Félicia Atkinson’s ‘The Flower and the Vessel’ Focuses on Small Gestures
Experimental composer and French poet Félicia Atkinson creates The Flower and the Vessel "with pregnancy", using small gestures to explore questions of ontology and becoming.
Hans Kim
Hans Kim is a cultural criticism writer and teaching candidate in Chicago. After graduating with a BA in cultural anthropology from the University of Illinois at Chicago, he is now completing a double BA in English and secondary education at Northeastern Illinois University. His publications includes several album reviews, contributions to list articles, and literary criticism. You can reach him on twitter @hans_kim
Konx-om-Pax’s ‘Ways of Seeing’ Returns to the Optimistism of Berlin Techno’s Origins
On Ways of Seeing, electronic producer and visual artist Konx-om-Pax moves away from dark ambient and rave to melodic electronica, alluding to the roots of Berlin techno.
Jambinai’s ‘ONDA’ Reminds That Korean Music Is Diasporic and Ever-Evolving
Jambinai's ONDA finds cross-cultural influences from traditional Korean music, post-rock, and atmospheric metal, but their ethos is certainly more complex than a fusion or hybrid project.
Holly Herndon’s ‘PROTO’ Thoughtfully Challenges Our Conceptions of AI, Tradition, and Progression
On her third full-length PROTO, electronic experimentalist Holly Herndon wonders how AI can contribute to the longstanding human tradition of shape-note hymnals, exploring the possibilities and ethics of present and especially future AI protocols in art.
UNKLE’s ‘The Road: Part II (Lost Highway)’ Is an Epic of Collaborators
As a vast collective of collaborators joins for spoken word, orchestral ballads, and nostalgic trip hop cuts, UNKLE's The Road: Part II (Lost Highway) compiles as many ideas as it does features.
Joni Void’s ‘Mise En Abyme’ Is a Shattering Reflection of the Self
On Joni Void's second full-length Mise En Abyme, plunderphonic electronica is not only a technique for sound construction but also a deconstructive method for shattering and reordering the self.
Angel-Ho’s ‘Death Becomes Her’ Introduces Her Voice and Amorphous Trans Identity
On her debut full-length Death Becomes Her, Cape Town artist Angel-Ho introduces her voice and amorphous trans identity, dismantling the colonial imaginary and its supposed binaries.
SPELLLING’s ‘Mazy Fly’ Revels in a Celestial Imagination, a Consciousness in Accordance with Afrofuturism and Wake Work
SPELLLING's second full-length Mazy Fly escapes present genres and ages, from witching primeval ballads, sultry alternative R&B, to intergalactic disco. Simply, it's celestial, Afrofuturist, and wake work.
Lee Gamble’s ‘In a Paraventral Scale’ Explores the Sensory Overload of Urban and Virtual Spaces
On In a Paraventral Scale, the first chapter of the "triptych sonic documentary" Flush Real Pharynx, experimental electronic composter Lee Gamble explores the semioblitz of urban and virtual spaces.
Kid Koala’s ‘Music to Draw To: Io’ Enlivens Creativity in This Midwinter Torpor
Kid Koala returns with the second volume to his ambient-vocal collaboration series. Music to Draw To: Io, featuring Trixie Whitley, is an album that does not provide background music but an active participant of the listener's creative process.
Oneohtrix Point Never’s ‘Love in the Time of Lexapro’ Is a Brief, Pleasant Aside
Oneohtrix Point Never's latest EP Love in the Time of Lexapro supplements his prior 2018 full-length Age Of, with a small collection of exclusives and collaborative reworks.