Posts Tagged: offthesky

The Humble Bee & Offthesky ~ All Other Voices Gone, Only Yours Remains

The photo work of Nieves Mingueza is dissected and reassembled, resulting in new creations.  Likewise the music of The Humble Bee & Offthesky, their sonic pieces glued together note by note.  In each instance, the seams show, but become part of the attraction.

The Humble Bee & Offthesky ~ All Other Voices Gone, Only Yours Remains

The photo work of Nieves Mingueza is dissected and reassembled, resulting in new creations.  Likewise the music of The Humble Bee & Offthesky, their sonic pieces glued together note by note.  In each instance, the seams show, but become part of the attraction.

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

offthesky ~ Light Loss

Hot on the heels of Possession, a Valentine’s Day album recorded with Carl Ritger and Cody Yantis, Jason Corder (offthesky) enlists the help of eight musicians for Light Loss.  The new work traces the arc of descending winter from first chill to dreary

offthesky ~ Light Loss

Hot on the heels of Possession, a Valentine’s Day album recorded with Carl Ritger and Cody Yantis, Jason Corder (offthesky) enlists the help of eight musicians for Light Loss.  The new work traces the arc of descending winter from first chill to dreary

LCNL 059: Dronarivm mix

This mix comes courtesy of the Dronarivm label, run by Dmitry Taldykin and Bartosz Dziadosz (aka Pleq), presenting a selection of their catalogue.  You can also still download their free x-mas compilation Past Disappears over at Bandcamp.  (And if you

LCNL 059: Dronarivm mix

This mix comes courtesy of the Dronarivm label, run by Dmitry Taldykin and Bartosz Dziadosz (aka Pleq), presenting a selection of their catalogue.  You can also still download their free x-mas compilation Past Disappears over at Bandcamp.  (And if you

ACL 2012: The Top 20 Albums of the Year

Thousands of releases, hundreds of reviews, and it all comes down to this: the Top Twenty instrumental and experimental releases of 2012.  This isn’t just the one percent; it’s a small percent of a percent, the cream of the crop.

ACL 2012: The Top 20 Albums of the Year

Thousands of releases, hundreds of reviews, and it all comes down to this: the Top Twenty instrumental and experimental releases of 2012.  This isn’t just the one percent; it’s a small percent of a percent, the cream of the crop.

ACL 2012: Top Ten Drone

The drone category might be defined as the extended notes that draw our interest and spark our imagination.  These drones range from the quiet and soothing to the loud and abrasive; at times they are musical, at other times random.

ACL 2012: Top Ten Drone

The drone category might be defined as the extended notes that draw our interest and spark our imagination.  These drones range from the quiet and soothing to the loud and abrasive; at times they are musical, at other times random.

ACL 2012: The Year’s Best Album Covers

These are times of widespread disconnect, and music is one of the most genuine ways for a person all alone to feel understood. We’re seeing DIY backlashes against this loss of connection everywhere (Just look into the boom on homesteading

ACL 2012: The Year’s Best Album Covers

These are times of widespread disconnect, and music is one of the most genuine ways for a person all alone to feel understood. We’re seeing DIY backlashes against this loss of connection everywhere (Just look into the boom on homesteading

Offthesky and Man Watching the Stars ~ Afar, Farewell

Rural Colours, as a label, seems to emphasize in most of its releases the connection between the artwork and the music.  Both are abstract with colors (colours rather) that are in some cases dark, in others bright, but always bringing to

Offthesky and Man Watching the Stars ~ Afar, Farewell

Rural Colours, as a label, seems to emphasize in most of its releases the connection between the artwork and the music.  Both are abstract with colors (colours rather) that are in some cases dark, in others bright, but always bringing to