Category Archives: Drone

Abre Ojos ~ Fracture

We open on the shot of a priest, but it doesn’t remain benign for long; the head splits in two, a demonic voice erupts, and the entire screen fractures, reflecting the title of the DVD.  Abre Ojos clearly has a bone to

Abre Ojos ~ Fracture

We open on the shot of a priest, but it doesn’t remain benign for long; the head splits in two, a demonic voice erupts, and the entire screen fractures, reflecting the title of the DVD.  Abre Ojos clearly has a bone to

Logan McBroom ~ Orchestra Death

The eye is drawn to Iris Childres’ intense cover art: a woman is dangled and decapitated, and yet there’s no blood.  She seems resigned, even defiant; no scream escapes her lips, no contorted mask of pain.  She seems alive and

Logan McBroom ~ Orchestra Death

The eye is drawn to Iris Childres’ intense cover art: a woman is dangled and decapitated, and yet there’s no blood.  She seems resigned, even defiant; no scream escapes her lips, no contorted mask of pain.  She seems alive and

Isobel Ccircle~ ~ The House in the Harbour

Once one gets past the name of the duo, a moniker that defies spell checking, one is freed to enjoy the music: in this case, a haunted house tape based on a detective’s personal journals.  Coffin bells ring, specters glide

Isobel Ccircle~ ~ The House in the Harbour

Once one gets past the name of the duo, a moniker that defies spell checking, one is freed to enjoy the music: in this case, a haunted house tape based on a detective’s personal journals.  Coffin bells ring, specters glide

Ricardo Donoso ~ Saravá Exu

‘There was no power in the world that could prevail with me to go through the mortal terror of another encounter with myself, to face another reorganization, a new incarnation, when at the end of the road there was no

Ricardo Donoso ~ Saravá Exu

‘There was no power in the world that could prevail with me to go through the mortal terror of another encounter with myself, to face another reorganization, a new incarnation, when at the end of the road there was no

Maxime Corbeil-Perron ~ KATHARSIS

ACL’s first review of the new year!  Our readers were introduced to Montreal’s Maxime Corbeil-Perron last year as part of Le Pélican Noir, and were introduced to KATHARSIS when it was featured as one of our Best Album Covers of 2014.  Now we turn to the

Maxime Corbeil-Perron ~ KATHARSIS

ACL’s first review of the new year!  Our readers were introduced to Montreal’s Maxime Corbeil-Perron last year as part of Le Pélican Noir, and were introduced to KATHARSIS when it was featured as one of our Best Album Covers of 2014.  Now we turn to the

ACL 2014: Top Ten Drone

The extended tones of drone can undulate and loop or attack like disturbed bees; they can lull one to sleep or startle one awake.  Both types of drone are represented in this year’s picks.  Some familiar names are present, joined

ACL 2014: Top Ten Drone

The extended tones of drone can undulate and loop or attack like disturbed bees; they can lull one to sleep or startle one awake.  Both types of drone are represented in this year’s picks.  Some familiar names are present, joined

Drunken Sufis ~ Fiber Optic Tap

A beautiful oddity from Bad Friend Records, Fiber Optic Tap is a keepsake cassette, each copy featuring a frame from the video.  Great attention has been given to this release, so much that one wonders if the bad friend might be a

Drunken Sufis ~ Fiber Optic Tap

A beautiful oddity from Bad Friend Records, Fiber Optic Tap is a keepsake cassette, each copy featuring a frame from the video.  Great attention has been given to this release, so much that one wonders if the bad friend might be a

Ennio Mazzon ~ CeriseIcicles

CeresIcicles is a pop track that’s no longer pop.  The sound sources began as pop, but were pulverized by Ennio Mazzon in a process akin to macerating a crate of fruit ~ crate included.  Mazzon doesn’t want to be a pop star, but

Ennio Mazzon ~ CeriseIcicles

CeresIcicles is a pop track that’s no longer pop.  The sound sources began as pop, but were pulverized by Ennio Mazzon in a process akin to macerating a crate of fruit ~ crate included.  Mazzon doesn’t want to be a pop star, but