Various Artists ~ For Headspace #1

For Headspace #1 is a mammoth fifty-track compilation featuring current and upcoming artists on Jakarta’s Tandem Tapes. All proceeds from the compilation will be donated to Headspace, an Australian Mental Health Foundation for 12 to 25-year-olds, in memory of a gentle and much-loved young man who sadly took his own

Various Artists ~ For Headspace #1

For Headspace #1 is a mammoth fifty-track compilation featuring current and upcoming artists on Jakarta’s Tandem Tapes. All proceeds from the compilation will be donated to Headspace, an Australian Mental Health Foundation for 12 to 25-year-olds, in memory of a gentle and much-loved young man who sadly took his own

Endless Melancholy ~ The Vacation

There’s only one copy of the reel-to-reel used for this album ~ the perfect artifact for the score to an empty world.  But one can feel the warmth even on the CD (in lovely book form, seen below) and on

Endless Melancholy ~ The Vacation

There’s only one copy of the reel-to-reel used for this album ~ the perfect artifact for the score to an empty world.  But one can feel the warmth even on the CD (in lovely book form, seen below) and on

Katharina Klement ~ peripheries

What comes to mind when you think of Belgrade? Katharina Klement went on a nine-week mission to discover the sound of the city, and came away with a multitude of answers. peripheries plays like a sonic photo album, the images more important

Katharina Klement ~ peripheries

What comes to mind when you think of Belgrade? Katharina Klement went on a nine-week mission to discover the sound of the city, and came away with a multitude of answers. peripheries plays like a sonic photo album, the images more important

Battlestations ~ Vixit

Is it live, or is it Memorex?  The tagline comes to mind when listening to the third album from the purposely elusive Battlestations.  If the first album was the prog album and the second the ambient album, the third is the

Battlestations ~ Vixit

Is it live, or is it Memorex?  The tagline comes to mind when listening to the third album from the purposely elusive Battlestations.  If the first album was the prog album and the second the ambient album, the third is the

Jared Sagar ~ Holme

Most of us love going to the beach, and proclaim that we love its sounds ~ wind, sea, surf.  But how closely do we actually listen?  Sound artist Jared Sagar takes a sonic microscope to the sounds of Holme, where woodlands and

Jared Sagar ~ Holme

Most of us love going to the beach, and proclaim that we love its sounds ~ wind, sea, surf.  But how closely do we actually listen?  Sound artist Jared Sagar takes a sonic microscope to the sounds of Holme, where woodlands and

Gajek ~ Micromanic

Gajek‘s Micromanic is one of two sublime silkscreened 10″ records being released this week by the dependable Infinite Greyscale, whose consistency over the past few years has been astounding.  Every object is a work of art, the accompanying music distinctive.  We

Gajek ~ Micromanic

Gajek‘s Micromanic is one of two sublime silkscreened 10″ records being released this week by the dependable Infinite Greyscale, whose consistency over the past few years has been astounding.  Every object is a work of art, the accompanying music distinctive.  We

Toàn ~ Histós Lusis

The seasons have shifted, as noted by Eilean Records’ blue summer releases.  The first is from Toàn, who has himself shifted tone from his earlier incarnation as Qiwu Selftet.  For much of the album, he hides his affection for tonal jazz, but

Toàn ~ Histós Lusis

The seasons have shifted, as noted by Eilean Records’ blue summer releases.  The first is from Toàn, who has himself shifted tone from his earlier incarnation as Qiwu Selftet.  For much of the album, he hides his affection for tonal jazz, but

Andrew Cosentino ~ Islip Speedway

Islip Speedway is a perfect mixtape for the 4th of July celebrations in Andrew Cosentino‘s native New York. On Long Island, being in holiday traffic is akin to being on a speedway: one is either racing or inching along, never seeming to

Andrew Cosentino ~ Islip Speedway

Islip Speedway is a perfect mixtape for the 4th of July celebrations in Andrew Cosentino‘s native New York. On Long Island, being in holiday traffic is akin to being on a speedway: one is either racing or inching along, never seeming to