Review: Nídia & Valentina – Estradas
A rotary commotion of percussion and hidden intricacies, tucked within minimal rhythms and repetitive melodic licks.
Jack Chuter
Crucial Listening #161: Mattin
Isolation and electroacoustics, listening and openness, putting rock into the coffin. The artist, musician and theorist discusses three important albums.
Review: Zheng Hao – Harmonium II
Volatile (im)balances for feedback systems.
Crucial Listening #160: Brian Cook (Sumac, Russian Circles, Botch)
Proto-disco black hole disintegration, leaving in the flubs, "Shake Your Hips" at number 3. The American bassist discusses three important albums.
Review: Jeph Jerman + Tim Olive – Pancakes
Unsettled materials and overblown capture, with each piece recorded by one participant and mixed by the other.
Crucial Listening #159: Tashi Wada
Life partner collaborations, Alice Coltrane signature bends, nomadic explorations in tuning. The Los Angeles-based musician discusses three important albums.
Crucial Listening #158: Jennifer Walshe
Making work out of bones, Bach in intergalactic excess, pre-admin ABC karaoke. The composer and improviser discusses three important albums.