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Nicol Eltzroth Rosendorf ~ Big Other
On the surface, everything about Big Other screams darkness: the cover, the horror fiction, the admission that the album “is basically a mid-life crisis.” Despite all this, sunlight seeps through a windblown curtain, a cracked blind. Nicol Eltzroth Rosendorf is serious yet winking,
Nicol Eltzroth Rosendorf ~ Big Other
On the surface, everything about Big Other screams darkness: the cover, the horror fiction, the admission that the album “is basically a mid-life crisis.” Despite all this, sunlight seeps through a windblown curtain, a cracked blind. Nicol Eltzroth Rosendorf is serious yet winking,
Matmos ~ The Consuming Flame: Open Exercises in Group Form
The new triple album from Matmos is at turns fascinating, confounding, enlightening, humorous, maddening, timely and brilliant. In terms of ambition and scope, it’s one of 2020’s most significant releases. Like it, hate it, think it overblown or too subdued, listeners will
Matmos ~ The Consuming Flame: Open Exercises in Group Form
The new triple album from Matmos is at turns fascinating, confounding, enlightening, humorous, maddening, timely and brilliant. In terms of ambition and scope, it’s one of 2020’s most significant releases. Like it, hate it, think it overblown or too subdued, listeners will
Jerome Blazé ~ Open, A Home
Is Open, A Home about a relationship or the entire world? The answer may be both: the micro used as a metaphor for the macro. The EP’s story uses many instruments but few words, beginning with a near-breakup and ending with a
Jerome Blazé ~ Open, A Home
Is Open, A Home about a relationship or the entire world? The answer may be both: the micro used as a metaphor for the macro. The EP’s story uses many instruments but few words, beginning with a near-breakup and ending with a
Flip ~ Experiences
There’s nothing like the sound of (nearly) instrumental old school hip-hop to create a summer mood. Austria’s Flip brings back pleasant memories of De La Soul and A Tribe Called Quest, blending sublime beats with a laid back jazz vibe.
Flip ~ Experiences
There’s nothing like the sound of (nearly) instrumental old school hip-hop to create a summer mood. Austria’s Flip brings back pleasant memories of De La Soul and A Tribe Called Quest, blending sublime beats with a laid back jazz vibe.
Txema González ~ Insularum
It’s rare that we encounter an album devoid of liner notes. We assume the moniker of the Portuguese artist is a pseudonym, as Google lists Txema González as a cycling masseur who died in Seville a decade ago. We feel on firmer
Txema González ~ Insularum
It’s rare that we encounter an album devoid of liner notes. We assume the moniker of the Portuguese artist is a pseudonym, as Google lists Txema González as a cycling masseur who died in Seville a decade ago. We feel on firmer
V/A ~ Relatives Schoensein
Street art meets sound art on this vibrant compilation, a global endeavor involving over 40 artists and nearly five hours of music. Relatives Schoensein also reminds us of the value of the physical format, as the 92-page book that accompanies the
V/A ~ Relatives Schoensein
Street art meets sound art on this vibrant compilation, a global endeavor involving over 40 artists and nearly five hours of music. Relatives Schoensein also reminds us of the value of the physical format, as the 92-page book that accompanies the
hibernate recordings ~ 26 EPs & Albums for the 2.6 Challenge
First off, a big thanks to our friends at Stationary Travels for introducing us to this collection. When the 26-mile London Marathon (originally scheduled for April 26) was cancelled, a lot of charities were left in the cold, so the
hibernate recordings ~ 26 EPs & Albums for the 2.6 Challenge
First off, a big thanks to our friends at Stationary Travels for introducing us to this collection. When the 26-mile London Marathon (originally scheduled for April 26) was cancelled, a lot of charities were left in the cold, so the
Library Tapes ~ The Quiet City
Here’s another perfect pandemic production, whether conceived during lockdown or not. (We suspect that it was.) Library Tapes (David Wenngren) has gathered a small supergroup comprised of Olivia Belli, Julia Kent, Akira Kosemura, Hoshiko Yamane and Michael A. Muller. But before
Library Tapes ~ The Quiet City
Here’s another perfect pandemic production, whether conceived during lockdown or not. (We suspect that it was.) Library Tapes (David Wenngren) has gathered a small supergroup comprised of Olivia Belli, Julia Kent, Akira Kosemura, Hoshiko Yamane and Michael A. Muller. But before
