Normal Community High School Experimental Ensemble ~ A Moment of Yet

We love the name of the Normal Community High School Experimental Ensemble, but even more, we love the fact that it actually exists.  There’s nothing normal about this ensemble, save for the fact that it comes from Normal, Illinois.  The 2000-strong

Normal Community High School Experimental Ensemble ~ A Moment of Yet

We love the name of the Normal Community High School Experimental Ensemble, but even more, we love the fact that it actually exists.  There’s nothing normal about this ensemble, save for the fact that it comes from Normal, Illinois.  The 2000-strong

Meitei ~ AGATE

Is there more than mere semantics to the difference between remodeled and remixed?  A remix takes the components of an original track, breaks them down and puts them back in a different order.  A remodel may also include new components. AGATE is

Meitei ~ AGATE

Is there more than mere semantics to the difference between remodeled and remixed?  A remix takes the components of an original track, breaks them down and puts them back in a different order.  A remodel may also include new components. AGATE is

Ukrainian Field Notes – LIV

This month we speak to alanmortus in Ivano-Frankivsk about how the war changes the perspective on what is important. Horizon Resonances tells us about how the city of Odesa has shaped him, Pororoka talks about her life being split in

Ukrainian Field Notes – LIV

This month we speak to alanmortus in Ivano-Frankivsk about how the war changes the perspective on what is important. Horizon Resonances tells us about how the city of Odesa has shaped him, Pororoka talks about her life being split in

Cole Pulice ~ Land’s End Eternal

There are moments on Cole Pulice’s Land’s End Eternal where you might find yourself asking what, exactly, you’re listening to, and that’s by design. The saxophonist and composer has spent the better part of a decade cultivating a signal processing

Cole Pulice ~ Land’s End Eternal

There are moments on Cole Pulice’s Land’s End Eternal where you might find yourself asking what, exactly, you’re listening to, and that’s by design. The saxophonist and composer has spent the better part of a decade cultivating a signal processing

A Closer Look: Big Ears 2026

A CLOSER LOOK: Big Ears 2026 Four days, forty-two shows, six interviews, and one pilgrimage to Knoxville. I began my first day at Big Ears with a question that had lingered since the festival first popped on my radar more

A Closer Look: Big Ears 2026

A CLOSER LOOK: Big Ears 2026 Four days, forty-two shows, six interviews, and one pilgrimage to Knoxville. I began my first day at Big Ears with a question that had lingered since the festival first popped on my radar more

Yerevan Calling ~ An interview with Kai Khachatryan

Kai Khachatryan is a sound artist and experimental musician based in Yerevan. Active in various punk bands since 2002, he began producing experimental music in 2010. Field recordings form the foundation of his practice, alongside electromagnetic sounds captured using devices

Yerevan Calling ~ An interview with Kai Khachatryan

Kai Khachatryan is a sound artist and experimental musician based in Yerevan. Active in various punk bands since 2002, he began producing experimental music in 2010. Field recordings form the foundation of his practice, alongside electromagnetic sounds captured using devices

Yoichi Kamimura ~ Waterforest

We last heard from Yoichi Kamimura with ryūhyō, one of our favorite field recording albums of 2025. This year’s Waterforest is closely related; in fact, some of the sounds stem from the same sessions, in which the artist recorded the sounds of Shiretoko’s

Yoichi Kamimura ~ Waterforest

We last heard from Yoichi Kamimura with ryūhyō, one of our favorite field recording albums of 2025. This year’s Waterforest is closely related; in fact, some of the sounds stem from the same sessions, in which the artist recorded the sounds of Shiretoko’s

VA ~ Land 3 (أرض ٠٣) by Tunefork Studios / Beirut Synth Center

Curated by Tunefork Studios and Beirut Synth Center, the third volume in the Land series raises funds for those displaced by Israeli attacks on Lebanon in March 2026, with proceeds directed to Beit Aam and other grassroots initiatives. If Land

VA ~ Land 3 (أرض ٠٣) by Tunefork Studios / Beirut Synth Center

Curated by Tunefork Studios and Beirut Synth Center, the third volume in the Land series raises funds for those displaced by Israeli attacks on Lebanon in March 2026, with proceeds directed to Beit Aam and other grassroots initiatives. If Land