Foxy Digitalis
Front page photo by Hampus Andersson The opening moments of Vilhelm Bromander’s “Blommor och bröd” are just a whisper of the dawn that awaits. Katt Hernandez traces elegiac patterns on her violin, with piano accents from Alex Zethson flickering beneath like glimmers of sunlight dancing on water. Percussive washes emerge with trailing woodwinds before a […]
Everything eventually ends, but within that fleeting impermanence, so much beauty can be found. Solbore’s “We Forget” situates itself firmly in that space, drifting on ambient, electronic waves that spread across the distance. Liminal landscapes emerge from the aural clouds, heightened by the reflective melody from Lachlan R. Dale’s rubab. Tension swims through the sonic […]
Non-stop. Unexpected. A collaboration between Aussie great Eugene Carchesio and UK drummer extraordinaire Adam Betts wasn’t on my 2023 Bingo card, but “M” shows that it’s a stellar match. Carchesio’s minimalist, hypnotic aural patterns are pulled into subterranean orbit by Betts’ frenetic rhythms. There’s a relentlessness, as though every bar and sonic texture is being […]
Jeroen Kimman’s Orquesta del Tiempo Perdido has quietly become a favorite of mine in recent years, and with the release of two lovely new albums this summer, that admiration has only grown. “Wachte,” from the newest record, Rimpianti, holds the melancholy of a moment in stillness aloft. “I find it represents the ‘Tiempo Perdido’ part of […]
Gina Izzo’s electro-acoustic solo guise, ladyybirdd, is the Wild West of solo flute music. Dizzying sonic layers spin kaleidoscopic narratives into an electrifying performance on “Mirror(s),” the first single from ladyybirdd’s debut album, Tomorrow’s Yesterday. “Tomorrow’s Yesterday represents a sound I have developed over the past ten years, utilizing the acoustic flute through a series of analog […]
String arrangements swirl with urgency and anticipation on Jackson Greenberg’s “The Latter Years,” pushing beyond electronic interference in search of escape. Memories are transformed into sonic missives and, as in the stunning video produced by Richie Kulchar and edited by Ben Boyd, burn to the ground. Using images of a burning doll house (shot by […]
Neon movement and dancing soundscapes bounce off one another in the mesmerizing video for The Organizing Committee’s “Beyond Response.” Created by Eryk Salvaggio, the project uses various digital tools to question the logic and possibilities of Artificial Intelligence while composing infectious electronic music. “Since the beginning, The Organizing Committee was about testing what was possible […]
Within the expressive sonic elegies of Balmorhea’s “Oscuros,” hard-won truths are sought out. Melodies move wistfully with purpose, hanging in the air like smoke, a warning, and a beacon. We’re drawn into the resonant spaces of this music simply through its sonic presence. Joining founders Rob Lowe and Michael A. Muller on this live performance […]
Angular scaffolding tumbles to the ground under the weight of fuzzed-out guitar wails and sharp-edged sax blasts lacing “Atlas of Your World.” Zurich Cloud Motors stomp through back alleys, knives jangling in rhythm while Stevie Leszyk spits out catchy melodies. Everything here feels like time traveling and coming out the other side caked in white […]