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Various Artists ~ Of Landfall and Wildfires

Exactly one year ago today, Hurricane Helene hit an unsuspecting Asheville, North Carolina and a swath of surrounding areas, causing momentous flooding and devastation.  To mark the one-year anniversary, Asheville imprint Ceremony of Seasons releases a massive 30-track, 3 hour, 20

Various Artists ~ Of Landfall and Wildfires

Exactly one year ago today, Hurricane Helene hit an unsuspecting Asheville, North Carolina and a swath of surrounding areas, causing momentous flooding and devastation.  To mark the one-year anniversary, Asheville imprint Ceremony of Seasons releases a massive 30-track, 3 hour, 20

Tunnel ~ Personas

What’s black and white and red all over?  The entire history of the webuildmachines label up to this point, which makes the new color palette of Personas all the more striking.  Ryan Miller is the label’s founder and flagship artist, typically

Tunnel ~ Personas

What’s black and white and red all over?  The entire history of the webuildmachines label up to this point, which makes the new color palette of Personas all the more striking.  Ryan Miller is the label’s founder and flagship artist, typically

Grandbrothers ~ Elsewhere

When your musical identity changes, are you still you?  This is the question faced by Erol Sarp and Lukas Vogel, whose first ten years of recording as Grandbrothers were marked by a singular approach: every sound in their music, direct or indirect,

Grandbrothers ~ Elsewhere

When your musical identity changes, are you still you?  This is the question faced by Erol Sarp and Lukas Vogel, whose first ten years of recording as Grandbrothers were marked by a singular approach: every sound in their music, direct or indirect,

Cheryl E. Leonard ~ near the bear

Today is the first day of fall, which means the air should be growing slowly colder in the Northern Hemisphere.  And yet, year to year, the air is growing swiftly warmer around the world.  This is the impetus for forms

Cheryl E. Leonard ~ near the bear

Today is the first day of fall, which means the air should be growing slowly colder in the Northern Hemisphere.  And yet, year to year, the air is growing swiftly warmer around the world.  This is the impetus for forms

Clare O’Connell ~ Light Flowing

In standard verbiage, light tends to glow, to shine, to radiate. In summoning an image of light as something that might flow, London-based cellist and curator Clare O’Connell evokes a subtle tension between stillness and movement, between seen and unseen,

Clare O’Connell ~ Light Flowing

In standard verbiage, light tends to glow, to shine, to radiate. In summoning an image of light as something that might flow, London-based cellist and curator Clare O’Connell evokes a subtle tension between stillness and movement, between seen and unseen,

Martina Testen / Simon Šerc ~ Nokturno

Biodukt, one of our favorite field recording albums of all time, was released in March of 2020, the week the whole world shut down.  The timing could not have been more fortuitous; the album, which tracked the sounds of Italian

Martina Testen / Simon Šerc ~ Nokturno

Biodukt, one of our favorite field recording albums of all time, was released in March of 2020, the week the whole world shut down.  The timing could not have been more fortuitous; the album, which tracked the sounds of Italian

Ard Bit ~ Field Recordings – 06 Vietnam

Spoiler alert: if you don’t want to know the last sound on this album, stop reading now!  We start at the end because that closing note – technically, the last note of the quarter-hour bonus track that comes with the

Ard Bit ~ Field Recordings – 06 Vietnam

Spoiler alert: if you don’t want to know the last sound on this album, stop reading now!  We start at the end because that closing note – technically, the last note of the quarter-hour bonus track that comes with the

Ebi Soda ~ frank dean and andrew

We were first drawn to frank dean and andrew by the fantastic art of Ez Goomi; as it turns out, all of Ebi Soda‘s covers are colorful and fun, a perfect reflection of the Brighton sextet.  Then there was the title of

Ebi Soda ~ frank dean and andrew

We were first drawn to frank dean and andrew by the fantastic art of Ez Goomi; as it turns out, all of Ebi Soda‘s covers are colorful and fun, a perfect reflection of the Brighton sextet.  Then there was the title of