Posts Tagged: Ben Frost

ACL 2023 ~ The Top 20 Albums of the Year

This year’s Top 20 list is noteworthy for its variety, a reflection of the wealth of music on the market.  For every 200 albums submitted to ACL, only one makes our final list.  This makes it all the more remarkable

ACL 2023 ~ The Top 20 Albums of the Year

This year’s Top 20 list is noteworthy for its variety, a reflection of the wealth of music on the market.  For every 200 albums submitted to ACL, only one makes our final list.  This makes it all the more remarkable

ACL 2023 ~ Top Ten Field Recording & Soundscape

Some field recording artists travel to the ends of the earth to capture sounds many of us will never hear in person.  This year’s selection includes magma, ice and hydrophone recordings.  But field recording can be as simple as recording

ACL 2023 ~ Top Ten Field Recording & Soundscape

Some field recording artists travel to the ends of the earth to capture sounds many of us will never hear in person.  This year’s selection includes magma, ice and hydrophone recordings.  But field recording can be as simple as recording

UnSound Propositions: Previews of Unsound 2023 ~ DADA

In advance of DADA, the 2023 edition of the renowned UNSOUND festival in Kraków, Poland, Joseph Sannicandro reflects upon this year’s theme and previews some of this year’s highlights. Unsound kicks off their home edition in Krakow, Poland, running from

UnSound Propositions: Previews of Unsound 2023 ~ DADA

In advance of DADA, the 2023 edition of the renowned UNSOUND festival in Kraków, Poland, Joseph Sannicandro reflects upon this year’s theme and previews some of this year’s highlights. Unsound kicks off their home edition in Krakow, Poland, running from

Francesco Fabris & Ben Frost ~ Vakning

Few field recording artists experience risk recording in urban, suburban and forest environments, but the Room40 roster revels in extremes: Antarctic storms, sub-zero temperatures, and now the boiling opposite.  Vakning was recorded at Iceland’s Fagradalsfjall and pairs well with Alyssa Moxley’s Underdrift:

Francesco Fabris & Ben Frost ~ Vakning

Few field recording artists experience risk recording in urban, suburban and forest environments, but the Room40 roster revels in extremes: Antarctic storms, sub-zero temperatures, and now the boiling opposite.  Vakning was recorded at Iceland’s Fagradalsfjall and pairs well with Alyssa Moxley’s Underdrift:

Lyra Pramuk & Various Artists ~ Delta

Last year’s Fountain made Lyra Pramuk’s talent clear for all to listen, an intricately metaphorical view of creativity as generative interactions, her voice an augmented stream of emotional code from which a multiplicity arises, a productive erasure of what belongs

Lyra Pramuk & Various Artists ~ Delta

Last year’s Fountain made Lyra Pramuk’s talent clear for all to listen, an intricately metaphorical view of creativity as generative interactions, her voice an augmented stream of emotional code from which a multiplicity arises, a productive erasure of what belongs

Tim Hecker ~ Anoyo

Anoyo, which means “the world over there,” is the counterpart to last year’s glorious Konoyo, or “the world over here.” While the two are certainly closely related, both built around the prominent contributions of members of Tokyo Gakuso, it would

Tim Hecker ~ Anoyo

Anoyo, which means “the world over there,” is the counterpart to last year’s glorious Konoyo, or “the world over here.” While the two are certainly closely related, both built around the prominent contributions of members of Tokyo Gakuso, it would

Resina ~ Traces – Remixes

In the old days, a remix EP usually meant that a single track would be remixed into the most club-friendly form possible.  The artist’s original vision was often buried beneath the almighty beat.  This hit-or-miss proposition was often prompted by

Resina ~ Traces – Remixes

In the old days, a remix EP usually meant that a single track would be remixed into the most club-friendly form possible.  The artist’s original vision was often buried beneath the almighty beat.  This hit-or-miss proposition was often prompted by

ACL 2017 ~ Top Ten Experimental

This may be where music is headed ~ but then again, maybe not.  These artists are iconoclastic in their approach to sound.  From radio waves to distortion, puppetry to improvisation, they blaze their own trails, and those who can’t keep

ACL 2017 ~ Top Ten Experimental

This may be where music is headed ~ but then again, maybe not.  These artists are iconoclastic in their approach to sound.  From radio waves to distortion, puppetry to improvisation, they blaze their own trails, and those who can’t keep