John Eckhardt ~ PALEODUBFOLK
John Eckhardt first came to our attention in 2015, when The Wire published an article about his album FORESTS. The album contained two hours of double bass on a USB stick, lovingly nestled in a tangle of moss, lichen and bark from his family’s
John Eckhardt ~ PALEODUBFOLK
John Eckhardt first came to our attention in 2015, when The Wire published an article about his album FORESTS. The album contained two hours of double bass on a USB stick, lovingly nestled in a tangle of moss, lichen and bark from his family’s
Depatterning & Delphine Dora ~ The Country Hospital
The house is flooded, the power is out and a baby is due any moment … this is the real-life story of the final Wist Records release, as dramatic as the tale behind The Country Hospital. Founded in 2009 by
Depatterning & Delphine Dora ~ The Country Hospital
The house is flooded, the power is out and a baby is due any moment … this is the real-life story of the final Wist Records release, as dramatic as the tale behind The Country Hospital. Founded in 2009 by
A Closer Look: Unsound 2023
“Demand the sound of paper! Echoes of our REAM-IFY binary! Dada laughter in every perforation, Nietzschean yodel in every typewritten stroke. Dance, my friends, dance within nonsense stanzas and absurdist sonnets. REAM-IFY, mummify the rational!”
A Closer Look: Unsound 2023
“Demand the sound of paper! Echoes of our REAM-IFY binary! Dada laughter in every perforation, Nietzschean yodel in every typewritten stroke. Dance, my friends, dance within nonsense stanzas and absurdist sonnets. REAM-IFY, mummify the rational!”
Chrisman ~ Dozage
Congolese producer Chrisman spoils his listeners with 35 tracks and 94 minutes of music. Even the press release admits “there’s almost too much to absorb in one sitting,” but that’s okay, because the album deserves multiple plays. Amazingly, all of
Chrisman ~ Dozage
Congolese producer Chrisman spoils his listeners with 35 tracks and 94 minutes of music. Even the press release admits “there’s almost too much to absorb in one sitting,” but that’s okay, because the album deserves multiple plays. Amazingly, all of
Ulrich Krieger ~ Aphotic II – Abyssal
If one were to imagine a musical approximation of the ocean’s aphotic depths – the zones beyond the reach of sunlight and photosynthesis, where fish are luminescent – the first instruments that come to mind might not be saxophone, accordion,
Ulrich Krieger ~ Aphotic II – Abyssal
If one were to imagine a musical approximation of the ocean’s aphotic depths – the zones beyond the reach of sunlight and photosynthesis, where fish are luminescent – the first instruments that come to mind might not be saxophone, accordion,
Mute Frequencies ~ Svalbard Soundtracks
Music criticism has historically under-valued the role context and framing play in influencing the space of listening— knowing a piece of music was composed in relationship to images inevitably colors how one interprets its sound. The horn-like drone that enters
Mute Frequencies ~ Svalbard Soundtracks
Music criticism has historically under-valued the role context and framing play in influencing the space of listening— knowing a piece of music was composed in relationship to images inevitably colors how one interprets its sound. The horn-like drone that enters
Siavash Amini ~ eremos
Having already released the brilliant album Eidolon and the brooding, seething follow-up EP, The Sweat of Earth earlier this year, Iranian composer, musician and sound artist Siavash Amini now releases eremos on the American Dreams label. It’s a stunning continuation
Siavash Amini ~ eremos
Having already released the brilliant album Eidolon and the brooding, seething follow-up EP, The Sweat of Earth earlier this year, Iranian composer, musician and sound artist Siavash Amini now releases eremos on the American Dreams label. It’s a stunning continuation
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective ~ Many Voices: Ensemble
How best to encourage young musicians? One might teach them how to play the classics, or even provide them with a modern score (I recently heard middle schoolers playing the theme from The Avengers at a park festival). Even better,
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective ~ Many Voices: Ensemble
How best to encourage young musicians? One might teach them how to play the classics, or even provide them with a modern score (I recently heard middle schoolers playing the theme from The Avengers at a park festival). Even better,
a closer listen 