Posts Tagged: drone

SP* Episode 37: QUANTUM BLUES – with France Jobin [podcast]

France Jobin has been exploring quantum theory for many years now, an interest that has shown up in her compositions, sound installations, and work with VR. But the pandemic finally afforded the Montreal-based minimalist composer time for deeper study with

SP* Episode 37: QUANTUM BLUES – with France Jobin [podcast]

France Jobin has been exploring quantum theory for many years now, an interest that has shown up in her compositions, sound installations, and work with VR. But the pandemic finally afforded the Montreal-based minimalist composer time for deeper study with

From Overseas & zakè ~ Demain, dès l’aube

On the final day of my first trip abroad, I hiked to the top of the hill above the small Italian village I’d been staying in for the previous month in order to watch the sunrise. I had promised myself

From Overseas & zakè ~ Demain, dès l’aube

On the final day of my first trip abroad, I hiked to the top of the hill above the small Italian village I’d been staying in for the previous month in order to watch the sunrise. I had promised myself

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Phill Niblock ~ Muna Torso

Given the long history of collaboration between experimental music and the visual arts and film, it’s no surprise that a lot of music we cover on this site was designed in to be presented alongside a moving image. The composer

Muna Torso Album Cover

Phill Niblock ~ Muna Torso

Given the long history of collaboration between experimental music and the visual arts and film, it’s no surprise that a lot of music we cover on this site was designed in to be presented alongside a moving image. The composer

Penelope Trappes Heavenly Spheres

Penelope Trappes ~ Heavenly Spheres

On Heavenly Spheres the Australian born vocalist and musician Penelope Trappes depicts the fragility of improvisation and experimental practice, while imbuing the spaciousness of ambient music’s soundscapes with surprising heft. On album opener “The Bitterness of Parting,” an opening wave

Penelope Trappes Heavenly Spheres

Penelope Trappes ~ Heavenly Spheres

On Heavenly Spheres the Australian born vocalist and musician Penelope Trappes depicts the fragility of improvisation and experimental practice, while imbuing the spaciousness of ambient music’s soundscapes with surprising heft. On album opener “The Bitterness of Parting,” an opening wave

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Steve Roach ~ Rest of Life

Ambient music pioneer Steve Roach’s records are always inviting the listener on a journey. The spaciousness of his musical textures and tones leave the locations and destinations open though. It could be through the recesses of your mind, the vastness

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Steve Roach ~ Rest of Life

Ambient music pioneer Steve Roach’s records are always inviting the listener on a journey. The spaciousness of his musical textures and tones leave the locations and destinations open though. It could be through the recesses of your mind, the vastness

Asher tuil Automatism

Asher Tuil ~ Automatism

Asher Tuil’s Automatism is a celebration of audio technology’s sound and texture.  Across the album’s ten tracks Tuil questions the relationship between the noise of audio technology and its signals.  The basis of each track are field recordings Tuil made

Asher tuil Automatism

Asher Tuil ~ Automatism

Asher Tuil’s Automatism is a celebration of audio technology’s sound and texture.  Across the album’s ten tracks Tuil questions the relationship between the noise of audio technology and its signals.  The basis of each track are field recordings Tuil made

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Simon Scott ~ Long Drove

Simon Scott describes Long Drove, his latest release on Room40, as a “site-specific sound study which shifts the Anthropocene discourse from spectatorship to musical participation, accountability and creative engagement.”  Across the album he demonstrates his own collaboration with nature while

Long Drove Album Cover

Simon Scott ~ Long Drove

Simon Scott describes Long Drove, his latest release on Room40, as a “site-specific sound study which shifts the Anthropocene discourse from spectatorship to musical participation, accountability and creative engagement.”  Across the album he demonstrates his own collaboration with nature while

J.WLSN 1993 Album Cover

J.WLSN ~ 1993

We may be living in the era of pandemic records for a while yet. J.WLSN’s 1993 is another entry into the canon but it’s one which, although a product of the artist’s extended stay in Australia’s lockdowns, resonates far beyond

J.WLSN 1993 Album Cover

J.WLSN ~ 1993

We may be living in the era of pandemic records for a while yet. J.WLSN’s 1993 is another entry into the canon but it’s one which, although a product of the artist’s extended stay in Australia’s lockdowns, resonates far beyond