Author Archives: Joseph Sannicandro
Armand Hammer ~ We Buy Diabetic Test Strips
On the last verse of “As the Crow Flies,” the final track on billy woods and Kenny Segal’s Maps, released earlier in 2023, woods rhymes: I’m in the park with the baby on the swings When it hits me crazy,
Armand Hammer ~ We Buy Diabetic Test Strips
On the last verse of “As the Crow Flies,” the final track on billy woods and Kenny Segal’s Maps, released earlier in 2023, woods rhymes: I’m in the park with the baby on the swings When it hits me crazy,
thenewobjective presents Musique contre le projet de loi 31 [mix]
It’s been over a year since the last time I posted a mix of my own here on ACL, and nearly as long since the last mix I published in general (Soundtrack Politica, commissioned by Cinema Politica in Montreal). So
thenewobjective presents Musique contre le projet de loi 31 [mix]
It’s been over a year since the last time I posted a mix of my own here on ACL, and nearly as long since the last mix I published in general (Soundtrack Politica, commissioned by Cinema Politica in Montreal). So
A Closer Look: AKOUSMA 2023
Joseph Sannicandro reviews the 19th edition of AKOUSMA in Montreal, including an interview with Aho Ssan, who closed out the festival. Shortly after the release of his stunning new collaborative album, Rhizomes, Aho Ssan presented a live diffusion of The
A Closer Look: AKOUSMA 2023
Joseph Sannicandro reviews the 19th edition of AKOUSMA in Montreal, including an interview with Aho Ssan, who closed out the festival. Shortly after the release of his stunning new collaborative album, Rhizomes, Aho Ssan presented a live diffusion of The
James Bernard & anthéne ~ Soft Octaves
In a letter to his brother Theo, Vincent Van Gogh writes of “colors, which are heightened by being juxtaposed,” yet “will destroy one another by being mixed.” When mixed, such colors produce a sad gray, but in the right proportions
James Bernard & anthéne ~ Soft Octaves
In a letter to his brother Theo, Vincent Van Gogh writes of “colors, which are heightened by being juxtaposed,” yet “will destroy one another by being mixed.” When mixed, such colors produce a sad gray, but in the right proportions
SP* Episode 32: INDISCREET MUSIC – with Patrick Nickleson [podcast]
Patrick Nickleson is the author of The Names of Minimalism: Authorship, Art, Music, and Historiography in Dispute, an academic study that radically reconsiders the origins and boundaries of musical minimalism. Uninterested in searching for the earliest work of musical minimalism,
SP* Episode 32: INDISCREET MUSIC – with Patrick Nickleson [podcast]
Patrick Nickleson is the author of The Names of Minimalism: Authorship, Art, Music, and Historiography in Dispute, an academic study that radically reconsiders the origins and boundaries of musical minimalism. Uninterested in searching for the earliest work of musical minimalism,
Aki Onda ~ Transmissions From The Radio Midnight
After acquiring a portable tape recorder with a built-in radio in 2006, Aki Onda’s cassette memory archive gained a new category. Thereafter he made a ritual of listening to the radio late at night whenever he was traveling, capturing interesting
Aki Onda ~ Transmissions From The Radio Midnight
After acquiring a portable tape recorder with a built-in radio in 2006, Aki Onda’s cassette memory archive gained a new category. Thereafter he made a ritual of listening to the radio late at night whenever he was traveling, capturing interesting
A Closer Look: Unsound 2023
“Demand the sound of paper! Echoes of our REAM-IFY binary! Dada laughter in every perforation, Nietzschean yodel in every typewritten stroke. Dance, my friends, dance within nonsense stanzas and absurdist sonnets. REAM-IFY, mummify the rational!”
A Closer Look: Unsound 2023
“Demand the sound of paper! Echoes of our REAM-IFY binary! Dada laughter in every perforation, Nietzschean yodel in every typewritten stroke. Dance, my friends, dance within nonsense stanzas and absurdist sonnets. REAM-IFY, mummify the rational!”
From Overseas & zakè ~ Demain, dès l’aube
On the final day of my first trip abroad, I hiked to the top of the hill above the small Italian village I’d been staying in for the previous month in order to watch the sunrise. I had promised myself
From Overseas & zakè ~ Demain, dès l’aube
On the final day of my first trip abroad, I hiked to the top of the hill above the small Italian village I’d been staying in for the previous month in order to watch the sunrise. I had promised myself
a closer listen 