“A journey through the subconscious, rich with soundscapes that hope to reveal new dimensions beyond comprehension of the mind.”
Hedvig Mollestad Trio – Smells Funny (2018)
“When a power trio can share the stage comfortably with the likes of John McLaughlin and Black Sabbath, you know two things: They rock hard, yet provide enough harmonic content and improvisational daring to make it interesting. Norway’s Hedvig Mollestad Trio does precisely that on its sixth album. Recorded live in the studio, Smells Funny is a metal-jazz excursion that often tips into the Sonny Sharrock zone, fueled by Ellen Brekken’s rumbling bass, Ivar Loe Bjørnstad’s insistent pulse and Mollestad’s hellacious chops and fertile imagination… When Frank Zappa famously said, “Jazz is not dead, it just smells funny,” he was referring to a moldering of the music. The Hedvig Mollestad Trio aims at providing an antidote with this audacious outing.”
Skog Under Jord – Skog Under Jord (2017)
“The debut of Skog Under Jord is a hidden gem in the contemporary underground rock scene. The prog / psych of the Swedes is based on pure jamming character, with amazing flow and development and fiery changes. The typical dark melodiousness of the Nordic prog of the 70s reigns in both epics that make up this amazing album.”
Snakecharm – Mandala (2014)
Long space jams by Russian self-described space drone psychedelic jazz band featuring a mesmerizing dreamy trumpet that will take you on a journey to the edge of the universe.
Embryo – Bremen 1971 (2003)
Kraut fusion jams by German krautrock band Embryo recorded live in Bremen 23.9.1971.
Eiliff – Close Encounter With Their Third One (1999)
Kraut fusion jams by German krautrock band Eiliff recorded live in Köln 18.10.1972.
Gnod – Easy to Build, Hard to Destroy (2021)
“It’s the sound of an uncompromising devotion to rapture through noise and repetition, a portrait of a band whose anarchic approach and raw intensity any other outfit would be frankly terrified to follow onstage. Captured in the hypnotic rhythmic drive and intimidating atmospheres of tracks like ‘They Live’ and ‘Inner Z’ is a mantric energy which take a jumping-off point from the Krautrock, Japanese rock and underground American psychedelia the band were hammering at the time, as well as the droogy nihilism of The Stooges debut. Yet these feral experiments reach far beyond into a headspace that acknowledges no boundaries, rock orthodoxy or genre constriction.”
Ryley Walker & Kikagaku Moyo – Deep Fried Grandeur (2021)
White Powder – Blue Dream (2021)
“White Powder is a new band from Austin tx. featuring members who have played with Gorch Fock, Tia Carrera, Migas, Black Mercy, Brothers Collateral, Free Range Bastards, Breedlove, OMGWTFBBQ and Suckling.”
Anthroprophh – German Oak (2020)
“Side One is a 17 minute Freak Out / Meltdown / Brain Buzz of a mother fucker – Imagine a star collapsing in upon itself and I reckon you have the sound of German Oak. Side Two is 4 tracks all melded together – 2 tracks of hypnotic minimal electronic bliss meld into a Tacoma like finger picking hoedown before the final track brings the spirit of Skip/Syd/Roky for a hauntingly mesmeric end. STUNNING.”