Archive for February, 2013
Review: William Basinski + Richard Chartier – Aurora Liminalis
The second collaboration between the two sound artists, taking the form of a beautiful 44-minute composition.
Record: Circuit Breaker – Cairn
Awkward fusions of guitar, drums, vox and electronics from a London two-piece.
Review: Derek Piotr – Raj
The Polish-born composer self-releases his third full-length, expanding on his own mysterious adoption of electronic dance music.
Review: Koboku Senju – Joining The Queue To Become One Of Those Ordinary Ghosts
A live recording of the improvisatory quintet, new on MIE.
Review: tmymtur – Yusei
A work of 5000 vocal layers and supersonic frequencies.
Review: Decoy And Joe McPhee – Spontaneous Combustion
An explosive improvised set recorded at Cafe Oto in 2011, and the second release on OTOroku.
Review: Robert Stillman And The Archaic Future Players – Station Wagon Interior Perspective (A Requiem For John Fahey)
An old photo of the late guitarist John Fahey inspires a new four-movement suite by Stillman and his accompanying Archaic Future Players.
Review: The Volume Settings Folder – Ivan Hoe And Other Tales
A bunch of old cassette tapes form the basis of a bleak, lo-fi trawl through guitar and synthesiser drones.
Review: Sebastiane Hegarty – Southerlies
The Winchester-based sound artists navigates through old ships and beautiful cathedrals, in a new work on Gruenrekorder.
Review: Xambuca – カムィ
An Asheville-based A/V collective release an album inspired by the indigenous Ainu people of Northern Japan.