Posts Tagged: Gizeh
Charles-Eric Charrier ~ Petite Soeur
It’s been a while since we’ve heard from bassist / pianist Charles-Eric Charrier, who last impressed us with 2011’s elegant Silver. He moves in two directions on Petite Soeur, polishing his sound on the vinyl portion while saving his deeper experiments for
Charles-Eric Charrier ~ Petite Soeur
It’s been a while since we’ve heard from bassist / pianist Charles-Eric Charrier, who last impressed us with 2011’s elegant Silver. He moves in two directions on Petite Soeur, polishing his sound on the vinyl portion while saving his deeper experiments for
Tomorrow We Sail ~ For Those Who Caught the Sun in Flight
Four years in the making, For Those Who Caught the Sun in Flight is an example of slow cooking: a meal made right. Since 2010, the seven-piece ensemble has been road-testing a number of songs and releasing some on singles and EPs;
Tomorrow We Sail ~ For Those Who Caught the Sun in Flight
Four years in the making, For Those Who Caught the Sun in Flight is an example of slow cooking: a meal made right. Since 2010, the seven-piece ensemble has been road-testing a number of songs and releasing some on singles and EPs;
ACL 2013: The Top 20 Albums of the Year
Over the course of the past year, we received thousands of albums and EPs to pore over, review and discuss. Out of these, we reviewed approximately 500. In this feature, we answer the Big Question: Which releases were the best?
ACL 2013: The Top 20 Albums of the Year
Over the course of the past year, we received thousands of albums and EPs to pore over, review and discuss. Out of these, we reviewed approximately 500. In this feature, we answer the Big Question: Which releases were the best?
ACL 2013: Top Ten Experimental
What’s new? The Experimental field has the answers: tortured tapes, disturbing images, military drums, a garden of monsters brought to life. This selection is where to turn for the most creative and original music of the year. You’ve been warned!
ACL 2013: Top Ten Experimental
What’s new? The Experimental field has the answers: tortured tapes, disturbing images, military drums, a garden of monsters brought to life. This selection is where to turn for the most creative and original music of the year. You’ve been warned!
A-Sun Amissa ~ You Stood Up For Victory, We Stood Up For Less
This is a new species of beast. A-Sun Amissa has drastically thickened its sound since Desperate in Her Heavy Sleep. On the new album, the tracks are longer, the hope seems dimmer, the atmosphere has changed from filtered light to fog.
A-Sun Amissa ~ You Stood Up For Victory, We Stood Up For Less
This is a new species of beast. A-Sun Amissa has drastically thickened its sound since Desperate in Her Heavy Sleep. On the new album, the tracks are longer, the hope seems dimmer, the atmosphere has changed from filtered light to fog.
ACL 2012: Top Ten Modern Composition
The Modern Composition genre is the heir to the Classical: music composed for piano, brass, strings or orchestra. One might expect to encounter these artists in churches and other resonant spaces designed for full musical palettes and rich timbral shades.
ACL 2012: Top Ten Modern Composition
The Modern Composition genre is the heir to the Classical: music composed for piano, brass, strings or orchestra. One might expect to encounter these artists in churches and other resonant spaces designed for full musical palettes and rich timbral shades.
Fieldhead ~ a correction
The first 18 seconds sound like a voyage, or a goodbye. Waves lap; hulls creak; a quiet bird seems to cry. Paul Elam (Fieldhead) recently left the moors of Leeds for the wider expanses of Canada, and a correction is his
Fieldhead ~ a correction
The first 18 seconds sound like a voyage, or a goodbye. Waves lap; hulls creak; a quiet bird seems to cry. Paul Elam (Fieldhead) recently left the moors of Leeds for the wider expanses of Canada, and a correction is his
Mere ~ Mere
Over the years, bands like the Mt. Fuji Doomjazz Corporation or Bohren & der Club of Gore have successfully explored the painful abysses that populate the silences of improv, drawing listeners into all sorts of moods mutated by psychological collapse.
Mere ~ Mere
Over the years, bands like the Mt. Fuji Doomjazz Corporation or Bohren & der Club of Gore have successfully explored the painful abysses that populate the silences of improv, drawing listeners into all sorts of moods mutated by psychological collapse.
a closer listen 