Archive for June, 2014
Cody Yantis + Nathan McLaughlin + Josh Mason + Joe Houpert – Line Drawings
A three-part quest and conversation on the notion of “deliberate music”: the experimental exchange of “Alice Studies”, the declarative findings of “Line Drawings” and the open debate of “Studies”.
Review: PAIN JERK-COURTIS – Pachinko Blast Anarchy
Jack leads and pachinko machine wiring is taped directly onto listener neurons, in a new collaboration between PAIN JERK and Anla Courtis.
Review: Whisper Room – The Cruelest Month
An eternal work of decay and rebuild, driven forward by faint hazes of dubstep and krautrock.
Review: Joshua Tristan Churchill – Walks
Clarinets paint landscapes in gentle strokes of watercolour, in an album that traces a connection between walking and musical improvisation.
Review: Robert Curgenven – SIRÈNE
The 16-foot pipe organs of Cornish churches – St Paul (Ludgvan), St Winnow (Towednack), St Uny (Lelant), St Wyllow (Lanteglos), St Cyrus and Juliette (St Veep) – pump movement through my sensory everything.
Review: Ingrid Schmoliner – карлицы сюита
A piano autopsy conducted from all angles, founded on the constant presence of intense, meditative concentration.
Review: Illuha – Akari
A tranquil sonic eco-system of electronics, acoustic instruments and found sounds, caught in a cloud of space-time confusion.
Review: John Chantler – Even Clean Hands Damage The Work
Existence in synthesised movement, as machines emulate human reflex and vice versa.
Review: Knifedoutofexistence – Immaturity Of Movement
Self-generation and noise monophony, in a co-release on Outsider Art and Amps Against Trend.
Review: Thought Broadcast – Votive Zero
The latest monophonic, mechanical extraction from the pseudo-archives of R.B.