Josh Johnson ~ Unusual Object

After years of playing with a roster of musicians and band leaders ranging from Makaya McCraven to Jeff Parker to Meshell Ndegeocello (whose most recent Grammy-winning album, The Omnichord Real Book, he produced), musician, composer, and arranger Josh Johnson wrote that he

Josh Johnson ~ Unusual Object

After years of playing with a roster of musicians and band leaders ranging from Makaya McCraven to Jeff Parker to Meshell Ndegeocello (whose most recent Grammy-winning album, The Omnichord Real Book, he produced), musician, composer, and arranger Josh Johnson wrote that he

sleepmakeswaves ~ It’s Here, But I Have No Names For It

Four years have passed without a new album from sleepmakeswaves, and from the sound of the new set, it seems that the Sydney post-rockers had a lot of pent-up energy to release.  This is the best possible news for long

sleepmakeswaves ~ It’s Here, But I Have No Names For It

Four years have passed without a new album from sleepmakeswaves, and from the sound of the new set, it seems that the Sydney post-rockers had a lot of pent-up energy to release.  This is the best possible news for long

The Feeling of Everything ~ An Interview With Aho Ssan

Aho Ssan is a key player of French experimental music, and has garnered wide international attention for his felt, yet richly philosophical approach to sound assemblage. His last album, Rhizomes, was among our favorite albums of 2023. We talked to

The Feeling of Everything ~ An Interview With Aho Ssan

Aho Ssan is a key player of French experimental music, and has garnered wide international attention for his felt, yet richly philosophical approach to sound assemblage. His last album, Rhizomes, was among our favorite albums of 2023. We talked to

Catching Flies ~ Tides

Tides sounds like summer, is released in spring, and contains a song titled “Snow Day.”  While this mix may seem discordant, it fits the album’s theme of ebbs and flows and the cyclical nature of life. The album has already

Catching Flies ~ Tides

Tides sounds like summer, is released in spring, and contains a song titled “Snow Day.”  While this mix may seem discordant, it fits the album’s theme of ebbs and flows and the cyclical nature of life. The album has already

Glowworm ~ Harvest

Glowworm ~ now the duo of Kevin Scott Davis and pianist & vocalist Asia Dojnikowska with guests on strings and double bass ~ has already made a huge impression with the video for “The Garden,” directed by Andy Trimbach.  The opening

Glowworm ~ Harvest

Glowworm ~ now the duo of Kevin Scott Davis and pianist & vocalist Asia Dojnikowska with guests on strings and double bass ~ has already made a huge impression with the video for “The Garden,” directed by Andy Trimbach.  The opening

Moor Mother ~ The Great Bailout

Seldom does an album catch a listener so off guard, enthralling and entertaining in equal measure.  The Great Bailout is another in a string of confrontational triumphs for Moor Mother (Camae Ayewa), who was last heard on Aho Ssan’s Rhizomes.  The collaborations

Moor Mother ~ The Great Bailout

Seldom does an album catch a listener so off guard, enthralling and entertaining in equal measure.  The Great Bailout is another in a string of confrontational triumphs for Moor Mother (Camae Ayewa), who was last heard on Aho Ssan’s Rhizomes.  The collaborations

Bernd Herzogenrath & Lasse-Marc Riek ~ @ovid’s Metamorphoses

@ovid’s Metamorphoses is an expansive, multi-media project, including 7 CDs, 2 data DVDs and a 200-page book packed with art and text.    An astonishing 133 international artists participated in the project and produced 152 works of film, sound, text, drawings,

Bernd Herzogenrath & Lasse-Marc Riek ~ @ovid’s Metamorphoses

@ovid’s Metamorphoses is an expansive, multi-media project, including 7 CDs, 2 data DVDs and a 200-page book packed with art and text.    An astonishing 133 international artists participated in the project and produced 152 works of film, sound, text, drawings,

Garden Gate ~ Magic Lantern

Magic Lantern is a collection of miniatures ~ 25 in 33 minutes, as short as thirteen seconds, none reaching the three-minute mark.  Originally composed as the score to Strange Company, an audiobook anthology offered by Audible Editions, they have now found

Garden Gate ~ Magic Lantern

Magic Lantern is a collection of miniatures ~ 25 in 33 minutes, as short as thirteen seconds, none reaching the three-minute mark.  Originally composed as the score to Strange Company, an audiobook anthology offered by Audible Editions, they have now found