I seem to be writing about dungeon synth a lot these days and I’m not entirely sure why. Admittedly I have been buying a lot of it lately, but it’s not as if plenty of other genres aren’t making it onto the stereo at Life In The Vinyl Lane World HeadquartersTM. But for whatever reason […]
Tag: 1994
Curver – “Haf” (1994 / 2024)
Karolina Fund is kinda-sorta the Icelandic version of Kickstarter – a place where you can post your project and seek financial contributors to help make it a reality. I’ve supported a handful of projects on that platform over the years, from a book on the 25th anniversary of the music-video-arts collective Gusgus to the vinyl […]
Pork Queen – “Beautiful Vision” (1994)
I couldn’t find much about this band online. But here are two facts and one opinion. This has a fairly analog sound – while Justice Schanfarber is credited with “tapes” and “hardware”, it’s not primarily an electronic record. Drums are prominent throughout, though rarely used to keep time; guitar and feedback burn in and out; […]