Posts Tagged: self released

The Practise Of Suffering by BP Moore

BP Moore ~ The Practice of Suffering & Monaro

If albums are novels, EPs are short stories: a good one is concise and its meaning clear as glass. Here are two short EPs by multi-instrumentalist and composer BP Moore, whose gorgeous 2021 album If I Don’t See You Again and its equally compelling 2022 reworks collection have previously caught our attention. These two EPs are ostensibly on different themes, but there’s a thread that runs through both: self-discovery and acceptance.

The Practise Of Suffering by BP Moore

BP Moore ~ The Practice of Suffering & Monaro

If albums are novels, EPs are short stories: a good one is concise and its meaning clear as glass. Here are two short EPs by multi-instrumentalist and composer BP Moore, whose gorgeous 2021 album If I Don’t See You Again and its equally compelling 2022 reworks collection have previously caught our attention. These two EPs are ostensibly on different themes, but there’s a thread that runs through both: self-discovery and acceptance.

Conor C. Ellis ~ Dreamless

Commonly, the hazy and indeterminate quality of ambient music makes it easy to associate with mental states in which the unconscious takes over, directing your attention in patterns novel to your understanding. There’s something of a contradiction in the clarity

Conor C. Ellis ~ Dreamless

Commonly, the hazy and indeterminate quality of ambient music makes it easy to associate with mental states in which the unconscious takes over, directing your attention in patterns novel to your understanding. There’s something of a contradiction in the clarity

*Press A* ~ Tasty 2021 Leftovers

The curse of listing our favorite releases of the year is that a few soundtracks always arrive too late for us to properly digest. Here are two albums that would have been worthy additions to our list of 2021’s best

*Press A* ~ Tasty 2021 Leftovers

The curse of listing our favorite releases of the year is that a few soundtracks always arrive too late for us to properly digest. Here are two albums that would have been worthy additions to our list of 2021’s best

*Press A* ~ Hundred Days

Tumult Kollektiv’s latest soundtrack proves just how much the group is willing to grow and expand in terms of artistic vision. Where 2019’s Pine was a tight, lush impressionist landscape, Hundred Days is relaxed, indulgent in melodies straight out of

*Press A* ~ Hundred Days

Tumult Kollektiv’s latest soundtrack proves just how much the group is willing to grow and expand in terms of artistic vision. Where 2019’s Pine was a tight, lush impressionist landscape, Hundred Days is relaxed, indulgent in melodies straight out of

Nicholas Maloney ~ Stilling

How do we relate our everyday experiences with the greater panorama of life in this planet, beyond the rationalizations of ecological measures or the unique, sudden shocks of environmental catastrophes? Nicholas Maloney offers Stilling as a reflection on synchronicity, on

Nicholas Maloney ~ Stilling

How do we relate our everyday experiences with the greater panorama of life in this planet, beyond the rationalizations of ecological measures or the unique, sudden shocks of environmental catastrophes? Nicholas Maloney offers Stilling as a reflection on synchronicity, on

*Press A* ~ Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Earthblood; Vampire: The Masquerade ~ Coteries of New York

H-Pi ~ Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Earthblood With OSTs like DOOM and DOOM Eternal, it’s been a good time for rock and metal in videogame music. H-Pi’s Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Earthblood joins the fray with a powerful set of

*Press A* ~ Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Earthblood; Vampire: The Masquerade ~ Coteries of New York

H-Pi ~ Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Earthblood With OSTs like DOOM and DOOM Eternal, it’s been a good time for rock and metal in videogame music. H-Pi’s Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Earthblood joins the fray with a powerful set of

Babe, Terror ~ Horizogon

A dazzling view of decomposition. The world melting away into golden, exuberant waste, its alluring outlines suddenly coinciding with the absent form of people long dead, of broken memories peacefully drifting away into nothingness. What is the shape of that

Babe, Terror ~ Horizogon

A dazzling view of decomposition. The world melting away into golden, exuberant waste, its alluring outlines suddenly coinciding with the absent form of people long dead, of broken memories peacefully drifting away into nothingness. What is the shape of that

No Chance to Get Lost: An Interview with Mukqs

Over the course March and April of this year, the Chicago-based experimentalist Mukqs released a series of EPs that showcase a wide diversity of approaches to electronics, each album coming to develop a life of its own. Given the project’s

No Chance to Get Lost: An Interview with Mukqs

Over the course March and April of this year, the Chicago-based experimentalist Mukqs released a series of EPs that showcase a wide diversity of approaches to electronics, each album coming to develop a life of its own. Given the project’s