And like a dream, or the waking dream of creative action and inspiration, the flow state of this album passes by with temporal swiftness. Caught up in the eddies and swirls we are soon down the stream of consciousness and into a calm clear pool.
Tag: Alternative
Bibio revisits Phantom Brickworks (Warp)
Under blankets of mostly improvised evolving loops of piano and baritone guitar can be heard muffled specters of working life, implying nature will come for everything and eventually hide the scars.
Marla Hansen :: Salt (Karaoke Kalk)
Salt takes the delicate mixture of acoustic instruments such as viola, violin, piano and guitar combined with subtle electronics to the next level. The new album is both a remarkable departure and at the same time sheds a new yet reassuring light on Hansen’s work and creativity.
Björk :: Fossora (One Little Independent)
While field recordings of Björk actually picking mushrooms or dancing on her coffee table is perhaps the biggest missed opportunity on Fossora, the opportunity of time that lockdown gave Björk to reconnect with nature, her evolving family and her love of the simple joys of domestic life, have delivered a truly remarkable album.
Yenting Hsu :: Flash 須臾 (Ash International)
Sound, music, and glass exist as art forms of time. In this album, sound materials from samples of glass sounds are accompanied with field recordings, […]
Pleasurefields :: Shelter (Touched Music / Pleasure Wax)
Pleasurefields’ mix of acoustic instrumentation, electronic lushness and really accomplished vocals combine into a sublime cocktail.
Visonia :: Claroscuro (Zyrcadian Editions / Frigio)
Visonia pulls out all the stops with six punchy rhythmic tracks combined with industrial darkwave and electro concepts, which at times is delivered in a raw punk fashion.
Allan J. Kimmel (Departure Street) & Francisco Sanfuentes (Sonidos Precarios) :: Été/Hiver (Self Released)
You can see the respect and patience that these musicians have, they do not speak the same verbal language but they are fluent in discovering and expanding their ranges of sounds, experimental and rich with strange hypnotic harmonies.
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