‘Touchless’ Is Matt Evans’ Gorgeous, Transcendent Meditation on Grief
Brooklyn-based experimentalist Matt Evans’ touchless sees him grappling with loss through tender instrumental sound sculptures.
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Loscil’s ‘Clara’ Is a Beguiling Work
Loscil’s Clara is a beguiling work that toys with space between light and shadow while touching on themes of space and gravity as all-encompassing and inspiring as the universe itself.
A Winged Victory for the Sullen Create Soaring and Contemplative Soundscapes on ‘Invisible Cities’
Commissioned to create music for a multimedia stage show, A Winged Victory for the Sullen delivered 13 breathtaking compositions that pull largely from their vast experiencing composing for film and television.
Blanck Mass Continues to Innovate on ‘In Ferneaux’
Blanck Mass proves that electronic music is one of the few genres evolving and innovating right before our very ears. In Ferneaux is evidence that even if one guy has conceivably “done it all”, there’s still plenty more to do.
Divide and Dissolve Release the Demons on ‘Gas Lit’
Divide and Dissolve do a great job of releasing the demons—not the ones of dreams we've just left but the nightmare that begins in the morning living in a world governed by economic racism and the daily grind.
Boris and Merzbow’s ‘2R0I2P0’ Howls Defiance
On 2R0I2P0, Boris and Merzbow show they still have a wealth of ingenuous music-making and mayhem within them.
Experimentalist David Grubbs Documents a Live Set with ‘October 19, 2017’
David Grubbs' October 19, 2017 is a live LP released online that showcases a 32-minute solo set to mark the release of that year's Creep Mission LP. It's nothing short of magical.
Masma Dream World Go Global and Trippy on “Sundown Forest” (premiere)
Dancer, healer, musician Devi Mambouka shares the trippy "Sundown Forest", which takes listeners deep into the subconscious and onto a healing path.
Laraaji Takes a “Quiet Journey” (premiere +interview)
Afro Transcendentalist Laraaji prepares his second album of 2020, the meditative Moon Piano, recorded inside a Brooklyn church. The record is an example of what the artist refers to as "pulling music from the sky".
Sally Anne Morgan Invites Us Into a Metaphorical Safe Space on ‘Thread’
With Thread, Sally Anne Morgan shows that traditional folk music is not to be smothered in revivalist praise. It's simply there as a seed with which to plant new gardens.
Less Bells Offer Poignant Post-Classical Ruminations on ‘Mourning Jewelry’
Less Bells' Mourning Jewelry is not light music in the sense of weight, but it might be light in the sense of brightness or contrast. It's an engaging little series of tropes about loss and processes of grieving.