Drenched in a frozen, hypnotic melancholy, The Safety Machine is a double-LP tour de force by London-based musician and producer Alex Monk. Incorporating seventies kraut-synth psychedelic, cosmic ambient drones and haunting melodies into an ambitious framework of multi-layered sonic bleakness with hints of early Eno, Klaus Schultze, Robert Wyatt and Moondog, Monk creates a haunting world that’s filled with loss, loneliness and ethereal beauty — staring into the abyss while the icecaps are hugging your skull…