Machinefabriek ~ + (Exclusive Stream!)

A Closer Listen is honored to present this exclusive stream of Machinefabriek‘s album +, two weeks in advance of release!  We’ve been enjoying this album for a while now and are now overjoyed to be able to share it with our readers! There

SP* Episode 19: UNFOLLOW ME – with La Meme Young [podcast]

Max Alper is best known for La Meme Young, his popular Instagram account turning niche experimental music jokes into dank memes. But a deep interest in music pedagogy is at the heart of everything Alper does, including his non-profit Sonic

Sound Propositions 04: Steve Roden (part II)

 it seems a necessity, as active listeners, to become sensitive to these things in the world around us that the german poet rilke called “inconsiderable things” (the things from everyday life that most people don’t really pay sensitive attention to).

Sound Propositions 02: Matteo Uggeri

Joseph Sannicandro interviews Italian soundshaper Matteo Uggeri (Hue, Sparkle in Grey)   in the second installment of an ongoing series searching for a relationship towards technology that doesn’t fetishize equipment, but rather valorizes the creative process itself. There is a