Foxy Digitalis
The synthetic waters of Early Fern’s “Watermilfoil” create a state of suspension, where digital sediment drifts like submerged light through careful currents. The waltz unfolds not in ballroom time but in the patient rhythm of aquatic plants swaying, each synth voice occupying a different depth while nasal tones surface and crystalline keys settle deeper into […]
It’s the golden hour and a new world comes alive. Wistful guitar melodies flicker in the distance, pulling us closer to the horizon where electronics dance in whimsical patterns. Everything on Saapato’s wonderful “Morning Swale Song” swirls beneath a hazy veil, buoyed by the gentle whispers of insects and creeks. Bailey Elder’s video lulls our […]
I didn’t really expect last week to be as exhausting as it was (my daughter was on spring break) because we didn’t travel or anything, but it absolutely took it out of me. Everybody got back to normal on Monday, but I was just in a total daze all day (which made it especially weird […]
Zigzagging vocal threads trace wild, whimsical patterns that live at the intersection of joyful and chaotic. “Cardinal” is blink-and-you-might-miss-it quick – the cadence, the arpeggiations, the dancing percussion, and the lyrical repetitions all veering into 100 unimaginable directions. Cascading melodies are gilded in frenetic glee, timbres bright and bouncy like a collection of magical creatures […]
I love it when an artist throws a curveball – especially when the visual presentation of the album even further throws us off the scent. Well played, Euglossine. “Strawberries in Rain” is a delight. Plus, Bill Orcutt cannot be stopped. Wednesday episodes are exclusively on Patreon. Sign up now! Album of the Day: Euglossine “Strawberries in […]
Another week of blazing temperatures has given way to torrential rain, flooding, and tropical humidity. Climate change is going well. In better news, Carl Antonowicz (Open Casket Sound System, the real star of Foxy Digitalis’s Illustrated Reviews, etc.) and I finally played some music together after talking about it for most of the year. More on that […]
Foxy Digitalis depends on our awesome readers to keep things rolling. Pledge your support today via our Patreon. With summer starting to show its earliest signs here in Tulsa, my season connection with Tristan Whitehill’s work as Euglossine always gets deeper. Based in Gainesville, Florida, Euglossine is a bizarre and beguiling mirror of the environment where Whitehill composes […]
I can still remember listening to Tristan Whitehill’s earliest Euglossine experiments on the inimitable Housecraft label and being immediately drawn to his unique sound design and how the smallest details came together to create woozy tropical worlds. In the intervening decade, Whitehill’s palette has grown and his approach augmented, but the kaleidoscopic vision that always […]
To kick off the week before Halloween, one of our favorite new artists, Taranoya, gets in with a mix of melancholic ghostly vibes. It’s a rollercoaster that’ll rip hearts out on the one hand and go positively astral on the other. I highly recommend listening while reading the Foxy Digitalis interview with her for the […]