aus & Danny Norbury ~ Better Late Than Never

The album begins as quietly as winter snow.  Soft piano notes fall from the sky, immersed in cloud-like ambience.  Then the cello notes start to play, yielding a reflective and slightly mournful tone.   By the end of “A Diary

aus & Danny Norbury ~ Better Late Than Never

The album begins as quietly as winter snow.  Soft piano notes fall from the sky, immersed in cloud-like ambience.  Then the cello notes start to play, yielding a reflective and slightly mournful tone.   By the end of “A Diary

Eva808 ~ ÖÐRUVÍSI

We’re only a week away from the Grapevine Music Awards, which will be presented on February 1 by Reykjavik Grapevine.  ÖÐRUVÍSI is one of four albums nominated for album of the year, along with entries from Laufey, Erin Hall and Neomne.  Three

Eva808 ~ ÖÐRUVÍSI

We’re only a week away from the Grapevine Music Awards, which will be presented on February 1 by Reykjavik Grapevine.  ÖÐRUVÍSI is one of four albums nominated for album of the year, along with entries from Laufey, Erin Hall and Neomne.  Three

Ear to Ear ~ AI-36: Live Recordings

From the obsessively textured and richly hued artwork gracing the album covers (courtesy of visual artist and graphic novelist Theo Ellsworth), to the deeply enveloping and endlessly evolving psychedelic soundscapes within, London’s Astral Industries label consistently conjures up explorations that

Ear to Ear ~ AI-36: Live Recordings

From the obsessively textured and richly hued artwork gracing the album covers (courtesy of visual artist and graphic novelist Theo Ellsworth), to the deeply enveloping and endlessly evolving psychedelic soundscapes within, London’s Astral Industries label consistently conjures up explorations that

Shelf Nunny ~ Pronoia

Pronoia is the opposite of paranoia: the idea that fate is conspiring for a person, that others’ intentions are benign, and that everything is working toward the good.  While this attitude, like paranoia, may exist outside of reality, it may also become a

Shelf Nunny ~ Pronoia

Pronoia is the opposite of paranoia: the idea that fate is conspiring for a person, that others’ intentions are benign, and that everything is working toward the good.  While this attitude, like paranoia, may exist outside of reality, it may also become a

Loula Yorke ~ Volta

The tone is ambient, the timbre electronic; Loula Yorke‘s modular synthesizer compositions create a trancelike state that is eminently relaxing, especially now that the occasional drums of Florescence have gone.  This is less of a sea change than a gentle shift,

Loula Yorke ~ Volta

The tone is ambient, the timbre electronic; Loula Yorke‘s modular synthesizer compositions create a trancelike state that is eminently relaxing, especially now that the occasional drums of Florescence have gone.  This is less of a sea change than a gentle shift,

Ukrainian Field Notes XXIX

Coming up to the second anniversary of the Russian full-scale invasion, we are back with a new episode of Ukrainian Field Notes. Vlad Yakovlev talks to us about Ukrainian folk from the 90s, while Paloven introduces the first Regular Disco

Ukrainian Field Notes XXIX

Coming up to the second anniversary of the Russian full-scale invasion, we are back with a new episode of Ukrainian Field Notes. Vlad Yakovlev talks to us about Ukrainian folk from the 90s, while Paloven introduces the first Regular Disco

V/A ~ Quantized Realities – Communication

This short follow-up to last year’s Quantized Realities – Technology continues to investigate the ways in which technology distorts human perception.  As Errorgrid leader Olivier Bernard Egli declares in the liner notes, human beings are exposed to “more data containing less

V/A ~ Quantized Realities – Communication

This short follow-up to last year’s Quantized Realities – Technology continues to investigate the ways in which technology distorts human perception.  As Errorgrid leader Olivier Bernard Egli declares in the liner notes, human beings are exposed to “more data containing less

Leslee Smucker ~ Breathing Landscape / Concepción Huerta ~ The Earth Has Memory

Whatever medium of creation we explore, it seems artists never get too far away from the Earth and its landscapes. Some explore threatened environments, whilst others retreat into familiar terrain for nostalgia and remembrance. Two upcoming releases dwell on inhabited

Leslee Smucker ~ Breathing Landscape / Concepción Huerta ~ The Earth Has Memory

Whatever medium of creation we explore, it seems artists never get too far away from the Earth and its landscapes. Some explore threatened environments, whilst others retreat into familiar terrain for nostalgia and remembrance. Two upcoming releases dwell on inhabited