Field Recordings
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Here is edition two of The Moderns OSMR. As I explained last week, my goal here is to share as many new releases with you as I can. At the same time, I hope these one-sentence reviews help our artists friends promote their work at a uniquely difficult time.Be well, and be good to one another.…
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It’s been just over a year since Stockholm’s Kajsa Lindgren delivered her debut recording Hyperdelia. That was followed earlier this year by Longform Editions, and now her third LP Everyone is here. The 29-year-old composer and sound artist deserves your attention. Her latest combines recordings of her childhood and family members with new voice and…
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Artists who produce instrumental music – or to put it more precisely, music that doesn’t feature vocals – are often asked how they decide on titles. At the risk of sounding elitist, that always struck me as one of the dumber questions in music journalism. Sure, not all music lends itself naturally to a pithy…
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The electronics will strike you first. At various times frenetic, moody and ritualistic, they do more than simply decorate these seven pieces. They are the album’s solid, sometimes gritty foundation. As appealing as they are, don’t let them distract you from the larger purpose of this exceptional new disc. Kazakhstan’s Angelina Yershova has delivered a…
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This piece’s title is intended to be taken literally. Andreas Usenbenz produced a soundscape incorporating objects, lo-fi and contact microphones, field recordings, guitar, ebow, looper, iPad, dictaphone, cassettes, tape loops, an OP-1 synthesizer and field kit, according to the album’s notes. Artist and Curator Andreas Pytlik responded to Usenbenz’s work – and vice versa –…
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The Best of 2018: A to C, D to G, H to K, L to M, O to S. Tenderlonious – The Shakedown Featuring The 22archestra Tensal – Graphical Bart Van Dongen & Richard Van Kruysdijk – One Two Three Four Five Various Artists – 1631 Recordings Box Set Various Artists – HH100 Various Artists – Infinite Loop Vol.…
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