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Interview: Francisco Lopez

  This short interview took place just before the start of the 2012 edition of the AKOUSMA festival of electroacoustic music in Montreal.  I hoped it would give added context to the performance, and indeed it did.  My review of

Interview: Francisco Lopez

  This short interview took place just before the start of the 2012 edition of the AKOUSMA festival of electroacoustic music in Montreal.  I hoped it would give added context to the performance, and indeed it did.  My review of

LCNL 012: SEC_ Mix (part two)

LCNL 012: SEC_ Mix (part two) Based in Naples, Italy, SEC_ combines music that reflects the darker, more chaotic side of this Mediterranean seaport. SEC_’s aesthetic practice is deeply personal and his technique and focus are inspiring. This mix showcases

LCNL 012: SEC_ Mix (part two)

LCNL 012: SEC_ Mix (part two) Based in Naples, Italy, SEC_ combines music that reflects the darker, more chaotic side of this Mediterranean seaport. SEC_’s aesthetic practice is deeply personal and his technique and focus are inspiring. This mix showcases

Best New Videos III

These brand-new videos represent our best batch yet!  We’ve scoured through hundreds of videos in the past few months in order to bring you the finest the industry has to offer.  Start watching here now to discover your new favorites! 

Best New Videos III

These brand-new videos represent our best batch yet!  We’ve scoured through hundreds of videos in the past few months in order to bring you the finest the industry has to offer.  Start watching here now to discover your new favorites! 

LCNL Mix 011: Daylight Fades

LCNL Mix 011 The internet as a distribution network for music  has done some really wonderful things for us, bad press to the contrary aside. As I hope this series itself will eventually attest, there is great productive power in

LCNL Mix 011: Daylight Fades

LCNL Mix 011 The internet as a distribution network for music  has done some really wonderful things for us, bad press to the contrary aside. As I hope this series itself will eventually attest, there is great productive power in

Premiere: Birds of Passage – “The Numinous Place”

A Closer Listen is proud to present the world premiere of a new track by Alicia Merz aka Birds of Passage entitled “The Numinous Place.” You might remember Merz from Dear and Unfamiliar,  her fabulous collaboration with Leonardo Rosado.  Released on

Premiere: Birds of Passage – “The Numinous Place”

A Closer Listen is proud to present the world premiere of a new track by Alicia Merz aka Birds of Passage entitled “The Numinous Place.” You might remember Merz from Dear and Unfamiliar,  her fabulous collaboration with Leonardo Rosado.  Released on

LCNL 10: SEC_ Mix (part one)

LCNL 010: SEC_ Mix Last year while in Napoli I met Mario Gabola (A spirale, Aspec(t)) at Perditempo, an incredible music venue in Piazza Dante with a sister-store nearby, both of which act as bars that sell radical books and

LCNL 10: SEC_ Mix (part one)

LCNL 010: SEC_ Mix Last year while in Napoli I met Mario Gabola (A spirale, Aspec(t)) at Perditempo, an incredible music venue in Piazza Dante with a sister-store nearby, both of which act as bars that sell radical books and

Sound Propositions 02: Matteo Uggeri

Joseph Sannicandro interviews Italian soundshaper Matteo Uggeri (Hue, Sparkle in Grey)   in the second installment of an ongoing series searching for a relationship towards technology that doesn’t fetishize equipment, but rather valorizes the creative process itself. There is a

Sound Propositions 02: Matteo Uggeri

Joseph Sannicandro interviews Italian soundshaper Matteo Uggeri (Hue, Sparkle in Grey)   in the second installment of an ongoing series searching for a relationship towards technology that doesn’t fetishize equipment, but rather valorizes the creative process itself. There is a

LCNL 09: Deep Magic

Download Last year Preservation records released Deep Magic‘s  second full-length record, Lucid Thought, as part of their innovative Circa series.    Deep magic’s contemplative, hypnotic music fit perfectly in with the series’ mission,  a unity of audio and visual design.  Around

LCNL 09: Deep Magic

Download Last year Preservation records released Deep Magic‘s  second full-length record, Lucid Thought, as part of their innovative Circa series.    Deep magic’s contemplative, hypnotic music fit perfectly in with the series’ mission,  a unity of audio and visual design.  Around