Category Archives: Experimental
Helen Anahita Wilson ~ Nightshade
In this unusual album, Helen Anahita Wilson not only produces sonic tributes to the members of the Solanaceae plant family; she provides them with a voice. Biodata from member plants is used to trigger certain instruments and sounds, with whom Wilson
Helen Anahita Wilson ~ Nightshade
In this unusual album, Helen Anahita Wilson not only produces sonic tributes to the members of the Solanaceae plant family; she provides them with a voice. Biodata from member plants is used to trigger certain instruments and sounds, with whom Wilson
Masimba Hwati & Paul Nataraj ~ Soil Leaf Root
To whom does land belong? This simple question lies at the root of many of the world’s problems: border disputes, genocide, war. When one orders a physical copy of this cassette, one receives a sample of land, as the cloth
Masimba Hwati & Paul Nataraj ~ Soil Leaf Root
To whom does land belong? This simple question lies at the root of many of the world’s problems: border disputes, genocide, war. When one orders a physical copy of this cassette, one receives a sample of land, as the cloth
Nobukazu Takemura ~ knot of meanings
It’s probably a very selective memory at work, but I associate the first time I heard Nobukazu Takemura’s music with the first time I heard computers singing. Other musicians had used MacInTalk, as it was called then, to provide a
Nobukazu Takemura ~ knot of meanings
It’s probably a very selective memory at work, but I associate the first time I heard Nobukazu Takemura’s music with the first time I heard computers singing. Other musicians had used MacInTalk, as it was called then, to provide a
Yara Asmar ~ everyone I love is sleeping and I love them so so much
Memories of conflict are very much on the mind of Yara Asmar, who splits her time between Beirut and upstate New York and tries to make sense of it all. Or perhaps there is no making sense, only a box
Yara Asmar ~ everyone I love is sleeping and I love them so so much
Memories of conflict are very much on the mind of Yara Asmar, who splits her time between Beirut and upstate New York and tries to make sense of it all. Or perhaps there is no making sense, only a box
U ~ ARCHENFIELD
October is the time for haunted music, and U‘s new collection fits the bill. Archenfield represents a very British manner of haunting, connected to the area of Herefordshire, whose folklore connects these pieces in drama and dread. Old vinyl samples
U ~ ARCHENFIELD
October is the time for haunted music, and U‘s new collection fits the bill. Archenfield represents a very British manner of haunting, connected to the area of Herefordshire, whose folklore connects these pieces in drama and dread. Old vinyl samples
Širom ~ In the Wind of Night, Hard-Fallen Incantations Whisper
Whenever we review a Širom album, we delight in listing the instruments that may be unfamiliar to Western ears: ribab, qeychak, balafon, fipple flute, gembri, morin khuur, balafon, tampura brač. “‘We don’t want to play something that sounds like it already
Širom ~ In the Wind of Night, Hard-Fallen Incantations Whisper
Whenever we review a Širom album, we delight in listing the instruments that may be unfamiliar to Western ears: ribab, qeychak, balafon, fipple flute, gembri, morin khuur, balafon, tampura brač. “‘We don’t want to play something that sounds like it already
Riccardo La Foresta ~ ZERO, 999…
The cover of Riccardo La Foresta’s ZERO, 999… depicts an impossibly tall spiral tower vanishing into the sky, an aptly disorienting visual metaphor for an album that dismantles traditional notions of drumming. Here, drums are not rhythmic anchors but vessels
Riccardo La Foresta ~ ZERO, 999…
The cover of Riccardo La Foresta’s ZERO, 999… depicts an impossibly tall spiral tower vanishing into the sky, an aptly disorienting visual metaphor for an album that dismantles traditional notions of drumming. Here, drums are not rhythmic anchors but vessels
Fall Music Preview ~ Experimental
The unusual, the odd, the exciting, the weird: outliers converge in our Experimental section, which gathers those with avant leanings under a single banner. From music that is creative yet accessible to that which tests even the hardiest listener, this
Fall Music Preview ~ Experimental
The unusual, the odd, the exciting, the weird: outliers converge in our Experimental section, which gathers those with avant leanings under a single banner. From music that is creative yet accessible to that which tests even the hardiest listener, this
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