Archive for January, 2022
Crucial Listening #95: Victoria Shen (evicshen)
Totality in music, lyrical homicide, destroyed Barbie dolls. The experimental music performer and instrument-maker discusses three important albums.
Review: Xena Glas – Body
Fractured focal points and energy in reverse; a reflection on Xena Glas’ lived experience with autism.
Review: Nyokabi Kariũki – peace places: kenyan memories
Collages of homely environment and recollective refraction.
Hard Return: African Ghost Valley – SEASONS
Six tracks of symbiotic nature and interwoven time.
Review: Uraño – BARRAGE
Amplified drums and FX-bloated bass navigating all manner of rhythmic calimities.
Crucial Listening #94: Martin J Thompson
VHS basslines, definitive ambient, record shopping in Woolworths. The London-based musician and anarchist discusses three important albums.
Feature: Records Of 2021
A selection of records I’ve enjoyed in 2021.
Crucial Listening #93: Yan Jun
Everybody against everybody, the left hand of the Qin master, tin can Beatles. The Beijing-based musician and poet talks about three important albums.