PAS Musique ~ Inside the Spectrum

PAS Musique‘s follow-up to Abandoned Bird Egg is an intriguing foray into sound collage, with multi-faceted instrumentation welded to vintage scientific dialogue, culminating in a sense of World Fair wonder.  If Public Service Broadcasting were more abstract, they might sound like this.

PAS Musique ~ Inside the Spectrum

PAS Musique‘s follow-up to Abandoned Bird Egg is an intriguing foray into sound collage, with multi-faceted instrumentation welded to vintage scientific dialogue, culminating in a sense of World Fair wonder.  If Public Service Broadcasting were more abstract, they might sound like this.

Terje Paulsen ~ From A Nearby Bay

In one way or another, most field recordings choose to focus on the sound of nature and the local environment. This release mixes it up a bit. On From A Nearby Bay, the first field recording you will hear is the voice

Terje Paulsen ~ From A Nearby Bay

In one way or another, most field recordings choose to focus on the sound of nature and the local environment. This release mixes it up a bit. On From A Nearby Bay, the first field recording you will hear is the voice

Solkyri ~ Sad Boys Club

Handclaps may be simple, but they can communicate a great deal.  They are seldom less than happy; they can keep a beat or reward an artist at the end of a concert.  On “Yes, I’m Breathing,” the opening handclaps are

Solkyri ~ Sad Boys Club

Handclaps may be simple, but they can communicate a great deal.  They are seldom less than happy; they can keep a beat or reward an artist at the end of a concert.  On “Yes, I’m Breathing,” the opening handclaps are

Chains Made of Chalk ~ S/T

While digging in the sonic dirt, Amok Recordings unearthed a dark gem with sinister powers.  To protect its listeners, the label broke the gem into four equal parts.  But beware!  Play these four CD3″s sequentially and you may become possessed by

Chains Made of Chalk ~ S/T

While digging in the sonic dirt, Amok Recordings unearthed a dark gem with sinister powers.  To protect its listeners, the label broke the gem into four equal parts.  But beware!  Play these four CD3″s sequentially and you may become possessed by

Holly Herndon ~ Platform

“The future is geopolitical,” declares Holly Herndon in her video for “Interference.”  Or perhaps “declares” is the wrong term, as the words on the screen are not part of the song.  Metahaven’s video also includes blank ads, miming the boxes that interfere with our

Holly Herndon ~ Platform

“The future is geopolitical,” declares Holly Herndon in her video for “Interference.”  Or perhaps “declares” is the wrong term, as the words on the screen are not part of the song.  Metahaven’s video also includes blank ads, miming the boxes that interfere with our

Leafcutter John ~ Resurrection

Back in 2006, Leafcutter John recorded a beguiling album called The Forest and the Sea, that turned out to be my favorite album of that year.  I wasn’t writing for anyone back then, but this is my chance to make up for it.

Leafcutter John ~ Resurrection

Back in 2006, Leafcutter John recorded a beguiling album called The Forest and the Sea, that turned out to be my favorite album of that year.  I wasn’t writing for anyone back then, but this is my chance to make up for it.

Heroin in Tahiti ~ Sun and Violence

On Sun and Violence, Heroin in Tahiti step out of the cool shade, substituting it for a scorching inferno. This is the band who gave us the seductive, yet bleakly pessimistic sound of instrumental death surf; a full throttle, dark and

Heroin in Tahiti ~ Sun and Violence

On Sun and Violence, Heroin in Tahiti step out of the cool shade, substituting it for a scorching inferno. This is the band who gave us the seductive, yet bleakly pessimistic sound of instrumental death surf; a full throttle, dark and

Charlemagne Palestine ~ Ssingggg Sschlllingg Sshpppingg

For a long while now, outsider artist Charlemagne Palestine has been producing a variety of works that lay claim to a deep sense of spirituality, and Ssinggg Sschlllingg Sshpppingg grows that sense further into a psychedelic land of noise and

Charlemagne Palestine ~ Ssingggg Sschlllingg Sshpppingg

For a long while now, outsider artist Charlemagne Palestine has been producing a variety of works that lay claim to a deep sense of spirituality, and Ssinggg Sschlllingg Sshpppingg grows that sense further into a psychedelic land of noise and