Posts Tagged: FatCat

Emil Friis ~ Moving Images

The most overused cliché in instrumental music is “the soundtrack to a movie that has never been made.”  Emil Friis flips the script – literally – by commissioning filmmakers to produce short films for all fifteen tracks on Moving Images.  At

Emil Friis ~ Moving Images

The most overused cliché in instrumental music is “the soundtrack to a movie that has never been made.”  Emil Friis flips the script – literally – by commissioning filmmakers to produce short films for all fifteen tracks on Moving Images.  At

Patricio Fraile ~ My Eternal Summer (OST)

What seems on the surface to be a wistful coming of age story about a teenaged girl on summer vacation turns out to far more resonant when the full plot is revealed.  Fanny’s mother is terminally ill, and this will

Patricio Fraile ~ My Eternal Summer (OST)

What seems on the surface to be a wistful coming of age story about a teenaged girl on summer vacation turns out to far more resonant when the full plot is revealed.  Fanny’s mother is terminally ill, and this will

ACL 2022 ~ The Top 20 Albums of the Year

Thousands of submissions, hundreds of reviews, and it all comes down to this: The Top 20 Albums of 2022!  Our headlines: women dominate, filling the top five spots, and a former champion returns to the top. The top three albums

ACL 2022 ~ The Top 20 Albums of the Year

Thousands of submissions, hundreds of reviews, and it all comes down to this: The Top 20 Albums of 2022!  Our headlines: women dominate, filling the top five spots, and a former champion returns to the top. The top three albums

ACL 2022 ~ Top Ten Ambient

The best ambient albums of the year include a set of short stories, an ode to a remote island, a celebration of sailing, a score to ice diving and an expression of hope from Ukraine.  Fans of classic ambience will

ACL 2022 ~ Top Ten Ambient

The best ambient albums of the year include a set of short stories, an ode to a remote island, a celebration of sailing, a score to ice diving and an expression of hope from Ukraine.  Fans of classic ambience will

Ian William Craig ~ Music for Magnesium_173

One doesn’t listen to an Ian William Craig album as much as experience it.  This is again the case with Music for Magnesium_173, which finds the composer at the top of his abilities and still rising.  Surprisingly, the album is the score to

Ian William Craig ~ Music for Magnesium_173

One doesn’t listen to an Ian William Craig album as much as experience it.  This is again the case with Music for Magnesium_173, which finds the composer at the top of his abilities and still rising.  Surprisingly, the album is the score to

Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch ~ Ravage

The death of a parent is never easy, especially when the relationship is strained or the death is unexpected. For good or ill, parents scaffold our lives and when they suddenly disappear, we’re forced to relearn how to stand. When

Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch ~ Ravage

The death of a parent is never easy, especially when the relationship is strained or the death is unexpected. For good or ill, parents scaffold our lives and when they suddenly disappear, we’re forced to relearn how to stand. When

Resina ~ Speechless

How does one speak without words?  Resina answers the question by using voice as instrument and texture, percussion and emotion, howl and hum ~ expressing a massive inner galaxy, worlds upon worlds, all without a single word.  Stripped to basic inflection,

Resina ~ Speechless

How does one speak without words?  Resina answers the question by using voice as instrument and texture, percussion and emotion, howl and hum ~ expressing a massive inner galaxy, worlds upon worlds, all without a single word.  Stripped to basic inflection,

Rutger Hoedemaekers ~ The Age of Oddities

While we haven’t finished saying goodbye to Jóhann Jóhannsson, we may have found his successor. Not that Rutger Hoedemaekers wanted to carry such a torch; he’d rather have his friend alive.  The Age of Oddities pays tribute to the beloved composer, now three years

Rutger Hoedemaekers ~ The Age of Oddities

While we haven’t finished saying goodbye to Jóhann Jóhannsson, we may have found his successor. Not that Rutger Hoedemaekers wanted to carry such a torch; he’d rather have his friend alive.  The Age of Oddities pays tribute to the beloved composer, now three years