Foxy Digitalis
When I premiered the opening track off Mat Muntz’s new album, Phantom Islands, a couple weeks ago, I described the “imaginary sonic histories” behind the music. This came from Muntz, who talked about the origins of this “counterfeit folk music” in a lengthy quote about the piece. It’s something that’s stuck with me as I investigate […]
At the heart of Mat Muntz’s new album, Phantom Islands, is the idea of radical syncretism, music from everywhere and nowhere. “This is a “counterfeit folk dance” which I imagine to be from the phantom island of Satanazes, a nonexistent place off the coast of Iberia,” Muntz explains. Muntz and the stellar ensemble concoct imaginary sonic […]
The more I got into The Vex Collection’s forthcoming debut, the more I started thinking about music made with or focused around instruments with double reeds. So while I started doing a little of my own digital crate digging, it made more sense to get outside reinforcements. Considering how unique the approach of the ensemble is […]