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has inked a deal with Kala-OK (aka multi-instrumentalist Kristian mondrup) and will be releasing his debut album"Reminiscence of a bodily blues" on April 11. Lead single "Stars are a sailing" (as posted above) features guest vocals and was directed by up-and-coming video artist (and Kristian's significant other) Shiyuan Liu.
Swedish rockers Robert Johnson & Punchdrunks will be celebrating their 20th anniversary this year with the release of the new album"Cimetiére pour les vivants", due out mid-may via as a vinyl-only release. Expect live show dates to be announced soon.
"The black sun transmissions". It's a pretty typical dark ambient / drone album title, isn't it? Thankfully, this latest m>[and last, m/n/39526-jasper-txs-final-interview">apparently -ed.]m> full length by Swede Dag Rosenqvist isn't pretty typical at all, building on the promise of his previous efforts which, to these ears at least, fell well short of the originality mark. This is five tracks of uneasy instrumentalism channelled through the psyche of someone who knows how to instil a subconscious fear into the listener. From its disturbing, psychological mind mess opening, it waxes and wanes and meanders through a variety of eerie soundscapes and emotions to arrive at a passage of heartbreaking beauty in closing track "White birds". The only way to listen to this and experience its full effect is through a good set of headphones. Any other way is sacrilege. Rosenqvist really has hit the nail on the head this time around. - John Norby
has signed Swedish chillwave/pop act Summer Heart and will be releasing their debut album"About a feeling" on April 25, both on CD and vinyl. The first single "A million times" will be out on march 26.