CARL MATTHEWS - "Col" LPCarl Matthews Col LP (Abstrakce, 2020) "Composed and recorded at his own home studio in1991 and influenced by Harmonia and Cluster, Matthews develops a really personal project. A very delicate usage of rhythm machines, samplers, sequencers, e bowed guitars that show up briefly hinting at a lo fi Innovative Communication feeling The capricious nature of these experiments opens many different doors of wonder to the curious heads, easing deep listening

" - Simon Joyner

Corsano’s ferocity has elevated many “mere” improv records to transcendence

His own studio sessions and demos reveal a voice calling from the shadows

“Kakistocracy” oozes eerie vocal sounds amidst distant horns and crackling sounds

One edition has a neon green'ish/yellow "radiation man" on the cover

James Schroeder (Simon Joyner

which initially passes as a mere recreation of lost Topanga threads

This call to action is repurposed throughout the album’s first half in several related yet distinct styles along the continuum of Black music

guitarist of the Tokyo underground music scene

blasted avant/folk debris like a goddamn slow-motion sunrise

wind-swept drones

laughing and letting the music run downhill