Posts Tagged: Whitelabrecs

Emanuele Errante ~ This World
The cover to Emanuele Errante’s latest project risks— yet subverts— a hamfisted explanation of the record’s symbolic contents. Bristling, bare tree branches stick out above four rigid, brutalist structures, as if to tell us point-blank that our world, this world,

Emanuele Errante ~ This World
The cover to Emanuele Errante’s latest project risks— yet subverts— a hamfisted explanation of the record’s symbolic contents. Bristling, bare tree branches stick out above four rigid, brutalist structures, as if to tell us point-blank that our world, this world,

V/A ~ Sleeplaboratory1.0
Happy third anniversary to Harry Towell’s Whitelabrecs, which is celebrating the occasion with a landmark 50th release. Since January 2016, we’ve become enamored with these limited run CDs that look like baby records. Sleeplaboratory1.0 includes a disc-sized facsimile of an album sleeve.

V/A ~ Sleeplaboratory1.0
Happy third anniversary to Harry Towell’s Whitelabrecs, which is celebrating the occasion with a landmark 50th release. Since January 2016, we’ve become enamored with these limited run CDs that look like baby records. Sleeplaboratory1.0 includes a disc-sized facsimile of an album sleeve.

ACL 2018 ~ Top Ten Ambient
2018 was a particularly strong year for ambient music. We received over a thousand albums for consideration, in some weeks more than all other genres combined ~ and that’s just the tip of the iceberg. While composing this introduction, we

ACL 2018 ~ Top Ten Ambient
2018 was a particularly strong year for ambient music. We received over a thousand albums for consideration, in some weeks more than all other genres combined ~ and that’s just the tip of the iceberg. While composing this introduction, we

Valotihkuu ~ Fragile Melodies
The new summer-themed album from Cherepovets musician Valotihkuu is so endearing that it sent us in search of his earlier works. Whitelabrecs writes that it signed the Russian artist after falling in love with last year’s Spring And All. When we looked up

Valotihkuu ~ Fragile Melodies
The new summer-themed album from Cherepovets musician Valotihkuu is so endearing that it sent us in search of his earlier works. Whitelabrecs writes that it signed the Russian artist after falling in love with last year’s Spring And All. When we looked up

Paper Relics ~ The Road Home
Paper Relics‘ first album was released in the summer of 2011, half a year before we launched our site. While the duo of Harry and Stuart Towell may have been quiet for a while, Harry has stayed in the public

Paper Relics ~ The Road Home
Paper Relics‘ first album was released in the summer of 2011, half a year before we launched our site. While the duo of Harry and Stuart Towell may have been quiet for a while, Harry has stayed in the public

Ben McElroy ~ 1,000 Sewing Machines
Nottingham’s multi-disciplinary Ben McElroy has been coming on strong in recent months, with a pair of short, enchanting EPs followed by an alluring album. We were drawn in by the cover, but once we heard the music, we realized that this was

Ben McElroy ~ 1,000 Sewing Machines
Nottingham’s multi-disciplinary Ben McElroy has been coming on strong in recent months, with a pair of short, enchanting EPs followed by an alluring album. We were drawn in by the cover, but once we heard the music, we realized that this was

ACL 2017 ~ Top Ten Ambient
After a long, hard day, there’s nothing like a beautiful ambient album to soothe the savage breast. Whether one is dealing with heartbreak, the loss of a loved one or the state of world affairs, this is music to come

ACL 2017 ~ Top Ten Ambient
After a long, hard day, there’s nothing like a beautiful ambient album to soothe the savage breast. Whether one is dealing with heartbreak, the loss of a loved one or the state of world affairs, this is music to come

ACL 2017 ~ The Year’s Best Labels
Montreal’s Constellation Records returns to the top spot for a third time, having previously been honored in 2013 and 2015. Coming up strong are two new labels, each in their sophomore seasons: Indonesia’s Tandem Tapes and the U.K.’s Whitelabrecs. By this point, it’s fair to

ACL 2017 ~ The Year’s Best Labels
Montreal’s Constellation Records returns to the top spot for a third time, having previously been honored in 2013 and 2015. Coming up strong are two new labels, each in their sophomore seasons: Indonesia’s Tandem Tapes and the U.K.’s Whitelabrecs. By this point, it’s fair to