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Guiguisuisui

Guiguisuisui is an alt rock band from Changchun in China. A regular rotation of players line-up revolving around Dann Gaymer. The baseness of the sounds emanates from a hybrid home constructed instrument which marks out the territory that is Guiguisuisui. Listening to the material you kind of get the feeling that you are listening to a travelling circus […]

Grenouer

Grenouer is a metal rock band from St. Petersburg in Russia comprising  Andrey Ind (vocals), Alexander Motor (guitar), Igor Buzzy (guitar), Danny (drums) and Daemon (bass). I always struggle with my geographic placement on Russia as I have them in the Asian section, which is sort of right as most of the landmass lies in Asia, but most of […]

Rashmi Agarwal

Rashmi Agarwal is the Ghazal Gayaki folk singer songwriter from Delhi in India. Rashmi Agarwal introduces the 19th Century classical  influences of Ghazal Gayaki combined with a folk reflective which wraps around the raga in a sensorial elegance which encases the listener in a gossamer of fine thread. The simplicity of the constructs belies the proficiency both in lyrical poetry and the subtle […]

Tzvika Force

Tzvika Force is the vehicle the Tel Aviv, Israel based solo composer Tzvika Lorber to deliver his dark rock. On hitting play the ears are caressed with top quality compositions. Utilising Pianoforte, the out-put is wreathed in the mystic that the timbre of a piano always adds to guitar and percussion. Although predominately a soloist the addition […]

The Aprons

The Aprons is the atmospheric indie duo of Hava Cohen (Drums / Piano /Vocals) and Talia Peri (Bass / Piano / Vocals) from Tel-Aviv in Israel. The gentle gossamer threads of sound that are the signature of the duo are as strong as a Spiders Web as the strands are spun around the room in gentle flickers […]

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.gif is the experimental ambient electronic duo of Weish and Din from Singapore. Floating embers of sound like ashes rising from a fire waft into – and disappear slowly out of – earshot. Half-captured yet demanding of focus, whilst in the foreground burns an ever present beat that rattles the edges of the brain in to a state […]

Grey Shack

Grey Shack from Chennai in India is blues rock band comprising Rohan Sen (Vocal), Vikram Vivekanand (Guitar), Mario Rohan (Bass) and Vinay Ramakrishnan (Drums). Reflecting on life around them, as you would anticipate from a blues centred band, Grey Shack presents the combustible surroundings in a telescopic framework. The material oozes of oak smoked barrels and whilst they are immediately of […]

Side Effect

Side Effect is a post new wave  agit-rock band from Yangon in Myanmar made up of  the trio of Darko C. (vocals/ guitar), Tser Htoo (drums/ vocal), Jozeff K. (bass/ guitar ) plus Hein Lwin (live bass player). Just occasionally my timing of band reviews is right. Side Effect play in Germany today –  3rd December 2012, as the opener to […]

Dub Addiction

Dub Addiction from Phnom Pehn in Cambodia is a ragga dub collective comprising Sebastian Adnot (Bass), Benoit Carre (Guitar), Toma Willen (Drums), Kaë Lhassàn (Keys), MC Curly (Vocals) and Professor Kinski (Vocals / FX) Pulling together sounds from the Carribean in the ’70s and ’80s and adding hip-hop to the mix Dub Addiction bring a new flavour to the sounds emerging […]

Mashrou’ Leila

From Beirut in Lebanon we find the alternative indie collective of  Mashrou’ Leila with a seven piece line-up Hamed Sinno, Ibrahim Badr, Carl Gerges, Haig Papazian, Omaya Malaeb, Andre Chedid and Firas Abou Fakher using a mixture of microphone, a violin, a bass, two guitars, drums and keyboards they challenge the established order. Having started life back in 2008 they rose to greater prominence as […]

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