Stephen Fruitman

Author: Stephen Fruitman

Meridian Brothers :: Devoción (Works 2005-2011) (Staubgold)

Reviews 10/14/2013 by Stephen Fruitman

In the music of the Meridian Brothers, you can hear surf and circus, sixties and seventies, theatre and politics, space age and stone age. The […]

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Wall to Wall Carpeting :: Pilliad Echons (Orila)

Reviews 10/12/2013 by Stephen Fruitman

This is the persona of Pilliad Echons, juxtaposing the rough and the smooth in drawn-out sequences like night overlapping into day. Opening far away on […]

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Mark Stewart :: Exorcism of Envy (Future Noise Music)

Reviews 10/11/2013 by Stephen Fruitman

Dub as an attitude, its “destruction of a structure a political as well as a musical statement.” The end of the civil society averted—this time. […]

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Emerge :: Double review (Attenuation Circuit)

Reviews 10/03/2013 by Stephen Fruitman

Deep, dark ambient on black. Oneirism consists of two, twelve-minute nightmares of deep, dark ambient on black, ten-inch vinyl, signed by Emerge (aka German soundscaper […]

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34423 :: Tough and Tender (Kaico)

Reviews 10/01/2013 by Stephen Fruitman

An analytical thinker who conveys thoughts concretely with an array of fascinating rhythms and beguiling melody, likely attributable to the early influence of The Aphex […]

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3View :: Intangible Cat

Reviews 09/28/2013 by Stephen Fruitman

A small “scene”—or simply a bunch of friends with benefits like talent, good ideas and a shared sense of whimsy, as heard on ensemble efforts […]

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Forrest Fang :: Animism (Projekt)

Reviews 09/23/2013 by Stephen Fruitman

In his seamless marriage of acoustic and electronic, Fang speaks a whole other language of ambient, fluently through golden syrup. Forrest Fang returns to the […]

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Moon Ate the Dark :: Molt and Grow (Brian)

Reviews 09/17/2013 by Stephen Fruitman

Last year, Moon Ate the Dark presented itself with a stellar, self-titled debut album. It impressed everyone who heard, including the proprietor of tiny, tasteful […]

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Jerusalem in My Heart :: Mo7it al-Mo7it (Constellation)

Reviews 09/13/2013 by Stephen Fruitman

A heartfelt lament for a sick goat is performed, with Moumneh’s voice fraying at the edges before being carpeted with frazzled synths. Founded by Radwan […]

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Gastón Arévalo :: Rollin Ballads (Oktaf)

Reviews 09/08/2013 by Stephen Fruitman

Rollin Ballads is classically ambient, a watercolor wash of palpable, agreeable texture beneath which themes emerge and recur, amounting in a graceful, nine-movement suite beautifully […]

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LGBT Rights for Russia Now!

Newswires 09/01/2013 by Stephen Fruitman

“They’re so tired of shooting protest singers,” Elvis Costello once sang, “that they hardly mention us.” And yet what can they do but keep singing—or […]

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