Posts Tagged: forms of minutiae
ACL 2025 ~ The Year’s Best Winter Music
There’s great irony in the fact that modern winter music oft-includes the sounds of a vanishing season. The United Nations declared 2025 The Year of Glacier Preservation, and in response, the forms of minutiae imprint launched the year-long Ice Series,
ACL 2025 ~ The Year’s Best Winter Music
There’s great irony in the fact that modern winter music oft-includes the sounds of a vanishing season. The United Nations declared 2025 The Year of Glacier Preservation, and in response, the forms of minutiae imprint launched the year-long Ice Series,
pablo diserens ~ ebbing ice lines
The invitation is simple: spend an hour immersed in the sounds of melting glaciers, and ask if they sound like living, endangered entities. The water flows like blood; the air escapes like breath; steam leaves like sweat evaporating from a
pablo diserens ~ ebbing ice lines
The invitation is simple: spend an hour immersed in the sounds of melting glaciers, and ask if they sound like living, endangered entities. The water flows like blood; the air escapes like breath; steam leaves like sweat evaporating from a
Cheryl E. Leonard ~ near the bear
Today is the first day of fall, which means the air should be growing slowly colder in the Northern Hemisphere. And yet, year to year, the air is growing swiftly warmer around the world. This is the impetus for forms
Cheryl E. Leonard ~ near the bear
Today is the first day of fall, which means the air should be growing slowly colder in the Northern Hemisphere. And yet, year to year, the air is growing swiftly warmer around the world. This is the impetus for forms
Yoichi Kamimura ~ ryūhyō
Yoichi Kamimura must have had a sinking feeling when local elders informed him that despite all his hard work and years of field recording, he had failed to capture the true sound of Ryūhyō-Nari (drift ice noises). Undeterred, the artist continued
Yoichi Kamimura ~ ryūhyō
Yoichi Kamimura must have had a sinking feeling when local elders informed him that despite all his hard work and years of field recording, he had failed to capture the true sound of Ryūhyō-Nari (drift ice noises). Undeterred, the artist continued
Ludwig Berger & Vadret da Morteratsch ~ Crying Glacier
It may quack like a duck, but it is not a duck; it is a glacier. The astounding “a kind of a person” is just one example of how strange and alluring the sounds of glaciers can be. Once the
Ludwig Berger & Vadret da Morteratsch ~ Crying Glacier
It may quack like a duck, but it is not a duck; it is a glacier. The astounding “a kind of a person” is just one example of how strange and alluring the sounds of glaciers can be. Once the
Marc Namblard ~ arctic summer
Today is the first ever World Day of Glaciers, a brand new observance launched by the United Nations, who have also proclaimed 2025 the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation. In conjunction with this event, ACL’s 2024 Label of the Year
Marc Namblard ~ arctic summer
Today is the first ever World Day of Glaciers, a brand new observance launched by the United Nations, who have also proclaimed 2025 the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation. In conjunction with this event, ACL’s 2024 Label of the Year
ACL 2024 ~ The Top 20 Albums of the Year
This year, A Closer Listen received thousands of submissions and reviewed hundreds; today our international staff chooses twenty. Three former chart-toppers appear on this year’s list, while one artist appears for the fifth time, but half are new, while our
ACL 2024 ~ The Top 20 Albums of the Year
This year, A Closer Listen received thousands of submissions and reviewed hundreds; today our international staff chooses twenty. Three former chart-toppers appear on this year’s list, while one artist appears for the fifth time, but half are new, while our
ACL 2024 ~ Top Ten Field Recording & Soundscape
A huge congratulations to Manja Ristić, who appears on this chart three times, twice with collaborators and once solo. We believe that this is the first time such an event has taken place; and these were not the artist’s only
ACL 2024 ~ Top Ten Field Recording & Soundscape
A huge congratulations to Manja Ristić, who appears on this chart three times, twice with collaborators and once solo. We believe that this is the first time such an event has taken place; and these were not the artist’s only
a closer listen 