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High Plains – Cinderland (Kranky)
So I’m still catching up on all the music that I’ve missed whilst in the process of relocating from New York to London, and yes, I’m still digging out from all the February releases, because it seems...
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TRACK PREMIERE : James Maloney – Blink (Moderna)
I’ve got another track premiere for you today, folks, and this one is definitely worth your ear! Peaceful breathing, muted hammers, and gentle keys, whispering quietly in the middle of the night...
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Shobaleader One – Elektrac (Warp)
I don’t believe that Tom Jenkinson, producing under his Squarepushier alias since the mid-90s, needs any introduction. His unique approach to experimental electronica, jazz infused drum’n’bass and...
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Akatombo – Short Fuse (Hand-Held)
Somewhere in a busy city of Hiroshima, a Scottish expat by the name of Paul Thomsen Kirk has made it his home. And in that home, living as a foreigner in a foreign land, Kirk makes his art as...
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Black Swan – Travesty Waves (Ethereal Symphony)
The music comes on like a haphazardly swallowed pill, patiently taking over your mind in a heavy narcotic tide until you realize you’re in a detention of a dream… by then, of course, it is too late…”...
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Precocious Mouse – Catawampus
We’ve got something very different for you today, folks. Instead of a mix, I asked the London-based Caleb Wood (aka Precocious Mouse), who specializes in glitchy drone, clipped micro-sampled beats,...
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Hotel Neon – Context (Fluid Audio)
Context is arguably the only thing that gives a song its meaning in the mind of a listener…” Hotel Neon’s third proper full-length studio album (not counting their Live On WPRB self-release in 2016)...
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Bola – D.E.G. (Skam)
After nearly a ten year hiatus, Darrel Fitten returns with his new Bola album, titled D.E.G., and it’s a record that was definitely worth waiting for! The ten pieces on the album are at once...
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Sound Bytes : Taylor Deupree & Marcus Fischer, Last Days, Chihei Hatakeyama...
Taylor Deupree & Marcus Fischer Lowlands Lowlands is the third edition of the recently launched IIKKI project, a unique concept in which each entry in the series is the outcome of a creative...
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The Inward Circles – And Right Lines Limit And Close All Bodies (Corbel Stone...
… our origin holes are covered with stones …” (Nathaniel Tarn) We have last heard from Richard Skelton recording under his newly devised The Inward Circles moniker back in 2015 (sigh, has it really...
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Eraldo Bernocchi – Glacial Movements
Very excited about this one, folks, because the music on this exclusive mix contains some fantastic pieces from one of my favorite labels, Glacial Movements. Compiled from the catalog by the label...
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Earthen Sea – An Act of Love (Kranky)
An Act of Love was released back in February, but the fact that I’m still coming back to listen to it, again and again, is a testament to this works longevity and allure. Besides, I have a nagging...
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In the studio with Poppy Ackroyd
Let’s start at the very beginning. Can you tell us how you got involved in composing, and what was your very first piece of gear? My first piece of equipment was an Electro Harmonix 2880 super...
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⟪ REW | FF ⟫ Lav & Purl, Loess, Mario Batkovic, and Gideon Wolf
I think I have finally given up on trying to chase all this music. Honestly, I get more than a few promos per day, at times approaching almost 100 new albums a month, and there is just no way that I...
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⟪ REW | FF ⟫ ESKMO, Grebenstein, Michael Vallera, and Moiré
If you haven’t already, please read my introduction to this column published alongside its first installment. ESKMO Billions OST I may have not seen the Showtime original series, following the legal...
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VIDEO PREMIERE : Alder & Ash – Clutched in the Maw of the World
We’ve got an exclusive video premiere for you today, folks. This one is of a title-track, from an upcoming release by Adrian Copeland, recording under his Alder & Ash moniker, titled Clutched in...
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In the studio with Hotel Neon
Let’s start at the very beginning. Can you tell us how you got involved in composing, and what was your very first piece of gear? MICHAEL: I learned guitar in 6th grade by playing along to The Ramones...
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Grzegorz Bojanek – Stories of an Old Man (self)
Grzegorz Bojanek’s Stories of an Old Man is a gorgeous record that ticks all of the right spots for me. I love the lo-fi shuffling noises, the barely audible background twinkling of some instruments,...
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⟪ REW | FF ⟫ Second Woman, Kangding Ray, Actress and Blanck Mass
Here, for your listening pleasure, is another batch of essential records that I meant to tell you all about, but simply have been running out of time. Let’s take a moment and play them again because...
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Janek Schaefer – Glitter In My Tears (Room40)
Janek Schaefer‘s Glitter In My Tears is a frail delicacy, made of subtle nuances, elemental textures, and residual sounds. For me, this is nearly the definition of ambient minimalism, requiring...
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