Foxy Digitalis
Nick Storring’s work is no stranger to these pages, but his latest album, Mirante, is a revelation. This sonic homage to Brazil sidesteps cliché, instead channeling an impressionistic current that rises from the South. Lithe patterns ripple through winding corridors and ephemeral tide marks traced in sand, the music feeling both rooted and fleeting. Expressive […]
“Roxa 1,” the opening track on Nick Storring’s ninth album, Mirante, is a buoyant homage to Brazil. Opening with a glowing sharpness, like dissonant halos echoing in all directions, it blooms into a lithe, rhythmic reverie. This is music that floats weightless and lush steeped in whimsical melodies. Storring layers countless percussive timbres to keep […]
The visual connection between Leigh Silverblatt’s video for “Music Mouse II” and Kristen Roos’s countless, layered loops is sublime. Intricate intersections spur surprising aural fields. Vivid shapes are in constant motion, both visually and sonically, sending our minds tumbling as though we’re trapped inside a bounce house. “Music Mouse II” works on so many levels, […]
After they contributed to Lee “Scratch” Perry’s Guide to the Universe (by New Age Doom) and only spoke on the phone once, Tim Lefebvre and Gregory Macdonald started a new collaborative project. With Lefebvre improvising beats and basslines in his studio, Macdonald took those pieces and molded them into tracks. The result is one hell of a […]