Dolphins Into The Future, … On Sea-Faring Isolation, Fonal Records, CD FR-84 (2012, Fourth Edition) Originally released on Not Not
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Novaya Zemlya: less an urgent warning than a cold and sometimes scary polar ambient soundtrack
Thomas Köner, Novaya Zemlya, Touch CD TO:85 (2012) It’s of great contemporary significance that Thomas Köner has named this album
Continue readingRuins of Morning: a serene and mellow painting of a fresh beginning
Nadja, Ruins of Morning, Broken Spine Productions (2010) Well, this is a surprise for me: I had given up on
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Frame Me Again Paul Khimasia Morgan is owner of the UK’s Slightly Off Kilter label, and also occasionally makes music
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Fab French improviser Jean-Luc Guionnet continues his interest in the workings of the organ an as instrument in a big
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Somebody Else’s Nut Tree American musician Andrew Weathers is not speaking lightly when he names his CD Someone Else’s Summer
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Got a fine hour-long performance here by the mighty English duo of Keith Rowe and John Tilbury, two men who
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A Fold in the Fabric Gill Arno has rescued a document of a performance piece from 2006, where he perfomed
Continue readingMoving Slowly but in Different Ways
From two American cities come two releases that deal in slow-moving, expansive music that might loosely be filed under “drone.”
Continue readingThe Clearing: gentle, meditative music that can be uplifting and joyful
Rebecca Joy Sharp and Simon Whetham, The Clearing, Germany Gruenrekorder Gr077 CD (2010) A very pleasant and relaxing recording of
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