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U.K. sound artist Fields We Found will donate all proceeds from Expanse, a new release that dropped Mar. 1. The album is available via Bandcamp as a name-your-price download until Mar. 18. “I just wanted to do something to help,” says Fields We Found. “The situation in Ukraine is so bleak. [We’ve] raised well over…
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Harry Towell has launched another new series on his splendid Whitelabrecs label. Dubbed eRecords, the releases will “aim to transform the digital format into something closer to how a listener might interaction with a real, white label vinyl record,” according to a promotionale mail. “Each edition includes a special PDF scrapbook including polaroids and liner…
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A special episode dedicated to homework – year 5, from taâlem.
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The new year’s first stunner arrives Jan. 21, from Iceland’s Hugar. The duo features multi-instrumentalist Bergur Þórisson and Pétur Jónsson. Friends since childhood, their new LP Rift sounds like the product of a team unused to discord. Jónsson explains the title’s significance. “In Iceland there is this rift that runs through the whole island,” he…
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This year marked the fifth anniversary of what was originally known (by a very small few) as the Badd Press Blog. That somewhat regrettable handle is behind us, thankfully. As is another year of COVID-19 awfulness. This latest variant is a blow to be sure. But it is also a reminder of what keeps us…
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Craig Tattersall and Bill Seaman describe their new project as “a structured collaboration.” Over a three-week schedule, each worked separately on five pieces of music. One per day, Monday to Friday. They agreed to limit each piece to five minutes, and no more than five parts. After a weekend’s rest, they sent one another their…
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