Thomas Köner: “Unerforschtes Gebiet B” (Unerforschtes Gebiet, Die Stadt 2002)Awesome drones from one of the all-time masters. This is the full second side of the LP; the CD has an extra bonus track...
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Two new Matthew Mercer solo albums this fallProud to unveil the contrasting artwork for two new albums I’m releasing this fall, Nebulae and Starward. These tracks all came out of the same...
Two new Matthew Mercer solo albums this fallProud to unveil the contrasting artwork for two new albums I’m releasing this fall, Nebulae and Starward. These tracks all came out of the same...
Anjou: Epithymía (Kranky)Mark Nelson and Robert Donne, once two-thirds of legendary drone-post-rock project Labradford, find themselves once again collaborating as Anjou, here with their...
T.Raumschmiere: Heimat (Kompakt)After many years’ hiatus and working with different labels, Marco Haas has returned to Kompakt. This excited me for many reasons, mainly because his...
M.Mercer: “Sensorium” (Supernatant, 2015)The second track from my 2015 album Supernatant is a hushed, meditative journey inward. Close your eyes, turn it up, and let yourself go…Buy it:...
Murcof: “Cuerpo Celeste” (Cosmos, Leaf 2007)Cosmic awesomeness from Fernando Corona a.k.a. Murcof. His last proper solo album under the name was a full ten years ago — will we hear more?(Source:...
Kid606: “Twirl” (P.S. I Love You, Mille Plateaux 2000)P.S. I Love You was the first music I’d heard from Kid606 that I’d describe as understated; previous efforts were full-on gabba, breakcore, or...
WaSm: Een (silken tofu)Een is the first recorded document of an ongoing project between Dutch friends and collaborators Frans de Waard and Jos Smolders. For decades, each has been digging...
R.I.P. Mika Vainio, 1963-2017I’m deeply saddened to learn that Mika Vainio of Pan Sonic has died at the age of 53. This opening track from Pan Sonic’s second album Kulma was my first impression of...
snd: “00020 a” (stdio, Mille Plateaux 2000)snd’s run of three albums for Mille Plateaux made a big splash for their headlong dive into glitchy minimalism. It was hard to not get too caught up in the...
Yann Novak: Ornamentation (Touch) Los Angeles-based sound artist Yann Novak has been busy, having released both this recent performance recording on Touch as well as a two-hour album last...
Scorn: “Black Box” (Gyral, Earache 1995)Deep cut from Scorn’s fifth album Gyral, which found Mick Harris exploring the deepest dub terrain of the project’s repertoire, quite estranged from the...
Steve Roden & Brandon Labelle: “Water Messiah” (The House Was Quiet and the World Was Calm, Meme 1999)I had almost forgotten about this old favorite… beautiful resonant gonging from this...
Marcel Dettmann: “Radio” (MDR 01, MDR)Marcel Dettmann reserves some of his rawest and most banging material for his own MDR imprint, such as this cut from the label’s premiere release.(Source:...
Baby Ford: “Exopolis” (Basking In The Brakelights, Force Inc. 2003)Baby Ford’s minimal techno output of the late 90s and early 00s has little to do with his original splash as a late 80s acid house...
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