The Floating World ~ We Hunted
When is a flute album not a flute album? When the flautist is the leader of a band, and when the album has a purpose beyond the promotion of a single instrument. Amanda Votta, the guiding hand behind The Floating World,
The Floating World ~ We Hunted
When is a flute album not a flute album? When the flautist is the leader of a band, and when the album has a purpose beyond the promotion of a single instrument. Amanda Votta, the guiding hand behind The Floating World,
Endless Melancholy ~ Five Songs
Solo piano music seems perfectly fitted for winter, but we don’t often think of the reasons why. Perhaps it is because the music is stark like a winter landscape; because the white keys are reminiscent of snow; because the sounds
Endless Melancholy ~ Five Songs
Solo piano music seems perfectly fitted for winter, but we don’t often think of the reasons why. Perhaps it is because the music is stark like a winter landscape; because the white keys are reminiscent of snow; because the sounds
Oneirogen ~ Kiasma
Mario Diaz de Leon is a composer living in Brooklyn, and here he presents his second full length as Oneirogen. The sound quality is rich and processed to gritty perfection. Stylistically, it’s easy to make Sunn-O))) and M83 references. The metal aspect
Oneirogen ~ Kiasma
Mario Diaz de Leon is a composer living in Brooklyn, and here he presents his second full length as Oneirogen. The sound quality is rich and processed to gritty perfection. Stylistically, it’s easy to make Sunn-O))) and M83 references. The metal aspect
Yuco ~ I’m living in melancholy in the fog
Art often arrives in the wake of disaster as a swift response: an attempt to console quickly or to raise funds. Meaningful art often takes longer to arrive. In the immediate aftermath of trauma, the emotions run high and perspective is
Yuco ~ I’m living in melancholy in the fog
Art often arrives in the wake of disaster as a swift response: an attempt to console quickly or to raise funds. Meaningful art often takes longer to arrive. In the immediate aftermath of trauma, the emotions run high and perspective is
bvdub ~ A Careful Ecstasy
The sequel to Serenity, A Careful Ecstasy continues Brock Van Wey’s fine vein of form. A Careful Ecstasy drapes a clearer veil of melancholia over herself, and this is quite a change for the usually sanguine bvdub. If Serenity was head over heels in love,
bvdub ~ A Careful Ecstasy
The sequel to Serenity, A Careful Ecstasy continues Brock Van Wey’s fine vein of form. A Careful Ecstasy drapes a clearer veil of melancholia over herself, and this is quite a change for the usually sanguine bvdub. If Serenity was head over heels in love,
Jumble Hole Clough ~ Raising The Nap
A recent railway journey took your correspondent through the heart of English industry, now scarcely recognisable from the thriving centre it was fifty years – if that – ago. Buildings which housed all manner of machinery are now reduced to
Jumble Hole Clough ~ Raising The Nap
A recent railway journey took your correspondent through the heart of English industry, now scarcely recognisable from the thriving centre it was fifty years – if that – ago. Buildings which housed all manner of machinery are now reduced to
Michelle Cross & Joe Frawley ~ Dolls Come to Life
13 Houses and the Mermaid plunged listeners into a world of repressed and haunted memory; A Hundred Years delved into fairy tales. On Dolls Come to Life, Joe Frawley sidesteps into a forest of dark whimsy with the aid of Chicago vocalist Michelle Cross. The turn
Michelle Cross & Joe Frawley ~ Dolls Come to Life
13 Houses and the Mermaid plunged listeners into a world of repressed and haunted memory; A Hundred Years delved into fairy tales. On Dolls Come to Life, Joe Frawley sidesteps into a forest of dark whimsy with the aid of Chicago vocalist Michelle Cross. The turn
Michael Robinson ~ Nightmarchers
A composition inspired by midnight on the island of Maui, and played on a variety of instruments I can neither pronounce nor spell, Michael Robinson‘s Nightmarchers is an album unlike any other I’ve heard whilst writing for A Closer Listen,
Michael Robinson ~ Nightmarchers
A composition inspired by midnight on the island of Maui, and played on a variety of instruments I can neither pronounce nor spell, Michael Robinson‘s Nightmarchers is an album unlike any other I’ve heard whilst writing for A Closer Listen,
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