ACL 2020 ~ Music for Haunted Houses

In 2020, the entire world became a haunted house.  Buildings were deserted, town squares were emptied, and a million people died of a new virus.  We became terrified of an unseen enemy.  Any person could be an asymptomatic carrier.  On

Essence Music: Merzbow, Troum & raison d’être

Someone is working very hard over at Essence Music, because this pair of releases contains some of the most beautiful packaging we’ve seen all year.  It’s also a brilliant showcase for three veteran artists (four if you count Troum as two) that continue

raison d’être ~ Mise En Abyme

Ambient stalwart Peter Andersson, known here as raison d’être, returns from a significant hiatus to offer up a truly dark, introspective piece with Mise en Abyme. A more apt title could not be chosen. Mise en Abyme translated from French means