Unknown Pleasures
Unknown Pleasures · 12-11-2024
At the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris, it was clear to even the smallest person that France and French society are deeply permeated with culture. Not with fashion, as in Italy, but with culture. This requires courage to make art, to cross boundaries and to combine the impossible. Just like Gojira. Not quite as extreme, but with an unmistakable aesthetic, Mauvais Sang from Paris come along. Somewhere between alternative and art rock, a text that cannot be topped in terms of...
Unknown Pleasures · 02-10-2024
The Australian band "Black Aleph" performs music that should be saved for special moments. It is not background music for everyday things, but for special feelings that intuitively call for this band. I look out of the window here in Munich and there is an autumnal gray veil over colorful leaves, the smell of the last apples and pears are in the air and all these different aspects of autumn are carried on the spheres that this band produces. Personally, I find the video too colorful for this...
Unknown Pleasures · 25-08-2024
On the first rainy day after a month of sunshine, I stumbled upon this fantastic song by the Swedish dua Citzend via algorithm. The review appears under unknown pleasures because I am a total fan of the Norwegian band Madrugada, the Swedish duo Swarm of the Sun and dark music in general. And now two Swedes come along, creating an intimate atmosphere and at the same time a great expanse with very few instruments that sound quite isolated from each other and play next to each other rather than...
Unknown Pleasures · 02-08-2024
Imagine a band that combines the dark melancholy of Joy Division with the mystical, psychedelic energy of The Doors. Their music is permeated with a deep, atmospheric vibe that evokes the vast landscapes of Americana, but delves into the darker side of the human soul. Dark, driving bass lines and hypnotic, reverb-soaked guitar riffs merge with narrative lyrics that speak of lost souls and ghostly deserts. The singer's plaintive voice leads you through a sonic no-man's land where dark country...
Unknown Pleasures · 29-06-2024
It is one of the most exotic mixes I have heard during my time with Heavystoned. After the first few notes, the listener feels transported to the Middle East, or rather to Turkey, because there are a few quarter tones that our western ears immediately recognize as foreign. Then two bands actually play next to each other, for example the oriental band plays in one rehearsal room and the psychedelic band plays in the other rehearsal room, and the listener stands between the two rooms. As the song...
Unknown Pleasures · 13-05-2024
The essence of this fantastic album is the track "Consume the Heart". You recognize the melodies and vocal lines of the "Church of the Cosmic Skull". Here, the focus were put on the lyrics and the voice, which both were mixed quite in front of the instruments. If you get in Bill Fisher´s voice you may found yourself between Billy Joel or Elton John when both started their career. This record and music is far from being Stoner or Fuzz or Desert; it´s a timeless stretch between early 70´s...
Unknown Pleasures · 06-05-2024
This seems to come directly from the bottom of the heart; Blues Pills was like a calculated project for me and the slow decay of the band was quite logic after this huge hype in 2014. Dorian Sorriaux took a different path; armed with his acoustic guitar, he lingers along on Neil Young paved roads à la "Harvest Moon" or "Hawks and Doves" and it feels right and good and authentic what Sorriaux is playing and singing. A record to listen in one take and after that, to switch the repeat button. A...
Unknown Pleasures · 06-05-2024
Actually, you can´t repeat any feelings from your past life. Pam Risourié managed to put me back in 1989 to 1991, when I was completely in Sonic Youth, Mazzy Star, Eleventh Dream Day, Yo la tengo and others. This record is an authentic time capsule from the past which I keep close to my heart. Merci!!
