EXPERIMENTAL PROG

Ambient, electronica and oddities through the monocle of Jo Kendall.

Longstanding Viennese trio Radian return after six years with intelligent dance music six-tracker Distorted Rooms (Thrill Jockey), which veers from dubby DIY on opener Cold Suns to gently pulsating, gonged improv on C At The Gates. Drums, guitar and bass crash, boom and scratch in-between like Tackhead and Aphex Twin co-mingling through a shredder. If the thought of scaling, or even looking at, a mountain provokes a sense of horror, awe or light-headedness then this is the right mindset for listening to Pauline Hogstrand’s drone two-parter, Áhkká (Warm Winters). The Swedish violist pays tribute to the legendary peak massif, dubbed Queen Of Lapland (also known as a holy mountain by Sámi natives), with the steady ascent of Herein and the darkness-turning-to light of Magnitude. Terrifying, sublime – and highly recommended.…

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