Author Archives: postrockcafe

Dylan Peirce ~ Pindrops

With Pindrops, we welcome Digital in Berlin to the fold!  This is the label’s first release, out concurrently with LOUFR‘s isolated point, but only one can bear the coveted number 001, cementing bragging rights for life.  Dylan Peirce‘s album is a powerhouse, a

Dylan Peirce ~ Pindrops

With Pindrops, we welcome Digital in Berlin to the fold!  This is the label’s first release, out concurrently with LOUFR‘s isolated point, but only one can bear the coveted number 001, cementing bragging rights for life.  Dylan Peirce‘s album is a powerhouse, a

Rutger Zuydervelt ~ Hinkelstap

Rutger Zuydervelt is no stranger to the CD3″, having released many in his early days as Machinefabriek.  With Hinkelstap, he revisits the format, offering a club-friendly confection: six pieces retooled from scores to TV, dance projects and a podcast.  The cat looks

Rutger Zuydervelt ~ Hinkelstap

Rutger Zuydervelt is no stranger to the CD3″, having released many in his early days as Machinefabriek.  With Hinkelstap, he revisits the format, offering a club-friendly confection: six pieces retooled from scores to TV, dance projects and a podcast.  The cat looks

OrageOrange ~ Last Year’s Bloom

Shimmering Moods’ next package deal will be released this Friday ~ five CDs for €41 or five digital albums for €25.  The Amsterdam label is generous in bundles and rich in music.  Today we highlight a slightly earlier release from OrageOrange, whose music

OrageOrange ~ Last Year’s Bloom

Shimmering Moods’ next package deal will be released this Friday ~ five CDs for €41 or five digital albums for €25.  The Amsterdam label is generous in bundles and rich in music.  Today we highlight a slightly earlier release from OrageOrange, whose music

Various Artists ~ Sounds of Absence

In the coming years, sonologists will continue to be grateful for the work of field recording artists during the pandemic.  Guided by curiosity, working for the most part without pay, such artists captured aural time capsules: innumerable hours of raw

Various Artists ~ Sounds of Absence

In the coming years, sonologists will continue to be grateful for the work of field recording artists during the pandemic.  Guided by curiosity, working for the most part without pay, such artists captured aural time capsules: innumerable hours of raw

Russian Circles ~ Gnosis

Chicago’s Russian Circles is back, and as strong as ever.  Their newest album may replace loud-quiet-loud with loud-louder-loud, but that’s okay, because post-rock fans need this sort of outlet on the tail end (we hope) of a draining era.  Gnosis means spiritual knowledge, and

Russian Circles ~ Gnosis

Chicago’s Russian Circles is back, and as strong as ever.  Their newest album may replace loud-quiet-loud with loud-louder-loud, but that’s okay, because post-rock fans need this sort of outlet on the tail end (we hope) of a draining era.  Gnosis means spiritual knowledge, and

Alex Smalley & Lucia Adam ~ Patterns

Have you heard these songs before, in a different form, perhaps in a fever dream?  It’s quite possible, as Patterns was once Gaya, a limited edition CD-R on Fluid Audio, now shuffled, remastered and revised on Hush Hush Records.  While the artists state

Alex Smalley & Lucia Adam ~ Patterns

Have you heard these songs before, in a different form, perhaps in a fever dream?  It’s quite possible, as Patterns was once Gaya, a limited edition CD-R on Fluid Audio, now shuffled, remastered and revised on Hush Hush Records.  While the artists state

Various Artists ~ Matter Affect

Happy Anniversary, Esc.rec. ~ 18 years old and now on your hundredth release!  How are you going to celebrate?  We’re going to release a three-hour box set featuring artists reflecting on the pandemic, we’ll stuff the box with as many

Various Artists ~ Matter Affect

Happy Anniversary, Esc.rec. ~ 18 years old and now on your hundredth release!  How are you going to celebrate?  We’re going to release a three-hour box set featuring artists reflecting on the pandemic, we’ll stuff the box with as many

SA Recordings ~ The Hearing Experience

SA Recordings‘ The Hearing Experience was released one track a month, beginning this spring and ending today.  The series tackles a subject close to our heart: the act of listening closely, not just to music but to sound.  Across these singles, four

SA Recordings ~ The Hearing Experience

SA Recordings‘ The Hearing Experience was released one track a month, beginning this spring and ending today.  The series tackles a subject close to our heart: the act of listening closely, not just to music but to sound.  Across these singles, four