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Zekarias Musele Thompson made one of my favorite records of 2022, Goodnight Shiva (Atlantic Rhythms), but that only scratched the surface of the work they are doing in the worlds of art and sound. Through Working Name Studioes, Thompson fosters a community built around connecting with each other and ourselves through material and conceptual art […]
I don’t know what the hell was up with yesterday, but it was not a good one. Definitely a day that called from some macropressure at the end. Anyway, a real ripper for the album of the day on Atlantic Rhythms, plus some news about Elkhorn, Centripetal Force, and Katie Lou McCabe. Wednesday episodes are […]
Foxy Digitalis has been back for just over two years now, and I find it difficult to get my head around it. Throughout that period, though, the core idea and drive have remained the same, even if the pieces and structures have shifted somewhat. I’m excited the site launched a handful of new columns and […]
On quiet mornings, the light moves in such a way that it’s as though an opening to a new world appears. “I See You,” the first single from George Cory Todd’s new album on Atlantic Rhythms, The Other Kind, imbues this passageway with elegant sonic textures. Emotive tonal arrangements promise a different kind of dawn on […]
Foxy Digitalis depends on our awesome readers to keep things rolling. Pledge your support today via our Patreon. At the conclusion of this interview, Zekarias Thompson turned the tables on me and put a question to me about his incredible debut, Goodnight Shiva. “My question is, as you engage with Goodnight Shiva, what do you hear when listening to yourself?” […]
An inner dialogue winds through Zekarias Thompson’s magnificent debut, Goodnight Shiva. Meditations on isolation and reconnection; the alignment of self-perception and outward realities become reveries where immersive listening reveals a river that runs beneath it all. Thompson’s hand guides this journey. He ruminates on blackness and what all that can mean as he uses these sonic […]
It’s been a wild week over here at FDHQ, but some surprise bits of good news have trickled through so I’m heading into the weekend feeling more positive than usual. With that, I made everything at The Jewel Garden pay-what-you-want so if you’ve been wanting to catch up, dig in, or fill gaps, this would […]
I love an all-star trio and that’s just what this album is. Frank Meadows, Jessica Ackerley, and Eli Wallace have all done some stellar solo work in recent years in addition to piles of other essential collaborative projects, but MAW stands as tall as any of it. A Maneuver Within is a deft showcase of […]
Heavy doses of hypnotic electronics swirl around your skull from the opening passages of Eraserhood. Scale is a major factor here, where everything feels magnified and epic. Zeigler and Lewis get into lofty zones that stretch the imagination and open up waves of positive feeling. “Observatories” is sunkissed afternoons and warm breezes, layered synths effervescent […]