Microstoria: “Endless Summer NAMM (Remix by Violent Onsen Geisha)” (Reprovisers, Thrill Jockey 1997)As was so often the case around this time 20 years ago, Violent Onsen Geisha’s “remix” of...
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Microstoria: “Endless Summer NAMM (Remix by Violent Onsen Geisha)” (Reprovisers, Thrill Jockey 1997)As was so often the case around this time 20 years ago, Violent Onsen Geisha’s “remix” of...
Ursula Bogner: “Nach Europa” (Sonne = Blackbox, Faitiche 2001)Ursula Bogner’s story is an interesting one, lifted from Discogs:(1946 - 1994) German pharmacist, artist and musician, she attended...
Ursula Bogner: “Nach Europa” (Sonne = Blackbox, Faitiche 2001)Ursula Bogner’s story is an interesting one, lifted from Discogs:(1946 - 1994) German pharmacist, artist and musician, she attended...
Koen Holtkamp: “Sky Flowers” (Field Rituals, Type 2012)The flagship track of Koen Holtkamp’s 2012 Type album is truly gorgeous. Field recordings surround a pastoral sea of guitar, subtle synths, and...
Koen Holtkamp: “Sky Flowers” (Field Rituals, Type 2012)The flagship track of Koen Holtkamp’s 2012 Type album is truly gorgeous. Field recordings surround a pastoral sea of guitar, subtle synths, and...
Violent Onsen Geisha: The Midnight Gambler (Pure, 1996)Nakahara Masaya’s 1996 album as Violent Onsen Geisha for the minimally adorned Pure label is a crazy masterwork of obnoxious cut-ups and...
Violent Onsen Geisha: The Midnight Gambler (Pure, 1996)Nakahara Masaya’s 1996 album as Violent Onsen Geisha for the minimally adorned Pure label is a crazy masterwork of obnoxious cut-ups and...
Sigur Rós: “Leit að lífi“ (Von, 1997)This oddly haunting interlude is one of my favorites on Sigur Rós’s more experimental debut.(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Ultraabriight: “Ultra Bright” (Roue de Fortune, Orange Milk Records 2014)Weird cut-up field recordings and synthesis collide on the second track on Ultraabriight’s experimental 2014 album....
R.I.P. Holger Czukay (1938-2017)(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Jacek Doroszenko: Soundreaming (Audiobulb)Jacek Doroszenko has worked as one half of Mammoth Ulthana, and Soundreaming marks his first release as a solo artist. As its title suggests, the...
Ancestral Voices: “Medicina” (Night of Visions, Samurai Horo 2015)Deep, melancholic stuff from Liam Blackburn aka Indigo. Its slow, reverberated cadence recalls some of the gloomy gothic landscapes...
Cleared: “No Path to Claim” (Breaking Day, Immune 2012)The fourth track from Michael Vallera and Steven Hess’s Cleared project’s second album encapsulates everything I like about the project. Thick,...
v1984: Pansori (Knives)After a debut EP on Glacial Industries last year, v1984’s second EP is the fifth release on Kuedo’s newish Knives label, and it’s a good one....
Second Woman: S/W (Spectrum Spools)I was pleasantly surprised after hearing Second Woman’s latest album (the first to my ears) that the project is an unlikely result of...
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