Vladislav Delay Quintet ~ vd5

One of my hobbyhorses I love to beat—likely familiar to longtime readers—is that percussionists often make the most interesting composers: Steve Reich, Egisto Macchi, Iannis Xenakis, Edgar Varése, John Cage, Lou Harrison, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Art Blakey, Max Roach, Paul Motian,

LCNL 033: SMOKE EM IF YOU GOT EM

LCNL 033: SMOKE EM IF YOU GOT EM selected by the new objective Download I never promised I’d be able to maintain the weekly pace for these mixes.  I have a whole lot of mixes coming up though, but in

LCNL 014: ACL 2012 Mix

LCNL 014: Best of 2012 Mix by the new objective Download: http://bit.ly/ACLOSERLISTEN2012 Well my friends, 2012 is coming to a close and as I look back it has been quite a strong year for experimental music.  We also just celebrated

Peter Prautzsch ~ Schwere See

Sometimes, just looking at a release, one knows.  Schwere See is packaged in a slim, handsome DVD case, dark ocean waves inside and out, simple yet striking.  The artist’s website displays a similar sense of style.  Like us, Peter Prautzsch prefers the order