Posts Tagged: Damian Van Denburgh

Koenraad Ecker ~ Raw Materials

The album starts with a splash, a quick dive through a silvery veil of sonic bubbles that quickly transforms to crackling, evaporating static. Pulsing waves of slow hiss follow, rising and thickening and pulling the listener further into the uncertainty

Koenraad Ecker ~ Raw Materials

The album starts with a splash, a quick dive through a silvery veil of sonic bubbles that quickly transforms to crackling, evaporating static. Pulsing waves of slow hiss follow, rising and thickening and pulling the listener further into the uncertainty

Cindytalk – When the Moon is a Thread

If you’re not familiar with the work of Cindytalk – a mostly solo endeavor, originated by musician Cinder in 1982, that explores sound, art, and identity through goth, “ambi-dustrial” and experimental music – then a glance at When the Moon

Cindytalk – When the Moon is a Thread

If you’re not familiar with the work of Cindytalk – a mostly solo endeavor, originated by musician Cinder in 1982, that explores sound, art, and identity through goth, “ambi-dustrial” and experimental music – then a glance at When the Moon

Guentner | Spieth ~ Overlay

Fans of Kompakt’s long-running Pop Ambient series will recognize the names Markus Guentner and Joachim Spieth. Between them, the two veterans of ambient and house music have appeared on more than half of the PA albums since they first began

Guentner | Spieth ~ Overlay

Fans of Kompakt’s long-running Pop Ambient series will recognize the names Markus Guentner and Joachim Spieth. Between them, the two veterans of ambient and house music have appeared on more than half of the PA albums since they first began

Ulrich Krieger ~ Aphotic II – Abyssal

If one were to imagine a musical approximation of the ocean’s aphotic depths – the zones beyond the reach of sunlight and photosynthesis, where fish are luminescent – the first instruments that come to mind might not be saxophone, accordion,

Ulrich Krieger ~ Aphotic II – Abyssal

If one were to imagine a musical approximation of the ocean’s aphotic depths – the zones beyond the reach of sunlight and photosynthesis, where fish are luminescent – the first instruments that come to mind might not be saxophone, accordion,

Siavash Amini ~ eremos

Having already released the brilliant album Eidolon and the brooding, seething follow-up EP, The Sweat of Earth earlier this year, Iranian composer, musician and sound artist Siavash Amini now releases eremos on the American Dreams label. It’s a stunning continuation

Siavash Amini ~ eremos

Having already released the brilliant album Eidolon and the brooding, seething follow-up EP, The Sweat of Earth earlier this year, Iranian composer, musician and sound artist Siavash Amini now releases eremos on the American Dreams label. It’s a stunning continuation

Zeynep Toraman ~ In a Dark House

Rife with mysteries, silences, and unheimlich spaces, In a Dark House, the debut album of Turkish composer and musician Zeynep Toraman, released on Seattle’s own Obscure & Terrible label, is a trip through a series of sonic and psychological states

Zeynep Toraman ~ In a Dark House

Rife with mysteries, silences, and unheimlich spaces, In a Dark House, the debut album of Turkish composer and musician Zeynep Toraman, released on Seattle’s own Obscure & Terrible label, is a trip through a series of sonic and psychological states

The Inward Circles ~ Before We Lie Down in Darknesse

Anyone diving into Richard Skelton’s Before We Lie Down In Darknesse and expecting to encounter his uniquely sumptuous, sonorous layers of music may be in for a bit of a surprise.  Some of the same sources that inform other releases

The Inward Circles ~ Before We Lie Down in Darknesse

Anyone diving into Richard Skelton’s Before We Lie Down In Darknesse and expecting to encounter his uniquely sumptuous, sonorous layers of music may be in for a bit of a surprise.  Some of the same sources that inform other releases

Pauline Hogstrand ~ Áhkká

A loose conceptual framework is at play on Áhkká, a beguiling release by violist and composer Pauline Hogstrand whose title honors the “queen mountain”of her native Lappland. Hogstrand suggests that the album’s arc is comparable to the act of hiking, complete

Pauline Hogstrand ~ Áhkká

A loose conceptual framework is at play on Áhkká, a beguiling release by violist and composer Pauline Hogstrand whose title honors the “queen mountain”of her native Lappland. Hogstrand suggests that the album’s arc is comparable to the act of hiking, complete