Ghostwriter ~ Tremulant

2024 has been a great year for alternative sacred music, exemplified in albums from Shards, Salt of the Sound, Andrzej Pietrewicz and Wild Up (performing the music of Julius Eastman).  Now we can add the Ghostwriter quartet, led by Mark Brent,

Ghostwriter ~ Tremulant

2024 has been a great year for alternative sacred music, exemplified in albums from Shards, Salt of the Sound, Andrzej Pietrewicz and Wild Up (performing the music of Julius Eastman).  Now we can add the Ghostwriter quartet, led by Mark Brent,

Various Artists ~ Dekmantel Ten: A Decade of Dekmantel Music

Dekmantel Festival celebrates its tenth anniversary with a massive box set: seven albums, each loosely representing one of the festival stages, containing 44 exclusive tracks from Dekmantel artists old and new.  The genres are generous, including techno, house, breakbeat and jungle;

Various Artists ~ Dekmantel Ten: A Decade of Dekmantel Music

Dekmantel Festival celebrates its tenth anniversary with a massive box set: seven albums, each loosely representing one of the festival stages, containing 44 exclusive tracks from Dekmantel artists old and new.  The genres are generous, including techno, house, breakbeat and jungle;

Izabela Dłużyk ~ The Amazon – Where the Moon Wept

What a joy to see the release of The Amazon – Where the Moon Wept, a happy dream come true for Izabela Dłużyk and a wish fulfilled for our readers, who will remember the artist from her albums Soundscapes of Spring and Soundscapes of

Izabela Dłużyk ~ The Amazon – Where the Moon Wept

What a joy to see the release of The Amazon – Where the Moon Wept, a happy dream come true for Izabela Dłużyk and a wish fulfilled for our readers, who will remember the artist from her albums Soundscapes of Spring and Soundscapes of

Styrofoam ~ the lost album

One of fall’s most enjoyable electronic albums is a time traveler, beamed to us from 2000-2001.  While listening, fans of a certain age are thrown back to the halcyon days at the turn of the century, before 9-11, before Brexit,

Styrofoam ~ the lost album

One of fall’s most enjoyable electronic albums is a time traveler, beamed to us from 2000-2001.  While listening, fans of a certain age are thrown back to the halcyon days at the turn of the century, before 9-11, before Brexit,

Interview with Rafael Anton Irisarri

A week prior to headlining the Ametric Festival in Crete (September 12-14), and only days after the announcement of his upcoming November album FAÇADISMS, Rafael Anton Irisarri spent some time conversing with our own Greek correspondent Maria Papadomanolaki.  In this interview,

Interview with Rafael Anton Irisarri

A week prior to headlining the Ametric Festival in Crete (September 12-14), and only days after the announcement of his upcoming November album FAÇADISMS, Rafael Anton Irisarri spent some time conversing with our own Greek correspondent Maria Papadomanolaki.  In this interview,

Fall Music Preview 2024 ~ Rock, Post-Rock, Folk & Jazz

Our 2024 Fall Music Preview comes to an end on the first big release date of fall.  Soon everyone will be able to hear these albums in full!  But remember, this is only the beginning.  By the time the autumn

Fall Music Preview 2024 ~ Rock, Post-Rock, Folk & Jazz

Our 2024 Fall Music Preview comes to an end on the first big release date of fall.  Soon everyone will be able to hear these albums in full!  But remember, this is only the beginning.  By the time the autumn

Fall Music Preview 2024 ~ Modern Composition

Modern composition is looking incredibly strong this fall, as evidenced by the fact that half of our Ten Fall Albums to Check Out Now! came from this category.  One of these albums was literally buried for three years; another one

Fall Music Preview 2024 ~ Modern Composition

Modern composition is looking incredibly strong this fall, as evidenced by the fact that half of our Ten Fall Albums to Check Out Now! came from this category.  One of these albums was literally buried for three years; another one

Fall Music Preview 2024 ~ Experimental

The theme of David Stubbs’ book Fear of Music: Why People Get Rothko But Don’t Get Stockhausen is less an explanation than an observation: the general public is more willing to embrace experimentation in modern art than in modern music.  We

Fall Music Preview 2024 ~ Experimental

The theme of David Stubbs’ book Fear of Music: Why People Get Rothko But Don’t Get Stockhausen is less an explanation than an observation: the general public is more willing to embrace experimentation in modern art than in modern music.  We