Author: Ivan

In going through the process of assembling Darkstereo’s spotify playlists, we came upon a wonderful prog rock instrumental project, Ballard. Paolo Ballardini is the mastermind and guitarist behind the project,…

Back in January we put our feelers out to a range of independent musicians and supporters of Darkstereo. The aim? To release a compilation album that reflected the many talents,…

A duo from Vienna! Yes, we recently caught up with BG and CG from Golgi Apparatus, to talk about their ghostly release “Breach“, and to find out what the band…

Of the many indie music sites we’ve visited over the last year, there are some definite standouts. For something different in this interview, we’re talking with a regular and wonderful…

Doom metal, noise, jazz and plenty of improvisation. A creation formed in the Netherland’s pandemic lockdowns. I just had to listen, a what a wonderfully heavy, confronting and truly experimental…

Occasionally, one finds a piece of music quite by chance, one that immediately has that “something extra”, an undefinable quality that screams of depth, complexity, and musicianship. Such were the…

Recently a post from Underground N’ Proud popped up on social media, promoting Brisbane band “Void Matter“. I think it was the artwork which really grabbed me, because who doesn’t…

A few weeks back, thanks to a friendly tip, I came across the work of The Dark Atom. It was the graphic design and visuals of this project that immediately…

As always, our focus here hasn’t always been on recording artists or specific album reviews (although we love to do those too). Sometimes, it is just nice to chat with…

Over the last few weeks we’ve been listening to Melbourne’s Arcane Trickster, a project by Damiano Verna, John Crombie and Chris Innes, which crosses numerous genre boundaries, and always offers…