Category Archives: Experimental

Old Bicycle Records ~ Sparkle in Grey, Nuno Moita/Matteo Uggeri, Stefano De Ponti, and Tape Crash # 6 & #7

Old Bicycle Records is a small label based in the small city of Piazzogna in the Italian canton of Switzerland, a relatively small region of an already small country.  Nestled in the Alps, label founder Vasco Viviani is proud of

Old Bicycle Records ~ Sparkle in Grey, Nuno Moita/Matteo Uggeri, Stefano De Ponti, and Tape Crash # 6 & #7

Old Bicycle Records is a small label based in the small city of Piazzogna in the Italian canton of Switzerland, a relatively small region of an already small country.  Nestled in the Alps, label founder Vasco Viviani is proud of

Raising Holy Sparks ~ Era Of Manifestations

If you’re a prolific artist of any kind, especially a musician, it’s easy for some to misread your intentions and to cast your motivations in a suspect light. Too often, a high output is seen as a lack of self-control,

Raising Holy Sparks ~ Era Of Manifestations

If you’re a prolific artist of any kind, especially a musician, it’s easy for some to misread your intentions and to cast your motivations in a suspect light. Too often, a high output is seen as a lack of self-control,

Francisco Meirino ~ An Extended Meaning for Something Meaningless

Francisco Meirino is the composer formerly known as phroq; in the past two decades, he’s released over a hundred solo and collaborative ventures.  After such achievements, most performers would be content to rest on their laurels.  Not so Meirino, whose new

Francisco Meirino ~ An Extended Meaning for Something Meaningless

Francisco Meirino is the composer formerly known as phroq; in the past two decades, he’s released over a hundred solo and collaborative ventures.  After such achievements, most performers would be content to rest on their laurels.  Not so Meirino, whose new

Emanuele de Raymondi ~ Ultimo Domicilio

The work of Italian composer Emanuele de Raymondi lands in the juncture between drone, electronic and modern composition.  Ultimo Domicilio (Last Domicile) is a work that one yearns to dissect, taking the original tracks and laying them side by side to see where

Emanuele de Raymondi ~ Ultimo Domicilio

The work of Italian composer Emanuele de Raymondi lands in the juncture between drone, electronic and modern composition.  Ultimo Domicilio (Last Domicile) is a work that one yearns to dissect, taking the original tracks and laying them side by side to see where

Iancu Dumitrescu ~ Pierres Sacrées / Hazard and Tectonics

Iancu Dumitrescu has for a long time been at the edge of an avant-garde that treats its source material not as form/content or sign but phenomenon, eluding the sculptural particularities of both the spectralists and the concréte composers while adapting

Iancu Dumitrescu ~ Pierres Sacrées / Hazard and Tectonics

Iancu Dumitrescu has for a long time been at the edge of an avant-garde that treats its source material not as form/content or sign but phenomenon, eluding the sculptural particularities of both the spectralists and the concréte composers while adapting

SaffronKeira + Mario Massa ~ Cause and Effect

Cause and Effect is an expansive record whose soundscapes reach to the abstract to cavort with a concept that can stray equally far from our comprehension. With his third full-length, electronic sound composer, Eugenio Caria, under the name SaffronKeira, ruminates

SaffronKeira + Mario Massa ~ Cause and Effect

Cause and Effect is an expansive record whose soundscapes reach to the abstract to cavort with a concept that can stray equally far from our comprehension. With his third full-length, electronic sound composer, Eugenio Caria, under the name SaffronKeira, ruminates

Various Artists ~ Things that a mutant needs to know

In 1956, Jorge Luis Borges and Adolfo Bioy Casares published Short and Amazing Tales*, an anthology of magical realism and adventure.  This is the follow-up, 55 short stories accompanied by 55 short songs: flash fiction and micro music, curated by Reinaldo Laddaga.  Intriguing

Various Artists ~ Things that a mutant needs to know

In 1956, Jorge Luis Borges and Adolfo Bioy Casares published Short and Amazing Tales*, an anthology of magical realism and adventure.  This is the follow-up, 55 short stories accompanied by 55 short songs: flash fiction and micro music, curated by Reinaldo Laddaga.  Intriguing

V/A ~ FFFour KMSU

Even in the internet age, college radio is one of the best places to discover truly exciting music.  The DJs tend to have eclectic tastes and are able to select their own set lists, unbeholden to labels and payola scandals.

V/A ~ FFFour KMSU

Even in the internet age, college radio is one of the best places to discover truly exciting music.  The DJs tend to have eclectic tastes and are able to select their own set lists, unbeholden to labels and payola scandals.