I’m not hearing Russian music daily, but the artists that I’ve come across so far are usually to my liking. Not that I want to generalize Russian music, there is plenty of variety within their underground scene. Roricat, a new name for me, is certainly no conventional act. The two members Julica Rorica (voices and ‚magic‘) and Eugene T (guitars and machine) weave minimal but lovely carpets of sound. Uki Uki gives me...

The Wonderment of Roricat This CD from 2002 features 72 minutes of superbly crafted electronic music. Roricat is a Russian duo consisting of: Julica Rorica on voices and magic, and Eugene T on guitars and machines. Prepare to be astounded. Layers of crystalline guitar strains are interwoven with languidly lively electronics and sparse hand-drum percussion. When put into words, it sounds so minimal, yet what this duo create is a brilliant...

Being one of the lesser known acts that Side Line magazine have often singled out and acknowledged their talents alongside fellow established Belgian bands such as Front 242, Dive, Klinik and Grumh, I had become quite keen to check them out for myself. Fortunately for me that chance has now arisen, and I am rather gob smacked with the results. After the previous album releases Nezeru Enti Sebauem Neterxertet and Em Sauf Haa-Heru we are now...

This Morn‘ Omina is probably one of the less known and recognised talents of the Belgian scene. After the primitive-tribal sounding Nezeru Enti Sebauem NeterXertet album, which was a selection of earlier demo-songs and the more elaborated and electro-orientated Em Sauf Haa-Heru, the trilogy is closed by Taiu. They moved their esoterically, kind of Pagan influences more to the background. There’s no more comparison with the...

New class act from Belgium: This Morn‘ Omina Described as one of the best releases of this year by the reknown Side-Line reviewer Stéphane Froidcoeur, Taiu by This Morn‘ Omina is sure to conquer more than one heart in the scene. But let’s hear what Stéphane has to say: „Front 242, Klinik, A Split Second, ŕ Grumh, SA 42, Vomito Negro, Dive, Suicide Commando, Belgium seems like an endless source of talented...