Foxy Digitalis
So much of John Atksinson’s solo work is tactile, which is doubly true on his newest, Energy Fields. Using field recordings made during a 2019 residency at the Ucross Foundation in Wyoming – the largest coal-producing state in America – he turns them into a revenant, engaging reflection. Meditative sinew ties the sonic spaces together, but […]
From the opening, frenetic bombast of “Do You Spiral Down Often?” to the downtrodden dream zones of “Sinking,” Youniss sends out a series of visceral sonic missives on his new album, White Space. Every time I’ve listened to this album, it’s stayed with me for hours after the last grinding guitar notes fade away. It’s emotionally […]
Every week, I spend time poking around random Bandcamp tags in search of new, interesting recordings from outside the usual North America + UK + Western Europe sphere that most promos come from. I’m almost sure that’s how I ended up on the Bali Gamelan Sound Bandcamp page. Agustín is an Argentinian student who fell in love […]
I’m stealing a bit of my own question from this interview for the intro, but Cory O’Brien’s music, especially his latest album, SR01-22, has an uncanny ability to make me feel lost. I mean this in a good way as this album, in particular, always pulls me into new directions, new sonic spaces, where I lose […]
Once the neon mist lifts and we’re left with a horizon view, Polinski’s Telex From MIDI City takes flight. Synth arrangements drip with romantic longing and hazy visages from another world. Built atop a frenetic foundation of intricate, angular rhythms, vaporized circuitry finds new life as reclaimed memories from beyond the divide. Arpeggios glean the emotion from […]
Tucked within every crevice of Asher Tuil’s Automatism are stories waiting to be discovered. He sculpts so many ideas from different textures and sonic wanderings that each listen to one of his albums produces a different experience each time. Familiar sounds drift through filters and radio waves to morph into something new and unexpected, all carrying the […]
When I premiered the opening track off Mat Muntz’s new album, Phantom Islands, a couple weeks ago, I described the “imaginary sonic histories” behind the music. This came from Muntz, who talked about the origins of this “counterfeit folk music” in a lengthy quote about the piece. It’s something that’s stuck with me as I investigate […]
I never really know where an interview will lead, but it all starts with a curiosity about an artist’s journey and practice. Matt Weston’s double album, Four Lies in the Eavesdrop Business, opened my ears to this expansive, percussive sound world, unlike anything I’d previously heard (though he reminded me that I wrote about an old […]
An exploratory sense saturates Ibukun Sunday’s music. The Nigerian artist crafts each sonic pattern to capture hidden meanings and investigate the spirit underlying the outer world. Sunday puts his life on display using expressive synth timbres and notable field recordings. On his newest album, Mantra, these introspective stories take on drifting aural shapes. This music is […]