Posts Tagged: Richard Allen

Spring Music Preview 2021 ~ Electronic

The wide electronic field stretches from sparkling ambience to pounding techno.  This spring we’ll hear examples of both, plus everything in-between.  We’re jealous of New Zealand, where everyone is back in the clubs, but we know our time is coming;

Spring Music Preview 2021 ~ Electronic

The wide electronic field stretches from sparkling ambience to pounding techno.  This spring we’ll hear examples of both, plus everything in-between.  We’re jealous of New Zealand, where everyone is back in the clubs, but we know our time is coming;

Spring Music Preview 2021 ~ Ambient and Drone

Over the course of the week, we’ll be bringing you nearly 300 albums to peruse: the initial salvo of what will eventually be thousands of spring albums.  We do this because we are fans first, and reviewers second. Three times

Spring Music Preview 2021 ~ Ambient and Drone

Over the course of the week, we’ll be bringing you nearly 300 albums to peruse: the initial salvo of what will eventually be thousands of spring albums.  We do this because we are fans first, and reviewers second. Three times

Bell Orchestre ~ House Music

Over a decade has passed since we last heard new music from Bell Orchestre.  Fans agonized over the thought they might never hear the band again.  Then came last fall’s announcement that the band had been signed to Erased Tapes, and

Bell Orchestre ~ House Music

Over a decade has passed since we last heard new music from Bell Orchestre.  Fans agonized over the thought they might never hear the band again.  Then came last fall’s announcement that the band had been signed to Erased Tapes, and

Minihi ~ Recaptures

I’ve been waiting nearly a year for Recaptures, and now it’s finally here!  “Hallowed Halls” was the first taste, released last July and one of the best modern composition singles of 2020.  “Phemie’s Walk” followed in October, “Lost Takeno” in January.

Minihi ~ Recaptures

I’ve been waiting nearly a year for Recaptures, and now it’s finally here!  “Hallowed Halls” was the first taste, released last July and one of the best modern composition singles of 2020.  “Phemie’s Walk” followed in October, “Lost Takeno” in January.

Stearica ~ Golem 202020

The themes of post-rock ~ cinematic vistas, light and dark, a sense of catharsis ~ are well-suited to scoring classic films, whose original soundtracks were often performed by a lone pianist.  Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam (1920) just

Stearica ~ Golem 202020

The themes of post-rock ~ cinematic vistas, light and dark, a sense of catharsis ~ are well-suited to scoring classic films, whose original soundtracks were often performed by a lone pianist.  Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam (1920) just

Sébastien Guérive ~ Omega Point

If you’re going to make your own sci-fi soundtrack, it’s always best to have visuals: to “put your money where your mouth is,” so to speak.  Sébastien Guérive does this by enlisting the aid of Thomas Blanchard, whom our readers may recognize

Sébastien Guérive ~ Omega Point

If you’re going to make your own sci-fi soundtrack, it’s always best to have visuals: to “put your money where your mouth is,” so to speak.  Sébastien Guérive does this by enlisting the aid of Thomas Blanchard, whom our readers may recognize

Mattia Loris Siboni ~ Quiet Area suite

Mattia Loris Siboni asks, “how many types of silence exist?”  The framework is reminiscent of Deborah Underwood and Renata Liwska’s The Quiet Book, which explores quiet ~ and silence ~ as multi-nuanced entities.  One suspects Siboni would enjoy The Quiet Book, as the

Mattia Loris Siboni ~ Quiet Area suite

Mattia Loris Siboni asks, “how many types of silence exist?”  The framework is reminiscent of Deborah Underwood and Renata Liwska’s The Quiet Book, which explores quiet ~ and silence ~ as multi-nuanced entities.  One suspects Siboni would enjoy The Quiet Book, as the

Whettman Chelmets ~ For…

Whettman Chelmets has recorded some very dark music in the past, but For… is a beacon of light, with one of the warmest endings we’ve heard all year. While other pandemic-related sets concentrate on a single aspect ~ fear, isolation, quarantine ~ this

Whettman Chelmets ~ For…

Whettman Chelmets has recorded some very dark music in the past, but For… is a beacon of light, with one of the warmest endings we’ve heard all year. While other pandemic-related sets concentrate on a single aspect ~ fear, isolation, quarantine ~ this