Tag: Music

Monolith Cocktail Review

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Very generous review of Farewell, Doomed Planet! on Monolith Cocktail today. Thanks to them for these kind words:

“Equally deft at composing contemporary symphonies as she is Warp label imbued kinetic and industrial electronica, Kelly coos and soundscapes a lamentable vision of the apocalypse that combines aria-like space operatics with tubular metallic breakdowns, stirring ambient swells and darker twists of contorting nuanced sonics….Cinematic in places, setting an astral mirage of dreamy and bestial proportions, Farewell is a beautifully scary drama that evokes touches of Bowie, Tangerine Dream, Bernard Szajner, Diva Dompe, Moroder and Vangelis. Kelly does wonderful things amongst the stars; the apocalypse has seldom sounded so celestially operatic and electronically choral.”

Read the full review, + reviews of Shanghai Restoration Project, Lucifer Was, Origami Repetika, Mogadisco, and Boa Morte, over on the blog!

Phantom Circuit, For The Record, and Sweeney’s Gumbo YaYa

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Lots of airtime for Farewell, Doomed Planet! this week. Thanks to Phantom Circuit, Zadok Strawberry on WERA (Arlington, VA)’s For The Record, and Sweeney’s Gumbo YaYa on KAOS in Olympia for their support, and listen to the show recaps on Mixcloud–lots of great new artists to acquaint yourselves with.

ShopLand World Reviewed on Yeah I Know It Sucks

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Strategic Tape Reserve’s ShopLand World: Music For A Discovery Park Of Miniature Supermarkets is happily still making the rounds, most recently being reviewed by my faves Yeah I Know It Sucks. They had this to say about my contribution, “What Penumbras:”

“First shopping mall I entered was one curated and owned by Elizabeth Joan Kelly. Once in I got the surprising surprise of being tossed into what could only be described as a surreal slide into something named ‘What Penumbras’. A heaven for consumers that likes to buy psychedelic experiences from a jar by mumbling gurus that got themselves deliciously surrounded by smoke and special sound effects. It made me not only feel very enthusiastic, it also gave me a very weird feeling in my stomach; a shopping sensation like this, you simply wouldn’t even expect to happen at a well thought out shop in a chewed up Disneyland theme park… This was the impressive place that once you had found the exit again would have made such a impression that it would simply stay with you for days on end.”

Full review on their blog!

listencorp Review of Farewell Doomed Planet

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In-depth and insightful track-by-track review of Farewell, Doomed Planet! that, in parts, seems to come from my own brain (but it doesn’t). If you haven’t listened to the album yet, this is a great analysis that may make you want to.

“Elizabeth’s care and detail when tackling a heavy concept is fully apparent in the new album. It is unpredictable, but incredibly entertaining. The combination of thought provoking lyrics and intense dynamic production makes it a treat for anyone willing to take a trip somewhere a little bit alien.”

listencorp – Farewell, Doomed Planet! Elizabeth Joan Kelly