Author Archives: JB
Electronic Observations 2013 #3
It’s been a bumper crop of electronic music in the past month, of all shapes and sizes, so thanks to all the artists who submit. In fact, there’s been so much, I’ve had to bump some to either next month
Electronic Observations 2013 #3
It’s been a bumper crop of electronic music in the past month, of all shapes and sizes, so thanks to all the artists who submit. In fact, there’s been so much, I’ve had to bump some to either next month
Alan Licht ~ Four Years Older
A noted and respected figure in the New York underground music scene since the 1990s, the wealth of musical output from guitarist Alan Licht may unfamiliar to some, who better know his work as a writer. His rich and diverse
Alan Licht ~ Four Years Older
A noted and respected figure in the New York underground music scene since the 1990s, the wealth of musical output from guitarist Alan Licht may unfamiliar to some, who better know his work as a writer. His rich and diverse
Graveyard Tapes ~ Our Sound Is Our Wound
As a review site that leans toward the instrumental side, we don’t receive many albums that are about heartbreak; without making a complete site-wide survey it’s impossible to say for sure, but it certainly feels like we’ve covered more albums
Graveyard Tapes ~ Our Sound Is Our Wound
As a review site that leans toward the instrumental side, we don’t receive many albums that are about heartbreak; without making a complete site-wide survey it’s impossible to say for sure, but it certainly feels like we’ve covered more albums
Electronic Observations 2013 #2
It’s that time again – I’ll be honest, this would have been a lot earlier if February had a sensible number of days like the other months. Or maybe if I hadn’t been sidetracked by Autechre’s radio shows which dominated
Electronic Observations 2013 #2
It’s that time again – I’ll be honest, this would have been a lot earlier if February had a sensible number of days like the other months. Or maybe if I hadn’t been sidetracked by Autechre’s radio shows which dominated
Tom Green ~ Low Tide: Cinematic Archive 1
Fret not, gentle reader, and relax. For this Tom Green is not the Canadian (un)funnyman, star of Freddy Got Fingered and once Mr Drew Barrymore. Although if that guy did come out with an album of ambient soundscapes we would
Tom Green ~ Low Tide: Cinematic Archive 1
Fret not, gentle reader, and relax. For this Tom Green is not the Canadian (un)funnyman, star of Freddy Got Fingered and once Mr Drew Barrymore. Although if that guy did come out with an album of ambient soundscapes we would
Stephan Mathieu ~ Un Coeur Simple
It’s a safe bet that most readers of A Closer Listen are already familiar with the sound world of Stephan Mathieu. Active since the early nineties, he has over 30 album titles to his name (both solo and collaborative) and
Stephan Mathieu ~ Un Coeur Simple
It’s a safe bet that most readers of A Closer Listen are already familiar with the sound world of Stephan Mathieu. Active since the early nineties, he has over 30 album titles to his name (both solo and collaborative) and
Jumble Hole Clough ~ Raising The Nap
A recent railway journey took your correspondent through the heart of English industry, now scarcely recognisable from the thriving centre it was fifty years – if that – ago. Buildings which housed all manner of machinery are now reduced to
Jumble Hole Clough ~ Raising The Nap
A recent railway journey took your correspondent through the heart of English industry, now scarcely recognisable from the thriving centre it was fifty years – if that – ago. Buildings which housed all manner of machinery are now reduced to
Michael Robinson ~ Nightmarchers
A composition inspired by midnight on the island of Maui, and played on a variety of instruments I can neither pronounce nor spell, Michael Robinson‘s Nightmarchers is an album unlike any other I’ve heard whilst writing for A Closer Listen,
Michael Robinson ~ Nightmarchers
A composition inspired by midnight on the island of Maui, and played on a variety of instruments I can neither pronounce nor spell, Michael Robinson‘s Nightmarchers is an album unlike any other I’ve heard whilst writing for A Closer Listen,
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