Posts Tagged: sculpture

ACL 2024 ~ The Year’s Best Music Videos

A great music video can tell a complete story in only a few minutes, and win the heart of a viewer.  It can move a viewer to cry or laugh or dance, or simply entertain with an explosion of color

ACL 2024 ~ The Year’s Best Music Videos

A great music video can tell a complete story in only a few minutes, and win the heart of a viewer.  It can move a viewer to cry or laugh or dance, or simply entertain with an explosion of color

ACL 2024 ~ The Year’s Best Packaging

There’s something special about a physical release ~ the package arriving in the mail (or if one is fortunate, purchased from a shoppe); full-sized art to appreciate, liner notes to pore over; the scent of new vinyl, the pops and

ACL 2024 ~ The Year’s Best Packaging

There’s something special about a physical release ~ the package arriving in the mail (or if one is fortunate, purchased from a shoppe); full-sized art to appreciate, liner notes to pore over; the scent of new vinyl, the pops and

Pedro Vian, Merzbow ~ Inside Richard Serra Sculptures

Inside Richard Serra Sculptures, a new album by Pedro Vian and Merzbow, begins with the sound of distant, sonorous droning buried deep underneath layers of crunchy, dirty, dense swirls of feedback. It sounds as though wind is ripping apart the

Pedro Vian, Merzbow ~ Inside Richard Serra Sculptures

Inside Richard Serra Sculptures, a new album by Pedro Vian and Merzbow, begins with the sound of distant, sonorous droning buried deep underneath layers of crunchy, dirty, dense swirls of feedback. It sounds as though wind is ripping apart the

Sculpture ~ Max Ax

What’s the last physical release that you were excited about ~ not only because you enjoyed the music, but because you wanted to cherish the object and show it off to your friends?  In a comeback year for exquisite packaging, Sculpture‘s Max Ax may

Sculpture ~ Max Ax

What’s the last physical release that you were excited about ~ not only because you enjoyed the music, but because you wanted to cherish the object and show it off to your friends?  In a comeback year for exquisite packaging, Sculpture‘s Max Ax may

Sculpture ~ Nearest Neighbour

Over the past decade, we’ve become accustomed to experiencing Sculpture (musician Dan Hayhurst and visual artist Reuben Sutherland) as a vinyl/video combo. Nearest Neighbour flips the script with tape and graphic novel.  For those who prefer the old ways, there’s still a video

Sculpture ~ Nearest Neighbour

Over the past decade, we’ve become accustomed to experiencing Sculpture (musician Dan Hayhurst and visual artist Reuben Sutherland) as a vinyl/video combo. Nearest Neighbour flips the script with tape and graphic novel.  For those who prefer the old ways, there’s still a video

ACL 2016: The Year’s Best Packaging

Next week we’ll look at the year’s best cover art; in this article, we consider overall packaging.  In an era when many consider the physical format to be extinct, these artists and labels say otherwise.  A couple can still be

ACL 2016: The Year’s Best Packaging

Next week we’ll look at the year’s best cover art; in this article, we consider overall packaging.  In an era when many consider the physical format to be extinct, these artists and labels say otherwise.  A couple can still be

Sculpture ~ Form Foam

There’s no artist quite like Sculpture, a duo who has carved its own audio-visual identity and whose sound and look are instantly identifiable as their own.  The combination of creative electronics from Dan (Critter Party) Hayhurst and zoetrope animation from

Sculpture ~ Form Foam

There’s no artist quite like Sculpture, a duo who has carved its own audio-visual identity and whose sound and look are instantly identifiable as their own.  The combination of creative electronics from Dan (Critter Party) Hayhurst and zoetrope animation from

Electronic Observations 2013 #1

The first monthly round-up of all things electronic.  In order to keep up to speed with the wealth of great music being released, it made sense to corral a selection of reviews into one handy feature.  There’s no order of

Electronic Observations 2013 #1

The first monthly round-up of all things electronic.  In order to keep up to speed with the wealth of great music being released, it made sense to corral a selection of reviews into one handy feature.  There’s no order of