Posts Tagged: Richard Allen

V/A ~ Framework500

Framework Radio is one of the world’s top promoters and producers of field recordings and soundscapes.  To celebrate their 500th edition, the label has produced a 3-disc set featuring many of the genre’s top artists, backed by an original website

V/A ~ Framework500

Framework Radio is one of the world’s top promoters and producers of field recordings and soundscapes.  To celebrate their 500th edition, the label has produced a 3-disc set featuring many of the genre’s top artists, backed by an original website

Gianluca Favaron + Stefano Gentile ~ Entretien

Gianluca Favaron‘s albums – and the compositions within each album – eschew verses and choruses in favor of sonic arcs.  The black and white photographs of Stefano Gentile are a natural inspiration for this sort of music, suggestive and abstract.  A ridiculously

Gianluca Favaron + Stefano Gentile ~ Entretien

Gianluca Favaron‘s albums – and the compositions within each album – eschew verses and choruses in favor of sonic arcs.  The black and white photographs of Stefano Gentile are a natural inspiration for this sort of music, suggestive and abstract.  A ridiculously

A Guide for Reason ~ XIII – XIV

In the digital age, one has a begrudging admiration for the few artists who still insist on doing things the old school way.  Mike Fazio (A Guide for Reason) is one of these.  After three years of commercial silence, he

A Guide for Reason ~ XIII – XIV

In the digital age, one has a begrudging admiration for the few artists who still insist on doing things the old school way.  Mike Fazio (A Guide for Reason) is one of these.  After three years of commercial silence, he

Le Millipede ~ S/T

Le Millipede is one man (Mathias Götz), but as seen in the studio version of the “Happy Planet Index” video, he’s got plenty of friends.  With dozens of instruments to incorporate, the more the merrier.  Seeing this colorful array (including harmonium,

Le Millipede ~ S/T

Le Millipede is one man (Mathias Götz), but as seen in the studio version of the “Happy Planet Index” video, he’s got plenty of friends.  With dozens of instruments to incorporate, the more the merrier.  Seeing this colorful array (including harmonium,

New Label: Ventil Records

Those who only know Peter Kutin from last year’s excellent sound collage Burmese Days may be surprised at the sound of the new label founded by Kutin and Florian Kindlinger.  Only one of the first two releases is field recording related,

New Label: Ventil Records

Those who only know Peter Kutin from last year’s excellent sound collage Burmese Days may be surprised at the sound of the new label founded by Kutin and Florian Kindlinger.  Only one of the first two releases is field recording related,

Summer Music Preview: Ten Tracks That Sound Like Summer

Summer is almost here, and we already have word of over 75 releases for June and July.  In this feature, we’ve chosen to highlight ten tracks that sound like summer; for the full list, head directly to our News page!

Summer Music Preview: Ten Tracks That Sound Like Summer

Summer is almost here, and we already have word of over 75 releases for June and July.  In this feature, we’ve chosen to highlight ten tracks that sound like summer; for the full list, head directly to our News page!

Spurv ~ Skarntyde

Norwegian post-rock band Spurv (Sparrow) admits that “four songs in 45 minutes isn’t the average everyday radio music.”  But it is what fans hope to encounter in post-rock: make-or-break, risk-taking ventures that soothe and stir in equal measure. Skarntyde (Danish for “hemlock”) is no suicide

Spurv ~ Skarntyde

Norwegian post-rock band Spurv (Sparrow) admits that “four songs in 45 minutes isn’t the average everyday radio music.”  But it is what fans hope to encounter in post-rock: make-or-break, risk-taking ventures that soothe and stir in equal measure. Skarntyde (Danish for “hemlock”) is no suicide

Sébastien Roux ~ Issues

Here’s a concept we’ve never encountered before, and are unlikely to see again, due to its very complexity: six issues of a magazine (contemporary art review VOLUME) used as a score.  It’s important to emphasize that the features themselves are referenced

Sébastien Roux ~ Issues

Here’s a concept we’ve never encountered before, and are unlikely to see again, due to its very complexity: six issues of a magazine (contemporary art review VOLUME) used as a score.  It’s important to emphasize that the features themselves are referenced