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Szymon Kaliski :: From Scattered Accidents (Kitchen)
Mishap and flaw are key to his aesthetic, but craftsmanship and attention to detail the organizing principle. Musically, Szymon Kaliski is a wise old soul, […]
Wouter Veldhuis :: Blue Forest (Organic Industries)
With Blue Forest, Wouter Velduis has crafted such a handsome edition it’s like purchasing a framed piece of art with its own soundtrack slipped in […]
Josh Mason :: Jeremiad (Analogpath)
Mason speaks softly and with some difficulty, his reel-to-reel and cassette tape loops wobbling while his guitar strives to articulate itself in contention with scuffed […]
Ametsub :: All Is Silence (Nothings66)
On All is Silence, Ametsub cleverly mixes research and development in what he calls New Field music—post-glitch, post-dub, post-ambient, past caring about genre and style, which at the same time […]
Fescal :: The Descending Light (Wist Rec)
Irresistable little box of wonder from Wistrec, the little Irish art house with big, innovative packaging ideas (cf. its “Book Report” series). English sound innovator […]
John Sobocan :: A Soft Circle (Databloem)
Rollingly classic, accommodating ambient, A Soft Circle leaves a big, cozy space between the listener and his or her thoughts and the music. The so-called natural […]
Bangeliz :: Mixtape (Mik Musik)
Mixtape adds up to two, twenty-minute merries-go-round (…) and though you’ll step off woozy, it’s melodic, it’s accessible, it spins at an angle but steady. […]