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Chicago’s Hausu Mountain has two new releases set for Sept. 22. Both are cassette/digital download offerings worth ruining your headphones with. Nelson Bean has Impossible World ready to go under his Black Hat solo project moniker. These 13 tracks offer pure, cleanly recorded electronics. They’re beat-heavy and wholly unpredictable, making them more suitable for modern…
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We like to talk a lot about our digital-powered global independent music scene. Certainly from a listener’s perspective, the world is our oyster like never before. But can the same be said for artists? How many seek out opportunities to work with others in different parts of the world? Add San Diego duo Astoria Sound…
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This may be the most sophisticated break-up album ever recorded. Portugal’s Rui P. Andrade has produced an electronic ode to heartbreak that is both sad and gripping. All Lovers Go To Heaven features four pieces of primarily atmospheric drone recordings. “A.L.G.T.H.,” a kind of overture for the album, starts quietly. The piece is spacious, but…
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Scott Gray is working on a new album. To be clear, he’s been working on it since before the 2008 financial crisis. The delay has nothing to do with money, nor is it particularly catastrophic. He’s just a bit of a procrastinator (his word, not mine). This is not to say that he’s unproductive. In…
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It was meant to be a safety test. The No.4 reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic was shut down to simulate a power failure on April 26, 1986. What should have been a routine event turned into the worst nuclear accident in history. The only thing that comes…
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A few days ago, I learned the unthinkable, heartbreaking news that Matt Shoemaker has passed away. It hardly seems possible. 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. Most anyone who knows me has heard me talk at…
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