State of the Vortex: Mid-year 2021

by Snyde on Tue, Jul 13, 2021

On and on it spins.

The inscrutable force known as the vortex moves at its own pace. Indifferent to the whims of the outside world, unbound by concepts such as ‘taste’, ‘trend’ or ‘culture’. Thus it has always been and thus was the case as of July 1st, 2021. From the 1854 releases logged up to that date, these are the one that managed to emerge from beneath the mire: Stortregn - Impermanence It’s strange to think that Impermanence is a rare sight in 2021, when only a few years ago, it would’ve been just a drop in the deluge of technical death metal that plagued the 2010s.

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Phil Collins - No Jacket Required

by Scourge on Mon, Jul 12, 2021

No jackets required, but parachute pants are.

What you need to know up front about my relationship with Phil Collins is that it was predicated on my love for Miami Vice. In 1984 my family moved from the suburbs of Austin to a rural locale which opened doors for my formative years that may well have remained shut and locked otherwise. You see, before the move, we were heavily involved in the cult of Jehovah’s Witnesses for several years, and due in large part to that extreme fundamentalism, pop music and much of prime time television was verboten, to a point where I wasn’t allowed to listen to the radio, and for the last couple of years before the move we had no t.

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Aker’s Deep Dive #2

by Aker on Wed, Jun 23, 2021

The Week in Review: Aker’s Deep Dive (7/6 - 13/6)

The Interdimensional Vortex is a bottomless pit. Diving deep into the murky depths is a risky game. Gems can be unearthed from the thick mire of releases beneath the tasty-if-safe pickings from the surface. There’s a reason, though, why many releases float the deeper depths. Some are niche - too extreme, too experimental, poorly publicised - and some are just bad. We embrace all at the Vortex. We know gems are rare and rarely we find them.

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Aker’s Deep Dive #1

by Aker on Mon, Jun 14, 2021

The Week in Review: Aker’s Deep Dive (31/5 - 6/6)

The Interdimensional Vortex is a bottomless pit. Diving deep into the murky depths is a risky game. Gems can be unearthed from the thick mire of releases beneath the tasty-if-safe pickings from the surface. There’s a reason, though, why many releases float the deeper depths. Some are niche - too extreme, too experimental, poorly publicised - and some are just bad. We embrace all at the Vortex. We know gems are rare and rarely we find them. But there are always interesting if flawed releases floating about in the deep aether. So, join me - Aker - for a weekly review of a week’s deep diving.

Aker's deep dive community

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