Posts Tagged: Jeremy Bye

Jumble Hole Clough ~ Raising The Nap

A recent railway journey took your correspondent through the heart of English industry, now scarcely recognisable from the thriving centre it was fifty years – if that – ago. Buildings which housed all manner of machinery are now reduced to

Jumble Hole Clough ~ Raising The Nap

A recent railway journey took your correspondent through the heart of English industry, now scarcely recognisable from the thriving centre it was fifty years – if that – ago. Buildings which housed all manner of machinery are now reduced to

Michael Robinson ~ Nightmarchers

A composition inspired by midnight on the island of Maui, and played on a variety of instruments I can neither pronounce nor spell, Michael Robinson‘s Nightmarchers is an album unlike any other I’ve heard whilst writing for A Closer Listen,

Michael Robinson ~ Nightmarchers

A composition inspired by midnight on the island of Maui, and played on a variety of instruments I can neither pronounce nor spell, Michael Robinson‘s Nightmarchers is an album unlike any other I’ve heard whilst writing for A Closer Listen,

Gregorio, Giallorenzo Duo ~ Multiverse

Improvisation can be a bit hit and miss as it’s impossible to strike gold every time, no matter how gifted a performer you are. Improvising in performance heavily involves the audience’s response, whether they are aware of it or not,

Gregorio, Giallorenzo Duo ~ Multiverse

Improvisation can be a bit hit and miss as it’s impossible to strike gold every time, no matter how gifted a performer you are. Improvising in performance heavily involves the audience’s response, whether they are aware of it or not,

[ B O L T ] ~ ( 0 2 )

The weeks following the Christmas and New Year holidays can often feel like a bit of a struggle, when those returning to work and school are hit by nebulous motivational issues, or actual illnesses when the body just gives up

[ B O L T ] ~ ( 0 2 )

The weeks following the Christmas and New Year holidays can often feel like a bit of a struggle, when those returning to work and school are hit by nebulous motivational issues, or actual illnesses when the body just gives up

ACL 2012: Top Ten Electronic

It would appear that the Electronic section of A Closer Listen is the poor relation of the site, which in a way is no bad thing; certainly the remit when the site was founded was to give those artists who

ACL 2012: Top Ten Electronic

It would appear that the Electronic section of A Closer Listen is the poor relation of the site, which in a way is no bad thing; certainly the remit when the site was founded was to give those artists who

Scott Walker ~ Bish Bosch

Footnotes are useful, and yet, possibly because they are relegated to the bottom of the page, often overlooked – or at least under-appreciated. This is a shame because much can be gleaned from them in order to increase our understanding

Scott Walker ~ Bish Bosch

Footnotes are useful, and yet, possibly because they are relegated to the bottom of the page, often overlooked – or at least under-appreciated. This is a shame because much can be gleaned from them in order to increase our understanding

Eternal Tapestry ~ A World Out Of Time

For their second full-length of the year Eternal Tapestry ring the changes by recording an album as a conceptual whole, rather than assembling the final work from a bunch of different tapes laid down over time.  It’s not the most

Eternal Tapestry ~ A World Out Of Time

For their second full-length of the year Eternal Tapestry ring the changes by recording an album as a conceptual whole, rather than assembling the final work from a bunch of different tapes laid down over time.  It’s not the most

P.Jay Fry ~ Home [EP]

Electronic music has long been associated with extended excursions and, occasionally, challenging durations.  Whereas the three-minute pop song was closely tied in with the 7″ single, electronic producers from Kraftwerk and Giorgio Morodor onwards have leaned towards the longer format,

P.Jay Fry ~ Home [EP]

Electronic music has long been associated with extended excursions and, occasionally, challenging durations.  Whereas the three-minute pop song was closely tied in with the 7″ single, electronic producers from Kraftwerk and Giorgio Morodor onwards have leaned towards the longer format,