Foxy Digitalis
I have used a lot of superlatives when talking about Brown Calvin and his incredible d i m e n s i o n // p e r s p e c t i v e album (and I could probably use more – it’s just that good), but I need to turn my attention to this peach of […]
Hey, it’s Bandcamp Friday – buy some music! New releases from Ossining and Charlatan on The Jewel Garden plus a stack of gems below. Get at it! Brown Calvin d i m e n s i o n // p e r s p e c t i v e (AKP Recordings) Everything about d i m e […]
On Arthur King’s forthcoming album, Changing Landscapes (Mina Las Pintadas), going into the depths of the earth becomes a potent cosmic trip. The project is borne from Peter Walker’s AK Studios, and for Changing Landscapes, he and his collaborators set up at a Chilean mine. Exploring the landscape and observing the space ultimately led to a performance deep […]
Kissed by the morning sun, Brown Calvin’s (aka Portland-based producer and composer Andre Burgos) “Perspective 44” beams in from distant space. Sinuous synth leads zigzag around hazy beats to find fresh spectral zones to inhabit. This is music soaked in an air of free spirits and languid natural forms trying to find a place where […]
East Portal’s debut album keeps finding its way into the back of my mind. John Atkinson and Patrick Taylor continually make surprising, unexpected choices as the record veers between discordant ledges and drifting valleys, combining the two disparate threads with elegance. Electronic silhouettes morph into the shadows of spiraling acoustic arrangements; pensive dreams become stagnant realities. It’s […]
The quiet shifts and momentary alterations on the title track from David Ralicke’s Space Between Clouds project have a staying power. Thoughtful transitions spark feelings of calmness and reciprocity, imbuing warmth into lilting arrangements and lyrical aural phrases. Woven between ethereal melodies is a spirit of impermanence and transformation. “The original desire for this recording […]
It takes me a while to wake up. Almost every day, as I blink into the blueish-grey morning, I momentarily wonder where I am. My cats stretch and collect themselves, turning to me with an eagerness that I don’t share but primally understand. I sit up, turn off the box fan, and peel myself out […]
Been in solo dad mode for a chunk of this week as Eden is at a conference in Chicago (let me mention how jealous I am since Chicago is arguably my favorite city in the US and it has been way too long since I’ve been there). Add in some other unexpected, self-inflicted clusterfucks and […]
East Portal is the duo of John Atkinson and Patrick Taylor and on their self-titled debut, electro-acoustic explorations become angular playgrounds of washed-out neon where reflections are memories, and memories last forever. “Untitled #3” is an inquisitive lamentation built primarily on bass, clarinet, and pedal steel. For this project, Taylor played most of the instruments […]