Blitzkrieg Baby — Kids’ World EP
Blitzkrieg Baby’s Kids’ World brings black humour, cinematic tension and industrial unease to Beläten.
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Records and live performances considered through close listening and independent criticism.
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Evol — Proper Headshrinker
A reconsideration of Evol’s Proper Headshrinker: repetition, rave synthesis and psychoactive sound.
Plebeian Grandstand — Lowgazers
Plebeian Grandstand’s Lowgazers channels intensity through dissonant, tightly controlled extreme music.
ÄÄNIPÄÄ — Through a Pre-Memory
Mika Vainio and Stephen O’Malley explore the weight of sound together as ÄÄNIPÄÄ.
Dscrd — Panopticon EP
Dscrd’s Panopticon EP shapes sound design into precise, immersive rhythmic structures.
Pan Sonic — Oksastus
Pan Sonic’s Kyiv performance captures the duo’s raw electronic force in a single concert document.
Sturqen — Neophobia
Sturqen’s Neophobia explores rough machinery, rhythmic tension and the physical impact of sound.
Lustmord — Things That Were
Lustmord’s Things That Were collects early experiments, live recordings and the foundations of his sound.
15 Prominent Reissues of 2013
Fifteen reissues that brought overlooked recordings and timeless works back into focus.
30 Prominent Records of 2013
On the verge of beauty and harshness - 30 most memorable sonic journeys of 2013.
Selected Records 2012 by Various Artists
Forty-one artists share the records they returned to in 2012, crossing genres and generations.
Looking Further Backwards: The Intense And Chaotic 2012
The Secret Thirteen team looks back on 2012 through new releases, reissues and records by journal contributors.