird weirdoes at Zoharum and their releases. The promo text for Polish Naktys’ debut album describes the album as mixing elements of EBM, techno, industrial, trance and – of all things – rap. … Continue reading NAKTYS: Liturgia
BRANDKOMMANDO: Jugoslavija 1941-1945 Release year: 2024Label: Zoharum The tricky thing with music such as power electronics is that often its hard to get a grasp on the thematics. And often, when you do, it’s hard to know the angle. Are … Continue reading An ode to Yugoslavia
UHUSHUHU: Zvirat Release year: 2023Label: Zoharum And here we are again, with more of Polish label Zoharum’s recent ambient releases. As those of you who’ve read my reviews of Vidna Obmana’s (here) and The Stargazer’s Assistant’s (here) recent releases on … Continue reading Uhushuhu’s cosmic drones
MOAN/DEAD FACTORY: Onset Of Oblivion/Abandoned Heritage Release year: 2023Label: Zoharum What do you get when you lump together two dark ambient artists and make them collaborate? I’m sure nobody answered the question with “dark ambient”, am I right? Yeah, dead … Continue reading At the onset of oblivion
HIV+ & FRIENDS: Spanish Electronic Body Music Release year: 2023Label: Zoharum Now, here’s a release that truly wears its heart on it’s sleeve. It’s title tells exactly what it’s all about e.g., EBM from Spain. And the artist name – … Continue reading Stay positive with friends
GENETIC TRANSMISSION: Offals Of Emotions Release year: 2004/2023Label: Die Schöne Blumen Musik Werk/Zoharum This is where I admit my ignorance. Polish one man project Genetic Transmission and its sole member Tomasz Twardawa were what could be called notables in the … Continue reading Offals from the Genetic Transmission archives
Only Death Is Real 