(October 2009) That Benny Boysen is a sound designer of distinction is evident from his CV, evidencing work for Big Boys like Toyota, Nike and […]
Author: Alan Lockett
Somfay :: A Catch in the Voice (Archipel)
(October 2009) Jesse Somfay might be Canada’s primary ambient-shoegaze-techno fusioneer, but the entry to the arena of his second full-length is hobbled by a redundant […]
SND and Pixel reviews for Raster-Noton
(October 2009) Atavism, SND’s fourth album since their 1998 inception, is, surprisingly, their first for Raster-Noton. But in a sense the duo were already a […]
Loess and Proem reviews (Nonresponse)
Loess :: Burrows (Listen & Purchase) The arrival of Burrows, an archaeology of Loess spanning 2000-2008, is salutary. It’s not just that Clay Emerson and […]
V/A :: Colorfield Variations (Line)
(August 2009) In the late 60s a group of artists moved to expunge the figurative image from their art. Hung up on chromatic abstraction – […]
Loren Dent :: Anthropology Vol. 1 (Infraction)
(July 2009) Roland Barthes called it ‘the grain of the voice,’ in writing of how a singer’s vocal contours may tap into ineffable meanings above […]
Son of Rose :: All In (Blanket-Fields)
(July 2009) It seems like only yesterday that NY-based Iranian-born Kamran Sadeghi’s 2007 Dragon’s Eye debut as Son of Rose was sat on the review […]
Skare :: Solstice City (Glacial Movements)
(July 2009) Skare is the communion between Fredrik Olofsson, Mathias Josefson (aka Moljebka Pvlse), and Per Åhlund (aka Diskrepant), who wield field recordings, found sounds, […]