Posts Tagged: Brett Naucke
ACL 2023 ~ The Year’s Best Winter Music
At A Closer Listen, we make a clear distinction between winter music and music that is released in winter. Winter music is evocative of the season and latitudes in which snow and ice take up permanent residence. The catch is that some
ACL 2023 ~ The Year’s Best Winter Music
At A Closer Listen, we make a clear distinction between winter music and music that is released in winter. Winter music is evocative of the season and latitudes in which snow and ice take up permanent residence. The catch is that some
Brett Naucke ~ Cast a Double Shadow
Thanks to VISUALS Wine’s Ritual of Senses series, with accompanying albums from music imprint Ceremony of Seasons, I have happily accepted the assignment of drinking while writing (or the other way around) on a seasonal basis. Last season, Ross Gentry’s
Brett Naucke ~ Cast a Double Shadow
Thanks to VISUALS Wine’s Ritual of Senses series, with accompanying albums from music imprint Ceremony of Seasons, I have happily accepted the assignment of drinking while writing (or the other way around) on a seasonal basis. Last season, Ross Gentry’s
Brett Naucke ~ EMS Hallucinations
Total absorption into the work. Complete dedication to a piece of art to the point of self-alienation. That is how the novelist Gustave Flaubert wrote about “artistic hallucination”, when the world begins to double, to reproduce itself before a perception
Brett Naucke ~ EMS Hallucinations
Total absorption into the work. Complete dedication to a piece of art to the point of self-alienation. That is how the novelist Gustave Flaubert wrote about “artistic hallucination”, when the world begins to double, to reproduce itself before a perception
First Half Highlights ~ The Top 20
We’ve reached the midway point of 2018, and polled our staff to discover their first half highlights! This is a great way to keep track of what we’ve reviewed so far and are still enjoying in July. We suspect many
First Half Highlights ~ The Top 20
We’ve reached the midway point of 2018, and polled our staff to discover their first half highlights! This is a great way to keep track of what we’ve reviewed so far and are still enjoying in July. We suspect many
Brett Naucke ~ The Back of the Garden / The Mansion
When composers release multiple albums in a short frame, one worries that they are stretching their ideas too thin. One way around this is to release sets that are so different in timbre one would never dream of putting them
Brett Naucke ~ The Back of the Garden / The Mansion
When composers release multiple albums in a short frame, one worries that they are stretching their ideas too thin. One way around this is to release sets that are so different in timbre one would never dream of putting them
ACL 2016: Top Ten Electronic
The electronic section is where we find the beats, but they’re not always for dancing; in fact, none of these albums is a straightforward club set. Instead, these artists use beats as a framework on which to hang their wildest
ACL 2016: Top Ten Electronic
The electronic section is where we find the beats, but they’re not always for dancing; in fact, none of these albums is a straightforward club set. Instead, these artists use beats as a framework on which to hang their wildest
Brett Naucke ~ Executable Dreamtime
Executable Dreamtime is a duet between man and machine, in which each component acts as composer and curator. Brett Naucke creates the patches, then stands back to watch what they will do, like a parent accompanying his children to the playground. When
Brett Naucke ~ Executable Dreamtime
Executable Dreamtime is a duet between man and machine, in which each component acts as composer and curator. Brett Naucke creates the patches, then stands back to watch what they will do, like a parent accompanying his children to the playground. When
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