Innercity

Not to be confused with Kevin Saunderson's groundbreaking house project Inner City, this Innercity is a solo project of Belgian experimental musician Hans Dens, who runs tape label Why So Serious. Through dozens of limited cassette and vinyl releases, Innercity offers a warped, sometimes frightening perspective to the 21st century cosmic drone scene. His lo-fi synth-based soundscapes are closer in spirit to the shamanic mysticism of Popol Vuh than Tangerine Dream or Cluster, but he doesn't shy away from harsh, unsettling textures and feedback noise, resisting categorization as...