Posts Tagged: Richard Allen

EUS ~ Completud

The origins of Completud can be found in last year’s Culminación del Bosque, which José Acuña recorded as Contradicta.  Opening tracks “Revelación” and “Espejo Divino” (“Revelation” and “Divine Mirror”) express a yearning for the Divine, and hope of eventual contact. In Completud, the

EUS ~ Completud

The origins of Completud can be found in last year’s Culminación del Bosque, which José Acuña recorded as Contradicta.  Opening tracks “Revelación” and “Espejo Divino” (“Revelation” and “Divine Mirror”) express a yearning for the Divine, and hope of eventual contact. In Completud, the

DJ Food presents Locked Loop Group ~ Acid Endless

Those who have enjoyed Sculpture’s remarkable zoetrope records should immediately pre-order the second printing of this new 8″ square lathe cut from the one and only DJ Food recording as Locked Loop Group.  Not only will one be primed to dance, one

DJ Food presents Locked Loop Group ~ Acid Endless

Those who have enjoyed Sculpture’s remarkable zoetrope records should immediately pre-order the second printing of this new 8″ square lathe cut from the one and only DJ Food recording as Locked Loop Group.  Not only will one be primed to dance, one

JakoJako ~ Tết 41

Tết 41 is just about as fun as an album can be.  A celebration of the Vietnamese Lunar New Year, the album is bookended by field recordings, while it has an electronic center: a sonic imitation of a New Year’s

JakoJako ~ Tết 41

Tết 41 is just about as fun as an album can be.  A celebration of the Vietnamese Lunar New Year, the album is bookended by field recordings, while it has an electronic center: a sonic imitation of a New Year’s

Anna McMichael & Clocked Out ~ Pas Plastique

In what might be considered a companion piece to Matmos’ 2019 album Plastic Anniversary, Australian violinist Anna McMichael joins forces with Clocked Out (pianist Erik Griswold and percussionist Vanessa Tomlinson) to investigate the role of plastic in human life.  Unlike Matmos’ release,

Anna McMichael & Clocked Out ~ Pas Plastique

In what might be considered a companion piece to Matmos’ 2019 album Plastic Anniversary, Australian violinist Anna McMichael joins forces with Clocked Out (pianist Erik Griswold and percussionist Vanessa Tomlinson) to investigate the role of plastic in human life.  Unlike Matmos’ release,

Andrius Mack ~ Coastal Soundforms

In “The Sea,” Pablo Neruda writes, “I need the sea because it teaches me.  I don’t know if I learn music or awareness, if it’s a single wave or its vast existence,” but the poet becomes part of its “pure

Andrius Mack ~ Coastal Soundforms

In “The Sea,” Pablo Neruda writes, “I need the sea because it teaches me.  I don’t know if I learn music or awareness, if it’s a single wave or its vast existence,” but the poet becomes part of its “pure

Monotonne ~ Gl1tch

The sub-genre of glitch turns expectations on its head; instead of tolerating sonic glitches, artists use them as starting points, in essence making what is imperfect perfect.  As one can glean from the title, the Gl1tch EP celebrates the art of

Monotonne ~ Gl1tch

The sub-genre of glitch turns expectations on its head; instead of tolerating sonic glitches, artists use them as starting points, in essence making what is imperfect perfect.  As one can glean from the title, the Gl1tch EP celebrates the art of

Kerrie J Robinson ~ Submerged

At what point does sound become music?  This question is the starting point for Submerged, an EP that contains no instruments and fools the ear.  The illusion is so convincing that we felt compelled to double-check with the artist just

Kerrie J Robinson ~ Submerged

At what point does sound become music?  This question is the starting point for Submerged, an EP that contains no instruments and fools the ear.  The illusion is so convincing that we felt compelled to double-check with the artist just

Jake Muir ~ Campana Sonans

Not since Cities and Memory’s The Chimes has an album delved so deeply into the resonance of church bells; and Campana Sonans (Ringing Bell) has the dual advantage of being a single-artist LP and a physical release.  One may even purchase a printed

Jake Muir ~ Campana Sonans

Not since Cities and Memory’s The Chimes has an album delved so deeply into the resonance of church bells; and Campana Sonans (Ringing Bell) has the dual advantage of being a single-artist LP and a physical release.  One may even purchase a printed