Rutger Zuydervelt ~ Kites (music for a performance by Roshanak Morrowatian)

With immigration issues at the forefront of global discussion, Kites could not be more timely.  Rutger Zuydervelt‘s score is but one arm of an audio-visual presentation, asking “What is it like to have to flee your homeland at a young age

Rutger Zuydervelt ~ Kites (music for a performance by Roshanak Morrowatian)

With immigration issues at the forefront of global discussion, Kites could not be more timely.  Rutger Zuydervelt‘s score is but one arm of an audio-visual presentation, asking “What is it like to have to flee your homeland at a young age

Lola de la Mata ~ Oceans on Azimuth

Back in 2018, we reviewed Lola de la Mata‘s REMISE EN BOUCHE, which introduced us to the work of this incredibly unique and insightful composer.  One year later, she was diagnosed with tinnitus and vertigo and advised to give up her

Lola de la Mata ~ Oceans on Azimuth

Back in 2018, we reviewed Lola de la Mata‘s REMISE EN BOUCHE, which introduced us to the work of this incredibly unique and insightful composer.  One year later, she was diagnosed with tinnitus and vertigo and advised to give up her

The Balloonist ~ A Quiet Day

Many people yearn for a quiet day, imagining that they might spend such a day languishing in the yard, reading on a comfortable couch, perhaps taking a walk by the stream.  But to a younger person, such days are to

The Balloonist ~ A Quiet Day

Many people yearn for a quiet day, imagining that they might spend such a day languishing in the yard, reading on a comfortable couch, perhaps taking a walk by the stream.  But to a younger person, such days are to

floating shrine ~ Connecting

Sometimes a micro-genre is lost to the point at which one wonders if it ever existed, apart from candy-glow daydreams.  Two decades ago, labels such as Spekk, flau and Noble specialized in a type of ambient glitch that sounded simultaneously

floating shrine ~ Connecting

Sometimes a micro-genre is lost to the point at which one wonders if it ever existed, apart from candy-glow daydreams.  Two decades ago, labels such as Spekk, flau and Noble specialized in a type of ambient glitch that sounded simultaneously

Andrzej Pietrewicz ~ #8

Andrzej Pietrewicz continues to challenge common assumptions of how sacred music can sound.  All too often, devotional albums are so safe that they dilute the creativity of the Creator.  This Toronto composer knows that awe comes from the unexpected, and that

Andrzej Pietrewicz ~ #8

Andrzej Pietrewicz continues to challenge common assumptions of how sacred music can sound.  All too often, devotional albums are so safe that they dilute the creativity of the Creator.  This Toronto composer knows that awe comes from the unexpected, and that

Ian Andrews ~ Dawn chorus, before the fires

In 2020, we reviewed Pablo Diserens’ on australian shores, recorded just before the Australian fires that ravaged the continent and depleted it of irreplaceable ecosystems.  In 2022, Australian Bird Calls: Songs of Disappearance topped sales charts in its native land

Ian Andrews ~ Dawn chorus, before the fires

In 2020, we reviewed Pablo Diserens’ on australian shores, recorded just before the Australian fires that ravaged the continent and depleted it of irreplaceable ecosystems.  In 2022, Australian Bird Calls: Songs of Disappearance topped sales charts in its native land

Jenny Haniver ~ Haunt Your Own House

First off, what a cover!  Zach Hobbs’ art produces immediate intrigue; we want to know how this LP sounds, and we want to know right now.  The first born child of recording artists Amulets and Bus Gas, Jenny Haniver sounds a

Jenny Haniver ~ Haunt Your Own House

First off, what a cover!  Zach Hobbs’ art produces immediate intrigue; we want to know how this LP sounds, and we want to know right now.  The first born child of recording artists Amulets and Bus Gas, Jenny Haniver sounds a

Maria W Horn ~ Panoptikon

Imagine a world in which not only abortion, but miscarriage are punishable by death; a world in which those who do not confess are condemned to unending torture until they do; a world in which prisoners are completely isolated for

Maria W Horn ~ Panoptikon

Imagine a world in which not only abortion, but miscarriage are punishable by death; a world in which those who do not confess are condemned to unending torture until they do; a world in which prisoners are completely isolated for