New Zealand guitarist Roy Montgomery's music was once described by NPR journalist Lars Gotrich as "swimming through phantoms" – it may sound like an overwrought analogy at first, but simply spend half an hour enveloped in Montgomery's tones, and you'll understand.
Originally a part of Pin Group in the 1980s, releasing Joy Division-indebted post-punk on the revered Wellington label Flying Nun records, Montgomery eventually unmoored himself from the strictures of verse-chorus-verse songwriting, and other musicians entirely, composing drifting, gauzy guitar instrumentals that channeled his own personal grief and loneliness into a seductively baleful magic.
Manchester-based label Kaizen has already seen releases from the likes of Silas and Snare, Surgeon and Biome. Co-founder Madam X heads up the label showcase once a month to delve into the murky ends of the UK's grime and techno scenes.
Manchester-based label Kaizen has already seen releases from the likes of Silas and Snare, Surgeon and Biome. Co-founder Madam X heads up the label showcase once a month to delve into the murky ends of the UK's grime and techno scenes.