Amanda Feery & Michael Tanner ~ To Run The Easting Down

As highlighted in our Fall Music Preview, To Run The Easting Down is one of the season’s loveliest releases, existing at the juncture of music, literature and art.  Graced by Theodor Kittelsen’s evocative painting and accompanied by a fictional log detailing a

Amanda Feery & Michael Tanner ~ To Run The Easting Down

As highlighted in our Fall Music Preview, To Run The Easting Down is one of the season’s loveliest releases, existing at the juncture of music, literature and art.  Graced by Theodor Kittelsen’s evocative painting and accompanied by a fictional log detailing a

Lumisokea ~ Mnemosyne

Italian/Belgian experimentalists Lumisokea (operating in Berlin) continue to stretch boundaries on their latest release.  Mnemosyne refers to the Greek goddess of memory and the mother of the Muses, while track titles such as “Abri” (shelter) and “Jenseits” (the hereafter) hint at

Lumisokea ~ Mnemosyne

Italian/Belgian experimentalists Lumisokea (operating in Berlin) continue to stretch boundaries on their latest release.  Mnemosyne refers to the Greek goddess of memory and the mother of the Muses, while track titles such as “Abri” (shelter) and “Jenseits” (the hereafter) hint at

Max Richter ~ Sleep

One of the year’s most ambitious projects, Max Richter‘s 8-hour, 25-minute Sleep (and accompanying highlight disc, from Sleep) is designed to send people to sleep and to keep them company throughout the night.  An upcoming series of overnight concerts in Berlin (with beds) will

Max Richter ~ Sleep

One of the year’s most ambitious projects, Max Richter‘s 8-hour, 25-minute Sleep (and accompanying highlight disc, from Sleep) is designed to send people to sleep and to keep them company throughout the night.  An upcoming series of overnight concerts in Berlin (with beds) will

Lewtrakimou & Adam More ~ Fascinating Everything

The title is apt: Fascinating Everything is indeed fascinating.  This beguiling release goes in every direction save the expected; when it is over, one asks, what did I just hear?  The product of a former Arkansan (now in South Korea) and a Canadian,

Lewtrakimou & Adam More ~ Fascinating Everything

The title is apt: Fascinating Everything is indeed fascinating.  This beguiling release goes in every direction save the expected; when it is over, one asks, what did I just hear?  The product of a former Arkansan (now in South Korea) and a Canadian,

Birds of Prey ~ Birds of Prey

At first, the music of Birds of Prey shudders in a shivery, desolate dwelling populated only by a scattering of dry bones and a nest of primeval insects. Cold, calculating and brooding, like the icy stare of a hawk looking for

Birds of Prey ~ Birds of Prey

At first, the music of Birds of Prey shudders in a shivery, desolate dwelling populated only by a scattering of dry bones and a nest of primeval insects. Cold, calculating and brooding, like the icy stare of a hawk looking for

Lewis Gilbert ~ Roundstone

The Atlantic Ocean is an eternal line that looks out at the shore from behind her untainted blue-grey eyes. Seashells lie abandoned on the white sand of the white beach. The ocean didn’t just deposit them here – it left them here.

Lewis Gilbert ~ Roundstone

The Atlantic Ocean is an eternal line that looks out at the shore from behind her untainted blue-grey eyes. Seashells lie abandoned on the white sand of the white beach. The ocean didn’t just deposit them here – it left them here.

Sebastian Wesman ~ Astronomic Panoram (Third Edition)

When three editions of an album are released in a five-year span, it’s safe to say that the initial expectations have been surpassed.  The new edition of Astronomic Panoram is a compliment to the composer and should draw a new array of fans to

Sebastian Wesman ~ Astronomic Panoram (Third Edition)

When three editions of an album are released in a five-year span, it’s safe to say that the initial expectations have been surpassed.  The new edition of Astronomic Panoram is a compliment to the composer and should draw a new array of fans to

Zenjungle ~ Flow

Zenjungle is one of those appellative portmanteaus whose sum is actually weaker than its parts: zen – connotations of space and calm, of spiritual connection or even purification; jungle – denotes exotic and unexpected elements, wild and almost suffocating in

Zenjungle ~ Flow

Zenjungle is one of those appellative portmanteaus whose sum is actually weaker than its parts: zen – connotations of space and calm, of spiritual connection or even purification; jungle – denotes exotic and unexpected elements, wild and almost suffocating in