Author Archives: gianmarcodelre
Androctonyx ~ AXISTE PAS
AXISTE PAS feels like the shadow cast by Androctonyx’s debut, Respawning as a Pearl. If that earlier record was concerned with transformation and ecstatic becoming, this new album turns toward absence and the desire to drift beyond reach. Released on
Androctonyx ~ AXISTE PAS
AXISTE PAS feels like the shadow cast by Androctonyx’s debut, Respawning as a Pearl. If that earlier record was concerned with transformation and ecstatic becoming, this new album turns toward absence and the desire to drift beyond reach. Released on
Ukrainian Field Notes ~ LVII
Summertime, and the living is not so easy, not if you are Ukrainian as Russia has upped its ballistic missiles attacks. Quinte apt then that this month we spoke to Air Defence System from Kharkiv. He told us about his
Ukrainian Field Notes ~ LVII
Summertime, and the living is not so easy, not if you are Ukrainian as Russia has upped its ballistic missiles attacks. Quinte apt then that this month we spoke to Air Defence System from Kharkiv. He told us about his
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
Filippo Medas ~ Emilio Lussu: Il Processo
For audiences outside Italy, Emilio Lussu remains a relatively overlooked figure compared to contemporaries such as Antonio Gramsci or Carlo Rosselli. Yet Lussu’s life encompassed many of the defining struggles of the twentieth century: a decorated soldier in the First
Filippo Medas ~ Emilio Lussu: Il Processo
For audiences outside Italy, Emilio Lussu remains a relatively overlooked figure compared to contemporaries such as Antonio Gramsci or Carlo Rosselli. Yet Lussu’s life encompassed many of the defining struggles of the twentieth century: a decorated soldier in the First
Marco Paltrinieri ~ Otto Studi
“It personally feels like the discovery of a new path awaiting exploration,” writes Marco Paltrinieri about Otto Studi (Eight Studies). With this album, the Italian artist appears to abandon any narrative drive: vocals are gone, and any intrusion of fictional
Marco Paltrinieri ~ Otto Studi
“It personally feels like the discovery of a new path awaiting exploration,” writes Marco Paltrinieri about Otto Studi (Eight Studies). With this album, the Italian artist appears to abandon any narrative drive: vocals are gone, and any intrusion of fictional
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