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Daniel Bachman ~ Quaker Run Wildfire (10/24/23-11/17/23) for Fiddle and Guitar

Quaker Run Wildfire is a sequel of sorts to Almanac Behind, one of our site’s top albums of 2022.  But it is not the sort of sequel that Daniel Bachman wanted to make; after recording an LP on the theme of climate change,

Daniel Bachman ~ Quaker Run Wildfire (10/24/23-11/17/23) for Fiddle and Guitar

Quaker Run Wildfire is a sequel of sorts to Almanac Behind, one of our site’s top albums of 2022.  But it is not the sort of sequel that Daniel Bachman wanted to make; after recording an LP on the theme of climate change,

Nika Son ~ Drift

What a beautiful, magical recording, washing up on our shores after spending six years in the tumultuous ocean, tossed here and about, a message in a bottle, a bottle containing the sound of the sea.  Drift is a film in which

Nika Son ~ Drift

What a beautiful, magical recording, washing up on our shores after spending six years in the tumultuous ocean, tossed here and about, a message in a bottle, a bottle containing the sound of the sea.  Drift is a film in which

Innode ~ grain

Innode is a super trio comprised of Stefan Németh (Radian), Steven Hess (Pan American, Locrian, Cleared) and Bernhard Breuer (Tumido, Elektro Guzzi).  This is an extremely active season for these agile performers, as Pan American & Kramer’s Reverberations of Non-Stop Traffic

Innode ~ grain

Innode is a super trio comprised of Stefan Németh (Radian), Steven Hess (Pan American, Locrian, Cleared) and Bernhard Breuer (Tumido, Elektro Guzzi).  This is an extremely active season for these agile performers, as Pan American & Kramer’s Reverberations of Non-Stop Traffic

Kiasmos ~ Flown

We love surprises like this.  Last week, after seven years of silence, Kiasmos (Ólafur Arnalds and Janus Rasmussen) suddenly dropped a brand new EP and video.  Even more than past releases, the EP inhabits the middle ground between modern composition

Kiasmos ~ Flown

We love surprises like this.  Last week, after seven years of silence, Kiasmos (Ólafur Arnalds and Janus Rasmussen) suddenly dropped a brand new EP and video.  Even more than past releases, the EP inhabits the middle ground between modern composition

Manja Ristić ~ Ma / manja ristić & murmer ~ The Scaffold

Manja Ristić is best known for her hydrophone recordings in and around the island of Korčula, and her resulting concern for the effect of noise pollution on local environments.  In a pair of new albums, she demonstrates expanded horizons; her collaboration

Manja Ristić ~ Ma / manja ristić & murmer ~ The Scaffold

Manja Ristić is best known for her hydrophone recordings in and around the island of Korčula, and her resulting concern for the effect of noise pollution on local environments.  In a pair of new albums, she demonstrates expanded horizons; her collaboration

Masayuki Imanishi ~ Asphalt/Concrete

Asphalt/Concrete is the sound of Osaka, or more specifically, that of Masayuki Imanishi‘s Osaka.  The artist records the sounds of “ordinary everyday life,” emphasizing that “all sounds were captured within my immediate vicinity.”  Fortunately, Imanishi has a particularly rich sonic

Masayuki Imanishi ~ Asphalt/Concrete

Asphalt/Concrete is the sound of Osaka, or more specifically, that of Masayuki Imanishi‘s Osaka.  The artist records the sounds of “ordinary everyday life,” emphasizing that “all sounds were captured within my immediate vicinity.”  Fortunately, Imanishi has a particularly rich sonic

Imperial Valley ~ I-IV

ACL is very good at keeping secrets, including the names of artists recording under pseudonyms.  This being said, we did not know that CF Moore, also known as Imperial Valley, was site favorite Richard Skelton until the Big Reveal earlier this month.

Imperial Valley ~ I-IV

ACL is very good at keeping secrets, including the names of artists recording under pseudonyms.  This being said, we did not know that CF Moore, also known as Imperial Valley, was site favorite Richard Skelton until the Big Reveal earlier this month.

Canblaster ~ Liberosis

Regular ACL readers may experience a sense of déjà vu, as Liberosis is the second album we’ve reviewed this week ~ and the fourth this year ~ to have begun as a series of three EPs.  The latest of these, Simon

Canblaster ~ Liberosis

Regular ACL readers may experience a sense of déjà vu, as Liberosis is the second album we’ve reviewed this week ~ and the fourth this year ~ to have begun as a series of three EPs.  The latest of these, Simon