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.

Autistici & Justin Varis ~ Nine

It’s been a while since we’ve reviewed a color-based release, the last being Machinefabriek’s Colour Tones.  The new release from Autistici & Justin Varis is just that: an investigation of shades and tones, garnished with a diverse remix disc.  The topical choice is

Autistici & Justin Varis ~ Nine

It’s been a while since we’ve reviewed a color-based release, the last being Machinefabriek’s Colour Tones.  The new release from Autistici & Justin Varis is just that: an investigation of shades and tones, garnished with a diverse remix disc.  The topical choice is

Premiere: Tamara Filyavich ~ return fire

A CLOSER LISTEN is honored to present the online premiere of Tamara Filyavich’s return fire. Tamara Filyavich presents return fire, a soundscape of analogue synthesizer, radio transmission and digital manipulation channeling the events of the Ukrainian revolution of 2013-2014. Filyavich

Premiere: Tamara Filyavich ~ return fire

A CLOSER LISTEN is honored to present the online premiere of Tamara Filyavich’s return fire. Tamara Filyavich presents return fire, a soundscape of analogue synthesizer, radio transmission and digital manipulation channeling the events of the Ukrainian revolution of 2013-2014. Filyavich