Kevin Press
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This September release from Hellscape Records comes with instructions: “It’s meant to straddle the line between self-help and guided meditation. It contains both peace and turmoil, as can be expected when attempting to bring forward the subconscious mind. We hope you understand that its purpose is greater than a mere collection of tunes or loops…
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After yesterday’s post about Sven Laux and his CD’s turn away from distorted electronics, it’s fitting that we move next to an album that makes liberal – and effective – use of exactly that technique. Calgary’s Valiska has a new release for us called On Pause. The LP snaps, crackles and pops like a synthesized…
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Distortion and other techniques used to transform electronics have become such a mainstay of new music that we’re surprised by their absence. To hear a synthesizer played cleanly has come to sound fresh and even a bit startling. A beautiful new recording from Germany’s Sven Laux makes clear there are other ways to build texture…
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Sven Laux – I Wish I Could Sleep – 0:30 to 7:30 Channeling – Doves – 6:33 to 17:13 Dog In the Snow – Sea – 15:30 to 18:12 Emerging Industries of Wuppertal – Heat Exchanger – 17:51 to 21:50 Cock & Swan – You Are My Dream – 21:46 to 25:06 Machinefabriek – Becoming…
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A fitting title for an album lost for more than four decades. Hermeto Pascoal recorded Viajando Com O Som – Travelling with Sound in English – with Grupo Vice Versa in two days at Vice Versa Studios in São Paulo. A reissue from London’s Far Out Recordings landed on Friday. Don’t be put off by…
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Talk about a velvet touch. Seattle’s Christian Gunning is back with a second release under the Shelf Nunny brand. This five-track EP is among the best downtempo releases to cross my desk this year. Available from local favourite Hush Hush Records, the EP’s promo sheet describes Gunning’s “exploration towards pop territory.” This is both an…
