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THE VISIBLE LIGHT OF OTHER WORLDS, Laura Cannell

Published September 12, 2025 by Warren Ellis

THE VISIBLE LIGHT OF OTHER WORLDS is the 12th solo album from the UK based Composer, Performer and Improviser Laura Cannell. Recently hailed as “The Radical Neo-medieval Musician Laura Cannell” by The Guardian. Her latest album evokes a strange new world between renaissance consort music, neo-classical & ambient music.

This is the sound of fog in a canyon light years from earth, the tempestuous flames of the sun’s surface, the imagined movement of sand in fields of dark dunes, the hurricane spirals of uninhabitable worlds. It is the residue and archived energy of long gone forests, the restless oceans and curving rift valleys of unknown lands in the untouchable reaches of the universe.

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accessions 11sep25

Published September 11, 2025 by Warren Ellis

I’d totally forgotten that I’d pre-ordered the new Mick Herron Slough House/Slow Horses book. (UK) (US+) I won’t be able to get to it for ages, but at least I’ll know it’s waiting for me.

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BUT REMEMBER WHAT YOU HAVE HAD, Stephen O’Malley

Published September 5, 2025 by Warren Ellis

O’Malley of SUNN 0))) in electroacoustic mode. I saw a rather poor review of this and was very confused. I think it’s glorious. Reminded me of Yoshi Wada doing “Earth Horns” until the guitars come in like a martial summoning. It reaches back for something ancient and yet also points towards a new future. It plays well late at night, I’ve found.

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MEGALOPOLIS On Blu-Ray

Published September 3, 2025 by Warren Ellis

Wherein hangs a bit of a story. I saw this pop up on Amazon around the turn of the year, and I thought, I’ll wait a bit. I was fascinated by the film, but I wasn’t necessarily up for paying full price on it. And then, back in July, I came across a curious fact. MEGALOPOLIS is not available for home viewing in the US and certain other territories. No streaming, no DVD, no Blu-Ray. Coppola reserved home video rights, and, instead, took MEGALOPOLIS out as a roadshow in the summer. He’s doing everything he can to preserve this as a cinema-only experience.

At which point I realised, eventually the European and UK home video rights will revert back to Coppola, and this Blu-Ray will go away. And I want to be able to study many of the film’s compositions at my own speed. So I clicked back to Amazon and found the price had dropped by a fiver. Therefore, I now own it, against the day when it becomes entirely unavailable.

MEGALOPOLIS (UK!)

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MATERIA VIBRANTE, Susana Lopez

Published September 3, 2025 by Warren Ellis

The album was built from field recordings captured at megalithic sites in Ireland, underwater sounds recorded with hydrophones in the rivers of Asturias, and electromagnetic wave scans from Birmingham. These sonic landscapes are interwoven with synthesizers, digital harmonium, experimental “sonic triangle,” multi-effects, percussion, and López’s voice — serving as a thread between the inner and the outer worlds.

It is a fantastic journey of a record. Something for the imagination under a summer sky. Which is how I enjoyed it. I have long adored Susana’s work, but this feels like a milestone.

Only available on digital or vinyl, but Susana knows my preference for CD and sent me this!

I remain a very lucky person.

PREVIOUSLY: STUPOR MUNDI, Susan Drone

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accessions 3sep25

Published September 3, 2025 by Warren Ellis

Adding to my pile of “serious reading for the rest of the year.”

CHOKEPOINTS, Edward Fishman (UK) (US+)

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A COMPENDIUM OF BEASTS Vol 3, Laura Cannell

Published September 1, 2025 by Warren Ellis

Time to catch up with my summer-break acquisitions. I am, of course, a sucker for all Laura Cannell’s work, including her year-long EP series projects. This one has especial “landscape soundtrack” vibes, for me.

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THE BLOODY LADY, claire rousay

Published June 11, 2025 by Warren Ellis

I found myself living inside this wonderful record one day, and decided I needed to own a real copy. Variously described by others as dreamy, menacing and haunting.

Electroacoustic composer claire rousay (US) presents her new album, ‘The Bloody Lady’, featuring the reimagined score she wrote for Viktor Kubal’s 1980 eponymous animated film. Kubal (1923-1997), a pioneering Slovak animator, is considered one of the most influential animation filmmakers of the 20th century.

Known as a singular artist who challenges conventions in experimental and ambient music forms, rousay crafted the score in her home studio immediately after moving to LA over the course of 2023.

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