MGR - Nova Lux
Nova Lux (Neurot, 2006) was the album I listened to the most last year at bedtime (the runnerups being Blut Aus Nord’s MoRT and Spektr’s The Near Death Experience). MGR is the ambient project of guitarist Mike Gallagher of Isis. Though of course it doesn’t rock like Isis, it’s actually not that far removed; imagine...
Spektr - The Near Death Experience
Since sleep is the theme this week, I thought I’d revisit one of my favorite bedtime lullabies, The Near Death Experience (Candlelight, 2006). People have already written on it, but it was such a soundtrack to my subconscious last year that I’d have nightmares not mentioning it. Basically, it’s a dark ambient record with grimy,...