Findings, In The Mix, Nostalgia

2018 – Through The Looking Glass

As it seems it’s about time for a short review what really mattered to me in 2018.
Of course this can only be a glimpse on the amount of music released, re-released & unearthed from my small point of view, further narrowed down due money + time at hand but anyway here are my personal highlights of the year:


Albums

    Simon Crab : Demand Full Automation (CD, Klanggalerie)
    Marco Milanesio : L’ultimo Viaggio Del Conte Rosso (CD, Swiss Dark Nights)
    Kallabris : Red Square (LP, Inselkind)
    Shriekback : Why Anything? Why This? (CD/LP, Shriekback)
    KatzKab : Le Syndrome De Diogené (Digital, KatzKab)
    Duende with David J : Oracle Of The Horizontal (CD/LP, Glass Modern)
    Cousin Silas and The Glove Of Bones : Spirit Of Afrodubism (Digital/MC, Submarine Broadcasting)


Singles / EP’s

    Drew McDowell x Hiro Kone : The Ghost Of George Bataille (12″EP/Digital, Bank Records)
    Gary Clail Soundsystem : Electric Skies (10″/Digital, Sugar Shack)
    Heavensbee : Gonna Dub Now (Digital, Heavensbee)
    Ben Coda : Silk Road (Digital, Lowering The Tone)
    DsorDNE : Grafio Ricerca 010 (Digital/MC, Asbestos Digit)
    Soft Cell : Northern Lights (CD/7″/Digital, Universal/Mercury)


Reissues / Rediscoveries / Remixes

    Coil : Scatalogy Sessions, Hidden Hydrology, Contaminated Apples, Wormsongs (Digital, Live Coil Archive)
    Coil, Zos Kia, Marc Almond : How To Destroy Angels (CD/LP, Cold Spring)
    Black Light District : A Thousand Lights In A Darkened Room (CD/LP, Dais)
    Soft Cell : Keychaines & Snowstorms (9CD & DVD Set, Universal/Mercury), Club Remixes EP (12″, A Big Frock)
    Magic Moments At Twilight Time : Creavolution Reborn (CD/Digital, TMR)
    Robert Rental : Different Voices For You, Different Colours For Me – Demos 1980 (LP/Digital, Optimo)
    Bauhaus : The Bela Session (CD/12″EP/Digital, Leaving Records)
    Officine Schwartz : L’Opificio (CD, Again Records)


Podcasts / Mixes

& of course the Klappstuhl Records releases……..;

    M. Nomized : Sample 4 – Director’s Cut (Digital, SP 019)
    Kallabris : Kettenwindel Bingo (Digital/CDR, SP 020)
    Glove Of Bones : X OST (Digital, SP 021)
    V/A : Klappstuhl ‘To Go’ (Digital, SP 022)

R.I.P. and Thankyou Pete Shelley, you’ve been an inspiration !!!