Freq
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www.freq.org.uk - a magazine about music, film and more online since April 1998
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Cindytalk – Sunset And Forever https://freq.org.uk/reviews/cindytalk-sunset-and-forever/ ..the artwork’s suggestive shapes feel texturally tethered to the audio’s pitted surface – artwork and sound a collaborative whole, each feeding the other. As much as I […]
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January 25, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Cindytalk – Sunset And Forever https://freq.org.uk/reviews/cindytalk-sunset-and-forever/ ..the artwork’s suggestive shapes feel texturally tethered to the audio’s pitted surface – artwork and sound a collaborative whole, each feeding the other. As much as I […]
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[Original post on mastodon.social]
Jimi Tenor Band – Selenites, Selenites! Although Jimi Tenor is renowned as a solo artist, he is also a serial collaborator; but for the first time, during the pandemic, he drew a band around him of local musicians to bring to life some of his delightful […]
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January 25, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Jimi Tenor Band – Selenites, Selenites! Although Jimi Tenor is renowned as a solo artist, he is also a serial collaborator; but for the first time, during the pandemic, he drew a band around him of local musicians to bring to life some of his delightful […]
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[Original post on mastodon.social]
No Other Choice https://freq.org.uk/reviews/no-other-choice/ Park Chan-wook cooks up another idiosyncratic blend of thrills and satirical dark #comedy with this sublimely ridiculous tale of a newly redundant paper manufacturer so intent on getting his next […]
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[Original post on mastodon.social]
January 25, 2026 at 2:06 PM
No Other Choice https://freq.org.uk/reviews/no-other-choice/ Park Chan-wook cooks up another idiosyncratic blend of thrills and satirical dark #comedy with this sublimely ridiculous tale of a newly redundant paper manufacturer so intent on getting his next […]
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[Original post on mastodon.social]
SOL SOL – Oscillations https://freq.org.uk/reviews/sol-sol-oscillations/ Long trailing notes are peeled over the sway of the rhythm section. The other three carefully assemble sounds around the sax, delivering a statement of intent that is gradually dissected […]
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January 23, 2026 at 5:31 PM
SOL SOL – Oscillations https://freq.org.uk/reviews/sol-sol-oscillations/ Long trailing notes are peeled over the sway of the rhythm section. The other three carefully assemble sounds around the sax, delivering a statement of intent that is gradually dissected […]
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[Original post on mastodon.social]
Karl Bartos – Communication https://freq.org.uk/reviews/karl-bartos-communication/ ..there is a surprising variety in the styles and delivery. He pays particular attention to the vocals, which are nearly all effected in some way and they range from the sweet […]
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[Original post on mastodon.social]
January 23, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Karl Bartos – Communication https://freq.org.uk/reviews/karl-bartos-communication/ ..there is a surprising variety in the styles and delivery. He pays particular attention to the vocals, which are nearly all effected in some way and they range from the sweet […]
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[Original post on mastodon.social]
Penelope Trappes – Æternum https://freq.org.uk/reviews/penelope-trappes-aeternum/ ...Her first release for OLI, A Requiem, came out back in the spring of 2025, but there was more material left over from the sessions that demanded release; so Æternum gathers […]
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January 23, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Penelope Trappes – Æternum https://freq.org.uk/reviews/penelope-trappes-aeternum/ ...Her first release for OLI, A Requiem, came out back in the spring of 2025, but there was more material left over from the sessions that demanded release; so Æternum gathers […]
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[Original post on mastodon.social]
Urlaub in Polen – Objects, Beings And Parrots …as the album progresses, so more facets are revealed, the incessant rhythms coated with twangy guitar, subterranean bass and synth embellishments adding fuel before the inevitable explosion into the stratosphere. […]
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January 23, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Urlaub in Polen – Objects, Beings And Parrots …as the album progresses, so more facets are revealed, the incessant rhythms coated with twangy guitar, subterranean bass and synth embellishments adding fuel before the inevitable explosion into the stratosphere. […]
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[Original post on mastodon.social]
Pullman – III / Winged Wheel – Desert So Green https://freq.org.uk/reviews/pullman-iii-winged-wheel-desert-so-green/ Supergroups as a mainstream proposition appear seem to have largely become a thing of the past, in part due to the music industry’s latter-day […]
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January 19, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Pullman – III / Winged Wheel – Desert So Green https://freq.org.uk/reviews/pullman-iii-winged-wheel-desert-so-green/ Supergroups as a mainstream proposition appear seem to have largely become a thing of the past, in part due to the music industry’s latter-day […]
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[Original post on mastodon.social]
Hanna Paulsberg Concept with Elin Rosseland – Himmel Over Hav https://freq.org.uk/reviews/hanna-paulsberg-himmel/ It has been seven years since the last Concept album and although the line-up remains the same, with Trygve Fiske on bass, Hans Hulbækmo on drums […]
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[Original post on mastodon.social]
January 19, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Hanna Paulsberg Concept with Elin Rosseland – Himmel Over Hav https://freq.org.uk/reviews/hanna-paulsberg-himmel/ It has been seven years since the last Concept album and although the line-up remains the same, with Trygve Fiske on bass, Hans Hulbækmo on drums […]
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[Original post on mastodon.social]
Pusher / Pusher II / Pusher 3 https://freq.org.uk/reviews/pusher-trilogy/ Nicolas Winding Refn’s #pusher trilogy, recently released in a handsome #bluray slipcase set by Second Sight films, not only offer a hectic thug’s eye view of Copenhagen low-life, they […]
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[Original post on mastodon.social]
January 19, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Pusher / Pusher II / Pusher 3 https://freq.org.uk/reviews/pusher-trilogy/ Nicolas Winding Refn’s #pusher trilogy, recently released in a handsome #bluray slipcase set by Second Sight films, not only offer a hectic thug’s eye view of Copenhagen low-life, they […]
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[Original post on mastodon.social]
Omrum – Bringer Of Light https://freq.org.uk/reviews/omrum-bringer-of-light/ All four members are part of the fertile Copenhagen #jazz scene and regular collaborators with other artists but here, Erik Kimestad, Mads Hyhne, Richard Andersson and Jakob Høyer […]
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[Original post on mastodon.social]
January 19, 2026 at 11:24 AM
Omrum – Bringer Of Light https://freq.org.uk/reviews/omrum-bringer-of-light/ All four members are part of the fertile Copenhagen #jazz scene and regular collaborators with other artists but here, Erik Kimestad, Mads Hyhne, Richard Andersson and Jakob Høyer […]
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[Original post on mastodon.social]
Hamnet https://freq.org.uk/reviews/hamnet/ The film articulates the emotion of grief in all its slings and arrows, with a dedicated and sometimes painful sense of reality. It reminds us that, while #shakespeare ’s work may be immortal, in his life mortality lay all around him. #filmreview
January 12, 2026 at 11:27 AM
Hamnet https://freq.org.uk/reviews/hamnet/ The film articulates the emotion of grief in all its slings and arrows, with a dedicated and sometimes painful sense of reality. It reminds us that, while #shakespeare ’s work may be immortal, in his life mortality lay all around him. #filmreview
Uneven Eleven – Live in Brighton https://freq.org.uk/reviews/uneven-eleven-live-in-brighton/ a] heavyweight collaboration between bassist Guy Segers, percussionist Charles Hayward and guitarist Kawabata Makoto. Recorded live in Brighton back in 2013, the […]
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[Original post on mastodon.social]
January 10, 2026 at 10:05 AM
The Earlies – These Were The Earlies https://freq.org.uk/reviews/the-earlies-these-were-the-earlies/ ... drifting #psychedelia and charming fuzzy #pop ...still sounds great twenty-one years on and will sound great in another twenty-one years. #musicreview
January 9, 2026 at 5:04 PM
The Earlies – These Were The Earlies https://freq.org.uk/reviews/the-earlies-these-were-the-earlies/ ... drifting #psychedelia and charming fuzzy #pop ...still sounds great twenty-one years on and will sound great in another twenty-one years. #musicreview
The Twinsets – Peel Sessions 82-83 / Jetstream Pony – Riley and Coe Session 09.04.25 https://freq.org.uk/reviews/the-twinsets-peel-sessions-82-83-jetstream-pony-riley-and-coe-session-09-04-25/ After a relentlessly prolific and steadily diversifying 2025, it’s […]
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[Original post on mastodon.social]
January 9, 2026 at 12:45 PM
The Twinsets – Peel Sessions 82-83 / Jetstream Pony – Riley and Coe Session 09.04.25 https://freq.org.uk/reviews/the-twinsets-peel-sessions-82-83-jetstream-pony-riley-and-coe-session-09-04-25/ After a relentlessly prolific and steadily diversifying 2025, it’s […]
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[Original post on mastodon.social]
Trond Kallevåg – Minnesota https://freq.org.uk/reviews/trond-kallevag-minnesota/ ..ruminates in the relationship between Norway and the United States, particularly on the flow of migrants in the nineteenth century. Having spent some time on the remote island […]
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[Original post on mastodon.social]
December 30, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Trond Kallevåg – Minnesota https://freq.org.uk/reviews/trond-kallevag-minnesota/ ..ruminates in the relationship between Norway and the United States, particularly on the flow of migrants in the nineteenth century. Having spent some time on the remote island […]
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[Original post on mastodon.social]
Alex Marker and Ben Reed – Impostor Syndrome https://freq.org.uk/reviews/marker-reed-impostor/ Whilst the arrestingly cheesy-peculiar front cover .. is rather offputtingly redolent of something you might easily flick past in a car boot sale crate of […]
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[Original post on mastodon.social]
December 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Alex Marker and Ben Reed – Impostor Syndrome https://freq.org.uk/reviews/marker-reed-impostor/ Whilst the arrestingly cheesy-peculiar front cover .. is rather offputtingly redolent of something you might easily flick past in a car boot sale crate of […]
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[Original post on mastodon.social]
Sondre Moshagen Lightning Trio – Lightning https://freq.org.uk/reviews/sondre-moshagen-lightning-trio-lightning/ ...although ostensibly #jazz, the pieces recorded here run through a real mix of styles from light impressionism to dramatic rhythmic workouts. #musicreview
December 23, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Sondre Moshagen Lightning Trio – Lightning https://freq.org.uk/reviews/sondre-moshagen-lightning-trio-lightning/ ...although ostensibly #jazz, the pieces recorded here run through a real mix of styles from light impressionism to dramatic rhythmic workouts. #musicreview
Matt Pond PA interviewed and Several Arrows Later at twenty: “I wouldn’t trade lives with anyone — this is who I am” https://freq.org.uk/reviews/matt-pond-pa-interview/ Both a revolving door group and a single-minded mission, Matt Pond PA .. the […]
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[Original post on mastodon.social]
December 20, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Matt Pond PA interviewed and Several Arrows Later at twenty: “I wouldn’t trade lives with anyone — this is who I am” https://freq.org.uk/reviews/matt-pond-pa-interview/ Both a revolving door group and a single-minded mission, Matt Pond PA .. the […]
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[Original post on mastodon.social]
Ivar Grydeland – Bøyning, Brytning https://freq.org.uk/reviews/ivar-grydeland-boyning-brytning/ Utilising, electric, #pedalsteel and Portuguese guitars along with electronics, his sparse, diffuse sounds evoke the lull of the surface and the mystery of the depths. #musicreview
December 19, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Ivar Grydeland – Bøyning, Brytning https://freq.org.uk/reviews/ivar-grydeland-boyning-brytning/ Utilising, electric, #pedalsteel and Portuguese guitars along with electronics, his sparse, diffuse sounds evoke the lull of the surface and the mystery of the depths. #musicreview
Aksak Maboul – Before Aksak Maboul (Documents and Experiments 1969-1977) https://freq.org.uk/reviews/before-aksak-maboul/ It is absolutely great that these pieces have found the light of day after all these years and is an essential addition to what is a […]
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December 19, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Aksak Maboul – Before Aksak Maboul (Documents and Experiments 1969-1977) https://freq.org.uk/reviews/before-aksak-maboul/ It is absolutely great that these pieces have found the light of day after all these years and is an essential addition to what is a […]
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[Original post on mastodon.social]
Malpertuis https://freq.org.uk/reviews/malpertuis/ With #cosmichorror having made something of a sly comeback in recent years.. there’s never been a better time to immerse yourself in the secrets of this strange, physics-and-architecture-defying house and its […]
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[Original post on mastodon.social]
December 19, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Malpertuis https://freq.org.uk/reviews/malpertuis/ With #cosmichorror having made something of a sly comeback in recent years.. there’s never been a better time to immerse yourself in the secrets of this strange, physics-and-architecture-defying house and its […]
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[Original post on mastodon.social]
Wreckless Eric – England Screaming https://freq.org.uk/reviews/wreckless-eric-england-screaming/ ...an acute observation of a time in this country when things seemed remarkably bleak; but it doesn't jeer or harass, just observes and reports. It just so […]
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[Original post on mastodon.social]
December 19, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Wreckless Eric – England Screaming https://freq.org.uk/reviews/wreckless-eric-england-screaming/ ...an acute observation of a time in this country when things seemed remarkably bleak; but it doesn't jeer or harass, just observes and reports. It just so […]
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[Original post on mastodon.social]
Clock DVA – White Souls In Black Suits https://freq.org.uk/reviews/clock-dva-white-souls-in-black-suits/ ... a solid slice of guitar / synth graze, psychologically skewered on Adi’s impassioned delivery ...White Souls In Black Suits is a welcome #clockdva […]
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[Original post on mastodon.social]
December 12, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Clock DVA – White Souls In Black Suits https://freq.org.uk/reviews/clock-dva-white-souls-in-black-suits/ ... a solid slice of guitar / synth graze, psychologically skewered on Adi’s impassioned delivery ...White Souls In Black Suits is a welcome #clockdva […]
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[Original post on mastodon.social]
Black Mound Sound Lab label showcase – Dark Star Light Star / Don Mandarin / Philip Gibbs / Tit Whistle and Broom (live at The Exchange) https://freq.org.uk/reviews/black-mound-sound-lab/ Paul Horlick has long been one of the of the most influential people on […]
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[Original post on mastodon.social]
December 12, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Black Mound Sound Lab label showcase – Dark Star Light Star / Don Mandarin / Philip Gibbs / Tit Whistle and Broom (live at The Exchange) https://freq.org.uk/reviews/black-mound-sound-lab/ Paul Horlick has long been one of the of the most influential people on […]
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[Original post on mastodon.social]