Category Archives: Experimental
crys cole & Oren Ambarchi ~ Sparkling or Silent / Giuseppe Ielasi ~ unfamiliar music (paris)
The latest installment in the Portraits GRM series pairs the duo of crys cole & Oren Ambarchi with Italian maestro Giuseppe Ielasi. Each occupying a full side of vinyl, the result is a document of where contemporary sound practice finds
crys cole & Oren Ambarchi ~ Sparkling or Silent / Giuseppe Ielasi ~ unfamiliar music (paris)
The latest installment in the Portraits GRM series pairs the duo of crys cole & Oren Ambarchi with Italian maestro Giuseppe Ielasi. Each occupying a full side of vinyl, the result is a document of where contemporary sound practice finds
Giorgi Koberidze ~ Crude Walnut Taste
Listening to Crude Walnut Taste, it is tempting to focus on Giorgi Koberidze‘s compositional rigour: the electroacoustic transformations, the dialogue with Western classical forms, the microscopic attention paid to the behaviour of sound. Those elements are certainly there, but they
Giorgi Koberidze ~ Crude Walnut Taste
Listening to Crude Walnut Taste, it is tempting to focus on Giorgi Koberidze‘s compositional rigour: the electroacoustic transformations, the dialogue with Western classical forms, the microscopic attention paid to the behaviour of sound. Those elements are certainly there, but they
Yara Mekawei and Amir Rezk ~ 33
33 takes the traditional age of Christ at his death as the axis of a twelve-part electroacoustic cycle concerned with creation, incarnation, suffering, death and renewal. Yara Mekawei and Amir Rezk draw on biblical passages, Coptic Orthodox liturgy and Arabic
Yara Mekawei and Amir Rezk ~ 33
33 takes the traditional age of Christ at his death as the axis of a twelve-part electroacoustic cycle concerned with creation, incarnation, suffering, death and renewal. Yara Mekawei and Amir Rezk draw on biblical passages, Coptic Orthodox liturgy and Arabic
Arshan Najafi ~ Zenosyne
Arshan Najafi‘s Zenosyne takes its title from John Koenig’s neologism describing the unsettling sensation that time seems to accelerate as we grow older. The album focuses on the paradox behind that sensation. As Najafi explains in the accompanying interview, the
Arshan Najafi ~ Zenosyne
Arshan Najafi‘s Zenosyne takes its title from John Koenig’s neologism describing the unsettling sensation that time seems to accelerate as we grow older. The album focuses on the paradox behind that sensation. As Najafi explains in the accompanying interview, the
al niente ~ S/T
In musical notation, al niente means “to nothing”: a gradual fading until sound disappears. The title suits this debut by Beatrice Miniaci, Cosimo Fiaschi, Gabriele Pagliano and Luca Venitucci, a quartet whose music is shaped by subtraction. Three collective improvisations
al niente ~ S/T
In musical notation, al niente means “to nothing”: a gradual fading until sound disappears. The title suits this debut by Beatrice Miniaci, Cosimo Fiaschi, Gabriele Pagliano and Luca Venitucci, a quartet whose music is shaped by subtraction. Three collective improvisations
ICMC ~ Best of the Listening Rooms
Happy golden anniversary to the International Computer Music Conference! This special album honors founder David Wessel (1942–2014). The full title of the 2025 theme: Curiosity, Play, Innovation—A 50th Anniversary Celebration of Creativity in Music, Science and Technology. This generous collection
ICMC ~ Best of the Listening Rooms
Happy golden anniversary to the International Computer Music Conference! This special album honors founder David Wessel (1942–2014). The full title of the 2025 theme: Curiosity, Play, Innovation—A 50th Anniversary Celebration of Creativity in Music, Science and Technology. This generous collection
Leonardo Barbierato ~ ]ex(s)it(u)[
The title gives it away. ]ex(s)it(u)[ is a “concept album.” The cover photograph might initially suggest a bucolic collection of field recordings, but Leonardo Barbierato has other ideas. Birdsong is indeed one of the first sounds we hear, accompanied by
Leonardo Barbierato ~ ]ex(s)it(u)[
The title gives it away. ]ex(s)it(u)[ is a “concept album.” The cover photograph might initially suggest a bucolic collection of field recordings, but Leonardo Barbierato has other ideas. Birdsong is indeed one of the first sounds we hear, accompanied by
Mala Fama ~ NXDLLI / Río Cayápas + Remixes
Mala Fama‘s Río Cayápas and NXDLLI offer two complementary readings of the same journey. Both emerged from Esteban Farinango’s time in the Afro-Ecuadorian community of Telembí in Esmeraldas and were developed simultaneously, before OTONO label head Luis Clériga suggested presenting
Mala Fama ~ NXDLLI / Río Cayápas + Remixes
Mala Fama‘s Río Cayápas and NXDLLI offer two complementary readings of the same journey. Both emerged from Esteban Farinango’s time in the Afro-Ecuadorian community of Telembí in Esmeraldas and were developed simultaneously, before OTONO label head Luis Clériga suggested presenting
