Kevin Press
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With baselines worthy of a Jah Wobble mixtape, Audiokern’s new eight-track EP scores top marks for both production value and unconventionality. There are multiple nods here to more common electronic music styles, dark ambient among them. But there are too many surprises along the way – good ones, I’m pleased to report – for this…
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Listening to this expansive new work from collaborators John Tilbury, Keith Rowe and Kjell Bjørgeengen without the benefit of context, you’re likely to be struck by its eloquence and depth. The 48-plus-minute work is clearly the product of experienced, accomplished hands. When you learn, however, that this improvisation was recorded just weeks after the passing…
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Aaron Martin & Machinefabriek – Wake – 0:00 Daniel Diaz – The Church of the Long Sleep – 7:10 Seki Takashi – Voices – 9:57 Panoptique Electrical – In Between Buildings – 15:50 elena de angeli & pietro riparbelli – abisso – 26:07 Irammm – Far Marcha – 35:59 Roam – Ashes – 46:26 Slit…
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Marc Jacobs pulled the title of his third disc After the Flash Flood from a similarly titled photograph by Joel Sternfeld. It’s an American desert landscape shot, one in which a house and car appear moments from slipping through a sinkhole that has already swallowed another vehicle. “The perfect framing and angle of the picture,…
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One of my goals this year was to expand the BADD PRESS podcast and find a home for it on a proper online radio station. Earlier today, I picked up my security pass from the lovely people over at Radio Regent. They’ve been kind enough to offer me a two-hour slot Sunday evenings at 8 pm…
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As much as we love electronic music, oftentimes it works most effectively when paired with acoustic sounds. New York duo SPIRIT RADIO is the latest in a long line of acts who’ve confirmed this for us. Tamalyn Miller’s divine vocals and handmade horsehair fiddle serve as both a complement and contrast to Stephen Spera’s keyboards,…
