Posts Tagged: Richard Allen

Vincent Malassis ~ passages

We’ve only just discovered the Drone Sweet Drone catalog.  Yesterday we reviewed Benjamin Jarry’s Splendid Isolation, which we classified as modern composition with a drone influence; today we turn to Vincent Malassis‘ passages, which we define as drone with a modern composition

Vincent Malassis ~ passages

We’ve only just discovered the Drone Sweet Drone catalog.  Yesterday we reviewed Benjamin Jarry’s Splendid Isolation, which we classified as modern composition with a drone influence; today we turn to Vincent Malassis‘ passages, which we define as drone with a modern composition

Benjamin Jarry ~ Splendid Isolation

Drone Sweet Drone Records is a delightful new French label that came into existence at about the same time as our site.  While drone is their raison d’être, many of their artists tend to wander into the arena of modern

Benjamin Jarry ~ Splendid Isolation

Drone Sweet Drone Records is a delightful new French label that came into existence at about the same time as our site.  While drone is their raison d’être, many of their artists tend to wander into the arena of modern

Jerome Faria ~ Overlapse

Overlapse comes to us from the Portuguese netlabel Enough Records (“Free Music For Free People”), whose philosophy we somewhat agree with (free is nice) and somewhat not (we like our vinyl!).  But any label that brings us fine music is a

Jerome Faria ~ Overlapse

Overlapse comes to us from the Portuguese netlabel Enough Records (“Free Music For Free People”), whose philosophy we somewhat agree with (free is nice) and somewhat not (we like our vinyl!).  But any label that brings us fine music is a

Fieldhead ~ a correction

The first 18 seconds sound like a voyage, or a goodbye.  Waves lap; hulls creak; a quiet bird seems to cry.  Paul Elam (Fieldhead) recently left the moors of Leeds for the wider expanses of Canada, and a correction is his

Fieldhead ~ a correction

The first 18 seconds sound like a voyage, or a goodbye.  Waves lap; hulls creak; a quiet bird seems to cry.  Paul Elam (Fieldhead) recently left the moors of Leeds for the wider expanses of Canada, and a correction is his

Valiska ~ Land

“Write what you know” is a common piece of advice given to authors; it applies to composers as well.  A couple months back, we reviewed Valiska‘s Record of 37, a series of field recordings inspired by a bus ride to the train.

Valiska ~ Land

“Write what you know” is a common piece of advice given to authors; it applies to composers as well.  A couple months back, we reviewed Valiska‘s Record of 37, a series of field recordings inspired by a bus ride to the train.

Superstorms ~ Superstorms

The Superstorms project began when Michael Tolan grew “frustrated and bored with the tropes of ambient music”.  The artist resolved to make a different sort of ambient album, a resonant statement to the industry.  The good news: he succeeded.  The

Superstorms ~ Superstorms

The Superstorms project began when Michael Tolan grew “frustrated and bored with the tropes of ambient music”.  The artist resolved to make a different sort of ambient album, a resonant statement to the industry.  The good news: he succeeded.  The

Robin Parmar ~ Avoidance Strategies

Only a week after reviewing Nicholas Bernier’s Music for a Book and musing that more music should be written to accompany literature, we received Robin Parmar‘s Avoidance Strategies, composed as a companion to his own 80-page Tragedy of the Sun and Stars.  These works,

Robin Parmar ~ Avoidance Strategies

Only a week after reviewing Nicholas Bernier’s Music for a Book and musing that more music should be written to accompany literature, we received Robin Parmar‘s Avoidance Strategies, composed as a companion to his own 80-page Tragedy of the Sun and Stars.  These works,

Darren Hayman ~ Lido

“Summer is almost over!”  This lament has been picking up steam in recent days, but it’s not entirely true.  Technically, there’s still a month of summer left, even if school has already begun in some parts and vacations have ended.

Darren Hayman ~ Lido

“Summer is almost over!”  This lament has been picking up steam in recent days, but it’s not entirely true.  Technically, there’s still a month of summer left, even if school has already begun in some parts and vacations have ended.