Category Archives: Experimental

Lewtrakimou & Adam More ~ Fascinating Everything

The title is apt: Fascinating Everything is indeed fascinating.  This beguiling release goes in every direction save the expected; when it is over, one asks, what did I just hear?  The product of a former Arkansan (now in South Korea) and a Canadian,

Lewtrakimou & Adam More ~ Fascinating Everything

The title is apt: Fascinating Everything is indeed fascinating.  This beguiling release goes in every direction save the expected; when it is over, one asks, what did I just hear?  The product of a former Arkansan (now in South Korea) and a Canadian,

She Spread Sorrow ~ Rumspringa

The violence enacted by noise and industrial music has been, from their very inception, directed towards the body in one way or another. Shattering its insides, penetrating its skin, transgressing all of its boundaries, they are musics that draw the

She Spread Sorrow ~ Rumspringa

The violence enacted by noise and industrial music has been, from their very inception, directed towards the body in one way or another. Shattering its insides, penetrating its skin, transgressing all of its boundaries, they are musics that draw the

Various Artists ~ One Minute Older

Got a minute?  Four years have passed since Second Language released Minute Papillon, a collection of sixty one-minute songs with liner notes so small they had to be read with a magnifying glass (included with purchase).  In this spirit comes

Various Artists ~ One Minute Older

Got a minute?  Four years have passed since Second Language released Minute Papillon, a collection of sixty one-minute songs with liner notes so small they had to be read with a magnifying glass (included with purchase).  In this spirit comes

möström ~ we speak whale

The genre-defying debut of female trio möström is a sparkling original, beguiling in the best sense.  These Viennese veterans of other bands (including Gustav, broken.heart.collector and The Vegetable Orchestra, dedicated to “the exploration of the acoustic properties of vegetables” – really!) have

möström ~ we speak whale

The genre-defying debut of female trio möström is a sparkling original, beguiling in the best sense.  These Viennese veterans of other bands (including Gustav, broken.heart.collector and The Vegetable Orchestra, dedicated to “the exploration of the acoustic properties of vegetables” – really!) have

Walks on the Beach ~ Adoption Tapes

Integrating two genres or more is a very difficult feat to pull off, mostly because it implies the articulation of different, often even opposing, ideas about how music works. That Adoption Tapes is presented to the audience as a unified,

Walks on the Beach ~ Adoption Tapes

Integrating two genres or more is a very difficult feat to pull off, mostly because it implies the articulation of different, often even opposing, ideas about how music works. That Adoption Tapes is presented to the audience as a unified,

Various Artists ~ Trade & Distribution Almanac Volume Four

I recently spent a weekend in a city that seemed to play only 80s pop music.  Every store, bar and radio station shared the same playlist.  As I drove away at the end of the weekend, I was thankful for

Various Artists ~ Trade & Distribution Almanac Volume Four

I recently spent a weekend in a city that seemed to play only 80s pop music.  Every store, bar and radio station shared the same playlist.  As I drove away at the end of the weekend, I was thankful for

Far Rainbow ~ No Medicine That Can Cure A Fool

Far Rainbow are Emily Mary Barnett and Bobby Barry. On No Medicine That Can Cure A Fool they introduce the listener to a deeply colorful world that’s alive and blended together rather uneasily by rocky, experimental seas and the oh-so-still ambient sky.

Far Rainbow ~ No Medicine That Can Cure A Fool

Far Rainbow are Emily Mary Barnett and Bobby Barry. On No Medicine That Can Cure A Fool they introduce the listener to a deeply colorful world that’s alive and blended together rather uneasily by rocky, experimental seas and the oh-so-still ambient sky.

Gilles Gobeil ~ Les lointains

The final piece of our empreintes DIGITALes triptych demonstrates the diversity of the label, as well as the intelligence of its artists.  Québec’s Gilles Gobeil has over 25 years of recordings under his belt, but has not released a solo album since

Gilles Gobeil ~ Les lointains

The final piece of our empreintes DIGITALes triptych demonstrates the diversity of the label, as well as the intelligence of its artists.  Québec’s Gilles Gobeil has over 25 years of recordings under his belt, but has not released a solo album since