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Album Review: Fabels create a mystical sonic storm in their new album ‘Ophera’.

The sounds of Fabels have always been wrapped up in a sort mystical pagan fugue, mysterious, raw and, incongruous given the electronic delivery, organic. Fabels are Hiske Weijers from Berlin…

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Album Review: ‘Men Are A Luxury Item’ but The Petrov Affair prove their immeasurable worth with their debut album.

We’ve been closely following the magnificent The Petrov Affair for a few years, enticed by their brand of jingle jangle shimmering pop. It is a great pleasure therefore to listen…

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Album Review : Huw Marc Bennett – ‘Heol Las’: re-imagining bygone songs through a unique folktronica gaze.

Over the last few years producer and multi-instrumentalist Huw Marc Bennett’s solo releases has traced his deepening fascination in the music of his home-land, Wales. In 2020 the ‘Tresilian Bay’…

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Album Review: Jesse Hackett – ‘Nocturnes’ : An electro-acoustic tapestry with heart-felt depth.

Keyboardist, producer, songwriter, vocalist and sonic explorer, Jesse Hackett is a name you think you’ve seen on some record sleeve before and most likely have. An illusive but prolific genre…

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Album Review: Mammal Hands- ‘Circadia’: The inventive UK nu-jazz trio absorb change and still deliver.

Things have shifted recently for those stalwarts of the UK nu-jazz scene Mammal Hands. Since their debut album ‘Animalia’ turned heads in 2014 ,the Norwich based trio, brothers Nick and…

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Album Review: 505 – True at first light

Berlin-based duo 505, composed of Daniel Calvi and Mattia Prete, announces the release of its debut album, set to arrive on February 27, 2026. The self-produced album, the result of…

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Album Review: Isabel Pine – ‘Fables’: An absorbing sonic journey at one with the wilderness.

The quality and concentration of ambient/classical leaning releases these days means that musicians need to create something with a little extra substance to make more than just a ripple. Well…

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Album Review: Vona Vella’s new record – Carnival – shows a band growing into their true selves

Vona Vella are back with their second album - Carnival

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EP Review: Margaux Regan – After Thought

Singer-songwriter Margaux Regan shares the intimate and emotive new EP After Thought. What began as a series of intimate singles has now crystallised into a four-track collection that introduces Margaux…

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Album Review: Los Sara Fontán – ‘Consuelo’: The experimental post-rock duo’s propulsive second manifesto.

The secret of any underground music is that it stays hidden until found. Once discovered it opens windows onto a world of art making where things can just happen because…

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