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MAP 71 Brighton, UK
Hypnotic drum rhythms build an environment for stories told by a restless observer. Ritual pulses, angular grooves and metallic clatter woven with a dialogue of Pagan surrealism, existential social comment and abstract sparse verse. Map 71 make haunting, darkly engaging music which is still danceable. Based in Brighton, Lisa Jayne (words/voice) and Andy Pyne (drums/synths) became Map 71 in 2013. ... more
MAP 71 recommends:
blue sixteen
by Stillsuit/Map 71
Amazing split release featuring Map 71 (stream-of-consciousness drums, instant poetry, intuitive electronics) and Stillsuit (experimental noise rock with punk politics)
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Brain-frying psyche-kraut-noise improv, but with elements of dubbed-out spaciousness. Hints of Lightning Bolt, Black Dice, Sightings, Heldon, Fushitsusha...
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Full Fracture EP
by Ugly Animal
Jay-walking drums steer round obstinate post-punk percussion while the electronics both over-heat and under-heat, hints of early Cabaret Voltaire, On-U-Sound, Liquid Liquid etc etc.
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Two punishing (in a good way!) side-long pieces that explore the shadows of drone, industrial music, and dark ambient.
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Acclaimed ambient artist Lawrence English and Xiu Xiu's Jamie Stewart plumb the liminal zone between sleep and waking.
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Sleeplessness and Hopelessness II
by Kcin
Ever shifting percussive soundscapes from Australian producer/drummer Nicholas Meredith.
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