These memory-recordings expose the complex relationship between music and silence. They say that the ambient umbrella constantly expands the notions of what music might be. The Black Square could be wordless new ear poetry for the constant listener. I think that The Black Square might be a series of sound situations that flow and change as they go.
Recent Posts
V/A :: XVIII (Acroplane)
A powerful amalgamation detailing Acroplane’s musical trajectory as they continue to scrape deep and jagged fissures into the terrain year after year.
James Murray :: Weeds (quiet details)
Welcomed by the superb quiet details label—responsible for classics in sculpted minimalist and lush dronescapes—Weeds is an other captivating, perfectly executed, and subtly moving, serene, granular sound experience for day-dreaming and serious meditative inner levitations affected by lonesome souls.
Rena Jones & KiloWatts :: Caesura (Cartesian Binary)
Caesura is a very listenable production, with consistent compositions and solid mastering; several familiar classical and acoustic sounds are infused all around.
Yaporigami :: AE–10 EP (Adepta Editions)
On this two-tracker for Adepta Editions, Yaporigami (aka Yu Miyashita), a master sound sculptor, wraps distressed melodic landscapes with such strongly engulfing electronic structures that decompose before our very eyes.
Build Buildings :: Ecotone (laaps)
Ecotone is a beautiful, serene, delicate, and compelling soundtrack which operates a great dialogue between contemporary classical and microtonal music with an electronic edge.
Alziend Component :: Sacred Sorceress (Gladivs)
Sacred Sorceress reveals a great dose of ideas and subtle variations, navigating between pure electronic minimal abstraction, evanescent meditative flows, to more grounded monolithic rock riffs. Some spoken words and a vast array of samples are also used to reinforce the cinematic aspect and to make it more impactful.
Sombre Lux :: Raw Øblations 3: Fed to the Crows EP (Errorgrid)
Raw Øblations 3: Fed to the Crows is a short sharp shock of an EP by Sombre Lux.