Saturday, July 5, 2025

FOOTAGE: CLUSTER BOMB UNIT

THIS PAST WEEK I WAS ABLE TO CATCH THE MIGHTY CLUSTER BOMB UNIT LIVE TWICE - ONCE IN ULM LAST SATURDAY AND AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY IN STUTTGART SUPPORTING SUBHUMANS UK. IT WAS GREAT CHATTING WITH MORITZ THEIR BASSIST, WHO HAS A GREAT VARIETY OF OTHER MUSICAL PROJECTS AS WELL. HERE'S THE FULL SET FROM WEDNESDAY AT GOLDMARK'S:

OUT NOW: DEEP RECESS DEBUT ALBUM

FIRST DEEP RECESS FULL LENGTH GATES OF SUBMISSION IS UP NOW ON BANDCAMP. RECORDED WITH KELLY IN NOVEMBER 2024. I WAS REALLY FORTUNATE TO MAKE AN ALBUM WITH THESE WONDERFUL PEOPLE AND INCREDIBLE MUSICIANS WHILE I LIVED IN BELLINGHAM.

ERYX - BASS
KYLE - GUITAR / VOX
COURTNEY - GUITAR
DANIEL - DRUMS

RECORDING - KELLY SORBEL & DEEP RECESS
MIXING - DEEP RECESS
MASTERING - DEAD AIR

Monday, June 30, 2025

RECENT ODDITIES

THE PROBOSCIS HAS PROBED NEW SOUNDS: EPISODE II - "DELVING INTO DELFT" HERE, EPISODE III - "EXCAVATING EXETER" HERE
PREVIEW OF NEW MUTANT-HC BAND - PRACTICE RECORDING HERE
FOOTAGE: NECRON 9 / CICADA - LIVE IN BASEL VHS
IMPROVISED MUSIC FOR ANGLERFISH WITH THOMAS RAHMANN
NOISE-KICKER 001 - MUSIC FOR FOOSBALL TABLE
COMING SOON - MIDNIGHT ENTRY DEMO CS [GRUB-PUNK]- OUT 10.07.25 - PREVIEW VID HERE



Wednesday, May 21, 2025

THE EX - LIVE AT CLUB MANUFAKTUR (SCHORNDORF)

LAST SATURDAY I HAD THE PRIVELEGE OF SEEING THE EX PERFORM IN SCHORNDORF NEAR STUTTGART (THIS IS ACTUALLY WHERE THEIR DRUMMER KATHERINA IS FROM). I HAVEN'T BEFORE SEEN LIVE ROCK MUSIC THAT BREATHES IN THE WAY THEIR MUSIC DOES, CONTAINING A SATISFYING INNER TENSIONING OF THE ORGANIC AND MECHANICAL. AT ONE POINT THE BARITONE GUITARIST TERRY GAVE ME A PROD IN THE STOMACH WITH THE HEADSTOCK OF HIS GUITAR. HERE ARE SOME CAMCORDER CLIPS FROM THE SHOW, FEATURING SONGS FROM THEIR MOST RECENT ALBUM "IF YOUR MIRROR BREAKS":

RECENT ODDITIES

THE PROBOSCIS - WEIRDO WAVES IN THE WUESTE WELLE - LISTEN TO THE FIRST BROADCAST HERE

SONNENMENSCH - EXPERIMENTAL ELECTRONIC MUSIC DUO AND MYTHOLOGY FORSCHUNGSPROJEKT [H.L. & D.W.] - SHORT PREVIEW HERE, DEMO TAPE NEXT MONTH

FUCKERY (CRASHER CRUST) - PRACTICE VIDEO SHOT BY SARAH HERE - FIRST GIG JULY 30TH AT THE WAGENBURG IN TUEBINGEN (DETAILS TBA), DEMO TAPE NEXT MONTH

"VALLEY WITH 3 ROCKS" SHORT ANIMATION:

Saturday, May 10, 2025

DEEP RECESS - "GATES OF SUBMISSION" SINGLE

HERE'S A TWO-SONG PREVIEW FOR THE FORTHCOMING DEEP RECESS DEBUT ALBUM.




GATES OF SUBMISSION EXPLORES THEMES OF DEATH, PARANOIA, AND CONFORMITY THROUGH SURREAL, STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS SONGWRITING.
DEDICATED TO THE CATATONIC AND THE SLEEPWALKING.


FURTHERMORE, HERE'S A RECENT FULL-SET VIDEO OF THE NEW LINEUP WITH THE INIMITABLE NICK MOSHIER ON DRUMS:

Friday, April 18, 2025

NATURE AND FACTORY AND YOU [2]

A RETURN TO THE BELOVED SITE 48°29'43.6"N 9°00'24.2"E ILLUMINATED DIFFERENCE AND REPETITION


THE FIRST VISIT: