Archive for January, 2014
Review: Krokofant – S/T
A versatile record from a Nordic trio, with right-angles of rock melting in fluid, loose-limbed gradients of free jazz.
Review: Swefn – Varities Of Anomalous Experience
Ian Watson indulges in the near-communication of analogue electronics, in a new release on hairdryer excommunication.
Review: Talk West – Canyon Lip
Two improvisations for guitar, synths, field recordings and percussion.
Review: Aymeric De Tapol – Méridiens
A roadtrip across Mali and Senegal, captured on dictaphone.
Review: Amnertia – Spider Hashish
A 3″ CD of alien exhales and intangible unknowns, inspired by Max Leonard Hitchings’ short story “Lumen”.
Review: Oikos – Vigilia
Thick guitar drones birth ritualistic mystery, in the group’s Knockturne debut.
Live: The New Experimentalists @ Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, 14/01/2014
The shortlist for The Arts Foundation Award evoke an eclectic freeze-frame of contemporary and experimental music: Jennifer Walshe, Richard Skelton, Rie Nakajima and Lina Lapelyte.
Review: Bly De Blyant – Hindsight Bias
Three-way improvisation and quick-footed composition, traversing the vast “rock music” blanket.
Live: Richard Youngs + Eric Chenaux @ Cafe Oto In London, 11/01/2014
A quiet and engrossed Cafe Oto plays host to two artists orbiting the sphere of singer/songwriter.