Posts Tagged: Richard Allen
Matt Ulery ~ Become Giant
After a dozen albums, bassist Matt Ulery is still stretching his boundaries. For the first few minutes of Become Giant, one doesn’t even hear him, focusing instead on the strings. Violinist Zach Brock and Chicago’s KAIA String Quartet are the guest stars on
Matt Ulery ~ Become Giant
After a dozen albums, bassist Matt Ulery is still stretching his boundaries. For the first few minutes of Become Giant, one doesn’t even hear him, focusing instead on the strings. Violinist Zach Brock and Chicago’s KAIA String Quartet are the guest stars on
Rachika Nayar ~ Heaven Come Crashing
“I both love and feel so wary of melodrama,” writes Rachika Nayar, addressing her admittedly cinematic sophomore album. When done right, sonic melodrama is captivating, enthralling, riveting. When done wrong, it becomes maudlin, overreaching, dull. Heaven Come Crashing is melodrama done right.
Rachika Nayar ~ Heaven Come Crashing
“I both love and feel so wary of melodrama,” writes Rachika Nayar, addressing her admittedly cinematic sophomore album. When done right, sonic melodrama is captivating, enthralling, riveting. When done wrong, it becomes maudlin, overreaching, dull. Heaven Come Crashing is melodrama done right.
Dylan Peirce ~ Pindrops
With Pindrops, we welcome Digital in Berlin to the fold! This is the label’s first release, out concurrently with LOUFR‘s isolated point, but only one can bear the coveted number 001, cementing bragging rights for life. Dylan Peirce‘s album is a powerhouse, a
Dylan Peirce ~ Pindrops
With Pindrops, we welcome Digital in Berlin to the fold! This is the label’s first release, out concurrently with LOUFR‘s isolated point, but only one can bear the coveted number 001, cementing bragging rights for life. Dylan Peirce‘s album is a powerhouse, a
Rutger Zuydervelt ~ Hinkelstap
Rutger Zuydervelt is no stranger to the CD3″, having released many in his early days as Machinefabriek. With Hinkelstap, he revisits the format, offering a club-friendly confection: six pieces retooled from scores to TV, dance projects and a podcast. The cat looks
Rutger Zuydervelt ~ Hinkelstap
Rutger Zuydervelt is no stranger to the CD3″, having released many in his early days as Machinefabriek. With Hinkelstap, he revisits the format, offering a club-friendly confection: six pieces retooled from scores to TV, dance projects and a podcast. The cat looks
OrageOrange ~ Last Year’s Bloom
Shimmering Moods’ next package deal will be released this Friday ~ five CDs for €41 or five digital albums for €25. The Amsterdam label is generous in bundles and rich in music. Today we highlight a slightly earlier release from OrageOrange, whose music
OrageOrange ~ Last Year’s Bloom
Shimmering Moods’ next package deal will be released this Friday ~ five CDs for €41 or five digital albums for €25. The Amsterdam label is generous in bundles and rich in music. Today we highlight a slightly earlier release from OrageOrange, whose music
Various Artists ~ Sounds of Absence
In the coming years, sonologists will continue to be grateful for the work of field recording artists during the pandemic. Guided by curiosity, working for the most part without pay, such artists captured aural time capsules: innumerable hours of raw
Various Artists ~ Sounds of Absence
In the coming years, sonologists will continue to be grateful for the work of field recording artists during the pandemic. Guided by curiosity, working for the most part without pay, such artists captured aural time capsules: innumerable hours of raw
Russian Circles ~ Gnosis
Chicago’s Russian Circles is back, and as strong as ever. Their newest album may replace loud-quiet-loud with loud-louder-loud, but that’s okay, because post-rock fans need this sort of outlet on the tail end (we hope) of a draining era. Gnosis means spiritual knowledge, and
Russian Circles ~ Gnosis
Chicago’s Russian Circles is back, and as strong as ever. Their newest album may replace loud-quiet-loud with loud-louder-loud, but that’s okay, because post-rock fans need this sort of outlet on the tail end (we hope) of a draining era. Gnosis means spiritual knowledge, and
Alex Smalley & Lucia Adam ~ Patterns
Have you heard these songs before, in a different form, perhaps in a fever dream? It’s quite possible, as Patterns was once Gaya, a limited edition CD-R on Fluid Audio, now shuffled, remastered and revised on Hush Hush Records. While the artists state
Alex Smalley & Lucia Adam ~ Patterns
Have you heard these songs before, in a different form, perhaps in a fever dream? It’s quite possible, as Patterns was once Gaya, a limited edition CD-R on Fluid Audio, now shuffled, remastered and revised on Hush Hush Records. While the artists state
a closer listen 