Category Archives: Experimental
Molly Joyce ~ Perspective
How are we defined, and who has the right to define a human being? Is disability a weakness, and is anyone truly whole? These questions and more are tackled on Molly Joyce‘s ambitious Perspective, a musical collage incorporating 47 interviews with persons
Molly Joyce ~ Perspective
How are we defined, and who has the right to define a human being? Is disability a weakness, and is anyone truly whole? These questions and more are tackled on Molly Joyce‘s ambitious Perspective, a musical collage incorporating 47 interviews with persons
Bekah Simms ~ Bestiaries
Bestiaries is enthralling and unique. The music is a reflection of its cover art: a melange of intricacies, colorful, yet frightening, grotesque, yet intriguing. Centrediscs calls it “accessible yet uncompromising.” This is a fitting album for October, or for any time
Bekah Simms ~ Bestiaries
Bestiaries is enthralling and unique. The music is a reflection of its cover art: a melange of intricacies, colorful, yet frightening, grotesque, yet intriguing. Centrediscs calls it “accessible yet uncompromising.” This is a fitting album for October, or for any time
Physical Reality as Processed Spirituality ~ An Interview With Fire-Toolz
David Murrieta Flores (ACL): Hi Fire-Toolz! To begin with, please talk to us a bit about how Fire-Toolz came into being, and how it relates to other projects you have (like Nonlocal Forecast or MindSpring Memories). Fire-Toolz (FT): Fire-Toolz was
Physical Reality as Processed Spirituality ~ An Interview With Fire-Toolz
David Murrieta Flores (ACL): Hi Fire-Toolz! To begin with, please talk to us a bit about how Fire-Toolz came into being, and how it relates to other projects you have (like Nonlocal Forecast or MindSpring Memories). Fire-Toolz (FT): Fire-Toolz was
Il Radioamatore ~ The Fall of Europe
The radio is out of fashion. Yet not so long ago, the static and hum of shortwave broadcasts were at the heart of many people’s everyday life, forming the main method by which news was sent and received on an
Il Radioamatore ~ The Fall of Europe
The radio is out of fashion. Yet not so long ago, the static and hum of shortwave broadcasts were at the heart of many people’s everyday life, forming the main method by which news was sent and received on an
V/A ~ CLAP. An anatomy of applause
CLAP is the sort of anthology that should come with a book, as the topic is so fertile and easy to understand and yet so infrequently covered. Why do we clap? What are the differences between various forms of applause? What
V/A ~ CLAP. An anatomy of applause
CLAP is the sort of anthology that should come with a book, as the topic is so fertile and easy to understand and yet so infrequently covered. Why do we clap? What are the differences between various forms of applause? What
Fall Music Preview ~ Experimental
The world may often seem stagnant, but as long as there is art, there is hope. In every field ~ art, music, cinema, literature and more ~ experimentalists test the boundaries of the expected, breaking through to unexplored territories. Today’s
Fall Music Preview ~ Experimental
The world may often seem stagnant, but as long as there is art, there is hope. In every field ~ art, music, cinema, literature and more ~ experimentalists test the boundaries of the expected, breaking through to unexplored territories. Today’s
Susie Ibarra and Tashi Dorji ~ Master of Time
Sometime in the 8th century, at the center of Lake Dhanakosha, an enlightened being emerged from a lotus blossom in the guise of an eight-year-old child. This was Padmasambhava, the Second Buddha, a legendary figure who is said to have
Susie Ibarra and Tashi Dorji ~ Master of Time
Sometime in the 8th century, at the center of Lake Dhanakosha, an enlightened being emerged from a lotus blossom in the guise of an eight-year-old child. This was Padmasambhava, the Second Buddha, a legendary figure who is said to have
Hekla ~ Xiuxiuejar
Few instruments are as affordable and versatile as the theremin, yet few people play it and fewer still play it well. Iceland’s Hekla has risen to the top of her field by matching the instrument with dark cello, crushing soundscapes and her
Hekla ~ Xiuxiuejar
Few instruments are as affordable and versatile as the theremin, yet few people play it and fewer still play it well. Iceland’s Hekla has risen to the top of her field by matching the instrument with dark cello, crushing soundscapes and her
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