400 Lonely Things have been making music since 1988.  Comprised of Jonathan McCall and Craig Varian, the twosome have created sound scapes using a variety of instruments, electronics, loops, effects, toys, pedals and tapes.  “The Late Show” was originally released in 2003, here we find it remixed.

Electronic/Experimental
 

They’re coming to get you Barbara…

Electronic/Ambient/Experimental

She has also released three albums under her own name, The Fruits Of Yggdrasil, 1995’s Shades Of Yggdrasil and 1998’s Songs Of Yggdrasil, which was released to accompany the Northern Mysteries and Magick book.

Ritual Ambient / Northern Tradition

Folk/Industrial/Electro

Patrick Leagas who is known from many projects like Death in June, Mother Destruction and Concrete temple, is back with a re-recording of 6comm's early songs, dating from 1984 onward. The sixteen tracks that were already published on several occasions, be it by 6Comm or by Death in June, they were greatly updated and enhanced, sounding more accurate, while holding some of the original recordings of the help that Leags got from Douglas P, David Tibet and R.Butler.

7 SE7EN 7 seems to be none other than Darrin M. Sullivan, Ambimorpheus Recordings supremo and more familiar to me as part of Lithopaedion, whose self-titled album I reviewed some time ago in these very virtual pages. The contrast between the sleazy, nasty, brutish & harsh character of the latter and this platter is markedly pronounced – here Sullivan displays a very different, quieter, and more contemplative aesthetic, but still imbued with strong undertones of darkness and coldness. This album carries with it a musical DNA whose origins and ancestry lie within the space-rock/cosmic-rock that emerged out of Germany in the 70s in the form of Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, and others, albeit with the addition of that shiveringly sinister flavouring.

Dark Ambient / Cold Isolationist

80th Disorder is a collective of musicians coming from Finland. Those are V-M Pekkola on vocals and guitar, Tuomas Lehto on the synths, Marko Pyhähuhta on bass and Pasi Tyybäkinoja on drums. “Simple Pleasures” (rings a bell? Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division :)

Indie rock/ Post-Rock/ New Wave

80th Disorder seems to be a unique blend between bands like The Cure, Love Spirals Downwards, and even older punk bands like The Clash at times.  I also distinctly hear a lot of influence from the likes of Echo and the Bunnymen, and perhaps some Nick Cave.  The music itself is catchy and beautiful, flowing from track to track in a constant groove but with each track different in pace and style from one another.  The band's sound is contant, yet it remains ever evolving through this short release. 

Synthpop / Darkwave

Sang Graal is an effortlessly superior work of art, and a successful blending of the distinctive styles of the two projects concerned.

Neo-Classical / Neo-Folk

This curious release by the recondite Golgotha is a remix of an original CDr EP that was served as accompaniment to a published postcard set by photographer, Birthe KlementoWski, in 2007 by Ikonen Media.

Dark Ambient / Ritual Ambientwww.birthe-klementoWski.de

If you are an open minded fan of folk in some variety or another, you might like “Tales of Transgression & Sacrifice” by :Golgatha:. Just be warned that the folk material only makes up about one-third of the album. This might be better suited to fans of more experimental ambient / ritualistic who have some level of interest in folk music instead of die hard folk fans. While not really touching on any one area that I listen to frequently, I still found this to be an enjoyable CD and it contains at least a couple of songs that I would throw on fairly regularly. The music is well done however and for fans of this style I believe this would be a worthwhile CD to purchase.

Neofolk / Ritual / Experimental