Beaute Des Mirages
Mysterious French outfit The Dead Mauriacs return to Discrepant in full exotic wind force after their sell-out cassette, Cocktails Pour La Fin Des Temps (2016). Beauté Des Mirages picks up on the same themes of frantic, abstract exotica and concrete cocktails the French act is known for. Running for two, long 18-minute sides full of fake(?) vintage atmospheres and armchair jungle hallucinations, Beauté Des Mirages is an abstract journey into a beautiful (and sometimes scary) world of mirages. Al…
London Taximi
Taximi is the improvisation during the performance of traditional musical pieces, using soloistic folk instruments. It has roots in the eastern Mediterranean and Arabic culture and can be commonly found in Greek music and specifically in rebetiko. Taximi is a free rhythm melody, an author's imagination, alternating between various emotional paths with a passion respective to each one who carries it. The main prerequisite in order to play a taximi is not to have excellent technical knowledge, but…
Eternal Landscapes
L.R.J. Martens, the visionary behind the Dolphins Into The Future project, presents Eternal Landscapes, a mesmerizing sonic collaboration inspired by the artwork of Belgian visual artist Ada Van Hoorenbeke. This extraordinary album captures the essence of tropical aquatic environments through two immersive compositions that blur the boundaries between natural soundscapes and musical abstraction. These ethereal landscapes transport listeners through similarly tropical aquatic zones that Martens h…