74 minutes, 24 seconds

Soma
Hollow Earth

You may know Soma less as a whole than as the sum of its parts--namely Pieter Bourke (who worked on the Duality album with Dead Can Dance's Lisa Gerrard as well as on the Eden project with Seán Bowley) and David Thrussell (the man behind Snog and Black Lung).

I don't think Soma has released anything since the My Ancient Vihmaana EP a number of years ago, which is a shame. Bourke's hand percussion fits nicely within Thrussell's propulsive electronic rhythms, and there's even some spaghetti-Western guitar twang on a few tracks. It's an unusual mix, but very satisfying to listen to. It's as if Blade Runner had been filmed on horseback in the dusty Arizona desert instead of the rainy megalopolis of L.A.

One other thing: Now that I've been doing this for a few weeks (and not exactly raking in the eyeballs), I added an "About" section at the top right. If you read this blog (and you're not related to me), please tell your friends! I'd love more readers, more links, more (well, any) comments, etc. How can this blog be better? More interesting? Help.

Also today:

74:21 Plastic Assault, We Score
74:14 Regenerator, War
74:09 BlutEngel, Child of Glass
74:08 Velvet Acid Christ, Fun with Knives
74:07 Christopher Kah, A Wonderful Darkworld