Through a clearing in the foliage a solitary figure is perched on top of a precarious pyramid of abandoned ageing tyres, silhouetted against a sweeping azure bay from which a coastline of derelict, crumbling buildings emerge in various states of skeletal incompleteness, adorned with vegetation as nature reclaims lost ground and framed against a shrouded horizon ill lit by a … [Read more...]
Damanek – On Track
The call to arms comes in many guises. None, I suspect, have come with such sublime clarity of vision or such chilling emotional discernment than the passionately crafted debut album On Track from Damanek. The warm embrace of the sumptuous soundscapes are constructed with a thrilling elegance which frames an unnerving message delivered with a dark, poignant and disturbing … [Read more...]
Karibow – Holophinium
Being human is a struggle. Questions of who we are, what we are and how we should live have perplexed philosophers throughout history. They have formed the intriguing plot-lines of a plethora of science fiction films and television series. And two years on since the release of Addicted in 2014, they firmly take centre stage at the heart of Holophinium, the probing and … [Read more...]
Southern Empire – Southern Empire
Time “is the fire in which we burn” (Forest Fire, Track 2). The aching awareness of our mortality, the relentless, incessant and seemingly quicker passing of the years forces the uncomfortable recognition that there is more behind us than lies ahead and precious little space remains for all the things we once dreamed and planned. How we have lived, the bonds we form, the things … [Read more...]