Various Artists ~ Embrace

What does Danish music sound like?  The title of Minais B’s opening track is ironic:  “I Think Most People Here Know.”  The problem is that most people around the world don’t know, which is where this compilation comes in.  Most people associate

Various Artists ~ Embrace

What does Danish music sound like?  The title of Minais B’s opening track is ironic:  “I Think Most People Here Know.”  The problem is that most people around the world don’t know, which is where this compilation comes in.  Most people associate

Future Zen ~ Grograman and the Secret Sound of Colors

A homage to The Neverending Story – Michael Ende’s book, not the 1984 film – Grograman and the Secret Sound of Colors relates to the lion-like creature who lives in Goab, the Desert of Colors, a place in symbiosis with

Future Zen ~ Grograman and the Secret Sound of Colors

A homage to The Neverending Story – Michael Ende’s book, not the 1984 film – Grograman and the Secret Sound of Colors relates to the lion-like creature who lives in Goab, the Desert of Colors, a place in symbiosis with

Rauelsson ~ Mirall

Witness the continuing evolution of Rauelsson, a musical chameleon who continues to paint in new colors (although his primary palette remains green).  In retrospect, the electronic shift of Mirall can be gleaned in 2013’s Vora, although that album also showed great movement from the

Rauelsson ~ Mirall

Witness the continuing evolution of Rauelsson, a musical chameleon who continues to paint in new colors (although his primary palette remains green).  In retrospect, the electronic shift of Mirall can be gleaned in 2013’s Vora, although that album also showed great movement from the

Terje Isungset ~ Beauty of Winter

It’s almost summer, an odd time to release an album titled Beauty of Winter.  But despite its cold pedigree, the music sounds warm.  The sound of an ice pick may remind some of shave ice, a summer treat drawn from the

Terje Isungset ~ Beauty of Winter

It’s almost summer, an odd time to release an album titled Beauty of Winter.  But despite its cold pedigree, the music sounds warm.  The sound of an ice pick may remind some of shave ice, a summer treat drawn from the

Odeko ~ Rose Tinted Vision Implant

There was an episode a few years back of What’s In My Bag?, the YouTube series from Amoeba Records that features musicians picking out records in the store, in which Dan Deacon goes on a mini-rant after picking up The

Odeko ~ Rose Tinted Vision Implant

There was an episode a few years back of What’s In My Bag?, the YouTube series from Amoeba Records that features musicians picking out records in the store, in which Dan Deacon goes on a mini-rant after picking up The

Laurence Pike ~ Distant Early Warning

The name may be only vaguely familiar but there is a good chance you will have an album (or at least a song) in your collection on which Laurence Pike plays. His regular gig as one-third of PVT (previously Pivot)

Laurence Pike ~ Distant Early Warning

The name may be only vaguely familiar but there is a good chance you will have an album (or at least a song) in your collection on which Laurence Pike plays. His regular gig as one-third of PVT (previously Pivot)

Kaada ~ Closing Statements

If we were masters of our own fates, we might all have great exit lines.  We’d plan them years in advance, store them up and exhale them with our final breaths.  Yet in reality, most final words are more maudlin

Kaada ~ Closing Statements

If we were masters of our own fates, we might all have great exit lines.  We’d plan them years in advance, store them up and exhale them with our final breaths.  Yet in reality, most final words are more maudlin

Institute of Landscape Architecture ~ Melting Landscapes

Melting Landscapes is a success on all levels: concept, execution, presentation and sound.  This being said, Christophe Girot (Chair) and the staff and students of Zürich’s Institute of Landscape Architecture would likely trade all of their artistic successes for political movement.  Climate

Institute of Landscape Architecture ~ Melting Landscapes

Melting Landscapes is a success on all levels: concept, execution, presentation and sound.  This being said, Christophe Girot (Chair) and the staff and students of Zürich’s Institute of Landscape Architecture would likely trade all of their artistic successes for political movement.  Climate