Foxy Digitalis
Yosuke Fujita (aka FUJI||||||||||TA) crafts haunting allegories. The instrument maker and sound artist unearths gentle, fragile tones that are cryptic in their illusory simplicity. Fujita recorded tsu tsu in an abandoned tunnel and the resonance imbues the recordings with ghostly reverb, “hiru” sounding like eternal music that he’s tapped into and pulled from the black […]
Bright mornings and the hope of a new day ahead open Son of Buzzi’s delightful Fluss. Solo acoustic guitar workouts sound effortless on “Die Reise,” yet the piece is a journey with unexpected turns along the way. Something in the way he plays is transfixing. Field recordings and sound collage add to the lushness. Fluss […]
‘Drifting’ is the word I keep coming back to as I sail through Jayve Montgomery and Nick Turner’s Sounds Passing Through Circumstances. Duets for mellotron and flute and saxophone (with effects) that are weightless under starlit night skies as you watch your frozen breath float into the crisp, cold air. Montgomery and Turner are in […]
When I heard this was a new dawn from Frank Baugh (Sparkling Wide Pressure, etc), I was excited but unsure of what to expect. Over the years, Sparkling Wide Pressure has been an evolving, always-pushing-forward kind of project. But I also get it – sometimes you need a fresh start or have ideas you want […]
There’s not much peace and quiet in my life these days. Opportunities to experience silence are few and far between, so I’ve ended up on the other side where I need music I can just crank up to drown everything out. Duo Damage Vol. 1: Live in Portland has been an expert-level savior the past […]
I love this line for VSDQ’s description of Transgression!!!: “Donald Miller, guitar icon known for destroying worlds in the great Borbetomagus, takes the listener on an unexpected journey…” Most of my life, and this past year in particular, the idea of creating worlds with sound and sonic agency (big recommendation of Brandon Labelle’s book) have […]
This surprising, cool album from members of heavy psychers Burnt Hills reminds me of something I would have ordered out of the back of Thrasher magazine in the mid-90s. Musically it churns along with jagged guitar riffs and driving rhythms, getting skyward at times (the psych-infused “Ensenada”) and also dying in the groove lines at […]
On this 49 minute performance for double bass and amplifier, Luke Stewart shows off another side of his work. Deep, minimal drones levitate as the air flows around them as if they are tangible. Scrapes and plucks are like an ever-flowing heartbeat, sensing the dread to come as feedback slowly builds in the distance until […]
Instant Sorcery is as appropriate a title for this digital single from the lovely brin as there could possibly be. Both tunes here are oddly comforting. Repetitive shifts and clicks on “instant sorcery/dusted” lull you into watery zones. Ghostly tones peak out from the hiss as you feel like you’re floating through a warm, inviting […]