Foxy Digitalis
Ishmael Ali’s cello work moves through a remarkable range of terrain on Burn the Plastic, Sell the Copper. Jazz rhythms inflected with pointillist electronics create subdued but still infectious grooves. Improvisational rivers flow through the record’s ten tracks, carrying tactile string timbres and quick movements across the fingerboard that spring sharp-angled, strange melodies into existence. […]
This may well be the last Capsule Garden for 2025, as I want to finish a year-in-review article before taking a break at the end of December. But no worries, it will return in 2026. A lot of personal housekeeping ahead, so if you are uninterested in my work, The Jewel Garden, etc., feel free […]
The Capsule Garden returns after a week off with a plethora of new growth. As ever, Foxy Digitalis Daily is over on Patreon today – check that out if you are so inclined! It definitely feels like summer here – the kid is out of school and started summer camp, but more importantly, I had my first […]