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Harmonia & Eno: “Sometimes in Autumn (Shakleton Remix)” England-born/Berlin-based producer Shakleton whips out a pen knife and whittles down this krautrock classic, composed by Harmonia and Brian Eno way back in ’76. But where the original skewed new-age—calm and placid synths draped over a motorik rhythm—this remix tilts the vibe toward paranoia with sharp-edged dubstep-style percussion.
Krallice: “The Mountain” In comparison to Orthrelm, Mick Barr’s former band—known for its 40-minute carpal tunnel-inducing minimalist-metal composition OV—Krallice, his black metal group, is a pretty straightforward affair. But, again, only in comparison to Orthrelm. By any other metric, “The Mountain,” from the group’s forthcoming record Dimensional Bleedthrough, is still pretty bizarre. The bassist turns out a few traditional-sounding grunts for the vocals, but Barr’s riffs—so fast that sometimes it sounds like a skipping CD—are still without precedent. This is the music by which cubist Norsemen might vanquish Yngwie Malmsteen.