Das im musikalisch wenig beachteten Malta beheimatete Label und Musikportal Music Analysis Discussions Records, kurz M.A.D. hat in der Zwischenjahreszeit den dritten Teil seiner digitalen Compilation-Reihe herausgebracht, der bewusst Genregrenzen außer Acht lässt, dabei aber doch einen gewissen Schwerpunkt auf dunkle, experimentelle Klangkunst und psychedelisch konnotierte Songs legt. Diesmal sind einige unseren Lesern bekannte Acts mit z.T. bisher unveröffentlichtem Material unter den 103 internationalen Beitragenden, so u.a. Temple Music, Cedrik Fermont, Dong Zhou,  Lyke Wake, Akoustik Timbre Frekuency, Darkrad, Ashtoreth, Embers Below Zero, Vrna, Thanatoloop, und Desert Drone.

“Welcome to Edition III of the Annual M.A.D. Compilation. M.A.D. is a group which supports any music genre and subgenre which was not created with the intention of being corporatised and this has possibly been instrumental in the group’s growth, though quality has always taken priority over quantity of members. The Compilation has a very diverse, genre wise, portfolio of highest quality music produced by 108 acts which have at least one member in the group. With a few collaborations between members, the total amount of tracks in this compilation amounts to 103. The countries from which the acts are based in cover all the continents. The breakdown of the countries in which the acts are based, are as follows: Italy 15, USA 12, Belgium 9, Costa Rica 9, Germany 8, Malta 8, UK 7, Sweden 4, Australia 3, France 3, Russia 3, Belarus 2, Greece 2, Mexico 2, Netherlands 2, Poland 2, Slovenia 2, Spain 2, Bosnia and Herzegovina 1, Bulgaria 1, Canada 1, Chile 1, Czech Republic 1, Denmark 1, Finland 1, Georgia 1, India 1, Iran 1, Norway 1, Portugal 1 and Switzerland 1″ (M.A.D.)