Experimental
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The thing that will strike you first about this marvelous disc from That Faint Light is the seamless combination of electronics and more conventional instruments on each of the 12 tracks. Together, Guido Lusetti and Adrian Lane have produced a brilliant, gentle album of advanced new classical works. Except that the two aren’t together. Physically…
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I’ve just submitted review of a terrific new release by France’s Philippe Foch and Mathias Delplanque. Performing together as Foch Delplanque, their new album Secret lands Monday. While doing my research, I found this extraordinary free download from 2016. Delplanque explains the piece on his BandCamp page: “It is the digital recording of a cassette…
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Previous blog posts have included descriptions of certain noise pieces as more or less musical. What I’m getting at there is the ability of some composers to turn unconventional sound sources into music that can be appreciated by more than just committed noise fans. This is not to say that these pieces are easy to…
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Baseball superhero Yogi Berra claimed to have originated the expression “the future ain’t what it used to be.” While it may be true that he put his own unique spin on the line, the saying does in fact predate him. According to quoteinvestigator.com, a version of the line “was published in 1937 in a journal…
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Yesterday’s podcast opened with a spotlight on a great indie label in Littlefield, Texas called Full Spectrum Records. Andrew Weathers co-founded FS with Andrew Marino in 2008, initially to put their own material out. It’s since evolved into one of the state’s best new imprints. Weathers sent download codes for four FS releases, all of…
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If the title of ACR’s second compilation album is meant to signal an openness to mass appeal, someone forget to tell Foundling, contributor of track #1. “Half Light Soap,” featured on the BADD PRESS podcast on Aug. 13, is a punishing, squealing noise piece that stretches more than five and a half minutes. It is…
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