Tag: Noise

Felicity Mangan :: String Figures (Elevator Bath)

Felicity Mangan’s String Figures is an immersive exploration of field recordings, electronic textures, and string timbres, blending natural sounds from wetlands with lush, slowly evolving drones and quasi-bioacoustic compositions. Across six pieces, she transforms subtle environmental cues—water, frogs, moss, and children at play—into meditative, minimalistic soundscapes that range from austere elegance to rich, enveloping resonance.

Bernhard Living :: Unanswered Questions (Donemus)

Bernhard Living’s Unanswered Questions continues his tradition of sparse, minimalist electronic compositions inspired by 20th-century composers—this time focusing on the conceptual and structural ideas behind works by Charles Ives. Each of the four tracks offers a thoughtful reinterpretation, distilling Ives’ complexity into ambient soundscapes that blend philosophical depth with musical restraint.

Max Devereaux :: Aguja (Facade Electronics)

Milwaukee-based multi-instrumentalist, composer, painter, and filmmaker Max Devereaux explores the tactile, physical potential of the turntable on Aguja. Through fragmented vinyl manipulation, layered improvisation, and sonic collage, Devereaux transforms noise and decay into structured chaos, echoing the experimental minimalism of artists like Oval and Alva Noto.

Maps and Diagrams :: Clearwater (ROHS!)

With Clearwater, Maps and Diagrams (Tim Martin) crafts a hypnotic meditation on erosion, decay, and the quiet instability of sound. Blurring the line between ambient composition and sonic disintegration, the album drifts through fractured loops and dissolving textures, revealing beauty in impermanence and space.

yyate :: Société oblique (Perceptual Tapes)

French sound artist and audio collage sculptor yyate (aka Vincent Caylet) crafts Société oblique as a delicate collision of noise and ambient haze, weaving field recordings, fractured electronics, and ephemeral textures into hypnotic drift. Released on Perceptual Tapes, the album hovers between abstraction and intimacy, where microscopic sonic gestures and dissolving tones evoke both fragility and quiet transcendence.

Capricorni Pneumatici :: IX TAB (Eighth Tower)

Raffaele (Sonologyst) of Eighth Tower Records champions pioneering works from the (post)industrial and experimental scenes, with Capricorni Pneumatici among Italy’s key industrial artists. Their latest album, IX TAB, explores esoteric Maya mythology through mystical atmospheres and abstract electronic soundscapes for an immersive, uncompromising experience.

SPRO :: Haihat (NOCUEDO Editions)

Haihat’s sonic journey unfolds as a seamless, immersive experience—seven tracks woven into one fluid, textured narrative. In contrast, SPRO’s sonic architecture dives into raw abstraction, layering fuzz, static, and fractured rhythms into a rich, dissonant soundscape that evolves from gritty turbulence to haunting beauty.