Author Archives: shredfearn

Films ~ signs from the past

We’re lucky that Japanese composers Takahiro Kido and Yuki Murata are involved in so many projects – it means we get a frequent release schedule from them that alternates between Anoice, Films and solo records, as well as other side projects.

Films ~ signs from the past

We’re lucky that Japanese composers Takahiro Kido and Yuki Murata are involved in so many projects – it means we get a frequent release schedule from them that alternates between Anoice, Films and solo records, as well as other side projects.

Roger Goula ~ Overview Effect

In The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, an item called the Total Perspective Vortex uses a piece of fairy cake to present a construction of the universe, giving its victims a glimpse of how insignificant they are within the ‘entire

Roger Goula ~ Overview Effect

In The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, an item called the Total Perspective Vortex uses a piece of fairy cake to present a construction of the universe, giving its victims a glimpse of how insignificant they are within the ‘entire

Kim Myhr ~ Bloom

Far from struggling with the different, time-compressed approach often required to produce a second album, guitarist and composer Kim Myhr seems to have relished it. Prominent in Norway’s experimental music scene, with many a band and collaboration to his name,

Kim Myhr ~ Bloom

Far from struggling with the different, time-compressed approach often required to produce a second album, guitarist and composer Kim Myhr seems to have relished it. Prominent in Norway’s experimental music scene, with many a band and collaboration to his name,

C. Diab ~ No Perfect Wave

Ian William Craig is a master of creating sonic landscapes teeming with depth and diversity, yet emanating from one or very few sources. When we heard that Craig was on the engineering credits for No Perfect Wave, the debut LP

C. Diab ~ No Perfect Wave

Ian William Craig is a master of creating sonic landscapes teeming with depth and diversity, yet emanating from one or very few sources. When we heard that Craig was on the engineering credits for No Perfect Wave, the debut LP

Christopher Tignor ~ Along A Vanishing Plane

Does ingenuity of composition heighten enjoyment of it? Perhaps an age-old question dividing certain camps of music aficionado. With his latest solo release, violinist and composer Christopher Tignor has moved on from the meta-narrative concept behind 2014’s Thunder Lay Down

Christopher Tignor ~ Along A Vanishing Plane

Does ingenuity of composition heighten enjoyment of it? Perhaps an age-old question dividing certain camps of music aficionado. With his latest solo release, violinist and composer Christopher Tignor has moved on from the meta-narrative concept behind 2014’s Thunder Lay Down

Robin Buyer Sextet ~ Leave

For the supposed party animal of ACL’s genres, post-rock hasn’t exactly been a lively guest so far this year. Mercifully, newcomers Robin Buyer Sextet have arrived bearing the proverbial kegs and decks to rouse us from our all-too-civilised socialising. Fellow

Robin Buyer Sextet ~ Leave

For the supposed party animal of ACL’s genres, post-rock hasn’t exactly been a lively guest so far this year. Mercifully, newcomers Robin Buyer Sextet have arrived bearing the proverbial kegs and decks to rouse us from our all-too-civilised socialising. Fellow

Kyle Preston ~ Scattered Silence

It’s not uncommon to hear people bemoan that information and communications technology, the great liberator of our age, has trapped them. Commuters previously happy to watch the scenery rush past, or be absorbed by a book or newspaper, now find

Kyle Preston ~ Scattered Silence

It’s not uncommon to hear people bemoan that information and communications technology, the great liberator of our age, has trapped them. Commuters previously happy to watch the scenery rush past, or be absorbed by a book or newspaper, now find

Pauline Oliveros & Musiques Nouvelles ~ Four Meditations / Sound Geometries

“The ear hears, the brain listens, the body senses vibrations.” Veteran US composer Pauline Oliveros has not only been part of the avant-garde in the classical space for the last six decades, she has arguably been one of its leaders.

Pauline Oliveros & Musiques Nouvelles ~ Four Meditations / Sound Geometries

“The ear hears, the brain listens, the body senses vibrations.” Veteran US composer Pauline Oliveros has not only been part of the avant-garde in the classical space for the last six decades, she has arguably been one of its leaders.