A lattice of paradoxes. No-directional black hole rhythms.
Crucial Listening #70: Paul Nataraj
Sitting in a room, Hip Hop Connections, looking for a breadfruit tree. The Blackburn-based artist, radio DJ, podcast producer and lecturer discusses three important albums.
Review: Chloe Yu Nong Lin – Pi Sound 琶聲
An improvised pipa duet between present and past selves, lightly adorned with electronic patching.
Crucial Listening #69: Pisitakun
Releasing your giant, rural music in the city, stealing the cat from the temple. The Bangkok-based artist discusses three important albums.
Review: Aloïs Yang – MLMC Live At Punctum
Water, feedback, cycles, sound, reflection, complexity, etcetera.
Review: Rhonda Taylor – AFTERPARTY
Augmented improvisations for saxophone at voice. The definitive shedding of the past / the acquisition of an unknown state of being.
Crucial Listening #68: Senyawa
Invocations for judgement and destruction, sons of nature, reimagining the music of Indonesia. Wukir Suryadi and Rully Shabara discuss three important albums.
Review: Jen Kutler – Sonified Physiological Indicators Of Empathy
Bursts of violence / jolts of compassion.