The fact that consonant melodies can feel out of place speaks to the success with which Sóley was able to communicate her vision through her […]
Tag: Classical
Francesco Giannico & Theo Allegretti :: Flow Signs (Oak Editions/Monkey)
Allegretti improvises a soothing melody up against Giannico’s quietly soaring guitar. Francesco Giannico and Theo Allegretti pose the “riddle of the mood” (as their final […]
Olan Mill :: Hiraeth (Preservation)
Olan Mill’s new album is a mix of swirling, grainy synth washes, classical strings and disembodied, operatic soprano vocals floating in a slow-motion drift. Since […]
Mark Harris :: The Angry Child (n5MD)
The musical language is articulated between formal electroacoustic experiments and directional tonal clusters. Sound designer and live electronic musician from Birmingham, Mark Harris is back […]
Robert Haigh :: Strange and Secret Things (Siren)
Haigh’s seventeen miniatures are hardly strange and if they possess some secret, he seems more than willing to share it with us. He plays a […]
James Landis :: January Dusk (Cathedral Transmissions)
January Dusk is an attractive combination of the concrete and physical and the unspecific and abstract. On January Dusk, James Landis’ guitar tells brief, allusive […]
Mnemonic :: The Air I Breathe (Halbsicht)
Treading through layers of delicate electronics from the past decade, The Air I Breathe is a brittle release filled with gentle melodies that attract faint harmonic rhythms […]
Kreng :: Works For Abattoir Fermé 2007 – 2011 (Miasmah)
As we approach the end of 2012 it’s time for all those lovely independent record labels to indulge in fierce session of one-upmanship, pulling out […]