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ALBUM REVIEW: Kali Malone and Drew McDowall – Magnetism

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Kali Malone and Drew McDowall’s Magnetism (Ideologic Organ) is the product of a decade-long friendship. McDowall is known for his work with Coil and Psychic TV, whilst Malone has forged a varied career including work in the field of contemporary classical music and collaborations with Stephen O’Malley, Lucy Railton, Caterina Barbieri and Leila Bordreuil. The two renowned artists got together in McDowall’s Brooklyn studio and began to spontaneously create, with the results ultimately being the the music that forms this album. Continue reading →


ALBUM REVIEW: KMFDM – Let Go

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KMFDM is celebrating forty years of conceptual continuity with the release of their  twenty-third album Let Go (Metropolis Records). Let’s give that one some thought. Forty years holding to a musical concept throughout 23 albums is an achievement not many bands of their ilk can boast, as how many of their peers are this prolific? The sticking point on Let Go might be how continuous that concept is, and at what point are we weighing it against? Continue reading →


Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Industrial Music Icon, Had Died at Age 70

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Sad news to pass on as avant-garde icon and Industrial Music pioneer Genesis Breyer P-Orridge has died. S/he – h/er was 70 years and passed away following a three year battle with chronic myelomonocytic leukemia. The news was confirmed last night to Pitchfork and then shared to social media by Dais Records co-founder (and P-Orridge’s manager) Ryan Martin. As a founding member experimental bands Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV, h/er five decades as a musician, poet, performance artist, and occultist was best known for h/er influential work in the industrial music genre and was often referred to as the “Godparent of Industrial Music.” Not just a genius creator of music and art, but a constant provocateur and defying of cultural norms and the status quo of the establishments of governments, religion and more, we will never see a once-in-a-lifetime talent and personality like this again. We send our condolences out to h/er familiy, friedns and fans at this time. Continue reading →