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Under the Island: A Compilation of Experimental Music in Ireland 1960-1994 – CD/digital (Nyahh Records 2023)

04/10/2023 - by bozmugabe - Leave a Comment

This compilation is a multigenerational exploration of fringe recordings by Irish artists and the result of very deep digging into the dertritus of recorded sound. Some of these people I’m …

Electronic / Experimental / Irish Music / New Reviews / Post Punk / Uncategorized

STANO – Content To Write In I Dine Weathercraft – vinyl reissue (Allchival 2018)

27/10/2018 - by bozmugabe - 1 Comment

To get an idea how much of an anomaly Stano’s 1983 debut album Content to Write in I Dine Weathercraft really was, simply compare it to pretty much any other …

Electronic / Industrial / Music / New Reviews / Noise / Reviews / Uncategorized

THROBBING GRISTLE – Journey Through A Body – Vinyl Reissue (MUTE 2018)

25/09/201808/09/2019 - by bozmugabe - Leave a Comment

Let us get pastoral for a minute – I have always had a love for the bright weak sunshine and shards of long shadow that break the lethargy of a …

Music / New Reviews / Noise / Post Punk / Punk / Uncategorized

THE EX – 27 Passports (Ex Records 2018)

17/04/201818/04/2018 - by bozmugabe - Leave a Comment

The last time The Ex issued a non-collaborative album, it was the sonic & political barrage of CATCH MY SHOE in 2011. Cathartic in its colliding rhythms and subtle in …

Ambient / Jazz / Music / New Reviews / Noise / Post Punk / Uncategorized

¡NO! – Sediments (Little Gem Records 2017)

15/11/201715/11/2017 - by bozmugabe - Leave a Comment

The enigmatic ¡NO! entity has been lingering on the fringes of Dublin’s musical underground of the last 3-4 years, sporadically birthing a handful of CDR, cassette and download releases, and …

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STRANGE PASSION – Explorations in Irish post punk, DIY and electronic music 1980-83 (CacheCache / Finders Keepers Records 2012)

05/10/201728/10/2018 - by bozmugabe - Leave a Comment

About 4 years ago, a certain rabid and dedicated blogger compiled 7 volumes of a very excellent bootleg series called Synthesizers Rules 1978-1983 ( cough! ) collating a diaspora of proto …

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DAVID LYNCH – Crazy Clown Time ( Play It Again Sam )

04/10/2017 - by bozmugabe - Leave a Comment

Caution was taken in approaching this item as I have unerring faith in this man. What he has injected into the cultural climate of the last 30 years is surrealistic …

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BRIGITTE FONTAINE – L’Un N’Empeche Pas L’Autre ( Polydor/Universal 2011 )

04/10/201704/10/2017 - by bozmugabe - Leave a Comment

This is the 17th album by the wonderfully insane old crone of avante garde, variété Française, chanson and unclassifiable whatnot ( I simply have her listed in my itunes as “Weirdo” …