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ACL 2012: Overview
A huge thank you to all of our contributors, readers, artists, labels and friends for making A Closer Listen a success in its very first year! Our readership has grown steadily month by month and it still continues to soar!
ACL 2012: Overview
A huge thank you to all of our contributors, readers, artists, labels and friends for making A Closer Listen a success in its very first year! Our readership has grown steadily month by month and it still continues to soar!
A Closer Look: Montreal’s AKOUSMA Festival
Québec has long nurtured creative and experimental arts & music. The Québécois are something of an historical anomaly, an island of Francophones adrift in a sea Anglophones. This fact, combined with its relative geographic isolation and the paradox of containing the
A Closer Look: Montreal’s AKOUSMA Festival
Québec has long nurtured creative and experimental arts & music. The Québécois are something of an historical anomaly, an island of Francophones adrift in a sea Anglophones. This fact, combined with its relative geographic isolation and the paradox of containing the
LCNL Mix 013: mise_en_scene
LCNL 013: Mise en Scene Our lucky 13th mix comes just after Halloween, and in fact after the one year anniversary of this mix series. If you’ve been enjoying these forays into creative and sometimes challenging musics, please help spread the
LCNL Mix 013: mise_en_scene
LCNL 013: Mise en Scene Our lucky 13th mix comes just after Halloween, and in fact after the one year anniversary of this mix series. If you’ve been enjoying these forays into creative and sometimes challenging musics, please help spread the
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
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