Category Archives: Experimental

Kineskop ~ Kontékst

Late last year, we reviewed Already Dead Tapes’ 100th release, Document.  We blinked, and they’re already up to #136!  Kontékst is one of the label’s most intriguing releases, an investigation of time and the markings of time. The cassette is packed

Kineskop ~ Kontékst

Late last year, we reviewed Already Dead Tapes’ 100th release, Document.  We blinked, and they’re already up to #136!  Kontékst is one of the label’s most intriguing releases, an investigation of time and the markings of time. The cassette is packed

Holly Herndon ~ Body Sound

Another excellent release from the ever-reliable Infinite Greyscale, Body Sound continues the label’s tradition of offering creative music on 10″ colored vinyl.  A fellow reviewer called the release “slightly baffling,” but it’s not; it’s beautiful.  The unique nature of the recording deserves

Holly Herndon ~ Body Sound

Another excellent release from the ever-reliable Infinite Greyscale, Body Sound continues the label’s tradition of offering creative music on 10″ colored vinyl.  A fellow reviewer called the release “slightly baffling,” but it’s not; it’s beautiful.  The unique nature of the recording deserves

Ian Humberstone and David Chatton Barker ~ Theo Brown and the Folklore of Dartmoor

This box set is an astonishment: a multi-format release so comprehensive that one wonders at the time, effort and love that were required to create it.  The sixth and most elaborate of the Folklore Tapes series, Theo Brown and the Folklore

Ian Humberstone and David Chatton Barker ~ Theo Brown and the Folklore of Dartmoor

This box set is an astonishment: a multi-format release so comprehensive that one wonders at the time, effort and love that were required to create it.  The sixth and most elaborate of the Folklore Tapes series, Theo Brown and the Folklore

Various Artists ~ Souvenirs Van de Woeste Grond

This release is so much fun it makes me want to learn Dutch.  The album features new music from Gluid, Gareth Davis, Machinefabriek, Weerthof, Reinier van Houdt and Wouter van Veldhoven, which is enough by itself.   But the backstory

Various Artists ~ Souvenirs Van de Woeste Grond

This release is so much fun it makes me want to learn Dutch.  The album features new music from Gluid, Gareth Davis, Machinefabriek, Weerthof, Reinier van Houdt and Wouter van Veldhoven, which is enough by itself.   But the backstory

Various Artists ~ CAM 1

CAM 1 is meant to highlight the diverse sonic talent of Wales, but it ends up being a larger advertisement for the diversity of music itself.  This is exactly what a compilation is meant to do: create interest in the label,

Various Artists ~ CAM 1

CAM 1 is meant to highlight the diverse sonic talent of Wales, but it ends up being a larger advertisement for the diversity of music itself.  This is exactly what a compilation is meant to do: create interest in the label,

Fernando Visockis ~ Gopchang Leftovers

An unusual album from Kotä Records, Gopchang Leftovers incorporates multiple styles and focuses on none.  The album was conceived during a residency in Seoul, but even that doesn’t explain the diversity on display.  Until one listens all the way through, one cannot

Fernando Visockis ~ Gopchang Leftovers

An unusual album from Kotä Records, Gopchang Leftovers incorporates multiple styles and focuses on none.  The album was conceived during a residency in Seoul, but even that doesn’t explain the diversity on display.  Until one listens all the way through, one cannot

Interview: Linear Obsessional’s Richard Sanderson on ‘For Syria’

  Since the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire after the First World War, the Middle East seems to have been unable to regain any sense of stability.  Internal conflicts, imposed borders, powerful oligarchs and outside interventions have resulted in a

Interview: Linear Obsessional’s Richard Sanderson on ‘For Syria’

  Since the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire after the First World War, the Middle East seems to have been unable to regain any sense of stability.  Internal conflicts, imposed borders, powerful oligarchs and outside interventions have resulted in a

Ears Have Ears: Unexplored Territories in Sound

One of the coolest radio shows is the world is Ears Have Ears, featured on Australia’s FBi Radio 94.5fm, every Thursday night from 9-11.  Artists love the show so much that they contribute original music, with an emphasis on soundtracks.

Ears Have Ears: Unexplored Territories in Sound

One of the coolest radio shows is the world is Ears Have Ears, featured on Australia’s FBi Radio 94.5fm, every Thursday night from 9-11.  Artists love the show so much that they contribute original music, with an emphasis on soundtracks.