Julia Kent ~ Asperities

Asperities is as close to commercial as one can get in modern composition without compromise.  Accessible yet deep, Julia Kent‘s cello-based music provides an entry point to those who might not otherwise have considered listening to instrumental music.  Her new album offers

Julia Kent ~ Asperities

Asperities is as close to commercial as one can get in modern composition without compromise.  Accessible yet deep, Julia Kent‘s cello-based music provides an entry point to those who might not otherwise have considered listening to instrumental music.  Her new album offers

Ruhe ~ Patriarchs

Ruhe has been one of our favorite artists for a while, and Patriarchs proves that he can still surprise.  More piano-based than recent works (especially Chamber Loops, released earlier this year on Dauw), the new album seems like the work of an artist who

Ruhe ~ Patriarchs

Ruhe has been one of our favorite artists for a while, and Patriarchs proves that he can still surprise.  More piano-based than recent works (especially Chamber Loops, released earlier this year on Dauw), the new album seems like the work of an artist who

We Stood Like Kings ~ USSR 1926

We Stood Like Kings steps one year deeper into the past with its latest release, the follow-up to Berlin 1927.  Like that release, the LP is a new score to an old film, this one being Dziga Vertov’s Russian classic A Sixth Part

We Stood Like Kings ~ USSR 1926

We Stood Like Kings steps one year deeper into the past with its latest release, the follow-up to Berlin 1927.  Like that release, the LP is a new score to an old film, this one being Dziga Vertov’s Russian classic A Sixth Part

Rafael Anton Irisarri ~ A Fragile Geography

A Fragile Geography clawed itself out of the debris in what was a difficult period for Rafael Anton Irisarri. He left Seattle for New York, but during the removal process his entire studio, audio archives and possessions were stolen. Two years in the making, A Fragile Geography is a

Rafael Anton Irisarri ~ A Fragile Geography

A Fragile Geography clawed itself out of the debris in what was a difficult period for Rafael Anton Irisarri. He left Seattle for New York, but during the removal process his entire studio, audio archives and possessions were stolen. Two years in the making, A Fragile Geography is a

Lars Graugaard ~ Venus

Among the various strategies against the concept of representation in music (whether it stems from a semiotic or a non-textual framework) that the avant-garde has deployed we can find the ‘scientific’ approach. Best exemplified by many mid-century U.S. electronic musicians

Lars Graugaard ~ Venus

Among the various strategies against the concept of representation in music (whether it stems from a semiotic or a non-textual framework) that the avant-garde has deployed we can find the ‘scientific’ approach. Best exemplified by many mid-century U.S. electronic musicians

Fossil Aerosol Mining Project ~ The Day 1982 Contaminated 1971

At this time of year, we begin searching for October music: haunted, disconcerting and dark.  The Day 1982 Contaminated 1971 nails the mood.  Detuned radios, disembodied dialogue and fragments of sound drift down deserted hallways like echoes in an abandoned institution.

Fossil Aerosol Mining Project ~ The Day 1982 Contaminated 1971

At this time of year, we begin searching for October music: haunted, disconcerting and dark.  The Day 1982 Contaminated 1971 nails the mood.  Detuned radios, disembodied dialogue and fragments of sound drift down deserted hallways like echoes in an abandoned institution.

Mono & The Ocean ~ Transcendent

Mono & The Ocean‘s split 12″ follows the template of the recently reviewed All We Expected/Raum Kingdom split LP.  Mono’s side is instrumental, The Ocean’s has vocals, and yet both are complimentary.  One might say that the groundwork was laid

Mono & The Ocean ~ Transcendent

Mono & The Ocean‘s split 12″ follows the template of the recently reviewed All We Expected/Raum Kingdom split LP.  Mono’s side is instrumental, The Ocean’s has vocals, and yet both are complimentary.  One might say that the groundwork was laid

Various Artists ~ Tiny Portraits

The always creative Flaming Pines label has just launched its third 3″ series, arriving on the heels of the successful Birds of a Feather and Rivers Home sets.  Tiny Portraits is a year-long series in which artists are invited to reflect on place, in

Various Artists ~ Tiny Portraits

The always creative Flaming Pines label has just launched its third 3″ series, arriving on the heels of the successful Birds of a Feather and Rivers Home sets.  Tiny Portraits is a year-long series in which artists are invited to reflect on place, in