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Maarja Nuut & Ruum ~ Muunduja
If Dead Can Dance were starting off today, they might sound a lot like Maarja Nuut & Ruum, an Estonian duo whose music is a hybrid of classicism and electronics. Muunduja is the first album they have recorded as a duo, following
Maarja Nuut & Ruum ~ Muunduja
If Dead Can Dance were starting off today, they might sound a lot like Maarja Nuut & Ruum, an Estonian duo whose music is a hybrid of classicism and electronics. Muunduja is the first album they have recorded as a duo, following
Tim Hecker ~ Konoyo
Tim Hecker‘s Virgins was our #1 album of 2013, while 2016’s Love Streams was never picked up for review ~ the tonal differences were so great that they caught our reviewers off guard. We missed the abrasion, the jutting edges, the jagged wrecks of
Tim Hecker ~ Konoyo
Tim Hecker‘s Virgins was our #1 album of 2013, while 2016’s Love Streams was never picked up for review ~ the tonal differences were so great that they caught our reviewers off guard. We missed the abrasion, the jutting edges, the jagged wrecks of
Kammerflimmer Kollektief ~ There are actions we have neglected and which never cease to call us.
We regret to inform you that the title of Kammerflimmer Kollektief‘s new album is so long that we don’t have space for a review. Just kidding! The album is incredibly succinct given the extended nature of the name. This is the
Kammerflimmer Kollektief ~ There are actions we have neglected and which never cease to call us.
We regret to inform you that the title of Kammerflimmer Kollektief‘s new album is so long that we don’t have space for a review. Just kidding! The album is incredibly succinct given the extended nature of the name. This is the
Ulises Conti ~ Los efimeros
The last time we encountered Ulises Conti was four years ago, with the release of a playful piano “sound alphabet” ~ one song for each letter, with a couple bonuses thrown in. On Los efimeros, he’s changed his style so drastically
Ulises Conti ~ Los efimeros
The last time we encountered Ulises Conti was four years ago, with the release of a playful piano “sound alphabet” ~ one song for each letter, with a couple bonuses thrown in. On Los efimeros, he’s changed his style so drastically
Michael Lightborne ~ Sounds of the Projection Box
What a great record. And thank God it’s vinyl, because this is the only way to hear Sounds of the Projection Box, which is at once an homage to antiquated technology, a requiem for days gone by and a reflection of
Michael Lightborne ~ Sounds of the Projection Box
What a great record. And thank God it’s vinyl, because this is the only way to hear Sounds of the Projection Box, which is at once an homage to antiquated technology, a requiem for days gone by and a reflection of
Bus Gas ~ Immortal Yeller / Amulets ~ Mountains Past
Spring Break Tapes‘ double cassette is the type of release that makes one happy to own the physical product. A series of cards, some die-cut and others clean, are included in the snug case so that one may create one’s
Bus Gas ~ Immortal Yeller / Amulets ~ Mountains Past
Spring Break Tapes‘ double cassette is the type of release that makes one happy to own the physical product. A series of cards, some die-cut and others clean, are included in the snug case so that one may create one’s
Max Cooper ~ One Hundred Billion Sparks
Max Cooper is already having a great year. Fresh from the success of his multi-media Emergence album and tour, he’s released his first mix compilation, Balance 30, and contributed a remix to one of the year’s finest albums, Floex and Tom Hodge’s A Portrait of
Max Cooper ~ One Hundred Billion Sparks
Max Cooper is already having a great year. Fresh from the success of his multi-media Emergence album and tour, he’s released his first mix compilation, Balance 30, and contributed a remix to one of the year’s finest albums, Floex and Tom Hodge’s A Portrait of
Drifting in Polar Seas
Toronto’s Polar Seas label returns this month with a pair of evocative albums, one ambient and one modern composition. Mathieu Lamontagne‘s Obsolescence Programmée is a soft meditation on disposable culture, while Mikael Lind‘s Strings and Clusters detaches and reassembles violin, viola and cello phrases until they
Drifting in Polar Seas
Toronto’s Polar Seas label returns this month with a pair of evocative albums, one ambient and one modern composition. Mathieu Lamontagne‘s Obsolescence Programmée is a soft meditation on disposable culture, while Mikael Lind‘s Strings and Clusters detaches and reassembles violin, viola and cello phrases until they
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