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
WHITE STAINS: Dreams Shall Flesh (Redux) Release year: 1991/2024Label: Psychick Release PSP/Zoharum In the dark, convoluted and seemingly bottomless abysses of underground, esoteric music, there is always something new to find. Something that makes you realize that no matter how … Continue reading Dreams flesh again
RAPOON: Time Frost Release year: 2007/2023Label: Glacial Movements/Zoharum Talk about a misleading album. The first four tracks on Time Frost are in the passable range of about six minutes – here I was thinking I had finally on my hands … Continue reading Time of frost
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
VIDNA OBMANA: Crossing The Trail Release year: 1998/2023Label: Projekt/Zoharum Polish Zoharum are at it again, digging into the annals of the past and reissuing somewhat obscure older material. This time around it’s Belgian ambient in the form of Vidna Obmana, … Continue reading Crossing trails with Vidna Obmana
Release year: 2023Label: House Of Mythology/Zoharum Ambient is a tough genre for me. Which is kind of weird, because I really dig dark ambient and especially all kinds of ritualistic, droning minimalism. But “straight” ambient… that’s an entirely different cup … Continue reading THE STARGAZER’S ASSISTANT: Fire Worshipperr’s assistant
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
HARMONY OF STRUGGLE: Brutal Aesthetics Release year: 2023Label: Zoharum One thing I’ve always wondered about are individuals with several projects within the same genre. What’s the reason, the point? OK, if they are stylistically drastically different from each other, then … Continue reading Brutal harmony
Only Death Is Real 