Posts Tagged: Richard Allen

aus & Danny Norbury ~ Better Late Than Never

The album begins as quietly as winter snow.  Soft piano notes fall from the sky, immersed in cloud-like ambience.  Then the cello notes start to play, yielding a reflective and slightly mournful tone.   By the end of “A Diary

aus & Danny Norbury ~ Better Late Than Never

The album begins as quietly as winter snow.  Soft piano notes fall from the sky, immersed in cloud-like ambience.  Then the cello notes start to play, yielding a reflective and slightly mournful tone.   By the end of “A Diary

Eva808 ~ ÖÐRUVÍSI

We’re only a week away from the Grapevine Music Awards, which will be presented on February 1 by Reykjavik Grapevine.  ÖÐRUVÍSI is one of four albums nominated for album of the year, along with entries from Laufey, Erin Hall and Neomne.  Three

Eva808 ~ ÖÐRUVÍSI

We’re only a week away from the Grapevine Music Awards, which will be presented on February 1 by Reykjavik Grapevine.  ÖÐRUVÍSI is one of four albums nominated for album of the year, along with entries from Laufey, Erin Hall and Neomne.  Three

Shelf Nunny ~ Pronoia

Pronoia is the opposite of paranoia: the idea that fate is conspiring for a person, that others’ intentions are benign, and that everything is working toward the good.  While this attitude, like paranoia, may exist outside of reality, it may also become a

Shelf Nunny ~ Pronoia

Pronoia is the opposite of paranoia: the idea that fate is conspiring for a person, that others’ intentions are benign, and that everything is working toward the good.  While this attitude, like paranoia, may exist outside of reality, it may also become a

Loula Yorke ~ Volta

The tone is ambient, the timbre electronic; Loula Yorke‘s modular synthesizer compositions create a trancelike state that is eminently relaxing, especially now that the occasional drums of Florescence have gone.  This is less of a sea change than a gentle shift,

Loula Yorke ~ Volta

The tone is ambient, the timbre electronic; Loula Yorke‘s modular synthesizer compositions create a trancelike state that is eminently relaxing, especially now that the occasional drums of Florescence have gone.  This is less of a sea change than a gentle shift,

V/A ~ Quantized Realities – Communication

This short follow-up to last year’s Quantized Realities – Technology continues to investigate the ways in which technology distorts human perception.  As Errorgrid leader Olivier Bernard Egli declares in the liner notes, human beings are exposed to “more data containing less

V/A ~ Quantized Realities – Communication

This short follow-up to last year’s Quantized Realities – Technology continues to investigate the ways in which technology distorts human perception.  As Errorgrid leader Olivier Bernard Egli declares in the liner notes, human beings are exposed to “more data containing less

Brian Harnetty ~ The Workbench

How much of a person’s essence is imbued in the objects they collect?  The more personal the object, the greater the usage, the more likely it retains a particle of the owner.  When Brian Harnetty inherited his father’s workbench, typewriter, and

Brian Harnetty ~ The Workbench

How much of a person’s essence is imbued in the objects they collect?  The more personal the object, the greater the usage, the more likely it retains a particle of the owner.  When Brian Harnetty inherited his father’s workbench, typewriter, and

Funken ~ Daniel dans la nuit

An instantly endearing release, Daniel dans la nuit is an illustrated children’s book by Carmela Chergui and Timo Hateau, with an original score by Funken.  This is a huge untapped market, and we’d like to see more of these, because we’re already in

Funken ~ Daniel dans la nuit

An instantly endearing release, Daniel dans la nuit is an illustrated children’s book by Carmela Chergui and Timo Hateau, with an original score by Funken.  This is a huge untapped market, and we’d like to see more of these, because we’re already in

Oliver Patrice Weder ~ The Shoe Factory

After aphids devastated Mallorca’s wine crop, the populace turned their talents to leather shoemaking.  At its peak, the area was home to over a hundred shoe factories; a few still survive and thrive, the rest either deserted or converted.  When

Oliver Patrice Weder ~ The Shoe Factory

After aphids devastated Mallorca’s wine crop, the populace turned their talents to leather shoemaking.  At its peak, the area was home to over a hundred shoe factories; a few still survive and thrive, the rest either deserted or converted.  When