Archive for November, 2014
Review: Chris Strickland – Animal Expert
One hour of extreme contrast and magnified objects, as Strickland’s collages terraform my own living room to suit themselves.
Review: Vicious Circus – Troglodytes Troglodytes
What happens when two eccentric improvisers are holed up in eachother’s company for too long?
Interview: Lawrence English
In a MADEIRADIG FESTIVAL PREVIEW, Lawrence English talks to ATTN about traveling in New Zealand, the negation of chaos and spending time with Tony Conrad.
Review: Cestine – Level
Billowing and shapeless drones from Dominic Coppola and Theodore Schaefer.
Review: Giacomo Fiore – IV: American Electric Guitars
The guitar falls under external command of four U.S. composers, detaching the instrument from its predominant connections to performer habit and reflex.
Review: Rutger Zuydervelt – Stay Tuned
Zuydervelt expands upon the moment that an orchestra gets in tune, stretching it across 50 minutes and over 150 collaborators.
Review: Content Nullity – Chemtrail Conspiracy Theory
Personalised loop cassette from Weymouth’s Tommuel Reynolds, draining the Content Nullity archives as he embarks on the transformation into Mollusk King.
Review: Lost Trail – The Afternoon Vision
A beautiful jackdaw folder of soil survey, sonic erosion and conceptual mystique.
Review: Nazoranai – ‘the most painful time happens only once has it arrived already..?’
A feedback loop of escalation and engulfment from Oren Ambarchi (drums), Stephen O’Malley (bass) and Keiji Haino (guitar/synth/noise).
Interview: Sophie Cooper
The West Yorkshire musician talks to ATTN about microphones at weird angles, cross-stitched macabre children and her latest record: Our Aquarius.