Posts Tagged: electroacoustic

Sound Propositions 04: Steve Roden (part I)

a big circle drawn with little hands was created from a box of things sent to me by sylvain, who runs the ini itu label. the box contained everything from newspapers, coins, wooden toys, pamphlets, plastic objects, plastic bags, broken

Sound Propositions 04: Steve Roden (part I)

a big circle drawn with little hands was created from a box of things sent to me by sylvain, who runs the ini itu label. the box contained everything from newspapers, coins, wooden toys, pamphlets, plastic objects, plastic bags, broken

A Closer Look: Montreal’s AKOUSMA Festival

Québec has  long nurtured creative and  experimental arts & music. The Québécois are something of an historical anomaly, an island of Francophones adrift in a sea Anglophones.  This fact, combined with its relative geographic isolation and the paradox of containing the

A Closer Look: Montreal’s AKOUSMA Festival

Québec has  long nurtured creative and  experimental arts & music. The Québécois are something of an historical anomaly, an island of Francophones adrift in a sea Anglophones.  This fact, combined with its relative geographic isolation and the paradox of containing the

Interview: Francisco Lopez

  This short interview took place just before the start of the 2012 edition of the AKOUSMA festival of electroacoustic music in Montreal.  I hoped it would give added context to the performance, and indeed it did.  My review of

Interview: Francisco Lopez

  This short interview took place just before the start of the 2012 edition of the AKOUSMA festival of electroacoustic music in Montreal.  I hoped it would give added context to the performance, and indeed it did.  My review of

Wesołowski + Kaliski ~ 281011

It may have taken about 600 years and countless jokes, but it seems Poland may finally be cool.  In the last decade Poland has emerged with cutting edge festivals (Unsound), artists (Jacaszek), labels (AudioTong, Few Quiet People)  and now musical

Wesołowski + Kaliski ~ 281011

It may have taken about 600 years and countless jokes, but it seems Poland may finally be cool.  In the last decade Poland has emerged with cutting edge festivals (Unsound), artists (Jacaszek), labels (AudioTong, Few Quiet People)  and now musical

LCNL 07: Black Swan

Black Swan, Black Swan, Black Swan.  His first two LPs, In 8 Movements and The Quiet Divide, were released in fairly rapid succession, and seemingly overnight this anonymous herald of drone whipped up a respectable cult following.  Expectations for his

LCNL 07: Black Swan

Black Swan, Black Swan, Black Swan.  His first two LPs, In 8 Movements and The Quiet Divide, were released in fairly rapid succession, and seemingly overnight this anonymous herald of drone whipped up a respectable cult following.  Expectations for his