Category Archives: Drone

Skye’s Diamond ~ Wolf EP

We don’t usually mention the ages of artists (and it’s not polite to ask!), but Tom Eves wants his listeners to know that he’s 21.  Okay, we’re impressed.  Not that we doubt the abilities of the younger generation; we’re just

Skye’s Diamond ~ Wolf EP

We don’t usually mention the ages of artists (and it’s not polite to ask!), but Tom Eves wants his listeners to know that he’s 21.  Okay, we’re impressed.  Not that we doubt the abilities of the younger generation; we’re just

The Floating World ~ We Hunted

When is a flute album not a flute album?  When the flautist is the leader of a band, and when the album has a purpose beyond the promotion of a single instrument.  Amanda Votta, the guiding hand behind The Floating World,

The Floating World ~ We Hunted

When is a flute album not a flute album?  When the flautist is the leader of a band, and when the album has a purpose beyond the promotion of a single instrument.  Amanda Votta, the guiding hand behind The Floating World,

Fescal ~ Two Winter Poems

This little package is a joy to own and to peruse.  Two Winter Poems is a multi-media treasure in a box: an instrumental CD3″ inspired by the poems of Pushkin, the printed poems on delicate sheets, a Polaroid photo of Pushkin’s

Fescal ~ Two Winter Poems

This little package is a joy to own and to peruse.  Two Winter Poems is a multi-media treasure in a box: an instrumental CD3″ inspired by the poems of Pushkin, the printed poems on delicate sheets, a Polaroid photo of Pushkin’s

Sujo ~ Repent

Very few artists can release multiple recordings in a single year and retain our attention, but Ryan Huber (Sujo, Olekranon, Vopat) is one of them.  His multi-genre approach is a key factor; by straddling the fields of post-rock and drone,

Sujo ~ Repent

Very few artists can release multiple recordings in a single year and retain our attention, but Ryan Huber (Sujo, Olekranon, Vopat) is one of them.  His multi-genre approach is a key factor; by straddling the fields of post-rock and drone,

Markus Mehr ~ Off

Marcus Mehr‘s Off is the concluding element in an ambitious trilogy.  In and On, reviewed here in 2012, are vastly different in style, but set the stage for a grand finale.  Now that all three pieces have been released, listeners can see how and

Markus Mehr ~ Off

Marcus Mehr‘s Off is the concluding element in an ambitious trilogy.  In and On, reviewed here in 2012, are vastly different in style, but set the stage for a grand finale.  Now that all three pieces have been released, listeners can see how and

The Holocene ~ The Messel Pit Tapes / eis

His wife thinks it sounds like angry bees and his mum thinks it sounds like a hoover, but Peter Hamlin’s looped drones are music to us.  We do, however, realize that we are unusual people.  The benefit in being unusual

The Holocene ~ The Messel Pit Tapes / eis

His wife thinks it sounds like angry bees and his mum thinks it sounds like a hoover, but Peter Hamlin’s looped drones are music to us.  We do, however, realize that we are unusual people.  The benefit in being unusual

Johann G. Winther ~ I Have a Heaven Ending and Weaving Thin Threads of Darkness from the Light that Was Given

Post-rockers and Fiona Apple, beware:  Johann G. Winther is coming at you with the essay-length title of his latest work.  If reading the album title seems a bit awkward, then it also seems fitting that the cassette is released on Awkward

Johann G. Winther ~ I Have a Heaven Ending and Weaving Thin Threads of Darkness from the Light that Was Given

Post-rockers and Fiona Apple, beware:  Johann G. Winther is coming at you with the essay-length title of his latest work.  If reading the album title seems a bit awkward, then it also seems fitting that the cassette is released on Awkward

The Inventors Of Aircraft ~ Where The Light Stops

As with every new arrival pulling into the beautifully adorned Time Released Sound station (voted as 2012 label of the year here at A Closer Listen), Where The Light Stops is much more than the sum of its plush parts. Like a

The Inventors Of Aircraft ~ Where The Light Stops

As with every new arrival pulling into the beautifully adorned Time Released Sound station (voted as 2012 label of the year here at A Closer Listen), Where The Light Stops is much more than the sum of its plush parts. Like a