Archive for July, 2022
Crucial Listening #108: Chloe Alexandra Thompson
Feedback as praxis, weird fragments, the first true drone show. The Cree, Canadian, interdisciplinary artist and sound designer discusses three important albums.
Review: Jenny Berger Myhre – Here Is Always Somewhere Else
Uncanny repetitions and “sonic postcards” between friends, bound by the theme of discontinuity.
Review: Amirtha Kidambi + Luke Stewart – Zenith/Nadir
Two improvisatory musicians camp out on the extremes in this wonderful collection for vocals and variously facilitated low frequencies.
Crucial Listening #107: Cremation Lily
Black metal vs Aphex Twin, sad tape loops, the best screamo of all time. The UK-based artist and multi-instrumentalist discusses three important albums.
Review: Scarcity – Aveilut
Black metal rendered in 72-note octaves and spectral overtones, forever reaching beyond its own limits.
Review: Rocio Zavala – Invisible Miracles
Power surging in circles, with self-made instruments using light and body-born electricity.
Review: Sun Yizhou – Heresy
No-input pre-amp and radio, whiling away time in a waiting room for nowhere.
Crucial Listening #106: MC Dälek
Earth-shifting philosophies, wordless shoegaze treasures, cinematic heartache. The MC and producer discusses three important albums.