Adam Bohman – AUDIO PIECE + FOUR COMPOSITIONS FOR PREPARED VIOLINS AND OBJECTS

Adam Bohman remains the real deal. For decades he has occupied a singular place within British experimental music, creating works that dissolve the boundaries between sound poetry, musique concrète, improvisation and everyday observation. Twelve years ago I made a short

Adam Bohman – AUDIO PIECE + FOUR COMPOSITIONS FOR PREPARED VIOLINS AND OBJECTS

Adam Bohman remains the real deal. For decades he has occupied a singular place within British experimental music, creating works that dissolve the boundaries between sound poetry, musique concrète, improvisation and everyday observation. Twelve years ago I made a short

SP* Episode 41: THE PILGRIMAGE – BIG EARS 2026 [podcast]

The Sound Propositions podcast is back for a five-part mini-season exploring Big Ears 2026. Rather than another day-by-day recap (you can find that in the newsletter), or a thematic synthesis (see my 2026 review), the following five conversations sketch out

SP* Episode 41: THE PILGRIMAGE – BIG EARS 2026 [podcast]

The Sound Propositions podcast is back for a five-part mini-season exploring Big Ears 2026. Rather than another day-by-day recap (you can find that in the newsletter), or a thematic synthesis (see my 2026 review), the following five conversations sketch out

abentis ~ Dim Grow

Nagoya’s leftfield electronic scene has recently garnered interest from the international music press. This is chiefly thanks to the efforts of  producer and all-around scenester Yuya Abe (abentis). abentis has been an associate of Facta & K-LONE’s Wisdom Teeth label

abentis ~ Dim Grow

Nagoya’s leftfield electronic scene has recently garnered interest from the international music press. This is chiefly thanks to the efforts of  producer and all-around scenester Yuya Abe (abentis). abentis has been an associate of Facta & K-LONE’s Wisdom Teeth label

Takkak Takkak – Abu

A Vilnius-based Indonesian composer and a Berlin-based Japanese producer have recorded an album in three different nations and released it on an Ugandan imprint. As a result, Abu sounds as if it comes from nowhere and everywhere at once: a “mystifying

Takkak Takkak – Abu

A Vilnius-based Indonesian composer and a Berlin-based Japanese producer have recorded an album in three different nations and released it on an Ugandan imprint. As a result, Abu sounds as if it comes from nowhere and everywhere at once: a “mystifying

Bios Contrast & Nilotpal Das ~ Sounds From The S.P.E.A.K.E.R System

With Sounds From The S.P.E.A.K.E.R. System, Bios Contrast & Nilotpal Das abruptly change course from the expansive drone works of Meltwater Pulse (2023) and Dragon Rising (2022). The album arrives in violent bursts, assembled from Bangla rap, digital hardcore, dek

Bios Contrast & Nilotpal Das ~ Sounds From The S.P.E.A.K.E.R System

With Sounds From The S.P.E.A.K.E.R. System, Bios Contrast & Nilotpal Das abruptly change course from the expansive drone works of Meltwater Pulse (2023) and Dragon Rising (2022). The album arrives in violent bursts, assembled from Bangla rap, digital hardcore, dek

Filtro ~ Structura Parva

Structura Parva — literally “small structure” — acts as both title and manifesto. Seven years after Forma, the Italian duo Filtro (Luca de Biasi and Angelo Bignamini) have moved away from long-form improvisations built from concrete sounds and electrical interference

Filtro ~ Structura Parva

Structura Parva — literally “small structure” — acts as both title and manifesto. Seven years after Forma, the Italian duo Filtro (Luca de Biasi and Angelo Bignamini) have moved away from long-form improvisations built from concrete sounds and electrical interference

Natalia Beylis ~ Around Here, The Birds Plant The Trees

If a tree falls in the forest, does it make a sound?  And what if an entire forest falls?  Around Here, The Birds Plant The Trees, inspired by a “clear-felled wasteland” in Leitrim, Ireland, amplifies these questions.  In the digital

Natalia Beylis ~ Around Here, The Birds Plant The Trees

If a tree falls in the forest, does it make a sound?  And what if an entire forest falls?  Around Here, The Birds Plant The Trees, inspired by a “clear-felled wasteland” in Leitrim, Ireland, amplifies these questions.  In the digital

phoanøgramma ~ dream flow

After the void on a distant sun (2023) and [limen memoriae] (with Luca Ferro, 2024), Angelo Panebianco and Matteo Mariano return as phoanøgramma with dream flow, a single long-form composition presented in six movements. Although divided into individual tracks for

phoanøgramma ~ dream flow

After the void on a distant sun (2023) and [limen memoriae] (with Luca Ferro, 2024), Angelo Panebianco and Matteo Mariano return as phoanøgramma with dream flow, a single long-form composition presented in six movements. Although divided into individual tracks for