Kevin Press
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Forty-five seconds into the first track of Oberlin’s new Hidden Thorns disc, you may wonder if you’ve stumbled into a prog-rock opus. We’re offered a short synth line that has all the hallmarks of an Iron Butterfly side. Thankfully, this is a false alarm. These seven new electronic pieces are entirely improvised, recorded and mixed…
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Sonia Güttler has turned heartbreak into a striking new collection of gritty, textured electronic tracks. The music isn’t so much sad as it is severe. There is a lot going on over the course of this 44-minute recording, much of it bleakly emotional. Hence her decision to start wearing black. Güttler writes in the album’s…
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I’ve written in the past about how, all these years after John Cage’s “4’33”,” the most radical idea in music continues to be the complete lack of it. Quiet music can be equally powerful. File Thembi Soddell’s new five-piece disc Love Songs under the latter category. The Australian sound artist and electroacoustic composer has produced…
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Dee.F – If I could stay reasonably sane (original mix) – 0:52 to 8:31 Drogtech – Emptiness – 8:11 to 11:00 Spirit Radio – Always – 10:37 to 14:17 Arovane + Porya Hatami – Creature_015 – 13:15 to 16:33 Ebauche – Chwiać AMX (Arovane Remix) – 15:28 to 19:53 Jemh Circs – Peak Oil –…
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Ahead of tomorrow’s podcast, check out this gorgeous two-hour mix from Belfast-born producer Max Cooper. Featuring new and old favourites from his record shelf, Cooper writes “I wanted to try and approach making a DJ mix as I would an album production project. “I chopped the tracks up and augmented them with layers of binaural…
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These four new compositions from Serbo-Croatian artist Manja Ristić serve as both delicately assembled soundscapes and environmentalist anthems. Entitled simply “Summer,” “Autumn,” “Winter” and “Spring,” Ristić has delivered a deeply touching album. Born in Belgrade in 1979, Ristić is a violinist who has branched out into composition and research/curatorial work in electroacoustic, improvisational and experimental…
