Various Artists ~ Sonopsies

Seven compilations in seven days.  It’s been an exceptional month for compilations, and anyone who checks out all of this week’s features will have acquired quite an education.  Today’s album is the wildest of them all, a true experimental extravaganza.

Various Artists ~ Sonopsies

Seven compilations in seven days.  It’s been an exceptional month for compilations, and anyone who checks out all of this week’s features will have acquired quite an education.  Today’s album is the wildest of them all, a true experimental extravaganza.

Various Artists ~ Faith in a Wet Season

Voxxov Records’ second free download compilation exposes the other half of the new label’s potential roster, packed with our favorite artists in the fields of ambient, drone and modern composition.  It’s almost like a who’s who of A Closer Listen!

Various Artists ~ Faith in a Wet Season

Voxxov Records’ second free download compilation exposes the other half of the new label’s potential roster, packed with our favorite artists in the fields of ambient, drone and modern composition.  It’s almost like a who’s who of A Closer Listen!

Various Artists ~ Fall Is a House of Gold and Rain

Compilation Week continues with the debut release from Mourad Kachroud and Vinnie Blandin-Canonne’s new French label, Voxxov Records.  The label aims to connect the dots between the ambient and IDM genres, and later this year will produce physical releases as well.

Various Artists ~ Fall Is a House of Gold and Rain

Compilation Week continues with the debut release from Mourad Kachroud and Vinnie Blandin-Canonne’s new French label, Voxxov Records.  The label aims to connect the dots between the ambient and IDM genres, and later this year will produce physical releases as well.

Various Artists ~ Fields

Compilation Week kicks off with an entry from the brand-new Fields Label, compiled by HXDK.  Last year the artist impressed us with The Letting Go; now he’s helping to call attention to some worthy artists in the field of drone.

Various Artists ~ Fields

Compilation Week kicks off with an entry from the brand-new Fields Label, compiled by HXDK.  Last year the artist impressed us with The Letting Go; now he’s helping to call attention to some worthy artists in the field of drone.

New Year’s Revolutions: How to Get Noticed in 2013

As the new year begins, Richard Allen takes a last look back at the year that was and offers advice for labels and artists in 2013: one simple rule, followed by an easy step-by-step breakdown. The old adage is true:

New Year’s Revolutions: How to Get Noticed in 2013

As the new year begins, Richard Allen takes a last look back at the year that was and offers advice for labels and artists in 2013: one simple rule, followed by an easy step-by-step breakdown. The old adage is true:

In The Shadow Of Capstan Mountain: Cassette Culture’s Impossible 2012 Heights

In 2011, when my music was really getting off the ground after a few successful tours and releases, I began to get an inkling of just how far-reaching the newly-risen network of cassette labels in this country (and beyond!) really

In The Shadow Of Capstan Mountain: Cassette Culture’s Impossible 2012 Heights

In 2011, when my music was really getting off the ground after a few successful tours and releases, I began to get an inkling of just how far-reaching the newly-risen network of cassette labels in this country (and beyond!) really

ACL 2012: A Fool’s List

Hi there, welcome to my list, a kind of fool’s list. When I made my first attempt, I realized I was just echoing, in lots of choices, the general ACL list, and who needs to read once again that this

ACL 2012: A Fool’s List

Hi there, welcome to my list, a kind of fool’s list. When I made my first attempt, I realized I was just echoing, in lots of choices, the general ACL list, and who needs to read once again that this

ACL 2012: Electronic Observations

The first annual report. I tend not to make New Year Resolutions, partly because I think that 1/1 is a fairly arbitrary date to start anything but mostly because I’m terrible at keeping them. My resolution to not make any

ACL 2012: Electronic Observations

The first annual report. I tend not to make New Year Resolutions, partly because I think that 1/1 is a fairly arbitrary date to start anything but mostly because I’m terrible at keeping them. My resolution to not make any