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  • Emerging Indie Bands – Chvad SB “Outside the Shadow of an Aliquot Tree” (2015)

    The US based experimental-drone creator Chvad SB released a new EP on the 16th – Outside The Shadow Of An Aliquot Tree. Silber Media, whose artists regularly feature run an occasional series called five by five. Which challenges creators to produce five songs lasting a total of five minutes. As those will are familiar with Chvad…

  • Tomatrax – Chvad SB “Outside the Shadow of an Aliquot Tree” (2015)

    The latest in Silber Records’ 5in5 series comes from experimental music pioneer Chvad SB. On offer are 5 ambient drone tunes each going for exactly 1 minute. There are some interesting sounds explored with a rich atmosphere. There is the field like rural sounds of Followed by one, the heavy industrial sounds of Three, and…

  • Chain D.L.K. – Chvad SB “Crickets Were the Compass” (2014)

    The cover art of Crickets Were The Compass depicts beautifully in ink and watercolour a grainy, post-apocalyptic landscape strewn with grim, colourless debris. A solitary dog stands in the foreground, dolefully glancing about; after an unspecified disaster, life has inevitably found a way. As much is reinforced by brief elaborations upon each of the tracks’…

  • Beach Sloth – Chvad SB “Crickets Were the Compass” (2014)

    Chvad SB knows what it means to be harsh. On Crickets Were The Compass Chvad SB makes sure to keep things distorted. Everything filters through a similar sound of slow collapse like at any moment true hell could be potentially unleashed. Thanks to Chvad SB’s idea of restraint this never quite happens. Instead the pieces…

  • Staf Magazine – Chvad SB “Crickets Were the Compass” (2014)

    En seis canciones Chvad SB establece un tono de mal humor lleno de vibraciones misteriosas que en su mayoría son inquietantes y a veces, melódicas. Los paisajes sonoros cuentan una historia. Sobre todo un sutil zumbido establece el tono, mientras que los sonidos posteriores parecen como el de las películas de terror. Creando una corriente…

  • Ox Fanzine – Chvad SB “Crickets Were the Compass” (2014)

    Musiker und Label schätzen sich. Keine Selbstverständlichkeit. Das Menschliche, so der Info-Text weiter, stehe in seiner Musik genauso im Vordergrund wie das Akustische. Und dann: Die Veröffentlichung beinhalte ein Testament des Verlusts und beschäftige sich mit lieb gewonnenen Erinnerungen und wie diese loszulassen seien. Ich verstehe nicht, warum ein Mensch das als handelnde Person überhaupt…