Adam Wiltzie and Dustin O’Halloran must get on very well. They have combined here to release their first collaborative work, A Winged Victory For The Sullen, and done so in spectacular fashion. Guest appearances by the Icelandic cellist Hildur Guðnadóttir and violinist Peter Broderick only excite our neurons further. Delicate and restrained in its approach, [...]

The traditional record industry is still having major trouble finding its place in the new age of music distribution. But while they’re fighting what seems to be a death struggle, the artists that did not rely on this business in the first place seem to have settled for two different kinds of distribution. The first [...]

Following his last album, Golden (Genesungswerk, 2007), Dortmund (Germany) based Martin Juhls returns for his sixth full-length release as Marsen Jules. Released by his very own Oktaf label, Nostalgia is billed as a followup of Juhls’ 2005 debut, Herbstlaub, originally appearing on Berlin’s monumental City Centre Offices label. With Herbstlaub lauded as the “blueprint” for [...]