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

zakè ~ Lapis / David Pedrick ~ Kernow

In a fast-paced world, cold weather can be a useful cue to slow down. Ambient music offers precious respite, whether we stay home in the warm or watch the steam rising from a crowded street. I relistened to today’s albums

zakè ~ Lapis / David Pedrick ~ Kernow

In a fast-paced world, cold weather can be a useful cue to slow down. Ambient music offers precious respite, whether we stay home in the warm or watch the steam rising from a crowded street. I relistened to today’s albums

Brian Harnetty ~ The Workbench

How much of a person’s essence is imbued in the objects they collect?  The more personal the object, the greater the usage, the more likely it retains a particle of the owner.  When Brian Harnetty inherited his father’s workbench, typewriter, and

Brian Harnetty ~ The Workbench

How much of a person’s essence is imbued in the objects they collect?  The more personal the object, the greater the usage, the more likely it retains a particle of the owner.  When Brian Harnetty inherited his father’s workbench, typewriter, and