Ever since first hearing Éric Cordier’s Breizhiselad in 2010, in which degraded Breton choir samples enter an electro-acoustic process and emerge sounding both impossibly gnarled and (mostly) still beautifully choral, I’ve delighted in… Continue reading
With apologies to Kepier Widow and James at Rusted Tone Recordings for the tremendous delay in reviewing this tape. Claustrophobic field recording and found sound collage make up the bulk of Kepier Widow’s… Continue reading
Although pushing a decade of steady releases, Harry Towell’s Spheruleus project has never appeared solo on cassette till now. So, it’s the honour of his new full-length Glimmers to kick things off with… Continue reading
The usual caveat: It’ll be months before I get around to Izabela Dłużyk’s Soundscapes of Spring. Might as well leave it till 2018’s actual spring. And it’ll be a couple of years for… Continue reading
Antye Greie‘s tenth album SOLIDICITY is a strange, sensitive interaction between electroacoustic methodology and stylistic references to bass music and breaks. The energy of this experimental hybridity captures contemporary trends and issues in… Continue reading
Stephanie Merchak is a prizewinning sound designer, composer and producer based in Batroun, Lebanon. With years of academic and professional musical expertise already behind her, she began working with electronic music in 2004.… Continue reading
Cassette recordings eroded by extreme heat and saltwater are the material basis for this debut by Sea Trials (one Ian McCarthy, also musically active as Romart and Wilhelm). The music originates in synthesiser… Continue reading
In Denmark, the North Sea has two names: Nordsøen (the North Sea) or Vesterhavet (the West Sea). Opting for the latter in naming this serene record, Copenhagen-based ambienteer Tobias Hellkvist emphasises a relative… Continue reading
Have fun loading this browser-exasperatin’ deluge of embedded Bandcamp players! As usual this year, I’ve a hopelessly, ever more populous backlog of music I failed to consult in good time. Of what I… Continue reading
What comes to mind when picturing limited edition DIY packaging for small-run CD releases? If you’re unfamiliar with the US label Time Released Sound, then the physical manifestations of their releases have to… Continue reading
