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Ukrainian Field Notes XLIV

The current episode of Ukrainian Field Notes is dispatched directly from Ukraine. I am writing this introduction from Lviv, where for the past three days I have been attending the Lviv Media Forum. As usual this has been an informative

Ukrainian Field Notes XLIV

The current episode of Ukrainian Field Notes is dispatched directly from Ukraine. I am writing this introduction from Lviv, where for the past three days I have been attending the Lviv Media Forum. As usual this has been an informative

To Float Freely Away ~ An Interview with Zosha Warpeha and Mariel Terán

Zosha Warpeha and Mariel Terán are each deep-dive explorers of instruments. As improvisers and composers, they’ve developed unique voices in contemporary instrumental music: Warpeha’s recent record, silver dawn, was one of my favorites of last year, and Terán’s work has

To Float Freely Away ~ An Interview with Zosha Warpeha and Mariel Terán

Zosha Warpeha and Mariel Terán are each deep-dive explorers of instruments. As improvisers and composers, they’ve developed unique voices in contemporary instrumental music: Warpeha’s recent record, silver dawn, was one of my favorites of last year, and Terán’s work has

Jeremy Young presents “With all our knowable ills, in airs thickened by electricity, we reset our chessboards.” [mix]

We’ve been fans of Jeremy Young‘s work, as a solo artist and band member, for as long as we’ve been doing this blog; we reviewed a Sontag Shogun split and a solo  szilárd record way back in 2012, and before

Jeremy Young presents “With all our knowable ills, in airs thickened by electricity, we reset our chessboards.” [mix]

We’ve been fans of Jeremy Young‘s work, as a solo artist and band member, for as long as we’ve been doing this blog; we reviewed a Sontag Shogun split and a solo  szilárd record way back in 2012, and before

Ukrainian Field Notes XLIII

Over the past three years we have covered many genres, with Ukrainian Field Notes often looking more like Mixmag than ACL. With the current episode we stray into KERRANG! territory, so maybe this should have been called Ukrainian Field (Metal)

Ukrainian Field Notes XLIII

Over the past three years we have covered many genres, with Ukrainian Field Notes often looking more like Mixmag than ACL. With the current episode we stray into KERRANG! territory, so maybe this should have been called Ukrainian Field (Metal)

A Frog Call Can Operate Like a Piano Chord: An Interview with Saapato

Saapato is a project by New York-based musician Brendan Principato, who is deeply interested in the aural connections of the natural world. His new album Decomposition: Fox on a Highway was released last month and includes collaborations with KMRU, Ben Seratan,

A Frog Call Can Operate Like a Piano Chord: An Interview with Saapato

Saapato is a project by New York-based musician Brendan Principato, who is deeply interested in the aural connections of the natural world. His new album Decomposition: Fox on a Highway was released last month and includes collaborations with KMRU, Ben Seratan,

Scott Alexander Howard and Stefan Christoff present A sonic window [mix]

Regular mix contributor Stefan Christoff is joined by Scott Alexander Howard for our first new mix of 2025, A sonic window. We’re pleased to announce that the duo will be releasing a joint album called Transit Assemblies on the Moon Villain

Scott Alexander Howard and Stefan Christoff present A sonic window [mix]

Regular mix contributor Stefan Christoff is joined by Scott Alexander Howard for our first new mix of 2025, A sonic window. We’re pleased to announce that the duo will be releasing a joint album called Transit Assemblies on the Moon Villain

Ukrainian Field Notes XLII

For this episode we travel to Ivano-Frankivsk to discover what DEDDOM does when he finds out the amount of his pension. Also in Ivano-Frankivsk we speculate on the meaning of Cringemodernism with Benjamin WiSE, and 5NONE5 distances himself from American

Ukrainian Field Notes XLII

For this episode we travel to Ivano-Frankivsk to discover what DEDDOM does when he finds out the amount of his pension. Also in Ivano-Frankivsk we speculate on the meaning of Cringemodernism with Benjamin WiSE, and 5NONE5 distances himself from American

Ukrainian Field Notes XLI

February 24 marks the third anniversary of the full-scale invasion. As I write this, negotiations are taking place without the direct involvement of Ukraine, or Europe for that matter, which is the very reason I started this series, to give

Ukrainian Field Notes XLI

February 24 marks the third anniversary of the full-scale invasion. As I write this, negotiations are taking place without the direct involvement of Ukraine, or Europe for that matter, which is the very reason I started this series, to give