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At the Shore by Vik Ho, When Guitar Harmony Crosses Borders

At the Shore by Vik Ho, When Guitar Harmony Crosses Borders

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What happens when classical rock vocabulary encounters desert modes and Eastern melodic logic? On At the Shore by Vik Ho, the Hamburg-based guitarist and producer, answers that question with confidence and restraint, blending progressive rock textures with Middle Eastern harmonic colourings. Rather than leaning on genre clichés, Vik Ho approaches fusion as a matter of […]

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A Question Asked in Sound, What Kind of World Is This? by NTHNL cover photo

A Question Asked in Sound, What Kind of World Is This? by NTHNL

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What Kind of World Is This? By NTHNL, is built on a fundamental collision: electronic music against flute. Industrial beats, dense pads, and synthetic textures are constantly set in opposition to the soft, velvet-like timbre of the flute, and this tension becomes the album’s main dramatic force. It is not a decorative contrast, it is

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The Bell Tower and The Cross, Epic Cinematic Storytelling

The Bell Tower and The Cross, Epic Cinematic Storytelling

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Eight pieces of epic symphonic music form The Bell Tower and The Cross, a cinematic album by Chameleon Music, the pseudonym of UK-based composer and media creator Mark Taylor. Known for his long career in film, television, theatre, games, and advertising, Taylor here steps decisively into the album format, shaping a cohesive narrative experience rather

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Venerable Extremities Vol. I, II, III by Alexander Brown, Sound at the Edge of Fragility

Venerable Extremities Vol. I, II, III by Alexander Brown, Sound at the Edge of Fragility

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Venerable Extremities: Vol. I, II, III by Alexander Brown (aleph om) unfolds as a story told not through events, but through texture, weight, and presence. Across 21 chapters, this trilogy does not ask the listener to follow a narrative in the traditional sense; instead, it invites close attention to sound itself, as matter, as space,

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Bula! by High Tide, A Nocturnal Journey Where Sitar, Jazz, and Ritual Meet

Bula! by High Tide, A Nocturnal Journey Where Sitar, Jazz, and Ritual Meet

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Bula! by High Tide is built on a deceptively simple idea: to follow the arc of a night. Across thirteen compositions, sitarist and composer Sasha Bayan leads an ensemble that understands restraint as well as intensity. The album is immediately accessible, warm melodies, inviting grooves, and luminous timbres, yet beneath the surface lies a dense

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Conglomerate by Dual Dialect

Conglomerate by Dual Dialect

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Dual Dialect’s latest EP, Conglomerate, offers an immersive experimental soundscape where every sonic element, whether saxophone, electronic pads, or manipulated voices and sound effects, serve as a deliberate tool in the hands of its creators.  The Meanjin-based duo, Andrew Garton and Andrew Foley, craft a richly textured musical world where glitchy electronica and jazz-infused improvisation

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Northwind by Aredia

Northwind, Two Stunning Tales of Motion and Memory by Aredia

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With Northwind, Aredia presents a concise yet carefully shaped two-track EP that expands their instrumental folk rock language into something more cinematic and internally narrative. Rather than relying on overt virtuosity or dramatic excess, the duo focus on atmosphere, thematic clarity, and slow emotional development. Both pieces feel like fragments of a larger journey, rooted

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Listening Between the Notes, A contemplation on Alice Sara Ott's latest release

Listening Between the Notes, A contemplation on the latest release by Alice Sara Ott

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The final track, “Englabörn,” closes the release with a darker, more somber tone. Still soft in texture, still restrained, it gradually pulls the listener inward through repetition and subtle harmonic shifts. The recurring notes act like a slow spiral, drawing the listener deeper rather than pushing outward. There is melancholy here, but never despair —

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