Музична Шкатулка [Muzychna Shkatulka] ~ Donbas in Memoriam

“The silence of the Donetsk steppe is deceptive. Amid complete stillness, you begin to hear a powerful symphony rising from deep beneath the earth.” One should be careful not to romanticise the Donbas. It has never been an easy place

Музична Шкатулка [Muzychna Shkatulka] ~ Donbas in Memoriam

“The silence of the Donetsk steppe is deceptive. Amid complete stillness, you begin to hear a powerful symphony rising from deep beneath the earth.” One should be careful not to romanticise the Donbas. It has never been an easy place

Maryam Rahmani & David Esser ~ Santur & Kamancheh for Electronics

It would be easy to describe Santur & Kamancheh for Electronics as an encounter between Iranian classical instruments and electroacoustic music. Fortunately, that is not what this album is about. Rather than treating tradition and experimentation as opposing worlds, Maryam

Maryam Rahmani & David Esser ~ Santur & Kamancheh for Electronics

It would be easy to describe Santur & Kamancheh for Electronics as an encounter between Iranian classical instruments and electroacoustic music. Fortunately, that is not what this album is about. Rather than treating tradition and experimentation as opposing worlds, Maryam

Sarah Davachi ~ The Will of Tongues

Sarah Davachi has topped our year-end chart twice, in 2018 and 2022 ~ sonically and mathematically, this may be her year yet again.  Ambitious, immersive and enveloping, The Will of Tongues seems like the natural successor to Two Sisters, despite the fact that

Sarah Davachi ~ The Will of Tongues

Sarah Davachi has topped our year-end chart twice, in 2018 and 2022 ~ sonically and mathematically, this may be her year yet again.  Ambitious, immersive and enveloping, The Will of Tongues seems like the natural successor to Two Sisters, despite the fact that

Alessandro Ciccarelli / Milena Punzi Anfossi ~ Improvisations for the Land

Improvisations for the Land proceeds with unusual patience. Alessandro Ciccarelli and Milena Punzi Anfossi never seem in a hurry to introduce new material. Instead, they linger over individual sounds, allowing them to exhaust their possibilities before searching for another direction.

Alessandro Ciccarelli / Milena Punzi Anfossi ~ Improvisations for the Land

Improvisations for the Land proceeds with unusual patience. Alessandro Ciccarelli and Milena Punzi Anfossi never seem in a hurry to introduce new material. Instead, they linger over individual sounds, allowing them to exhaust their possibilities before searching for another direction.

fold/interval ~ S/T

Across eight untitled pieces, fold/interval develops a musical language in which guitar dyads, granular electronics, filtered resonances and microscopic digital artefacts coexist within carefully articulated sonic environments. By directing attention towards the behaviour of sound itself, its texture, spectral balance

fold/interval ~ S/T

Across eight untitled pieces, fold/interval develops a musical language in which guitar dyads, granular electronics, filtered resonances and microscopic digital artefacts coexist within carefully articulated sonic environments. By directing attention towards the behaviour of sound itself, its texture, spectral balance

Noah Rosa ~ Sirius

SIRIUS is not a soundtrack that tries to justify its existence beyond the material it was originally created for. What Noah Rosa does is to open it up as a conversation with different artists. A cold wintry tone introduces the

Noah Rosa ~ Sirius

SIRIUS is not a soundtrack that tries to justify its existence beyond the material it was originally created for. What Noah Rosa does is to open it up as a conversation with different artists. A cold wintry tone introduces the

Justina Repečkaitė ~ Tapestries

Tapestries brings together works written over more than a decade, yet it never feels like a retrospective. From the opening bars of “Chartres” to the closing “La muë,” the album displays an unmistakable coherence of language even when each composition

Justina Repečkaitė ~ Tapestries

Tapestries brings together works written over more than a decade, yet it never feels like a retrospective. From the opening bars of “Chartres” to the closing “La muë,” the album displays an unmistakable coherence of language even when each composition

H. Flora ~ bioacoustic recordings from Thailand / Noumenon

Over the course of a month-long bicycle journey across southern and central Thailand, H. Flora accumulated a personal archive of nocturnal field recordings. These recordings became the basis for two interconnected releases, each approaching the same ecosystems from a different

H. Flora ~ bioacoustic recordings from Thailand / Noumenon

Over the course of a month-long bicycle journey across southern and central Thailand, H. Flora accumulated a personal archive of nocturnal field recordings. These recordings became the basis for two interconnected releases, each approaching the same ecosystems from a different