Posts Tagged: Denovali

Ricardo Donoso ~ Calibrate

With Calibrate, Ricardo Donoso continues to offer the best of 21st-century industrial dance music.  Preserving the sci-fi and factory tinges of 80s industrial, he adds THX-volume drama and grime-tinged, off-kilter beats, resulting in a sound unique to this era. “Rendering the Ineffable” is

Ricardo Donoso ~ Calibrate

With Calibrate, Ricardo Donoso continues to offer the best of 21st-century industrial dance music.  Preserving the sci-fi and factory tinges of 80s industrial, he adds THX-volume drama and grime-tinged, off-kilter beats, resulting in a sound unique to this era. “Rendering the Ineffable” is

Ensemble Economique ~ Radiate Through You

Shining with radiance and lowered through mourning, Radiate Through You is a response to 2016’s devastating Ghost Ship fire in Oakland.  Ensemble Economique channels these upset emotions through his music. Brian Pyle has been a part of Northern California’s experimental community

Ensemble Economique ~ Radiate Through You

Shining with radiance and lowered through mourning, Radiate Through You is a response to 2016’s devastating Ghost Ship fire in Oakland.  Ensemble Economique channels these upset emotions through his music. Brian Pyle has been a part of Northern California’s experimental community

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

Birds of Passage ~ The Death of Our Invention

Alicia Merz cultivates wilderness within vulnerability. The New Zealand singer-songwriter known as Birds of Passage pens faded folk frayed by silvery drones, attic songs whispered while one’s parents quarrel downstairs. But The Death of Our Invention doesn’t sag with what’s

Birds of Passage ~ The Death of Our Invention

Alicia Merz cultivates wilderness within vulnerability. The New Zealand singer-songwriter known as Birds of Passage pens faded folk frayed by silvery drones, attic songs whispered while one’s parents quarrel downstairs. But The Death of Our Invention doesn’t sag with what’s

Philipp Rumsch Ensemble ~ Reflections

Far from the pensive or maudlin connotations usually associated with reflecting in a musical context, Philipp Rumsch likely titled his debut LP after the idea of collisions – not of light, but sound. Extensively trained and with youthful exuberance, the

Philipp Rumsch Ensemble ~ Reflections

Far from the pensive or maudlin connotations usually associated with reflecting in a musical context, Philipp Rumsch likely titled his debut LP after the idea of collisions – not of light, but sound. Extensively trained and with youthful exuberance, the

Nanook of the North ~ S/T

2018 has been a great year for new scores to old films. We’ve already heard such music from Bronnt Industries Kapital and múm, and now Nanook of the North gets into the action with their reimagined score to the 1922 film of the

Nanook of the North ~ S/T

2018 has been a great year for new scores to old films. We’ve already heard such music from Bronnt Industries Kapital and múm, and now Nanook of the North gets into the action with their reimagined score to the 1922 film of the

The Eye of Time ~ Myth I: A Last Dance for the Things We Love

Marc Euvrie (The Eye of Time) has embarked on an ambitious project, a triptych of releases inspired by loneliness, the power of myth and global conditions.  The cover art, a recent photograph by Emin Özmen, demonstrates the contrast between hope and

The Eye of Time ~ Myth I: A Last Dance for the Things We Love

Marc Euvrie (The Eye of Time) has embarked on an ambitious project, a triptych of releases inspired by loneliness, the power of myth and global conditions.  The cover art, a recent photograph by Emin Özmen, demonstrates the contrast between hope and

Petrels ~ Jörð

Let us go forth, the tellers of tales, and seize whatever prey the heart longs for, and have no fear.  Everything exists, everything is true, and the earth is only a little dust under our feet. This quote, from W.B.

Petrels ~ Jörð

Let us go forth, the tellers of tales, and seize whatever prey the heart longs for, and have no fear.  Everything exists, everything is true, and the earth is only a little dust under our feet. This quote, from W.B.