Posts Tagged: Richard Allen

Fall Music Preview ~ Dark Ambient & Drone

Dark Ambient and Drone provides a score to sinister nights, and is perfectly suited for the month of October.  For the first time, we have enough releases to split into a separate installment.  This is the place to find music

Fall Music Preview ~ Dark Ambient & Drone

Dark Ambient and Drone provides a score to sinister nights, and is perfectly suited for the month of October.  For the first time, we have enough releases to split into a separate installment.  This is the place to find music

Fall Music Preview ~ Ambient

Genre blends are on the rise, as heard in this season’s slate of ambient releases. Many of these are threaded with folk, electronic and experimental music, which produce attention in new markets.  This being said, today’s preview covers the calm

Fall Music Preview ~ Ambient

Genre blends are on the rise, as heard in this season’s slate of ambient releases. Many of these are threaded with folk, electronic and experimental music, which produce attention in new markets.  This being said, today’s preview covers the calm

Fall Music Preview ~ Modern Composition

Our Fall Music Preview continues with a walk through the woods of Modern Composition.  From solo piano to orchestral works, this genre seems as ripe as an orchard apple.  New, distinct flavors are found in this year’s crop as well,

Fall Music Preview ~ Modern Composition

Our Fall Music Preview continues with a walk through the woods of Modern Composition.  From solo piano to orchestral works, this genre seems as ripe as an orchard apple.  New, distinct flavors are found in this year’s crop as well,

Fall Music Preview ~ Rock, Post-Rock, Folk & Jazz

This is the largest preview we’ve ever run, listing over 300 instrumental and experimental albums scheduled from September-November.  We challenge you to find a larger preview anywhere.  Our iPods are filled and our reviewers’ eyes are lighting up.  Now it’s

Fall Music Preview ~ Rock, Post-Rock, Folk & Jazz

This is the largest preview we’ve ever run, listing over 300 instrumental and experimental albums scheduled from September-November.  We challenge you to find a larger preview anywhere.  Our iPods are filled and our reviewers’ eyes are lighting up.  Now it’s

Gridfailure/Feel Happiness ~ Split

Despite its bad reputation, horror often tackles some weighty issues.  This is the case on the split release from drone artists Gridfailure and Feel Happiness, two solo performers with more on their minds than noise.  Even if one is unaware of

Gridfailure/Feel Happiness ~ Split

Despite its bad reputation, horror often tackles some weighty issues.  This is the case on the split release from drone artists Gridfailure and Feel Happiness, two solo performers with more on their minds than noise.  Even if one is unaware of

Mats Edén / Stefan Klaverdal ~ annual growth rings

As late summer tilts to early autumn, Mats Edén and Stefan Klaverdal‘s annual growth rings makes a perfect accompaniment.  The album speaks of birth and death, of cycles, of letting go.  The perspective of trees differs from that of humans: the events

Mats Edén / Stefan Klaverdal ~ annual growth rings

As late summer tilts to early autumn, Mats Edén and Stefan Klaverdal‘s annual growth rings makes a perfect accompaniment.  The album speaks of birth and death, of cycles, of letting go.  The perspective of trees differs from that of humans: the events

Wayne Robert Thomas & Isaac Helsen ~ RÁS

RÁS underlines the importance of liner notes in music, especially instrumental music.  Without any words, the listener is “freed” to imagine their own stories, but with prose, the music takes on added resonance.  For Wayne Robert Thomas, the impetus of “Cantus In

Wayne Robert Thomas & Isaac Helsen ~ RÁS

RÁS underlines the importance of liner notes in music, especially instrumental music.  Without any words, the listener is “freed” to imagine their own stories, but with prose, the music takes on added resonance.  For Wayne Robert Thomas, the impetus of “Cantus In

Patient Sounds ~ STILL, waiting

“We’re still waiting, we’re still waiting, we’re still waiting, we’re still waiting …” This children’s chant launches the amusing new mixtape from Patient Sounds.  “We’re waiting for everything,” they sing as a music box chimes over their boredom.  We’ve all

Patient Sounds ~ STILL, waiting

“We’re still waiting, we’re still waiting, we’re still waiting, we’re still waiting …” This children’s chant launches the amusing new mixtape from Patient Sounds.  “We’re waiting for everything,” they sing as a music box chimes over their boredom.  We’ve all