The Presence of Night: Inside Noxura's New Album, "Hours Before The Sun"
An artist’s name is a promise, a statement of intent. For the project known as Noxura, that promise is found in its very definition: “the presence of night”. It’s a concept that...
That Q-Tip spent his own money to purchase the rights to this previously-shelved album suggests how close it is to his heart. That it took the name he chose when converting to Islam in the mid-90s, Kamaal, as its title suggested that this follow-up t...
Revealing a finely attuned sense of proportion and balance, the six pieces which make up the album never fall short of their initial promise.
There's also several surprisingly dramatic moments such as on the eight minute Telescope, in which cascadin...
Let me get this off my chest first of all, Tim Westwood is a twat.
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Doll Creature is Max Eastley and David Toop's first recording since 1994's Buried Dreams and only their third since 1975's New and Rediscovered Musical Instruments. Both are criminally long out of print. Buried Dreams in particular was a brilliantly ...