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Fall Music Preview 2024 ~ Ambient
Mark your calendars: next Friday is not only the first big release date of fall, but it may end up being the biggest release date of the season. We are currently tracking nearly 100 instrumental and experimental EPs and albums
Fall Music Preview 2024 ~ Ambient
Mark your calendars: next Friday is not only the first big release date of fall, but it may end up being the biggest release date of the season. We are currently tracking nearly 100 instrumental and experimental EPs and albums
Michael Scott Dawson ~ The Tinnitus Chorus
The Tinnitus Chorus is the second tinnitus-themed album we’ve reviewed this year, following Lola de la Mata’s Oceans on Azimuth. de la Mata had been advised to abandon her musical career. In Michael Scott Dawson‘s case, “The clicks, ringing tones, and hiss
Michael Scott Dawson ~ The Tinnitus Chorus
The Tinnitus Chorus is the second tinnitus-themed album we’ve reviewed this year, following Lola de la Mata’s Oceans on Azimuth. de la Mata had been advised to abandon her musical career. In Michael Scott Dawson‘s case, “The clicks, ringing tones, and hiss
Max Richter ~ In a Landscape
Max Richter would not mind at all if you curled up with a good book while listening to his music. His new album is intended to be a bookend to The Blue Notebooks, one of the artist’s earliest and best loved
Max Richter ~ In a Landscape
Max Richter would not mind at all if you curled up with a good book while listening to his music. His new album is intended to be a bookend to The Blue Notebooks, one of the artist’s earliest and best loved
Laurence Pike ~ The Undreamt-of Centre
While many great requiems have been written over the years, their form has remained staid. How might one inject new life into an old musical form about death? Can a modern requiem be both unique and reverent? After losing his
Laurence Pike ~ The Undreamt-of Centre
While many great requiems have been written over the years, their form has remained staid. How might one inject new life into an old musical form about death? Can a modern requiem be both unique and reverent? After losing his
Francesco Leali ~ Let Us Descend
Halloween is still more than two months away, but it arrives early on this release. Considering the fact that Christmas flyers are already landing in our mailboxes, it seems fair game. Not everyone is a child of summer, and this
Francesco Leali ~ Let Us Descend
Halloween is still more than two months away, but it arrives early on this release. Considering the fact that Christmas flyers are already landing in our mailboxes, it seems fair game. Not everyone is a child of summer, and this
Party Dozen ~ Crime in Australia
It’s hard to believe that the first video from this album debuted nine months ago, but that’s how long it takes to prepare a baby. Now this party-rocking, riff-happy album is ready to be unleashed upon the world. And while
Party Dozen ~ Crime in Australia
It’s hard to believe that the first video from this album debuted nine months ago, but that’s how long it takes to prepare a baby. Now this party-rocking, riff-happy album is ready to be unleashed upon the world. And while
Masayoshi Fujita ~ Migratory
The widely esteemed vibraphonist and marimba player Masayoshi Fujita has enlisted the aid of some astonishing collaborators on Migratory, but the greatest guest star may go unnoticed by those who only stream the recording. Renowned travel writer Pico Iyer (A Beginnier’s Guide
Masayoshi Fujita ~ Migratory
The widely esteemed vibraphonist and marimba player Masayoshi Fujita has enlisted the aid of some astonishing collaborators on Migratory, but the greatest guest star may go unnoticed by those who only stream the recording. Renowned travel writer Pico Iyer (A Beginnier’s Guide
Johnny Bell ~ Field Trips
“Banjo drone” is the very definition of a micro-genre, currently so small we’re not aware of any other album in it. This is the solo territory of New Mexico’s Johnny Bell, who approaches music with a collector’s ear and offers
Johnny Bell ~ Field Trips
“Banjo drone” is the very definition of a micro-genre, currently so small we’re not aware of any other album in it. This is the solo territory of New Mexico’s Johnny Bell, who approaches music with a collector’s ear and offers
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