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Writer-director Simon Rumley’s Bangkok-set Crushed is a harrowing and unflinching film, curiously so, given the skilful way it often purposefully looks away to explore its tough subject matter. Half mystery, half moral investigation, it’s not afraid to take in the negative space around its dark subject matter and, in doing so, ask some huge and uncomfortable questions. It’s not a gruelling watch so much as an engrossing one, thanks to a blend of brilliant performances and techniques, but its core is undeniably dark.
2 Oct 2026
Olion Interview
Active since the early 2020’s, Olion is one of the key projects within the euro wall-noise scene. To date, it’s put out around seventy releases- taking in both physical and digital form- with stand-alone releases, splits, and collaborations. Sound-wise, their output moves between pummelling, thick-yet oddly soothing. To more texturally layered, and forays into ANW. Behind the project is Olek Browiński from Olsztyn in northern Poland, and he kindly agreed to give us an email interview
29 Sept 2026
Here we have a three-CD box set looking at the influence of Eastern sounds on Western music during the mid-60s and early 70s. The fifty-eight-track compilation brings together known/ notable projects such as the Incredible String Band, and Yes, with more obscure gems. The genres featured move between rock, prog, folk, jazz and classical music. The set appears on Cherry Red sublabel Strawberry, and as we come to expect from a Cherry Red compilation, there’s a lot of thought gone into the release to make a wholly consistent and varied collection.
From MIG here’s a double CD release bringing together the first two albums of the English-German band Message.Their first album, 1972’s The Dawn Anew Is Coming, was more of a rock/ prog crossbred. Whereas their second 1973’s From Books And Dreams was a decidedly darker/ psychedelic affair blending elements of prog/ Kraut rock.
Amityville AI — Amityville AI( DVD)
30 Sept 2026Revolution 666 — Revolution 666 (DVD)
30 Sept 2026Kai Niggemann — Climate and Violence
30 Sept 2026Nikkatsu Erotica: Volume One — Nikkatsu Erotica: Volume One (Blu Ray box)
29 Sept 2026Max Devereaux & Alec Watson — Febrile
29 Sept 2026Werner Dafeldecker + Eliad Wagner — Fray Field
29 Sept 2026Heresy — Heresy (VOD)
28 Sept 2026Spietate Agonie & Rumonoise — Split
25 Sept 2026
A Julian Cope Primmer
Erupting into the mainstream on February 19th 1981, The Teardrop Explodes’ debut ‘Top of the Pops’ television performance featuring their brassy, bouncy hit ‘Reward’ is to this day probably the moment from which most people recall Julian Cope. If your image of Julian remains that of an earnest young budding pop star sporting a fleece-collared flying jacket and a shaggy bowlcut of shoulder-length tresses, if you failed to maintain pace with his entry into the cosmos, if you dismissively describe him (as I’ve seen thereabouts) as “a Smash Hits pin-up”, you have one hell of a lot of catching up to do. Musique Machine have tasked me with leading their readers through the psychedelic jungle and beyond, here, and I have to say that Julian probably merits the ‘beginners’ guide to’ / ‘recommended records’ treatment more than just about any other artist in the music sphere, at least in terms of how public perception and the ‘reality’ (if such a word is appropriate in this extreme case) have a near-unbridgeable gulf.
Orchestra Of The Upper Atmosphere Interview
Early this year, the band released their most recent album Theta 7, on Discus Music-which is sadly to be their last. Band leader Martin Archer kindly agreed to give us an email interview, discussing the project's history & why they’ve decided to call it a day.
Vacant Align Interview
Active since October 2025, Wisconsin’s Vacant Align is one of the more atmospheric and texturally inventive wall noise projects to appear in some time. It’s a project that takes its time in releasing work, and you can certainly hear it, as each of their releases so far is a perfectly crafted blend of expressive and engaging textures. Behind the project is John Engman, who very kindly agreed to give us an email interview
Jasper Sharp interview
In the year 1971, Nikkatsu, the oldest/ at one point, the biggest film production company in Japan. Did something quite daring/ some would say crazy- they completely switched over their production to softcore adult films, which would become known as Roman Porno. Between 1971 and 1988, the company produced around 850 of these titles. The thing that made these films stand out from general softcore films is the often creative & inventive choices made- yes, the films primal focus is sleaze, but great examples of the genre are so much more than that. In the last year or so, there has been a spate of reissues of films in the genre from labels such as 88 Films, Third Window Films, and Klubb Super 8. One of the key figures/contributors behind these releases is Jasper Sharp- one of the world's experts on the genre, and the wider Pink genre it’s connected to. Jasper kindly agreed to give us an email interview discussing his history with the genre, his contributions to releases, and the new/updated edition of his book Behind The Pink Curtain: The Complete History of Japanese Sex Cinema on Fab Press.
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