New format of this blog!

As you can see, I reviewed a CD! This blog was originally intended to review cassettes that I owned. During the last year a lot of things have changed in my personal life. One of them was losing my interest in buying lots-and-lots of cassettes.
A couple of weeks ago I got the new CD by Shane Morris & Mystified and Thomas Park asked me to write a review for it. This gave me new inspiration for this site.

The small changes for this site will be:

-No more exclusive cassette reviews
-No more grading system


I you want to have something reviewed, drop me a line at jnederpel@gmail.com. This can be anything from Spoken Word to HNW. It can be digitally or physically released. As long as it is in the experimental realm, I'm open for almost anything. The only thing I would like in return is the release in its originally released medium (CD, FLAC download or even a cassette ;)).

Regards and my the blips hip you.

Shane Morris & Mystified - Epoch

The days people didn't exhaust the natural resources.

That is what Shane Morris and Mystified wanted to capture in this release on lotuspike.
During the last years Thomas Park laid hands on acoustic instruments to create really interesting drones.
As some of the drones created where already tracks on their own, Shane Morris used them to create this pre-manned earth epoch dreamland.

The first track really lets you swim with all the creatures who ruled the seas during the Cambrian Explosion.
Small little bells sounds create a nice under water tinkling feeling while the layered drones thicken the track for the miles-under-water feeling.

The second track marks the beginning of amphibians crawling on to land.
A couple of sea-like sounds combined with more open sounds that mark the beginning of the transfer from water to land.

The third track tells the story of the most severe extinction event yet to have ever occurred on this planet.
This track really brings up emotions of loss and despair. It almost brought tears too my eyes once.

The last track marks the beginning of the time when the large dinosaurs ruled this planet.
The drones are more layered and create a sound as if a hurdle of large Sauropods cross the vast landmasses.

This CD is best listened through a good set of headphones, as their are very ingenious but subtle changes in the drones and tones used for this outstanding CD.
As for me this release could easily be the score for the Walking with Dinosaurs TV series.