Pinkcourtesyphone & Gwyneth Wentink ~ Elision

The harp has struggled to break back into the public consciousness in recent years, but thanks to the efforts of harpists such as Cecilia Chailly, Rhodri Davies, Mary Lattimore and Gwyneth Wentink, a small resurgence is taking place.  Don’t speak to them

Pinkcourtesyphone & Gwyneth Wentink ~ Elision

The harp has struggled to break back into the public consciousness in recent years, but thanks to the efforts of harpists such as Cecilia Chailly, Rhodri Davies, Mary Lattimore and Gwyneth Wentink, a small resurgence is taking place.  Don’t speak to them

Soft Recordings ~ Discovery 1

  At A Closer Listen, we wholeheartedly endorse, approve of and recommend the compilation approach. Unfortunately, it’s hard enough for artists as it is. It’s been that way for years, so a compilation album isn’t just a great (and sometimes necessary)

Soft Recordings ~ Discovery 1

  At A Closer Listen, we wholeheartedly endorse, approve of and recommend the compilation approach. Unfortunately, it’s hard enough for artists as it is. It’s been that way for years, so a compilation album isn’t just a great (and sometimes necessary)

Giulio Aldinucci ~ Yellow Horse

This is A Closer Listen‘s third review category for sonic chameleon Giulio Aldinucci, who has always operated as a multidisciplinary artist.  Yellow Horse is his most unusual work to date, and as such is one of his best. Most people have a junk drawer somewhere

Giulio Aldinucci ~ Yellow Horse

This is A Closer Listen‘s third review category for sonic chameleon Giulio Aldinucci, who has always operated as a multidisciplinary artist.  Yellow Horse is his most unusual work to date, and as such is one of his best. Most people have a junk drawer somewhere

Library Tapes ~ Escapism

The album and its individual tracks may be short, but the emotional heft is huge.  Escapism is melancholic and moving, powerfully sad.  If one were to experience more of it, one might melt. The combination of David Wenngren (piano and celeste)

Library Tapes ~ Escapism

The album and its individual tracks may be short, but the emotional heft is huge.  Escapism is melancholic and moving, powerfully sad.  If one were to experience more of it, one might melt. The combination of David Wenngren (piano and celeste)

LCNL 069: Morgen Wurde presents Sturm

Wolfgang Röttger is Morgen Wurde, an atmospheric electro-acoustic project using trumpet and electronic sounds and processing to create a new form of lyricism and haunting soundscapes. Coming from Kiel, Germany on the Baltic Sea, a port city between Hamburg and

LCNL 069: Morgen Wurde presents Sturm

Wolfgang Röttger is Morgen Wurde, an atmospheric electro-acoustic project using trumpet and electronic sounds and processing to create a new form of lyricism and haunting soundscapes. Coming from Kiel, Germany on the Baltic Sea, a port city between Hamburg and

Gabriel Saloman ~ Movement Building Vol. 2

The second of a planned trilogy, Movement Building Vol. 2 builds on its predecessor and operates as a soundtrack to a tragic winter romance.  The album’s source material is Yasunari Kawabata’s novel Snow Country, although the artist takes time to visit Japanese court music

Gabriel Saloman ~ Movement Building Vol. 2

The second of a planned trilogy, Movement Building Vol. 2 builds on its predecessor and operates as a soundtrack to a tragic winter romance.  The album’s source material is Yasunari Kawabata’s novel Snow Country, although the artist takes time to visit Japanese court music

Lumisokea ~ Transmissions from Revarsavr

On their seventh Opal Tapes release, Lumisokea seems to be having more fun than ever. Not only is the album rife with percussion, it oozes old-school authenticity, as Koenraad Ecker and Andrea Taeggi borrowed a bunch of hundred-year-old noise instruments

Lumisokea ~ Transmissions from Revarsavr

On their seventh Opal Tapes release, Lumisokea seems to be having more fun than ever. Not only is the album rife with percussion, it oozes old-school authenticity, as Koenraad Ecker and Andrea Taeggi borrowed a bunch of hundred-year-old noise instruments

Joshua Bonnetta ~ Lago

Lago is an ambitious project, conceived as a companion to Ron Jude’s photographic book of the same name.  As the successor to 2014’s Strange Lines and Distances, the LP provides further evidence that Joshua Bonnetta has greater things on his mind than simple field recording.

Joshua Bonnetta ~ Lago

Lago is an ambitious project, conceived as a companion to Ron Jude’s photographic book of the same name.  As the successor to 2014’s Strange Lines and Distances, the LP provides further evidence that Joshua Bonnetta has greater things on his mind than simple field recording.