Posts Tagged: Richard Allen

Best New Videos: Animation Edition

This past season has been healthy for animation, as demonstrated in these nine scored videos (plus one bonus video related to Voyager‘s golden disc).  These directors share a keen sense of imagination as well as a great deal of patience.  Animation

Best New Videos: Animation Edition

This past season has been healthy for animation, as demonstrated in these nine scored videos (plus one bonus video related to Voyager‘s golden disc).  These directors share a keen sense of imagination as well as a great deal of patience.  Animation

rabbitsquirrel ~ Nectar from a Stone / by a thousand pricks and tiny lacerations

Which is better: 33 one-minute tracks or one 33-minute track?  It’s a question that will never be asked in an AT & T commercial, but is relevant here.  Grant Meachem, also known as rabbitsquirrel, has completed the hat trick of

rabbitsquirrel ~ Nectar from a Stone / by a thousand pricks and tiny lacerations

Which is better: 33 one-minute tracks or one 33-minute track?  It’s a question that will never be asked in an AT & T commercial, but is relevant here.  Grant Meachem, also known as rabbitsquirrel, has completed the hat trick of

Monte Isola ~ Niebla

Now this is how to create an effective soundscape.  Visit a different land (in this case Chile, a far cry from Monte Isola / Myriam Pruvot’s native Brussels), record the local sounds, add music of your own, and incorporate literature pertinent

Monte Isola ~ Niebla

Now this is how to create an effective soundscape.  Visit a different land (in this case Chile, a far cry from Monte Isola / Myriam Pruvot’s native Brussels), record the local sounds, add music of your own, and incorporate literature pertinent

Thuoom ~ Resonant

Alarm clock, bird cage and wine glasses are the only instruments used in this recording, which gives hope to aspiring musicians everywhere.  One doesn’t need a big budget in order to create memorable music ~ those who can’t afford a

Thuoom ~ Resonant

Alarm clock, bird cage and wine glasses are the only instruments used in this recording, which gives hope to aspiring musicians everywhere.  One doesn’t need a big budget in order to create memorable music ~ those who can’t afford a

Marihiko Hara ~ Flora

The latest release from Drone Sweet Drone contains a tiny bit of drone, but it’s not a drone album.  Instead, Flora is a humble collection of piano pieces, the fifth solo album from Kyoto’s Marihiko Hara.  Hara calls the disc “a collective of

Marihiko Hara ~ Flora

The latest release from Drone Sweet Drone contains a tiny bit of drone, but it’s not a drone album.  Instead, Flora is a humble collection of piano pieces, the fifth solo album from Kyoto’s Marihiko Hara.  Hara calls the disc “a collective of

Ralph Koper ~ Ancient Pulsations

“For Hindus, there is no holier place than Varanasi”, writes Ralph Koper in his fine introduction to Ancient Pulsations, a collection of field recordings collected on a visit to India.  The city is sustained, physically and spiritually, by the Ganges, used for both

Ralph Koper ~ Ancient Pulsations

“For Hindus, there is no holier place than Varanasi”, writes Ralph Koper in his fine introduction to Ancient Pulsations, a collection of field recordings collected on a visit to India.  The city is sustained, physically and spiritually, by the Ganges, used for both

Various Artists ~ the silence was warm vol.4

the silence was warm vol.4 is another worthy entry in Kentaro Togawa’s ongoing series.  The main draw continues to be the high quality exclusives, many of which are never available in any other format.  Also key: a ridiculously low price.  (only

Various Artists ~ the silence was warm vol.4

the silence was warm vol.4 is another worthy entry in Kentaro Togawa’s ongoing series.  The main draw continues to be the high quality exclusives, many of which are never available in any other format.  Also key: a ridiculously low price.  (only

Martin Bédard ~ Topographies

“Not one second of downtime will be met”, declares the press release, and in this case, the statement is true.  Martin Bédard‘s Topographies fills every sonic nook with crashes, glissandos and draws.  This is a work of immediacy, beginning with a crash

Martin Bédard ~ Topographies

“Not one second of downtime will be met”, declares the press release, and in this case, the statement is true.  Martin Bédard‘s Topographies fills every sonic nook with crashes, glissandos and draws.  This is a work of immediacy, beginning with a crash