Category Archives: Experimental
Jad Atoui – It Will Take Forever
This is proving to be a remarkable year for Lebanese experimental music. Between recent releases by Charbel Haber, Dog Plug, Sandy Chamoun, the collaborative albums of Radwan Ghazi Moumneh, and the LAND 2 and LAND 3 fundraising compilations, the country’s
Jad Atoui – It Will Take Forever
This is proving to be a remarkable year for Lebanese experimental music. Between recent releases by Charbel Haber, Dog Plug, Sandy Chamoun, the collaborative albums of Radwan Ghazi Moumneh, and the LAND 2 and LAND 3 fundraising compilations, the country’s
Dog Plug [Mazen Kerbaj, Maurice Louca & Tony Elieh] ~ Dog Plug كلاب البطّاريّة
Dog Plug feels exactly like its title suggests: a live wire connecting three musicians whose shared history spans decades and still produces sparks. Tony Elieh, Mazen Kerbaj and Maurice Louca approach electroacoustic improvisation as a process of constant recombination, where
Dog Plug [Mazen Kerbaj, Maurice Louca & Tony Elieh] ~ Dog Plug كلاب البطّاريّة
Dog Plug feels exactly like its title suggests: a live wire connecting three musicians whose shared history spans decades and still produces sparks. Tony Elieh, Mazen Kerbaj and Maurice Louca approach electroacoustic improvisation as a process of constant recombination, where
Jonáš Gruska – Juggler / ジャグラ
Jonáš Gruska‘s Juggler / ジャグラ does more than what it says on the tin. Originally assembled from covert recordings made inside an Akihabara pachinko parlour, the album documented a moment of revelation: Gruska discovering that beneath the assaultive barrage of gambling
Jonáš Gruska – Juggler / ジャグラ
Jonáš Gruska‘s Juggler / ジャグラ does more than what it says on the tin. Originally assembled from covert recordings made inside an Akihabara pachinko parlour, the album documented a moment of revelation: Gruska discovering that beneath the assaultive barrage of gambling
Omar Cheikh ~ The Garden
Deeply rooted in the idea of the garden as a place of refuge and quiet transformation, Omar Cheikh’s The Garden unfolds like a series of nocturnal wanderings through an imagined landscape. The title evokes not only Voltaire’s famous injunction to
Omar Cheikh ~ The Garden
Deeply rooted in the idea of the garden as a place of refuge and quiet transformation, Omar Cheikh’s The Garden unfolds like a series of nocturnal wanderings through an imagined landscape. The title evokes not only Voltaire’s famous injunction to
Vittorio Guindani ~ la porta bianca
There is something fitting about Vittorio Guindani finding a home for these recordings in Vilhelm Hammershøi’s The White Door. Before becoming an album, La Porta Bianca existed in a kind of limbo: music without a place, waiting for the image
Vittorio Guindani ~ la porta bianca
There is something fitting about Vittorio Guindani finding a home for these recordings in Vilhelm Hammershøi’s The White Door. Before becoming an album, La Porta Bianca existed in a kind of limbo: music without a place, waiting for the image
Marco Paltrinieri ~ Otto Studi
“It personally feels like the discovery of a new path awaiting exploration,” writes Marco Paltrinieri about Otto Studi (Eight Studies). With this album, the Italian artist appears to abandon any narrative drive: vocals are gone, and any intrusion of fictional
Marco Paltrinieri ~ Otto Studi
“It personally feels like the discovery of a new path awaiting exploration,” writes Marco Paltrinieri about Otto Studi (Eight Studies). With this album, the Italian artist appears to abandon any narrative drive: vocals are gone, and any intrusion of fictional
Machinefabriek ~ Samen
Machinefabriek is no stranger to the compilation format. One of the earliest such efforts, 2007’s two-disc Weleer, collected the best tracks from over 30 CD3″s. At the time, it was considered to be a perfect entry point into the work
Machinefabriek ~ Samen
Machinefabriek is no stranger to the compilation format. One of the earliest such efforts, 2007’s two-disc Weleer, collected the best tracks from over 30 CD3″s. At the time, it was considered to be a perfect entry point into the work
Various Artists ~ Flowers Not Bombs
Six months after Gaza Is the Moral Compass, Beacon Sound returns with its second in a series of vital fundraisers for Palestine. The proceeds will be split among Arab Group for the Protection of Nature, APN’s Revive Gaza Farmland, and
Various Artists ~ Flowers Not Bombs
Six months after Gaza Is the Moral Compass, Beacon Sound returns with its second in a series of vital fundraisers for Palestine. The proceeds will be split among Arab Group for the Protection of Nature, APN’s Revive Gaza Farmland, and
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