Category Archives: Experimental
Machine Listening ~ Environments 12: new concepts in acoustic enrichment
Hearing of the Environments series, we wondered how we missed such a thing, until we saw the dates: an album a year from 1969-79, each side portraying a single environment. The final installment offered “Alpine Blizzard” and “Country Thunderstorm,” with
Machine Listening ~ Environments 12: new concepts in acoustic enrichment
Hearing of the Environments series, we wondered how we missed such a thing, until we saw the dates: an album a year from 1969-79, each side portraying a single environment. The final installment offered “Alpine Blizzard” and “Country Thunderstorm,” with
Matmos ~ Metallic Life Review
Those of us who are musically inclined find it hard to resist tapping on an empty pipe or an exposed bell, just to hear the sound. Matmos (Drew Daniel and M.C. Schmidt) have been doing such things for years and recording
Matmos ~ Metallic Life Review
Those of us who are musically inclined find it hard to resist tapping on an empty pipe or an exposed bell, just to hear the sound. Matmos (Drew Daniel and M.C. Schmidt) have been doing such things for years and recording
Various Artists ~ Blackout Tape
How does one make music when the power keeps going out? This is the challenge felt by Ukrainian musicians, as well as all musicians in times of war. Blackout Tape is the first release from Kyiv’s 20ft Records, familiar with air
Various Artists ~ Blackout Tape
How does one make music when the power keeps going out? This is the challenge felt by Ukrainian musicians, as well as all musicians in times of war. Blackout Tape is the first release from Kyiv’s 20ft Records, familiar with air
Lyra Pramuk ~ Hymnal
A traditional hymnal is a collection of timeworn favorites, designed to be sung in worship. Lyra Pramuk‘s set is decidedly modern, in some ways the antithesis of Johnny Cash’s My Mother’s Hymn Book and in other ways a companion piece.
Lyra Pramuk ~ Hymnal
A traditional hymnal is a collection of timeworn favorites, designed to be sung in worship. Lyra Pramuk‘s set is decidedly modern, in some ways the antithesis of Johnny Cash’s My Mother’s Hymn Book and in other ways a companion piece.
Pavel Milyakov, Lucas Dupuy ~ Heal
It’s interesting when music with limited activity ends. The breaks between songs on an ambient album seem more jarring. There is often so little there to begin with. It’s too easy to let your mind wander. To lose track of
Pavel Milyakov, Lucas Dupuy ~ Heal
It’s interesting when music with limited activity ends. The breaks between songs on an ambient album seem more jarring. There is often so little there to begin with. It’s too easy to let your mind wander. To lose track of
Various Artists ~ Only Sounds That Tremble Through Us | فقط أصوات ترتعش في أجسادنا
The story has been evolving for fifteen years, lasting through governments, revolutions and wars. Back in 2010, Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme started collecting online recordings of “people singing and dancing in communal spaces in Iraq, Palestine, Syria, and Yemen.” This
Various Artists ~ Only Sounds That Tremble Through Us | فقط أصوات ترتعش في أجسادنا
The story has been evolving for fifteen years, lasting through governments, revolutions and wars. Back in 2010, Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme started collecting online recordings of “people singing and dancing in communal spaces in Iraq, Palestine, Syria, and Yemen.” This
Louise Rossiter ~ Der Industriepalast
The most amazing thing about Der Industriepalast is how much it sounds like the inner workings of the human body. The listener is fooled into thinking that they are hearing the amplified sounds of digestion, respiration, firing synapses and flowing blood,
Louise Rossiter ~ Der Industriepalast
The most amazing thing about Der Industriepalast is how much it sounds like the inner workings of the human body. The listener is fooled into thinking that they are hearing the amplified sounds of digestion, respiration, firing synapses and flowing blood,
Michelle Helene Mackenzie & Stefan Maier / Olivia Block ~ Orchid Mantis / Breach
Portraits GRM’s ongoing split series continues with a pair of site-specific recordings from Michelle Helene Mackenzie & Stefan Maier and Olivia Block. When considered together, they operate as a meditation on nature, time and human intrusion. Each composition fills an
Michelle Helene Mackenzie & Stefan Maier / Olivia Block ~ Orchid Mantis / Breach
Portraits GRM’s ongoing split series continues with a pair of site-specific recordings from Michelle Helene Mackenzie & Stefan Maier and Olivia Block. When considered together, they operate as a meditation on nature, time and human intrusion. Each composition fills an
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