There are so many neoclassically-influenced dark ambient artists in this world.  Hell, I’m one of them.  It doesn’t mean we’re all good.  In most cases, the results of this hyper-used genre title are muddy disasters at best, no more than long-held keys and repetitive, boring drones with shady, indiscernable titles and more conjecture and theater […]

The initial reason behind why I chose to consider this work for review was the nature of the collaboration, a father and son piece. It wasn’t because I knew Matt Howden is a gifted songwriter specifically, because here was a chance to see where that gift came from. Often since my teenage years, searching as […]

Over the years, there have been very few releases that I can admit having fully regretted not picking up as there is more than enough music flowing into our headquarters on a daily basis to keep me busy for more than a few lifetimes; this, on top of the enormous amount of music that I […]

Another strange release, this one.  Di Aima il Segno consists of music that, perhaps as hinted by the album cover, has been conjured forth by arcane spirits, or at the very least from some ethereal, Occidental shores where spirits gather in the mists, brandishing ancient instruments and resurrecting a compendium of archaic legend through poetry […]

Wood & Wire aims to present experimentation in Australian music, across all genres, and this month we have the privilege to introduce you to The Pomegranate Cycle by Textile Audio – a rare opportunity to witness experimentation in opera and classical forms. Textile Audio - The Pomegranate Cycle The Pomegranate Cycle is the debut album from Textile […]

Since Musica Reservata, their first release in nineteen-ninety-four, Camerata Mediolanense have forged ahead and maintained a sense of artistry and musicianship while staying true to their vision of incorporating seemingly disparate musical genres into their repertoire, from baroque to martial, early music to neofolk and opera, on each release over the years all of these […]

Dark, strange musical talents are seemingly in no short supply within the Mediterranean lands of Italy in the modern era.  Born just North of Venice in the Northeastern Italian city of Treviso, this trio of musicians — known simply as Father Murphy — manages to, through their outright odd industrial leanings, share many aesthetic qualities […]

Marco Saviolo has been at the new wave game for only a short few years now via his solo alias, Corso, but — with the help of his label TDMC Records — he appears to have reached a level of production quality that few artists in his specific realm of music currently have the good […]

Those of you who have been pining for the likes of Stoa and Dargaard to get on with it and up their output should consider turning further East. Buried in the North, a more or less unknown project from China, is the sole enterprise of Li Qi whose debut was released on the excellent Beijing […]

Sagittarius is the brainchild of Cornelius Waldner and, together with  Marcel P., Herr Twiggs and Theresia W., forms the core of the German neofolk project Sagittarius. The Kingdom Come is a conceptual album based around the German poet Stefan George, and boasts a wide range of guest artists from bands such as Secrets of the […]