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writer | traveler | sound organizer | contrarian | concerned citizen

LCNL 056: n5MD Ambient Immersion Mix

Following the last few beat heavy mixes, Oakland-based record label n5MD delivers this soothing mix as a welcome departure, perfect for these first cold days of winter.  Specializing in more melodic forms of music,  label boss Mike Cadoo puts together this

LCNL 056: n5MD Ambient Immersion Mix

Following the last few beat heavy mixes, Oakland-based record label n5MD delivers this soothing mix as a welcome departure, perfect for these first cold days of winter.  Specializing in more melodic forms of music,  label boss Mike Cadoo puts together this

M. Sage ~ Data in the Details

Regular readers of ACL might remember this excellent mix from last year, Half-Speed Flourish by Matthew Sage.  He played back old orchestral LPs at 16rpm, recording the result and mixing them together, giving us a window into his creative process and

M. Sage ~ Data in the Details

Regular readers of ACL might remember this excellent mix from last year, Half-Speed Flourish by Matthew Sage.  He played back old orchestral LPs at 16rpm, recording the result and mixing them together, giving us a window into his creative process and

Bugseed ~ Some Foods

Another strong release on Spring Break Tapes, this time from Japanese beat conductor Bugseed.  I’m sure I’m not the only one who somehow managed to miss out on this brilliant Tokyo-based producer, so the LA tape label is really doing

Bugseed ~ Some Foods

Another strong release on Spring Break Tapes, this time from Japanese beat conductor Bugseed.  I’m sure I’m not the only one who somehow managed to miss out on this brilliant Tokyo-based producer, so the LA tape label is really doing

Dave Phillips / Aspec(t) ~ Medusa

  “The jellyfish represents the collapse of the ecosystem and the spinelessness of the people charged with protecting it.” -George Monbiot,“Feeding Frenzy” Medusa, the first collaboration between Dave Phillips  (DP) and Aspec(t),  (Mario Gabola and Mimmo Napolitano) is no doubt

Dave Phillips / Aspec(t) ~ Medusa

  “The jellyfish represents the collapse of the ecosystem and the spinelessness of the people charged with protecting it.” -George Monbiot,“Feeding Frenzy” Medusa, the first collaboration between Dave Phillips  (DP) and Aspec(t),  (Mario Gabola and Mimmo Napolitano) is no doubt

RADIOFONICA – Nov. 6/7/8/9 (free exhibition and live streaming)

  How quickly we forget. How quickly we are to believe our present moment is new, different, incommensurable with the past.  This is especially true in our fetishization of new technologies, as even a cursory glance at the recent literature

RADIOFONICA – Nov. 6/7/8/9 (free exhibition and live streaming)

  How quickly we forget. How quickly we are to believe our present moment is new, different, incommensurable with the past.  This is especially true in our fetishization of new technologies, as even a cursory glance at the recent literature

Brahja Waldman’s Quintet ~ Sir Real Live at Résonance

    An accomplished musician and composer, Brahja Waldman  has made Montreal his home for over a decade now.  In addition to his Quartet/Quintet,  he also leads Friends of Freedom, contributes sax to Sam Shalabi’s Land of Kush and Simon

Brahja Waldman’s Quintet ~ Sir Real Live at Résonance

    An accomplished musician and composer, Brahja Waldman  has made Montreal his home for over a decade now.  In addition to his Quartet/Quintet,  he also leads Friends of Freedom, contributes sax to Sam Shalabi’s Land of Kush and Simon

LCNL 055: Ryan Alexander Diduck presents Miss Claire Remembers

  This all vinyl mix comes to us from Ryan Alexander Diduck, a fellow music critic writing for such outstanding publications as Fact Mag and the Quietus.  We’re also both products of McGill University’s department of Art History & Communication

LCNL 055: Ryan Alexander Diduck presents Miss Claire Remembers

  This all vinyl mix comes to us from Ryan Alexander Diduck, a fellow music critic writing for such outstanding publications as Fact Mag and the Quietus.  We’re also both products of McGill University’s department of Art History & Communication

Stefan Christoff + David Parker ~ Wire Tones EP

Listen to “Shifting Skies,” the first track off the Wire Tones EP, a collaboration  between David Parker on contrabass and Stefan Christoff on piano recently released by the Howl Arts collective. As with all of Christoff’s projects, Wire Tones is conceptually driven by

Stefan Christoff + David Parker ~ Wire Tones EP

Listen to “Shifting Skies,” the first track off the Wire Tones EP, a collaboration  between David Parker on contrabass and Stefan Christoff on piano recently released by the Howl Arts collective. As with all of Christoff’s projects, Wire Tones is conceptually driven by