Josh Mason’s Experimental Music Finds the Perfect Home
Josh Mason and greyfade add another chapter to a series of artistic statements that make music and prose exceptionally vital and valuable.
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Dan Deacon’s Music for the ‘Little Brother’ in Your Head
You don’t need to watch the Netflix comedy Little Brother to appreciate the rich strangeness of Dan Deacon’s soundtrack.
The Mall World and Backrooms of Music
At first, the shock of recognition of Mall World and Backrooms music is slightly sickening, yet ultimately Proustian-ly satisfying in its uncanny familiarity.
Sunken Cages Creates a Cosmic Dance Writ Small on “Drums and Flowers”
Sunken Cages has spent the past 20 years building a uniquely idiosyncratic soundworld fusing Indian instruments with pristine electronic production.
Phew and Danielle de Picciotto Create Shape-Shifting Sound
Phew and Danielle de Picciotto create music that expands and contracts constantly, so transparent at times that it’s barely there at all.
Remembering Éliane Radigue: Godmother of Drone
People say that there are four oceans, but one could reasonably argue that there’s a fifth: the one created by Éliane Radigue and her legion of cosmic drones.
Matthew Ryals’ Modular Synthesizer Exploration Is Brilliant
New York experimentalist Matthew Ryals teams up with violist effe effe on the wildly engaging Exalge, highlighting experimentation and improvisation.
Matmos Build Emotive Collage from Found Objects
Matmos construct complex, layered soundscapes that are so unique, they inspire creativity rather than imitation. Most importantly, though, their music is emotive.
Oren Ambarchi and Eric Thielemans Journey Into a Sonic Apocalypse
It’s evident from Kind Regards that Oren Ambarchi and Eric Thielemans are in lockstep: two boxers circling one another, waiting for the other to strike.
Sarah Belle Reid Creates a World of Imaginary Bird Calls
Experimental duo Sarah Belle Reid and Vinny Golia use improvisation playfully and imaginatively with a unique new release that’s something truly magical.
Trees Speak Sculpt the Desert’s Endless Landscape Out of Sound
Trees Speak’s attention to brevity alone on Timefold signals slightly less-chartered territory for music whose spaciousness seems so familiar.
Ambient Composer Rafael Anton Irisarri’s Dispersion of Belief
For a record conceived of following the 2016 US election and a global pandemic, ambient maestro Rafael Anton Irisarri is ready to soundtrack our downfall.