Kevin Press

  • Keram Malicki Sánchez is a musician, vocalist, actor, virtual reality evangelist and much more who calls LA home these days. He and I first connected in 1992, when his band Blue Dog Pict released an extraordinary disc entitled Anxiety of Influence: A Nodding Into. Like Keram himself, the band – and that album in particular…

  • Contemporary music from around the world. GAF & The Love Supreme Arkestra – Immensity of Color pt.1 0.00  Hverheij – A is for Afterlight 10.07  Tribu Oro – AM Lights 12.55  Lydian Dunbar – Blue Sleep 17.49  M422 – Dradin’s Theme 22.29  Mads Emil Nielsen – Constellation 25.45  Egil Kalman – Iannis 29.17  Andrea De…

  • The InFiné label has another event lined up to celebrate its 15th anniversary. This one happens in Berlin, May 13 at Zenner. The evening will feature live performances by Rone, Deena Abdelwahed, Bottler and Gaspar Claus, along with sets by Léonie Pernet, Basile3, Cubenx and Frieder Nagel. Here’s a link to the Zenner site for…

  • Five new faves: Adrian Copeland – If This Were My Body (Lost Tribe Sound) Reyes|Stokowy Duo – Northern: Ashroud is My Country (American Dreams) Dave Tucker, Pat Thomas, Thurston Moore, Mark Sanders – Educated Guess, Vol. 2 EP (577 Records) Mike Weis – Ring the Bell for the 10,000 Forgotten Things (Monastral) Karen Willems –…

  • Laura Romero – MASA 0.00  bleed Air – Mars Yard 4.37  Jim Haynes – Abruptly Scattered 7.09  The Corrupting Sea – Chamber I 13.22  Erik Griswold – Wolf Moon 31.01  EARTHFLESH & DECONSTRUCTOR – BETHLEHEM 53.38  David Lee Myers – GEO 1 Laurentia 1.12.40  Lijnenspel – 3 minutes 1.26.56 

  • Shimmering Moods has earned a reputation as one of the world’s leading ambient music labels. Its founder Paul talks about the imprint’s origin and the role it plays today.