Foxy Digitalis
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 […]
As CIA Debutante, Nathan Roche and Paul Bonnet have created a musical world that’s both medieval and decayingly futuristic, a strange, role-playing video game-esque land through which a voice reminiscent of a groggy Mark E. Smith is your only guide. Their third and latest for Siltbreeze Records, Down, Willow finds Roche’s typically murky grumblings having grown sonically clearer, […]
I first learned of Bios Contrast’s (aka Nilotpal Das) work while tag-hopping on Bandcamp and ending up on his release, Meltwater Pulse. The two side-long pieces are expansive and immersive, overwhelming the senses with harmonium drones, violin, processed vocals, and more. Digging further into Das’s work revealed an extensive discography built around heady concepts and interesting […]
I’m honestly unsure what else to say about Mayssa Jallad’s brilliant Marjaa: The Battle Of The Hotels. I have written and talked about it and told everyone within earshot to listen. It’s an album with everything; vital history, experimental melodicism, inventive structures, mountains of emotion, and Jallad’s stunning voice. There is so much to learn, so […]