Rural Tapes ~ Oneiric

I don’t sleep, I dream. When you wake (you’re still in a dream). Dream a little dream of me. The dreamer is still asleep. Dreams are like water, colourless and dangerous. You may recognise some of these songs, a sample

Rural Tapes ~ Oneiric

I don’t sleep, I dream. When you wake (you’re still in a dream). Dream a little dream of me. The dreamer is still asleep. Dreams are like water, colourless and dangerous. You may recognise some of these songs, a sample

Helen Anahita Wilson ~ Nightshade

In this unusual album, Helen Anahita Wilson not only produces sonic tributes to the members of the Solanaceae plant family; she provides them with a voice.  Biodata from member plants is used to trigger certain instruments and sounds, with whom Wilson

Helen Anahita Wilson ~ Nightshade

In this unusual album, Helen Anahita Wilson not only produces sonic tributes to the members of the Solanaceae plant family; she provides them with a voice.  Biodata from member plants is used to trigger certain instruments and sounds, with whom Wilson

Various Artists ~ Sounds of the Wetlands

This collection is so good that it may make prompt a move to the wetlands.  The double album is the result of a SoundLapse project which united composers and field recording artists from Valdivia (Chile) and London, sharing sounds captured

Various Artists ~ Sounds of the Wetlands

This collection is so good that it may make prompt a move to the wetlands.  The double album is the result of a SoundLapse project which united composers and field recording artists from Valdivia (Chile) and London, sharing sounds captured

Masimba Hwati & Paul Nataraj ~ Soil Leaf Root

To whom does land belong?  This simple question lies at the root of many of the world’s problems: border disputes, genocide, war.  When one orders a physical copy of this cassette, one receives a sample of land, as the cloth

Masimba Hwati & Paul Nataraj ~ Soil Leaf Root

To whom does land belong?  This simple question lies at the root of many of the world’s problems: border disputes, genocide, war.  When one orders a physical copy of this cassette, one receives a sample of land, as the cloth

Clarice Jensen ~ in holiday clothing out of the great darkness

The album title is a quotation from Rainer Maria Rilke’s Letters to a Young Poet, which includes the phrase “what steps forth, in holiday clothing, out of the great darkness.”  Cellist Clarice Jensen regards the image as a metaphor for the

Clarice Jensen ~ in holiday clothing out of the great darkness

The album title is a quotation from Rainer Maria Rilke’s Letters to a Young Poet, which includes the phrase “what steps forth, in holiday clothing, out of the great darkness.”  Cellist Clarice Jensen regards the image as a metaphor for the

Dylan Henner ~ Star Dream FM

Star Dream FM is a curiosity, an aural record of a radio station that doesn’t exist, miraculously brought to life.  Dylan Henner imagines finding such a station, broadcasting memories of his seventeen-year-old self in all its glory and angst; the evocative track

Dylan Henner ~ Star Dream FM

Star Dream FM is a curiosity, an aural record of a radio station that doesn’t exist, miraculously brought to life.  Dylan Henner imagines finding such a station, broadcasting memories of his seventeen-year-old self in all its glory and angst; the evocative track

Nobukazu Takemura ~ knot of meanings

It’s probably a very selective memory at work, but I associate the first time I heard Nobukazu Takemura’s music with the first time I heard computers singing. Other musicians had used MacInTalk, as it was called then, to provide a

Nobukazu Takemura ~ knot of meanings

It’s probably a very selective memory at work, but I associate the first time I heard Nobukazu Takemura’s music with the first time I heard computers singing. Other musicians had used MacInTalk, as it was called then, to provide a

Patrick Shiroishi ~ Forgetting Is Violent

Next year sees the 180th anniversary of the saxophone, an instrument that has flourished beyond anything its inventor could have imagined. A brass instrument that’s classified as woodwind, it arrived too late to really be part of a classical orchestra

Patrick Shiroishi ~ Forgetting Is Violent

Next year sees the 180th anniversary of the saxophone, an instrument that has flourished beyond anything its inventor could have imagined. A brass instrument that’s classified as woodwind, it arrived too late to really be part of a classical orchestra