Category Archives: Experimental

V/A ~ Rust Belt Artists Against Genocide

At what point does one become overwhelmed by widespread atrocity, and forced to turn away – or grow so desensitized that horror no longer has an impact?  Faced with the ongoing genocide in Palestine, a group of artists at Infrasonic

V/A ~ Rust Belt Artists Against Genocide

At what point does one become overwhelmed by widespread atrocity, and forced to turn away – or grow so desensitized that horror no longer has an impact?  Faced with the ongoing genocide in Palestine, a group of artists at Infrasonic

Alma Laprida ~ Pitch Dark and Trembling

Excitement can be felt as an uncanny event. Excitement is a form of expanding the bodily self beyond its own limits. Excitement becomes vibration and thrill through space. Argentinian Improviser Alma Laprida’s latest work titled Pitch Dark and Trembling experiments

Alma Laprida ~ Pitch Dark and Trembling

Excitement can be felt as an uncanny event. Excitement is a form of expanding the bodily self beyond its own limits. Excitement becomes vibration and thrill through space. Argentinian Improviser Alma Laprida’s latest work titled Pitch Dark and Trembling experiments

Nour Sokhon ~ Beirut Birds

Teeming with urgency, Beirut Birds is an example of an album released at exactly the right time.  Nour Sokhon began working on this album in Lebanon in 2018 and continued after her move to Berlin in 2021.  Her poetic soundscapes and piercing

Nour Sokhon ~ Beirut Birds

Teeming with urgency, Beirut Birds is an example of an album released at exactly the right time.  Nour Sokhon began working on this album in Lebanon in 2018 and continued after her move to Berlin in 2021.  Her poetic soundscapes and piercing

ACL 2025 ~ Winter Music Preview: Experimental

Want to go on a grand adventure?  That’s where the Experimental category comes in.  These artists travel across history, rescuing untold and undertold stories. They use voice and instrument in unexpected and often unprecedented ways.  They are often ahead of

ACL 2025 ~ Winter Music Preview: Experimental

Want to go on a grand adventure?  That’s where the Experimental category comes in.  These artists travel across history, rescuing untold and undertold stories. They use voice and instrument in unexpected and often unprecedented ways.  They are often ahead of

ACL 2024 ~ Top Ten Experimental

Perhaps the greatest joy found in a year-end list of experimental music is that it rewards not only the experimentalism, but the overall appeal.  This is the landing spot for albums that stand out for being different, yet are embraced

ACL 2024 ~ Top Ten Experimental

Perhaps the greatest joy found in a year-end list of experimental music is that it rewards not only the experimentalism, but the overall appeal.  This is the landing spot for albums that stand out for being different, yet are embraced

Xqui & Dogs Versus Shadows ~ Dwell Time

Just in time for the holidays, The Subexotic Shopping Centre Trilogy arrives, and would make a wonderful gift for the discriminating vinyl consumer, especially one who lives in Britain.  Carlisle City Council‘s The Lanes Re-Development is a tribute to the cobbled streets and

Xqui & Dogs Versus Shadows ~ Dwell Time

Just in time for the holidays, The Subexotic Shopping Centre Trilogy arrives, and would make a wonderful gift for the discriminating vinyl consumer, especially one who lives in Britain.  Carlisle City Council‘s The Lanes Re-Development is a tribute to the cobbled streets and

Félicia Atkinson ~ Space As An Instrument

Standing but not facing completely what’s in front of me…Félicia Atkinson softly utters in the opening track “The Healing” off the aptly titled Space as an Instrument. Piano and subtle field recordings accompany Atkinson’s deeply poetic words, her enchanting exchanges

Félicia Atkinson ~ Space As An Instrument

Standing but not facing completely what’s in front of me…Félicia Atkinson softly utters in the opening track “The Healing” off the aptly titled Space as an Instrument. Piano and subtle field recordings accompany Atkinson’s deeply poetic words, her enchanting exchanges

ØKSE ~ ØKSE

New York hip-hop label Backwoodz Studioz continues their hot streak with the self-titled debut from international experimental jazz quartet ØKSE: California-raised NYC-based drummer Savannah Harris, Danish saxophonist Mette Rasmussen, Swede Petter Eldh on double bass, synths and sampler, and Haitian

ØKSE ~ ØKSE

New York hip-hop label Backwoodz Studioz continues their hot streak with the self-titled debut from international experimental jazz quartet ØKSE: California-raised NYC-based drummer Savannah Harris, Danish saxophonist Mette Rasmussen, Swede Petter Eldh on double bass, synths and sampler, and Haitian