Posts Tagged: Various Artists

Various Artists ~ One Minute Older

Got a minute?  Four years have passed since Second Language released Minute Papillon, a collection of sixty one-minute songs with liner notes so small they had to be read with a magnifying glass (included with purchase).  In this spirit comes

Various Artists ~ One Minute Older

Got a minute?  Four years have passed since Second Language released Minute Papillon, a collection of sixty one-minute songs with liner notes so small they had to be read with a magnifying glass (included with purchase).  In this spirit comes

Various Artists ~ Trade & Distribution Almanac Volume Four

I recently spent a weekend in a city that seemed to play only 80s pop music.  Every store, bar and radio station shared the same playlist.  As I drove away at the end of the weekend, I was thankful for

Various Artists ~ Trade & Distribution Almanac Volume Four

I recently spent a weekend in a city that seemed to play only 80s pop music.  Every store, bar and radio station shared the same playlist.  As I drove away at the end of the weekend, I was thankful for

V/A ~ Framework500

Framework Radio is one of the world’s top promoters and producers of field recordings and soundscapes.  To celebrate their 500th edition, the label has produced a 3-disc set featuring many of the genre’s top artists, backed by an original website

V/A ~ Framework500

Framework Radio is one of the world’s top promoters and producers of field recordings and soundscapes.  To celebrate their 500th edition, the label has produced a 3-disc set featuring many of the genre’s top artists, backed by an original website

ACL 2014: Top Ten Field Recording & Soundscape

Field recordings and soundscapes do much more than reflect the sounds of nature.  They also delve into local culture and artificial sound environments; they serve as travelogues, historical statements, and calls to political action.  An environment once captured is never

ACL 2014: Top Ten Field Recording & Soundscape

Field recordings and soundscapes do much more than reflect the sounds of nature.  They also delve into local culture and artificial sound environments; they serve as travelogues, historical statements, and calls to political action.  An environment once captured is never

Various Artists ~ Souvenirs Van de Woeste Grond

This release is so much fun it makes me want to learn Dutch.  The album features new music from Gluid, Gareth Davis, Machinefabriek, Weerthof, Reinier van Houdt and Wouter van Veldhoven, which is enough by itself.   But the backstory

Various Artists ~ Souvenirs Van de Woeste Grond

This release is so much fun it makes me want to learn Dutch.  The album features new music from Gluid, Gareth Davis, Machinefabriek, Weerthof, Reinier van Houdt and Wouter van Veldhoven, which is enough by itself.   But the backstory

Various Artists ~ CAM 1

CAM 1 is meant to highlight the diverse sonic talent of Wales, but it ends up being a larger advertisement for the diversity of music itself.  This is exactly what a compilation is meant to do: create interest in the label,

Various Artists ~ CAM 1

CAM 1 is meant to highlight the diverse sonic talent of Wales, but it ends up being a larger advertisement for the diversity of music itself.  This is exactly what a compilation is meant to do: create interest in the label,

V/A ~ Line Drawings

A line in the sand is meant to separate two items and to define them by their separation.  The impetus for Line Drawings was to make a statement on behalf of experimental musicians: to separate the bland from the authentic.  As the

V/A ~ Line Drawings

A line in the sand is meant to separate two items and to define them by their separation.  The impetus for Line Drawings was to make a statement on behalf of experimental musicians: to separate the bland from the authentic.  As the

V/A ~ Foldout

The classic Surrealist parlour game Exquisite Corpse challenges participants to contribute a part of an image or a sentence on a segment of folded paper while others contribute the rest.  Imagine Soundcloud as a piece of paper, and you’ve got

V/A ~ Foldout

The classic Surrealist parlour game Exquisite Corpse challenges participants to contribute a part of an image or a sentence on a segment of folded paper while others contribute the rest.  Imagine Soundcloud as a piece of paper, and you’ve got