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SP* Episode 38: DIS/PLACED – with Matana Roberts [podcast]
Matana Roberts is a multidisciplinary artist, saxophonist, composer, and performer. With the release of In the Garden…, their ongoing, projected 12-chapter series COIN COIN is near its midpoint. Roberts has developed a composition system for the series based on mixed
SP* Episode 38: DIS/PLACED – with Matana Roberts [podcast]
Matana Roberts is a multidisciplinary artist, saxophonist, composer, and performer. With the release of In the Garden…, their ongoing, projected 12-chapter series COIN COIN is near its midpoint. Roberts has developed a composition system for the series based on mixed
Interview with Rafael Anton Irisarri
A week prior to headlining the Ametric Festival in Crete (September 12-14), and only days after the announcement of his upcoming November album FAÇADISMS, Rafael Anton Irisarri spent some time conversing with our own Greek correspondent Maria Papadomanolaki. In this interview,
Interview with Rafael Anton Irisarri
A week prior to headlining the Ametric Festival in Crete (September 12-14), and only days after the announcement of his upcoming November album FAÇADISMS, Rafael Anton Irisarri spent some time conversing with our own Greek correspondent Maria Papadomanolaki. In this interview,
Fall Music Preview 2024 ~ Rock, Post-Rock, Folk & Jazz
Our 2024 Fall Music Preview comes to an end on the first big release date of fall. Soon everyone will be able to hear these albums in full! But remember, this is only the beginning. By the time the autumn
Fall Music Preview 2024 ~ Rock, Post-Rock, Folk & Jazz
Our 2024 Fall Music Preview comes to an end on the first big release date of fall. Soon everyone will be able to hear these albums in full! But remember, this is only the beginning. By the time the autumn
Fall Music Preview 2024 ~ Modern Composition
Modern composition is looking incredibly strong this fall, as evidenced by the fact that half of our Ten Fall Albums to Check Out Now! came from this category. One of these albums was literally buried for three years; another one
Fall Music Preview 2024 ~ Modern Composition
Modern composition is looking incredibly strong this fall, as evidenced by the fact that half of our Ten Fall Albums to Check Out Now! came from this category. One of these albums was literally buried for three years; another one
Fall Music Preview 2024 ~ Experimental
The theme of David Stubbs’ book Fear of Music: Why People Get Rothko But Don’t Get Stockhausen is less an explanation than an observation: the general public is more willing to embrace experimentation in modern art than in modern music. We
Fall Music Preview 2024 ~ Experimental
The theme of David Stubbs’ book Fear of Music: Why People Get Rothko But Don’t Get Stockhausen is less an explanation than an observation: the general public is more willing to embrace experimentation in modern art than in modern music. We
Fall Music Preview 2024 ~ Electronic
The beats are back! It’s time to move and groove with a full slate of electronic releases, designed to motivate and energize. This tempo-based genre ranges from the languid to the extreme, with everything between. This season we see further
Fall Music Preview 2024 ~ Electronic
The beats are back! It’s time to move and groove with a full slate of electronic releases, designed to motivate and energize. This tempo-based genre ranges from the languid to the extreme, with everything between. This season we see further
Fall Music Preview 2024 ~ Drone
Descending from the heights of yesterday’s massive ambient preview, we come to a smaller but no less powerful calendar of drone. This season’s schedule includes a double album from an artist whose 2022 record was our Album of the Year
Fall Music Preview 2024 ~ Drone
Descending from the heights of yesterday’s massive ambient preview, we come to a smaller but no less powerful calendar of drone. This season’s schedule includes a double album from an artist whose 2022 record was our Album of the Year
Fall Music Preview 2024 ~ Ambient
Mark your calendars: next Friday is not only the first big release date of fall, but it may end up being the biggest release date of the season. We are currently tracking nearly 100 instrumental and experimental EPs and albums
Fall Music Preview 2024 ~ Ambient
Mark your calendars: next Friday is not only the first big release date of fall, but it may end up being the biggest release date of the season. We are currently tracking nearly 100 instrumental and experimental EPs and albums
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