Nasim Kushnawaz ~ Songs From the Pearl of Khorasan

Here at ACL, coverage of traditional Middle Eastern music is sparse. Much of this music fits our focus on beautiful instrumentation. And we often love listening to it. Nonetheless, it can be uncomfortable writing from a position of relative ignorance.

Nasim Kushnawaz ~ Songs From the Pearl of Khorasan

Here at ACL, coverage of traditional Middle Eastern music is sparse. Much of this music fits our focus on beautiful instrumentation. And we often love listening to it. Nonetheless, it can be uncomfortable writing from a position of relative ignorance.

Galya Bisengalieva ~ Hold Your Breath: The Ice Dive

How long can you hold your breath underwater?  Have you ever tested the limits of your abilities?  Perhaps you have swum from one end of a pool to another, or dived deep to follow a sea turtle, or built up

Galya Bisengalieva ~ Hold Your Breath: The Ice Dive

How long can you hold your breath underwater?  Have you ever tested the limits of your abilities?  Perhaps you have swum from one end of a pool to another, or dived deep to follow a sea turtle, or built up

Indian Wells ~ No One Really Listens to Oscillators

No one really listens to oscillators, claims Indian Wells.  Okay, we’ll take that as a challenge.  The title track, like many of Pietro Iannuzzi’s pieces, starts with a recognizable melody, then gently mutates.  This is a common theme in trance, which nudges listeners

Indian Wells ~ No One Really Listens to Oscillators

No one really listens to oscillators, claims Indian Wells.  Okay, we’ll take that as a challenge.  The title track, like many of Pietro Iannuzzi’s pieces, starts with a recognizable melody, then gently mutates.  This is a common theme in trance, which nudges listeners

Matt Shoemaker ~ Brengenging Sala

It takes a lot of moving parts to fund, film, and release a piece of cinema. It is no surprise that many projects never make it onto our screens. Directed by Matthew Dunning, Brêngênging Sala, is a documentary exploring the

Matt Shoemaker ~ Brengenging Sala

It takes a lot of moving parts to fund, film, and release a piece of cinema. It is no surprise that many projects never make it onto our screens. Directed by Matthew Dunning, Brêngênging Sala, is a documentary exploring the

Conor C. Ellis ~ Dreamless

Commonly, the hazy and indeterminate quality of ambient music makes it easy to associate with mental states in which the unconscious takes over, directing your attention in patterns novel to your understanding. There’s something of a contradiction in the clarity

Conor C. Ellis ~ Dreamless

Commonly, the hazy and indeterminate quality of ambient music makes it easy to associate with mental states in which the unconscious takes over, directing your attention in patterns novel to your understanding. There’s something of a contradiction in the clarity

Ukrainian Field Notes IX

Episode IX of Ukrainian Field Notes sees us cracking (absurd) jokes with Andrey Kiritchenko, while looking at New Ukrainian Rave Culture courtesy of СПАЛАХ (and yes, the embedded doc comes with English subtitles). We also sense Poly Chain‘s frustration in

Ukrainian Field Notes IX

Episode IX of Ukrainian Field Notes sees us cracking (absurd) jokes with Andrey Kiritchenko, while looking at New Ukrainian Rave Culture courtesy of СПАЛАХ (and yes, the embedded doc comes with English subtitles). We also sense Poly Chain‘s frustration in

Fuji Yuki & Dimitris Tsironis ~ that sounds greek to me | Japanese & Greek Poetry of Grief

The process of translation is hypothetical, subjective, and elliptical. It prompts exchanges between languages, cultures, personal ideations, and inclinations, and demands a ‘digging deeper’ from the part of the translator who approximates the depths of a text with a searchlight,

Fuji Yuki & Dimitris Tsironis ~ that sounds greek to me | Japanese & Greek Poetry of Grief

The process of translation is hypothetical, subjective, and elliptical. It prompts exchanges between languages, cultures, personal ideations, and inclinations, and demands a ‘digging deeper’ from the part of the translator who approximates the depths of a text with a searchlight,

Simon Grab + Francesco Giudici ~ [No] Surrender

[No] Surrender is a manifest against social injustice that starts with a visual prelude. This is what dignity looks like. The cover is a portrait of Madame Rochat by artist Aline d’Auria. Madame Rochat worked as a concierge in a

Simon Grab + Francesco Giudici ~ [No] Surrender

[No] Surrender is a manifest against social injustice that starts with a visual prelude. This is what dignity looks like. The cover is a portrait of Madame Rochat by artist Aline d’Auria. Madame Rochat worked as a concierge in a