Olec Mün – Storni (feat. Laura Masotto)
Label: Lady Blunt Release: Vögel Date: June 24, 2021 Mastered By: Ian Hawgood Artwork By: Alessandro Lugoboni Bandcamp Tidal Spotify Amazon olecmun.com Often, when I come back from vacation (or a...
View ArticleGaspar Claus – Une Foule
Label: InFiné Release: Tancade Date: September 10th, 2021 Mastered By: Francesco Donadello Bandcamp Tidal Spotify Amazon gasparclaus.com Today, I’d like to introduce you to Gaspar Claus, a French...
View ArticleDaniel Avery – I’ll show you mine…
How many records would you say are in your collection? I have absolutely no idea. Must be a couple of thousand scattered about a few places. Do you consider yourself a ‘collector’? I used to but I’m...
View ArticleJune 29, 2021
So I think I’m a little burned out, folks. I can tell because I’m a month behind on some of the words I was hoping to write, lost in my calendar of moving and scheduled events, chasing some finish line...
View ArticleSebastian Plano
Download Spotify Apple Podcast Good morning and welcome back to the Contemplative Podcast. In this episode, Matt Emery meets up with Sebastian Plano (one of my personal favourite composers!) to chat...
View ArticleJason van Wyk – Threads
spreading, dissolving and forming, the elemental particles of this sound spin in an ongoing cycle of a gentle cosmic wind… Label: n5MD Released: July 23, 2021 See Also: In the studio with Jason van Wyk...
View ArticleIn the studio with Laura Masotto
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? I started composing melodies when playing with various bands when I was...
View ArticleMurcof – The Alias Sessions
music of exquisite tension and ecstatic release… Label: Leaf Released: May 2021 Bandcamp Tidal Spotify Amazon Admittedly, it took me a long time to cover this album. And I often wonder why that is. Its...
View ArticleThomas Köner, Kenneth Kirschner & Joseph Branciforte, Aria Rostami & Daniel...
Listening to Nuuk for the first time in headphones I haven’t even realized that it’s not the first time. Haven’t I heard this back in 2004 when it was [re-]released on Mille Plateaux (originally...
View ArticleJakob Lindhagen & Dag Rosenqvist – Gasljus
Label: Time Released Sound Release: Stadsbilder Date: August 6th, 2021 Video By: Ryan Powell timereleasedsound.bandcamp.com I was debating on whether I should share some of my slight irritations on the...
View ArticleHeliochrysum – We Become Mist
Label: Bedroom Community Release: We Become Mist Date: September 3rd, 2021 Mixed By: Ben Frost Mastered By: Valgeir Sigurdsson Bandcamp Tidal Spotify Amazon bedroomcommunity.net INTRODUCING an exciting...
View ArticleInterview with Jason van Wyk
Hi Jason, where are you these days, and how have you been holding up during the pandemic? Hi Mike. I’m in Cape Town and have been here throughout the pandemic. I’ve been doing ok, thanks. We’ve been in...
View ArticleAes Dana, Dictaphone, and Earth House Hold
Ultimae label boss, Vincent Villuis is back with a new album (his 9th full-length) under the AES Dana alias. This is an altogether all-immersive sonic experience, sans the atypical cookie-cutter...
View ArticleOut in 2021
As the title of this short column proclaims, I usually cover the albums here that have been released on this day, or a day ago, or possibly even earlier in the week. But I have taken the month of July...
View Article130701 – a 20th anniversary mix
Download Mixcloud Podcast iTunes On July 13th, 2021, one of my all-time favourite labels, named after its inception date, 130701 celebrated its 20th birthday. What can I say about its output, its...
View ArticleArden – Like A Wing
Label: Neue Meister Release: Arden Date: August 20, 2021 Tidal Spotify Amazon Although most of the pieces on Arden‘s latest self-titled release are focused on experimentation with harp and her voice,...
View ArticleRobot Koch
Download Spotify Apple Podcast Happy Friday and welcome back to the Contemplative Podcast. In this episode, Matt Emery meets up with award-winning producer and composer Robert Koch (aka Robot Koch) to...
View ArticleAugust 22, 2021
Here’s a set of hand-picked albums, EPs, and remixes that I have been listening to in the past couple of weeks. There are also a few reissues worth mentioning here, like Fluxion‘s Broadwalk Tales, the...
View ArticleSpektral Quartet performs Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Christopher Otto, and...
In a conventional contemporary classical release, you’ve got two special entities to focus on in music. There’s the composer behind the piece, and then there is the performer. Sometimes they may be one...
View ArticleYann Tiersen – Ar Maner Kozh
Label: Mute Release: Kerber Date: August 27th, 2021 Produced By: Gareth Jones Artwork By: Katy Ann Gilmore Bandcamp Tidal Spotify Amazon yanntiersen.com On the surface, the new album from Yannn...
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