Steinbrüchel + Cory Allen ~ Seam

Seam is an album of stitches that holds together like a garment.  To create the album, Steinbrüchel + Cory Allen cut pieces of sound from sonic fabric: scraps, strips, mismatched corners and unwanted fragments.  Each tried to make something of the assortment, then sent the

Steinbrüchel + Cory Allen ~ Seam

Seam is an album of stitches that holds together like a garment.  To create the album, Steinbrüchel + Cory Allen cut pieces of sound from sonic fabric: scraps, strips, mismatched corners and unwanted fragments.  Each tried to make something of the assortment, then sent the

Toaster ~ Buy Both and Feel Deceived

Re-issue! Re-package! Re-package! Re-evaluate the songs… Slip them into different sleeves, buy both and feel deceived? It’s not everyday an electronic artist names a record after a quote from a Smiths song, but it’s a pretty good way to put

Toaster ~ Buy Both and Feel Deceived

Re-issue! Re-package! Re-package! Re-evaluate the songs… Slip them into different sleeves, buy both and feel deceived? It’s not everyday an electronic artist names a record after a quote from a Smiths song, but it’s a pretty good way to put

Spheruleus ~ Cyanometry

With Cyanometry, we add another to our ever-growing list of 2012’s new labels.  The launching of Tessellate Recordings is a huge encouragement.  As major labels flounder, there’s never been a better time for small, solid achievements, and as we welcome each

Spheruleus ~ Cyanometry

With Cyanometry, we add another to our ever-growing list of 2012’s new labels.  The launching of Tessellate Recordings is a huge encouragement.  As major labels flounder, there’s never been a better time for small, solid achievements, and as we welcome each

Lost Trail/Native Prairie ~ Intersecting Lines of Power/Native Prairie

What’s the first thing that comes to mind when fronted by Lost Trail’s split opener “O’ Black And Fallen Smokestacks, Rise!”? GY!BE and spin off A Silver Mt. Zion? Post-Rock? Sparrows Swarm and Sing!’s O’Shenodah Mighty Death Will Find Me?

Lost Trail/Native Prairie ~ Intersecting Lines of Power/Native Prairie

What’s the first thing that comes to mind when fronted by Lost Trail’s split opener “O’ Black And Fallen Smokestacks, Rise!”? GY!BE and spin off A Silver Mt. Zion? Post-Rock? Sparrows Swarm and Sing!’s O’Shenodah Mighty Death Will Find Me?

Laurel Halo ~ Quarantine

‘Words are just words that you soon forget,’ sings Laurel Halo on the closing track of her debut full-length, which seems to undermine all that has gone before. For there are quite a lot of words on this record –

Laurel Halo ~ Quarantine

‘Words are just words that you soon forget,’ sings Laurel Halo on the closing track of her debut full-length, which seems to undermine all that has gone before. For there are quite a lot of words on this record –

Various Artists ~ Thank You

We love the thought that so many of our favorite artists have giving hearts.  Thank You is a charity compilation from the recently-launched Vintermusik label, and all of the proceeds will benefit Världens Barn (Children of the World).  The album is

Various Artists ~ Thank You

We love the thought that so many of our favorite artists have giving hearts.  Thank You is a charity compilation from the recently-launched Vintermusik label, and all of the proceeds will benefit Världens Barn (Children of the World).  The album is

LCNL 09: Deep Magic

Download Last year Preservation records released Deep Magic‘s  second full-length record, Lucid Thought, as part of their innovative Circa series.    Deep magic’s contemplative, hypnotic music fit perfectly in with the series’ mission,  a unity of audio and visual design.  Around

LCNL 09: Deep Magic

Download Last year Preservation records released Deep Magic‘s  second full-length record, Lucid Thought, as part of their innovative Circa series.    Deep magic’s contemplative, hypnotic music fit perfectly in with the series’ mission,  a unity of audio and visual design.  Around

Dean Blunt & Inga Copeland ~ Black Is Beautiful

The duo previously known as Hype Williams are now using their ‘real’ names (it’s highly likely these too are pseudonyms, mind), presumably after a polite note from a lawyer representing the video director. But that’s the only thing that has

Dean Blunt & Inga Copeland ~ Black Is Beautiful

The duo previously known as Hype Williams are now using their ‘real’ names (it’s highly likely these too are pseudonyms, mind), presumably after a polite note from a lawyer representing the video director. But that’s the only thing that has