Kali Malone & Drew McDowall ~ Magnetism

Drone music seems to lend itself to the feeling of displaced time. You can, for example, put on a CD, and drift away from the conscious realm so completely that the 70+ minute running time passes in what feels like

Kali Malone & Drew McDowall ~ Magnetism

Drone music seems to lend itself to the feeling of displaced time. You can, for example, put on a CD, and drift away from the conscious realm so completely that the 70+ minute running time passes in what feels like

Ensemble 0 ~ L’Incroyable Femme Des Neiges

Sébastien Betbeder’s comedy-drama L’Incroyable Femme Des Neige (The Incredible Snow Woman) looks like a lot of fun based on the trailer, but don’t judge the film score by the trailer music.  What Ensemble 0 (Sylvain Chauveau, Stéphane Garin & Joël Mérah)

Ensemble 0 ~ L’Incroyable Femme Des Neiges

Sébastien Betbeder’s comedy-drama L’Incroyable Femme Des Neige (The Incredible Snow Woman) looks like a lot of fun based on the trailer, but don’t judge the film score by the trailer music.  What Ensemble 0 (Sylvain Chauveau, Stéphane Garin & Joël Mérah)

Valby Vokalgruppe ~ Solids for Voices

A lot of fun can be had with the original instrument, the human voice.  One need not include lyrics, simply a sense of exploration, a willingness to reach past the boundaries of conversation, perhaps a bit of harmony and rhythm.

Valby Vokalgruppe ~ Solids for Voices

A lot of fun can be had with the original instrument, the human voice.  One need not include lyrics, simply a sense of exploration, a willingness to reach past the boundaries of conversation, perhaps a bit of harmony and rhythm.

Jilk ~ Fix Your Hearts

What would a French pop album of the 60s or 70s sound like if recorded through the filter of today? Bristol collective Jilk answers this question on an album whose timbres span the centuries, with one foot firmly planted in each.

Jilk ~ Fix Your Hearts

What would a French pop album of the 60s or 70s sound like if recorded through the filter of today? Bristol collective Jilk answers this question on an album whose timbres span the centuries, with one foot firmly planted in each.

Manja Ristić ~ Into Your Eyes

Over the course of the year, Manja Ristić has been releasing a triptych of intertwined albums, starting with Purpurna vresišta on wabi-sabi tapes, followed by Sargassum aeterna on Rakem Records and ending with Into Your Eyes on LINE.  The first addresses “the trauma imprinted

Manja Ristić ~ Into Your Eyes

Over the course of the year, Manja Ristić has been releasing a triptych of intertwined albums, starting with Purpurna vresišta on wabi-sabi tapes, followed by Sargassum aeterna on Rakem Records and ending with Into Your Eyes on LINE.  The first addresses “the trauma imprinted

Dominik Eulberg ~ Lepidoptera

A few years ago, Dominik Eulberg released the magnificent Mannigfaltig, a celebration of fauna available with a boxed memory game.  This year the artist ups the ante significantly.  Lepidoptera began with the study and breeding of butterflies, and the choice of twelve

Dominik Eulberg ~ Lepidoptera

A few years ago, Dominik Eulberg released the magnificent Mannigfaltig, a celebration of fauna available with a boxed memory game.  This year the artist ups the ante significantly.  Lepidoptera began with the study and breeding of butterflies, and the choice of twelve

Debit ~ Desaceleradas

Cumbia rebajada was born by accident in the 1990s, when Monterrey DJ Gabriel Dueñez’s turntable overheated at a party and began to play cumbria music at half-speed.  Instead of clearing the floor, the strange new music rejuvenated those in attendance;

Debit ~ Desaceleradas

Cumbia rebajada was born by accident in the 1990s, when Monterrey DJ Gabriel Dueñez’s turntable overheated at a party and began to play cumbria music at half-speed.  Instead of clearing the floor, the strange new music rejuvenated those in attendance;

Overhead, The Albatross ~ Learning to Growl / I Leave You This

Post-rock fans, if you’re not already familiar with Ireland’s Overhead, The Albatross, this is a great time to play catch-up, as both of the band’s LPs are being repressed this fall.  Learning to Growl is already out on die-cut CD and

Overhead, The Albatross ~ Learning to Growl / I Leave You This

Post-rock fans, if you’re not already familiar with Ireland’s Overhead, The Albatross, this is a great time to play catch-up, as both of the band’s LPs are being repressed this fall.  Learning to Growl is already out on die-cut CD and