Category Archives: Experimental

Gustavo Costa ~ Lastro

The longer a track, the more likely it is to collapse under its own weight.  This makes the success of the 47-minute Lastro all the more remarkable.  Gustavo Costa‘s single-track album is the soundtrack to a work by dancer and choreographer

Gustavo Costa ~ Lastro

The longer a track, the more likely it is to collapse under its own weight.  This makes the success of the 47-minute Lastro all the more remarkable.  Gustavo Costa‘s single-track album is the soundtrack to a work by dancer and choreographer

PARKEN: Live in the Park

Here’s another fun festival that one can only find online: nine concerts curated by Robert Schwarz as part of Vienna’s PARKEN festival.  While most of the concerts took place before COVID-19, the artists were unable to tour this year, so this is

PARKEN: Live in the Park

Here’s another fun festival that one can only find online: nine concerts curated by Robert Schwarz as part of Vienna’s PARKEN festival.  While most of the concerts took place before COVID-19, the artists were unable to tour this year, so this is

Babe, Terror ~ Horizogon

A dazzling view of decomposition. The world melting away into golden, exuberant waste, its alluring outlines suddenly coinciding with the absent form of people long dead, of broken memories peacefully drifting away into nothingness. What is the shape of that

Babe, Terror ~ Horizogon

A dazzling view of decomposition. The world melting away into golden, exuberant waste, its alluring outlines suddenly coinciding with the absent form of people long dead, of broken memories peacefully drifting away into nothingness. What is the shape of that

Drew McDowall ~ Agalma

Although there is no way that Agalma could be described as a ‘pop’ album, it does share one element with many of the current songs on the charts. Even the most disinterested watcher of the hit parade, the hot 100,

Drew McDowall ~ Agalma

Although there is no way that Agalma could be described as a ‘pop’ album, it does share one element with many of the current songs on the charts. Even the most disinterested watcher of the hit parade, the hot 100,

Gianluca Favaron | Anacleto Vitolo ~ Overgrowth

Sound artists Gianluca Favaron and Anacleto Vitolo continue to explore the intersection of technology and nature on Overgrowth, an album whose timbre is easily recognizable as their own, yet contains some distinct surprises.  Once again, the mastering is pristine and the stereo

Gianluca Favaron | Anacleto Vitolo ~ Overgrowth

Sound artists Gianluca Favaron and Anacleto Vitolo continue to explore the intersection of technology and nature on Overgrowth, an album whose timbre is easily recognizable as their own, yet contains some distinct surprises.  Once again, the mastering is pristine and the stereo

Phew ~ Vertigo KO

If punk was like a comet, a sizeable object smashing all before it, then post-punk was the comet’s tail, in that it lasted longer, contained a variety of fresh and unusual elements and still intrigues observers. Indeed, if post-punk lacked

Phew ~ Vertigo KO

If punk was like a comet, a sizeable object smashing all before it, then post-punk was the comet’s tail, in that it lasted longer, contained a variety of fresh and unusual elements and still intrigues observers. Indeed, if post-punk lacked

Black to Comm ~ A C of M / Mouchoir Ètanche ~ Une Fille Pétrifiée / Black to Comm ~ Oocyte Oil & Stolen Androgens

A trio of new releases from Marc Richter demonstrates the artist’s versatility.  Each possesses its own flavor and appeal, and together they form a wild tapestry. A C of M is the angry one, which is to be expected as it

Black to Comm ~ A C of M / Mouchoir Ètanche ~ Une Fille Pétrifiée / Black to Comm ~ Oocyte Oil & Stolen Androgens

A trio of new releases from Marc Richter demonstrates the artist’s versatility.  Each possesses its own flavor and appeal, and together they form a wild tapestry. A C of M is the angry one, which is to be expected as it

Daphne X ~ Água Viva / Philip Sulidae ~ Stien

Daphne X records the sound of water on polyester, metal and skin, while Philip Sulidae dedicates electro-acoustic works to varieties of fruit.  This is tsss tapes‘ September batch. While listening to Agua Viva, one thinks instantly of rain, but these drips and drops are not

Daphne X ~ Água Viva / Philip Sulidae ~ Stien

Daphne X records the sound of water on polyester, metal and skin, while Philip Sulidae dedicates electro-acoustic works to varieties of fruit.  This is tsss tapes‘ September batch. While listening to Agua Viva, one thinks instantly of rain, but these drips and drops are not