Category Archives: Experimental

The Vegetable Orchestra ~ Green Album

After Halloween we’ll be asking, “what are we going to do with all these pumpkins and gourds?”  Some people eat them, but most throw them out.  According to The Vegetable Orchestra, this is a missed opportunity.  One particular pumpkin meets its

The Vegetable Orchestra ~ Green Album

After Halloween we’ll be asking, “what are we going to do with all these pumpkins and gourds?”  Some people eat them, but most throw them out.  According to The Vegetable Orchestra, this is a missed opportunity.  One particular pumpkin meets its

David Vélez ~ The Things That Objects Can Teach Us About Ourselves

Some people seek comfort in music. Others seek questions. Traveling far beyond the sofa, sound artist David Vélez probes the unresolved. If to extend oneself requires risk, listening to his compositions requires leaning into space, surrendering to a balance that is

David Vélez ~ The Things That Objects Can Teach Us About Ourselves

Some people seek comfort in music. Others seek questions. Traveling far beyond the sofa, sound artist David Vélez probes the unresolved. If to extend oneself requires risk, listening to his compositions requires leaning into space, surrendering to a balance that is

Katharina Ernst ~ Extrametrik

After half a dozen spins, I still needed convincing that this album was recorded without overdubs.  A quick Google search, and I found a live video as evidence. Yes, Vienna-born Katharina Ernst is the real thing: an exciting, polymetric solo drummer.  There

Katharina Ernst ~ Extrametrik

After half a dozen spins, I still needed convincing that this album was recorded without overdubs.  A quick Google search, and I found a live video as evidence. Yes, Vienna-born Katharina Ernst is the real thing: an exciting, polymetric solo drummer.  There

Felipe Otondo ~ Night Studies

Five years have passed since Chilean composer Felipe Otondo released Tutuguri, but there’s no mistaking his sound.  The sounds of the Javanese gamelan orchestra, collected during his many travels, are given a gloss that is distinctly his.  The smoothness of Otongo’s timbres are

Felipe Otondo ~ Night Studies

Five years have passed since Chilean composer Felipe Otondo released Tutuguri, but there’s no mistaking his sound.  The sounds of the Javanese gamelan orchestra, collected during his many travels, are given a gloss that is distinctly his.  The smoothness of Otongo’s timbres are

An Interview With Scanner / Mass Observation (Expanded)

    Scanner (aka Robin Rimbaud) has been at the forefront of electronic and experimental music for decades. As a document, as a work of art, and as a social and cultural commentary, his music has never been more in

An Interview With Scanner / Mass Observation (Expanded)

    Scanner (aka Robin Rimbaud) has been at the forefront of electronic and experimental music for decades. As a document, as a work of art, and as a social and cultural commentary, his music has never been more in

Fall Music Preview ~ Experimental

Tired of hearing the same old stuff?  The fall experimental schedule includes a collection of unearthed Soviet treasures, a boxed set of field recordings, a debut album of gothic theremin, art books, free jazz, improvisation and an industrial opera.  Originals

Fall Music Preview ~ Experimental

Tired of hearing the same old stuff?  The fall experimental schedule includes a collection of unearthed Soviet treasures, a boxed set of field recordings, a debut album of gothic theremin, art books, free jazz, improvisation and an industrial opera.  Originals

V.A. ~ Notes From the Underground: Experimental Sounds Behind the Iron Curtain

Ever from the Dostoevskian name of this intriguing compilation, there’s a drive to articulate all these avant-garde expressions from beneath the Iron Curtain in the 1970s and 1980s as a form of resistance to the totalitarian utopianism born from the

V.A. ~ Notes From the Underground: Experimental Sounds Behind the Iron Curtain

Ever from the Dostoevskian name of this intriguing compilation, there’s a drive to articulate all these avant-garde expressions from beneath the Iron Curtain in the 1970s and 1980s as a form of resistance to the totalitarian utopianism born from the

Nomad Exquisite ~ 13 Minutes or Less

Our old friend Nicolas Burrage (formerly Szczepanik) has returned as the founder of the digital label Nomad Exquisite.  The label has issued a call for submissions of 7-13 minutes long (tagging them “miniatures”), and has already begun to issue some gems.

Nomad Exquisite ~ 13 Minutes or Less

Our old friend Nicolas Burrage (formerly Szczepanik) has returned as the founder of the digital label Nomad Exquisite.  The label has issued a call for submissions of 7-13 minutes long (tagging them “miniatures”), and has already begun to issue some gems.