Luigi Turra (Scores by Sylvain Chauveau) ~ Diastima
In Diastima, Luigi Turra delivers what could be labelled “the Chauveau variations”—not because he takes a foundational musical idea from Sylvain Chauveau and repeats it in multiple iterations, but because he departs from Chauveau’s graphic scores in ways that are
Luigi Turra (Scores by Sylvain Chauveau) ~ Diastima
In Diastima, Luigi Turra delivers what could be labelled “the Chauveau variations”—not because he takes a foundational musical idea from Sylvain Chauveau and repeats it in multiple iterations, but because he departs from Chauveau’s graphic scores in ways that are
Saamleng ~ Spring Bundle
Happy tenth anniversary to Poland’s Saamleng label, home to a remarkable run of 71 pure field recording releases. While the majority of the albums come from Tomek Mirt and Magda Ter (read our 2022 interview with Mirt here), the label has also
Saamleng ~ Spring Bundle
Happy tenth anniversary to Poland’s Saamleng label, home to a remarkable run of 71 pure field recording releases. While the majority of the albums come from Tomek Mirt and Magda Ter (read our 2022 interview with Mirt here), the label has also
Deaf Center ~ Through Time / A Second
As Sonic Pieces writes, “the subject of time is an ambitious one,” tackled by Deaf Center on Through Time and its December companion piece, “A Second.” Instrumental music lends itself well to the subject, as it has the capacity to warp, suspend or
Deaf Center ~ Through Time / A Second
As Sonic Pieces writes, “the subject of time is an ambitious one,” tackled by Deaf Center on Through Time and its December companion piece, “A Second.” Instrumental music lends itself well to the subject, as it has the capacity to warp, suspend or
Nicolas Remondino ~ Hìeratico
On Hìeratico, Nicolas Remondino approaches sound as both matter and invocation, shaping an album that exists in a state of charged duality—light and darkness, presence and absence, the sacred and the material. Contrasting tendencies are constantly at play, balancing control
Nicolas Remondino ~ Hìeratico
On Hìeratico, Nicolas Remondino approaches sound as both matter and invocation, shaping an album that exists in a state of charged duality—light and darkness, presence and absence, the sacred and the material. Contrasting tendencies are constantly at play, balancing control
Christina Vantzou ~ The Reintegration of the Ear
Due to tariffs, I was unable to obtain an ear, so I’m a bit jealous of the ten fortunate people who are each proud owners of a stainless steel votive ear, made in Greece as a tactile representation of the
Christina Vantzou ~ The Reintegration of the Ear
Due to tariffs, I was unable to obtain an ear, so I’m a bit jealous of the ten fortunate people who are each proud owners of a stainless steel votive ear, made in Greece as a tactile representation of the
If Strangers ~ Kookooland – with an interview with sTia [CES Records]
The fourth iteration of the If Strangers project continues to refine a methodology that has, since its inception during pandemic lockdown pedagogy at the CES school in Tbilisi, treated collaboration less as dialogue than as circulation. Tracks are not so
If Strangers ~ Kookooland – with an interview with sTia [CES Records]
The fourth iteration of the If Strangers project continues to refine a methodology that has, since its inception during pandemic lockdown pedagogy at the CES school in Tbilisi, treated collaboration less as dialogue than as circulation. Tracks are not so
FH HF – Rewind / Hey, Can I Pick Your Ears?
There’s something deliberately unstable at the core of Rewind by the Georgian artist FH HF. It resists the fixed shape of an album, instead unfolding as what the artist herself calls a “blindly intuitive collage”—a work in flux, driven less
FH HF – Rewind / Hey, Can I Pick Your Ears?
There’s something deliberately unstable at the core of Rewind by the Georgian artist FH HF. It resists the fixed shape of an album, instead unfolding as what the artist herself calls a “blindly intuitive collage”—a work in flux, driven less
Charbel Haber ~ May a soft sun bless your sky while you wait for the inevitable
There is a quiet contradiction at the heart of May a soft sun bless your sky while you wait for the inevitable, the latest work by Charbel Haber. It is an album that breathes in softness while exhaling inevitability—holding beauty
Charbel Haber ~ May a soft sun bless your sky while you wait for the inevitable
There is a quiet contradiction at the heart of May a soft sun bless your sky while you wait for the inevitable, the latest work by Charbel Haber. It is an album that breathes in softness while exhaling inevitability—holding beauty
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