Hostom France Vinyl & CDs

Review: Since 2015, French-based producer and mastering engineer Varhat Veliere has used the Hostom alias and imprint as a low-key outlet for warped, atmospheric house; loop-heavy, hissy and quietly hypnotic. Working entirely in-house through their own French distribution setup, Veliere keeps it tight: no promo, no fluff, just numbered, untitled 12"s that speak in code to those who don't have to ask.AAnd though we've no dedicated info for this one, their ninth editorial issue keeps stush to the true-blue formula of monochrome front covers and unknown authorial production provenance. Licky avid acid and tremoring hip bleep bits ensue, as on 'Untitled AB' and 'Untitled BB'.

Review: ***B-STOCK: Sleeve damaged but otherwise in excellent condition***


Hostom is both an artistic moniker and a record label, controlled by producer and mastering engineer Varhat Veliere, acting under the aegis of their very own distribution company, based in France. Veliere has kept the Hostom arm of their craft since 2015, dropping myriad creative works centring on weirdo atmospheric house. This latest, seventh edition to the imprint hears just four new untitled ones hit the worthy shelves and all of them are unusually serene, off-guard-catching forays into unseen psychedelic worlds, whether evoked simply by the weird, wondrous and bubbly sounds heard throughout; or literally narrated by pop-psychedelic guru Terence McKenna (Track 3).