Posts Tagged: Jennifer Smart

Rafael Toral

Rafael Toral ~ Spectral Evolution

To describe Rafael Toral’s Spectral Evolution as guitar music would be like calling Beethoven a composer: A grave understatement. No album of guitar music has ever sounded quite like this. Toral initially made a name for himself in the 1990s

Rafael Toral

Rafael Toral ~ Spectral Evolution

To describe Rafael Toral’s Spectral Evolution as guitar music would be like calling Beethoven a composer: A grave understatement. No album of guitar music has ever sounded quite like this. Toral initially made a name for himself in the 1990s

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NEXCYIA ~ Endless Path of Memory

How does sound evoke or explore the experience of otherness or modern anxiety? Put another way, how does music that explores those themes sound? Endless Path of Memory, the inaugural solo project by Adam Dove who releases music under the

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NEXCYIA ~ Endless Path of Memory

How does sound evoke or explore the experience of otherness or modern anxiety? Put another way, how does music that explores those themes sound? Endless Path of Memory, the inaugural solo project by Adam Dove who releases music under the

Speak, Moment

Dave Harrington, Max Jaffe, Patrick Shiroishi ~ Speak, Moment

On Speak, Moment, the first album on which Dave Harrington, Max Jaffe, and Patrick Shiroishi appear as a trio, the musicians sound as though they’ve been playing together for years. Perhaps it’s not surprising, each of the players comes by

Speak, Moment

Dave Harrington, Max Jaffe, Patrick Shiroishi ~ Speak, Moment

On Speak, Moment, the first album on which Dave Harrington, Max Jaffe, and Patrick Shiroishi appear as a trio, the musicians sound as though they’ve been playing together for years. Perhaps it’s not surprising, each of the players comes by

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Marja Ahti ~ Tender Membranes

In a sign of what is to come, Marja Ahti’s album Tender Membranes begins with the striking of a bell, its decay manipulated and stretched to almost two minutes before it is abruptly cut off. The sound of rushing water

Marja Ahti Tender Membranes Album Cover

Marja Ahti ~ Tender Membranes

In a sign of what is to come, Marja Ahti’s album Tender Membranes begins with the striking of a bell, its decay manipulated and stretched to almost two minutes before it is abruptly cut off. The sound of rushing water

Mute Frequencies ~ Svalbard Soundtracks

Music criticism has historically under-valued the role context and framing play in influencing the space of listening— knowing a piece of music was composed in relationship to images inevitably colors how one interprets its sound. The horn-like drone that enters

Mute Frequencies ~ Svalbard Soundtracks

Music criticism has historically under-valued the role context and framing play in influencing the space of listening— knowing a piece of music was composed in relationship to images inevitably colors how one interprets its sound. The horn-like drone that enters

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Paul Liam Walker ~ Liapades

There’s a delicate art to the field recording based composition: How present should the recordings be? Should they stand alone as a sonic element or merge seamlessly with the other elements of the work? Should they barely register their presence?

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Paul Liam Walker ~ Liapades

There’s a delicate art to the field recording based composition: How present should the recordings be? Should they stand alone as a sonic element or merge seamlessly with the other elements of the work? Should they barely register their presence?

SP* Episode 29: CRITICAL POSITIVITY – with ACL [podcast]

Happy (very belated) birthday to us! Back in January of 2022 we celebrated the tenth anniversary of our blog. To celebrate, in this episode, we pull the curtain back a bit to talk with ten of the writers who have

SP* Episode 29: CRITICAL POSITIVITY – with ACL [podcast]

Happy (very belated) birthday to us! Back in January of 2022 we celebrated the tenth anniversary of our blog. To celebrate, in this episode, we pull the curtain back a bit to talk with ten of the writers who have

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Silent Noise Revolution ~ Icarus Tapes #2

Based in Belgium, Icarus is a record label and radio show dedicated to experimental music. Last year Silent Noise Revolution, the name under which pianist Jan De Block releases music, performed a live session with Luc van Lieshout at a

Icarus Tapes #2 Album Cover

Silent Noise Revolution ~ Icarus Tapes #2

Based in Belgium, Icarus is a record label and radio show dedicated to experimental music. Last year Silent Noise Revolution, the name under which pianist Jan De Block releases music, performed a live session with Luc van Lieshout at a