Author Archives: Joseph Sannicandro

Unknown's avatar

About Joseph Sannicandro

writer | traveler | sound organizer | contrarian | concerned citizen

LCNL 071: Luca Sigurtà presents Motel Music Mixtape

Luca Sigurtà recently released Warm Glow, the latest surprising turn for this Italian musician.  Drawing on triphop and ambient textures, Warm Glow fits snugly into Sigurtà’s oeuvre while showing off a very different aspect of his identity as a musician.  He

LCNL 071: Luca Sigurtà presents Motel Music Mixtape

Luca Sigurtà recently released Warm Glow, the latest surprising turn for this Italian musician.  Drawing on triphop and ambient textures, Warm Glow fits snugly into Sigurtà’s oeuvre while showing off a very different aspect of his identity as a musician.  He

Sound Propositions 010: Christina Vantzou

Sound Propositions is an ongoing, semi-regular series of conversations with artists exploring their creative practices and individual aesthetics, conceived of as a counter-narrative to a dominant trend in music journalism which fetishizes equipment and new technologies. Rather than writing copy

Sound Propositions 010: Christina Vantzou

Sound Propositions is an ongoing, semi-regular series of conversations with artists exploring their creative practices and individual aesthetics, conceived of as a counter-narrative to a dominant trend in music journalism which fetishizes equipment and new technologies. Rather than writing copy

LCNL 070: Ongapalooza – 10 years of Boring Machines mix

Our friends at Boring Machines records are about to celebrate their tenth anniversary! That’s ten years of championing great Italian artists to audiences around the world.  Founded by Onga in Treviso in 2006, the label has been responsible for  some

LCNL 070: Ongapalooza – 10 years of Boring Machines mix

Our friends at Boring Machines records are about to celebrate their tenth anniversary! That’s ten years of championing great Italian artists to audiences around the world.  Founded by Onga in Treviso in 2006, the label has been responsible for  some

LCNL 069: Morgen Wurde presents Sturm

Wolfgang Röttger is Morgen Wurde, an atmospheric electro-acoustic project using trumpet and electronic sounds and processing to create a new form of lyricism and haunting soundscapes. Coming from Kiel, Germany on the Baltic Sea, a port city between Hamburg and

LCNL 069: Morgen Wurde presents Sturm

Wolfgang Röttger is Morgen Wurde, an atmospheric electro-acoustic project using trumpet and electronic sounds and processing to create a new form of lyricism and haunting soundscapes. Coming from Kiel, Germany on the Baltic Sea, a port city between Hamburg and

Premiere: Tamara Filyavich ~ return fire

A CLOSER LISTEN is honored to present the online premiere of Tamara Filyavich’s return fire. Tamara Filyavich presents return fire, a soundscape of analogue synthesizer, radio transmission and digital manipulation channeling the events of the Ukrainian revolution of 2013-2014. Filyavich

Premiere: Tamara Filyavich ~ return fire

A CLOSER LISTEN is honored to present the online premiere of Tamara Filyavich’s return fire. Tamara Filyavich presents return fire, a soundscape of analogue synthesizer, radio transmission and digital manipulation channeling the events of the Ukrainian revolution of 2013-2014. Filyavich

Premiere: Inventing Masks (Giuseppe Ielasi)

  February 12th will see the release of Inventing Masks’ self-titled debut LP on Error Broadcast.  ACL is honored to present:  3’34” Inventing Masks is a new moniker adopted by Giuseppe Ielasi. Ielasi’s work should be familiar to our readers, as a solo artist,

Premiere: Inventing Masks (Giuseppe Ielasi)

  February 12th will see the release of Inventing Masks’ self-titled debut LP on Error Broadcast.  ACL is honored to present:  3’34” Inventing Masks is a new moniker adopted by Giuseppe Ielasi. Ielasi’s work should be familiar to our readers, as a solo artist,

Yves Bouliane ~ Champ (10 opérations)

Champ (10 opérations) is the solo work of a pillar of Montreal’s 1970s free improvisation scene.  A skilled improviser, this piece is indeed a composition, recorded in 1977, and stands as a momentous and perplexing document of that time.  This

Yves Bouliane ~ Champ (10 opérations)

Champ (10 opérations) is the solo work of a pillar of Montreal’s 1970s free improvisation scene.  A skilled improviser, this piece is indeed a composition, recorded in 1977, and stands as a momentous and perplexing document of that time.  This

Everything is Real Radio: Minoy (audio)

  Before we launch our end of year lists, I wanted to be sure to share this recent broadcast of Everything is Real Radio.  Hosted by Sam Sebren, this edition features the music of the late Minóy.  Born Stanley Keith Bowsza

Everything is Real Radio: Minoy (audio)

  Before we launch our end of year lists, I wanted to be sure to share this recent broadcast of Everything is Real Radio.  Hosted by Sam Sebren, this edition features the music of the late Minóy.  Born Stanley Keith Bowsza