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Review: Lost Trail - The Afternoon Vision

Is this material meant for my eyes? Am I being intrusive? I find two mini-CDs embedded amongst a pile of infographics, poetic imagery and curious images: an in-depth soil survey covering areas of Cincinnati and West Virginia, pictures of doors that hum with the photographer’s desire to know what

Review: David Newlyn - The Misspelled Numbers

The release date of The Misspelled Numbers is supposedly 1912, according to the release page up on Wist Rec. The EP doesn’t sound like times of old – the various bleeps and other electronic touches place the music very much in the now or recent past – but rather seems to

Review: Pleq + Lüüp - The Redemption Bells EP

It’s like cowering by the doorway of a ghost town saloon; swinging doors whump and creak as a heavy, restless wind streams through them, with distant bells clanging incessantly in an ominous warning call. The Redemption Bells is the sound of staying in one spot, seeking change and progression

Review: Being - The Folkestone Lighthouse EP

Where to start? Opening up The Folkestone Lighthouse EP instantly presents the listener/explorer with a loose wad of folded card: a muddle of text and image, beautifully crafted and yet haphazardly presented. It’s not ready yet. To open the Jackdaw folder is to feel as though one is

Feature: The Book Report Series

I’ll be honest. I can’t think of anything new to say in contribution to the debate on how our interaction with music, film and literature has changed due to advances in technology, and neither do I want to spend too much time re-iterating what others have said, and