Posts Tagged: Joseph Sannicandro

Various Artists ~ Italian Resonances: Dronegazers?

      Dronegazing? The punctuation is really crucial here, and the emphasis on resonances is not to be understated. I appreciate the importance of labels in building and sustaining communities, but like many of us I also chafe at

Various Artists ~ Italian Resonances: Dronegazers?

      Dronegazing? The punctuation is really crucial here, and the emphasis on resonances is not to be understated. I appreciate the importance of labels in building and sustaining communities, but like many of us I also chafe at

con_cetta vs MonoLogue ~ Orlando

The ever-reliable Time Released Sound label kicked off 2014 in strong fashion with Orlando, a unique collaboration billed as con_cetta vs MonoLogue.  Though conceptually interesting and certainly enriched by an understanding of its context, the album stands as a beautiful

con_cetta vs MonoLogue ~ Orlando

The ever-reliable Time Released Sound label kicked off 2014 in strong fashion with Orlando, a unique collaboration billed as con_cetta vs MonoLogue.  Though conceptually interesting and certainly enriched by an understanding of its context, the album stands as a beautiful

The Problem with “My Husband’s Stupid Record Collection”

   “It would be a lowly art that allows itself to be understood all at once, whose apex can be observed by the newly initiated.” – Goethe   There’s a lot to like about My Husband’s Stupid Record Collection, a

The Problem with “My Husband’s Stupid Record Collection”

   “It would be a lowly art that allows itself to be understood all at once, whose apex can be observed by the newly initiated.” – Goethe   There’s a lot to like about My Husband’s Stupid Record Collection, a

Sound Propositions 08: Mark Fell

“Imagine a Zen Buddhist with unresolved emotional issues.” -Mark Fell describing snd Sound Propositions set out to be a kind of anti-gear gear column. A studio diary that was about artistic decisions, not copy for a consumer electronics catalog. In

Sound Propositions 08: Mark Fell

“Imagine a Zen Buddhist with unresolved emotional issues.” -Mark Fell describing snd Sound Propositions set out to be a kind of anti-gear gear column. A studio diary that was about artistic decisions, not copy for a consumer electronics catalog. In

LCNL 050: The Long Now mix

  Julien Demoulin had proposed compiling an ‘infinity mix’ of long form compositions and album length tracks, playing with the idea of an impractically long mix but also implicitly suggesting competing timescales.  Though this mix was ready weeks ago, sorting

LCNL 050: The Long Now mix

  Julien Demoulin had proposed compiling an ‘infinity mix’ of long form compositions and album length tracks, playing with the idea of an impractically long mix but also implicitly suggesting competing timescales.  Though this mix was ready weeks ago, sorting

Interview: Linear Obsessional’s Richard Sanderson on ‘For Syria’

  Since the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire after the First World War, the Middle East seems to have been unable to regain any sense of stability.  Internal conflicts, imposed borders, powerful oligarchs and outside interventions have resulted in a

Interview: Linear Obsessional’s Richard Sanderson on ‘For Syria’

  Since the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire after the First World War, the Middle East seems to have been unable to regain any sense of stability.  Internal conflicts, imposed borders, powerful oligarchs and outside interventions have resulted in a

Stefan Christoff & Joseph Sannicandro ~ Les Rumeurs de la Montagne Rouge, En Chœur, Convergent

While protest music is large enough to fill its own category, we seldom encounter the music of protest.  This C-20, which documents and reflects upon the Quebec student uprising of 2012, almost needs a category of its own. What one thinks

Stefan Christoff & Joseph Sannicandro ~ Les Rumeurs de la Montagne Rouge, En Chœur, Convergent

While protest music is large enough to fill its own category, we seldom encounter the music of protest.  This C-20, which documents and reflects upon the Quebec student uprising of 2012, almost needs a category of its own. What one thinks

Fennesz ~ Bécs

In 2001 Mego released Endless Summer, a shimmering wave of digital guitar manipulations that ranks among the best – and “poppiest”- of Fennesz’s now extensive catalog. It wasn’t just the album that solidified Fennesz among the upper echelon of electronic

Fennesz ~ Bécs

In 2001 Mego released Endless Summer, a shimmering wave of digital guitar manipulations that ranks among the best – and “poppiest”- of Fennesz’s now extensive catalog. It wasn’t just the album that solidified Fennesz among the upper echelon of electronic