The New York Times ran a profile on Brazilian pop star Anitta, whom Warner Brothers is grooming for global stardom, drafting the usual complement of au courant producers, songwriters and other collaborators typically deployed to turbo-charge a rising performer’s career… Continue Reading
Dais Records has announced the release of Coil’s Musick To Play In The Dark 2. The posted description says: “After leaving London in 1999 for the sleepy seaside retiree town of Weston-super-Mare, Coil co-founders John Balance and Peter ‘Sleazy’ Christopherson… Continue Reading
Cassandra Complex founder and frontman, Rodney Orpheus posted on FB: “So, after many long months of recording and mixing (and mixing again, and again, and again…) I bit the bullet and uploaded the new album from The Cassandra Complex to… Continue Reading
Per Faxneld, senior lecturer at Sodertorn University on esotericism, posted the following: “Last Saturday I had a drink with some slightly younger friends who are very knowledgeable about obscure music. I was astonished to hear they were not familiar with… Continue Reading
Noted occult author Rodney Orpheus announced a May 6 release date for the new Cassandra Complex album, The Plague: The Cassandra Complex FB page and previously noted: “That means that if you are a subscriber to our Fan Club on… Continue Reading
In the profane world, Jimmy Page is, most likely, the standard bearer of Thelema thanks to the lasting popularity of the group he created, Led Zeppelin. One might suggest though that this has been a disservice to this curious mix… Continue Reading
Swedish metal band Ghost performed the song “Call Me Little Sunshine” on the Kimmel show earlier this week. They filmed their performance inside a masusoleum (could they have gotten any more trope-y?). And why do we care? The song title… Continue Reading
There are many modern thaumaturgists who employ psychoactive substances as part of their practice, following the example of the Master Therion who used many drugs for different purposes, including ether for visionary work. When Crowley was travelling in the United… Continue Reading
Personally I’m always on the look for slow, quiet, drone-y music to incorporate into my ritual work. I’ve got quite the extensive collection. But I’d never come across composer Éliane Radigue until the NY Times ran a piece on her… Continue Reading
Following up on yesterday’s post regarding Blank Form’s exhibition of composer Jerry Hunt’s work, here’s news about a vinyl release of his final album: “The final album released by the composer-performer Jerry Hunt before his death, Ground: Five Mechanic Convention Streams is… Continue Reading