Twisted Treeline (an offshoot of Somehow Recordings) has gone on a tear in the last few months, releasing over 40 postcard/3″ discs since making its debut in June. The prolific Slovakian solo artist Emil Mat’ko (Strom Noir) seems to live and breathe in the 3″ format. The smaller cage is ideally suited to these haunted offerings, of which an abundance might cause an overload. Strings play deep within the static like the ghosts of the title. The background seems more alive than the foreground, a byproduct of the unusual mastering. If these ghosts are alive, then what are the listeners? Are we merely husks of restless energy, and have the ghosts tuned us out like so much interference? By the end of the ominous “black ‘Ra”, all distinctions have been blurred. (Richard Allen)
Stopy Snov
a closer listen 