Pali Meursault ~ { PRESS }

Pali Meursault has been having a prolific year.  In January, he released < strikes >, a strong piece of “protest trance music” from Chile highlighting the percussive sounds of pots and pans.  Next week he’ll team with Lee Patterson and Frédéric Nogray

Pali Meursault ~ { PRESS }

Pali Meursault has been having a prolific year.  In January, he released < strikes >, a strong piece of “protest trance music” from Chile highlighting the percussive sounds of pots and pans.  Next week he’ll team with Lee Patterson and Frédéric Nogray

Simon Kirby, Tommy Perman and Rob St. John ~ Sing the Gloaming

A wealth of material arrives with Sing the Gloaming, enough to power a dissertation.  And yet, the release itself is pure and simple: an exploration of words that start with the letters gl.  The project is reminiscent of the classic children’s program The

Simon Kirby, Tommy Perman and Rob St. John ~ Sing the Gloaming

A wealth of material arrives with Sing the Gloaming, enough to power a dissertation.  And yet, the release itself is pure and simple: an exploration of words that start with the letters gl.  The project is reminiscent of the classic children’s program The

epic45 ~ We Were Never Here

Wow, that is one beautiful book.  Book, you say?  Don’t worry, we’ll get to the music!  The album-sized 48-page softcover book is the entry point for this elegant release.  It somehow managed to get all the way across the ocean during

epic45 ~ We Were Never Here

Wow, that is one beautiful book.  Book, you say?  Don’t worry, we’ll get to the music!  The album-sized 48-page softcover book is the entry point for this elegant release.  It somehow managed to get all the way across the ocean during

William Ryan Fritch ~ The Letdown

As the first album in Lost Tribe Sound’s new series Built Upon a Fearful Void, The Letdown is anything but.  It’s also the first William Ryan Fritch album that doesn’t sound like William Ryan Fritch, which is quite an accomplishment given the fact that

William Ryan Fritch ~ The Letdown

As the first album in Lost Tribe Sound’s new series Built Upon a Fearful Void, The Letdown is anything but.  It’s also the first William Ryan Fritch album that doesn’t sound like William Ryan Fritch, which is quite an accomplishment given the fact that

Residual Drifter ~ Isolation Booth / Loss of Being

We often use “dark”, “warm”, and similar descriptors to help classify abstract music. Perhaps “utopian” and “dystopian” are equally useful. Some sounds have the power to conjure idyllic visions, showing us how the world might be. John Hassel and Brian

Residual Drifter ~ Isolation Booth / Loss of Being

We often use “dark”, “warm”, and similar descriptors to help classify abstract music. Perhaps “utopian” and “dystopian” are equally useful. Some sounds have the power to conjure idyllic visions, showing us how the world might be. John Hassel and Brian

Satoko Fujii Orchestra New York ~ Entity

Satoko Fujii has been a presence in avant-garde jazz since the late 1990s. She has released albums prolifically, as a solo pianist, or in duets and ensembles. Her most remarkable achievements have been as leader and composer for big bands.

Satoko Fujii Orchestra New York ~ Entity

Satoko Fujii has been a presence in avant-garde jazz since the late 1990s. She has released albums prolifically, as a solo pianist, or in duets and ensembles. Her most remarkable achievements have been as leader and composer for big bands.

No Chance to Get Lost: An Interview with Mukqs

Over the course March and April of this year, the Chicago-based experimentalist Mukqs released a series of EPs that showcase a wide diversity of approaches to electronics, each album coming to develop a life of its own. Given the project’s

No Chance to Get Lost: An Interview with Mukqs

Over the course March and April of this year, the Chicago-based experimentalist Mukqs released a series of EPs that showcase a wide diversity of approaches to electronics, each album coming to develop a life of its own. Given the project’s

Christine Ott ~ Chimères (pour ondes Martenot)

Among the myriad futures waylaid by the unidirectional discourse of technological progress lies that of early electronic instruments that promised new worlds different to those we got. Such is the case of the ondes martenot, developed throughout the 20th century

Christine Ott ~ Chimères (pour ondes Martenot)

Among the myriad futures waylaid by the unidirectional discourse of technological progress lies that of early electronic instruments that promised new worlds different to those we got. Such is the case of the ondes martenot, developed throughout the 20th century