This lockdown project is a thing of field recordings and twinkling chimes and found sounds (including reel-to-reel tapes of choral music) and the odd electronic glitch and the like. It’s very easy to make some very forgettable music this way. This, however, I find utterly bewitching. Carr immerses you in a sound world which is […]
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The “postcards” of the title is quite apt here. We have ten tracks, each with something of the feel of a sketch, of modern classical music leaning towards drone. Instrumentwise, this Belgian ensemble have dug up some deep cuts from musical history, featuring (according to the blurb) hurdy gurdy, recorders, chalumeau, violone, the splendidly bonkers […]
Ach, he’s only bloody gone and done it again. I love Landings Skelton’s 2010 album of ragged string studies, which was one of my first forays into the world of what Boomkat used to call Home Listening / Modern Classical / Ambient. I love the epic drone of Limnology, and I was bowled over by […]
Laura Naukkarinen’s HEM. Någonstans is a smashing record, combining traditional Finnish folk instruments with modern electronic production. It was one of my albums of 2015, and one that has stood the test of time, too. This is quite different, all bubbling Buchla loveliness (the Caterina Barbieri comparison is inevitable) and layered wordless vocals. It’s warm […]
It seems like Erika Sherman and the label she co-runs have been quite a big deal in Detroit since the late nineties, without ever really seeking fame outside the midwest. Which is a shame, as this is utterly smashing. Everything from the name Interdimensional Transmissions to the high-concept sci-fi sleeve notes are very second-gen Detroit, […]
Well, this is a little gem. I guess it hovers in a kind of grey area between the jazzier end of techno and a kind of technoid jazz. Rhythmically, it combines a kind of motorik drive with a liquid fluency, which is pretty cool. (There’s both drum machines and live percussion in the mix.) And […]
How much drone is too much drone? Well, if it’s this good, I’m inclined to say that three hours is not enough, ‘cos after immersing myself in this I have felt a kind of loss when it stops. This is a collaboration between Kali Malone on oscillators, Lucy Railton on cello, and Stephen O’Malley out […]
dogrando writes about some records 