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Zalhietzli & Proud/Father ~ Split
Noise. Noise. Noise. Scratching, wrapping, clicking, breathing all around. Maybe it’s the sound of some heavily processed field recording. Maybe it’s the sound of hell, or maybe it was recorded inside some distant alien factory on some far-off planet on the
Zalhietzli & Proud/Father ~ Split
Noise. Noise. Noise. Scratching, wrapping, clicking, breathing all around. Maybe it’s the sound of some heavily processed field recording. Maybe it’s the sound of hell, or maybe it was recorded inside some distant alien factory on some far-off planet on the
Hélène Grimaud ~ Water
Earlier this month, we chose pianist Hélène Grimaud’s Water as our selection of the season in Modern Composition. This week, the rest of the world will get to hear it as well. Featuring the work of nine composers, Water flows smoothly (pun intended; even
Hélène Grimaud ~ Water
Earlier this month, we chose pianist Hélène Grimaud’s Water as our selection of the season in Modern Composition. This week, the rest of the world will get to hear it as well. Featuring the work of nine composers, Water flows smoothly (pun intended; even
Pinkcourtesyphone & Gwyneth Wentink ~ Elision
The harp has struggled to break back into the public consciousness in recent years, but thanks to the efforts of harpists such as Cecilia Chailly, Rhodri Davies, Mary Lattimore and Gwyneth Wentink, a small resurgence is taking place. Don’t speak to them
Pinkcourtesyphone & Gwyneth Wentink ~ Elision
The harp has struggled to break back into the public consciousness in recent years, but thanks to the efforts of harpists such as Cecilia Chailly, Rhodri Davies, Mary Lattimore and Gwyneth Wentink, a small resurgence is taking place. Don’t speak to them
Giulio Aldinucci ~ Yellow Horse
This is A Closer Listen‘s third review category for sonic chameleon Giulio Aldinucci, who has always operated as a multidisciplinary artist. Yellow Horse is his most unusual work to date, and as such is one of his best. Most people have a junk drawer somewhere
Giulio Aldinucci ~ Yellow Horse
This is A Closer Listen‘s third review category for sonic chameleon Giulio Aldinucci, who has always operated as a multidisciplinary artist. Yellow Horse is his most unusual work to date, and as such is one of his best. Most people have a junk drawer somewhere
Library Tapes ~ Escapism
The album and its individual tracks may be short, but the emotional heft is huge. Escapism is melancholic and moving, powerfully sad. If one were to experience more of it, one might melt. The combination of David Wenngren (piano and celeste)
Library Tapes ~ Escapism
The album and its individual tracks may be short, but the emotional heft is huge. Escapism is melancholic and moving, powerfully sad. If one were to experience more of it, one might melt. The combination of David Wenngren (piano and celeste)
Gabriel Saloman ~ Movement Building Vol. 2
The second of a planned trilogy, Movement Building Vol. 2 builds on its predecessor and operates as a soundtrack to a tragic winter romance. The album’s source material is Yasunari Kawabata’s novel Snow Country, although the artist takes time to visit Japanese court music
Gabriel Saloman ~ Movement Building Vol. 2
The second of a planned trilogy, Movement Building Vol. 2 builds on its predecessor and operates as a soundtrack to a tragic winter romance. The album’s source material is Yasunari Kawabata’s novel Snow Country, although the artist takes time to visit Japanese court music
Lumisokea ~ Transmissions from Revarsavr
On their seventh Opal Tapes release, Lumisokea seems to be having more fun than ever. Not only is the album rife with percussion, it oozes old-school authenticity, as Koenraad Ecker and Andrea Taeggi borrowed a bunch of hundred-year-old noise instruments
Lumisokea ~ Transmissions from Revarsavr
On their seventh Opal Tapes release, Lumisokea seems to be having more fun than ever. Not only is the album rife with percussion, it oozes old-school authenticity, as Koenraad Ecker and Andrea Taeggi borrowed a bunch of hundred-year-old noise instruments
Joshua Bonnetta ~ Lago
Lago is an ambitious project, conceived as a companion to Ron Jude’s photographic book of the same name. As the successor to 2014’s Strange Lines and Distances, the LP provides further evidence that Joshua Bonnetta has greater things on his mind than simple field recording.
Joshua Bonnetta ~ Lago
Lago is an ambitious project, conceived as a companion to Ron Jude’s photographic book of the same name. As the successor to 2014’s Strange Lines and Distances, the LP provides further evidence that Joshua Bonnetta has greater things on his mind than simple field recording.
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