Lawrence English ~ Approaching Nothing

It’s almost impossible to comprehend the initial reactions to Luc Ferrari’s Presque Rien n° 1, the piece that inspires Lawrence English‘s Approaching Nothing.  A 2013 article in Brainwashed explains that Ferrari’s edited/juxtaposed field recording was once considered controversial, managing to offend the musique

Emmanuel Mieville ~ Ethers

Emanuel Mieville can be described alternately as a field recording artist who creates drones and a drone artist who uses field recordings.  On Ethers, he attempts “to lower drone music from the skies”, and succeeds; their earthbound nature is clear.  This makes

Electronic Observations 2014 #2

I usually try to highlight new artists to this column, aware that given a mere ten or so reviews per month it’s probably better not to repeat myself. This month, things have fallen out a little differently with several artists