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Sam Gillies ~ Warning Tones

We last encountered Perth composer Sam Gillies on the Music for Computers EP and Cycle~ 440 album, but this new work goes far beyond those in ambition, scope and execution.  The concept is simple: to create a sonic document of human reactions to natural

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Sam Gillies ~ Warning Tones

We last encountered Perth composer Sam Gillies on the Music for Computers EP and Cycle~ 440 album, but this new work goes far beyond those in ambition, scope and execution.  The concept is simple: to create a sonic document of human reactions to natural

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LCNL 023: The Floating World Mix

LCNL 023: The Floating World  In a recent review of We Hunted, the most recent album from Detroit’s The Floating World, Richard Allen wrote that  “Amanda Votta, the guiding hand behind The Floating World, has no compulsion to be conventional.”  Well,

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LCNL 023: The Floating World Mix

LCNL 023: The Floating World  In a recent review of We Hunted, the most recent album from Detroit’s The Floating World, Richard Allen wrote that  “Amanda Votta, the guiding hand behind The Floating World, has no compulsion to be conventional.”  Well,

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Date Palms ~ The Dusted Sessions

The Dusted Sessions follows “The Dust Bowl Theme”, one of the standout cuts on the compilation Your Victorian Breasts, reviewed here earlier this year.  That languid desert piece finds its echo on “Dusted Down”, which to no one’s surprise is one of

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Date Palms ~ The Dusted Sessions

The Dusted Sessions follows “The Dust Bowl Theme”, one of the standout cuts on the compilation Your Victorian Breasts, reviewed here earlier this year.  That languid desert piece finds its echo on “Dusted Down”, which to no one’s surprise is one of

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Katsura Mouri & Tim Olive ~ Various Histories

“Turntables and metals” is a unique descriptor.  The turntables are the domain of Katsura Mouri, while the metals – struck, stroked, manipulated – belong to Tim Olive.  These two sources played together sound wholly unique.  As most turntables are made of metal,

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Katsura Mouri & Tim Olive ~ Various Histories

“Turntables and metals” is a unique descriptor.  The turntables are the domain of Katsura Mouri, while the metals – struck, stroked, manipulated – belong to Tim Olive.  These two sources played together sound wholly unique.  As most turntables are made of metal,

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Sujo ~ Ondan

It’s encouraging to know that Ryan Huber (Sujo) is still scaring the crows off the wires in Indiana.  Ondan is an expanded version of a digital EP that had appeared six weeks earlier, but was so low profile that few fans

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Sujo ~ Ondan

It’s encouraging to know that Ryan Huber (Sujo) is still scaring the crows off the wires in Indiana.  Ondan is an expanded version of a digital EP that had appeared six weeks earlier, but was so low profile that few fans

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Brundlefly & the Swede ~ Cabin Music

Long before post-rock meant vaguely emotive song titles and soaring, tremolo-picked crescendos, there stood a loose contingent of sonic provocateurs in the Midwest (namely Chicago and Louisville) approaching instrumental music from a very different angle. Melodic, jazzy, and clearly spirited

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Brundlefly & the Swede ~ Cabin Music

Long before post-rock meant vaguely emotive song titles and soaring, tremolo-picked crescendos, there stood a loose contingent of sonic provocateurs in the Midwest (namely Chicago and Louisville) approaching instrumental music from a very different angle. Melodic, jazzy, and clearly spirited

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Luca Longobardi ~ P.eople.

One says, “Hey, you got your drone in my classical music!”  The other responds, “You got your classical music in my drone!”  They pause to sample the new concoction, and together exclaim, “Delicious!”  (To understand the reference, click here.) It’s

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Luca Longobardi ~ P.eople.

One says, “Hey, you got your drone in my classical music!”  The other responds, “You got your classical music in my drone!”  They pause to sample the new concoction, and together exclaim, “Delicious!”  (To understand the reference, click here.) It’s