It's been a minute since we heard from Thomas Bush's Men Scryfa label, but here it comes gliding back into view with the latest offering from the often-implacable Zaheer Gulamhusein. If that name doesn't ring any bells, then you may otherwise be familiar with Gulamhusein's various output under a series of shifting monikers - XVARR, WASWAAS, Twin Womb and other such confusing configurations. The subterfuge, like with, say, TRjj and Civilistjavel, suits the music well, which makes the use of his given name on All I Knew nothing if not curious, since we're in typically fog-ensconced territory. In short, no veil is being lifted here, hidden under the cloud of psychoactively charged Bulcha experiments which do a sterling job of folding time in on itself. If the murky spools of TRjj's various experiments feel comparable, then equally so does the vaporous cloud-shifting ethereality of O Yuki Conjugate or the time-dilated mutations of John T. Gast's work as Gossiwor. Gulamhusein might be using his own name, but this is music that remains firmly hitched to the darker corners, stuck between the stations of the night and with little desire to extract itself from such outerzone confines. A much needed antidote to this pleasant weather of late.
FFO: Gossiwor, John T. Gast, O Yuki Conjugate, Gewissen, TRjj
