ACL 2015: Top Ten Experimental

The cool, the crazy, the distinctive ~ every artist and album has a shot here.  In this section, we celebrate music that’s clearly different from the competition.  Experiments don’t always work, but here they have; these risks have produced rewards.

Baldruin ~ Portal

Baldruin (Johannes Schebler) has just completed a hat trick.  Miniaturen, a collection of foreboding yet tiny tracks, arrived in January on A Giant Fern.  This was followed in August by the mysterious, synth-drenched tape Klaue on SPAM.  These tapes have now been