Category Archives: Experimental
Amplify 2020: quarantine festival
No live festivals this summer? No problem ~ Amplify 2020 brings the festival to you! This ongoing quarantine project is already up to an amazing 130 releases, which means there’s no way we can give it a closer listen ~ just like a live
Amplify 2020: quarantine festival
No live festivals this summer? No problem ~ Amplify 2020 brings the festival to you! This ongoing quarantine project is already up to an amazing 130 releases, which means there’s no way we can give it a closer listen ~ just like a live
Duncan Speakman and Tineke De Meyer ~ The House Was Alright
When music is combined with spoken word, every aspect has to line up: tone, timing, and delivery are key. Duncan Speakman and Tineke De Meyer thread the needle on The House Was Alright, underlining the most banal subject ~ the weather ~ and
Duncan Speakman and Tineke De Meyer ~ The House Was Alright
When music is combined with spoken word, every aspect has to line up: tone, timing, and delivery are key. Duncan Speakman and Tineke De Meyer thread the needle on The House Was Alright, underlining the most banal subject ~ the weather ~ and
Fire-Toolz ~ Rainbow Bridge
It is quite easy to associate excess with transgression, with the dismantling of boundaries and the overcoming of any and all stability. But excess can also mean waste, and waste does not necessarily reflect the magnitude of the operations of
Fire-Toolz ~ Rainbow Bridge
It is quite easy to associate excess with transgression, with the dismantling of boundaries and the overcoming of any and all stability. But excess can also mean waste, and waste does not necessarily reflect the magnitude of the operations of
V/A ~ At Home With … (songs for solitude)
For the past six weeks, Brazil’s La Petite Chambre Records has been releasing a weekly two-track EP in response to the crisis. Each release contains the same image of a lonely house, but with a different filter, making this series a sibling to
V/A ~ At Home With … (songs for solitude)
For the past six weeks, Brazil’s La Petite Chambre Records has been releasing a weekly two-track EP in response to the crisis. Each release contains the same image of a lonely house, but with a different filter, making this series a sibling to
Kate Carr ~ Where to begin
One of the most unexpected revivals during the COVID crisis has been letter writing, as people have yearned for a more personal touch than an email, text or Instagram post. Personal phone calls are also on the rise, as well
Kate Carr ~ Where to begin
One of the most unexpected revivals during the COVID crisis has been letter writing, as people have yearned for a more personal touch than an email, text or Instagram post. Personal phone calls are also on the rise, as well
Luca T. Mai ~ Heavenly Guide / Weston Olencki ~ Solo Works
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. So wrote John Donne in 1623. “Music makes the people come together”, sang Madonna a few centuries later. Such
Luca T. Mai ~ Heavenly Guide / Weston Olencki ~ Solo Works
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. So wrote John Donne in 1623. “Music makes the people come together”, sang Madonna a few centuries later. Such
JC Leisure ~ Mutations For / The Kendal Mintcake ~ (always in a straight line, from centre to edge)
Think back to the music you enjoyed as an adolescent. You can probably recall the artists, the treasured albums. But also, the media you were using. Did you grow up in the analogue age or the digital? For some, that
JC Leisure ~ Mutations For / The Kendal Mintcake ~ (always in a straight line, from centre to edge)
Think back to the music you enjoyed as an adolescent. You can probably recall the artists, the treasured albums. But also, the media you were using. Did you grow up in the analogue age or the digital? For some, that
Beatriz Ferreyra ~ Echos +
There’s a memorial aspect to acousmatic sounds that can lead towards a conceptual end-point usually avoided by Schaefferian humanism: the severing of the sound from its source is a kind of death. Echos + is an in-depth exploration of their
Beatriz Ferreyra ~ Echos +
There’s a memorial aspect to acousmatic sounds that can lead towards a conceptual end-point usually avoided by Schaefferian humanism: the severing of the sound from its source is a kind of death. Echos + is an in-depth exploration of their
a closer listen 