Anne Gillis, Aha, Belgium, La Scie Dorée, limited edition vinyl LP (2024) Nearly 40 years after its first release, French
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Penallta Colliery and Requiem
Two recent items from John Harvey, the sound artist based at Aberystwyth University. His first three Aural Bible projects were
Continue readingELP: a collection of five soundscapes questioning conventional notions of music for dance
Fabrizio Modonese Palumbo, ELP, Italy, Dissipatio, diss015 CD (2023) “ELP” is a collection of pieces composed and performed by Turin-based
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Four new items from the art label Sublime Retreat in Wroclaw Poland, operated by Taras Opanasuik. Three of them feature
Continue readingOut of the playground: five compositions of solo flute with electronics breaking out of their genre confines
Alessandra Rombolà, Out of the playground, Norway, Sofa Music, SOFA596 CD digipak (2023) Originally from Calabria in southern Italy, Alessandra
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Very good solo trombone work called Threads (SOFA MUSIC SOFA 592) from Mattie Barbier, Californian / LA musician although I
Continue readingKvad: an epic minimalist dronescape work, heavenly and powerful, mysterious and inscrutable
Erik Levander, Kvad, Germany, Supple 9, SUP008 CD (2023) A chance visit to a cathedral more than twenty years ago,
Continue readingTropic of Capricorn: notions of what is natural and what is not shown to be based on assumption and stereotyping
Lawrence English / Werner Dafeldecker, Tropic of Capricorn, Switzerland, Hallow Ground, HG2301 limited edition vinyl LP (2023) Both prolific artists
Continue readingDAIKAN: reissue of a dronescape work beautiful and serene, dark and forbidding, blissful and hypnotic
Thomas Köner, DAIKAN, Germany, Mille Plateaux, MP49 CD digipak / double vinyl LP (2022) Twenty years after its original release
Continue readingThe Great Satellites of Jupiter
Latest from Jason Kahn is Lacunae (A WAVE PRESS awp018), which with its use of noise, synths, and radio bursts,
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