Shūnya ~ Birth & Death

The title of Shūnya’s latest album is explained by the dedication: “for my dad who passed and for my son who entered.”  A highly personal album, Birth & Death comes across as tender and life-affirming, landing much more on the birth

Shūnya ~ Birth & Death

The title of Shūnya’s latest album is explained by the dedication: “for my dad who passed and for my son who entered.”  A highly personal album, Birth & Death comes across as tender and life-affirming, landing much more on the birth

Daghraven ~ #1

Is it too early for Halloween?  Because here comes Daghraven with some dark sounds, just as the earth is turning light again.  For those who enjoy listening to haunted music, there’s never a bad time for a release, but the

Daghraven ~ #1

Is it too early for Halloween?  Because here comes Daghraven with some dark sounds, just as the earth is turning light again.  For those who enjoy listening to haunted music, there’s never a bad time for a release, but the

Wóma ~ Heofonwóma

Significantly, poetry has always been, in some way or another, about sounds. So what happens when you listen to dreams in a language that has been long gone from our everyday hearing? How does it feel to sense the whispers

Wóma ~ Heofonwóma

Significantly, poetry has always been, in some way or another, about sounds. So what happens when you listen to dreams in a language that has been long gone from our everyday hearing? How does it feel to sense the whispers

Gizeh Records: Dark Peak Series

Manchester’s Gizeh Records has been one of our favorite labels for years, and now they’ve stepped it up a notch with the sublimely shadowed Dark Peak series.  The first installments, from Æmaeth and Anders Brørby, set the bar high, leaving nothing to

Gizeh Records: Dark Peak Series

Manchester’s Gizeh Records has been one of our favorite labels for years, and now they’ve stepped it up a notch with the sublimely shadowed Dark Peak series.  The first installments, from Æmaeth and Anders Brørby, set the bar high, leaving nothing to

S/QU/NC/R ~ OUA_BF

Once in a while, we receive a sonic document that breaks the boundaries of art and becomes important in other arenas: historical, political, personal.  OUA_BF is one of those recordings.  Without the background, it’s an engaging piece, but with the background,

S/QU/NC/R ~ OUA_BF

Once in a while, we receive a sonic document that breaks the boundaries of art and becomes important in other arenas: historical, political, personal.  OUA_BF is one of those recordings.  Without the background, it’s an engaging piece, but with the background,

Fovea Hex ~ The Salt Garden 1

As the natural heir to This Mortal Coil, Fovea Hex is a collaborative effort that produces sacred-toned music in both the vocal and instrumental fields.  Thanks to a measured release pace, the group tends to fall off the radar every few years,

Fovea Hex ~ The Salt Garden 1

As the natural heir to This Mortal Coil, Fovea Hex is a collaborative effort that produces sacred-toned music in both the vocal and instrumental fields.  Thanks to a measured release pace, the group tends to fall off the radar every few years,

The Cray Twins ~ The Pier

The Pier is a strange album that just gets stranger as it moves along, like a stream that picks up debris while it flows.  In this case, the stream is drone and the debris is a mixture of field recordings, classical

The Cray Twins ~ The Pier

The Pier is a strange album that just gets stranger as it moves along, like a stream that picks up debris while it flows.  In this case, the stream is drone and the debris is a mixture of field recordings, classical

Sound Propositions 010: Christina Vantzou

Sound Propositions is an ongoing, semi-regular series of conversations with artists exploring their creative practices and individual aesthetics, conceived of as a counter-narrative to a dominant trend in music journalism which fetishizes equipment and new technologies. Rather than writing copy

Sound Propositions 010: Christina Vantzou

Sound Propositions is an ongoing, semi-regular series of conversations with artists exploring their creative practices and individual aesthetics, conceived of as a counter-narrative to a dominant trend in music journalism which fetishizes equipment and new technologies. Rather than writing copy