Celer ~ Tempelhof

Darkened cities you never thought you’d ever see speed past in an instant. During the day, you may get a sense of the place, but you don’t always get a taste of the place, of the culture and of the

Celer ~ Tempelhof

Darkened cities you never thought you’d ever see speed past in an instant. During the day, you may get a sense of the place, but you don’t always get a taste of the place, of the culture and of the

LCNL 066: pjs ~ harvest

pjs is Jordan Christoff and Patrick Dique, an all hardware live electronic duo from the west coast of Canada. Victoria, BC is a small city on Vancouver Island, known for its lovely gardens and beautiful views of the ocean.  The music

LCNL 066: pjs ~ harvest

pjs is Jordan Christoff and Patrick Dique, an all hardware live electronic duo from the west coast of Canada. Victoria, BC is a small city on Vancouver Island, known for its lovely gardens and beautiful views of the ocean.  The music

Gypsy Eyes ~ Nefelibata

Listening to Nefelibata is like walking through a haunted house backwards.  First there’s the fright: the dense, droning waves, the disembodied voices, the crackle and crunch.  But by the end, the timbres are soft and sweet enough to sleep to.  This LA-based artist

Gypsy Eyes ~ Nefelibata

Listening to Nefelibata is like walking through a haunted house backwards.  First there’s the fright: the dense, droning waves, the disembodied voices, the crackle and crunch.  But by the end, the timbres are soft and sweet enough to sleep to.  This LA-based artist

ACL 2015: Music for Haunted Houses

Why are we publishing our first year-end list two months early?  The answer should be obvious: it’s Halloween week!  This follow-up to last year’s Music for Haunted Houses feature covers the best haunted house music released this year.  Now prepare to be scared!

ACL 2015: Music for Haunted Houses

Why are we publishing our first year-end list two months early?  The answer should be obvious: it’s Halloween week!  This follow-up to last year’s Music for Haunted Houses feature covers the best haunted house music released this year.  Now prepare to be scared!

Siavash Amini ~ Subsiding

Iranian artist Siavash Amini follows up last year’s fine What Wind Whispered to the Trees with an ever fuller album.  This time around, his guests contribute not only violin, but viola and clarinet.  The result is a sound that is somewhere between drone and

Siavash Amini ~ Subsiding

Iranian artist Siavash Amini follows up last year’s fine What Wind Whispered to the Trees with an ever fuller album.  This time around, his guests contribute not only violin, but viola and clarinet.  The result is a sound that is somewhere between drone and

Ant’lrd ~ Clouding Indefinitely / Selaroda ~ viaje a través de sonidos transportative

This is the sound of the Pacific Northwest…and beyond; the far-reaching sound of California’s Inner Islands. Clouding Indefinitely is a series of tape meditations designed to take you to inner, fantastical worlds. A slightly tropical sound (but without the shirt-sticking humidity) seems to

Ant’lrd ~ Clouding Indefinitely / Selaroda ~ viaje a través de sonidos transportative

This is the sound of the Pacific Northwest…and beyond; the far-reaching sound of California’s Inner Islands. Clouding Indefinitely is a series of tape meditations designed to take you to inner, fantastical worlds. A slightly tropical sound (but without the shirt-sticking humidity) seems to

Treha Sektori & Muhd ~ The Sense of Dust and Sheer

This 25-minute, single-track CD is part of a larger project, the hardbound book The Sensation of Being One of Them, credited to Dehn Sora, who is also part of Treha Sektori.  It’s one of the most beautiful photo books we’ve seen in a while,

Treha Sektori & Muhd ~ The Sense of Dust and Sheer

This 25-minute, single-track CD is part of a larger project, the hardbound book The Sensation of Being One of Them, credited to Dehn Sora, who is also part of Treha Sektori.  It’s one of the most beautiful photo books we’ve seen in a while,

Jim Perkins ~ Constance

Fresh off the success of the collaborative Variables, Bigo & Twigetti founder Jim Perkins returns with an all-new venture.  Constance conjures aural images of classic chamber music while providing ample amounts of 21st century inflection. The full orchestration – nine total players, including

Jim Perkins ~ Constance

Fresh off the success of the collaborative Variables, Bigo & Twigetti founder Jim Perkins returns with an all-new venture.  Constance conjures aural images of classic chamber music while providing ample amounts of 21st century inflection. The full orchestration – nine total players, including