All output in 2018 by Laksa is well worth the visit. Mid tempo electronic music, which not special because it’s outstanding, it’s just nice to listen to.
Logical Terror – Ashes Of Fate
Progressive metal with melodic tunes, like Fear Factory and Disturbed mixed up. Random note: why do all these albums have to have the mandatory shitty cover?
Robert Hood – DJ-Kicks
Listen to this the day after a good techno party. Gives some great flashbacks, gets body moving.
Deena Abdelwahed – Khonnar
Experimenting electronics, exciting, new.
Current 93 – The Light Is Leaving Us All
This one is a weirdo, and I find it fascinating.
“[…] the feeling of listening to a preacher behind the pulpit, or a doomsayer on the soapbox. […] a kind of sage or guru, a grey-bearded mystic of deep, arcane wisdom. His industrial noise and mournful neo-folk teems with hymns, incantations, and transcribed dreams.”
Alien Sex Fiend – Possessed
Such authentic industrial music this is. Love it.
Dead Can Dance – Dionysus
The new Dead Can Dance album is just wonderful. For some reason I always have the idea in mind that they might go back to work in their early music style like before Into The Labyrinth, but this did not happen this time either and Dionysus just kept pursuing their ethnic music line of work. It is a beautiful continuation of what they did on Into The Labyrinth and Spiritchaser just matured and on a more grandiose scale. I love it.
Stream Sun Kil Moon – This Is My Dinner
I am not for the the indie folk songs, I don’t really like him singing, but the spoken word pieces are epic, and come with a 10+ minute average.
Public Memory – Demolition
A surprisingly triphop album in 2018 with an equal balance of rock and electronics. Reminds me of Archive most.
Old Man Saxon – The Pursuit
Probably the best hiphop this year so far. Short record with many flavours from electro-infected smasher through angry shouter to seamless flow.