ALBUM REVIEW: Leila Abdul-Rauf – Phantasiai


No matter how much you write about a record, you can never quite fully encapsulate the feelings invoked by the music. Composer and multi-instrumentalist Leila Abdul-Rauf’s (Vastum, Ionophore, Cardinal Wyrm, Fyrhtu) words about her new album, Phantasiai, go some way to explaining why this might be. She writes, by way of explanation of the record’s concept:

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Common Eider, King Eider – A Wound Of Earth


Otherwise known as CEKE for obvious reasons, Ambient art-collective Common Eider, King Eider has been prolific this year, with new album A Wound Of Earth (Cloister Recordings) following its predecessor A Wound Of Body (Cyclic Law / Sentient Ruin Laboratories) by a mere two months. This latest effort houses four tracks of dark, spectral noise that unsettles the mind.Continue reading


Apex Fest VI Confirm Set Times


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The sixth biennial installation of the Apex Fest VI, the apocalyptic music event held June 5-7, 2015 in Queens, NY has finalized its lineup.

Presented by Annihilvs Power Electronix in association with Abstract, Black Horizons, Crucial Blast, Cyclic Law, Earsplit PR, Handmade Birds, Heathen Harvest, Heaven Street, Malignant Records and M.A.P.S., the APEX VI gala will take over Trans Pecos in Ridgewood, Queens, including sets from Portland doom cult, The Body (including guest collaborators to be announced), the second stateside performance from Dutch maniac Gnaw Their Tongues, the first appearance from Sweden’s IRM in ten years, Menace Ruine, Trepaneringsritualen, Burial Hex, Sutekh Hexen, Svartsinn, Jarl, Omei, Article Collection, Arbiter, Barren Harvest, Sophia + Karjalan Sissit, Northaunt, Havan, Funerary Call and more, in addition to short films and visual works presentations, exclusive merch/vendor wares and much more.

APEX FEST VI MAIN EVENT

Jun 05: Trans Pecos – Queens, NY
w/ JARL, OMEI, ARTICLE COLLECTION, ARBITER + films/visuals by MARTIN BLADH, KAROLINA URBANIAK

Jun 06: Trans Pecos – Queens, NY
w/ GNAW THEIR TONGUES, TREPANERINGSRITUALEN, MENACE RUINE, IRM, BURIAL HEX, SUTEKH HEXEN, BARREN HARVEST + DJs Ryan Martin (DAÏS), Shenan (RITUALS NYC)

Jun 07: Trans Pecos – Queens, NY
w/ THE BODY, SOPHIA + KARJALAN SISSIT, SVARTSINN, NORTHAUNT, HAVAN, FUNERARY CALL + DJs Fade Kainer (STATIQBLOOM, THEOLOGIAN), Ben Abstract (WRATH, BONECHURCH)

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