Foxy Digitalis
I’m back on track with this column, but this one was tough to get together. We’re here, though. We made it. I’ll try to keep this intro short. Some notes: Some jams: Agnes Haus Everything is Resurrection (Opal Tapes) Singed electronics fray at the margins to pull focus inward as the veil drops on Everything […]
A quick scheduling update – there will be another Capsule Garden next week to get things back on schedule. The column was delayed last week because I played/produced a show the day before (join the Patreon if you want to see Warren Realrider & I’s debut performance!) and simply didn’t have the time to get […]
Sometimes I look at an old map and let my imagination drift to places that once flourished and are now shells. When did the turn from thriving to decay happen? And why? Answers are fleeting, but within fictitious memories, we can become something else. Gretchen Korsmo’s spellbinding Silhouettes, Spires is a momentary treatise on our […]
Want to know how this week started for me? I was out on my usual daily walk and had a hawk attack the top of my head. I’m fine. The hawk is fine. But holy shit was it wild. I didn’t hear it at all (had headphones on), but just felt something heavy hit my head, and turned in circles, looked around, and saw it flying […]
The term “ghosted” carries a negative connotation in the zeitgeist. It describes making a connection with someone virtually and then having that (usually short-lived) link severed when they vanish without a trace. Oren Ambarchi, Johan Berthling, and Andreas Werliin flip the script on the “g” word, implying a sense of longstanding affinity and connectedness with their music. As a trio – Ambarchi playing guitar, Berthling on […]
In the solo parent zone this week, riding high. In-progress projects are moving forward and coming together (more on that soon, or right now if you’re on the Patreon), new ideas are sparking left and right. It’s a strange time because I’m always completely exhausted and overwhelmed by the world. I had a great conversation about this with […]
Forms obscured by willowed silhouettes become immersive, pondering environments on The Mountains Pass. This is music drawn from primeval memories, ideas borne of amber glass, and natural movement patterns. Olivia Block’s way of connecting fleeting soundworlds and fragmented sonic expressions always leaves me wondering. Is any of this real? How did I end up here? Whimsical […]
I was texting with a friend of mine the other night and it hit me that it’s almost mid-April already. How is that remotely possible? I feel like we were just having people over for New Year’s. Wild. As ever, there are a lot of things happening here. To help keep funding the site (a […]
Ascendant, resonant patterns are an immovable force on Mark Trecka’s The Bloom of Performance. Buoyed by an air of tangible sonic textures, this music feels as though it was unearthed from deep within the Earth. Trecka worked with producer Sam Skarstad (Yellow Eyes) and a host of stellar collaborators to create something as strange and interesting […]