LOOPSEL - "The Spiral" LPLoopsel The Spiral LP (Digital Regress, 2022 repress) "Fans of the Swedish underground should be familiar with Elin Engstrm from her time playing in Monokultur, Skiftande Enheter, and excellent solo recording project Loopsel. Her debut album The Spiral manifests fragmented pieces of shimmering guitar, organ, and electronics creating a drifting ambiance that evokes a feeling of distance and mystique. An essential entry of the Gothenburg experimental

All of this led Paolo to disown the Paul Chain catalogue when he announced the artistic death of Paul Chain in 2003

somebody is singing to both sides of the rope

” and “a seamless blend into the uncluttered and airier side of classic 1970’s giallo

Not Enough is a bizarre

what's really amazing is how consistent the quality of the material is - also

Koopsta Knicca and Killa Klan Kaze get solo showcases

with hearts on sleeves and spirits in motion

Don abandoned his signature pocket trumpet for the piano and harmonium

Dan holed up at Jacana Studio and recorded the album in a short inspired period in winter

alone in the glow and intentionally obscured by a large plastic sheet weighted down by a fake fern (*see photos)

left-field version of Pentangle

and VHS with a wide variety of styles all representing different dreams of a demonic mind tower spanning from freak flesh bodybuilder atmospheres to ambient modern world/psych