Posts Tagged: Richard Allen

Morgan Szymański & Tommy Perman ~ Music for the Moon and the Trees

Music for the Moon and the Trees is a warm album that honors its title.  Morgan Szymanski‘s guitar is made from an Italian red spruce selected by Luciano Lovadina under a full moon; the album was conceived in Tommy Perman‘s family woodland

Morgan Szymański & Tommy Perman ~ Music for the Moon and the Trees

Music for the Moon and the Trees is a warm album that honors its title.  Morgan Szymanski‘s guitar is made from an Italian red spruce selected by Luciano Lovadina under a full moon; the album was conceived in Tommy Perman‘s family woodland

Gabríel Ólafs ~ Solon Islandus

What’s the next step for an artist after becoming a teenaged global phenomenon?  For Gabríel Ólafs, the answer is to become a grown-up global phenomenon.  This was also the path taken by Ólafur Arnalds, and we suspect his younger Icelandic

Gabríel Ólafs ~ Solon Islandus

What’s the next step for an artist after becoming a teenaged global phenomenon?  For Gabríel Ólafs, the answer is to become a grown-up global phenomenon.  This was also the path taken by Ólafur Arnalds, and we suspect his younger Icelandic

Esmerine ~ Everything Was Forever Until It Was No More

A few weeks ago, Esmerine surprise-dropped a new digital album, with the official physical release set for August 26.  This is a pretty rare feat, typically reserved for the likes of Beyoncé, but Esmerine is a luminary in the post-rock world.  Way

Esmerine ~ Everything Was Forever Until It Was No More

A few weeks ago, Esmerine surprise-dropped a new digital album, with the official physical release set for August 26.  This is a pretty rare feat, typically reserved for the likes of Beyoncé, but Esmerine is a luminary in the post-rock world.  Way

Nicholas Maloney ~ passage

The exciting word in the press release: hide.  Over the course of two seasons, Nicholas Maloney brought his equipment to the Port of Cork and the Marina Market Warehouse and Commercial Park, recording over a variety of times: day and night, crackling

Nicholas Maloney ~ passage

The exciting word in the press release: hide.  Over the course of two seasons, Nicholas Maloney brought his equipment to the Port of Cork and the Marina Market Warehouse and Commercial Park, recording over a variety of times: day and night, crackling

The Hardy Tree ~ Common Grounds

Footsteps in the snow; a creaky gate; the daily walk begins.  For Frances Castle (The Hardy Tree), these excursions took on new meaning during lockdown.  More attention was paid to the history of things: an abraded sign, a vintage street

The Hardy Tree ~ Common Grounds

Footsteps in the snow; a creaky gate; the daily walk begins.  For Frances Castle (The Hardy Tree), these excursions took on new meaning during lockdown.  More attention was paid to the history of things: an abraded sign, a vintage street

Hüma Utku ~ The Psychologist

Hüma Utku‘s distinctive background ~ raised in Istanbul, now based in Berlin ~ may be responsible for the distinctive industrial timbres of The Psychologist.  But the subject matter is another obvious culprit, as the artist draws inspiration from a variety of

Hüma Utku ~ The Psychologist

Hüma Utku‘s distinctive background ~ raised in Istanbul, now based in Berlin ~ may be responsible for the distinctive industrial timbres of The Psychologist.  But the subject matter is another obvious culprit, as the artist draws inspiration from a variety of

Institute of Landscape and Urban Studies ~ Gotthard Transect

Zurich’s Institute of Landscape and Urban Studies last appeared on our pages with Melting Landscapes, and will reappear early in September with Dammed Landscapes.  In the middle arrives the double-cassette Gotthard Transect, a sound study of the tunnel’s acoustic environment, captured at four distinct

Institute of Landscape and Urban Studies ~ Gotthard Transect

Zurich’s Institute of Landscape and Urban Studies last appeared on our pages with Melting Landscapes, and will reappear early in September with Dammed Landscapes.  In the middle arrives the double-cassette Gotthard Transect, a sound study of the tunnel’s acoustic environment, captured at four distinct

Galya Bisengalieva ~ Hold Your Breath: The Ice Dive

How long can you hold your breath underwater?  Have you ever tested the limits of your abilities?  Perhaps you have swum from one end of a pool to another, or dived deep to follow a sea turtle, or built up

Galya Bisengalieva ~ Hold Your Breath: The Ice Dive

How long can you hold your breath underwater?  Have you ever tested the limits of your abilities?  Perhaps you have swum from one end of a pool to another, or dived deep to follow a sea turtle, or built up