Kevin Press
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Panoptique Electrical – A Place With Trees – 1:20 to 9:04 Balmorhea – Slow Stone – 7:50 to 11:53 Avant’n’Gard – Adam cu Eva – 11:24 to 14:53 nice medicine – just be patient – 14:32 to 18:21 Yedo Gibson – Isotropic – 18:02 to 26:16 DJ Lily – Kärlek ft. Camilla – 25:48 to…
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Nick Sutton’s 11-minute score for a short film called Transmission has been expanded by the talented composer in the form of his first full-length album. Transmission Original Soundtrack is a meditative, often unsettling work. The album opens, appropriately enough, with “The Screen.” Sutton builds a real sense of foreboding in these first five and a…
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In a world obsessed with speed, is there anything more powerful and liberating than to be purposefully slow? Is it the ultimate act of rebellion in an on-demand world? Jason Sweeney’s most recent Panoptique Electrical recording will have you thinking along similar lines. His minimalist, ambient/new classical album Quiet Ecology isn’t just slow. It’s radically…
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Anytime you hear the words improvisational and jazz side by side, the odds are pretty good they’ll soon be accompanied by one or more of feverish, frenetic and frenzied. It’s true that the music offers more range than its given credit for. But you’ve got to dig pretty deep. Belgium’s Kabas will make you glad…
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Belgium’s fine Audio. Visuals. Atmosphere. label released a bundle of four new cassettes on Friday. Alocasia Garden, Christopher Whitley and Tereshkova have each produced a new title. The fourth is a compilation featuring one track each from Uaxactun, RVH, False Moniker and Sequences. All of the contributions are faithful to the AVA methodology. Alocasia Garden…
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Right from the start of Daniela Orvin’s impressive six-track debut, there is much to parse through. Bells ring in the distance. White noise – steam-engine like – fills the air. Then droning vocals, giving the piece a sad, almost pained feel. The effect is remarkably visual. That’s no surprise given Orvin’s talent as a photographer.…
