Foxy Digitalis
I’m always here for a good supergroup and, at least for me, that’s exactly what Luster is. This Belgian sextet features Annelies Monseré, Jelle Vanlerberghe (of Joe Speedboat), Lobke D’Hespeel (Mote), Elisabeth Cornille (Funeral Folk, etc), Yumi Verplancke (John Merrick Band), and Julie Lafontaine (Retired. Made a comeback) and across eight songs, they are suspended […]
On his new album, FortyTwo, Belgian composer Otto Lindholm takes a sonic odyssey through liminal recesses, exploring the impermanence of time itself. Across two side-long pieces, he drifts out of sight and out of reach before returning to the starting point encouraging listeners to let go and let these sounds absorb us and examine how our […]
Cal Folger Day’s forthcoming album, Piece-dye, is remarkable in many ways. Foremost is the narrative woven throughout and lyrical content. Day conducted an interview with Irene Nalle – a distant aunt and Irish immigrant – exploring her experience arriving in New York City in the post-war boom. From there, Day used verbatim quotes to construct the […]
I love the sound of a carbonated beverage being poured and that lively effervescing opens “50 Million Motives for Making.” It’s a small, perfect encapsulation of the spirit throughout the latest single from ACT!’s forthcoming Strange Bounty / About Life. This latest project from David Psutka (Ceramic Tl, Egyptrixx, etc) lives in spaces where the surface […]
“‘Dead Weight’ connects the time I spent in 2010-2016 driving around North Carolina laying the foundations of my identity in music, and my life today as a New Yorker holding onto and celebrating my identity as a southerner,” Frank Meadows explains about the title track for his forthcoming album due in July. “Dead Weight” jangles […]
For the second anniversary of TALsounds (aka Natalie Chami) exceptional Acquiesce, NNA Tapes are re-releasing the album on tape with a fully-remixed b-side, Requiesce, from Dust of Dreams (aka Rorik Brooks of Cloud Rat). On the original “Dynasty,” Chami’s synthetic dreamscapes follow a disjointed path where glazed-over vistas melt into neon frames. It was always one of my favorites on […]
Following up his incredible 2021 album, Empathy, Joel St. Julien turns his sites toward newfound personal discoveries and finding self-acceptance on Masking. “Everythingischangingallthetime” is only just over a minute long, but its harmonic shapes grow into an eloquent reflection; a sonic mirror on the fluidity of being and understanding our own inner space. These shifts are heightened […]
missing scenes, the newest project from R. Hunter (Snare of Sixes, Conversations About the Light, etc), thrives in its explorations of dichotomies and divergences. “Lectreus” glides across verdant landscapes with its pristine sound design and dramatic spirit. Blankets of synthetic, dreamy pads counteract the pensive reverie buried in strings and analog warmth. Hunter stretches dangling […]
Sometimes fragments of memories are more powerful than seeing the whole picture. Natalie Beridze’s “Ash Wednesday” (named after the T.S. Eliot poem which she sings in part) is a small dam holding back an ocean. Eliot’s rumination on finding hope for human salvation echoes across electronic vistas. While Eliot found God through religion, Beridze resonates […]