Various Artists ~ Home

The word home has multiple associations, as highlighted by this cozy compilation.  Home connotes safety, warmth, and love.  Home is where we lay our hats.  Home can be a location or a state of mind.  Now that December has arrived, many of

Various Artists ~ Home

The word home has multiple associations, as highlighted by this cozy compilation.  Home connotes safety, warmth, and love.  Home is where we lay our hats.  Home can be a location or a state of mind.  Now that December has arrived, many of

Silence & The Unwinking Minds ~ Inversion Layer

The new Silence & the Unwinking Minds album, Inversion Layer, is a delicately warm study of short moments of clarity. The solo project from New Zealand-based artist Derek Pearson explores the liminal spaces between transfixing, straightforward ambience and grainy, splintered

Silence & The Unwinking Minds ~ Inversion Layer

The new Silence & the Unwinking Minds album, Inversion Layer, is a delicately warm study of short moments of clarity. The solo project from New Zealand-based artist Derek Pearson explores the liminal spaces between transfixing, straightforward ambience and grainy, splintered

Pat Jaffe & Callum Mintzis ~ A Sanctuary of Quietude

The title is literal and metaphoric.  A Sanctuary of Quietude refers to “moments of stillness in nature,” and the set was recorded between lockdowns in the sanctuary of St. John’s Anglican Church, Camberwell. In order to realize their vision, the Melbourne

Pat Jaffe & Callum Mintzis ~ A Sanctuary of Quietude

The title is literal and metaphoric.  A Sanctuary of Quietude refers to “moments of stillness in nature,” and the set was recorded between lockdowns in the sanctuary of St. John’s Anglican Church, Camberwell. In order to realize their vision, the Melbourne

The Broken Cradle ~ Post Mortal

Post Mortal was inspired as a father watched his children grow and realized that he would probably die long before them.  Yet Eric McLean (The Broken Cradle) insists that the album is not “melancholic.”  We beg to differ, though there’s nothing wrong

The Broken Cradle ~ Post Mortal

Post Mortal was inspired as a father watched his children grow and realized that he would probably die long before them.  Yet Eric McLean (The Broken Cradle) insists that the album is not “melancholic.”  We beg to differ, though there’s nothing wrong

The World According to Sound – Listening Series 2022

A CLOSER LISTEN is honored to co-present Matmos as part of The World According To Sound‘s Winter Listening Series. A streaming concert series designed for our times, each event is dedicated to listening closely together, apart. If, like us, you’re

The World According to Sound – Listening Series 2022

A CLOSER LISTEN is honored to co-present Matmos as part of The World According To Sound‘s Winter Listening Series. A streaming concert series designed for our times, each event is dedicated to listening closely together, apart. If, like us, you’re

Meitei ~ Kofū II / 古風 II

Kofū II / 古風 II comes as a nice surprise, as it follows a revered trilogy while operating as a sequel.  After last year’s Kofū, Meitei‘s realized that he had over 60 extra tracks and a lot more to say.  (Note to

Meitei ~ Kofū II / 古風 II

Kofū II / 古風 II comes as a nice surprise, as it follows a revered trilogy while operating as a sequel.  After last year’s Kofū, Meitei‘s realized that he had over 60 extra tracks and a lot more to say.  (Note to

Rival Consoles ~ Overflow

Overflow is a dance album, composed for Alexander Whitley’s production of the same name; but some of the tracks have enormous club potential as well.  The album also manages the rare feat of being a dynamic home listen; as the music

Rival Consoles ~ Overflow

Overflow is a dance album, composed for Alexander Whitley’s production of the same name; but some of the tracks have enormous club potential as well.  The album also manages the rare feat of being a dynamic home listen; as the music

Motohiro Nakashima ~ Gathering the Light

How can an album sound like summer and winter at the same time?  Motohiro Nakashima has gathered the light in a manner that emulates tikkun olam, no matter the season.  This is exactly the sort of album we need right now:

Motohiro Nakashima ~ Gathering the Light

How can an album sound like summer and winter at the same time?  Motohiro Nakashima has gathered the light in a manner that emulates tikkun olam, no matter the season.  This is exactly the sort of album we need right now: