Posts Tagged: Richard Allen

Various Artists ~ harkening critters

As announced in our Fall Music Preview, harkening critters is the field recording highlight of the season.  A virtual who’s who of the genre, the 4-hour, 33 track triple album contains the sounds of “critters” from around the world, while asking

Various Artists ~ harkening critters

As announced in our Fall Music Preview, harkening critters is the field recording highlight of the season.  A virtual who’s who of the genre, the 4-hour, 33 track triple album contains the sounds of “critters” from around the world, while asking

Anthony Vine ~ Sound Spring

Sound Spring is the redefinition of a soundtrack, as a director’s cut is the redefinition of a movie.  Anthony Vine composed the original score to Catalina’s film of the same name, but on this release, the artist offers an expanded version

Anthony Vine ~ Sound Spring

Sound Spring is the redefinition of a soundtrack, as a director’s cut is the redefinition of a movie.  Anthony Vine composed the original score to Catalina’s film of the same name, but on this release, the artist offers an expanded version

Dame Area ~ Toda la verdad sobre Dame Area

Toda la verdad sobre Dame Area (The whole truth about Dame Area) is an atypical choice for A Closer Listen, but its power is irresistible.  On their fourth album, Dame Area (the Italian-Catalan duo of Silvia Konstance and Viktor Lux Crux) has made

Dame Area ~ Toda la verdad sobre Dame Area

Toda la verdad sobre Dame Area (The whole truth about Dame Area) is an atypical choice for A Closer Listen, but its power is irresistible.  On their fourth album, Dame Area (the Italian-Catalan duo of Silvia Konstance and Viktor Lux Crux) has made

Ghostwriter ~ Tremulant

2024 has been a great year for alternative sacred music, exemplified in albums from Shards, Salt of the Sound, Andrzej Pietrewicz and Wild Up (performing the music of Julius Eastman).  Now we can add the Ghostwriter quartet, led by Mark Brent,

Ghostwriter ~ Tremulant

2024 has been a great year for alternative sacred music, exemplified in albums from Shards, Salt of the Sound, Andrzej Pietrewicz and Wild Up (performing the music of Julius Eastman).  Now we can add the Ghostwriter quartet, led by Mark Brent,

Various Artists ~ Dekmantel Ten: A Decade of Dekmantel Music

Dekmantel Festival celebrates its tenth anniversary with a massive box set: seven albums, each loosely representing one of the festival stages, containing 44 exclusive tracks from Dekmantel artists old and new.  The genres are generous, including techno, house, breakbeat and jungle;

Various Artists ~ Dekmantel Ten: A Decade of Dekmantel Music

Dekmantel Festival celebrates its tenth anniversary with a massive box set: seven albums, each loosely representing one of the festival stages, containing 44 exclusive tracks from Dekmantel artists old and new.  The genres are generous, including techno, house, breakbeat and jungle;

Izabela Dłużyk ~ The Amazon – Where the Moon Wept

What a joy to see the release of The Amazon – Where the Moon Wept, a happy dream come true for Izabela Dłużyk and a wish fulfilled for our readers, who will remember the artist from her albums Soundscapes of Spring and Soundscapes of

Izabela Dłużyk ~ The Amazon – Where the Moon Wept

What a joy to see the release of The Amazon – Where the Moon Wept, a happy dream come true for Izabela Dłużyk and a wish fulfilled for our readers, who will remember the artist from her albums Soundscapes of Spring and Soundscapes of

Styrofoam ~ the lost album

One of fall’s most enjoyable electronic albums is a time traveler, beamed to us from 2000-2001.  While listening, fans of a certain age are thrown back to the halcyon days at the turn of the century, before 9-11, before Brexit,

Styrofoam ~ the lost album

One of fall’s most enjoyable electronic albums is a time traveler, beamed to us from 2000-2001.  While listening, fans of a certain age are thrown back to the halcyon days at the turn of the century, before 9-11, before Brexit,

Fall Music Preview 2024 ~ Rock, Post-Rock, Folk & Jazz

Our 2024 Fall Music Preview comes to an end on the first big release date of fall.  Soon everyone will be able to hear these albums in full!  But remember, this is only the beginning.  By the time the autumn

Fall Music Preview 2024 ~ Rock, Post-Rock, Folk & Jazz

Our 2024 Fall Music Preview comes to an end on the first big release date of fall.  Soon everyone will be able to hear these albums in full!  But remember, this is only the beginning.  By the time the autumn