Amalgamated’s method is telegraphed by its name: improvise, then “finess,” edit all the elements into comprehensive textures. In essence, the result of regular get-togethers by […]
Author: Stephen Fruitman
Ireneusz Socha :: Polin (Mathka)
The juxtaposition of growling electronics with light radio orchestra entertainment, a romantic harp and accordion duet with glitched piano notes, a little noise and a […]
ROM :: Foot Signal (Pingipung)
Foot Signal is as wonky as South Beach culture—a cross between pastel-coloured, ear-pleasing tunefulness and ludicrous displays of wealth. Of ideas, especially about beats. [Release […]
Alio Die :: Deconsecrated and Pure (Projekt)
Despite all these layers, the tone is light as air and the air is illuminated with dazzling rays of light. The pleasant cadences that caress […]
Tpiatnaw :: Untitled (Beartown)
Beneath its ruddy surface, Untitled exudes vintage analogue warmth with its heart-warming arpeggios—a kind of ambient/noise yin and yang. A DDT spraying of the storied […]
Montano :: Subtitled (Self-Released)
At its best, which is often, Subtitled glows with a warm, low intensity. [Release page] Subtitled is ambient music with some gentle beats and glitch scuffing, […]
Jeff Talman :: Nature of the Night Sky (New Domain)
Talman’s fifty-minute piece spellbinds the listener with his artistry and the artistry inherent in our universe. [Release page] Jeff Talman (b. 1954) has exhaustive studies […]
Andreas Brandal :: The Merchant of Salt (Dumpster Diving Lab)
The Merchant of Salt has a big, warm sound, an almost naîve, early radiophonic workshop charm and inquisitiveness, while remaining utterly contemporary in arrangement and […]
Mulm :: The End of Greatness (Cyclic Law)
This is a well-tempered, living and breathing soundscaping; indeed, one track is even called “Hope.” All of it is monochrome, but refreshingly for the genre, […]
Icebreaker with BJ Cole :: Apollo (Cantaloupe)
Though warmly welcome, what these recordings ultimately represent is not the radical deconstruction of one of the most innovative musical forces of the last generation, […]
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