Author Archives: captainfreakout

Sand in the Gears ~ An Interview With Ervin Omsk

Sven Fritz is an artist from Germany, who has various ongoing projects that explore performance, experimental music, and sound art. We had the chance to converse over email about his latest work, Der Saal tobt, realized under the Ervin Omsk moniker,

Sand in the Gears ~ An Interview With Ervin Omsk

Sven Fritz is an artist from Germany, who has various ongoing projects that explore performance, experimental music, and sound art. We had the chance to converse over email about his latest work, Der Saal tobt, realized under the Ervin Omsk moniker,

helllhound ~ Here In The Valley

Hazy and out of focus, not as in a dream, but as in awakening from short, uneasy sleep. Uneasy because it never became a full separation from the world, instead letting all of its invisible threads pass through, the mind

helllhound ~ Here In The Valley

Hazy and out of focus, not as in a dream, but as in awakening from short, uneasy sleep. Uneasy because it never became a full separation from the world, instead letting all of its invisible threads pass through, the mind

The Imaginations of Our Ancestors ~ An Interview with Lea Bertucci

Lea Bertucci is a mainstay of the US experimental music scene, bridging ideas from sound art into recorded music and viceversa. We had the chance to converse with her, over email, about her new album, entitled The Days Pass Quickly Immersed

The Imaginations of Our Ancestors ~ An Interview with Lea Bertucci

Lea Bertucci is a mainstay of the US experimental music scene, bridging ideas from sound art into recorded music and viceversa. We had the chance to converse with her, over email, about her new album, entitled The Days Pass Quickly Immersed

The Synthesis Machine ~ An Interview with Shane Parish

Shane Parish is a multifaceted guitarist that has crafted numerous interesting arrangements of pieces from various genres for his chosen instrument. His latest, Autechre Guitar, showcases a series of adaptations from a wide selection of early works by the UK

The Synthesis Machine ~ An Interview with Shane Parish

Shane Parish is a multifaceted guitarist that has crafted numerous interesting arrangements of pieces from various genres for his chosen instrument. His latest, Autechre Guitar, showcases a series of adaptations from a wide selection of early works by the UK

*Press A* 2025 ~ The Year’s Best Videogame Soundtracks

In 2024 we identified a great wave of equalizing conditions in terms of production values between large corporate actors and the independent scene. In 2025 that continues and indeed seems to now be the norm. The trend seems to be

*Press A* 2025 ~ The Year’s Best Videogame Soundtracks

In 2024 we identified a great wave of equalizing conditions in terms of production values between large corporate actors and the independent scene. In 2025 that continues and indeed seems to now be the norm. The trend seems to be

*Press A* ~ Tumult Kollektiv ~ The Knightling

It all starts with wonder. Adventure as the longing expansion of thinking oneself another. A desire for the stars to burrow into the ground before us, enchantment as the very mechanics of our movement to grasp something that is not

*Press A* ~ Tumult Kollektiv ~ The Knightling

It all starts with wonder. Adventure as the longing expansion of thinking oneself another. A desire for the stars to burrow into the ground before us, enchantment as the very mechanics of our movement to grasp something that is not

Zhao Cong ~ blow, blow, blow, blow, blow

You are drifting through the air over a valley of sharp crackling sounds. The wind picks you up; it feels distinctly like a breath, emitted by an unseen body beyond perception, and it pushes you toward a forest of contactless

Zhao Cong ~ blow, blow, blow, blow, blow

You are drifting through the air over a valley of sharp crackling sounds. The wind picks you up; it feels distinctly like a breath, emitted by an unseen body beyond perception, and it pushes you toward a forest of contactless

A Bizarre One-Person Orchestra ~ An Interview with Jorge Espinal

We’ve covered Jorge Espinal‘s music before, when he was part of Ricarda Cometa, with whom he surprised us through a chaotic, kinetic approach to musical processes. As we looked forward to Espinal’s debut album for Peruvian label Buh Records, we

A Bizarre One-Person Orchestra ~ An Interview with Jorge Espinal

We’ve covered Jorge Espinal‘s music before, when he was part of Ricarda Cometa, with whom he surprised us through a chaotic, kinetic approach to musical processes. As we looked forward to Espinal’s debut album for Peruvian label Buh Records, we