Category Archives: Drone
Richard Skelton ~ A Guidonian Hand
A Guidonian hand is a Medieval mnemonic device that utilizes the hexachord to teach people how to sing, assigning different notes to different parts of the hand. While Richard Skelton certainly needs no Guidonian hand, his assignment of notes has always followed a mysterious
Richard Skelton ~ A Guidonian Hand
A Guidonian hand is a Medieval mnemonic device that utilizes the hexachord to teach people how to sing, assigning different notes to different parts of the hand. While Richard Skelton certainly needs no Guidonian hand, his assignment of notes has always followed a mysterious
Various Artists ~ Touch: Displacing
12 months, 12 tracks, 3 hours and 42 minutes of sound: this is Touch: Displacing, the subscription series that followed Touch: Isolation and is now offered as a complete set. The focus is on extended tracks; only one is less than ten
Various Artists ~ Touch: Displacing
12 months, 12 tracks, 3 hours and 42 minutes of sound: this is Touch: Displacing, the subscription series that followed Touch: Isolation and is now offered as a complete set. The focus is on extended tracks; only one is less than ten
Aperus ~ Weather Anomalies
Last year at this time, we reviewed Aperus‘ Archaic Signal, an album informed by petroglyphs and the lost civilizations of New Mexico. Weather Anomalies is a worthy follow-up, offered with similarly generous packaging; a car’s rusted hood graces the cover, while the packet
Aperus ~ Weather Anomalies
Last year at this time, we reviewed Aperus‘ Archaic Signal, an album informed by petroglyphs and the lost civilizations of New Mexico. Weather Anomalies is a worthy follow-up, offered with similarly generous packaging; a car’s rusted hood graces the cover, while the packet
Oscar W. Küsel ~ The Woods: a visceral descent into the violent nature of metamorphosis
The woods are lovely, dark and deep … well, maybe not these woods. These are the woods that beckon trick or treaters, the trees possessed by the Kandarian Demon, the wrong turns taken by weary travelers, the path to the gingerbread house, Grandmother’s
Oscar W. Küsel ~ The Woods: a visceral descent into the violent nature of metamorphosis
The woods are lovely, dark and deep … well, maybe not these woods. These are the woods that beckon trick or treaters, the trees possessed by the Kandarian Demon, the wrong turns taken by weary travelers, the path to the gingerbread house, Grandmother’s
Various Artists ~ Tymbal
By all accounts, cicadas draw the short end of the stick. After 17 years in the ground, they hatch, mate and die. They are old enough to see R-rated movies, but they never reach voting or drinking age (at least
Various Artists ~ Tymbal
By all accounts, cicadas draw the short end of the stick. After 17 years in the ground, they hatch, mate and die. They are old enough to see R-rated movies, but they never reach voting or drinking age (at least
Arigto ~ Pretense
Arigto has a love for classic cinema, as displayed by their photographic cover tributes to Ingmar Bergman. Pretense arrives on the heels of spring’s Persona, and shares a similar aesthetic. But Arigto is not a classic music duo. As evidenced in their
Arigto ~ Pretense
Arigto has a love for classic cinema, as displayed by their photographic cover tributes to Ingmar Bergman. Pretense arrives on the heels of spring’s Persona, and shares a similar aesthetic. But Arigto is not a classic music duo. As evidenced in their
Cal Lyall ~ 10,000 Under Currents
10,000 Under Currents is a sonic treatise on noise pollution. Cal Lyall‘s 38-minute piece is constructed upon a bed of field recordings, but intensely musical, with notes and chords drifting like clumps of kelp. This is one of the first discs
Cal Lyall ~ 10,000 Under Currents
10,000 Under Currents is a sonic treatise on noise pollution. Cal Lyall‘s 38-minute piece is constructed upon a bed of field recordings, but intensely musical, with notes and chords drifting like clumps of kelp. This is one of the first discs
Fall Music Preview ~ Ambient & Drone
Get ready ~ we’re about to cover over 365 albums in five days! Today is the first day of meteorological fall In the Northern Hemisphere, and the release schedule is already packed to the gills. This week, we’ll list all
Fall Music Preview ~ Ambient & Drone
Get ready ~ we’re about to cover over 365 albums in five days! Today is the first day of meteorological fall In the Northern Hemisphere, and the release schedule is already packed to the gills. This week, we’ll list all
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