Category Archives: Drone
Ava Rasti ~ No One Knows How Wild The Wind Blows
“The map looks wide, but the choice is never free. Here or there? Or should we have stayed at home, wherever home may be?” Elizabeth Bishop’s questions resonate throughout Iranian composer Ava Rasti‘s latest album, No One Knows How Wild
Ava Rasti ~ No One Knows How Wild The Wind Blows
“The map looks wide, but the choice is never free. Here or there? Or should we have stayed at home, wherever home may be?” Elizabeth Bishop’s questions resonate throughout Iranian composer Ava Rasti‘s latest album, No One Knows How Wild
Siavash Amini & Eugene Thacker ~ Songs for Sad Poets Vol. III
“There are black silences, like thunderclouds, that burst into flashes of music,” H. G. Wells writes in Select Conversations with an Uncle. The phrase finds an almost literal visual counterpart in Jordan Reyes’s cover for Songs for Sad Poets Vol.
Siavash Amini & Eugene Thacker ~ Songs for Sad Poets Vol. III
“There are black silences, like thunderclouds, that burst into flashes of music,” H. G. Wells writes in Select Conversations with an Uncle. The phrase finds an almost literal visual counterpart in Jordan Reyes’s cover for Songs for Sad Poets Vol.
Tegh & Adel Poursamadi ~ Bayal بیل
Gholam-Hossein Sa’edi’s The Mourners of Bayal (1964) remains one of the defining works of modern Iranian literature. Across eight interconnected stories set in the fictional village of Bayal, Sa’edi explores poverty, famine, superstition, grief and death through a world where
Tegh & Adel Poursamadi ~ Bayal بیل
Gholam-Hossein Sa’edi’s The Mourners of Bayal (1964) remains one of the defining works of modern Iranian literature. Across eight interconnected stories set in the fictional village of Bayal, Sa’edi explores poverty, famine, superstition, grief and death through a world where
Calum Builder ~ Although Changed, I Arise the Same
A saxophonist by nature, Calum Builder couldn’t help but think of the brass instrument while salvaging old church organ pipes in Northern Denmark, regarding the organ as “another aerophone working with a different kind of breath.” Honoring the prophecy of his surname,
Calum Builder ~ Although Changed, I Arise the Same
A saxophonist by nature, Calum Builder couldn’t help but think of the brass instrument while salvaging old church organ pipes in Northern Denmark, regarding the organ as “another aerophone working with a different kind of breath.” Honoring the prophecy of his surname,
Giulio Aldinucci ~ Materia
One of the hazards of reviewing drone and ambient albums is the overuse of words like expansive. And yes, Giulio Aldinucci‘s Materia is expansive. Glad I could clear that up. It is also luminous. Another overworked adjective. But I’ll come
Giulio Aldinucci ~ Materia
One of the hazards of reviewing drone and ambient albums is the overuse of words like expansive. And yes, Giulio Aldinucci‘s Materia is expansive. Glad I could clear that up. It is also luminous. Another overworked adjective. But I’ll come
Fall Music Preview ~ Drone
Drone has an incredible tonal range. With sounds that range from calm to abrasive, drone can soothe or unsettle, like the distance between a refrigerator hum and an attack copter. These albums not only reflect the sounds that flow
Fall Music Preview ~ Drone
Drone has an incredible tonal range. With sounds that range from calm to abrasive, drone can soothe or unsettle, like the distance between a refrigerator hum and an attack copter. These albums not only reflect the sounds that flow
zakè ~ Tide Requiem for the Low Sea
Summer is ending. We must not say this out loud; it is a hard pill to swallow. For many people, summer has already ended; vacations are over, classes have begun, the water has cooled. zakè‘s Tide Requiem for the Low Sea is
zakè ~ Tide Requiem for the Low Sea
Summer is ending. We must not say this out loud; it is a hard pill to swallow. For many people, summer has already ended; vacations are over, classes have begun, the water has cooled. zakè‘s Tide Requiem for the Low Sea is
Sarah Davachi ~ The Will of Tongues
Sarah Davachi has topped our year-end chart twice, in 2018 and 2022 ~ sonically and mathematically, this may be her year yet again. Ambitious, immersive and enveloping, The Will of Tongues seems like the natural successor to Two Sisters, despite the fact that
Sarah Davachi ~ The Will of Tongues
Sarah Davachi has topped our year-end chart twice, in 2018 and 2022 ~ sonically and mathematically, this may be her year yet again. Ambitious, immersive and enveloping, The Will of Tongues seems like the natural successor to Two Sisters, despite the fact that