anthéne ~ Air Signs

Inspired by a bird landing on a city windowsill, Air Signs by anthéne looks to the skies for meaning or assurance. We don’t find a feathery, avian energy here. Instead, this is an airborne album of open expanse and surging

anthéne ~ Air Signs

Inspired by a bird landing on a city windowsill, Air Signs by anthéne looks to the skies for meaning or assurance. We don’t find a feathery, avian energy here. Instead, this is an airborne album of open expanse and surging

too_basicc ~ عهد الأصدقاء

too_basicc is a digital audio-visual, modular synthesis project based in Beirut, Lebanon. Over the months of march-april they released three albums in quick succession with the latest being عهد الأصدقاء [“The Covenant of Friends”] — a title that refers to

too_basicc ~ عهد الأصدقاء

too_basicc is a digital audio-visual, modular synthesis project based in Beirut, Lebanon. Over the months of march-april they released three albums in quick succession with the latest being عهد الأصدقاء [“The Covenant of Friends”] — a title that refers to

Jonáš Gruska – Juggler / ジャグラ

Jonáš Gruska‘s Juggler / ジャグラ does more than what it says on the tin. Originally assembled from covert recordings made inside an Akihabara pachinko parlour, the album documented a moment of revelation: Gruska discovering that beneath the assaultive barrage of gambling

Jonáš Gruska – Juggler / ジャグラ

Jonáš Gruska‘s Juggler / ジャグラ does more than what it says on the tin. Originally assembled from covert recordings made inside an Akihabara pachinko parlour, the album documented a moment of revelation: Gruska discovering that beneath the assaultive barrage of gambling

Omar Cheikh ~ The Garden

Deeply rooted in the idea of the garden as a place of refuge and quiet transformation, Omar Cheikh’s The Garden unfolds like a series of nocturnal wanderings through an imagined landscape. The title evokes not only Voltaire’s famous injunction to

Omar Cheikh ~ The Garden

Deeply rooted in the idea of the garden as a place of refuge and quiet transformation, Omar Cheikh’s The Garden unfolds like a series of nocturnal wanderings through an imagined landscape. The title evokes not only Voltaire’s famous injunction to

Vittorio Guindani ~ la porta bianca

There is something fitting about Vittorio Guindani finding a home for these recordings in Vilhelm Hammershøi’s The White Door. Before becoming an album, La Porta Bianca existed in a kind of limbo: music without a place, waiting for the image

Vittorio Guindani ~ la porta bianca

There is something fitting about Vittorio Guindani finding a home for these recordings in Vilhelm Hammershøi’s The White Door. Before becoming an album, La Porta Bianca existed in a kind of limbo: music without a place, waiting for the image

Ten Tracks That Sound Like Summer

Schools are out, beaches are open, and vacation time is here!  It’s time to share our annual list of Ten Tracks That Sound Like Summer, presented in our suggested listening order, from slow to fast.  These are the pieces on

Ten Tracks That Sound Like Summer

Schools are out, beaches are open, and vacation time is here!  It’s time to share our annual list of Ten Tracks That Sound Like Summer, presented in our suggested listening order, from slow to fast.  These are the pieces on

MusicForTheSea ~ Tidal Shifts – Reimagine

Last year we were introduced to the Ibiza-based NGO MusicForTheSea through Coco Francavilla’s liquid re-oceaning.  This year the imprint’s second release was also unveiled on United Nations World Oceans Day, and celebrates the ocean while drawing essential attention to conservation efforts.

MusicForTheSea ~ Tidal Shifts – Reimagine

Last year we were introduced to the Ibiza-based NGO MusicForTheSea through Coco Francavilla’s liquid re-oceaning.  This year the imprint’s second release was also unveiled on United Nations World Oceans Day, and celebrates the ocean while drawing essential attention to conservation efforts.

Speed of Life ~ Sign-Off Music for U.S. Television Stations

Those of a certain age remember when television stations used to sign off for the night.  A cheerful TV announcer would share the station identification and a pleasant goodbye, music would play (most often the national anthem) and the station

Speed of Life ~ Sign-Off Music for U.S. Television Stations

Those of a certain age remember when television stations used to sign off for the night.  A cheerful TV announcer would share the station identification and a pleasant goodbye, music would play (most often the national anthem) and the station