Archive for August, 2011
Reflections : Rephlexions
This Saturday, September 3, Rephlex Records celebrates their 20th anniversary with a showcase at The Empty Bottle in Chicago. The line-up includes Bogdan Raczynski, Aleksi Perälä, Soundmurder, Wisp, and Monolith. Earlier that day the same artists are scheduled to perform a free noon “lunchbreak” concert at Millennium Park. Information on the tour is scarce. There [...]
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Hauntology… No, not an idea of Derrida’s within philosophy of history, but more of a state of mind induced by this music, deserving its own special name. More than an eerie feeling evoked by the sound, but rather the sound itself, rising from within the ashes of burned memories and dreams. The music comes from [...]
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Tags: ambient, dark ambient, modern classical
This past Saturday night was my third time at New York City’s Le Poisson Rouge – second to check out a dubstep show (on July 18th, I saw a live performance by Darkstar). What can I say? I definitely dig the venue. From its laid back style with dedicated staff to good selection of drinks [...]
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Conversations with Loscil
We last spoke more than a year ago (wow, can you believe that?), after your release Endless Falls on Kranky. So what have you been up to since then? A year goes by fast indeed. In the last year I have created and released Coast/Range/Arc with Glacial Movements and have started work on another album [...]
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Although seemingly operating somewhat below the radar in terms of release frequency, Glacial Movements has earned its status when it comes to quality standards. In the past, the Italian ambient label founded by Alessandro Tedeschi (aka Netherworld), released albums by Rapoon, Lull, bvdub, Francisco López, and many others. The future will see new releases by [...]
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Tags: ambient
I had quiet a busy weekend. A late Saturday night party left me stumbling through Sunday, half asleep and tired. At least I could keep my mind happy with this mix from Orangewarrior. Originally subtitled “Bliss Drone Ambient Chill Mix” the two hour mix features a “selection of very ambient tunes that I regularly enjoy [...]
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Tags: ambient, downtempo
On Sunday, April 24th, New York’s Le Poisson Rouge hosted a showcase of Ghostly International artists, celebrating another installment in the label’s mysterious experimental, ambient, and modern classical series, SMM: Context. This was my very first visit to the famous and eclectic NYC venue, and I came away impressed and delighted from the overall experience. [...]
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Your new album is challenging, yet lovely in its brevity. Tell us about your experience recording it and also how you connected with Alicia Merz. The idea for the album came to me while I was sitting on the porch of my son’s house, overlooking Mexico City, making some field recordings of the cicadas and [...]
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The clock tick-tocks, and the music just keeps coming in. There’s no way that I can keep up (I’ve said these words before, I’m sure). Thankfully, a few bits and bytes are picked up by Elizabeth Klisiewicz for this installment of Sound Bytes. Meanwhile, Peter van Cooten tirelessly continues his journey through previously undiscovered music [...]
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Welcome to another installment of Sound Bytes. Today I am proud and honored to introduce you to a brand new record label – Time Released Sound. Founded by Colin Herrick in March 2011, this small, independent, California-based label releases hand-made, limited-edition albums and EPs, with painstaking details and loving attention. “Focusing primarily on classically infused [...]
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Tags: ambient
Who is Debian Blak and what is his story? I’m a musician and producer. I aim to make music that can work on different levels, from your bedroom with your headphones on to a club and anything in between. Debian Blak officially ‘launched’ at the beginning of 2011, but music has always played a major [...]
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Is it possible that we’re already in the post-dubstep era? What does that mean anyway? In my opinion, a lot of electronic music genres after a significant incubation period split into two branches. One goes the club route, stamping out tracks through a template of dance formula, which becomes quickly familiar to the DJs and [...]
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Tags: post-dubstep
Mark Pritchard rarely disappoints. Whether it’s through his now classic Global Communication collaboration with Tom Middleton (which, by the way, has recently re-united, with scheduled upcoming releases, DJ sets, and tour dates), or his work with Dave Brinkworth on cinematic, spacey, trip-hoppy Harmonic 33, Pritchard never ceases to re-invent himself and his sound through the [...]
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Tags: dubstep, electro, idm
Mix : HC – Sound Mind
It’s been nearly a year since I sat down to put together a mix of my own. For our 60th Headphone Commute podcast, I enter the world of sound, where stillness, space, and silence are just as important as frequencies and din. For over an hour I take you through an ambient journey that slowly [...]
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Tags: ambient
Tell us about the album name, Biophilia. What is the story behind the concept? Well – firstly I lay prior claim to the title over Bjork. Its been something I have been engaged with for quite some time. I am a South Londoner living in a pretty urban environment but at the same time incredibly [...]
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Albums, that at first seem to be just a random collection of latest releases, suddenly seamlessly fit together into another entry of Sound Bytes. Collecting the latest in experimental, abstract, and melodic electronica, here are some of the gems we’ve uncovered from Gagarin, Aria Rostami and The Ebertbrothers. Above image is taken from The Ebertbrothers’ [...]
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Tags: experimental, idm
Once again, I’m back with a Reflections entry, to check out my listening patterns, one, two, and three year ago, about this time in August. I’ve done a few similar write-ups a few years ago, and they helped me put my journey through music into a reflective perspective and revisit some of my favorite dusty [...]
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Biosphere – N-Plants (Touch)
It’s been a little over five years since Geir Jenssen‘s last album, Dropsonde (Touch, 2006). Well, there was a live performance disc, containing elements of previously released tracks, recorded at The Arnolfini in Bristol, on October 2007, titled Wireless (Touch, 2009). But it is safe to admit that I’ve been patiently awaiting the next Biosphere [...]
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Tags: ambient
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