Category Archives: Experimental
Paavoharju ~ Yön mustia kukkia
Hearing new music from Paavoharju comes as an unexpected treat. The Finnish collective made a big splash with Yhä hämärää (2005) and Laulu laakson kukista (2008), both on Fonal Records, and the ascetic Christian brothers and their friends seemed ready to cross over to
Paavoharju ~ Yön mustia kukkia
Hearing new music from Paavoharju comes as an unexpected treat. The Finnish collective made a big splash with Yhä hämärää (2005) and Laulu laakson kukista (2008), both on Fonal Records, and the ascetic Christian brothers and their friends seemed ready to cross over to
Poor Isa ~ dissolution of the other
Since 2017, the record label Aspen Edities has been harboring a group of (mostly) Belgians who don’t seem to put much stake in “genre”. On the one hand, the label’s most recent release, a surging, nearly abrasive exploration of speaker-vibrated
Poor Isa ~ dissolution of the other
Since 2017, the record label Aspen Edities has been harboring a group of (mostly) Belgians who don’t seem to put much stake in “genre”. On the one hand, the label’s most recent release, a surging, nearly abrasive exploration of speaker-vibrated
Fire-Toolz ~ I am upset because I see something that is not there.
“We’ve lost nothing”, a floating text states within a simulated, 2000s-game-graphics brick building whose modernist layout spells Bauhaus 19th century industrial warehouse. In the video for “It Is Happening Again / Mantra-ing & Golgotha: Double-Bind (Prequel)” our camera-eye transitions seamlessly
Fire-Toolz ~ I am upset because I see something that is not there.
“We’ve lost nothing”, a floating text states within a simulated, 2000s-game-graphics brick building whose modernist layout spells Bauhaus 19th century industrial warehouse. In the video for “It Is Happening Again / Mantra-ing & Golgotha: Double-Bind (Prequel)” our camera-eye transitions seamlessly
HIIT ~ For Beauty Is Nothing But The Beginning Of Terror
Improvising is fun. Or at least, many career musicians eventually grow to prefer the relative freedom that improvisation allows, the focus on sound rather than technique and on creativity rather than the execution of a predetermined pattern. Classical musicians are
HIIT ~ For Beauty Is Nothing But The Beginning Of Terror
Improvising is fun. Or at least, many career musicians eventually grow to prefer the relative freedom that improvisation allows, the focus on sound rather than technique and on creativity rather than the execution of a predetermined pattern. Classical musicians are
Future Daughter ~ Nye Krigere
Nye Krigere (New Warriors) started as a stage play about two warriors constructing elaborate machines. One such mechanism is seen on the cover and in the video below. According to Future Daughter, these creations are “shields of meaning around an empty
Future Daughter ~ Nye Krigere
Nye Krigere (New Warriors) started as a stage play about two warriors constructing elaborate machines. One such mechanism is seen on the cover and in the video below. According to Future Daughter, these creations are “shields of meaning around an empty
Various Artists ~ ০
The face in the album cover is rather a distorted mask, a grimace with eyes no longer organic, but loosened flesh. With bare, paradoxically frail-looking aluminum teeth, it is immersed in a gray vacuum that indicates there is no person
Various Artists ~ ০
The face in the album cover is rather a distorted mask, a grimace with eyes no longer organic, but loosened flesh. With bare, paradoxically frail-looking aluminum teeth, it is immersed in a gray vacuum that indicates there is no person
Philip Holm ~ Trådlös
One of summer’s most original records is a left field surprise, although the equipment used to make it can be found in many traditional basements. Trådlös is performed on a repurposed sewing machine, which begs the question: if the original owner
Philip Holm ~ Trådlös
One of summer’s most original records is a left field surprise, although the equipment used to make it can be found in many traditional basements. Trådlös is performed on a repurposed sewing machine, which begs the question: if the original owner
Various Artists ~ Спадок
One might begin with the 297-track Massive Hutsul Sample Pack, which includes pigs, ducks, chickens, cats and dogs, car washes, rivers, waterfalls, toys, drills, bells, musical instruments and occasionally a song. These pieces, some only a second long, were recorded by
Various Artists ~ Спадок
One might begin with the 297-track Massive Hutsul Sample Pack, which includes pigs, ducks, chickens, cats and dogs, car washes, rivers, waterfalls, toys, drills, bells, musical instruments and occasionally a song. These pieces, some only a second long, were recorded by
a closer listen 