Quiet moments throughout emphasize an assimilation of human interaction, its power dynamics rising to the occasion in curious hot spots, and whispering with solace, reflection. […]
Author: TJ Norris
pq :: You’ll Never Find Us Here (Expanding)
Strings and other things make it go, and effuse like a fine ether. The Belgian duo pq (Samir Bekaert and Maarten Vanderwalle) build a classic […]
Vernon & Burns :: Mort Aux Vaches (Staalplaat)
It’s all quite vintage, warm good fun — all packaged in raised copper with coinage and frills its imprint keeps its distance but teases of […]
Machinefabriek :: Daas (Cold Spring)
The record is dotted with rustic crackle and tiny ignition sparks that fall from the grid, patternless at times. This is Machinefabriek (Rutger Zuydervelt) at […]
Cheju :: Broken Waves (Boltfish)
A great balance of smoothing out the edge of old-school electronica, drawing attention to tempos without sacrificing the smart edge of its pop sensibility. Cheju‘s […]
Jake Mandell :: Scales of Magnification (Self-Released)
There are dense bass tones, heavyweight at times – but Mandell manages to keep things quite animated, filled with glittering smarts throughout. After nearly eight […]
A NEW PLATEAUX :: Interview with Marcus Gabler
TJ Norris :: Greetings from the Northwest USA! So, I hear there may be a resurgence for the label Mille Plateaux, yes? How would you […]
TJ Norris :: Top lists for 2008
::..:::…..:..::….:::::..:::..:::::::……:::…::.:::….::::..:..:::…::…….::::: Top 10 :: Angel :: Hedonism (Editions Mego) Byetone :: Death of a Typographer (Raster-Noton) Machinefabriek + Stephen Vitiello :: Box Music (12K) Kamran […]
TJ Norris :: Top lists for 2007
::..:::…..:..::….:::::..:::..:::::::……:::…::.:::….::::..:..:::…::…….::::: Top 10 :: Throbbing Gristle :: Part Two: The Endless Not (Artecnico) Flint Glass + Telepherique :: Information Gigabyte (Angle.Rec) William Basinski :: El […]
+/- :: Volume 3 by TJ Norris
(10.01.07) Third in this monthly review series by TJ Norris. The focus is fixed on charged international releases that play on audio/visual elements and experiments […]
DECIBEL Fest 2007 :: Sept. 20-24 (Seattle, WA)
Sleepless :: September 22nd, 2007 The festival started with opening showcases on Thursday evening. Becuase of scheduling issues (and budget) I was unable to make […]
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