Category: Reviews

Reviews of music, books, ebooks, audio books, visual collections, websites, any creative output that has been released under a Creative Commons license.

Impressions On Longues Plages

Matthew Tyas: Longues Plages #1

So, I’ve somehow fallen behind a bit with Matthew Tyas’s work. He has another release that came out this month which I haven’t acquired yet. This will soon be rectified, however, as his impressions on Longues Plages is a work that makes me want to have more of his releases in my collection.

Porki and Alvarado Explore Halla

Ari Porki & Christopher Alvarado: Halla

For their second release, Porki and Alvarado explore Halla, and this time they are bringing a boat-load of guests along with them: Jack Hertz, Cousin Silas, Stephen Briggs, Eyes Cast Down, and Void of Realms. It’s a mystical, expansive exploration that takes the listener through many dimensions. Join me on the journey.

Three Excursions of Altus

Altus: Excursion Three

I haven’t reviewed any Earth Mantra releases on The CerebralRift, despite knowing about the label for several years. Even so, starting with the three excursions of Altus on this release make is a great place to start covering works from this well respected, long running Netlabel.

Pulsewidth's Metalic Creature Ode

Pulsewidth: Ode to the Creature of Metal and Light

Pulsewidth’s metallic creƤture ode takes us in a very different direction. It is a “Sonic impressions based on observation and interaction with the kinetic sculpture The Cosmos In Which We Are by Pascal Dufaux.”

Jack Eden Goes Straight On

Jack Eden: Jack Eden

Giacomo Stolzini is known for his guitar work in Brothers In Law, but as Jack Eden goes straight on to keyboards and drum machines instead,

Queen of Cagey House

Cagey House: Queen of Spins

Cagey House is an old-hand in the netlabel scene, on his third release for HAZE we get to the see who’s (or rather what’s) the queen of Cagey House spins.