Perhaps there are six stages of grief and they differ dramatically depending on who has been stricken. In his quest to capture the sound of […]
Tag: Minimal
Asmus Tietchens :: Fahl (Farmacia901)
A relevant and elaborate example of timbral experimentations in conceptual drone based minimalism music. On the way to becoming a key figure in the world […]
Harold Budd & Jane Maru :: Jane 1-11 / Harold Budd :: Jane 12-21 (Darla)
Seeds float on their fluff like a hot summertime snowfall, and Budd’s airy synthesizer bears them that much further afield. Our world and welcome to it. […]
From Philadelphia’s Foundries :: Great Circles
From a forgotten space, or a rejected one, comes caustic chords and rusted rhythms. Great Circles are part of that change to harsher dialogue. Panel […]
Monty Adkins :: Borderlands (Audiobulb)
From its earliest moments, the melodic lines expand and warmly burr at their edges, overlapping with other lines that explore the higher range of the […]
Badun :: Graffiti Cabbage (Schematic Music Company)
Blips and subtle bleeps tucked away behind fragmented electro and smoldering bass, Phoenecian landscapes of fog and rumbling drones are crumpled then unfolded throughout the […]
Steve Reich / Ensemble Avantgarde :: Four Organs / Phase Patterns / Pendulum Music (Karlrecords)
Four Organs / Phase Patterns / Pendulum Music are reminders that, while Reich himself did not record these three pieces, many feel his legacy ought […]
Farthest South :: Spheres & Constellations Remixes (False Industries)
Here we have substantial retools from Frank Bretschneider, The Sight Below, Maps and Diagrams, and head honcho Yair Etziony himself. Tel-Aviv’s False Industries delivers a […]
Anjou :: Anjou (Kranky)
An album stark and austere but dynamic, its elements shift like ice floes; colliding, sinking, and smashing into pieces, directed by some mysterious but entirely […]
Triac :: In A Room (Laminal / Mikroton)
In A Room floats by within minimal light beams and offers an engaging harmonious perspective. More in tune with sublime calming tones and light flickering, […]
Péninsolar :: Foreshadow Near The Mesa (Clean Error)
It is difficult not to immerse yourself into these minimized mechanical shards as cyclic ambient charges flow from all angles, nestled somewhere between human and […]
















