Foxy Digitalis
The past five days, it’s been a struggle to find a balance between every responsibility in my life and Tears of the Kingdom. Add in that my kid is just as into it as I am now; it makes it even more ridiculous, but what can you do? (Do not think about when you’ll have a […]
Openings run through the synthetic gloss of Yann Novak’s beguiling, shape-shifting “Super Coherent Light.” Carried deeper by a heartbeat-like rhythm and layered tonal maps, our reality is altered; our perception breaks free of its crutch. Novak takes us to church service from a neon future where our individual experiences become a way to share our […]
Darkness resonates in empty space on the beguiling “Eel I” from Hyunhye Seo’s forthcoming album, Eel. The way sound evolves and narrative imagery unfolds throughout the video pushes the drama to a breaking point. We’re on this ride until the end, and as the pressure builds and dissonant drones scythe through undulating blackness, it becomes so […]
Rorschach-like imagery bleeds into the hollowed-out, esoteric sound waves of “Reality Opposition” to form lasting impressions in our minds. Christina Giannone’s latest for Room 40 grinds through tactile darkness. Quiet crackles creep through our periphery, pointillist remnants from a spectral, unconscious stream. This feels like being encased in ice as the temperature keeps dropping, and […]
Siavash Amini envelops listeners in harmonic shades through expansive tonal corridors exploring and engaging with different tuning systems (particularly Safi-al-din Urmav’s 17-tone scale). The Iranian composer, a self-described tuning obsessive, creates compelling sonic spaces on “Instantia” where harmonics resonate and intersect almost suffocatingly. Parched resonances spread through languid, emotive drones, toying with dissonance and harmony, […]
More praise for Mayssa Jallad and “Marjaa: The Battle of the Hotels” – go read the interview with her on the site today! Plus some love for Room 40. Wednesday episodes are exclusively on Patreon. Sign up now! Album of the Day: Boo Hiss “Psyche Birds” Additional Links: Room 40Tony Buck Environmental Studies Foxy Digitalis depends on […]
Gears are grinding themselves into dust beneath leaden drones and stochastic guitar textures. “Aphotic I” uses sonic deep dives to explore vast, dark expanses. Ulrich Krieger’s fascination with the ocean’s depths rings through the resonant echoes and harsh aqueous fields. “The aphotic zones (from Greek: lightless) relate to the oceanic depths roughly between 1.000 – […]
Nothing like ending Tuesday with your kid spiking a fever, but here we are. Luckily I got all this written (save for this intro) before that happened, so on this week of Bandcamp Friday, I’ve got a pile of gems for you to check out. And, of course, Foxy Digitalis Daily is over on Patreon today (and […]
Whenever I think of Zimoun, massive installations with a ton of tiny, moving parts is the first image that springs to mind. Often, the cumulative sonic quality of those works is something more intimate and drawn in. In that way, this mix encapsulates those ideals perfectly, traversing large spaces at a crawl, pulling us closer […]