Journal
Started when the first pandemic confinement hit, this is content that celebrates my past and informs a fresh vision forward. I have a fascination for subcultures, specially those with a close-knit relationship with leftfield and challenging music, so music does take center stage here. Glad if it resonates with you in some way and you discover something new here, in which case you should explore more and support the artists. Moving between London and Porto. Curated by Jorge Sampaio.
Band: THE ARMED
Album: Ultrapop (2021)
Track: Ultrapop (02:43)
Band: IOSONOUNCANE
Album: IRA (2021)
Track: Ashes (07:13)
Band: PUCE MARY
Album: The Spiral (2016)
Track: No Memory (05:23)
Band: 9T ANTIOPE & SIAVASH AMINI
Album: Harmistice (2019)
Track: Black as in Burst (07:12)
Band: CADU TENORIO
Album: Isekai (2019)
Track: Buscai o Tronco (05:20)
Band: THESE HIDDEN HANDS
Album: Vicarious Memories (2016)
Track: Dendera Light (04:27)
Band: PERTURBATOR
Album: Tactical Precision Disarray (2017)
Track: new Model (5:26)
Band: IGORRR x BONG-RA
Album: Tombs/Pallbearer (2013)
Track: Pallbearer (03:46)
Band: SIGHTINGS
Album: City of Straw (2010)
Track: Tar and Pine (05:27)
Band: SENS DEP
Album: Lush Desolation (2020)
Track: Will you + Come back for me (08:50)
Band: URAL UMBO
Album: Ural Umbo (2010)
Track: Stumbling upon blood and mercury (07:34)
Band: OXHY
Album: Respite Unoffered (2020)
Track: Sinew + The coming elation (06:15)
Band: FRANCK VIGROUX
Album: Ballades sur lac Gelé (2020)
Track: Beyond the Black Hole (07:23)
Band: ROLL THE DICE & SOPHIA LOIZOU
Album: Assimilarity (V/A) (2020)
Track: Head Drop (04:35)
Band: YELLOW SWANS
Album: At all Ends (2007)
Track: Endlessly making an end of Things (09:40)
Band: ANCIENT METHODS
Album: The Jericho Records (2018)
Track: Omen's Duty (05:15)
Band: BLISS SIGNAL
Album: Bliss Signal (2019)
Track: Bliss Signal (2:38)
Band: 9T ANTIOPE
Album: Placebo (2020)
Track: Dose II: Memento Mori (edit) (14:08)
Band: THESE HIDDEN HANDS
Album: These Moments Dismantled ft. Lucretia Dalt (2016)
Track: These Moments Dismantled (04:41)
Infidel? Castro!
COLIN MARSTON
The works of hyperactive wunderkind musician and producer Colin Marston (of Dysrhythmia fame then, of the amazing Krallice lately) led me to discover one of his many projects exploring the limitless possibilities of noise: Infidel?/Castro!. Listening to (and enjoying) the music of I?C! takes preparation, even 15 years after its release. Sprawling structures combine metal elements with ambient soundscapes, adding near-indigestible digital treatment, sounding suspiciously like a broken cd player. Indeed when I bought this it was in the form of 2 cd's. There's a lot to feast on here in a combination of ambient (early tracks) and a more nervous atmosphere (later). I am fine with having to skip the harsher bits but this is one of those albums I am still considering cutting and stitching all the favorite bits in Audacity...