Posts Tagged: Lawrence English
A Closer Listen’s Best Field Recording & Soundscape Albums of the Decade
If you’ve ever wanted to get into field recordings, this article is a perfect place to start. Field recording and soundscape artists capture sounds before they vanish, preserving them for future generations. Our best of the decade list includes the
A Closer Listen’s Best Field Recording & Soundscape Albums of the Decade
If you’ve ever wanted to get into field recordings, this article is a perfect place to start. Field recording and soundscape artists capture sounds before they vanish, preserving them for future generations. Our best of the decade list includes the
Sound Propositions 015: Lawrence English
Sound Propositions is an ongoing, semi-regular series of conversations with artists exploring their creative practices and individual aesthetics, conceived of as a counter-narrative to a dominant trend in music journalism which fetishizes equipment and new technologies. Rather than writing copy
Sound Propositions 015: Lawrence English
Sound Propositions is an ongoing, semi-regular series of conversations with artists exploring their creative practices and individual aesthetics, conceived of as a counter-narrative to a dominant trend in music journalism which fetishizes equipment and new technologies. Rather than writing copy
ACL 2017 ~ Top Ten Drone
2017 was a pivotal year for the drone genre, formerly considered the least political of all genres. Yet as the noise of the world increased, so did the interest of artists in using drone and noise as commentary. By creating
ACL 2017 ~ Top Ten Drone
2017 was a pivotal year for the drone genre, formerly considered the least political of all genres. Yet as the noise of the world increased, so did the interest of artists in using drone and noise as commentary. By creating
Lawrence English ~ Cruel Optimism
High density music is easy to make ~ just add more layers until all the levels are in the red. But quality denseness is far more difficult to achieve. Lawrence English excels in such ventures because he honors the nuances within and between sounds. His
Lawrence English ~ Cruel Optimism
High density music is easy to make ~ just add more layers until all the levels are in the red. But quality denseness is far more difficult to achieve. Lawrence English excels in such ventures because he honors the nuances within and between sounds. His
Lawrence English ~ Approaching Nothing
It’s almost impossible to comprehend the initial reactions to Luc Ferrari’s Presque Rien n° 1, the piece that inspires Lawrence English‘s Approaching Nothing. A 2013 article in Brainwashed explains that Ferrari’s edited/juxtaposed field recording was once considered controversial, managing to offend the musique
Lawrence English ~ Approaching Nothing
It’s almost impossible to comprehend the initial reactions to Luc Ferrari’s Presque Rien n° 1, the piece that inspires Lawrence English‘s Approaching Nothing. A 2013 article in Brainwashed explains that Ferrari’s edited/juxtaposed field recording was once considered controversial, managing to offend the musique
ACL 2015: Top Ten Field Recording & Soundscape
This year’s top field recording and soundscape albums travel to global extremes, from the frozen Arctic to the heart of the jungle. They commute to congested cities and retreat to quiet streams. They fall in love with frogs and olives.
ACL 2015: Top Ten Field Recording & Soundscape
This year’s top field recording and soundscape albums travel to global extremes, from the frozen Arctic to the heart of the jungle. They commute to congested cities and retreat to quiet streams. They fall in love with frogs and olives.
ACL 2015: The Year’s Best Winter Music
Winter music is inspired by winter and sounds like winter, yet winter contains a wide range of inspirations and sounds: from ice-locked ships to children’s games, from piano flurries to fronts of drones. Its variety is its beauty. Just as
ACL 2015: The Year’s Best Winter Music
Winter music is inspired by winter and sounds like winter, yet winter contains a wide range of inspirations and sounds: from ice-locked ships to children’s games, from piano flurries to fronts of drones. Its variety is its beauty. Just as
Lawrence English ~ Viento
Lawrence English’s follow-up to Shadow of the Monolith continues his exploration of Antarctic sounds, but is a much more visceral and immediate work than its predecessor. On this LP, English presents two side-long recordings of winter fury. Given such conditions, most reasonable
Lawrence English ~ Viento
Lawrence English’s follow-up to Shadow of the Monolith continues his exploration of Antarctic sounds, but is a much more visceral and immediate work than its predecessor. On this LP, English presents two side-long recordings of winter fury. Given such conditions, most reasonable
