Foxy Digitalis
When I was a child I used to sit in the bath and swirl the water around as fast as I could for as long as my arms would allow, trying to create a whirlpool to a new world. I’ve watched my daughter do the same thing, though less so in recent years, but I […]
Foxy Digitalis depends on our awesome readers to keep things rolling. Pledge your support today via our Patreon. TAK Ensemble and TAK Editions have become fixtures in my listening habits over the past year and their Executive Director and flutist-in-chief, Laura Cocks, is a driving force for so much of their good work (and in New York more […]
Plum Lovers is the long-distance duo of longtime friends Ruby Mars and Austyn Wohlers and their debut, Stone to Liquid, is an intoxicating mix of spacious tones and evolving textures. First collaborating via remote Twitch streams, they swapped files back and forth to create the mystifying yet enchanting world of Stone to Liquid. Plum Lovers’ focused drone […]
I’ve sung Nik Francis’s praises on this site before, but it’s not something that can be overstated. Francis, the DC-based percussionist and composer, has quietly dropped a catalog of crucial exploratory, freeform music on his Topology label, working with everyone from Thollem McDonas, Tyler Higgins, Jamal Moore, and so many others. For Our Names, Francis is […]
Foxy Digitalis depends on our awesome readers to keep things rolling. Pledge your support today via our Patreon. Madrid’s Xisco Rojo is one hell of a guitarist, but he’s also so much more than that. As a songwriter, he is always pushing himself and always searching for a new idea or source of inspiration. His craft is constantly […]
Each of NONEXISTENT’s members have impressive discographies on their own. Astrud Steehouder, Alex Tucker, and Luke J Murray graft together a codex coated in dust from deep earth sonic excavations and sound design. NONEXISTENT’s soundscapes are saturated with an ancient, trenchant energy that has as much in common with a dystopian future as forgotten neolithic […]
It’s been a surprising, interesting journey for South African-born harpist, Jacqueline Kerrod, to finally release her debut solo album, 17 Days in December. Classically trained, Kerrod has worked with the likes of Anohni, Rufus Wainright, and Kanye West, but when the opportunity to play with the ensemble for Anthony Braxton’s Trillium J opera, new avenues began to emerge. […]
Years ago, while lying in bed on our sides facing each other, Eden and I started doing this thing where we’d place our palms on the side of each other’s heads and press down. It was strangely relaxing so we’ve kept doing it. We call it macropressure and I keep thinking someone should open a […]
The world is an inflatable playground on Tomutonttu’s seventh album, Hoshi. For almost 20 years now, Jan Anderzen has been creating imaginative worlds with a mix of quixotic instrumentation and ramshackle mystery. Across multiple projects and countless albums, his creative practice is a tangled yet focused web of intricate sound design. By mixing a dash of […]