Experimental
-
This is Thomas Bey William Bailey’s first recording for the Elevator Bath label in Austin, Texas. The sound artist, researcher and book author has released two version of his new work “La Production Interdite.” One is an instrumental. The other features a fascinating spoken word addition, on the subject of autoscopy. Defined in the album’s…
-
It’s not uncommon to hear people of a certain age say that time passes quickly. This is not true of course. Time moves at its own pace, unaffected by our need to mark it. When someone warns you that a time in your life will “be over before you know it,” what they’re really saying…
-
Bernd Kastner and Siegfried M. Syniuga are back on the Touch roster with their first new album for the label since the early 1990s. The Düsseldorf duo has announced its return with a growling, shrieking monster of an album. The Bird Was Stolen must be heard to be believed. And it really must be heard.…
-
Laurent Peter’s second album under the Tresque moniker is a formidable, difficult, at times hypnotic recording that must be heard to be fully appreciated. There are beautiful moments, thoughtful moments and moments that will make your ears hurt. It is an album perhaps best appreciated when you’re tired, and most susceptible to his aggressive use…
-
Earlier Jon Hassell recordings feature his distinctive trumpet style front and centre. It is what made him such a significant member of a small, extraordinary group of early ambient music composers made famous (in part) by their association with Brian Eno. Hassell’s horn was a thing apart though. Paired with rich percussion, those first few…
-
Colin Andrew Sheffield wrote a lovely guest post for us in September, eulogizing his good friend Matt Shoemaker. “Matt’s sound art is some of the most singular, carefully arranged, densely layered and hauntingly beautiful work one is likely to find in this realm,” he wrote. “Most anyone who knows me has heard me talk at…
The Moderns 