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It’s Bandcamp Friday so you know what that means? A disaster of an inbox, but a wonderful opportunity to support artists while only giving a cut to one monster corporation instead of two. Wahey! But seriously, support artists. Everyday. Today’s pick is a beautiful new piano record from Stefan Christoff. Plus, I can’t get past […]
This mix is a celebration of our collaboration on the album AIR. Susanna graciously agreed to work on some artwork for the cover and shared some beautiful watercolor paintings. I connected with Susanna through mutual artist friends surrounding the process of organizing the Musicians For Palestine open letter. Susanna made the drawings for both incarnations […]
It’s Wednesday, which means Foxy Digitalis Daily is getting weird over on Patreon (sign up!), and I’ve got a smattering of musical alchemy for everyone to dig through. Amber Meulenijzer Saab Fanfare (Edições CN) A unique combination of joyous reverie and lilting wistfulness throughout Saab Fanfare has stuck with me. Composed in collaboration with local fanfare ensembles in a […]
An important update on the thousand pounds of rocks we bought a few weeks ago that have made me feel old as hell. Plus some news about a radio broadcast in support of protests happening in Iran, and a new tape from Mark Trecka on Beacon Sound. Wednesday episodes are exclusively on Patreon. Sign up now! […]
The quiet becomes an impermeable force on Julia Dyck and Stefan Christoff’s “SILVER MOON X.” Minimal synth patterns search the fractured fog for a place to pause, to simply take in the surroundings. Dyck performs a reading over the sounds, heightening the emotive atmospheres, echoing the fragmented footage by Guillaume Vallée. This feels like an […]
Drifting movements can appear lackadaisical and random from the outside, but the floating sonorous gestures of Anarchist Mountains’ “Balkan Circuits” shift with intention. Rhythms pulse forward in silhouette. Gossamer layers intertwine forming opaque aural shapes that are still translucent but carry an earnest psychological weight. Brothers Jordan and Stefan Christoff create synthetic spaces where these […]
Brothers Jordan and Stefan Christoff constructed a series of goldilocks zone landscapes on their recent album, A Balkan Spacewalk, released last year by Alien Garage. Utilizing an array of synthesizers, field recordings, rhythms, acoustic guitar, and more, the Christoffs hone in on spatial arrangements that transmit music with a strong visual connection. “Shore” rides a pensive wave […]
Foxy Digitalis depends on our awesome readers to keep things rolling. Pledge your support today via our Patreon. What a fucked up week. I got nothing. Listen to some tunes. Do something good. Eric Mingus & Catherine Sikora The Zuzax Protocol (Self-Released) A fantastic set of guitar and saxophone duets from these longtime collaborators, The Zuzak Protocol has flames shooting out from […]