Henry Dawson - The Thunder of Wonder

Fascinating and challenging new edition from Henry Dawson with Thunder of Wonder, on Goldtimers tapes. Seth Graham, the man behind the Dawson moniker picks and pulls bits of harsh and heavy, mixing on high speed, but with musicality and progression.

At points, particularly the opener "Cell", Graham obliterates the soundscape with caustic passages and punctuates them with frantic, melodic miniatures. On others, namely the closer “Digital Needlework”, Seth builds layers of heartrending notes patiently over a bed of glitch and synth. Sounds like spinning the rotary dial on a vintage radio during a lightning strike. It's a spiritual cousin to the HNW scene, but with an unmistakable touch of somber and mournful melodies. A beautiful and intelligent walk on the boundary of harsh noise wall recordings, glitch, and synth drone. A tape for experienced ears.

Full color double sided j card, pro dubbed and printed cassette, edition of just 75. Grab the physical from the incredible Goldtimers Tapes.

Seabat - Mountains of Palawan

Mountains of Palawan from Seabat is a mind melting carpet ride to an alien dance party. Big waves of synth layered thickly across agile rhythm patterns that will absolutely bounce the db meters on your tape deck. The timbre and melody on this tape seem both foreign and extraterrestrial simultaniously. I totally dig stuff that straddles the line between experimental and accessible, and Seabat is getting it totally right. The entire sound floats and drifts, and assisted by the images on the cover art, I envisioned myself doing the same.

I grabbed this one along with the rest of a massive 8 tape batch directly from Goldtimers. This was my first pickup from GT, and their art and packaging are really sharp. All the tapes are pro printed, and the J Cards are full art front and back. Killer.