Matthew Friedberger ~ Matricidal Sons of Bitches

‘I have hated many people in my life’, a young, French lady admits coolly in her recollective narrative, a faint smoke possibly rising on the drunken air of a dying cigarette, dropping embers of nicotine and covering the ground with

Matthew Friedberger ~ Matricidal Sons of Bitches

‘I have hated many people in my life’, a young, French lady admits coolly in her recollective narrative, a faint smoke possibly rising on the drunken air of a dying cigarette, dropping embers of nicotine and covering the ground with

Jerome Faria ~ Overlapse

Overlapse comes to us from the Portuguese netlabel Enough Records (“Free Music For Free People”), whose philosophy we somewhat agree with (free is nice) and somewhat not (we like our vinyl!).  But any label that brings us fine music is a

Jerome Faria ~ Overlapse

Overlapse comes to us from the Portuguese netlabel Enough Records (“Free Music For Free People”), whose philosophy we somewhat agree with (free is nice) and somewhat not (we like our vinyl!).  But any label that brings us fine music is a

David Newlyn ~ Deterioration

The worlds of digital and analog recording have always existed, if not in a state of outright warfare, at least in decidedly unharmonious discord. Analog is a retreat for the purists, the cardigan-clad record or cassette collector pawing through the

David Newlyn ~ Deterioration

The worlds of digital and analog recording have always existed, if not in a state of outright warfare, at least in decidedly unharmonious discord. Analog is a retreat for the purists, the cardigan-clad record or cassette collector pawing through the

Fieldhead ~ a correction

The first 18 seconds sound like a voyage, or a goodbye.  Waves lap; hulls creak; a quiet bird seems to cry.  Paul Elam (Fieldhead) recently left the moors of Leeds for the wider expanses of Canada, and a correction is his

Fieldhead ~ a correction

The first 18 seconds sound like a voyage, or a goodbye.  Waves lap; hulls creak; a quiet bird seems to cry.  Paul Elam (Fieldhead) recently left the moors of Leeds for the wider expanses of Canada, and a correction is his

Daniel Thomas ~ Delighted In Isolation

A visceral nightmare, where one struggles to awaken out of its crushing endurance, is possibly the worst kind of nightmare that can assail the mind. Delighted In Isolation is one of those nightmarish, warped events that fastens onto the midnight

Daniel Thomas ~ Delighted In Isolation

A visceral nightmare, where one struggles to awaken out of its crushing endurance, is possibly the worst kind of nightmare that can assail the mind. Delighted In Isolation is one of those nightmarish, warped events that fastens onto the midnight

Valiska ~ Land

“Write what you know” is a common piece of advice given to authors; it applies to composers as well.  A couple months back, we reviewed Valiska‘s Record of 37, a series of field recordings inspired by a bus ride to the train.

Valiska ~ Land

“Write what you know” is a common piece of advice given to authors; it applies to composers as well.  A couple months back, we reviewed Valiska‘s Record of 37, a series of field recordings inspired by a bus ride to the train.

Superstorms ~ Superstorms

The Superstorms project began when Michael Tolan grew “frustrated and bored with the tropes of ambient music”.  The artist resolved to make a different sort of ambient album, a resonant statement to the industry.  The good news: he succeeded.  The

Superstorms ~ Superstorms

The Superstorms project began when Michael Tolan grew “frustrated and bored with the tropes of ambient music”.  The artist resolved to make a different sort of ambient album, a resonant statement to the industry.  The good news: he succeeded.  The

Robin Parmar ~ Avoidance Strategies

Only a week after reviewing Nicholas Bernier’s Music for a Book and musing that more music should be written to accompany literature, we received Robin Parmar‘s Avoidance Strategies, composed as a companion to his own 80-page Tragedy of the Sun and Stars.  These works,

Robin Parmar ~ Avoidance Strategies

Only a week after reviewing Nicholas Bernier’s Music for a Book and musing that more music should be written to accompany literature, we received Robin Parmar‘s Avoidance Strategies, composed as a companion to his own 80-page Tragedy of the Sun and Stars.  These works,