Foxy Digitalis
Time stands still inside the spacious melodies and emotive structures of Estrella del Sol’s new album, Figura de Cristal. The Mexico City-based songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, best known for her work in Mint Field, winds a gossamer spirit through the open spaces of the album, using that delicate intricacy to tease out buried emotional threads. At times, […]
I can’t overstate the vastness and intensity in every thread of Nicol Eltzroth Rosendorf’s new album, Internal Return. Musically, it’s detailed and immense. But the emotional core? That’s another monster entirely. Rosendorf stitches together stirring narratives through resonant fields that are heavy and filled with dramatic tinges, but the complexity is never overwhelming or inaccessible. His […]
I love birdsong more than most, but Doug Wieselman’s new album, WA-Zoh, twists those lovely sounds into a fascinating and mysterious sound world. Through a range of post-processing and combined with various reeded instruments, Wieselman creates an album full of approachable yet alien sounds. WA-Zoh will alter listeners’ perception of familiar environments, leaving us hypnotized and curious about the […]
I’ve become such a massive fan of Joanna Mattrey in the last few years, and am fascinated by her approach to improvisation and her principal instrument (viola). There are so many things I hear and feel when listening to her records. Sometimes it’s the open, exploratory spirit she follows; other times, a cathartic, emotive core […]
I don’t know what I love most about Mira Martin-Gray’s new album, Hen’s Teeth, but her strange, beguiling aural landscape keeps me coming back. Small encounters and intimate moments become engrossing domestic sound worlds, places we want to sit and bask in the absurdity of being there. There is elegiac whimsy and serrated horror, quiet reflection […]
I will keep this short and sweet because Jim’s conversation with Cheryl and Wobbly sheds so much light on their new album, Multiple Park, and I don’t want to distract from that. Read this and buy the record (via Gilgongo) or the digital edition from the link above – it’s fantastic. – BR FOXY DIGITALIS DEPENDS ON […]
Seljuk Rustum is a multidisciplinary artist, musician, and sound engineer in Kochi, India, who paints vivid pictures with his engaging, psychedelic music. His most recent album, Cardboard Castles, is a heady trip into every imaginable zone (and some unimagined!). Rustum has an innate ability to sculpt melodies into playful soundscapes that are simultaneously joyous and challenging. With […]
Collins Oboh, aka Colloboh, is a Nigerian-born, Los Angeles-based musician and composer. His latest offering, Saana Sahel, is a world-stretching aural journey that pushes our feelings and ideas in every direction. Veering between post-rave morning music, soulful renderings, effusive jazz ecstasy, and everything in between, Saana Sahel does a lot and travels far in a short, impactful space. […]
There are multiple sides to Cristina Cano’s Siren and the Sea project, but her most recent album, Gravity Wave, massively expands its aural horizons. Through a series of ambient soundscapes, emotional journeys unfold, and liminal spaces become expressive, intricate worlds. Cano pushed herself to try a different approach with Gravity Wave, focusing on improvisation and collecting those […]