Category Archives: Drone

phoanøgramma ~ dream flow

After the void on a distant sun (2023) and [limen memoriae] (with Luca Ferro, 2024), Angelo Panebianco and Matteo Mariano return as phoanøgramma with dream flow, a single long-form composition presented in six movements. Although divided into individual tracks for

phoanøgramma ~ dream flow

After the void on a distant sun (2023) and [limen memoriae] (with Luca Ferro, 2024), Angelo Panebianco and Matteo Mariano return as phoanøgramma with dream flow, a single long-form composition presented in six movements. Although divided into individual tracks for

IUGA ~ Meldrop

IUGA‘s debut album Meldrop is an intensely personal meditation on grief, nature and renewal, rooted in the forests of the Tuscan Apennines where the composer now lives. Inspired by the loss of his dog Toki and by the untamed landscape

IUGA ~ Meldrop

IUGA‘s debut album Meldrop is an intensely personal meditation on grief, nature and renewal, rooted in the forests of the Tuscan Apennines where the composer now lives. Inspired by the loss of his dog Toki and by the untamed landscape

Aleksandra Słyż ~ I Carry the Strength

If C.S. Lewis’s A Grief Observed remains one of the most penetrating accounts of bereavement because it refuses consolation, Aleksandra Słyż‘s I Carry the Strength approaches grief with a similar honesty. Lewis famously describes grief not as sadness but as

Aleksandra Słyż ~ I Carry the Strength

If C.S. Lewis’s A Grief Observed remains one of the most penetrating accounts of bereavement because it refuses consolation, Aleksandra Słyż‘s I Carry the Strength approaches grief with a similar honesty. Lewis famously describes grief not as sadness but as

Androctonyx ~ AXISTE PAS

AXISTE PAS feels like the shadow cast by Androctonyx’s debut, Respawning as a Pearl. If that earlier record was concerned with transformation and ecstatic becoming, this new album turns toward absence and the desire to drift beyond reach. Released on

Androctonyx ~ AXISTE PAS

AXISTE PAS feels like the shadow cast by Androctonyx’s debut, Respawning as a Pearl. If that earlier record was concerned with transformation and ecstatic becoming, this new album turns toward absence and the desire to drift beyond reach. Released on

Cherim ~ Ğymaq / VA ~ Shyshagh: Imaginary Circassian Underground

Built entirely from fragments from the Ored Recordings catalogue, Cherim’s Ğymaq reconfigures the label’s archival focus into something spectral and unstable by ways of heritage not preserved, but dissolved, stretched, and made to echo. Working with Circassian vocal traditions, shichepshin

Cherim ~ Ğymaq / VA ~ Shyshagh: Imaginary Circassian Underground

Built entirely from fragments from the Ored Recordings catalogue, Cherim’s Ğymaq reconfigures the label’s archival focus into something spectral and unstable by ways of heritage not preserved, but dissolved, stretched, and made to echo. Working with Circassian vocal traditions, shichepshin

Émile Zener ~ Sumatra Method

The name of the label fits the release:  Critique of Everyday Life.  Émile Zener‘s Sumatra Method is an expose of the past and an indictment of the present, causing listeners to question what they think they know and what they believe.  At

Émile Zener ~ Sumatra Method

The name of the label fits the release:  Critique of Everyday Life.  Émile Zener‘s Sumatra Method is an expose of the past and an indictment of the present, causing listeners to question what they think they know and what they believe.  At

Aho Ssan ~ The Sun Turned Black

You can’t go home again, writes Thomas C. Wolfe in Look Homeward, Angel.  Paris-based artist Aho Ssan (Niamké Désiré) experienced this feeling of disconnection when he visited Ghana, his ancestral home.  The friction between home and homeland led to The Sun Turned Black,

Aho Ssan ~ The Sun Turned Black

You can’t go home again, writes Thomas C. Wolfe in Look Homeward, Angel.  Paris-based artist Aho Ssan (Niamké Désiré) experienced this feeling of disconnection when he visited Ghana, his ancestral home.  The friction between home and homeland led to The Sun Turned Black,

Kreng ~ Wormhole

Eleven years have passed since The Summoner was released, long enough for us to wonder if we’d ever hear from Kreng again.  Over the past decade, the artist has been composing for theatre and cinema, which is a perfect pivot given his penchant

Kreng ~ Wormhole

Eleven years have passed since The Summoner was released, long enough for us to wonder if we’d ever hear from Kreng again.  Over the past decade, the artist has been composing for theatre and cinema, which is a perfect pivot given his penchant