Author Archives: postrockcafe
Polynation ~ Igneous
As we noted in our Spring Music Preview, it helps to have a awesome cover. Polynation‘s alluring art is matched by immersive music. Igneous is cinematic, exciting and funky, a fitting score to an apocalyptic stampede (as Hessel Stuut’s art suggests), perfect
Polynation ~ Igneous
As we noted in our Spring Music Preview, it helps to have a awesome cover. Polynation‘s alluring art is matched by immersive music. Igneous is cinematic, exciting and funky, a fitting score to an apocalyptic stampede (as Hessel Stuut’s art suggests), perfect
Richmond Avant Improv Collective ~ Lamentations
We love when labels put a little extra love into their releases. Arachnidiscs offers Lamentations as a boxed set of “sound, vision and text,” including a set of photo cards and a series of short writings. Then there is the CD, an
Richmond Avant Improv Collective ~ Lamentations
We love when labels put a little extra love into their releases. Arachnidiscs offers Lamentations as a boxed set of “sound, vision and text,” including a set of photo cards and a series of short writings. Then there is the CD, an
David Rothenberg ~ Nightingale Cities / Nightingales in Berlin
David Rothenberg is a musician with a calling: to hear, appreciate, and participate in the music of the animal kingdom. A triptych of books on whale music, bird music and bug music has cemented his reputation. In 2019 he returns
David Rothenberg ~ Nightingale Cities / Nightingales in Berlin
David Rothenberg is a musician with a calling: to hear, appreciate, and participate in the music of the animal kingdom. A triptych of books on whale music, bird music and bug music has cemented his reputation. In 2019 he returns
Richard Skelton ~ Border Ballads
A change of pace for Richard Skelton, Border Ballads contains some of the clearest melodies of the composer’s career. Piano, viola and cello each make stunning appearances, no longer mulched but pristine, representing a new clarity of mind and purpose. These twelve
Richard Skelton ~ Border Ballads
A change of pace for Richard Skelton, Border Ballads contains some of the clearest melodies of the composer’s career. Piano, viola and cello each make stunning appearances, no longer mulched but pristine, representing a new clarity of mind and purpose. These twelve
Rayons ~ Sagrada Reset
Sagrada Reset began a series of novels, subsequently adapted into manga, anime and film, leading to this gorgeous TV soundtrack by Rayons (pianist and composer Masako Nakai, working with an 11-piece ensemble). The plot is complex, but the simple version is that there exists
Rayons ~ Sagrada Reset
Sagrada Reset began a series of novels, subsequently adapted into manga, anime and film, leading to this gorgeous TV soundtrack by Rayons (pianist and composer Masako Nakai, working with an 11-piece ensemble). The plot is complex, but the simple version is that there exists
Haythem Mahbouli ~ Catching Moments in Time
A Tunisian composer, living in Montreal, recording an album with the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, released on a Japanese label ~ this is the essence of multiculturalism. Such fluidity is a welcome sign in a world that seems to
Haythem Mahbouli ~ Catching Moments in Time
A Tunisian composer, living in Montreal, recording an album with the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, released on a Japanese label ~ this is the essence of multiculturalism. Such fluidity is a welcome sign in a world that seems to
Ebauche ~ Formic Syntax
After two decades in the industry, you’ve released a breakthrough album and made multiple year-end lists, including our own. What do you do next? Play it safe? Record more of the same? Go to Disneyworld? Ebauche does something different on Formic
Ebauche ~ Formic Syntax
After two decades in the industry, you’ve released a breakthrough album and made multiple year-end lists, including our own. What do you do next? Play it safe? Record more of the same? Go to Disneyworld? Ebauche does something different on Formic
Ludwig Berger ~ Cuyo
Fresh from the success of last year’s Melting Landscapes, Ludwig Berger has had an extremely active 2019, starting a new label while releasing three recordings of his own. Cuyo is the one that won our hearts. A few years back it won Miso Music’s
Ludwig Berger ~ Cuyo
Fresh from the success of last year’s Melting Landscapes, Ludwig Berger has had an extremely active 2019, starting a new label while releasing three recordings of his own. Cuyo is the one that won our hearts. A few years back it won Miso Music’s
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