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⟪ REW | FF ⟫ Bartosz Dziadosz & Tomasz Mreńca, Hecq, Pinkcourtesyphone, and...
Tirelessly laboring over my Best of 2017 selections I realize (as I do every year) that although I’ve listened to a lot of music, there’s never enough time to properly cover all that I’ve heard. A...
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Piano & Coffee : Interview with Otto A. Totland
How were you introduced to music? When did you start creating your own? I’ve always felt a natural pull towards creating music since I was very young. I wasn’t immediately drawn to the piano – I...
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TRACK PREMIERE : Marty Hicks – From Afar, Unhindered
Sometimes I find great music, and sometimes music simply finds me. In this case, it was a dear friend, Luke Howard, who pointed me to a piece by Marty Hicks which completely captivated me, and now,...
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36 – Headphone Commute Mix
Dennis Huddleston has been captivating his audience with the sounds of space and time exploration, where the music transcends all auditory boundaries and simply carries you away. While music, in...
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Deepchord – Auratones (Soma)
A foray into deep, organic, cinematic dance music I’ve always been a fan of Deepchord. Rod Modell’s attention to texture, sound, and aural manipulations goes beyond the always thirsted, dubbed out,...
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VIDEO PREMIERE : Zinovia Arvanitidi – Fluttering (Kitchen. Label)
There is a life and there is a death, and there are beauty and melancholy between” -Albert Camus I definitely have a soft spot for piano music. And in today’s musical world, it seems that the solo...
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In the studio with Stefano Guzzetti
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? Back to the very beginning, I’d say I was hooked on music after the...
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⟪ REW | FF ⟫ Christian Kleine, 36, and Hypoxia
Christian Kleine Electronic Music from the Lost World: (1998-2001) It feels slightly unfair to say that the Electronic Music from the Lost World: (1998-2001) sounds exactly like what it promises to...
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Poppy Ackroyd – Resolve (One Little Indian)
When we got a chance to speak with Poppy Ackroyd this past summer, she was about to release Sketches, an album of solo piano reworks of material from her first two studio albums as well as pieces from...
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Constantine – Hades (Bedouin)
Once in a while, an album comes around that simply blows me away. Its particulars are not often well put into words, as its sonic aesthetic synergizes only with the neural paths, somewhere in between,...
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Sound Bytes : Jeff Rona, Otto Lindhom and Olga Wojciechowska
Jeff Rona PROJECTOR Kicking off this Sound Bytes column is an album by Jeff Rona, a film composer most notably working with Philip Glass, Cliff Martinez, and Hans Zimmer on several projects. Rona has...
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Roel Funcken – Franthom Phost Ambient Mix (Part 1)
Honored to have Roel Funcken back on the show, especially because he has this uncanny ability to mesmerize my senses with his incredible mixing skills. Ambient music may be easier to “blend” than all...
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Tones, Drones, and Earphones : Triac, Johannes Malfatti, and Benoît Pioulard
Triac Across Taking a short break during my dog sledding adventure on the outskirts of Kiruna, North Sweden, I find myself sipping hot chocolate in a wooden hut on a large frozen lake. The steam rises...
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Why Barbican is at the top of my list…
Having moved from New York to London a year ago, I’ve been amazed at the difference between the music scenes of these two massive metropolitan cities. I’ve observed the festivals and attended the...
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Strië – Perpetual Journey (Serein)
I’m always slightly worried when I meet my favourite composers face to face. Not nervous, may I add, but indeed a little worried. What if the image I’ve created through their music does not match up...
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Interview with Tom Hodge
For this interview, I catch up with Tom Hodge of Piano Interrupted to ask him questions on his collaborative score with Franz Kirmann for McMafia, which has premiered on BBC One in January of 2018....
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Tones, Drones, and Earphones : James Osland + Finn Kelvin, Wil Bolton, and...
James Osland + Finn Kelvin Colourless Sometimes it’s nice to sit back, recline, and disconnect. There’s a whole world out there, you know, and it’s a little bit insane. You can choose to accept and...
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TRACK PREMIERE : Alapastel – Demon
I think you’ve known me to grumble about too much music for at least a decade now. How does one keep up? Plus, in this digital day and age, it’s without a doubt too easy to host your latest bedroom...
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Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto – Glass (NOTON)
In certain cases, it often feels like the artists need to introduction. Taken alone, the powerhouse that is Casten Nicolai is known throughout the world for his surgical precision-based manipulations...
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Roel Funcken – Franthom Phost Ambient Mix (Part 2)
Thank you for patiently awaiting the second part of this mix. Roel and I have left you two weeks ago with over two hours of gorgeous music to digest, and we hope that you had a good time of it,...
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