Musala nan Elian ~ Glossolalia

Founding our own Glorious Chapels is a collective in the true sense of the word, shifting not only members, but monikers.  Founded in 2016 when the bands Stems and Anathème joined forces as The Chapel of Exquises Ardents Pears, the

Musala nan Elian ~ Glossolalia

Founding our own Glorious Chapels is a collective in the true sense of the word, shifting not only members, but monikers.  Founded in 2016 when the bands Stems and Anathème joined forces as The Chapel of Exquises Ardents Pears, the

art test ~ fever dreams

Happy admission: I still have a CD player in my car. My prior car had a tape player, and for those who are wondering, Chrysler once made cars with turntables. I still burn CD-Rs, and tailor the selection to the

art test ~ fever dreams

Happy admission: I still have a CD player in my car. My prior car had a tape player, and for those who are wondering, Chrysler once made cars with turntables. I still burn CD-Rs, and tailor the selection to the

Mary Lattimore & Walt McClements ~ Rain on the Road

Harpist Mary Lattimore has been popping up all over the place this season, from Montgomery and Turner’s Spring Became Silent to Moor Mother’s GUILTY.  An Adult Swim collaboration with Juliana Barwick just became available as well.  Few artists have a scope this

Mary Lattimore & Walt McClements ~ Rain on the Road

Harpist Mary Lattimore has been popping up all over the place this season, from Montgomery and Turner’s Spring Became Silent to Moor Mother’s GUILTY.  An Adult Swim collaboration with Juliana Barwick just became available as well.  Few artists have a scope this

Rutger Zuydervelt ~ Kites (music for a performance by Roshanak Morrowatian)

With immigration issues at the forefront of global discussion, Kites could not be more timely.  Rutger Zuydervelt‘s score is but one arm of an audio-visual presentation, asking “What is it like to have to flee your homeland at a young age

Rutger Zuydervelt ~ Kites (music for a performance by Roshanak Morrowatian)

With immigration issues at the forefront of global discussion, Kites could not be more timely.  Rutger Zuydervelt‘s score is but one arm of an audio-visual presentation, asking “What is it like to have to flee your homeland at a young age

Lola de la Mata ~ Oceans on Azimuth

Back in 2018, we reviewed Lola de la Mata‘s REMISE EN BOUCHE, which introduced us to the work of this incredibly unique and insightful composer.  One year later, she was diagnosed with tinnitus and vertigo and advised to give up her

Lola de la Mata ~ Oceans on Azimuth

Back in 2018, we reviewed Lola de la Mata‘s REMISE EN BOUCHE, which introduced us to the work of this incredibly unique and insightful composer.  One year later, she was diagnosed with tinnitus and vertigo and advised to give up her

The Balloonist ~ A Quiet Day

Many people yearn for a quiet day, imagining that they might spend such a day languishing in the yard, reading on a comfortable couch, perhaps taking a walk by the stream.  But to a younger person, such days are to

The Balloonist ~ A Quiet Day

Many people yearn for a quiet day, imagining that they might spend such a day languishing in the yard, reading on a comfortable couch, perhaps taking a walk by the stream.  But to a younger person, such days are to

floating shrine ~ Connecting

Sometimes a micro-genre is lost to the point at which one wonders if it ever existed, apart from candy-glow daydreams.  Two decades ago, labels such as Spekk, flau and Noble specialized in a type of ambient glitch that sounded simultaneously

floating shrine ~ Connecting

Sometimes a micro-genre is lost to the point at which one wonders if it ever existed, apart from candy-glow daydreams.  Two decades ago, labels such as Spekk, flau and Noble specialized in a type of ambient glitch that sounded simultaneously

Andrzej Pietrewicz ~ #8

Andrzej Pietrewicz continues to challenge common assumptions of how sacred music can sound.  All too often, devotional albums are so safe that they dilute the creativity of the Creator.  This Toronto composer knows that awe comes from the unexpected, and that

Andrzej Pietrewicz ~ #8

Andrzej Pietrewicz continues to challenge common assumptions of how sacred music can sound.  All too often, devotional albums are so safe that they dilute the creativity of the Creator.  This Toronto composer knows that awe comes from the unexpected, and that