The attainment of meditative states without strain or artifice.
Crucial Listening #51: Aho Ssan
Lost and hopeless, Gaspar Noé colour palettes, ghosts in the city. The Paris-based musician discusses three important albums.
Review: Yasuyuki Uesugi – Blocking Information In My Brain Causes Lethargy
The howl of an untouched equipment chain.
Crucial Listening #50: Ingrid Plum
Choral jet engines, childhood dictaphones, not giving a fuck. The vocalist, composer and improviser discusses three important albums.
Review: Yiorgis Sakellariou – Nympholepsy
With vocalist Savina Yannatou playing source material, Sakellariou explores the muddling of bodily autonomy and divine influence.
Review: en creux – PHASE
Fierce and fresh no-input improvisations for MXR Phase 90 pedal and a Tapco MIX 260 FX mixer.