phoenix cube - walking the shore - barl fire - cdr - 5$
With the enviable role as the reviews editor for The Ptolemaic Terrascope online, it's not surprising that Simon Lewis aka The Phoenix Cube has spent the last few years soaking up a multitude of influences from the cream of the current psychedelic underground. His passion for electronica, space rock and psychedelia from the likes of Gong and the Aphex Twin, that were notable on his previous albums as The Phoenix Cube and as part of his band Phorum, although evident on "Walking The Shore", this time round place the emphasis on bedroom recorded psych-folk and dronescapes. The album features cover art by Lewis himself, is housed in vinyl slip cases, contains an insert and is limited to 100 copies.
-barl fire
ville moskiitto - retkikertomuksia - barl fire - cdr - 5$
Ville Forss' Moskiitto alter-ego returns with his most acoustic based opus to date. Out go the prepared electric-guitar and cavernous organ drones, to be replaced by creaking bowed and scraped strings, taking the listener out of the caves and into dark snow-clad forests, with a sawing and clattering free-folk sound closer in spirit to his fellow countrymen Anaksimandros and Vapaa. The album features cover art by Forss himself, is housed in vinyl slip cases and is limited to 100 copies.
-barl fire
bjerga/iversen - earth pit- barl fire - cdr - 5$
After their six volume "Lighthouse Tapes" series the Norwegian noise/drone duo Bjerga/Iversen head inland to offer up this mud-spattered sonic dichotomy that blurs the boundaries between what is considered organic- and machine-driven music. Metallic squeal, electronic collages and earthy drones sit side by side and find their co-resonant frequencies lending "Earth Pit" a life-pulse to its soiled and rusted tones. "Earth Pit" comes housed in vinyl slipcases with coverart featuring the mudpools at Rotorua New Zealand by Richard Seaman, and is limited to 100 copies(barl fire)