Category Archives: Experimental
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
Zhao Cong ~ blow, blow, blow, blow, blow
You are drifting through the air over a valley of sharp crackling sounds. The wind picks you up; it feels distinctly like a breath, emitted by an unseen body beyond perception, and it pushes you toward a forest of contactless
Zhao Cong ~ blow, blow, blow, blow, blow
You are drifting through the air over a valley of sharp crackling sounds. The wind picks you up; it feels distinctly like a breath, emitted by an unseen body beyond perception, and it pushes you toward a forest of contactless
Various Artists ~ Household Objects (and sundry massed gadgets)
Pink Floyd‘s official follow-up to Dark Side of the Moon was Wish You Were Here, but there was also an unofficial follow-up that was never released. The concept was to record an album using only ordinary household objects: bottles, rubber bands and the
Various Artists ~ Household Objects (and sundry massed gadgets)
Pink Floyd‘s official follow-up to Dark Side of the Moon was Wish You Were Here, but there was also an unofficial follow-up that was never released. The concept was to record an album using only ordinary household objects: bottles, rubber bands and the
People Like Us ~ Copia
The magic of a People Like Us album is the juxtaposition of the blissfully nostalgic with the eerie.
People Like Us ~ Copia
The magic of a People Like Us album is the juxtaposition of the blissfully nostalgic with the eerie.
Silence Quartet ~ Denial
When people feel powerless in the face of societal upheaval, it becomes more common to live in denial. This is the starting point for Silence Quartet‘s album, which translates this questionable coping mechanism into music. The fact that these tracks
Silence Quartet ~ Denial
When people feel powerless in the face of societal upheaval, it becomes more common to live in denial. This is the starting point for Silence Quartet‘s album, which translates this questionable coping mechanism into music. The fact that these tracks
a closer listen 