Misha

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Living in The Netherlands (Veldhoven in Noord-Brabant)
Musical interests:
  • Favourite genres: non-mainstream Rock, Jazz (lots!), Traditional/World, Classical, IDM (Intelligent Dance Music), lots of Minimalism and Post-Minimalism and about everything else if it's not dumb.
  • Favourite bands:

    Black Metal:
    Aichmophoba
    Alcest
    Baptism
    Bekhira
    Burzum
    Dark Fortress (old)
    Darkestrah
    Darkspace
    Drudkh
    Forest
    Forest Of Fog
    Funeral Mist
    Gire
    Godkiller
    Gort
    Hate Forest
    Idium Immortalis
    In The Woods…
    Klabautamann
    Lunar Aurora
    Moonblood
    Mortifera
    Mustan Kuun Lapset
    Mütiilation
    Mystic Forest
    Nachtmystium
    Nagelfar
    Nargaroth
    Noenum
    Nyktalgia
    Paysage D’Hiver
    Seigneur Voland
    Sombre Chemin
    Taake
    Towards Rusted Soil
    Ulver
    Vlad Tepes
    Woods Of Infinity
    Woods Of Ypres

    Classical:
    Alberto Iglesias
    Béla Bartòk
    Clara Rockmore
    Claude Debussy
    Eric Satie
    John Adams
    John Luther Adams
    La Monte Young
    Matt Howden
    Max Richter
    Phillip Glass
    Rachel's
    Steve Reich
    Tan Dun
    Yann Tiersen

    Death Metal:
    Cryptopsy
    Lykathea Aflame
    Nile

    Folk & Traditional/World:
    Astor Piazzolla
    CocoRosie
    Django Reinhardt
    Forseti
    Kálmán Balogh
    Kátai Tamás
    Of The Wand And The Moon
    Paco De Lucía
    Romowe Rikoito
    Sieben
    Tata Mirando
    Tenhi
    Vágtázó Halottkémek
    Velvet Cacoon

    IDM:
    Aphex Twin
    Banco De Gaia
    Clifford Gilberto
    Squarepusher
    Venetian Snares

    Jazz:
    AlasNoAxis
    Bar Kokhba Sextet
    Electric Masada
    Flying Luttenbachers
    Gilad Atzmon Trio
    Han Bennink
    Jaga Jazzist
    Jeff Beck
    John Coltrane
    John Zorn
    Jonas Hellborg
    Masada
    Masada String Trio
    Misha Mengelberg
    Nicolas Repac
    Ornette Coleman
    Peter Brötzmann Octet
    Rabih Abou-Khalil
    Shining
    Sun Ra
    Thanatopsis
    Tin Hat Trio

    Noise Rock:
    65Daysofstatic
    Hella
    Lightning Bolt
    Orthrelm
    Ufomammut

    Other Metal:
    Agalloch
    Green Carnation
    Root
    Satan’s Pinguins
    Sólstafir
    Thy Catafalque

    Post Rock:
    Aereogramme
    Antarcticans, The
    Arcade Fire, The
    Battles
    Birdtree, The
    Clogs
    David Sandström
    Do Make Say Think
    Explosions In The Sky
    God Is An Astronaut
    Godspeed You! Black Emperor
    Grails
    Interpol
    M83
    Mammoeten Op Kousevoeten
    Man Or Astroman
    Mogwai
    Mono
    Mountain Men Anonymous
    Pelican
    Pictures Of An Empty Wall
    Red Sparowes
    Russian Circles
    Sigur Rós
    Silver Mount Zion, A

    Prog Rock:
    Camel
    Henry Cow
    King Crimson
    Magma
    Morte Macabre
    Soft Machine
    Etc.

    Space Rock:
    Brainville
    Hawkwind
    Ozric Tentacles
  • All time favourite album: Vágtázó Halottkemék - Naptánc
  • Top 10 artists:
I'm human too:
  • Cool day job: Working in a Mazda RX garage, bar and teaching kids how to do maths. All for a little extra.
  • Hobbies: Climbing, working out, hanging out, going out, drinking beer and watching movies every now and then.
  • Bragging about education/college degrees: Mechanical Engineering student.
Other stuff I can be proud of: ...
REVIEWS
PLAYLISTS

Rabih Abou-Khalil - Blue Camel
Enja
World Fusion
95 / 100 Archive review
Kieran Hebden And Steve Reid - Tongues
Domino
IDM Improvisation
40 / 100
Max Richter - Songs From Before
Fat Cat
Classical & Electronics
80 / 100
Venetian Snares - Cavalcade Of Glee And Dadaist Happy Hardcore Pom Poms
Planet Mu
Breakcore
80 / 100
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey - The Sameness Of Difference
Hyena Records
Modern Jazz
70 / 100 Archive review
Cheval De Frise - La Lame Du Mat
RuminanCe
Avan-Garde Rock
no quote Archive review
Smohalla - Smolensk Combustion
Self Financed
Progressive Black Metal
no quote
The Angelic Process - Coma Waering (Reissue)
Paradigms Recordings
Drone Metal / Shoegazer
80 / 100 Surprise of the month
William Basinski - The Disintegration Loops I-IV
2062
Tape Music / Process Music
80 / 100 Archive review
Miranda Lehman - Shipwrecks & Russian Roulette
16Sparrows
Lo-Fi Psych-Folk
90 / 100
Steve Reich - Piano Phase, For 2 Pianos (Or 2 Marimbas)
No label
Early Minimalism / Phase Music
no quote Archive review
Carla Bozulich - Evangelista
Constellation
Experimental Vocal/Noisy Ambient
80 / 100 Surprise of the month
Vibracathedral Orchestra - Tuning To The Rooster
Important
Improvised Noise
80 / 100
Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain
The End Records
Dark Metal
80 / 100
ZoË Keating - One Cello x 16: Natoma
Self Financed
Looped Cello Music
70 / 100
Venetian Snares - Rossz Csillag Alatt Született
Planet Mu
Drill'n'Bass/Chamber Music
90 / 100 Album of the year
Efterklang - Tripper
Leaf
Post-Rock/Dreampop in IDM form with lots of Glitch and Microsound
80 / 100
65DaysOfStatic - One Time For All Time
Monotreme Records
Post-Rock with Drill'n'Bass elements
90 / 100
KÁtai TamÁs - Erika Szobája
Ars Benevola Mater
Neoclassical / World
90 / 100
Sieben - Ogham Inside The Night
Trisol Music Group
Neoclassical / Neofolk
90 / 100
VÁgtÁzÓ HalottkÉmek - Naptánc
Neurot Recordings
Ecstasy!
no quote
God Is An Astronaut - All Is Violent, All Is Bright
Revive Records
Post-rock/Shoegaze
80 / 100
Hawkwind - Canterbury Fayre 2001
United States Dist.
Space Rock
no quote Archive review
Darkestrah - Sary Oy
No Colours Records
Attila The Hun Hailing Black Metal Fusion
70 / 100 Archive review
Sólstafir - Masterpiece Of Bitterness
Spikefarm Records
Post-Doom/Viking
80 / 100
Bekhira - L'Élu Du Mal
Aura Mystique
Black Metal
80 / 100
Draugar - Weathering The Curse
Moribund Cult
Black Metal
70 / 100
Beatrik - Requiem Of December
Avantgarde Music
Funeral Doom/Melancholic Black Metal
60 / 100
Forest of Fog - Nebelhymnen
Self released
Black Metal
90 / 100 Album of the month
Woods of Infinity - Förintelse & Libido
Total Holocaust Records
Free Black Metal
70 / 100
Odium Immortalis - Die Schönheit Der Einsamkeit
Immense Storms Productions
Black Metal
80 / 100 Surprise of the month
Dark Fortress - Stab Wounds
Blakk Attakk
Mainstream Black Metal
50 / 100
Moonblood - Blut Und Krieg
Sombre Records
Black Metal
80 / 100 Archive review
Nocternity - A Fallen Unicorn
Debemur Morti Productions
Black Metal
70 / 100
Woodtemple - The Call From The Pagan Woods
No Colours Records
Pagan Black Metal
60 / 100
Noenum - Black Esoteric Evangelium
Hammer Of Hate
Black Metal
100 / 100
Eikenskaden - 665.999...
Tumult
Black Metal
60 / 100
Woods of Ypres - Against The Seasons
Independant
Black Metal
80 / 100 Archive review
Current playlist All Time Albums