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SP* Episode 33: DIS/EMBODIED – with Cruel Diagonals [podcast]
Having first captured our attention with Monolithic Nuance (2018) for Longform Editions, Megan Mitchell’s Cruel Diagonals has continued to impress with each new work. With Fractured Whole, she set herself the task of producing an album using nothing but her
SP* Episode 33: DIS/EMBODIED – with Cruel Diagonals [podcast]
Having first captured our attention with Monolithic Nuance (2018) for Longform Editions, Megan Mitchell’s Cruel Diagonals has continued to impress with each new work. With Fractured Whole, she set herself the task of producing an album using nothing but her
Ukrainian Field Notes XXIX
Coming up to the second anniversary of the Russian full-scale invasion, we are back with a new episode of Ukrainian Field Notes. Vlad Yakovlev talks to us about Ukrainian folk from the 90s, while Paloven introduces the first Regular Disco
Ukrainian Field Notes XXIX
Coming up to the second anniversary of the Russian full-scale invasion, we are back with a new episode of Ukrainian Field Notes. Vlad Yakovlev talks to us about Ukrainian folk from the 90s, while Paloven introduces the first Regular Disco
Of Sound as Memory ~ An Interview With Nyokabi Kariũki
Nyokabi Kariũki has emerged as an exciting new voice in experimental music over the past few years. We will let her do the introductions herself, but it’s worth highlighting the blog she keeps over on her website, where you can
Of Sound as Memory ~ An Interview With Nyokabi Kariũki
Nyokabi Kariũki has emerged as an exciting new voice in experimental music over the past few years. We will let her do the introductions herself, but it’s worth highlighting the blog she keeps over on her website, where you can
ACL 2024 ~ Winter Music Preview: Rock, Post-Rock, Folk & Jazz
We conclude our six-part Winter Music Preview with a slew of genres: not only those mentioned above, but doom, dub, raga, Afrobeat and more. During this trip around the world, we’ll meet performers who operate as sonic chefs, spicing their
ACL 2024 ~ Winter Music Preview: Rock, Post-Rock, Folk & Jazz
We conclude our six-part Winter Music Preview with a slew of genres: not only those mentioned above, but doom, dub, raga, Afrobeat and more. During this trip around the world, we’ll meet performers who operate as sonic chefs, spicing their
ACL 2024 ~ Winter Music Preview: Modern Composition
A change of direction, an anticipated collection and a slew of soundtracks mark the winter slate of releases in Modern Composition. This music may be elegant, but it’s not just for highbrow audiences; a few of the albums below have
ACL 2024 ~ Winter Music Preview: Modern Composition
A change of direction, an anticipated collection and a slew of soundtracks mark the winter slate of releases in Modern Composition. This music may be elegant, but it’s not just for highbrow audiences; a few of the albums below have
ACL 2024 ~ Winter Music Preview: Experimental
Here’s where the most unique music is found: the music that either captures the imagination or – in its use of abstraction, dissonance, atonalism and more – makes one swim back to the safety of shore. While the outer edge
ACL 2024 ~ Winter Music Preview: Experimental
Here’s where the most unique music is found: the music that either captures the imagination or – in its use of abstraction, dissonance, atonalism and more – makes one swim back to the safety of shore. While the outer edge
ACL 2024 ~ Winter Music Preview: Electronic
In a slight winter surprise, our largest preview is not ambient, but electronic. Perhaps the winter release slate reflects a desire to dance the cold nights away, and to feel the warmth of summer in sweat rather than in sweaters.
ACL 2024 ~ Winter Music Preview: Electronic
In a slight winter surprise, our largest preview is not ambient, but electronic. Perhaps the winter release slate reflects a desire to dance the cold nights away, and to feel the warmth of summer in sweat rather than in sweaters.
ACL 2024 ~ Winter Music Preview: Drone
If ambient music reflects the light of gently falling snow, drone represents the shift from gorgeous to dangerous: white-out conditions, howling winds, frigid temperatures, rattling pipes and overworked heaters. Not that beauty is lacking from drone; the genre finds beauty
ACL 2024 ~ Winter Music Preview: Drone
If ambient music reflects the light of gently falling snow, drone represents the shift from gorgeous to dangerous: white-out conditions, howling winds, frigid temperatures, rattling pipes and overworked heaters. Not that beauty is lacking from drone; the genre finds beauty
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