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Mariam Gviniashvili & Hilde Marie Holsen ~ Serene Din
The contradiction contained in the title of Serene Din is sustained across its 25 minutes. Oslo-based composers Mariam Gviniashvili and Hilde Marie Holsen approach sound from different directions: Gviniashvili gravitates towards its harsher reaches, while Holsen’s trumpet can bring an
Mariam Gviniashvili & Hilde Marie Holsen ~ Serene Din
The contradiction contained in the title of Serene Din is sustained across its 25 minutes. Oslo-based composers Mariam Gviniashvili and Hilde Marie Holsen approach sound from different directions: Gviniashvili gravitates towards its harsher reaches, while Holsen’s trumpet can bring an
Carmen Villain ~ Memoria
Snails cluster around the rim of a glass on the cover of Carmen Villain‘s Memoria by Joakim Haugland and Petri Henriksson. They are land snails, but their presence brings to mind an experiment carried out on the marine snail Aplysia
Carmen Villain ~ Memoria
Snails cluster around the rim of a glass on the cover of Carmen Villain‘s Memoria by Joakim Haugland and Petri Henriksson. They are land snails, but their presence brings to mind an experiment carried out on the marine snail Aplysia
KINK GONG ~ The Lisu
For more than twenty-five years, Laurent Jeanneau, aka Kink Gong, has been recording traditional music across Southeast Asia, while simultaneously transforming his vast archive into collages and electronic compositions. The Lisu, a reworking of a 2014 tape released by Discrepant,
KINK GONG ~ The Lisu
For more than twenty-five years, Laurent Jeanneau, aka Kink Gong, has been recording traditional music across Southeast Asia, while simultaneously transforming his vast archive into collages and electronic compositions. The Lisu, a reworking of a 2014 tape released by Discrepant,
Ava Rasti ~ No One Knows How Wild The Wind Blows
“The map looks wide, but the choice is never free. Here or there? Or should we have stayed at home, wherever home may be?” Elizabeth Bishop’s questions resonate throughout Iranian composer Ava Rasti‘s latest album, No One Knows How Wild
Ava Rasti ~ No One Knows How Wild The Wind Blows
“The map looks wide, but the choice is never free. Here or there? Or should we have stayed at home, wherever home may be?” Elizabeth Bishop’s questions resonate throughout Iranian composer Ava Rasti‘s latest album, No One Knows How Wild
Elia Piana ~ ianua
To paraphrase Charles Dickens, dusk is generally my time for walking. “The glare and hurry of broad noon are not adapted to idle pursuits like mine.” And then there is that “constant pacing to and fro”, the “never-ending restlessness”, the
Elia Piana ~ ianua
To paraphrase Charles Dickens, dusk is generally my time for walking. “The glare and hurry of broad noon are not adapted to idle pursuits like mine.” And then there is that “constant pacing to and fro”, the “never-ending restlessness”, the
Deafkids ~ Cicatrizes do Futuro
Cicatrizes do Futuro droops in an ecstasy of fear, but Deafkids turn that fear into propulsion. From the glitching opening of “Parasita”, the album accelerates and scarcely lets up, sweeping everything in its passage. Its sonic terrain is studded with
Deafkids ~ Cicatrizes do Futuro
Cicatrizes do Futuro droops in an ecstasy of fear, but Deafkids turn that fear into propulsion. From the glitching opening of “Parasita”, the album accelerates and scarcely lets up, sweeping everything in its passage. Its sonic terrain is studded with
Ukrainian Field Notes LIX
With Ukraine critically short of the air-defence systems and interceptors capable of countering ballistic missiles, Kyiv increasingly resembles a frontline city, subjected to sustained Russian missile and drone attacks. Meanwhile, civilians in Russian-occupied Oleshky face acute shortages of food and
Ukrainian Field Notes LIX
With Ukraine critically short of the air-defence systems and interceptors capable of countering ballistic missiles, Kyiv increasingly resembles a frontline city, subjected to sustained Russian missile and drone attacks. Meanwhile, civilians in Russian-occupied Oleshky face acute shortages of food and
Emna Mâaref ~ Ama Lel Hawa / أَما لِلهَوى
The title of Emna Mâaref‘s first solo full-length comes from a verse by the tenth-century Arab poet Abu Firas al-Hamdani, roughly asking, “Has longing no hold over you?” Yet hawa encompasses love, desire, attraction and surrender, and Mâaref describes these
Emna Mâaref ~ Ama Lel Hawa / أَما لِلهَوى
The title of Emna Mâaref‘s first solo full-length comes from a verse by the tenth-century Arab poet Abu Firas al-Hamdani, roughly asking, “Has longing no hold over you?” Yet hawa encompasses love, desire, attraction and surrender, and Mâaref describes these