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 … Continue reading Kajsa Lindgren – Everyone is here
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exclusiveOr - Module 1 0.00KVL - Peaceable 6.50Akiyama / Field / Vidic - Synchronous Ancestor 15.28Junius Paul - You Are Free To Choose 24.04Stranglehold - The world according to Herbert Huncke 30.17James Ruskin - Kn Am3 35.00Lee Gamble - Envenom 40.34mHz - Form C 44.31Plaster - Mongrel 48.19offthesky - bleeds life 54.38Luis Miehlich - Timecuts … Continue reading The Moderns ep. 80
Toronto Sound Festival
If you’re here in Toronto at the end of November, don’t miss this year’s Toronto Sound Festival at Beverley Halls. The event combines seminars, a composer’s panel, workshops, live music and more. I spoke with two of the event’s organizers this evening. Paul Stillwell, who is also a member of the Canadian Electronic Ensemble, says … Continue reading Toronto Sound Festival
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Bryce Dessner - Tenebre 0.00DMLLL - Sky Turns Red 16.40Wobbly - Monitress 21.01Julia Hülsmann Quartet - Wrong Song 32.29Dan Weiss Trio Plus 1 - Bonham 39.37Joe McCarthy New York Afro Bop Alliance Big Band - Positano 55.19Ryuichi Sakamoto - Island of Woods 1.04.25Shapednoise - Blaze feat. Justin K Broadrick 1.13.29Tommy Four Seven - Dead Ocean … Continue reading The Moderns ep. 79
Aitor Etxebarria – Nihilism Part 1
In an era of extreme politics and institutional cynicism, the rejection of traditional sources of authority is inherently humanist. To combat this, conservative commentators brand dissent as nihilist, a word tossed around rather sloppily these days. It is an effective rhetorical trick because it colours those who question the powers that be as amoral and … Continue reading Aitor Etxebarria – Nihilism Part 1
Pé – Spiral
More than most styles of music, drone recordings are open to interpretation. The best elicit an emotional response that inspires listeners to project their own thoughts and perspective onto the work as it slowly progresses. In this way, they absorb and then reflect our feelings back to us, colored by the recording’s own nuances. To … Continue reading Pé – Spiral
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ANAMAI - Dream Baby 0.00Giona Vinti - Layer 2 3.57Velf - Shrivel 12.26Michael A. Muller - New Symmetry 16.23Drifting In Silence - Continuum 18.42Meemo Comma - Reaping 25.24NonZero! - 36Kapture 31.11Amirtha Kidambi & Lea Bertucci - Brood 35.14Renaldo & The Loaf - HAMBU HODO 7” VERSION 41.51Renick Bell - Seek Your Own Error And Learn … Continue reading The Moderns ep. 78
