Foxy Digitalis
I already wrote a little bit about Greta Ruth’s excellent vocals-only EP in The Capsule Garden, but in this new video from Elena Stanton fresh layers of “Milk Tooth” are revealed. Ruth’s vocal meditations feel even more otherworldly and fleeting against the stark black and white backdrop of Stanton’s imagery. “Elena’s visuals capture the feeling of oscillating within […]
Yann Novak’s forthcoming EP, Reflections of a Gathering Storm, stands on the edge of chaos. Closing track, “The Thrill of Approaching Destruction,” takes sinister steps into the building void. Elegiac tones scythe through the atmosphere leaving a trail of minor chord progressions and vaporous swells in their wake. Pensive melodies are stretched to the breaking point, […]
José Medeles is one of a very small handful of drummers that could make a drummer’s tribute to John Fahey and I wouldn’t bat an eye. Medeles, best known for his combo 1939 Ensemble and his books of drum philosophy (The Stoic Drummer and A Drummer’s Ethos), is such an emotive player. Whether it’s with the 1939 Ensemble […]
Hive Mind continues their incredible run of records with Matir Gaan, a collaboration between young Bengali migrant, Mohammed After Hussain, and Italian electronic artist, Andrea Rusconi (Paq). It’s an unexpected delight hearing the synth drones as a base for Hussain to layer with his spellbinding singing and the Bengali folk rhythms of his homeland. “The Whole […]
As She Owl’s Jolanda Moletta prepares her forthcoming solo vocal ambient album, Nine Spells, she is sharing a series of video productions – one for each of the nine songs on the album. In the third chapter, “In the Great City of Solitude,” Moletta channels disparate energies into solemn vocal loops that leave listeners contemplating loneliness and […]
Freelove Fenner’s last album, the stellar The Punishment Zone, maybe a year old, but that doesn’t mean it’s not still gifting gems. “Baxter’s Column” is one of my favorite songs on the album with its lilting vocal melodies and clever bassline, but my appreciation for it entered a whole new realm with one look at this […]
I love when a track title gives away the whole plot. With his new record, 1Zhuayo, back with the Mille Plateaux mothership, Cristian Vogel is buried in fragments of countless ideas. This music is conceptual almost to the point of not being music at all, yet it’s infinitely listenable. “Serpent Acid” is relentless with acid-tinged basslines […]
Brothers Jordan and Stefan Christoff constructed a series of goldilocks zone landscapes on their recent album, A Balkan Spacewalk, released last year by Alien Garage. Utilizing an array of synthesizers, field recordings, rhythms, acoustic guitar, and more, the Christoffs hone in on spatial arrangements that transmit music with a strong visual connection. “Shore” rides a pensive wave […]
Hungarian composer Réka Csiszér’s new project, VÍZ, is an introspective sonic diary. Within harrowing aural spaces built on chamber music architecture and ephemeral forms, Csiszér glows like a beacon. Veils is simultaneously challenging and engaging and on “Jozefina,” the trappings of the real world break apart, falling away into a guileless void where transformation isn’t just possible, […]