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Markus Mehr :: In (Hidden Shoal)
The German experimental ambient artist marshals the same array of computer, synthesizers, guitars and distortion pedals used on his 2010 debut, Lava, and opens with […]
First Human Ferro :: Stardust (Nitkie)
Stardust is a space opera that tells rather than romanticizes how the stars were reached. Olegh Kolyada hails from Zhytomyr in the Ukraine, birthplace of […]
Damian Valles :: Skeleton Taxa (Drifting Falling)
Valles expands the drone to orchestral proportions, as his field recordings, small bells, piano and guitar are all swept up into a string section, with […]
James Murray :: Floods (Slowcraft)
There is a scarlet thread that runs through Floods, a kind of cicada sibilation in air so clear it’s Andean. And honestly this music makes […]
CELER :: 3View (Con-V, and/OAR, Analog Path)
Since Danielle Baquet’s passing, her talented partner (Will Long), now residing in Tokyo, has continued to release previously unheard material recorded by the duo and […]
Steve Roach :: Quiet Music: The Original 3-Hour Collection (Projekt)
If you gaze deeply into this music, you really won’t find much to do that. Despite the earnest effort, and although pretty, it is hardly […]
Marco Resmann :: Watergate 10 (Watergate)
Watergate 10 is more reminiscent of DJ Spooky’s plundering a century’s worth of sound archives on Rhythm Science (Sub Rosa) than a conventional club mix, […]
JEAN-CLAUDE ELOY :: 4View (Hors Territoires)
Jean-Claude Eloy (b. 1938) is the greatest composer of the past half-century I never heard of. A profound engagement with the Japanese Gagaku orchestra—imperial courtly […]