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How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Ambient Noise: Discovering Set Fire To Flames

You often hear people speak about a turning point in their lives, a great awakening following a tragedy or a moment of sudden joy and clarity eclipsing all that came before. The survival of the car crash, the cold turkey

How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Ambient Noise: Discovering Set Fire To Flames

You often hear people speak about a turning point in their lives, a great awakening following a tragedy or a moment of sudden joy and clarity eclipsing all that came before. The survival of the car crash, the cold turkey

A Closer Look: Mutek 2013

Mutek It’s been over a month now since the last late night at the SAT, the last long walk up St. Laurent in the early morning, and I’ve let it all sink in and decompress a bit. Any festival can

A Closer Look: Mutek 2013

Mutek It’s been over a month now since the last late night at the SAT, the last long walk up St. Laurent in the early morning, and I’ve let it all sink in and decompress a bit. Any festival can

LCNL 029: Raining Light Mix (Lost Trail)

LCNL 029: Raining Light Mix (Lost Trail) Zachary Corsa plays in the drone group Lost Trail with his wife Denny, as well as his solo ambient-folk project Pines, whose debut C40 cassette is going to be released soon.  He also runs

LCNL 029: Raining Light Mix (Lost Trail)

LCNL 029: Raining Light Mix (Lost Trail) Zachary Corsa plays in the drone group Lost Trail with his wife Denny, as well as his solo ambient-folk project Pines, whose debut C40 cassette is going to be released soon.  He also runs

Interview: Rhys Chatham

Come summer Montreal becomes a parade of constant festivals.  Suoni per il Popolo (Sounds for the People) remains my favorite festival because it’s really an anti-festival; it’s a well-curated concert series that rewards attention and reflection.  The way that the

Interview: Rhys Chatham

Come summer Montreal becomes a parade of constant festivals.  Suoni per il Popolo (Sounds for the People) remains my favorite festival because it’s really an anti-festival; it’s a well-curated concert series that rewards attention and reflection.  The way that the

LCNL 028: Electronic Observations Summer Mix

LCNL 028: Electronic Observations Summer Mix (Jeremy Bye) Jeremy Bye is part of the founding trifecta behind A CLOSER LISTEN, and in addition to contributing top-notch reviews, he also is responsible for the monthly series ELECTRONIC OBSERVATIONS, compiling the best

LCNL 028: Electronic Observations Summer Mix

LCNL 028: Electronic Observations Summer Mix (Jeremy Bye) Jeremy Bye is part of the founding trifecta behind A CLOSER LISTEN, and in addition to contributing top-notch reviews, he also is responsible for the monthly series ELECTRONIC OBSERVATIONS, compiling the best

Best New Videos: Animation Edition

This past season has been healthy for animation, as demonstrated in these nine scored videos (plus one bonus video related to Voyager‘s golden disc).  These directors share a keen sense of imagination as well as a great deal of patience.  Animation

Best New Videos: Animation Edition

This past season has been healthy for animation, as demonstrated in these nine scored videos (plus one bonus video related to Voyager‘s golden disc).  These directors share a keen sense of imagination as well as a great deal of patience.  Animation

LCNL 027: Ross Baker presents Mind in the Shadow Mix

LCNL 027: Mind in the Shadow (Ross Baker) Ross Baker collages together some influential tracks alongside his own compositions and field-recordings to bring us out into the country. [gigya src=”http://www.mixcloud.com/media/swf/player/mixcloudLoader.swf” flashvars=”feed=http://www.mixcloud.com/LostChildrenNetLabel/ross-baker-presents-mind-in-the-shadow/?utm_source=widget&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=base_links&utm_term=resource_link” wmode=”opaque” allowscriptaccess=”always” allowfullscreen=”true” width=”700″ height=”300″ ] MINI-INTERVIEW Introduce yourself. 

LCNL 027: Ross Baker presents Mind in the Shadow Mix

LCNL 027: Mind in the Shadow (Ross Baker) Ross Baker collages together some influential tracks alongside his own compositions and field-recordings to bring us out into the country. [gigya src=”http://www.mixcloud.com/media/swf/player/mixcloudLoader.swf” flashvars=”feed=http://www.mixcloud.com/LostChildrenNetLabel/ross-baker-presents-mind-in-the-shadow/?utm_source=widget&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=base_links&utm_term=resource_link” wmode=”opaque” allowscriptaccess=”always” allowfullscreen=”true” width=”700″ height=”300″ ] MINI-INTERVIEW Introduce yourself. 

LCNL 026: Lcoma presents Unorganised

LCNL 026: Lcoma presents Unorganised Liverpudlian Liam Coleman aka Lcoma presents his favorite Soundcloud tracks of the last two years. A great place to begin. [gigya src=”http://www.mixcloud.com/media/swf/player/mixcloudLoader.swf” flashvars=”feed=http://www.mixcloud.com/LostChildrenNetLabel/lcoma-presents-unorganised/?utm_source=widget&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=base_links&utm_term=resource_link” wmode=”opaque” allowscriptaccess=”always” allowfullscreen=”true” width=”700″ height=”300″ ] MINI-INTERVIEW So, who are you? Liam

LCNL 026: Lcoma presents Unorganised

LCNL 026: Lcoma presents Unorganised Liverpudlian Liam Coleman aka Lcoma presents his favorite Soundcloud tracks of the last two years. A great place to begin. [gigya src=”http://www.mixcloud.com/media/swf/player/mixcloudLoader.swf” flashvars=”feed=http://www.mixcloud.com/LostChildrenNetLabel/lcoma-presents-unorganised/?utm_source=widget&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=base_links&utm_term=resource_link” wmode=”opaque” allowscriptaccess=”always” allowfullscreen=”true” width=”700″ height=”300″ ] MINI-INTERVIEW So, who are you? Liam